The Baker Panel Report - ABSA

Appendix B – PSM Review Team Leader BiosJ. S. (Steve) Arendt (sarendt@absconsulting.com)Mr. Arendt is a Vice President of ABSG Consulting Inc. – Organizational PerformanceAssurance Center. He was formerly a co-founder and President of JBF Associates, Inc.He has over 25 years experience in chemical process safety and risk management and hasperformed hundreds of safety analyses, risk assessments, audits, and accidentinvestigations on a variety of oil, gas, chemical, and related industry processes.Mr. Arendt is a widely published author, having over 50 articles, guides, and books to hiscredit on PSM and risk management topics, including: A Compliance Guide for EPA’s Risk Management Program Rule, API, CMA,1997 Manager's Guide to Quantitative Risk Assessment, CMA, 1989 Resource Guide to the Process Safety Code of Management Practices, CMA, 1990 Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, Second Edition, CCPS, 1992 A Manager's Guide to Implementing and Improving MOC Systems, CMA, 1993 Risk Communication Guide, Chemical Educational Foundation, 1999He has recently conducted several industry surveys on PSM "best practices," obtaininginformation from over 70 companies, which was used in an industry "PSM best practicesworkshop" sponsored by API. Mr. Arendt’s current activities include managing the APIUniversity Global Process Safety and Risk Management Training Initiative. Mr. Arendtis a member of several safety-related professional societies and is very active with theAmerican Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Center for Chemical Process Safety –for which he is co-authoring two guidelines entitled: Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety Guidelines for Management of ChangeSince 1989, Mr. Arendt has worked with several industry groups to develop technicalpositions dealing with OSHA's process safety management regulation (29 CFR 1910.119)and EPA's risk management program rule (40 CFR Part 68). He has been an activeparticipant in these rulemakings, providing testimony at the public hearing for bothregulations. Mr. Arendt has served as a moderator for numerous industry workshops onthe OSHA PSM and EPA RMP regulations, and is a frequent speaker at conferencesinvolving chemical accident prevention and process safety management activities.Mr. Arendt was awarded the 2006 Merit Award from the Mary Kay O’Connor ProcessSafety Center, recognizing significant contributions to the advancement of education,research, and service activities related to process safety concepts and/or technologies.Mr. Arendt received a Master of Engineering degree from the University of Tennessee in1977, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Tennessee.39