Laurence Christopher Oakes

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Kannapolis, North Carolina 28081

Home: 704-***-****

Office: 704-***-****

Cell: 704-***-****

Email: vqeoin@r.postjobfree.com

Areas of Expertise

Oil and Gas Well Permitting and Remediation Services

Long Wall Coal Mine Permitting

Compliance audits and surveys

Contractor procurement, Contract administration, and MSA Champion

Environmental Site Assessments/Due Diligence Audits

Geological and Hydrogeological Assessments

Wetland Delineation

RCRA Corrective Action Sites (Permitting, Investigation/Remediation, & Negotiations)

Environmental Liabilities (Estimating, Forecasting, & Management)

Project/Staff/Office Management

Site Reserve Estimating

UST Closures

Education

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, BS, Geology, 1994 (Minors: Physics and Mathematics)

Professional History

URS-Diamond, May 2007 – Present, Office Manager/Senior Project Manager

URS-Diamond, August 2000-May 2007, Project Manager/Senior Geologist

Mid-Atlantic Associates, 1999-2000, Staff Geologist

Moody and Associates 1994-1998, Geologist/Project Manager

Registrations

North Carolina Licensed Geologist - #2065

Tennessee Licensed Geologist - #TN4679

Virginia Licensed Geologist - 001712

Representative Experience

Mr. Oakes has approximately 14 years of geological and hydrogeological experience in environmental in site investigation/remediation liabilities management including: environmental reserve estimating, environmental investigations (i.e., UST, RCRA, & ASTM), underground coal mining permits, and groundwater development investigations. Professional experience includes site strategy development, regulatory negotiations, stakeholder management, and implementation of multi-phased CERCLA RI/FS and RCRA Facility Investigations (RFIs). Other representative experience includes development of RCRA corrective action permit applications, water-supply well feasibility investigations, development of remedial options, and remediation pilot studies.

Mr. Oakes has successfully negotiated prioritized risk-management approaches to investigative and remediation projects using various management approaches. He has developed and maintained conceptual site models to support environmental decision making that incorporate geophysics, lithologic evaluation, contaminant fate and transport, river/water table interaction, and groundwater modeling.

Selected recent project experience includes:

 Supported permitting requirements for oil/natural gas drilling operators in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Responsibilities included coordination of residential water supply well characterization, contaminant investigations, budgets, and site selection.

 Initiated start up and operations of a satellite office in Southwestern Pennsylvania for Moody and Associates Inc. to support of one the largest coal producers in the United States (i.e. permits, subsidence investigations, and routine groundwater monitoring).

 Water supply well studies in Northwestern Pennsylvania and the Southern Tier of New York for industrial and municipal clients. Responsibilities included cost estimations, site selection, test/production well installation, aquifer characterization and permitting, and feasibility studies

 Crafted a priority-based RCRA Facility Investigation Work Plan that addressed waste management units with the highest potential for environmental impact in a timely, economical fashion through site closure.

Representative project experience includes:

 Assessed and quantified environmental liability at a site and worked with state and local regulatory bodies to obtain acceptance into a tax deferral program saving the business $4.5 million discount over a five year period. Received a special compensation award for this accomplishment.

 Managed abandoned former explosives manufacturing facility through voluntary corrective action program to demonstrate the site suitable for unrestricted use. Required extensive stakeholder interactions including regulatory, corporate, community, and contractors.

 Managed a multi-phased RFI for a chemical manufacturing facility in Brevard, North Carolina. Primary contaminants include organic compounds and metals. Site activities include waste, soil and groundwater characterization, aquifer testing, groundwater modeling, interim remedial measures, and risk assessment.

 Implement, schedule, and manage RCRA Facility Investigations (TN, NC, & SC) to support large chemical producer at sites across the Southeast Gulf Region of the United States. Project budgets ranged from $50,000-$900,000 annually.

 Completed Environmental Assessments (Phase I & II Audits) for acquisition/divestiture purposes on various properties in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama. Project budgets ranged from $2,000-$800,000 annually.

 Completed UST closures in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania for tanks containing petroleum and non-petroleum related compounds. These investigations included soil and groundwater sampling as well as the installation of groundwater monitoring wells. Responsible for budgets, subcontractors, and reporting.

Keywords;

Marcellus Shale, oil, gas, devonian shale, contaminants

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