A reas of Expertise

Project Management

Environmental Investigations

Contractor Oversight

Team Leader

Client Coordination

Threat Vulnerability

Emergency Response

Emergency Management

Emergency Coordinator

Years of Experience

With URS: 15 Years

With Other Firms: 10 Years

Education

BS / 1989 / Geology-Geochemistry/ University of Maryland –

College Park

Clearance

2007 - Secret (DoD/DHS Active)

Registrations/Licenses

2002-Certified Hazardous Material Manager – (11600)

2003 Certified Professional Geologist, UT (524****-****)

1995 Certified Professional Geologist, PA (PG 001260 G)

1993 Certified Professional Geologist TN (TN2980)

Specialized T raining

2008 – FEMA Protected Critical Infrastructure Information

2008 – Chemical Anti Terrorism Information

2008 – FEMA PCII, DHS OIP CVI

2007 – URS Certified Project Manager

M ichael J. Rodtang, PG, CH M M

Principal Geohydrologist

O verview

Mr. Rodtang has 25 years of professional experience and is

currently a Principal Geohydrologist in the Gaithersburg,

Maryland office of URS. At URS, he is responsible for providing

management, subsurface environmental investigation oversight,

training of emergency response personnel, and management of

environmental monitoring projects for such clients as the United

States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Air Force Center of

Environmental Excellence (AFCEE), the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the United States

Postal Service (USPS). His historical experience includes

managing environmental investigations involving such

contaminants as petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POLs), chemical,

biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives (CBRNE), and

chlorinated solvents in air, soils, surface water, and groundwater.

His more recent experience includes such positions as a Project

Manager, Emergency Site Coordinator, and Team Leader for

multiple waste characterization efforts for the USPS and various

emergency responses, such as a mass shooting in Goleta, CA, toxic

chlorine railcar derailments in Graniteville, SC, and numerous

anthrax and ricin attacks in over 20 states, the District of

Columbia, and Puerto Rico. He is a graduate of the University of

Maryland where he studied high temperature geochemistry and

phase equilibria in titanium and niobium silicate systems. He is a

registered Professional Geologist in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and

Utah and earned his Certified Hazardous Materials Manager

(CHMM) at the Master’s Level in 2002.

P roject Specific Experience

U.S. Postal Service/Washington, D.C. 2007 & 2010

Mr. Rodtang served as the Project Manager for two national waste

characterization projects for the USPS. The goals were to create

“Infopaks” (brochures) for their employees that provided

information for mail processing equipment by clarifying

procedures for identifying green products, maintaining, cleaning,

and properly disposing of waste materials in an effort to minimize

wastes, lower the USPS’ hazardous waste generation status, and

increase revenue from recyclable materials. To create these

Infopaks, waste streams in the processing and distribution centers

(P&DC) and vehicle maintenance facilities (VMF) were identified,

sampled, and analyzed. From this data, procedures that were not

being followed or were inadequate were identified and new

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procedures were created or enhanced that simplified or clarified

waste handling protocols in order to reduce the USPS’ overall

carbon footprint. The 2007 effort was such a success that it was

expanded in 2010 to sample additional P&DCs and VMFs

throughout the country.

Washington Sewer and Sanitation (WASA), Washington, DC

2009 to Present

Mr. Rodtang served as a Principal Geologist for implementing

geophysical investigations and performing long term pump tests in

support of the design of a Combined Sewer Outfall (CSO) system

consisting of a network of shafts, tunnels, outfalls, and ancillary

structures in an urban environment. He conducted bathymetric

surveys along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers to map river

bottom topography along the proposed tunnel alignments and at

outfall locations. He also conducted side scan sonar surveys to

characterize subsurface conditions and delineate the extent of

seawalls and other river bottom obstructions in the vicinity of

proposed CSO structures.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Heron Point – Baltimore,

Maryland 2003

Mr. Rodtang served as the Senior Site Geologist and Health and

Safety Officer for all field activities at a proposed liquid natural

gas (LNG) site at Blue Heron Point in the Baltimore harbor.

Activities included the placement and installation of hollow stem

auger (HSA) and mud rotary borings to characterize the lithology

in order to determine whether the site was capable of supporting

large LNG vessels. From the field investigation, he was able to

map and connect various strata to determine that the slope of clay

beds underlying the site could compromise surface structures

during a seismic event.

USACE/Baltimore District Fort Myer Military Reservation

RI/FS 2000 2002

Mr. Rodtang was brought into this project to serve as the Assistant

Project Manager for the sole purpose of writing the Fort Myer

Military Reservation Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study

(RI/FS). Responsibilities included compiling years of historical

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data gathered over the course of the project as well as previous

studies performed by other consultants. Data included quarterly

surface and groundwater monitoring data, hundreds of surface and

subsurface soil sample data, and groundwater modeling data.

