IHMM Today February 9, 2021

IHMM UPDATES

EnviroWorkshop’s Site Characterization training event, in Tampa, on Thursday, February 25th – FREE Webinar

The goal of the EnviroWorkshops is to keep environmental professionals informed of the latest technologies in our industry because they’re constantly changing. Over 400 EnviroWorkshops have been hosted in 20 countries, on 6 continents, and over 20,000 environmental professionals have registered to attend.

Thanks to the workshop sponsors there is no cost to attend! Lunch is provided & you will receive a certificate for 4.0 PDHs ($250 value). Below are more details:

TAMPA SITE CHARACTERIZATION WORKSHOP
11:15 – Registration, boxed-style lunch served, and networking with exhibitors
11:45 – Welcome from a Workshop Representative
12:00 – Opening Speaker
12:15 – Crossroads: Actionable Data using MBTs – Ted Wittemann
1:05 – A Single Solution for a Variety of Contaminants – Ingrid Patman
1:55 – BREAK
2:30 – Using Biosolve Products for Remediation – Mike Reed
3:20 – Strategic Utilization of HRSC Subsurface Imaging Technologies and 3D Modeling – Janet Castle
4:10 – Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) for Environmental Site Characterization and Remediation – David Bardsley
5:00 – After-hours networking

This program has been awarded 7 IHMM CMPs to those who attend the full program.

REGISTER HERE

Happy New Year!

Safe + Sound launches in 2021 with a review of Management Leadership.

What is Management Leadership?

Management Leadership means that managers, business owners, and supervisors are actively involved in providing the leadership, vision, and resources needed to implement an effective safety and health program. When managers are engaged, workers know safety and health are necessary for businesses to be successful.

Show your commitment to safety by downloading the Safe + Sound Kickoff Graphic and sharing it on social media using #SafeAndSoundAtWork

Management Leadership Overview Document

Want to know how to implement Management Leadership? Download the Management Leadership Overview document to learn actionable steps managers can take to improve workplace safety and health.

IHMM enjoys a partnership with the Department of Labor and OSHA and is pleased to share these resources with all of IHMM’s certificants.

HMS Launches Professional Liability Insurance Program

HMS is proud to have partnered with RCM&D to be able to offer an outstanding comprehensive professional liability insurance program to IHMM certificants. Here, you will find information about this important program offering Environmental Consultants and Engineers Professional Liability coverage. This coverage is intended to add protection for loss stemming from actual or alleged negligent acts, errors and omissions in performing professional services.

Learn more here > https://hazmatsociety.org/professional-liability-insurance/

IHMM & AHMP Launch 45 in 5 – National Credential Recognition – 21 States Targeted

On January 25th, we began outlining the strategy to go after the 21 states in yellow, above.

This is just the beginning. Here is the present composition of the 45 In 5 Task Force and the states we are focusing on. More people may volunteer anytime!  https://ihmm.org/45-in-5-task-force/

In 2019 Mark Bruce from AHMP and Gene Guilford from IHMM worked on a project to get the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to recognize the CHMM and CDGT credentials. With Mark’s work on the ground in  Pennsylvania, we succeeded. We have already succeeded in 7 states.

In the five weeks since the launch, we have added Delaware, Florida, Texas, California, Washington, Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Iowa, North Carolina, Colorado, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and New Mexico as the next states for us to work on with 42 volunteers.

Now Mark at AHMP and Gene at IHMM has launched 45 in 5, getting the other 45 states to recognize our credentials in 5 years. If we can find a volunteer like Mark in 45 other states we can work with those volunteers on crafting the right message to the right agencies in state governments across the country. If we find enough volunteers we can get this done in less than 5 years.

Here’s what we ask each volunteer to do:

• Take a template letter we write and send it to the right people at the right agencies of state governments
• IHMM & AHMP will identify the agencies and the people to contact
• Follow up after sending the letter
• IHMM will engage all of our certificants and AHMP will engage all of its members in each state to communicate with the agencies in support of the recognition

The Task Force meets again in February.

