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Long Beach, California, United States

• Monitor EHS programs for two power generating plants: Sunrise Power and Long Beach Generating Station. • Ensure both plants are in compliance with all EHS programs and applicable regulations. • Assist with annual Corporate EHS audits to ensure continued compliance. • Communicate with regulatory agencies (federal and state).• Develop and submit both federal and state reports.• Implement and review EHS emergency plans.• Update hazardous chemical inventory, hazardous materials business plan, air emission inventories, and all other environmental plans and reports.• Coordinate air quality testing (emissions testing, relative accuracy test audits (RATA), etc.)• Conduct and manage training of all personnel in environmental, waste management, and storm water controls.• Evaluate, develop, and recommend new and improved safety and health procedures and programs.

Long Beach, California, United States

• Submitted 10 South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) air permit applications which consists of a process description, emissions calculations, a health risk assessment, and SCAQMD rules compliance evaluation.o Example project: A permit application was submitted for three large generators. The project went under preliminary California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review by the SCAQMD. Several calculations of historical actual and potential to emit emissions were made for offset determination, CEQA modelling applicability, and permit modelling applicability. • Evaluated compliance with all applicable air regulations for facilities such as hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. • Prepared 28 Annual Emission Reports (AER) which consists of emissions calculations for a variety of equipment such as engines, tanks, and oil wells and cellars. • Helped clients maintain compliance with several SCAQMD rules and permit conditions such as Rule 109, Rule 1110.2, Rule 1146, and criteria pollutant emission limits. • Reported oxides of nitrogen (NOx) to the SCAQMD on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis for one REgional CLean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM) facility.• Certified compliance for several Title V facilities with their Title V permit.• Reviewed source test reports, relative accuracy test audits, and other technical reports.

United States

• Prepared and submitted 14 SCAQMD air permit applications.• Authored a Risk Management Plan (RMP) to comply with the California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) program which also complies with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) RMP program.• Analyzed AMR’s waste streams, recycling data, and utility usage to evaluate company goals towards sustainability, which will be included in a company-wide report and provided to tenders.• Provided environmental consultations for internal departments to apply appropriate control measures by reviewing and interpreting local, state and federal air quality regulations. o Example project: A heat treatment process was analyzed for toxic emissions from the heating of an oil lubricant. • Ensured that the quality of internal documents was consistent with standard operating procedures through SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM)

Greater San Diego Area

Worked one-on-one with multiple students seeking assistance in several subjects • Taught Calculus and AP Environmental Science to a high-school senior, resulting in mentee to receive A's in exams. • Tutored reading and writing to a middle-school foreign student, improving reading comprehension, grammar and pronunciation.

Greater San Diego Area

• Shadowed lab employees who were debugging Aerosol Mass Spectrometer and analyzing data• Studied recent research reports on atmospheric marine aerosol particles• Organized vital tools used in the lab using Microsoft Excel and Google Team Drive• Initiated equipment repair with Sensidyne

Greater San Diego Area

• Informed the public on important local and national environmental issues and policies through face-to-face conversations• Recorded customer feedback and requests to better serve future customers• Collected and logged profits from potential members of CALPIRG/Environment California

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Engineering, 3.44 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders, Korean Campus Ministry, San Diego Regional Community

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Cross Country, Track and Field, Choir, Jazz, Math Club