Additional activities included the coordination of a modeling effort

for predicting plume flow and velocity to determine whether

contaminants would 2006 Hepatitis A/Tetanus/Diphtheria

2001 Blood Borne Pathogen Training

1991 8 Hour Site Supervisor Training

1990 Current First Aid, CPR, AED

1990 40 Hour HAZWOPER

FEMA IS 100; FEMA IS 120;

FEMA IS 200; FEMA IS 230;

FEMA IS 292; FEMA IS 301;

FEMA IS 630; FEMA IS 631;

FEMA IS 700; FEMA IS 800

Publications

Phase Diagrams for Ceramists, American Ceramic Society, Volumes VI

through X, 1986 1989

Honors, Awards, and Letters

of Commendations

(Available on request)

2006 – FEMA Louisiana Evacuation Planning Team, Task Leader

2002 USPS Anthrax Emergency Response Team, Team Leader

1999 Letter of Appreciation, Project Manager, USACE Kansas City

District

1996 Letter of Appreciation, Executive Director, Strategic

Environmental Research and Development Program

1992 Woodward Clyde Federal Services, Employee Performance Award

1991 Woodward Clyde Federal Services, Employee Performance Award

1989 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Outstanding

Achievement

1989 National Bureau of Standards, Certificate of Appreciation

1988 National Bureau of Standards, Certificate of Appreciation

migrate across site boundaries or if the indigenous microbial

population would be able to degrade the

POLs and chlorinated solvents fast enough to satisfy the State of Virginia regulators. The draft report

submitted to the State of Virginia was accepted as the final report.

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AFCEE/Aberdeen Proving Ground – Tooele, UT 1997 – 2001

Mr. Rodtang was the Project Manager for the Tooele Chemical Agent Demilitarization Facility (TOCDF).

His responsibilities included all aspects of two environmental follow on studies that statistically and

graphically compare current data to baseline data collected from a 300 square mile area surrounding the

TOCDF located at the Deseret Chemical Depot in Tooele, Utah. Field activities included managing the

project from the field for month long periods; using a Trimble global positioning systems for locating and

establishing remote sites; and classifying, sampling, and packaging surface soil and flora samples for

shipment for chemical analysis. Additionally, Mr. Rodtang was responsible for coordinating the Level IV

validation effort, the maintaining and updating of all Work Plans, Field Sampling Plans, Task Management

Plans, Quality Assurance Project Plans, and Health and Safety Plans based on the initial follow on study.

Additional responsibilities include submitting monthly status and estimate to complete reports, monthly

cost and performance reports, daily activity reviews, personnel management, resource acquisition, and

coordinating meetings.

Mr. Rodtang managed a third project related to the Tooele project that reevaluated the baseline statistical

rationale, sampling program, and sampling methodology, which was initially conducted by an incumbent

contractor. This reevaluation led to a refined sampling procedure that yielded more accurate and useful

data.

USACE/Kansas City District Kansas City MO/KS 1999 2000

Mr. Rodtang managed and performed a flood damage reduction study that included 14 sites along the

levees of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers following the 1993 floods. The purpose of this study was to

determine the potential environmental impact caused by levee failure following a catastrophic flood where

contaminated areas along the river were known to exist. Activities included initiating Freedom Of

Information Act (FOIA) requests for sites suspected of being contaminated, acquiring and analyzing

historic aerial photographs, Sanborn maps, conducting site assessments, and coordinating and performing

numerous interviews with former and current land owners and personnel from the EPA Region VII.

AFCEE/Brooks Air Force Base – NAS Fort Worth JRB 1997 2000

Mr. Rodtang managed multiple delivery orders that included soil, sediment, surface water, and

groundwater investigations for the delineation of a trichloroethylene plume underlying the Naval Air

Station (NAS) Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (JRB) (formerly Carswell Air Force Base). These delivery

orders included managing the delineation of 4 non RCRA approved medical waste landfills suspected of

leaching blood borne pathogens to the underlying unconfined and confided aquifers. Each landfill was

investigated and determined to be the source of the leachate. With further study and the approval of the

Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC), it was determined that by placing a RCRA

approved clay cap over the landfills, this would eliminate further leachate. Later studies of century wells

determined that the RCRA cap was successful in stopping further contamination from leaching into the

local surface water and groundwater systems.

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Mr. Rodtang also managed several POL investigations delineating the potential leakage associated with a

former fuel hydrant system and several under ground storage tanks suspected of leaking JP 4 and JP 6 jet

fuels into the surficial groundwater. Activities included the design, placement, installation, and long term

monitoring of monitoring wells to delineate the extent of suspected contamination. Some of these activities

required all air traffic to be halted due to their proximity to active runways and “hot pads”.

EPA/Washington, D.C. – Fayetteville, NC 2000

Mr. Rodtang served as a subcontractor to Black & Veatch Special Projects as the Site

Geologist/Geochemist at a former wood preserving plant adjacent to Fort Bragg Military Reservation in

Fayetteville, NC. Responsibilities included coordinating all aspects of the field effort under direct EPA

supervision. Activities included performing the design, placement, and installation of one six inch

extraction well, 12 observation wells, 14 HydroPunch™ samples, and three soil borings to further

characterize the sites lithology in the surficial aquifer. Drilling techniques employed included HSA, direct

push technology, and GeoProbe™ using both rubber and track mounted rigs. Several 72 hour pump and

recovery test were performed on the new extraction well and the existing 24 inch horizontal French drain

using the Hermit 3000™ 8 channel data logger. The Hermit 3000™ was used for its real time binary and

graphical data monitoring (via laptop computer) and large binary and ASCII storage capabilities.

