GREG STARKEBAUM, PE 8473 S. Wadsworth Court Littleton, CO 80128 (303) 973-0072
Environmental Engineer and Project Manager Eighteen years nationwide consulting in RCRA and CERCLA investigations, feasibility studies, work plan and design review; permitting and construction of waste treatment systems and disposal facilities. Previous experience as a State hazardous waste permit writer, enforcement officer, and design engineer.
Key Competencies Proposal writing, client contact and reporting, work assignment and project management Subcontractor selection and oversight, work plan development, budget preparation and tracking RCRA and CERCLA compliance determinations, integration with TSCA, CWA, CAA and NEPA Public hearings, litigation support and court testimony Groundwater, soil, vapor and indoor air sampling; field observation, data evaluation and reporting Design analysis, comment resolution, and construction quality assurance inspection of solid and hazardous waste landfills, impoundments, tanks, Subpart X and corrective action management units Waste treatment technology feasibility studies, engineering evaluation and economic analysis RCRA permit applications, closure plans, decision support documents, QA review of deliverables
Education, Registration, Associations M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder OSHA Hazardous Waste Site Operations Training (40 CFR 1910.120)- Current Engineering Services Marketing, Project Management, Alternative Cover Design, Remediation seminars Professional Engineer licensed in Colorado, California, Montana, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming American Society of Civil Engineers, Engineers Without Borders
Professional Experience
TechLaw Inc. Golden, CO Senior Environmental Engineer 5/2006-present Regulatory analyses and engineering assessments of disposal sites and remediation planning activities. Developed portions of proposal for $10 million EPA CERCLA support contract and participated in presentation to selection board. Performed technical adequacy reviews of remediation plans and on-site construction inspection at the Allied Chemical site in Pulaski, VA. Prepared daily reports to the EPA OSC, determined locations of unknown buried waste drums, performed storm water oversight inspections. Evaluated in-place disposal remediation and groundwater isolation plans for historical waste management sites, and construction and expansion of the Environmental Management Waste Management Facility for disposal of CERCLA wastes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for EPA R4. Prepared independent cost estimates for closure of 60 waste treatment and storage units at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and design/construction reviews for closure of disposal sites at Sandia National Laboratory, Fort Bliss training sites, and Cannon Air Force Base, for the New Mexico Environment Department. Performed design reviews of remediation feasibility studies and final closure plans at the former Hunters Point Shipyard, Alameda Point Naval Air Station, Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, Moffett Naval Air Station, McClellan Air Force Base, George AFB, El Toro Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor Industrial Waste Treatment Plant, and Lawrence Livermore Site 300, for EPA Region 9. Inspected closure cover construction and removal actions at approximately 30 historical disposal sites at Dugway Proving Ground, for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. Collected soil and groundwater samples and performed air monitoring for VOCs at Pinch Drum Removal (WV), Kessel Lumber, Fairmont Coke Works, and Old Athens Road sites under the EPA Region 3 START contract.
Rimkus Consulting Group Fort Lauderdale, FL Forensic Engineer 11/2005-4/2006 Temporary contract support- performed hurricane damage assessments for insurance firms and private clients. Structural, roofing, water intrusion, mold and wind effects documentation, analysis and cost estimating. Prepared detailed damage reports for affected buildings.
Booz Allen Hamilton Greenwood Village, CO Associate- Environmental Engineer, Manager 5/2000-11/2004 Managed and performed RCRA, CERCLA, TSCA remedial action and compliance support assignments for the US EPA, US Air Force and US Army. Work plan development, cost estimate preparation, budget tracking, contract proposal writing and presentation, performance appraisals and timesheet approval. Improved average Region 8 EPA performance evaluations for RCRA Enforcement, Permitting and Assistance (REPA) contract work assignments from marginally acceptable to excellent and outstanding, i.e., 4.5 on a scale from 1 to 5, within one year. Performed monitoring well installation oversight inspections, and soil, groundwater and surface water sampling at a LUST site on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations (AZ), for EPA Region 9. Prepared successful permit exemption for hazardous wastewater treatment at Peterson Air Force Base under contract with Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence. Performed oversight inspections of contractor remedial action projects and RI/FS work at former Lowry Air Force Base and Chanute Air Force Base, for the Air Force Real Property Agency. Managed and performed construction quality assurance inspection of the final cover on the Corrective Action Management Unit (100,000 cubic yard landfill) at the Asarco East Helena smelter, for EPA R8. Prepared a preliminary decision support document for EPA Region 8, including cost estimates to remove and treat 500,000 gallons of pyrophoric phosphorous sludge at a closed Montana facility. Performed RCRA Facility Assessments of the ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance, CA and the Alaska Railroad Corporation property (approximately 90 separate leases) in Anchorage, AK for EPA Regions 9 and 10. Prepared comprehensive groundwater contaminant migration assessment for the refinery.
