This year the Professional Abatement Contractors of New York (PACNY) Conference seemed to sneak up on us. It's only two weeks away. The first day of the 21st Annual PACNY Environmental Conference is on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 11:30 AM. To register for the conference visit
PACNY's website. The conference will start with lunch from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM, with Kevin Malone of
New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) kicking off the presentations. Mr. Malone is in charge of the division that regulates asbestos training providers. Next up will be Don Pierce from NYS Department of Labor (NYS DOL) updating us on the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) auditing (an
EPA grant allows NYS DOL to perform the auditing for Environemtal Protection Agency (EPA)). Then the first day of the conference will end with a Variance Writing Workshop led by Kevin Hutton of
Cornerstone Training.
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| Dival's Booth at PACNY |
The second day of the conference has another great lineup of speakers. Dr. Marty Rutstein returns speaking about "Talc with Tremolite and Other Amphiboles"; and Tom Laubenthal also returns speaking about "Using
ASTM E2356 to Meet "Thorough Inspection Requirements" Prior to Renovation and Demolition Activities".
Dival Safety will be doing Fall Protection Demonstration, considering OSHA's emphasis on fall hazards it will be intereasting to see the different equipment avalable. Ed Stuber of
Galson Laboratories will update us on the OSHA Silica standard; Dr. Chris Goulah will discuss "Legionella"; Jim Redmond will update us on OSHA; and Jim Haklar will discuss PCB Case Studies. Brent Kynoch of the
Environmental Information Association (EIA) eill update us on EIA and the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). Then Cole Stanton of
Fiberlock Technologies will update us on Mold/Fire/Water. That will close out the second day bringing us to the Vendor Reception and Happy Hour!
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| Vendor Reception |
Angelo Garcia, III of
Future Environment Designs, Inc (FEDTC) will start the last day of the conference. "Changes Are A Coming" is the title of our presentation and it will be about all the changes occurring in our industry this year. We will hand off to
Jack Springston of TRC who will speak about the "Pitfalls with Doing Mold Clearance Sampling as Part of a Post-Remediation Verification" We are very much looking forward to Jack's presentation! Then the culmination of the conference with the
NYSDOL panel consisting of Dr. Eileen Franko - Director of Division of Safety and Health; Kirk Fisher - Licensing and Certification; Ed Smith, PE - Engineering Services Unit; and James Meacham, PE - Asbestos Control Bureau. There is a rumor going around that the release of the new Industrial Code Rule 56 (ICR56) might happen at this meeting. As usual, we are excited about the event and several people behind the scenes do a significant amount of work to make the conference such a success each year. Very big thank yous to Lisa Brown and Deborah Sanscrainte for all the work they do to keep everyone focused and moving forward in putting this event together!
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| Deborah Sanscrainte Welcoming Everyone to PACNY |
Future Environment Designs is a sponsor of the event and we will have our booth in the vendor hall. Kimberly Granmoe and Sheryl Esposito will be ladying booth 19 (next to Dival Safety Supplies) as they have in the past. So come and visit us. Our Twitter feed for the conference will be #FEDTCPACNY, we will tweet photos and major speaker points during the conference. We hope to see you at the conference!
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| Kimberly Granmoe, Sheryl Esposito, Veronica and Angelo Garcia, III |
Another Great Conference! PACNY Does It Again! - Part One(futureenv.blogspot.com)
NYSDOL Roundtable Highlight of PACNY Environmental Conference(futureenv.blogspot.com)
Another Great PACNY Conference - Part Two(futureenv.blogspot.com)
