Aaron Scheff Email & Phone Number

Boise, Id, Us

Boise Regional Office

• Responsible for managing a five-person management team with a total office staff of 40. • Ensure compliance with rules and regulations pertaining to all areas of DEQ authority including air, water, and waste divisions as well as administrative rules, policies, and guidance.• DEQ coordinator for all NEPA/EIS projects within Idaho’s 10 southwest counties. • Strategic planning to ensure the office meets or exceeds all assigned performance measures. • Coordinate with environmental stakeholders including local, state, and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, industry groups, the regulated community, environmental consultants and the public to implement the agency's mission. • Initiate continuous improvement projects to increase the efficacy of DEQ programs.• Develop and manage the budget to ensure that annual spending is within budgeted constraints.• Ensure that all required health advisories are factual and properly issued in concert with our compliance partners.• Maintain open communications with all DEQ bureaus and programs and act as the central point of contact in the region for multi-media and multi-program projects while coordinating activities of regional and state office staff.• Negotiating and track all enforcement actions in the region across all DEQ programs.• Ensure DEQ senior management is informed of consequential issues in the Boise region, interacting with the press and responding to their information requests, and for developing social media posts about potential threats to public health from various environmental concerns.

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Responsible for recruiting, training, supervising and evaluating all staff in the Groundwater and Remediation group.• Ensured compliance with rules and regulations pertaining to 401 certifications, hazardous waste, solid waste, ground water quality, underground and leaking underground storage tanks, mining permitting, exploration and extraction, oil and gas exploration and extraction, general remediation, brownfield assessment/cleanup and redevelopment sites, development of environmental covenants, and voluntary cleanup sites. • Enforced environmental regulations within the Waste Division’s realm of authority and ensured compliance by the regulated community via compliance assistance, technical assistance, and/or enforcement actions. • Ensured complaints from the general public were resolved within 48 hours of being received.• Assigned and tracked fulfillment of public record requests (PRR) within a 72 hour of receiving the request while maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information. Fulfilled 45% of total agency PRRs, annually.• Developed budgets, reports, and negotiated performance measures for all Boise Regional Office Groundwater and Remediation staff and programs.• Implemented DEQ’s Quality Management Plan for all projects involving collection of environmental data and ensured data was verified and validated for use in regulatory decisions. • Regularly coordinated with programs, other regulatory agencies at the federal, state, and local to collaborate on complex issues such as oil and gas exploration, mining, and regional groundwater monitoring projects.• Responsible for directing the Boise Regional Office response to hazardous materials incidents and emergency response incidents and coordinating with incident commanders, first responders, and cleanup crews in conjunction with the Bureau of Homeland Security and other federal, state, and local agencies, depending on the incident.

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Acquired several federally funded grants, totaling millions of dollars, negotiated cooperative agreements with EPA, developed, managed, and successfully implemented grant budgets, workplans, and public involvement plans, statewide while coordinating with dozens of public and private stakeholders.• Ensured all projects were in compliance with DEQ and EPA regulations and ensured compliance with NEPA requirements, compliance with the Endangered Species Act, Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act, and coordinated with appropriate tribal historic preservation and cultural resource officers. Successfully negotiated mitigations for projects with the State Historic Preservation Office and Tribes, when needed. • Supervised the activities of 4 contractors to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of brownfield response actions at sites statewide.• Represented EPA Region 10 states on the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Officials State Response and Brownfields Program Operations Task Force as a member and Vice Chairman and provided policy analysis, co-wrote research projects, and developed remediation symposia for the EPA Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization at the national level. • Coordinated at least annually with multiple local, state, and federal agencies and other brownfield stakeholders statewide to integrate Brownfield Response activities into clean up and redevelopment projects. • Developed and managed personnel and operation budgets for the Brownfield Response Program which included a minimum of 15 site specific projects, and of three federal grants, annually.• Reviewed and approved DEQ Quality Management Plan-compliant sampling and analysis plans, quality assurance project plans, environmental assessment and risk evaluation reports, remediation workplans, and remediation completion reports, and prepared contractor task orders for activities at solid waste, mine waste, petroleum, and hazardous waste sites.

