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Harrisburg, Pa, Us

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Calgary, Ab, Ca

• Serve as a company-wide resource and liaison on environmental policies and compliance improvement initiatives.• Monitor pending legislation and regulations affecting the corporation.• Respond to external requests for information and inquiries from state and federal regulatory agencies. • Communicate state and federal requirements to internal and external clients by developing and conducting compliance training programs. • Provide development guidance and assist in the identification, implementation, and maintenance of compliance policies, procedures, and instructions. • Identify, analyze, and resolve compliance issues. • Perform periodic compliance audits, risk assessments, and ongoing monitoring for regulatory compliance.

Reston, Virginia, Us

I work with our project team to evaluate and investigate new claims reported to the Pennsylvania Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Fund (PAUSTIF) in support of an EPA program for Pennsylvanians.• Work with the project team to evaluate and investigate new claims reported to the PAUSTIF for the purpose of determining whether or not the claim is eligible for reimbursement for corrective action costs.• Provide analysis and oversight of the remediation process by reviewing technical reports ensuring that timely and demonstrated progress is made at eligible sites. • Effectively manage the claim from inception to regulatory closure. • Audit, validate and approve reimbursement of corrective actions costs thru invoice review.• Identify sites where remediation progress is lagging and leverage client tools to improve efficiencies and/or promote better outcomes.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Trusted Advisor with Highly Developed Professional Network within Oil & Gas, Water & MiningRespected Primary Contact with Trade Associations, State & Federal AgenciesStates Covered: Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, New York & West Virginia. Leveraged multiple state and federal trade associations to achieve legislative and regulatory victories; coordinated advocacy projects with the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), American Petroleum Institute- PA office (API-PA) & the Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky Oil & Gas Associations (OOGA, WVONGA, IOGA-WV & KOGA). • I served as Co-chair for the MSC Water Resources and Waste Management Committee. I led multi-jurisdictional teams of industry professionals to address regulatory and legislative proposals and devised legislative and regulatory strategies to achieve public policy objectives.• Reduced water fees paid by industry greater than 30 percent, by advocating for changes to policy and permitting procedures to both internal and external stakeholders.I am skilled at analyzing and informing internal and external clients on impact of government proposals on operations. I recommended project and program decisions to Senior Management by integrating environmental data and business planning goals. Proven success negotiating mutually beneficial solutions between industry and regulatory agencies on compliance matters and developing technical presentations, reports, and legal agreements for diverse audiences.• I advised and trained the EHS and Operations team on compliance with existing and new environmental regulations.• Gained significant reductions on multi-million dollar fines by negotiating with PADEP, US EPA, and Department of Justice (DOJ) and drafting Consent Order and Agreements on violations including water quality discharge, casing and cementing, spills, gas migration, and wetland impacts.

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Executed yearly permitting budget of $4M, soliciting and awarding project bids, and tracking and approval of Engineering department vendor invoicing. Project Management of all new permitting projects in PA and MD. Performed PADEP coal mining permitting functions, including mid-term and annual bonding reviews, permit and NPDES renewals, toxic effluent characterization, PNDI queries and coordination, completion reports, and bonding calculations. Updated companywide SPCC plan and above ground storage tank inventory. Completed US Army Corps SPGP applications for wetland and stream impacts and mitigation and PEP plans for the US Fish and Wildlife for Indiana Bat habitat disturbance. Maintained the company multi-million dollar bond and premium payments schedule and the Engineering Department permitting files. • Recovered over $5M in bond and subsequent collateral by leading reclamation bond release project for completed mines. • Saved over $50K annually by training and supervising environmental planning assistant and staff of 4 Engineering team members on PADEP permitting functions, enabling transition of duties to in-house.Advised Senior Management and Operations on compliance with environmental laws and regulations and recommended project and program decisions by integrating environmental data and business planning goals. Tracked and monitored compliance with PADEP inspection requests, NOVs, and compliance orders. Drafted and reviewed CO&As with the PADEP. Improved and managed environmental audit program, compliance tracking and issue resolution with regulatory agencies. • Obtained greater than $12M reduction in potential fines by negotiating with PADEP, US EPA, and US DOJ on compliance and civil penalty. Negotiations were for violations including NPDES water quality discharge, erosion and sedimentation, and wetland impacts. • Managed funding and compliance with the Clear Run and PBS Global Water Treatment Trusts that were valued in excess of $20 M.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Us

