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- Michael Brown
- Jay Collert, CHMM, CET
- John van Kirk
- Carl V. Huber, PE
- Gary L. Lage, PH.D., D.A.B.T.
- Claudia Meeks
- Lisa Woods Munger
- Rolf Von Oppenfeld
- Michael Owen, CSP, CET, CHMM
- Kim Perry, CHMM
- David Piercey
- David Randall
- Joyce Rizzo
- Joseph Santarella
- William Spain
- Dan D. Troutman
- A. Denise Turner, Ph.D.
- John L. Watson, PC
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Michael Brown
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Mr. Brown is a principal in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Brown & Gidding, P.C. where he directs the performance of defense-related tasks for a wide variety of industrial and municipal clients. He has been heavily involved in defense of governmental and private party Superfund and "toxic tort" litigation, as well as product safety litigation and Consumer Product Safety Commission enforcement proceedings.
Mr. Brown has long specialized in environmental, health and product safety law. His most recent government appointments have been at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as Acting Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, and previously, as Enforcement Counsel and Deputy General Counsel. In these positions, Mr. Brown was responsible for the development and implementation of legal policies and strategies concerning the Agency's rulemaking and enforcement activities.
Mr. Brown is the author of numerous articles on environmental issues and is a frequent lecturer at environmental and product safety conferences. His other governmental experience includes service as General Counsel and later as Executive Director of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Previously, he served as an Assistant General Counsel at the United States Department of Commerce.
Mr. Brown received his B.A. and L.L.B. (magna cum laude) from St. Mary's University in Texas and an L.L.M. degree in trade regulation from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. |
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Jay Collert, CHMM, CET
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Mr. Collert is a Certified Environmental Trainer and a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager with more than 28 years experience in environmental laws and regulations, first with the United States Air Force, and now with Aarcher Institute of Environmental Training, LLC. His present duties include environmental training and consulting work throughout the United States. He teaches on a variety of subjects including hazardous waste, pollution prevention, wastewater, hazardous materials, environmental training requirements, storm water regulations and permits, environmental audits, environmental inspections, EPCRA, and environmental management systems.
Mr. Collert also develops new courses, writes student instructional materials, prepares lesson plans, and conducts needs analysis on environmental training requirements for clients. He conducts environmental compliance audits for companies and develops/reviews environmental management plans. Those plans include hazardous waste management plans, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, Emergency Action Plans, Spill Prevention Controls and Countermeasure Plans, and RCRA Contingency Plans.
Over the past 12 years hundreds of clients have entrusted him to teach environmental training courses for them. Companies like IBM, Continental Airlines, Caterpillar, Abbott Labs, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Parker Hannifin, Marathon Oil, Pfizer, Merck, Atlas Roofing, Huntsman Materials, Westinghouse, Florida Power and Light, Masterfoods USA, Koch, Subaru, Ford, and Unocal, to name a few. He also has a number of federal facility clients that request his experience in the classroom. Agencies like the United States Air Force, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, United States Postal Service, and Sandia National Labs have all asked for him by name.
While on active duty with the United States Air Force, Mr. Collert held a number of positions within the environmental field. He was a certified water and wastewater plant operator and taught advanced water and wastewater operations at the United States Air Force Technical Training Center in Sheppard AFB, TX. He was the key course developer and lead instructor for 125-course days of instruction. . |
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John van Kirk
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John Van Kirk is an Air Quality Specialist with nearly 20 years of experience in both the public and private sectors. His multi-disciplinary experience includes air quality, water quality, noise, hazardous materials, transportation, and land use planning. His primary air quality experience includes modeling, permitting, compliance, and facility site selection for the mining, oil and gas, and utilities industries. Mr. Van Kirk holds Bachelor’s degrees in Geography and Environmental Studies, and a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara. |
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Rolf von Oppenfeld
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Mr. von Oppenfeld is with the TESTLaw Practice Group and is an AV rated attorney (Martindale Hubbell's highest rating) and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for four years. Mr von Oppenfeld previously worked as a chemist for the EPA and has conducted seminars on the Clean Air Act and air pollution issues. Rolf von Oppenfeld is an attorney who has published extensively in the area of air quality.
