#1     Wed. 10:30 to 11:45 am           Lead Poisoning 101

#2     Wed. 1:30 to 2:30 pm               OSHA Compliance and Enforcement

#3     Wed. 2:40 to 3:40 pm               Indiana Rules - Hoosier Variations - Part 1

#4     Wed. 3:50 to 4:50 pm               Indiana Rules - Hoosier Variations - Part 2

#5     Thurs, 9:15 to 10:30 am           Home Hazards:  Low Tech Sampling for Action

#6     Thurs, 10:45 am to 12:00 pm   Mold:  Myths and Realities

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#1   Lead Poisoning 101 – Wed. 10:30 to 11:45 am

Why do lead poisoning prevention programs only address children under six years old?  How are children getting poisoned?  What happens to them once they are poisoned?  Why is everyone so narrowly focused on lead-based paint?  Which is more important - lead dust, lead-paint, or lead in soil?  What federal, state, and local programs are working to prevent lead poisoning?  Is the system working?  If lead poisoning is such a pervasive - yet preventable - problem, why aren't we doing more to prevent it?  Isn't lead poisoning just a case of parents who don't keep their home clean?

This session will answer these questions and many more as the speakers walk you through the facts, myths and statistics surrounding lead poisoning.  Plan to attend this session if you are new to the issue or you were involved years ago and need a refresher.  Community leaders and organizers as well as parents of lead poisoned children should attend this session.  The goal is to help you see the big picture so you understand how the details fit - or don't fit - together.  Once you have this big picture view, you will get more out of the conference.

Moderator:     Anita Porter - Public Health Nurse with the Gary Health Department

Speakers:         

• Lynette Brown - Licensed Risk Assessor & Environmental Health Specialist with the Wayne County Health Department

• Sue Taylor - Director of the Women, Infant Children Clinic at Memorial Hospital in South Bend

#2   OSHA Compliance and Enforcement – Wed. 1:30 to 2:30 pm

Any disturbance of lead, including lead-based paint, during construction, renovation and maintenance, by an employee is covered by OSHA Lead Construction Standard at 29 CFR 1926.62.  Before the work begins, the employer must have completed an exposure assessment and conducting air monitoring.  Many employers are unaware of the requirements of the regulations assuming that they are not more stringent than the EPA and HUD requirements.  Recently, IOSHA took an enforcement action against a major commercial renovation contractor for failing to follow the requirements.  

Representatives of IOSHA and the Bureau of Safety Education and Training (BuSET) will present at this session.  They will explain the rule, key compliance requirements, their enforcement procedures, and how complaints are handled.  This session is especially important for licensed Lead Abatement Contractors and Supervisors.  

Moderator:     Raymond Gates – Lynch and Sons, Licensed Lead Abatement Contractor

Speakers:         

• Tony Kuritz - Indiana Department of Labor's Bureau of Safety Education (BuSET)

• Jay King & Bob Kattau - Industrial Hygienist at Indiana Occupational Safety Administration (IOSHA)

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#3 Indiana Rules:  Hoosier Variations - Part 1 – Wed. 2:40 to 3:40 pm

Indiana's approach to regulating lead-based paint activities has followed the federal EPA requirements.  That began to change with the General Assembly's unanimous adoption of HEA-1171 in 2002.  HEA-1171 prohibits dangerous work practices in pre-1960 target housing and child-occupied facilities. It also requires clean-up of visible paint debris when conducting exterior work on paint.  

In October 2003, Indiana's revised its rules to conform to HEA-1171 and make other improvements to the existing rules.  

This session will explain those changes and review where Indiana makes variations from the basic federal requirements.  Assuming the rule is approved in time, this session and the next sessionconstitutes the Indiana Rules Awareness Course.  Lead professionals licensed in other states or by EPA can take this course and apply for an Indiana license.

Lead risk assessors and lead abatement supervisors taking the refresher courses for credit are required to attend this review class.

Participants will receive a copy of the revised Indiana rule.

Presenter:        Joan Ketterman - Lead and Asbestos Training Director at the Environmental Management Institute.  

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#4 Indiana Rules:  Hoosier Variations - Part 2 – Wed. 3:50 to 4:50 pm

Indiana's approach to regulating lead-based paint activities has followed the federal EPA requirements.  That began to change with the General Assembly's unanimous adoption of HEA-1171 in 2002.  HEA-1171 prohibits dangerous work practices in pre-1960 target housing and child-occupied facilities. It also requires clean-up of visible paint debris when conducting exterior work on paint.  

In October 2003, Indiana's revised its rules to conform to HEA-1171 and make other improvements to the existing rules.  

This session will explain those changes and review where Indiana makes variations from the basic federal requirements.  Assuming the rule is approved in time, this session and the previous session constitutes the Indiana Rules Awareness Course.  Lead professionals licensed in other states or by EPA can take this course and apply for an Indiana license.

Lead risk assessors and lead abatement supervisors taking the refresher courses for credit are required to attend this review class.

Participants will receive a copy of the revised Indiana rule.

Presenter:        Joan Ketterman - Lead and Asbestos Training Director at the Environmental Management Institute.  

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#5 Home Hazards:  Low Tech Sampling for Action - Thurs, 9:15 to 10:30 am 

Facts are a powerful tool to educate a homeowner, a tenant, even a neighborhood.  Using protocols developed by the Community Environmental Health Resource Center, residents are empowered to use simple sampling techniques to check for lead dust, lead in soil, lead in paint, cockroaches, mold / moisture, radon, and carbon monoxide.  For more information, see www.cehrc.org.  In Indianapolis, Improving Kids' Environment has partnered with the Concerned Clergy and the Citizen' Multi-Service Center to form the Citizen's Healthy Homes Initiative to work with youth and adults in community to use the protocols to bring about changes in substandard housing on Indianapolis' northside. 

This session will explain the Initiative and how the sampling is done.  

Presenter:      January Jones - Research Director at Improving Kids' Environment and program coordinator for CHHI.           

                     Members of the CHHI sampling team.

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#6 Mold:  Myth and Realities – Thurs, 10:45 am to 12:00 pm 

Mold has been with us for ages.  So what is new?  Why is it such a hot issue challenging housing and health specialists across Indiana and the country.  This session will get into the issues - not just the technical aspects but also the impacts that families have felt from mold.  Don't expect a consensus to emerge from the discussion but we do hope you will get a better handle on the issues, the options, and the challenges.  

Moderator:    Steve Ambro - General Manager of ap HOME INSPECTION Environmental Services

Speakers:         

• Tony Havics - President, pH2 Environmental

• Pam Schoonveld  - Resident of Home with Mold 

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