Analyzed PADEP enforcement actions for compliance with regulations, calculating initial civil penalty, and negotiating settlements with industry for issue resolution. Ensured that pertinent aspects of case histories were prepared for Central Office, DEP attorneys, or senior management including compliance history and permittee ownership and control. Coordinated enforcement actions with Mine Conservation Inspectors. Managed a legal assistant and the water treatment trust project. Completed review of coal and industrial mineral surface mining applications and small non-coal permit applications, including PNDI queries to determine compliance with mining and erosion and sedimentation control regulations. Performed review of bonding increments and release requests, transfers, revisions, permit and NPDES renewals, annual bond reviews, and exploration notice applications. • Negotiated and drafted over 100 Consent Order and Agreements (CO&As) between industry and agency. • Established water treatment trusts worth in excess of $90M, including generation of cost estimates from AMDTreat. • Received recognition for Cambria office water treatment trust eFACTs database as premier example for other regional offices to aspire to. • Introduced efficiencies to improve application review, eliminating and avoiding future permit application backlogs. Additional Experience: Mining Speciailst 2006-2009: Reviewed transactions for coal and industrial mineral surface mines including bonding increments, transfers, revisions, NPDES renewals & exploration notices. Verified mining and reclamation plans, calculated reclamation bond liability, and prepared permitting documents and special conditions.Acting Forester 2007-2008: Reviewed applications for bond release of coal and industrial mineral surface mining permits. Duties included review of the approved reclamation plan and bonding, site inspection to determine reclamation status, and investigation of any landowner complaints.

Harrisburg, Pa, Us

Project Management of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development, State Water Assessment Program Reports, and the West Branch Susquehanna River Remediation Strategy. Project Management Experience: successful grant writing, fiscal management, supervision of 3 employees sampling schedules, quality assurance/quality control of data compilation, design and maintenance of an access database, stream sampling design and scheduling, and extensive travel and coordination. • Authored 12 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) reports using Palisade @Risk statistics or AVGWLF watershed modeling. • Executed extensive outreach regarding available funding during project planning resulting in achievement of federal 319 restoration funding for over 75% of TMDL reports.• Initiated West Branch Susquehanna River Remediation strategy, prioritizing treatment sites, and accelerating restoration of most polluted sub-basin on Susquehanna River. Water Protection Program activities included PA State Surface Water Assessment Program (SSWAP) and Instream Comprehensive Evaluation (ICE), Susquehanna Nutrient Assessment Program, and Subbasin Survey Program. Program experience included: water quality sampling; USGS certification for sampling techniques of Abandoned Mine Drainage (AMD) parameters including acidity, alkalinity, pH, and conductivity; extensive report writing, mining permit reviews, statistical modeling with @Risk, presentations at public meetings, and coordination with PA DEP officials and personnel. Other duties included modified Rapid Biological Protocol (RBP-II) macroinvertebrate collections and habitat evaluations, macroinvertebrate identification to family level in the field, de-listing surveys for once impaired waterways, fish electroshocking, sediment and nutrient sampling, and sample collection for nutrients, chlorophyll, and metals.

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Digitizied and produced map layouts using ArcView 3.2 for Cambria County agencies. Completed the GIS mapping of the Cambria County Water Supply System Inventory. Assisted with Conservation District newsletter activities, Farmland Preservation Program, and assisted Watershed Specialists with various Abandoned Mine Drainage projects.