TechLaw Inc. Lakewood, COSenior Staff Consultant 19972000 Managed work assignments under REPA contracts for RCRA permit application reviews, data management, and closure plan reviews for hazardous waste landfills, impoundments and site cleanup work. Managed and performed RCRA permitting assignments for US DOE and New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). Prepared strategy and permitting approach in a successful research, design and development (RD&D) permit application for mixed waste treatment at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Performed design and regulatory review of the RCRA application for the DOE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and wrote draft permit conditions for operation and closure of the facility, for the New Mexico Environment Department. Reviewed the RCRA permit application for mixed-waste landfill cell expansion at Envirocare of Utah, performed construction QA inspection of liners and leachate control system, for Utah DEQ. Wrote entire Closure Plan in the initial RCRA permit application for the proposed Hanford high-level mixed waste vitrification plant, for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. and DOE Office of River Protection.
A.T. Kearney Inc. Denver, CO Manager 1989-1997 Managed and performed technical adequacy reviews of RCRA permit applications, Facility Assessment and Investigation, Interim Measure and Corrective Measures Study Work Plans and Reports, for US EPA. Managed and performed permitting and remedial action assignments for DOE and DoD. Supported the Colorado Attorney General in litigation, including 8 hours of direct court testimony, in successful defense of the first commercial hazardous waste disposal permit issued in the US. Managed preparation of a regulatory road map for cleanup of the DOE Hanford Reservation, including innovative approaches to addressing massive contamination of soil and groundwater in groundbreaking macroengineering concepts. Developed the conceptual design for the Hanford Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility, including combining RCRA and CERCLA mixed wastes in a single unit, and inclusion of NEPA actions and CWA-regulated wastes to minimize investigation, characterization and disposal costs. Prepared original RCRA permit application, including corrective action and major deficiency evaluations, for high-level mixed-waste double-shell tanks and waste transfer pipelines at Hanford. Wrote the original RCRA permit application for treatment and storage of chemical warfare agent-contaminated structures and equipment, treatment of CWA UXO, and closure of disposal impoundment units, at Dugway Proving Ground.
Colorado Department of Health Denver, COPublic Health Engineer 19831988 Wrote RCRA permits and performed RCRA compliance evaluation inspections at approximately 30 facilities in Colorado, including aerospace production plants, uranium mines and mills, coal and oil shale mines. Wrote the basic construction, operation and monitoring requirements in the permit for the first commercial hazardous waste disposal facility in the US. Performed corrective action investigation oversight, permit compliance, and closure inspections. Wrote state regulations for commercial non-hazardous waste impoundments for oil drilling and production wastes. Testified in CERCLA and RCRA enforcement cases in State and Federal courts.
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OHGraduate Research Assistant 19821983 Performed inspections, wet chemistry tests, and sampled wastes in experimental industrial and municipal wastewater treatment and landfill simulator systems at the US EPA Test and Evaluation Facility while attending the University full time.
Colorado Department of Health Denver, COPublic Health Engineer 19801982 Reviewed solid waste disposal permit applications for municipal wastes, oil production wastes, uranium tailings, processed oil shale, demolition debris and coal fly ash. Inspected over 100 municipal and industrial waste disposal sites. Met with county commissioners and provided formal testimony in support of improved operations at existing disposal sites and selection of new landfill sites.
ARIX Corporation Greeley, COInspector and Design Engineer19781980 Prepared drawings, cost estimates and specification packages for a new Sterling, Colorado sewage treatment plant. Performed layout surveys for storm sewer, water and sewer lines, streets, curb and gutter, for the Town of Jackson, Wyoming and the Town of Lochbuie, Colorado. Supervised field crews in design surveys for water, sewer and storm drainage pipelines and structures, inspected construction projects.
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