Upcoming Webinars
All Yorke Engineering webinars are complimentary and designed for EH&S Professionals to assist with industrial and government facility compliance and permitting.
*Some webinars are offered twice for your convenience and do not require you to sign up for both days.*
Details
Place: Online (via GoTo Webinar)
Duration: Approximately 1 Hour
Cost: Free
Questions? Emily Bernstein, (949) 248-8490, EBernstein@YorkeEngr.com
Air Quality
- Current and Upcoming EPA and CARB Refrigerant Requirements
- Understanding AB 2588 and the EICG: Emissions Reporting for Waste-Handling Facilities
- California Air Permitting Basics
- SB 253 Regulations for Scope-Based GHG Emissions Reporting
- CARB California Mobile Source Overview and Waiver Status Updates – What Regulations Still Apply?
- CARB Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Credit Generation and Recent Updates
- SCAQMD Warehouse Operator Indirect Source Rule, Rule 2305
Waste and Water
- TMDLs in Industrial Storm Water
- California Hazardous Waste Tiered Permitting
- State of California Hazardous Waste Classification Criteria
CEQA
Occupational Health & Safety
See details and sign-up links for each webinar below.
Air Quality Webinars
Current and Upcoming EPA and CARB Refrigerant Requirements
Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have passed several laws and regulations over the years limiting leaks from refrigerants with high global warming potential (GWP) that have an outsized impact on global warming. Most recently, on December 10, 2024, the U.S. EPA implemented updates to its refrigerant management rules under Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40 Part 84, Subpart C, which go into effect starting January 1, 2026. These regulations impose direct limits on the use of virgin and reclaimed refrigerants and set lower compliance thresholds. For the first time, the U.S. EPA now has lower thresholds than CARB for compliance. This presentation will summarize the current U.S. EPA, CARB, and South Coast Air Quality Management (SCAQMD) refrigerant compliance and reporting requirements, as well as provide guidance on the impact of future CARB and U.S. EPA compliance requirements, to help businesses plan to meet those future standards.
Current and Upcoming EPA and CARB Refrigerant Requirements
Wednesday, December 03, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Understanding AB 2588 and the EICG: Emissions Reporting for Waste-Handling Facilities
California’s AB 2588 Air Toxics “Hot Spots” Program requires facilities to report emissions of toxic air contaminants. In 2022, the Emission Inventory Criteria and Guidelines (EICG) were updated to expand the reporting list to approximately 1,700 toxic compounds, many of which do not have existing methods for analytical testing or health risk values. The revised EICG allows for a new two-step process to qualitatively reduce the number of compounds reported for specific waste handling industries. Landfills, composting, wastewater treatment, and metal recycling facilities may conduct source-specific testing or alternative methods such as pooled emission factors, but these require district coordination and detailed planning. In this 60-minute webinar, Yorke Engineering will share lessons learned from developing emissions protocols, explain how the two-step reporting process works, and offer practical guidance for waste and other industrial facilities preparing for district review under AB 2588.
Understanding AB 2588 and the EICG: Emissions Reporting for Waste-Handling Facilities
Thursday, December 04, 2025, 9:30-10:30 AM – Click here to SIGN UP
Monday, December 08, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
California Air Permitting Basics
California regulates air pollution from industrial sources by requiring facilities to obtain air permits from a local air district before operating certain equipment or processes. This webinar will provide an introductory overview of the air quality permitting process, including: the regulatory framework; regulated air pollutants; permit applicability and exemptions; and the emission calculations and health risk assessments (HRAs) that can be required as part of the permitting process.
California Air Permitting Basics
Monday, December 08, 2025, 9:30-10:30 AM – Click here to SIGN UP
Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
SB 253 Regulations for Scope-Based GHG Emissions Reporting
On October 7, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) into law, requiring large public and private companies (annual revenues greater than $1 billion) that conduct business in California to annually disclose their Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions starting in 2026. The regulation will impact thousands of companies that will need to hire an independent third party to verify reported emissions and pay annual fees to CARB. In December 2024, CARB issued an enforcement notice for SB 253, indicating that regulations would be adopted by July 1, 2025 (instead of January 1, 2025) and explained gradual implementation of requirements. SB 219, passed in October 2024, made significant revisions to the climate disclosure law under SB 253, including adopting the later deadline for rulemaking. Learn about requirements for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; SB 253 Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 reporting; and background information on carbon footprint analysis.
SB 253 Regulations for Scope-Based GHG Emissions Reporting
Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 9:30-10:30 AM – Click here to SIGN UP
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
CARB California Mobile Source Overview and Waiver Status Updates – What Regulations Still Apply?
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has passed multiple mobile source regulations in the past 3 years, affecting on-road trucks, off-road diesel vehicles, forklifts, transportation refrigeration units, commercial harbor craft, personal vehicles, and more. Many of these regulations required Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) preemption waivers, which allow California to regulate emissions that normally fall under EPA jurisdiction. Several of the waiver requests have been withdrawn, while others are pending or approved by the EPA, but the U.S. Congress voted to rescind the waivers. This webinar will highlight the basic provisions of each CARB regulation, waiver requirements, the status of waivers, pending legal actions, and related topics, to help public agencies and businesses understand the current landscape of regulations.
CARB California Mobile Source Overview and Waiver Status Updates – What Regulations Still Apply?
Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
CARB Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Credit Generation and Recent Updates
Join this webinar on California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) updates, which went into effect July 1, 2025. Discover how the new CI benchmarks, CA-GREET4.0 modeling, infrastructure crediting opportunities, and sustainability rules impact compliance. Gain actionable strategies to maximize LCFS credits, reduce costs, and stay ahead in California’s clean fuel and carbon reduction market.”
CARB Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Credit Generation and Recent Updates
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
SCAQMD Warehouse Operator Indirect Source Rule, Rule 2305
Warehouse operators in buildings that have a total of 100,000 square feet or more of indoor floor space are required to submit an Initial Site Information Report (ISIR) to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). Additionally, warehouse operators with at least 50,000 square feet of warehousing activities must track their truck trips to the warehouse, so they can start earning Warehouse Actions and Investments to Reduce Emissions (WAIRE) points to offset indirect emissions, as well as submit Annual WAIRE Reports.
SCAQMD Warehouse Operator Indirect Source Rule, Rule 2305
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Waste and Water Webinars
TMDLs in Industrial Storm Water
Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) and receiving water body impairments are addressed in the storm water Industrial General Permit (IGP) through TMDL numeric action levels (TNALs), numeric effluent limits (NELs), and the 303(d) impairments listed in Appendix 3. This webinar reviews the regulations behind TMDLs, how to evaluate receiving water bodies for impairments and TNALs/NELs, what is required when applicable TNALs/NELs are exceeded, and the options available to mitigate and avoid future TNAL/NEL exceedances. The webinar will also explore potential changes to how TMDLs will be enforced in future IGP reissuances or replacements based on recent court decisions and revisions to the 303(d) list.
TMDLs in Industrial Storm Water
Monday, December 01, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
California Hazardous Waste Tiered Permitting
“Generator self-treatment under the California Tiered Permitting Program (TPP) is a key tool to reducing off-site hazardous waste disposal costs or properly pre-treating wastes prior to sewer discharge. Although rules have existed in California for over 30 years governing generator self-treatment of hazardous wastes, it remains an area of much confusion for generators and is far more limited than the federal program.
This webinar will advise how generators can evaluate processes to identify those treatment activities that may be subject to the TPP for the different tiers: Permit-By-Rule, Conditional Authorization, and Conditional Exemption. Specific topics to be discussed will include waste stream eligibility, allowable waste treatment methods, tier determination, treatment permit exemptions (recycling and reuse), unit determination, financial assurance, engineering certifications, and tiered permitting specific recordkeeping.”
California Hazardous Waste Tiered Permittinr
Tuesday, December 02, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Wednesday, December 03, 2025, 9:30-10:30 AM – Click here to SIGN UP
State of California Hazardous Waste Classification Criteria
California’s hazardous waste classification scheme is fundamentally different than the federal Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations. This webinar will present the basics of California’s scheme, including the key similarities and differences relative to, in particular, the hazardous waste characteristics of ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. In addition, this webinar will touch on other key differences in California hazardous waste law as it relates to classification of universal wastes, recyclable materials and wastes, and listed wastes.
State of California Hazardous Waste Classification Criteria
Tuesday, December 02, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 9:00-10:00 AM – Click here to SIGN UP
CEQA Webinars
CEQA Introduction to Noise and Vibration Analyses
Economic and environmental pressures in California have created a growing market for urban infill real estate development projects – typically high-density residential and mixed use – on available parcels in established neighborhoods near public transit, retail, and employment centers. For infill projects, noise and vibrations generated by construction activities and long-term operational noise sources affecting neighbors can be a key issue when addressing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), particularly when seeking a Class 32 Categorical Exemption from a city or county planning agency. This complimentary 1-hour webinar will review the key components of CEQA noise and vibrations impacts analyses, including an overview of quantitative noise and vibration modeling methodologies, urban environmental noise settings, State and local noise regulations, project-generated noise and vibrations impacts assessment, and useful mitigation measures. Lastly, Yorke Engineering staff will share some of our experiences in performing CEQA noise and vibrations analyses in urban settings.
CEQA Introduction to Noise and Vibration Analyses
Monday, December 01, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 9:30-10:30 AM – Click here to SIGN UP
CEQA Air Quality and GHG
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) can be a formidable obstacle in getting new facilities, expansions, and various land use developments through the entitlement and permit approval process. Impacts to air quality from criteria air pollutant emissions, health risks from toxic air contaminants (TACs), and impacts related to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are often the key issues for industrial and commercial projects when addressing CEQA. This 1-hour complimentary webinar will review some of the CEQA basics, such as when CEQA is applicable, and what types of environmental documentation may be required, depending on the type and scale of the project. We will discuss the various analyses that are typically required for emissions quantification, air quality impact evaluation, health risk assessment, and determination of CEQA significance. Yorke Engineering staff will share some of our lessons learned in getting through the CEQA and air permitting processes.
CEQA Air Quality and GHG
Tuesday, December 02, 2025, 9:30-10:30 AM – Click here to SIGN UP
Monday, December 15, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Occupational Health & Safety Webinars
The Ins and Outs of Respiratory Protection Program
Title 8 Section 5144 regulates the use of respirators. This webinar will discuss the details of the standard, the purpose and use of respirators, when the respiratory protection standard applies, what types of respirators are available, quantitative versus qualitative fit testing, and the assigned protection factors for each respirator type. Yorke will discuss when a full Respiratory Protection Plan is needed and the conditions that allow for a reduced plan.
Illness and Injury Prevention Program
Thursday, December 04, 2025, 2:00-3:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP
Monday, December 08, 2025, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Click here to SIGN UP