For more information on Mr. von Oppenfeld's qualifications, click here. |
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Michael Owen, CSP, CET, CHMM
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Mr. Owen is an experienced firefighter and safety professional with more than 26 years experience providing safety-related training and consulting services.
Mr. Owen designs, develops, and instructs courses in various health and safety topics. He has provided training for all EPA/AHERA asbestos and EPA lead paint abatement certification levels. In addition, Mr. Owen serves as a Master Instructor for the International Association of Fire Fighters' Hazardous Materials programs. He has conducted thousands of hours of HAZWOPER training for all levels, including hazardous waste, TSD facility, and emergency response.
As a lost control specialist for the insurance industry, he was successful in reducing risk premiums for property management, heavy highway and utilities construction companies, and general industrial manufacturing. He was responsible for planning business activities and supervising loss control, managing claims, and providing on-site training, safety audits, job site inspections, and written safety programs.
Recently, Mr. Owen provided initial and refresher training at a world-class semiconductor manufacturing facility. These programs were designed based on the special needs of the client, reflecting the current state-of-the-art and unique hazards of the operations. Refresher courses were placed online for continuous student access.
Mr. Owen’s education includes a Master’s of General Administration in Applied Management from the University of Maryland University College. Mr. Owen also holds a B.S. in General Studies from the University of Maryland with a special emphasis in fire protection engineering and in safety and health education. He is a Certified Safety Professional, Certified Environmental Trainer, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, Registered Environmental Manager, and Registered Chemical Hazardous Materials Manager.
Mr. Owen also has completed the requirements and is a NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist, BECA Certified Professional Environmental Auditor and conducts both ISO 9000 and 14000 Lead Auditor training programs. |
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Kim Perry, CHMM
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Kim Perry founded Bevcamp Environmental Services & Training in 1995 in Columbus, Ohio with a current office in Ohatchee, Alabama. Bevcamp is a woman-owned business, providing quality consulting and training to industrial and federal clients. Ms. Perry has developed excellent skills in facilitation and presentation, and a proactive customer service reputation. She is a results- oriented consultant with 22 years experience in regulatory compliance, environmental analysis of soil, sludge, wastewater, PCB’s, and hazardous waste, and emergency response to hazardous materials releases.
Ms. Perry’s technical paper entitled Hierarchy of Chemical Waste Management was published by the American Chemical Society in the December 1994 issue of Network News and presented to the 50th Southwest Regional American Chemical Society Meeting in Fort Worth, TX and the Twelfth Annual College and University Hazardous Waste Conference in Baltimore, MD. An additional presentation of Pollution Prevention in the Laboratory was presented to the Thirteenth Annual College and University Hazardous Waste Conference in Minneapolis, MN in 1995.
Ms. Perry received the 40-hour HAZWOPER certification from The University of South Alabama, Center for Emergency Response Training in 1993, and served on a hazardous materials response team in Alabama for three years.
She is currently the President of the Alabama Society for Hazardous Materials Managers, former board member of the Central Ohio Certified Hazardous Materials Manager chapter, a member of the American Chemical Society and a volunteer for the Calhoun County Hazardous Materials Response Team.
Ms. Perry is a graduate of Auburn University.
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David Piercey
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David J. Piercey has more than 25 years of experience in environmental and design engineering programs. Mr. Piercey has extensive experience in dealing with the intricacies of unique underground and aboveground storage tank applications, providing both technical and practical perspectives to storage tank management. Mr. Piercey has sat on USEPA discussion panels on current and future regulations.
Mr. Piercey lectures frequently on storage tank and SPCC issues, including presentations on New Tank Systems Design and Installation - An Engineering Art; Monitoring and Leak Detection – Proper Tank Inspections - More Bells and Whistles; Tank Closure - The Ultimate Risk Reduction Strategy; and Tank Testing. He is co-author of two books, Underground Storage Tank Management: A Practical Guide, 5th Edition, and Aboveground Storage Tank Management and SPCC Guide, 2nd Edition.
