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Program Chairpersons:
Bryan Fennell, Director of HSSE, BP Wind Energy
Kevin O’Donnell, Safety Manager, Power Generation Division – FPL and NextEra Energy Resources

(A special meeting is scheduled in conjunction with this workshop. Click here to see the schedule.)

	Wednesday, September 16

7:30 am
Registration Opens / Continental Breakfast
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8:30 am – 9:00 am
Welcome & Opening Session

Program Chairpersons:
Bryan Fennell, Director of HSSE, BP Wind Energy
Kevin O'Donnell, CSP, Safety Manager, Power Generation Division - FPL and NextEra Energy Resources

Kevin Devlin, Vice President of Operations, Iberdrola Renewables

• Michele Myers, Manager of Labor, Health and Safety Policy, American Wind Energy Association

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9:00 am – 10:30 am
AWEA Safety and Health Update
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) values safety and health within
the wind industry. The AWEA Safety Committee was established to address occupational safety and health topics and issues within the wind industry. The committee and staff monitor legislative and regulatory items that will impact the industry. The 111th Congress, regulating agencies, and state legislatures have introduced several legislative bills, held hearings on worker safety and health initiatives, and have an active regulatory and enforcement agenda. This session will address how will it affects the wind industry and what AWEA members can do.

• Moderator: Gary LeMoine, Director - Environment Health Safety
  Security, Iberdrola Renewables
  
• Stephen Yohay, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
  Michele Myers, Manager of Labor, Health and Safety,
  American Wind Energy Association
• Stacy Rowles, Business Development, Hailo LLC

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10:30 am – 11:00 am
Break
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11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fitness for Duty
This session will particularly focus on why wind companies should consider
Fitness for Work Programs, how to assess work physical requirements at wind plants, the performance of medical exams & field climbing tests for job applicants, the process and challenges for implementing exam programs, and the importance of good practice and training in preventing injuries.

• Moderator: Kevin O’Donnell, Safety Manager, Power Generation
  Division – FPL and NextEra Energy Resources
  
  
• Gary LeMoine, Director - Environment Health Safety Security,
  Iberdrola Renewables

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12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch / Demonstrations
During lunch, taking place in an outdoor tent surrounded by the dramatic
Wasatch Mountains, several exhibitors will demonstrate the industry's
latest health and safety techniques and equipment. Be sure to come and
see the demonstrations, and network with other attendees and speakers.
Click here for a list of current exhibitors and demonstration companies. ______________________________________________________________
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Speaker:
Dean Cardinale, President, Wasatch Backcountry Rescue and
Assistant Director of Snow Safety at Snowbird
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2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
OSHA – What you need to know
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates and
enforces workplace safety and health initiatives and rules. What do you need
to know about the structure of OSHA? This session will address OSHA rules, interpretations and activities that would affect you and your company.
Understand the rulemaking process and how AWEA can make a difference.

• Moderator: Michele Myers, Manager of Labor, Health and Safety,
  American Wind Energy Association
  
  Stephen Yohay, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break
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3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Training for Safety
This session will give attendees an opportunity to hear about fresh creative
ways to get your safety message across. Learn about different methods to
develop project safety leadership.

• Moderator: Grayling Vander Velde, EHS Professional, EHS Field
  Support, Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS)
  
  
• Larry Wallace, Altezza Contracting Inc.
• Patrick Conroy , Special Assistant to the Board of Directors,
  CCHEST, BCSP

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5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Daily Wrap Up
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5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Networking Reception

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	Thursday, September 17

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration Opens & Continental Breakfast
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8:00 am – 10:00 am
OSHA Update
Administrators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will
update attendees on the latest activities and priorities:

• National Emphasis Program
• Enforcement Program Changes
• Field Operation Manual Update
• Construction Focus
• Standards Update
• Cooperative Programs Update

• Moderator: Kevin O’Donnell, Safety Manager, Power Generation
  Division – FPL and NextEra Energy Resources
  
  
• Richard Fairfax, Director of Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Acting Director of Directorate of Construction, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor

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10:00 am – 10:30 am
Break
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10:30am – 12:00 pm
Environmental Topic - Federal Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)
This session will outline Federal Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) requirements for utility scale wind projects, describe Duke Energy’s approach to complying with these requirements, and discuss owner operator challenges and solutions related to the construction and operation phases of
wind projects. In addition, the presentation will include a description of
future Duke Energy Integrated Contingency Plan (ICP) development to
address and respond to various emergency response scenarios at our sites.

• Moderator: Michael Kelley, Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Manager, Upwind Solutions, Inc.
  
  
• David Miller, Director EHS Field Support, Duke Energy

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12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Lunch
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1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Emergency Response
In this session, emergency response and preparedness aspects to consider
while constructing a wind farm will be discussed. Topics will include developing
a comprehensive plan to ensure the creation of a project emergency response team, planning and training with rescue equipment, and understanding
emergency services capabilities and properly coordinating with them.

• Moderator: Sean C. Dei, Senior Safety Specialist, Next Era Energy Resources
  
  
• Trent Schon, Director of Safety / Renewable Energy Groups, Mortenson Construction
  Bryan Fennell, Director of HSSE, BP Wind Energy

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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Break
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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Fire Protection
This session will provide an overview of the threat fires pose to a wind project.
Our speakers will discuss real fire events in the industry, what can be done to prevent them and the latest in fire suppression technologies.

• Moderator: Carlos J. Diaz, Director, Enviromental, Health & Safety,
  Edison Mission Energy - Midwest Generation EME, LLC
  
  
• Robert Gibbs, Vice President of Sales, Firetrace International
• Rob Edinger, HSE Manager-North America, Health Safety &
  Environmental, Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc.

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5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Workshop Wrap Up

• Michele Myers, Manager of Labor, Health and Safety Policy,
  American Wind Energy Association
  Bryan Fennell, Director of HSSE, BP Wind Energy
• Kevin O’Donnell, Safety Manager, Power Generation Division – FPL
  and NextEra Energy Resources