Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (ACHMM) Chicago Chapter and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Chicago Section will hold a joint meeting featuring a presentation by John Greczek.

The OSHA "National Emphasis Program" (NEP) for Refineries OSHA developed the National Emphasis Program (NEP) to prevent accidents like the one that killed 17 people at the BP Texas City Refinery, July 28, 2005. This presentation will focus on details of the NEP from the OSHA perspective.

Speaker

John Greczek, Ph.D, OSHA Region 5 Process Safety Manager (PSM) Coordinator, covering Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota.
John holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of London. He worked for Amoco for 28 years as a chemical engineer in a variety of process design and pilot plant/semi-works operations positions and then joined OSHA 10 years ago. and joined OSHA 10 years ago. John brings a unique process engineering practitioners perspective to his approach to safety compliance.

Reza Restaurant, 432 W Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 664-4500

Head west on Ontario St. toward the entrance ramp to I-90/I-94, which begins at the intersection of N Orleans St. and Ontario. Do not enter the entrance ramp on the left but continue straight ahead on Ontario. Reza is about a half block on the right.
The area is permit parking only. Limited meter parking in available in front, restaurant valet parking is $8.00, other parking garages are within a couple of blocks.

· Networking 5:30 to 6:30 PM
· Dinner & Announcements: 6:30 to 7:45 PM
· Presentation: 8:00 - 9:00 PM

Please confirm your intention to attend the meeting via the AIChE Chicago Chapter Web Site. Note: The cost of the dinner for ACHMM members is $30, which the same price as AChE members.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Tour of Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
Members -- This is a special opportunity to see a blending and mixing facility that manufactures ink and coating additives for the industry. This facility also performs research and development for inks and coatings, specializing in UV cure, water-based coatings, and additives. ACHMM Chapter officer, John Lillquist, Director Health, Safety, Environmental, and Security is hosting the tour.

The tour will be lead by Lubrizol's Global Marketing Manager, Richard Bradley.

Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc., 9550 West 55th Street, Suite D McCook, Illinois 60525

Lubrisol is located on 55th St., a few blocks east of La Grange Road (Routes 12, 20, 45, i.e. Manheim Road). From La Grange, head east on 55th Street to East Avenue. Turn left (north) on East Avenue. At the first right , turn into the office complex ( a WHITE BUILDING as seen from the road) and drive to the Lubrizol suite. Parking lot is all around the building. Enter the Lobby by the flag pole..

· Assemble at Lubrizol: 5:30 to 6:00 PM
· Tour: 6:00 PM
· Leave for Dinner: 7:00 PM. No formal dinner is planned. We intend to go to Palmers Place after the tour.

Please email John Lillquist if you are planning to attend and go out for dinner after the meeting.

Our Chapter meeting will focus on a presentation of the Conservation Foundation. The Conservation Foundation protects and enhances rivers and watersheds by improving water quality and stream ecosystems, preserving stream corridors, and increasing citizen awareness. This is accomplished through watershed planning, management and restoration.

Conservation Foundation McDonald Farm, Clow Building
10S404 Knoch Knolls Road
Naperville, IL 60565
Phone: (630) 428-450

Check Mapquest for the best directions for you. The Foundation is south of US 88, west of US 355, and north of US 55 -- the southern part of Naperville close to Bollingbrook.

Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory (HTRL) at Argonne National Laboratory.
Members -- This is a special opportunity to see a biocontainment laboratory before it has any infectious agents. The HTRL is a part of the National Institutes of Health national strategic plan for biodefense and infectious disease research. The research will study the molecular mechanisms of infectious disease and conduct translational research to develop products such as diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines.

Past president of ACHMM, Judd Johnson, will lead the tour. Judd is now the Associate Director for Operations for Biosciences. This position includes responsibilities for the University and Hospital bio programs.

Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratories
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Argonne, Illinois

Getting to Argonne National Laboratories
Exit off I-55 on Cass Avenue South and follow signs.

Geting to the Howard T. Ricketts Laboratory
Enter Argonne and proceed to the Guard Station, as you need to show your photo ID and pick up your badge.
After receiving your badge, pass through the security gate, turn left, and follow the road to the stop sign. At the stop sign turn right; the HTRL building and parking lot are on the right. Turn into the parking lot and enter the HTRL lobby.

• Assemble at HTRL lobby,: 5:30 to 6:00 PM
• Tour: 6:00 PM
• Leave for Dinner: 7:00 PM. No formal dinner is planned. We intend to go out for pizza after the tour.
  

As a follow-up to our CHMM-munity Project for 2007 Chapter members are invited to tour the Village of Hanover Park Fire Department and view the set-up for Fire Fighter Rehabilitation project that we have supported.

Personnel from the Village of Hanover Park Fire Department. Battalion Chief James Larsen main is the contact.

Village of Hanover Park Fire Department
6850 Barrington Road
Hanover Park, Illinois 60133

Take the Elgin-O’hare Expressway west. It will deadend at Lake Street (Route 20). Turn right on Lake Street. Continue north onto Barrington Road by keeping to the right. The Hanover Park FD is on the left, just past the stop light for Walnut Street.
We will meet downstairs in the training room.

Please park in the lot behind the Fire House.

The tour is planned as follows:

• 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Assemble in the training room and network
• 6:00 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Tour of Fire Department Building
• 6:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Explanation of Fire Rehab Vehicle and Set-up.

No formal dinner is planned. For those interested we will be going to Applebee’s Restaurant on 880 South Barrington Road, Streamwood, Illinois 60193. .

See Jeff Hullinger's presentation in pdf format.

Our guest speakers will present "After the Top Screen, Vulnerabilty Assessment and Compliance with the Chemical Facility Security Anti-Terrorism Standard (CFATS)."
Note: The CFATS was enacted to ensure there are safeguards for chemical facilities at risk for exploitation by terrorist. This rule requires vulnerability assessments and implementation of improvements for chemical facilities meeting certain risk profiles.

Jeff Hullinger. Project Director, Weaver Boos Consultants, Columbus, Ohio

Col. Ken Morckel, former Director of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the State of Ohio and endowed chair at Northwestern University for security studies.

The downtown office of Weaver Boos Consulting (WBC), Suite 4250, First National Plaza Building at 70 West Madison, Chicago, Illinois.

The First National Plaza Building is 3 1/2 blocks west of Michigan Ave.

The building is only four blocks from the Ogilvie Station and Union Stations – both have access directly to Madison Street.

Easiest access is via that “L”. The Blue Line (from O’Hare) comes right into the basement of the Three First National Plaza.

Parking Garages:

• East Monroe Parking Garage ($13)
• Millennium Park ($17).

Entrances to both of the above are on Columbus Street, just east of Michigan Avenue and just south of E. Randolph Street.

• Grant Park North ($18-24). From the Grant Park garage, take the street level exits to either Washington Street or Monroe Street. Madison is between Monroe and Washington.
• Madison-Franklin-Washington ($20-24)

Presentation: 6:30 PM
Dinner: Approximately 8:00 PM

No formal dinner is planned but we anticipate that a number of us will assemble at "La Rosetta," a restaurant/bar on the ground floor of the Weaver Boos office buiding.