Mr. Piercey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Neumann College, as well as many professional certifications. He is a Vice President and co-founder of JD2 Environmental, Inc., where he manages storage tank programs for various commercial, industrial clients, and government agencies.
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David Randall
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Mr. Randall has been in the environmental, technical, and policy areas for 12 years. He started his career in this field with the Air Programs Branch of the U.S. EPA Region 8 in Denver, Colorado. His consulting career began with the Chicago-based firm of Yates & Auberle, where he specialized in air toxin risk assessment, CERCLA hazardous waste allocation among listed PRP's, and environmental management in Indian Country. In 1991, Mr. Randall joined Air Sciences, Inc., as manager of the Permits and Regulations Group. He is an owner of Air Sciences, Inc., serves on the Board of Directors, and coordinates the marketing activities of the company.
Mr. Randall has managed a large number of air permitting projects for proposed and expanding metal and coal mining in the Western United States. He has also been technical consultant to the U.S. Forest Service in estimating the potential visibility impacts from a proposed copper project on a nearby Class I wilderness area. He plays a unique role at Air Sciences in providing technical and regulatory air quality expertise to Native American Indian Tribes. His efforts with tribes have included capacity development, creating reservation-wide emission inventories, permitting stationary sources, and drafting air quality regulations for tribal governments.
Mr. Randall attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA, and graduated with a B.S. degree in Land Resource Planning and Management from the School of Applied Earth Sciences.
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Joyce Rizzo
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Ms. Rizzo has more than 35 years experience in all aspects of environmental engineering and management, including 12 years with the petroleum industry. Ms. Rizzo spent 20 years as an environmental consultant involved in risk assessment and environmental engineering programs designed to evaluate potential risks and liabilities associated with facility operations and property transfer, storage tank management, and expert testimony.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and a Management Graduate Certificate from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. She is the editor and principal author of Underground Storage Tank Management: A Practical Guide, 5th Edition, and Aboveground Storage Tank Management and SPCC Guide, 2nd Edition, co-founder of the Leak Detection Technology Association (LDTA), a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and Chairperson of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Committee on Tank Leakage and Repair Standards. She conducts seminars on storage tanks and has authored numerous articles on storage tanks, environmental assessments, SPCC requirements and auditing.
Joyce A. Rizzo is President and co-founder of JD2 Environmental, Inc. (JD2), where she manages several storage tank inspection and auditing programs, develops and conducts specialized training programs, and for provides expert testimony on various aspects of storage tank management. JD2 is an environmental engineering and geoscience consulting firm that specializes in the management of both underground and aboveground storage tanks including certified inspection, auditing, design, installation, closure, remediation, and operations and maintenance programs; hydrogeological assessments; and environmental assessments for property transfer.
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Joseph Santarella
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Mr. Santarella Jr. is the founding member of Santarella & Eckert, LLC, which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2006. Mr. Santarella brings a unique perspective to his environmental presentations by virtue of his broad and varied experience as an environmental attorney, which include tenures with an environmental defense firm in Washington, D.C., the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in Headquarters and Region 8, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), and his representation of environmental and labor organizations to enforce alleged environmental violations and ensure proper permitting of power plants, smelters, steel mills and other major industrial facilities including compliance with the New Source Review requirements of the Clean Air Act.
Mr. Santarella built a reputation as a strong and effective advocate while serving as a civil and criminal Enforcement Attorney and Assistant Regional Counsel for EPA Region 8 – he earned two bronze medals for superior performance (the highest award bestowed by an EPA regional office), and the prestigious National Performance Review Reinventing Government Award from Vice President Albert Gore. Prior to serving with EPA Region 8, Mr. Santarella was an associate with Zorc, Rissetto, Weaver & Rosen, an environmental law firm in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in litigation and counseling relating to section 404 of the CWA (wetlands permits) and NPDES enforcement. He also served briefly with the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Management, and the Natural Resource Division of the DOJ in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Santarella received his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University — National Law Center in 1987, where he dedicated more than a quarter of his legal education to the study of environmental law. He received has undergraduate degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, with Honors in History in 1982. Mr. Santarella was born and raised on Staten Island, New York – he still has a New York accent (and attitude) and is a diehard New York Yankees fan. A former competitive football and softball player, Mr. Santarella is now channeling his athletic energies to coaching youth soccer and softball.
