The course will discuss responding to and cleaning up spills involving Mercury. The class is designed for local, county, state, tribal and federal response teams. The newest “EPA Mercury Response Guidebook” will be provided as part of the class. The class agenda includes:

1. EPA Emergency Response Program
2. EPA Mercury Program
3. Chemical Characteristics and Behavior
4. Sources and Uses of Mercury
5. Human Health Effects
6. Ecological Effects
7. Action Levels
8. Worker Health and Safety
9. Instruments
10. Initiation of a Response
11. Initial Assessment and Screening
12. Additional Media Screening, Assessment and Analytical Methods
13. Indoor Elemental Cleanup Process
14. Outdoor/Soil/Mine Sites Cleanup Process
15. Non-Elemental Mercury Assessment and Cleanup Process
16. Post Cleanup Clearance
17. Disposal
18. Community and Public Relations
19. Enforcement
20. Cost Recovery
21. Case Studies

The class will be limited to two persons per agency. Additional classes will be added if there is enough demand.
 

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San Francisco, CA Event Details   July 25, 2019 - July 25, 2019