Cannabis growers, cultivators, and distributors face unique compliance challenges when navigating federal and state regulations, managing hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams, and ensuring your facility runs safely and compliantly. This webinar will help early-stage and fast-growing cannabis companies understand the state and federal regulatory environment, obtain permits and licenses, and build environmental, health, and safety (EH&S) programs. Whether your cannabis organization is new to the compliance world or has some safety programs in place, this webinar will provide guidance on how to reach operational excellence.

1. Cannabis Enterprises: EH&S
Compliance You Need to
Know!
Mike Albert, Consulting Operations Director
Triumvirate Environmental
Greg Rosinski, Strategic Business Manager
Triumvirate Environmental

2. Meet Your Moderator
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Nita Vaidya

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During this Webinar
✓ All lines will be muted.
✓ Communicate via the questions tab in your webinar panel.
✓ Unanswered questions will be responded to personally after the
webinar.
✓ Webinar recording and slides will be emailed to you tomorrow.

4. Mike Albert
Consulting Operations Director
Triumvirate Environmental
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Meet Your Presenters
Greg Rosinski
Strategic Business Manager
Triumvirate Environmental

5. Cannabis Control Commission and
Environment, Health, and Safety
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6. Environmental Regulations, Health Regulations & Safety Regulations
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Industry
Jobs
Administration
Budtender
Cultivator
Edible
Producer
Extraction
Tech
Laboratory
Tech
Maintenance
Trimmer
Transportation

7. Number of Full-Time Workers in the Cannabis Industry:
Employment Comparisons to Mainstream Professions
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000
Legislators
Veterinarians
Flight Attendants
Cannabis Industry (2018)
Web Developers
Cannabis Industry (2019)
Clergy
Chief Executives
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Note: Cannabis industry employment figures calculated using number of full-time equivalent workers that support the marijuana industry.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections: 2016-2026. Projections includes both full- and part-time workers in 2019.
Set the
culture!

8. Agenda
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Environmental Health & Safety: Why It Is Important
Compliant & Best Practices: What You Need to Know
Disposal: Safe, Compliant, & Effective
Real-Life Examples in the Industry
Q&A

9. Environmental Health & Safety
• Environmental protection & safety at work
• Cannabis regulations:
▪ Food and Drug Administration
- 21 CFR Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
▪ Drug Enforcement Administration
- Schedule I - drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted
medical use and a high potential for abuse.
▪ State regulatory agencies
- California Bureau of Cannabis Control, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation, Massachusetts Cannabis Control commission, New York Office of Cannabis
Management, etc.
• EH&S exists because of the law
▪ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
▪ State-run environmental agencies
▪ Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
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10. Why Are We Here Today with
EH&S?
OSHA General Duty Clause & Environmental
Regulations for Disposal:
“Each employer shall furnish to each of his
employees employment and a place of
employment which are free from recognized
hazards that are causing or are likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to his
employees."
(OSHA - 29 U.S.C. § 654, 5(a)1)
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12. Agenda
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Environmental Health & Safety: Why It Is Important
Compliant & Best Practices: What You Need to Know
Disposal: Safe, Compliant, & Effective
Real-Life Examples in the Industry
Q&A

13. OSHA and EPA Programs
• Ergonomics
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
• Fire and electrical safety
• Flammable liquids storage
• Hazard communication
• Respiratory protection
• Security
• Worker readiness (Drug policy)
• Wastewater
• Reporting and recording
• Indoor air quality/mold
• Hazardous waste (RCRA)
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Not an exhaustive list!

14. Industry Facts &
Exposure
• Cannabis genus of flowering plants
• Cannabidiol (CBD)
▪ 40% of plant extract
▪ NOT psychoactive
▪ Studies regarding the treatment of epilepsy, anxiety,
pain management, mental disorders
• Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
▪ Psychoactive component
▪ “No currently accepted medical use”
▪ Lipid – easily moved through the body
• Routes of exposure:
▪ Inhalation
▪ Ingestion
▪ Absorption
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15. Fitness for Duty
• Physical impacts
▪ Increased heart rate, dry mouth, reddening of
the eyes, muscle relaxation and a sensation of cold
or hot hands and feet and/or flushed face
▪ Movement and coordination issues
• Behavioral effects
▪ Short-term memory loss
▪ Lower cogitative functions
• Cannabinoid receptors triggers
▪ Dopamine – feel good hormone
▪ Norepinephrine – fight or flight hormone; anxiety
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16. Fitness for Duty
• Yes, your employer can still have a fitness for duty policy
• Safety sensitive positions
▪ Drivers
▪ Heavy equipment operators
▪ Medical providers
• Stored in fat tissues → long half life
▪ 3-10 days in infrequent users
▪ 2-3 months in habitual users
• Testing – blood, urine, hair, saliva, and sweat
▪ New hire, and periodically
▪ Reasonable suspicion (DOT)
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17. Industry Workplace Hazards
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Job Hazards
Administration Ergonomics, workplace violence
Budtender Ergonomics, sensitizers/allergens, workplace
violence
Cultivation
(owner/operator)
Ergonomics, sensitizers/allergens, mold,
pesticides/fungicides, high pressure machinery,
noise, chemicals, workplace violence
Cultivator Ergonomics, sensitizers/allergens, mold
pesticides/fungicides, walking/working surfaces,
lighting hazards, chemical exposures