A dynamic and passionate speaker, Mr. Santarella has given numerous presentations on a broad variety of environmental topics before federal and state environmental organizations, bar associations, and private and public learning institutions. Mr. Santarella served as lead facilitator for EPA’s Environmental Enforcement Negotiations Course, and is a featured speaker on EPA’s Environmental Enforcement Negotiations Training videotape. He also has trained state environmental enforcement personnel on enforcement negotiation strategies and tactics for the Northeast Environmental Enforcement Project and the Southern Environmental Enforcement Network within the National Association of Attorneys General, and served as a trainer for EPA Region 8’s CWA § 404 Enforcement Course for Army Corps of Engineers field offices. Mr. Santarella has published numerous articles on environmental law and authored the Enforcement and Liability Chapter within the 16th and 17th editions of the Environmental Law Handbook published by Government Institutes. |
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William H. Spain
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William Spain has more than 32 years experience consulting, teaching, publishing, research, regulatory compliance, and technical management in occupational health and environmental science. He has worked for large corporations, the Federal Government, an engineering university, a national consulting/analytical/training corporation, and now a state government. This experience helps Mr. Spain understand and share the technical and other aspects of these professional fields from many different points of view.
Mr. Spain's current regular employment is as Unit Coordinator for Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division. He heads the Compliance and Enforcement Unit for the Lead-Based Paint and Asbestos Program. Prior to this he spent 11 years managing and directing divisions of an environmental consulting, analytical, and training firm. He was the National Director of The Environmental Institute for 10 years. In this capacity he directed and taught in more than 1500 environmental courses throughout the United States and the Western World. The courses included asbestos, lead, environmental chemistry, respirators, HAZWOPER, environmental site assessments, and others. Before this, he was Director of the Continuing Education and Publications Office for the Environmental Safety and Health Division at Georgia Institute of Technology/GTRI. There he helped develop and present hundreds of environmental and occupational health course offerings nationally and internationally. While at The Environmental Institute and Georgia Tech he helped write 5 Model Courses for U.S. EPA. He has helped teach courses for University of Indiana, Tufts University, Emory University, Georgia State University, Texas A&M, The Institute for Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, The OSHA Training Institute, and Georgia Tech. Prior to his Georgia Tech employment, he worked for the U.S. Department of Labor/OSHA for nearly 7 years. He progressed from a GS 9 Field Industrial Hygienist, to a State Monitor Industrial Hygienist, to a Technical Support Industrial Hygienist, and then to a GS 13 Industrial Hygiene Supervisor working in their Saint Louis, Birmingham, and Raleigh area offices and Atlanta Regional Office. Mr. Spain's first full time employment was as an Industrial Hygienist in the Medical Department of McDonnell Douglas Corporation in Saint Louis. There he acquired valuable experience in air monitoring, noise measurement and control, respirators, medical investigations, and other Industrial Hygiene activities. Mr. Spain has dozens of refereed publications in sources such as the American Industrial Hygiene Journal, the National Asbestos Council Journal, Occupational Health and Safety Magazine, and Pediatrics>. He was Technical Advisor and Assistant Editor for Occupational Safety and Health Magazine for 5 years. He is the co-author of two published book chapters. He has a Magna Cum Laude joint B. I. S. Degree in Chemistry/Management/Communications from Georgia State University. He performed Industrial Hygiene Internship at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory/University of California. |
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Dan D. Troutman
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Mr Troutman has provided environmental analysis and consulting services for more than 20 years, including leading Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III Environmental Site Assessments and evaluating environmental and industrial health and safety issues at commercial and industrial facilities. Mr. Troutman has extensive laboratory analysis experience and has served as Chief Chemist of a commercial analysis laboratory. Mt. Troutman regularly lectures on topics ranging from asbestos, lead, PCBs, Chemical, USTs, and accident investigations for a wide array of clients. He is approved as Course Director in multiple states for various asbestos and lead certification courses. |
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A. Denise Turner, Ph.D.
