Representative projects of some of our Advisory Board members
Mather Air Force Base (Sacramento, California): Negotiated cleanup levels with
regulators and wrote remedial work plans, and self-directed cleanup with regional
board. Identified alternative sources of funding for real estate projects and low cost
remedial alternatives. Wrote work plans for remediation of housing development in the
former DOD facility. Developed wetlands land bank remedial alternatives. Worked with
local communities to facilitate property transfer from DOD to the local community.
Obtained regulatory closure on more than 70 sites.
Landfill Closure Program Manager, George Air Force Base, Victorville, California:
Managed the investigation, remedial design, construction, and post closure
maintenance and monitoring of 5 large California landfills. Oversaw detailed human
health and ecological risk assessments, and vadose zone and groundwater numerical
models centered around various construction scenarios. Created long term
groundwater monitoring plans including trigger criteria and water quality protection
standards. Created corrective action plans to be implemented should monitoring
thresholds be exceeded. Lead negotiator for client with representatives from the EPA,
DTSC, RWQCB, and IWMB. Performed QA/QC on final plans, specs and drawings.
Created closure and post-closure maintenance plans, including regular cover
maintenance, vegetative maintenance, and five year settling review plans. Installed,
monitored and reported on gas and leachate collection systems.
Vandenberg Air Force Base Program Manager, Lompoc, California: Program
Manager for large environmental remediation program at a major Central Coast DoD
facility. Work included investigation and assessments of more than 120 sites, resulting
in the closure of more than 30 sites during the first contract year. Also managed
existing landfill augmentation design and restoration. This work included incorporation
of leachate collection system and repair of storm damage.
US Air Force Environmental Engineering Construction Manager: Program Manager
and Resource Manager for $40 million remediation contract with DOD facility. Projects
included investigation, design, and construction of large groundwater extraction system,
design, and installation of SVE systems and bioventing systems, pipeline removal,
evaluation of treated groundwater delivery system for golf course irrigation, design and
construction of percolation ponds
George Air Force Base Program Manager, Victorville, California: Contract Manager for
$15 million investigation and design contract, the first Air Force contact at Montgomery
Watson. Managed more than 60 sites, and closed more than 40 sites using risk-based
criteria. Managed large, basin-wide groundwater model and solids model. Managed
basewide human health and ecological risk assessments. Managed large well
evaluation survey resulting in the closure of approximately 25% of the base monitoring
wells. Developed integrated database and GIS. Performance on this contract had
direct influence on subsequent remediation contract wins with AFCEE. Contract
resulted in approximately $10 million in revenue.
CERCLA/Superfund Project Manager, Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, New
Brighton, Minnesota: Project Manager for the largest Superfund Site in the Minnesota.
The site included a 7-mile long TCE plume as well as numerous source sites.
Remedial alternatives resulted in the construction of a 3800-gpm treatment plant, with
the treated water used as the water supply for two small cities. Active in regulatory
negotiations and subcontractor management.
Liability Transfer, Salinas Reinforcing, Livermore, California: Senior
Consultant/Project Manager for the reassessment of existing remedial pump and treat
system. The system has been operating for 8 years and would have to operate many
more years before closure could be attained. Initiated the negotiations with agencies to
evaluate alternative technologies and acquire site closure in reasonable period of time.
Site currently on-track for closure within 24 months. Developed strategy to release
approximately $3 million in encumbered assets that could be distributed to owners.
Evaluated various risk mitigation measures and presented options to property owners.
Brownfields Conversion Project Manager, Galvanizing Plant, Oakland, California:
Project Manager for Brownfields conversion of a galvanizing plant to clean industrial
facility. Site had toxic substance releases in violation of RCRA. Acted as intermediary
between USEPA and client to assure that schedules and technical requirements were
met and to avoid stipulated penalties. Developed cost-effective remedial program that
focused on acquiring sufficient defensible data to ensure rapid site closure. This will
facilitate the transfer of the blighted site to a new owner who will develop the site to an
industrial facility.
Downtown Brownfields Redevelopment, Livermore, California: Principal in the
conversion of a blighted former dry cleaning plant to commercial space. Project
included performing a financial assessment and real estate market analysis,
acquisition of private financing, pre-purchase regulatory negotiations, environmental
engineering design, remedial system design, installation, operation and maintenance,
and remedial system performance assessment. Worked with redevelopment agency
and Water Board to assure quick approval of remediaton and redevelopment plans.
Transformer Manufacturing Plant, San Carlos, California: Project manager for a
fixed-fee remediation for electronics and battery manufacturing facilities. Site was tied
up in litigation for nearly 10 years and was only resolved after third party firm agreed to
assume the risk for remedial actions and attaining remedial goals. Oversaw the
excavation and removal of 1200 tons of soil contaminated with PCBs and other
contaminants. Worked with AIG to develop cost-cap insurance policy. Negotiated
cleanup goals with regulatory agencies.
Landfill Conversion to Sports Complex, Union City, California: Project manager for the
conversion of a 60-acre former landfill to a sports complex. Project elements included
assessing environmental and development risks associated with the conversion,
ensuring proposed development was in compliance with relevant regulations, providing
detailed construction cost estimates for both landfill conversion and sports complex
development, assisting with city and regulatory negotiations, and cost and schedule
control. This complex project required coordinating between numerous subcontractors.
Active Landfill Monitoring, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California: Reviewed
and evaluated an existing failing leachate collection system and make
recommendations for system improvements to achieve compliance. Factors assessed
included influent and effluent water chemistry and selecting appropriate and cost
effective metals, organics, and color removal technologies. Helped design of the new
leachate management system.
