2009 Safety School
August 18 - 19, 2009
Interstate Conference Center
Bloomington, IL
Registration Now Open
Tuesday, August 18
         
7:30 am  
Registration
 
  

Amber Duke
Executive Assistant
NAEHSS
         
8:30 am  
Welcome & Introduction
 
   Kip Landwehr
EHS Manager
Winfield Solutions, LLC
         
8:40 am  
Keynote Speaker
 
   William Nelson
President
Cenex Harvest States Foundation
         
9:10 am   Current Insights from the Hill    
         
   
Nurse Tank Inspections
 
 Ammonium Nitrate Registration Proposal		   Pam Guffain
Vice President of Member Services
The Fertilizer Institute
         
   
NPDES Permits
 
 CFATS Update		   Allan Noe
Vice President of Development
CropLife America
         
   
Spray Drift
 
 Technical Service Provider
Employee Free Choice Act		   Richard Gupton
Vice President of Legislative Policy
Agricultural Retailers Association
         
         
10:15 am   Break    
         
         
10:30 am  
Spotlight: OSHA's Top 25
 
   Brian Bothast
Team Leader, Peoria Office
Illinois OSHA
         
11:10 am   Pesticide Application & the Clean
Water Act: Is a Permit Needed?
 
  
Gary Baise
Principal Attorney
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman, Bode, Matz PC Law Firm
         
12:00 pm   Lunch (Provided)    
         
         
1:00 pm  
Securing the Load
 
   Fred Whitford, PhD
Coordinator, Purdue Pesticide Programs
Purdue University
         
1:45 pm   Raising the Bar... Employee
Background Checks
 
  
Dave Furey
Technical Operations Manager
Validex
         
2:30 pm   Break    
         
         
2:45 pm  
Future of Ammonia on Rail
 
   Pat Brady
Assistant Director, Hazardous Materials
BNSF Railroad Company
         
3:45 pm  
How to Survive a WPS Audit
 
   Jerry Kirbach
Manager, Permits & Downstate Field Operations
Illinois Department of Agriculture
         
4:15 pm   Wrap Up    
         
Wednesday, August 19
         
7:30 am   Welcome  

 
         
         
7:40 am   Nitrogen Manufacturing:
Out of Thin Air... Almost
 
  
Jim Schellhorn
Director, EHS
Terra International
         
8:15 am  
Seed Treatment Safety
 
   Chip Witcher
Staff Industrial Hygienist
Syngenta
         
8:45 am  
Properly Securing Ammonium Nitrate
 
   Dan Walters
Manager, Security & Environmental Risk
Terra Industries
         
9:15 am   Break    
         
         
9:30 am  
CSB Reports: Large Tank Failures
 
   Mary Nikityn
Chemical Incident Investigator
Chemical Safety Board
         
10:15 am  
Refillable Container Inspections
 
Hands-on Demonstration		   Nancy Fitz
Office of Pesticide Programs
US Environmental Protection Agency

Marty Fitzpatrick
Manager, Product Stewardship
BASF Agricultural Products Group
         
11:45 am   Critique Sheets & Wrap Up    
         
         
12:00 pm   Lunch (Provided)