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Dr. Turner has more than sixteen years of experience in environmental consulting, training, biomedical product development, and research. She currently manages her own environmental consulting business working in the U.S. and Europe in product development, training, and technical oversight.
Prior to May 1996, she worked at RMCI, where she played a key role in training and business development. She also supported a 32-million dollar FAA Southern Region contract dealing with a broad range of environmental issues, including environmental audits, PCBs, emergency preparedness, asbestos, lead-based paint, and underground storage tanks. In addition to her technical and program management expertise, Dr. Turner's environmental experience also includes managing the multimillion dollar contract workload of EPA Region 4 for A.T. Kearney, in which she conducted more than 250 RCRA Facility Assessments (RFAs) and reviews of RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) work plans and reports. She has participated in risk assessments for EPA Regions 2 and 4, as well as reviewing Boiler and Industrial Furnace (BIF) permit applications for EPA.
Dr. Turner's commercial consulting experience includes the development of a national safety program for an international paper company, as well as conducting a complete management/safety audit of a major U.S. nonprofit organization struggling with increased OSHA and FDA regulation. She has also played key roles in numerous business proposals, which were awarded more than 250 million dollars in consulting contracts.
Dr. Turner has taught for Duke University, the University of Maryland, and Troy State University, as well as presenting more than 100 national workshops and training seminars in environmental chemistry, RCRA orientation, RCRA updates, environmental assessments, permit writing, and the identification of RCRA-regulated hazardous wastes. She has produced two biomedical patents and six publications in the “Journal of the American Chemical Society,” “Biochemistry,” the “Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences,” “The British Journal of Phytotherapy,” and “Thrombosis and Haemostasis.” She also lectures for Government Institutes, the Environmental Institute, and Emory University. She is currently writing three technical books on environmental chemistry, phytochemistry, and phytopharmaceuticals.
Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duke University, 1986
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, Chemistry; Clemson University, 1982 |
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John L. Watson, Esquire
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John Watson’s environmental and defense litigation practice ranges throughout the country as he represents companies and individuals in numerous federal and Colorado state courts and before federal, state, and local administrative agencies and commissions. As both defense trial attorney and counselor, he represents clients in a host of environmental matters including mass toxic tort litigation, as well as air, water, Superfund, and hazardous waste litigation. He also advises facility owners and operators on increasingly complex safety and health issues involving regulatory programs under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Mine Safety and Health Act, the Clean Water and Clean Air Acts, and solid and hazardous waste regulatory programs.
With over 30 years in practice, Mr. Watson is extremely well versed in all these matters. He was recognized for his expertise in being tapped to serve as the Chair of the Colorado Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section (in 1979 and again in 2003). He also served as Chair of the America Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ Committee on Toxic Torts and Environmental Litigation.
Mr. Watson has defended companies in mass toxic tort litigation since 1989. For example, he successfully defended a mining and milling company in federal court where a a putative class of 24,000 plaintiffs sought $500 million in damages for property devaluation, physical injuries, and requested establishment of a medical monitoring program.. He defeated certification of the class action and led the defense case through to a jury verdict which awarded $79,600 to six bellwether plaintiffs. Two bellwether plaintiffs received no award from the jury, at all. No punitive damages or damages for medical monitoring were awarded to anyone.
Mr. Watson has written numerous articles and often speaks on environmental law and defense litigation issues. He serves on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) and teaches a three-day course on environmental regulations several times a year. As an Adjunct Professor, he also taught environmental law at the University of Denver, College of Law for five years.
Mr. Watson received his undergraduate degree, with distinction, from Colorado State University and his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law.
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Gary L. Lage, PH.D., D.A.B.T.
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Gary Lage has over 30 years’ experience in Toxicology and Pharmacology with an emphasis in the areas of risk assessment and environmental impact. With 20 years of academic experience, he has had a major input into the evolution of the science of toxicology and has been involved in determining risk assessment for hazardous waste facilities and advising State and Federal agencies on policies concerning toxic chemicals. Dr. Lage was a member of the Air Pollution Control Board and played a major role in setting the air toxic contaminant guidelines for the City of Philadelphia in the early 1980's.