IHMM NEWS RECENT UPDATES

• Washington hospitals pulling fake N95 masks off shelves: ‘We’re horrified’

• Extension of Designation of Scarce Materials or Threatened Materials Subject to COVID-19 Hoarding Prevention Measures; Extension of Effective Date With Modifications

• Notification of Request for Nominations to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

• Hazard Communication Standard NPRM Available for Publication Inspection

• Webinar on February 23rd— Overview of ASTM F3407 Respirator Fit Capability Standard

• Biden-Harris EPA Provides Updates on Chemical Safety Actions

• Falls in construction: CPWR survey seeks worker observations

• OSHA Guidance on Common COVID-19 Citations

• Safety Speak: Nonfatal Injury Trends in the Construction Industry

• IMDG Code – COVID Delays Change Implementation Date

• CDOT releases study assessing risks of hazmat vehicles in Eisenhower Tunnel

Building Climate Change Resilience Virtual Training

EPA’s Creating Resilient Water Utilities initiative is providing free virtual training sessions on its Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) for the Northeast climate region of the country. This training assists drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities in planning for and adapting to climate change threats with a focus on resilience building and infrastructure financing. The Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies, National Association of Clean Water Agencies, National Association of Water Companies, and NEIWPCC are helping to coordinate and co-sponsoring these events.

Training Objectives

• Conduct a risk assessment using CREAT;
• Identify and share information on adaptation strategies to build utility long-term resilience; and
• Share information on available resources for financing resilience and adaptation.

Upcoming Sessions

• Session 1: March 2, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. E.T.
• Training Overview and CREAT Modules 1 (Climate Awareness) and 2 (Scenario Development)
• Session 2: March 4, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. E.T.
• CREAT Modules 3 (Consequences and Assets) and 4 (Adaptation Planning)
• Session 3: March 9, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. E.T.
• CREAT Module 5 (Risk Assessment) and an overview of local financial resources utilities can apply for to fund adaptation measures
• Session 4: March 23, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. E.T.
• A brief overview of previous information, then open agenda for attendees to ask questions about using CREAT, how to apply it to their circumstances, and how to seek funding for adaptation strategies. (Optional)

**Earn Continuing education units (CEUs) from select states **

REGISTER HERE

HMS and Earning Certification Maintenance Points [CMPs]

IHMM created HMS, in large measure, so that IHMM certificants could have one, central place within which to find professional development courses in which to earn certification maintenance points. HMS courses cover all of IHMM’s 8 credentials, not only one.

We’ve made it easy to find CMPs.

• Go to https://hazmatsociety.org/
• Go to the Education and Training tab
• Scroll down until you see these buttons…and click on the CMPs button

• The system will produce a listing of the programs on the platform that have already been reviewed and given CMP ratings. You can find the programs suitable for you.

For example, one of the programs is from Columbia Southern University, offered online, has 36 CMPs attached, and is FREE. This is only one example. There are hundreds of programs on HMS.

HMS UPDATES

HMS Donations

One of the most important projects of the Hazardous Materials Society is our Scholarship program.

HMS wants to make it as easy as possible for those who cannot always afford to participate in pursuing certification, or keeping up with professional development, or attending great conferences and receiving outstanding training. HMS does not solicit contributions from the general public. HMS does ask IHMM’s certificants and their companies and our education and training vendors to consider a contribution.

Here, through your generosity, you can make a difference in promoting the ability of those who can afford it least to become participants in our communities of practice.

It’s never too late to make a difference, so don’t let this opportunity to make a difference pass you by. Please consider a tax-deductible donation of $250, $500 or what you can to help build HMS’s effort to help others in our communities of practice.

HMS Education and Training

Hazardous Materials Society now has 14,761 education and training programs on its website https://hazmatsociety.org/education-training/ with more coming every week. Certificants will note that most of these programs carry a CMP value, making it easier to know in advance what to expect. The HMS Education and Training platform also provides a wide variety of courses for professional development across all of IHMM’s credentials – and more are being developed by the HMS Education and Training Committee.

This is the center of education and training for IHMM certificants and prospective certificants. Among these more than 15.000 programs are webinars delivered online and virtually all carry IHMM CMPs values with them for your annual / 5-year CMP planning. SEE: https://hazmatsociety.org/education-training/

HMS Affinity Programs –  RCM&D Professional Liability Insurance

With more than 27,000 people – here is where HMS leverages our numbers for member’s benefit. There is strength and value in numbers and that translates into lower costs for you.

HMS is proud to have partnered with RCM&D to be able to offer an outstanding comprehensive professional liability insurance program to IHMM certificants. Here, you will find information about this important program offering Environmental Consultants and Engineers Professional Liability coverage. This coverage is intended to add protection for loss stemming from actual or alleged negligent acts, errors and omissions in performing professional services.