Landfill Reuse Technical, Financial, and Strategic Analyst, Former Municipal Landfill,
Benecia, California: Identified potential land reuse and performed detailed financial
analysis for transferring title of a closed, privately held landfill in Northern California to a
municipality. Performed detailed literature review and evaluated financial and long-term
environmental risks associated with transfer. Evaluated landfill reconstruction
technologies and regulatory issues.
Air Force Base Program Manager, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona:
Installation manager for the design and remediation of large JP-4 jet fuel spill site. Soil
column was contaminated with 250,000 gallons of JP-4 down to 300 feet below ground
surface. The site also included a heavy metals remediation site, and a variety of other
contaminated sites. One of the earlier uses of SVE in combination with bioventing as a
remedial alternative. Metals site was remediated with metals fixation technologies.
Sierra Army Depot Project Manager, Herlong, California: Construction and Project
Manager for a large DOD investigation. Investigated and performed feasibility studies
on a wide variety of sites including explosives, fuel spill, burn areas, active and
abandoned landfills, and TCE plumes. Initiated first NFA ROD for a TCE plume in
California.
Northern California Superfund Site Project Manager, Lorentz Barrel & Drum, San
Jose, California: Field Manager for large Superfund Site RI/FS. Led team of 15 people
in the field and responsible for all logistics and contracting for a nine-month field
program.
UST Remediation Manager, Northern California: Oversaw the remediation of
approximately 40 UST sites, numerous system installations, tank removals, and
accompanying reports.
In-Situ Groundwater Remediation Projects, High Technology Semi-Conductor
Manufacturer, South Bay, San Francisco, California: Program manager for this client for
the past twelve years. Ongoing remediation projects include: 1) three
CERCLA/Superfund sites with chlorinated solvent plumes, two involving multiple
sources and RPs and the third the first Bay Area Superfund site to gain SFWB and
USEPA approval to shut down the groundwater extraction system; 2) a SFWB-lead site
with a chlorinated solvent plume currently being remediated through monitored natural
attenuation (MNA) with accelerated source area bioremediation using hydrogen release
compound (HRC); and, 3) another non-Superfund site impacted by VOCs and diesel for
which we developed a cyclic pumping program and subsequently gained SFWB
approval for MNA. Current status of the CERCLA/Superfund sites is: 1) cleanup
responsibility for one multiple RP site has been transferred to upgradient party; 2) at
second multiple RP site, USEPA has approved groundwater extraction cessation and
implementation of in-situ enhanced bioremediation through emulsified oil injection;
and, 3) in-situ oxidation using permanganate is being evaluated to achieve drinking
water standards at third site with low-level trichloroethylene (TCE) and no groundwater
extraction for past 12 years.
On-Site Soil Consolidation and Capping, Union Point Park, Oakland, California: This
brownfields site was leased by the Port of Oakland to a non-profit group with limited
funding for development as a park. Initially prepared a Feasibility Study and Remedial
Action Plan (RAP) with low-cost approach to remediating site that received SFWB and
other stakeholder approval with minimal comment. Subsequently hired by non-profit
group to prepare Soil Management and Soil Sampling Plans and oversee
implementation of the RAP. Remedial approach incorporated park design plans and
involved excavating soil impacted with metals and organic constituents and placing it in
the core of a planned hill and in an excavation to be covered by a parking lot. Clean fill
from the parking lot excavation was used to cover the remaining impacted soil left in
place. Remediation was completed within budget and close-out report was prepared.
In-Situ Oxidation, Salinas Reinforcing, Livermore, California: Project Manager for in-situ
remediation of this TCE plume under RWQCB order. Pump-and-treat system designed
and installed by previous consultant was shown to be ineffective and possibly drawing
TCE further downgradient and onto the site from a neighboring plume. System was
shut down in 2001 and Weiss was retained to prepare a RAP for an alternative cleanup.
RAP included risk evaluation and remedial action objectives (RAOs) that allow for No
Further Action at levels significantly higher than MCLs. RAP and proposed cleanup
approach were approved by the RWQCB with minimal comments. No comments were
received from Zone 7 or the public. Bench and pilot tests of in situ oxidation were
completed in summer 2005 and full-scale implementation is currently underway.
Site Closure Implementation, Applied Materials Bowers Campus, Santa Clara,
California: Program Manager for this client for eight years. This campus includes
federal Superfund site with chlorinated solvent plume and second site with smaller
plume. Successfully reduced Superfund plume concentrations to within two times
cleanup goals, eliminated all active remediation in 2001, and reduced monitoring to
annual sampling of five wells. Recently negotiated site closure with the SFWB for
second solvent plume with concentrations approximately five times original cleanup
goals.
Environmental Investigation and Remediation, CERCLA, Superfund Site, South Bay,
San Francisco, California: Directed environmental investigation, remediation, O&M and
monitoring program. Completed remedial investigation and feasibility study (RI/FS),
including soil flushing pilot study. Worked with client, regulators and other consultants
in developing and negotiating final remedial action plan. Final plan includes ground
water extraction and air stripping, soil vapor extraction, and ground water and soil vapor
flux monitoring.
Low-rate Air Injection Bioremediation, Co-generation Power Plant, Antioch, California:
Managed and co-designed low-rate air injection system for bioremediating
diesel-contaminated soil beneath an active power plant. Included: 1) designing pilot
system layout and start-up testing plan; 2) gaining regulatory agency approval for the
plan; 2) directing pilot system testing following Air Force Center for Environmental
Excellence (AFCEE) protocol; 3) overseeing installation of full-scale system based on
successful pilot system results; and, 4) managing ongoing system operation,
maintenance, optimization, and monitoring.
