ABOUT RC

Education and Affiliations

• B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, 1972
  
  
• Qualified Environmental Professional, QEP11930047
  
  
• Member Air & Waste Management Association, New Mexico Chapter
  
  
• Member, Air & Waste Management Association, New Mexico Chapter Member
  
  
• American Meteorological Society
  
  
• Chairman, Air Quality Subcommitte, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association

Special Expertise

• Air dispersion modeling, permitting and compliance for sources including power plants, industrial facilities, petroleum processing facilities, mines, and remediation sites
  
  
• Environmental project management including air quality permitting, air quality monitoring programs, and compliance studies
  
  
• Expert Witness Testimony
  
  
• Emissions and ambient monitoring
  
  
• Environmental site assessments and regulatory compliance audits
  
  
• Design and implementation of environmental compliance programs, including hazardous waste, SARA, underground storage tanks, air emissions, and emergency response programs

Capabilities and Accomplishments

Responsible for:

• Cost, schedule, and overall performance of environmental projects

Responsibilities include:

• Proposal and budget preparation; assembling and managing project teams composed of scientific and technical specialists; providing guidance, regulatory, and technical expertise; and communicating with clients and regulatory agencies

Recent projects managed and participated in include:

• Expert witness testimony on air quality issues for three mines and a foundry
  
  
• Regulatory and compliance negotiation for industrial, mining, manufacturing, and petroleum clients
  
  
• Participation in industry-agency negotiation of air quality permit program structure
  
  
• Clean Air Act, SARA, RCRA, CERCLA, and UST consulting and documentation including permitting, inventorying, auditing, and compliance documentation
  
  
• Compliance audits for petroleum, mining, and manufacturing facilities
  
  
• Experienced air dispersion modeler with 28 years experience in the southwestern United States
  
  
• Managed, conducted, or participated in hundreds of air quality permitting activities, including Title V, PSD, minor source, streamlined, modeling studies, and remediation site permitting
  
  
• Participated in model development and validation studies. Fully familiar with technical and regulatory aspects of air pollution
  
  
• Performed on-site management of ambient air quality monitoring programs, including PSD monitoring programs, compliance monitoring, and model validation studies
  
  
• Designed monitoring installations, including custom-design of monitoring equipment, data logging and telemetry systems, and data handling procedures
  
  
• Provided complete turn key integrated permitting service for natural gas facilities, including air emissions permits, OCD discharge plans, SWPP plans, SARA and TSCA reporting, etc.
  
  
• Monitored non-traditional air pollutants, including background noise levels; volatile organic compounds and light hydrocarbons; condensation nuclei concentrations; plume opacity; and plume dispersion and chemical aging studies
  
  
• Developed and published new gas chromatographic technique for rapid concentration and separation of very low levels of light hydrocarbons in air

Expertise in a wide range of other environmental regulations:

• Performed environmental site assessments for property transfers of complete gas gathering and processing systems
  
  
• Developed comprehensive spill and emergency response plans and environmental procedures manuals
  
  
• Conducted preliminary Superfund site assessment
  
  
• Managed UST and SARA compliance for a large utility