The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites you to a free half-day compliance assistance workshop on Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Air Act, Section 112(r) Risk Management Program (RMP). These workshops are designed for new environmental compliance managers. The workshop will cover threshold determinations, exemptions and other commonly asked questions. For compliance with EPCRA and RMP, there are various planning and reporting requirements on businesses and industries that store and/or use certain chemicals and materials.

EPCRA and RMP were designed to protect your business, your employees and your community should a chemical accident occur. The EPCRA data and Risk Management Plan better prepares emergency response personnel and the community to handle an incident should one occur.  The RMP program requires the submission of a RMP plan and coordination with the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) prior to the storage of RMP chemicals above the threshold quantities.

Let us help you to make your business and community a safer place. EPCRA requires facilities having certain chemicals, with quantities as low as one pound, to submit annual chemical inventory (Tier 2) reports. For calendar year 2015, the reporting deadline is March 1, 2016. By attending a workshop, you could avoid an enforcement action under EPCRA resulting in penalties of up to $37,500 per chemical violation, per day. Likewise, the Risk Management Plan helps to ensure the safe storage, use and processing of chemicals at a facility.

EPCRA & RMP Workshop Agenda

8:00    Sign-in & Network
8:30     Welcome & Overview
8:45     What is and how do I report an Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS)
9:00     What must be reported on my Tier2 form

9:30   Reporting electronically via Tier2 Electronic Reporting Software

10:15   How do I use the “List of Lists”

10:30   Break
10:40   How does the new Global Harmonized SDS affect Tier2 Reporting
11:20   Who must comply with the CAA Risk Management Program?

Noon   Adjourn

Fill out the application and send to [email protected]: EPCRA-RMP Region 1 Workshop Application

Learn how forestry techniques can be used to benefit wildlife habitat and wintering grounds. Linked Lands Alliance will also show how to connect wildlife corridors.

Hartland Roast Beef Dinner starts at 4:30 PM.

Consulting forester Patrick Bartlett – commentator

• Modern Forest & Ecosystems Management
• Wildlife and their habitat needs in VT
• Forestry access roads and recreation.
• Foraging for Wild Edible Plants.

Hosted by the Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites you to a free half-day compliance assistance workshop on Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Clean Air Act, Section 112(r) Risk Management Program (RMP). These workshops are designed for new environmental compliance managers. The workshop will cover threshold determinations, exemptions and other commonly asked questions. For compliance with EPCRA and RMP, there are various planning and reporting requirements on businesses and industries that store and/or use certain chemicals and materials.

EPCRA and RMP were designed to protect your business, your employees and your community should a chemical accident occur. The EPCRA data and Risk Management Plan better prepares emergency response personnel and the community to handle an incident should one occur.  The RMP program requires the submission of a RMP plan and coordination with the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) prior to the storage of RMP chemicals above the threshold quantities.

Let us help you to make your business and community a safer place. EPCRA requires facilities having certain chemicals, with quantities as low as one pound, to submit annual chemical inventory (Tier 2) reports. For calendar year 2015, the reporting deadline is March 1, 2016. By attending a workshop, you could avoid an enforcement action under EPCRA resulting in penalties of up to $37,500 per chemical violation, per day. Likewise, the Risk Management Plan helps to ensure the safe storage, use and processing of chemicals at a facility.

EPCRA & RMP Workshop Agenda

8:00    Sign-in & Network
8:30     Welcome & Overview
8:45     What is and how do I report an Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS)
9:00     What must be reported on my Tier2 form

9:30   Reporting electronically via Tier2 Electronic Reporting Software

10:15   How do I use the “List of Lists”

10:30   Break
10:40   How does the new Global Harmonized SDS affect Tier2 Reporting
11:20   Who must comply with the CAA Risk Management Program?

Noon   Adjourn

Fill out the application and send to [email protected]: EPCRA-RMP Region 1 Workshop Application

Register here: https://demhs.vermont.gov/content/disasterlan

VT DEMHS RPC Information –

The following course is cancelled due to low enrollment.

• ICS 200 – ICS for Single Resources & Initial Action Incidents – 02/20/16 & 02/21/16 – 8:00AM – 3:00PM (must attend both days) @ Pomfret-Teago Fire Department – Teago Station in Pomfret. – 0 Registered. https://demhs.vermont.gov/calendar/ics200_2.20.16

The Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Training Announcement:

This course is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event with the Incident Command System. This course focuses on the management of single resources.

View the complete flyer: ICS200 Flyer

To register for this course, complete the form and email to [email protected]

ICS200 Registration Form

Winter Landscape Photography
Working Woodlands Workshop
ArtisTree and Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016
Time: 1:00pm–3:30pm
Location:Forest Center, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, VT
Parking: Billings Farm &Museum parking lot
Fee: $28
Reservations: Pre-registration and payment are required. Space is limited to 12 participants. To make reservations, register on-line at ArtisTreevt.org by Friday, Feb 19th at 3:00pm or call (802)457-3500.
Contact: [email protected] or call (802) 457-3368 x22

The simplicity and beauty of our Vermont winter landscaping is breath-taking. Come and explore our National Park, with local Photographer and ArtisTree Instructor Linda Treash. Begin inside with technical and creative advice on how to capture the best winter photographs with your personal cameras. Then, take a snowshoe trek through our snow-encased national park, learning the basics of outdoor and winter photography, stopping for discussion and photo moments along the way. Please bring your own camera to the workshop. This is a rain or shine event, so please dress appropriately for outdoor weather. Adult and child snowshoes will be available if needed. All ages welcome. This workshop is co-sponsored by ArtisTree Community Art Center, Vermont Coverts and the Vermont Woodlands Association.

The Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Training Announcement:

This course is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event with the Incident Command System. This course focuses on the management of single resources.

View the complete flyer: ICS200 Flyer

To register for this course, complete the form and email to [email protected]

ICS200 Registration Form

Join us on February 22, 2016 for the “Vermont Climate Economy Summit: IDEAS to ACTION” at the Vermont Technical College in Randolph, VT. Participants will review a platform developed by the Vermont Climate Change Economy Council and consider action to create jobs, build national reputation, and attract young people to Vermont. Check out the full agenda and visit our website for more about the Initiative.

Register Now!

Registration Fee: $40

(Registration will close on February 12th)

**STUDENTS: No charge for the first 100 students to register. Students should email [email protected] for the student promo code**

Confronting climate change through innovative economic development can be a competitive strategy, one that will build national reputation, create jobs, and attract youth and entrepreneurism for the future; especially important for a rural, small-business state like Vermont.

Sincerely,

Paul Costello, Executive Director

Vermont Council on Rural Development