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Chapter Corner, Region IX (AZ, CA, HI, NV)
For information about the Region IX VPPPA Chapter including hotel reservations, sponsorship information, specialty programs and more, please visit their Web site at www.regionixvpppa.orgChapter Contact
ChairpersonTerry Schulte
Valero Benicia Refinery
VPP Coordinator
3400 East Second Street
Benicia, CA 94510
Phone: (707) 745-7363
Fax: (707) 745-7671
Email: Terry Schulte
Conference & Workshop Information
Region IX VPPPA Chapter ConferenceMarch 31, 2010 - April 1, 2010
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel and Spa
Newport Beach, CA
Region IX VPPPA Chapter Conference
April 20, 2011 - April 21, 2011
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa
Las Vegas, NV
Hotel Reservations: (877) 869-8777
VPP Application Workshop®
April 19, 2011
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa
Las Vegas, NV
Best Practices Workshop
April 22, 2011
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa
Las Vegas, NV
Chapter Updates
With the current administration favoring enforcement over a cooperative program such as VPP, we are all called to action to hopefully restore direct funding for VPP. Reduced funding for VPP would have a negative impact on sites that have achieved VPP as a safety and health management system and even more so on the sites that are currently striving for VPP or would do so in the future. We need to make sure that these sites have the same opportunities to protect their employees and provide a safe and healthy work environment by entering into a cooperative relationship with OSHA as we did. Some of us may feel that our single act cannot create a change; however, by banding together we can show such a force that it will be impossible to ignore.That is why everyone needs to write their congressional representatives RIGHT NOW.
An example of the momentum among sites that want VPP is the Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC facility, which was approved to participate as a Star site in the California Voluntary Protection Programs on January 6, 2010. The Buttonwillow Class One landfill accepts hazardous waste, including federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) waste and materials that fall under California hazardous waste regulations. The approval followed a three-year safety project by Clean Harbors that was directed by a committee of employees at the 320-acre facility. They analyzed safety procedures and systematically introduced changes to conform to VPP policies. VPP, Cal/ OSHA and Clean Harbors representatives conducted inspections and made additional recommendations.
"VPP certification is a rigorous process that was driven by our volunteer employee committee. All of our employees, as well as our contractors, were committed and participated in the process," commented Clean Harbors' Buttonwillow General Manager Marianna Buoni. "The certification process was a natural extension to our traditional focus on health and safety in all of our operations. The VPP designation testifies to our safety culture and our commitment to provide a healthy work environment now and in the future."
Then there is the Region IX VPPPA Chapter Conference in Newport Beach, which just wrapped up. There was record breaking attendance with over 500 participants, which truly made this the best conference to date. The conference had a beautiful venue, four keynote speakers and many training sessions to help prepare sites interested in becoming VPP Star sites, teach others more about VPP or advance the careers of safety professionals. On top of all that, we threw in a pre-conference golf scramble held at the spectacular Tustin Ranch Golf Club.
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