Dr. Lage has his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Master of Science and Ph.D. in Pharmacology and is Board Certified by the American Board of Toxicology in General Toxicology. He has served as Treasurer of the Society of Toxicology, President of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society of Toxicology, Member of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Toxic Health Advisory Committee and Member of the Vietnam Herbicide Information Commission for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He served as a Member of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Advisory Committee. Dr. Lage now runs his own firm, ToxiLogics. He has served as a Senior Program Director with ERM Inc., for the Health Science Practice which encompassed the activities of toxicology, risk assessment, and industrial hygiene. Prior to ERM, he was with Environ Corporation. |
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Claudia Meeks
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Ms. Meeks is a recent retiree as the North American HazMat Manager for Ford Motor Company. As HazMat Manager, Ms. Meeks developed policies, procedures, guidelines and training programs to support compliance to the domestic and international hazardous material regulations. Ms. Meeks is trained and certified in 49 CFR, Transportation of Dangerous Goods and ICAO/IATA. She received the 2004 Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) Outstanding Achievement Award; was a founding member and 2004 Chairperson of NAAHAC (North American Automotive Hazmat Action Committee); and, was a Board member on the Board of Directors for COSTHA (Council on the Transportation of Hazardous Articles) from 2005 through April 2007. She was instrumental in the collaboration with the Mexican government agency Secretariat Communication and Transportation (SCT) for the implementation of their transportation regulations. Ms. Meeks received a BBA from Western Michigan University in 1975.
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Lisa Woods Munger
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Ms. Lisa Woods Munger is a Partner with Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel. She has practiced in the fields of environmental law, antitrust law and commercial litigation since 1978. In the field of environmental law, Ms. Munger represents businesses and landowners in civil litigation, administrative enforcement proceedings, permit assistance, rule making and compliance counseling.
Ms. Munger has successfully defended clients in civil asbestos cases and air- related administrative enforcement actions. She has served as lead counsel for NPDES, storm water, and safe drinking water cases by government. Her extensive litigation experience also includes cases involving generators of waste in enforcement and remedial actions. She has offered counsel in the area of hazardous waste compliance and obtaining permits to export hazardous waste. Ms. Munger has assisted clients in preparation of environmental impact statements and defended developers in multiple citizens' suits challenging impact statements.
She is the editor of the Hawaii Environmental Law Handbook (published by Government Institutes Division, ABS Group Inc., 3rd Edition, 2000) This handbook is designed to provide a guide to Hawaii's environmental laws that affect the private sector. She is author of the Hawaii Chapter, State Antitrust Practice and Statutes (American Bar Association, 1990).
Ms. Munger is frequently a speaker at environmental law conferences and seminars. She graduated from the University of California in 1975 and received her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1978.
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Carl V. Huber, P.E.
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NPDES Permitting and Water Quality
Mr. Huber has been very involved with NPDES permitting since the initiation of the program in 1972. During the 70's, he was a consultant to the Environmental Protection Agency on the development and promulgation of categorical industrial standards for industry. During the discussions and negotiations of the 1987 Water Quality Amendments (Clean Water Act), he served as a consultant to the United States Senate Environmental sub-committee, chaired by Senator George Mitchell of Maine. Since the enactment of the 1987 Water Quality Amendments, he has been associated with numerous water quality initiatives, including:
- Contributing Author for the publication entitled "Technical Support Document for Water Quality Based Toxics Control" - USEPA, 1991
- Consultant to the USEPA on the Great Lakes Initiative
- Consultant to the USEPA on Water Effects Ratio and Translator Approaches
- Consultant to individual states during water planning issues, i.e., Total Maximum Loads (TMDLs) and Waste Load Allocations (WLAs)
Mr. Huber has also been a consultant to the United Nations Environmental Committee and has been involved with regulatory development for many countries.
Mr. Huber is presently a Vice President with Hazen and Sawyer, P.C. in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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