USACE/Kansas City District Fort Riley Military Reservation 1994 1999

Managed the designed of 5 aqueous and 3 non-aqueous POL treatment systems for the in-situ

remediation of groundwater at 10 former fuel hydrant systems; designed and implemented 5 long-term

groundwater monitoring programs; and oversaw the sampling and disposal of over 700 drums of

hazardous investigative derived wastes (IDW).

Department of Energy - Lockheed Martin Energy Systems 1997 – 1998

Mr. Rodtang was the Program Manager for two long term monitoring (LTM) projects for Lockheed Martin

Energy Systems (LMES) located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee and at the

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah, Kentucky. Both projects involved the LTM and data collection

from groundwater monitoring wells in support of LMES’ RI/FS. Project management activities included

identifying and hiring the appropriately trained local personnel, and the scheduling and sampling of more

than 100 monitoring wells per week. Responsibilities included the technical review of daily summary

reports, which included tentatively identified compounds and their concentrations, contaminant trend

analysis, etc. Mr. Rodtang was also responsible for establishing and managing a local Oak Ridge office in

support of the contract.

Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Arlington,

Virginia

1995 1997

As Assistant Program Manager, Mr. Rodtang provided technical and management support to the Strategic

Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) program office for implementing and

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conducting SERDP research projects to assist the DoD in complying with environmental regulations. Mr.

Rodtang also provided management oversight, technical support, financial tracking, and cost analysis for

more than 120 projects in the Cleanup Thrust Area of SERDP, which was valued at over $100 million.

Additional responsibility included ensuring that researchers met financial and technical reporting

requirements; disseminated information from the program office to all principal investigators throughout

the country; provided project data and meeting support to the Cleanup/Conservation Program Manager for

weekly presentations to the SERDP Executive Director (SES Level II); assisted in the coordination and set

up of the Second Annual SERDP Symposium; two In Progress Review meetings; six Science Advisory

Board Meetings; and numerous presentations.

USACE/Kansas City District – Concordia, Kansas 1993

Mr. Rodtang managed a groundwater study at the former Schilling Air Force Base, Schilling Atlas Missile

Site (S 11) for the purposes of a quick claim deed transfer of land ownership. Responsibilities included the

oversight of all pre mobilization activities in order to perform all anticipated site tasks during a single site

visit. This included acquiring declassified historic site plans, the S 11 missile silo design, well

construction designs of two, 400 foot potable water supply wells, discussions with the lessor and lessee for

site access, and contracting a laboratory for groundwater analysis. Once on site, Mr. Rodtang and his team

had to adapt to changing site conditions in order to accomplish the project tasks. As a result, the property

was formally transferred via quick claim deed to the lessee.

USACE/Baltimore District Valley Forge General Hospital RI/FS 1992 – 1993

Responsibilities included performance and oversight of all field activities such as EM 31, ground

penetrating radar (GPR), design and installation of numerous monitoring wells, soil borings, surface water

and sediment samples, and slug tests for the delineation of a former medical waste landfill that was

suspected to have caused an outbreak of Hodgkin’s disease. Additional field activities included the

delineation of No. 2 and No. 6 (Bunker 6) heating oils and the identification of additional contaminants

that were suspected to have been used during the site’s history. Additional reconnaissance included

utilizing aerial photography for identifying historical activities conducted at the hospital such as the

placement of coal stockpiles, which were used as fuel for the incinerator and ash, which was a by product

of the on site incinerator. Mr. Rodtang was also responsible for organizing public meetings that updated the

surrounding communities with information and findings throughout the project. As a result of personal

interviews with community members and the data that was gathered during the project, it was determined

that there was no evidence to support that the onsite medical waste landfill was the direct or indirect source

of contamination.

AFCEE/Aberdeen Proving Ground Phoenix Nike Missile Site 1992 – 1993

Managed a long term monitoring groundwater program at the Phoenix Nike Missile Site located in

Jacksonville, MD. Activities included the installation and quarterly monitoring of 21 deep monitoring wells

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for the presence of PCE, TCE, DCE, DCA, vinyl chloride, No. 2 heating oil, and diesel fuel. Following the

closure report, the USAEC transferred the property to the National Park Service for reutilization.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) 1989 – 1992

Mr. Rodtang served as a Senior Staff Geologist for WMATA during active tunneling on the Red line and at

the Fort Totten, Forest Glen, and Glenmont Stations. Responsibilities included the mapping of tunnel faces

in both consolidated and unconsolidated materials. Tunneling methods observed included the New

Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM), Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), and hard rock coring using

explosives. Additional activities included installing and monitoring piezometers for monitoring external

groundwater pressure on tunnels below the local water table, and performing soil stabilization analyses

using inclinometers during active tunneling operations.

I hope my resume suits your needs and would very much look forward to hearing from you. I can be reached at

abj07y@r.postjobfree.com or by phone at 301-***-****.

Sincerely,

Michael J, Rodtang, PG, CHMM

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