Sarah Cook Email & Phone Number

Alpharetta, Ga

Alpharetta, Ga

Ran a federal contract providing support services to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4, for the Enforcement Support Services (ESS) at Superfund Sites contract. Managed up to 20 concurrent projects for a more than $5 million contract. As the office manager, started up a new office with 2 employees in September 2009. Grew the workload to 6 employees through quality work products recognized by clients. Responsible for staff workload, assisting with recruitment campaigns and coordinating new staff orientation. Supported proposal development efforts and participated in business development and marketing activities to acquire new work.Work for all clients has involved managing the preparation and distribution of documents, communicating with clients, coordinating and attending client meetings, and ensuring project schedules and goals are met by project team resources. Projects received high marks from EPA, from satisfied to exceeding expectations. Extensive experience conducting complex litigation and hazardous waste disputes under CERCLA and preparing documents for EPA Region 4 case development. Supported EPA by gathering, compiling, and evaluating data on corporate histories, and analyzing environmental operations to identify potentially responsible parties (PRPs) who may be liable for cleanup costs at Superfund sites located in EPA Region 4. Managed a team of paralegals and environmental scientists who conducted historical research into a party’s operations and disposal practices, conducted research into the real property ownership records, and compiled groundwater and soil sampling data. Performed QA reviews of the reports which summarized corporate history, real property, ownership, operational history, types of operations and chemicals used, waste disposal practices, and soil and groundwater sampling data.

Working project manager for a federal contract providing support services to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Enforcement Support Services (ESS) at Superfund Sites contract. Activities included enforcement technical support activities (report preparation and quality control (QC) reviews, potentially responsible party (PRP) search activities, waste-in list preparation, title searches, litigation support, cost recovery, etc.) and project management.

• As Assistant Regional Manager, responsible for day to day management of up to 16 junior to senior staff members, providing support services to the EPA under federal contracts. Maintained day to day office operations, monitored staff development and workload. Supported proposal development efforts and participated in business development and marketing activities.• Served as a working project manager or technical lead for multiple contract efforts supporting federal contracts. Prepared monthly progress reports, maintained schedule and budget compliance, monitored resource allocation, coordinated ad hoc financial reports and ensured quality control of deliverables. Attained high client satisfaction.• Contract Manager for fixed labor rate federal contracts with 5-10 $50,000-$500,000 active work assignments. Responsible for delivering quality work products, final quality assurance before product delivered to client, maintaining budgets, communicating with clients and staffing of projects. Interacted with clients to ensure customer satisfaction. Managed day to day contract functions including modifications to the contract and preparation of work plans.• Selected project work includes:- Experience with permitting and compliance issues (review of RCRA Permit Applications, Trial Burn Plans and Reports, EI documentation).- Managed and assisted in an EPA Region 4 project for the preparation of guidance materials related to the recovery, reuse, and recycling of building materials during disaster debris management.- Assisted in the collection and summarization of state recycling data.- Prepared underground storage tank (UST) reviews for EPA, NY, NJ, and PR (reviewed in Spanish) properties.- Prepared PCORs. - Completed technical reviews of documents (RFI, CMS, Progress Reports). - Prepared site reuse fact sheets for Superfund and RCRA facilities. - Planned for and provided sampling support activities. - Prepared RFA reports.

Project leader for research cases involving the gathering of information and documentation to prepare site histories and identify potentially responsible parties (as defined by CERCLA) for contamination at hazardous waste sites.Selected project activities include:- Collected documentation for and prepared operational histories for radioactive hazardous waste sites to assist in identifying possible sources of contamination at hazardous waste sites and parties potentially responsible for the contamination for US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).- Conducted interviews with public and private parties knowledgeable about hazardous waste sites for USACE and prepared interview summaries.- Collected and analyzed documents at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to assist in the preparation of reports for federal facility projects.- Collected data and documentary evidence including Archives Search Reports, historical aerial photography, maps, investigation reports and other documents for more than 600 Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) located in EPA Region 3. Negotiated for office space and file access at the Baltimore and Norfolk USACE District Offices, conducted interviews to insure complete collection of available data and documentary evidence, and provided data management services while maintaining a document-tracking database listing references collected for each site.

M.S., Environmental Health

B.A., Biology And Spanish