2011 Facility Safety Workshop - Shared Process Safety Practices of Health & Safety Committees Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel 1601 Lake Robbins Drive [map] The Woodlands, TX 77380-1162

The registration period for this meeting has ended.

The purpose of the workshop is to share process safety practices and programs of a site’s Safety & Health Committees and Joint Health & Safety Committees. This workshop is targeted to plant employees who participate on Health & Safety Committees.

This workshop is organized in cooperation with members of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA), the United Steelworkers (USW), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), The Chemical Safety Board (CSB), The Building Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, and the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) in an effort to promote process safety throughout the refining and petrochemical industry.

Registration is by invitation only. For further information contact Lara Swett, Director of Health & Safety at NPRA.

Related Files:

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Attire:

Business Casual

Cancellation and Other Policies:

By registering for this meeting you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to abide by NPRA's policies on registration, housing, cancellation, spouse/guest registration, and fees.

REGISTRATION POLICY: Those who are present at the site of an NPRA meeting and/or occupy a hotel room in the NPRA room block to conduct business with industry personnel gathered for that meeting are expected to register for that meeting and pay the registration fee, whether or not they attend a specific function.

FEE POLICY: Eligibility for member rates is based on membership information currently on file with NPRA. If your company is not currently a member, the non-member fees will be charged to your credit card.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Registration substitution/cancellations may be made on-line or submitted in writing, faxed to 202.835.0467 or e-mailed to NSC@npra.org. Substitute conference registrations may be made in advance or on arrival with no penalty.
Cancellations may be made by June 27 with no penalty. Cancellations made between June 28 and July 7, 2011 less a $50 processing fee. No refunds after July 7, 2011. No telephone cancellations.

ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONDUCT CODE

Is Media Allowed?

No

Housing

Earliest Check-in Date: July 25, 2011
Latest Checkout-out Date: July 29, 2011
Final Reservation Cut-Off Date: July 7, 2011
(Some hotels may run out of space earlier or be cut-off prior to this date.)

The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel and Convention Center:
1601 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380-1162



    Guest Room
    Rate: $159.00 Single/Double Occupancy
    Deposit: $159.00 Single/Double Occupancy

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ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL CONDUCT CODE

The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (“NPRA”) has adopted the following “Ethical Responsibility and Professional and Personal Conduct Code” (hereinafter, “the Code”). Every member of NPRA, their designated representatives, and non-member attendees at all NPRA meetings and forums agree to abide by the Code as a condition of membership in NPRA and attendance and participation at NPRA meetings and forums.

The Code requires the following of all individuals attending NPRA meetings and forums:

• Adherence to the NPRA bylaws and the NPRA policies and procedures, as adopted by NPRA’s Board of Directors.
• Strict compliance with federal antitrust laws.
• Adherence to all applicable federal and state laws.
• Maintenance of the highest level of professional and personal ethical behavior while attending NPRA meetings and forums.
• Prevention of certain behaviors, including harassment, violence, intimidation and discrimination of any kind involving race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or, where applicable, veteran or marital status.
• Assurance that conduct at all times and in all professional and personal dealings with each other and other attendees with the highest level of integrity and courtesy.
• Sharing of knowledge and expertise as speakers at NPRA educational events and sessions whenever practicable, without soliciting or explicitly promoting their own organization's products or services.
• Working to instill public and consumer confidence in the petrochemical and refining industries, its member companies, and its professionals, avoiding any action conducive to discrediting members of NPRA.
• Refraining from scheduling general attendance meetings, receptions or other events at times that conflict with substantive programming or social events at NPRA meetings without express written permission of NPRA.

Failure to abide by the Code may result, for the first offense, in informal censure of a company or individual by the NPRA Executive Committee. If violations of the Code continue after such an informal censure, a company may be subject to expulsion from NPRA, or an individual to exclusion from participation in NPRA activities, by the Board of Directors.
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