18. Industry Workplace Hazards
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Job Hazards
Edible producer, infused product
confectioner/artisan/chef
Ergonomics, occupational injuries (burns), noise,
chemicals
Extraction technician Ergonomics, machinery, allergens, noise, chemical
exposures, use of explosive/ flammable chemicals
such as butane
Laboratory technician Ergonomics, solvents
Maintenance Ergonomics, elevated heights, electrical hazards
Transportation Ergonomics, occupational injuries, workplace
violence
Trimmer Ergonomics, mold, sensitizers/allergens, pesticides,
occupational injuries (cuts), chemical exposures,
machinery

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20. Engineering Elements
• HVAC systems & air purification
• Environmental controls/environments
• Heating/Cooling of products – fume
hoods/exhaust
• Grinding machines
• Ethanol processing
• Water discharge
• Packaging
• HPLC machines
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21. Extraction Process
• Ethanol
• Halogenated solvent
• CO2
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22. Design & Program Set-Up
1) Regulation requirements met
2) Industry specific applicability
3) Adaptable to your environment
4) User friendly
5) Sustainable for long-term solutions
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23. Agenda
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Environmental Health & Safety: Why It Is Important
Compliant & Best Practices: What You Need to Know
Disposal: Safe, Compliant, & Effective
Real-Life Examples in the Industry
Q&A

24. Manufacturing
(Cultivation/Harvest/Products)
• Biomass
▪ Saturated or unsaturated
▪ Contaminated
• Soil
▪ High metal contamination
▪ Pesticides
▪ PCBs
• Solvents
▪ Off-specification
▪ Reused too many times
• Trim
▪ Cleaning/disinfecting
▪ Contamination
▪ Unused or aged-out plants
• Off-specification products
▪ Returns
▪ QC test problems
▪ Harvest/lots
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25. Quality Control Laboratories
• Sample control
▪ Storage
▪ Security
• Solvents
▪ Methanol/ethanol/acetonitrile
• Corrosives
▪ Amines
▪ Sulfuric/hydrochloric/phosphoric/
nitric
• By-products
▪ THC collection
▪ Mold/bacteria
▪ Pesticides
▪ Heavy metals
• Denatured cannabis
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26. Collection and Storage of Waste
• Solvents (liquid) or biomass (trim with
solvents)
▪ Properly sized containers
▪ Storage in a safe space (flame cabinet, sprinkler
systems, etc.)
• Corrosives
▪ Properly sized, non-metal containers
▪ Storage in a dry space & safe
• Off-specification pesticides or fertilizers or
products
▪ Properly sized containers
▪ Ingredients are important! (reactivity)
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27. Transportation and Disposal
• Federal regulations require disposal of
contaminated cannabis to be denatured
before going off-site
• Shipped in Department of Transportation
approved containers
• Destruction by incineration and landfill
• Sustainability
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Environmental Health & Safety: Why It Is Important
Compliant & Best Practices: What You Need to Know
Disposal: Safe, Compliant, & Effective
Real-Life Examples in the Industry
Q&A

29. Manufacturing
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30. Manufacturing
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31. Manufacturing
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32. Manufacturing
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33. Quality Control
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34. Quality Control
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35. Distribution/Retail
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36. Agenda
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Environmental Health & Safety: Why It Is Important
Compliant & Best Practices: What You Need to Know
Disposal: Safe, Compliant, & Effective
Real-Life Examples in the Industry
Q&A

37. Questions?

38. THANK YOU!
CONTACT US!
1-888-834-9697
www.triumvirate.com

39. References
• NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation “Evaluation of Potential Hazards
during Harvesting and Processing Cannabis at an Outdoor Organic
Farm” April 2017 HHE Report No. 2015-0111-3271
• Guide to Worker Safety and Health in the Marijuana Industry.
Marijuana Occupational Health and Safety Working Group. January
2017 Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• California Cannabis Portal
• OSHA
• EPA
• Cannabis Control Commission
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