I have updated the CHAS web site http://membership.acs.org/c/chas/ with a list of the divisional workshops to be offered and technical program to be offered at the New York National Meeting in September. I have listed the titles below. - Ralph The Laboratory Safety Workshop Friday September 5, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM $242.50 non-members/ $199.00 CHAS members Dr. James Kaufman Location: Jacob Javits Center 1E04 Laboratory Waste Management Friday, September 5, 2003, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM $199.00 CHAS members Mr. Russell Phifer Location: Jacob Javits Center 1E03 How To Be A More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer Saturday, September 6, 2003, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM $249.00 CHAS members Dr. James Kaufman, Mr. Russell Phifer, Dr. George H.Wahl, Jr. Location: Jacob Javits Center 1E02 You can apply for the Chemical Hygiene Officer certification examination by National Registry of Certified Chemists online at http://www.nrcc6.org 2003 CHAS Awards Symposium 1:35 - 1. Changing the way chemists think about safety. R. H. Hill Jr. 1:55 - 2. Transforming employees into safety partners. K. P. Fivizzani 2:15 - 3. Forging the future of chemical safety: Leading from the front. H. J. Elston 2:45 - 4. Tillman-Skolnick award winner presentation - "How DivCHAS has helped me as an academic safety professional". P. Ashbrook Laboratory Waste Management: Initiatives for Regulatory Change Cosponsored with ACS Task Force on Laboratory Environmental Health & Safety, and ENVR 9:00 - Introductory Remarks. 9:05 - 5. Paperwork reduction: Elimination of land disposal restriction forms. R. Phifer 9:25 - 6. Treatment of waste in laboratories. J. Harless 9:45 - 7. Benefits of extended storage for laboratory hazardous waste. E. A. Talley , P. A. Reinhardt 10:05 - Intermission. 10:20 - 8. RCRA and labs: Lessons from Project XL. R. Stuart 10:40 - 9. Current issues in mixed waste management. W. V. L. Lipton 11:00 - 10. Laboratory waste and the process of regulatory reform at EPA. K. Fitzgerald Building Strong Safety Cultures and the Technician's Role in Safety Body Armor for Emergency Responders: Personal Protective Equipment and Homeland Security 1:30 - Overview of protection issues I. 1:50 - 11. Chemical/biological/radioactive/nuclear (CBRN) respirator standards development. J. Szalajda 2:20 - 12. The use of small, specialized containment hoods by emergency responders for handling and evaluation of unknown samples. D. Walters , R. Ryan 3:20 - 13. Instrumentation and the selection of PPE. M. J. Platek 3:50 - 14. How to select the proper hand protection for domestic preparedness. D. Groce 4:20 - 15. Mobile Response Unit (MRU) and effective emergency response. K. Franzen TUESDAY MORNING Teaching Safety G. H. Wahl Jr., Organizer 8:40 - 16. Safety, the first chemistry lesson. M. A. Phillips 9:00 - 17. Teaching laboratory safety: A decade of experience. J. M. Rank 9:20 - 18. Comments on "the dangerous demo" revisited: no dead heros. L. A. Malchick 9:40 - 19. Chemical safety for the laboratory and studio: An interdisciplinary course. R. Lippman , S. Moon 10:00 - 20. From theory to reality: teaching safety to be used. L. H. Carboni 10:30 - 21. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory chemical hygiene and safety training. L. McLouth 10:50 - 22. ACS taskforce for safety in the chemistry curriculum. B. L. Foster 11:10 - 23. Online chemistry course (OLCC): chemical safety: protecting ourselves and our environment. S. E. Van Bramer , D. Rosenthal, G. Trammell 11:30 - 24. Safety modules and on-line safety education. G. H. Wahl Jr. TUESDAY AFTERNOON Body Armor for Emergency Responders: Personal Protective Equipment and Homeland Security N. Langerman, Organizer 1:30 - Overview of protection issues II. 1:50 - 25. Protective clothing for chemical/biological/radiological terrorism response. J. P. Ziegler 2:20 - 26. New technologies for radiation attenuation. T. Carroll 2:50 - Intermission. 3:20 - 27. Photo-ionization and multi-gas detectors for emergency response and homeland security. W. R. Haag 3:50 - 28. Selection process for barrier hand protection - Reducing the risk of exposure. J. R. Ashworth 4:20 - 29. Protecting emergency responders - FDNY challenges for the future. R. Ingram WEDNESDAY MORNING Fire Codes and Laboratory Operations/Emergency Evacuation Planning for Laboratories 9:05 - 30. One emergency evacuation system for many complex facilities - managed by volunteers! C. W. Lentz 9:25 - 31. Safety committees and emergency evacuation planning: How to shake up the system. B. Tobias, K. G. Benedict 9:45 - 32. How does FDNY Code affect laboratory operations in New York City? N. M. Tooney 10:20 - 33. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory organic peroxide former control program. L. McLouth 10:40 - 34. A 2002 incident in Germany: The herbicide Nitrofen - How toxic? A case of mistaken identity? I. J. Wilk 11:00 - 35. Know the hazards when selecting the proper hand protection. D. Groce WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON "On Your Mark, Get Set, GO! - Alternative Career Paths- Safety & Health" Cosponsored with WCC, and YCC F. K. Wood-Black, Organizer 1:25 - Introductory Remarks. 1:30 - 36. Getting here from there: What a long, strange trip it's been. A. M. Noce 1:50 - 37. Careers in chemical health and safety in academe: Operate in series or in parallel? N. M. Tooney 2:10 - 38. My tax return still says I am a chemist. K. P. Fivizzani 2:30 - Intermission. 2:45 - 39. Doctor, lawyer, chemist : What do you want to be when you grow up? C. L. Smith 3:05 - 40. So you want to clean up a spill, or Community Service can be fun. C. J. Bruner 3:25 - 41. One to get ready, two to get steady, three to go. F. Wood-Black 3:45 - Panel Discussion. 4:25 - Concluding Remarks. THURSDAY MORNING Issues of Homeland Security: What Can Chemists Do? Cosponsored with PRES
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