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Designed, negotiated, implemented, and budgeted for numerous environmental site assessments and cleanups of Brownfield properties, both private and public, statewide addressing solid waste, mining, petroleum, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) regulated wastes and facilities.• Conducted outreach activities to encourage public and private sector participation in DEQ’s Brownfield Program, Voluntary Cleanup Program, and Revolving Loan Fund, and developed promotional materials for statewide presentations and trainings, and presented to a variety of audiences locally, statewide, and nationally.• Provided support to local governments including grant writing and management assistance, negotiation of EPA grant workplans, and oversight of environmental assessment activities.• Developed from scratch the Brownfield Response Program, Reuse Idaho Brownfield Coalition Revolving Loan Fund, and the implementation plan for the Community Reinvestment Pilot Act.• Investigated reports of hazardous waste releases to the environment and volunteered to be one of twelve Emergency Response Environmental Liaisons statewide, responsible for assisting first responders with emergency response needs during hazardous materials release incidents.

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Supervised Program employees and activities, managed all federal and state budgets and grants related to the Program, collaborated with State and Federal health and environmental agencies on statewide hazardous waste issues.• Organized and participated in multi-agency statewide task forces such as the Idaho Fish Consumption Advisory Program, Cancer Analysis Working Group, the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho, and the Groundwater Monitoring Technical Committee.• Developed and distributed fact sheets, community health education handbooks and newsletters, and curriculum addressing specific health assessment and education needs for communities adjacent to hazardous waste sites.• Developed and evaluated the effectiveness of health assessments, health consultations, public health advisories, and conducted public meetings, open houses, and availability sessions for communities and stakeholders adjacent to hazardous waste sites.• Conducted non-site-specific health assessment and education activities in support of multi-agency, statewide programs such as the Idaho Fish Consumption Advisory Program, Women Infant and Children Program, and other statewide environmental health concerns.

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Organized and participated in multi-agency statewide task forces such as the Idaho Fish Consumption Advisory Program, Cancer Analysis Working Group, the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho, and the Groundwater Monitoring Technical Committee.• Developed and distributed fact sheets, community health education handbooks and newsletters, and curriculum addressing specific health assessment and education needs for communities adjacent to hazardous waste sites.• Developed and evaluated the effectiveness of health assessments, health consultations, public health advisories, and conducted public meetings, open houses, and availability sessions for communities and stakeholders adjacent to hazardous waste sites.• Conducted non-site-specific health assessment and education activities in support of multi-agency, statewide programs such as the Idaho Fish Consumption Advisory Program, Women Infant and Children Program, and other statewide environmental health concerns.

Boise, Idaho, United States

• Conducted hydrologic modeling and report writing in support of DEQ’s Source Water Assessment program • Developed wellhead protection recommendations and contaminant treatment options to public water system operators.• Conducted site assessments, sampling, and project management for DEQ Underground Storage Tank (UST) and Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) projects.• Conducted audits and inspections of 319.d grant projects and 401 certification sites.

Tempe, Arizona, United States

• Negotiated, conducted, and provided oversight for environmental site assessments and cleanups, reported findings to clients and appropriate county, state, and federal regulatory agencies. • Managed client projects, budgets, and all reporting and regulatory compliance during characterization, assessment, remediation, and closure of sites. • Prepared and submitted LUST, RCRA, and solid waste-related corrective action plans to Arizona DEQ for VERDE clients.• Installed, operated, maintained, and sampled soil and ground water remediation equipment at client facilities as well as updated or reconfigured outdated or underperforming remediation systems.• Developed operation, maintenance, and monitoring schedules for client remediation sites and oversaw the activities and reporting of the VERDE field staff.• Prepared responses to requests for proposals from potential clients including budget estimates, timeframes, and staffing.

Tempe, Arizona, United States

• Conducted budget development and oversight for environmental site assessments, LUST removals, remediation system monitoring, soil, ground water, and soil vapor sampling, and reported findings to clients and appropriate county, state, and federal regulatory agencies. • Installed, operated, maintained, and sampled soil and groundwater remediation equipment at client facilities.• Developed and implemented operation, maintenance, and quarterly sampling schedules for all client remediation facilities in Arizona and California.

Ms, Curriculum And Instruction, Graduated With 4.0 While Employed Full Time As An Environmental Consultant.

All But Thesis For Ms, Geology, All But Thesis

Activities and Societies: I was the BGSU Geology Department teaching assistant coordinator and was awarded Graduate Student of the Year.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geology

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: I was one of three account executives for the 1990 Laws, Hall, and Associates international marketing intern.