Engineer Management

David Carl Noffsinger

Senior Hydrogeologist, Modeler

SRNS Title: Principal Engineer, "L" DOE Security Clearance

SRS Remediation Engineering Group

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A goal-oriented team player with a variety of background experiences,

leadership and decision making know-how, and strong technical and

interpersonal skills. Positive, optimistic and flexible.

Technical Skills

Knowledge of numerical modeling, including groundwater flow, contaminant

fate and transport and vadose zone modeling that involves multi-phase,

multi-component systems. Familiar with finite difference and finite

element solving methods. Author of SRS Modeling Protocols and Modeling

Guidance documents.

Familiar with RCRA, CERCLA, CWA and NEPA processes and regulatory

submittals and documents. Member of Groundwater Modeling Design Team and

interface with EPA-IV and SC DHEC groundwater modeling counterparts.

Prepared and delivered technical presentations to DOE, EPA-IV and SCDHEC.

Familiar with EPA-IV and SC DHEC Alternate Concentration Limit/Mixing Zone

(ACL/MZ) requirements. Author of the first ACL/MZ approved for a RCRA

facility in South Carolina.

Knowledge of environmental remediation technologies and the details of

environmental characterization and restoration work. Knowledge of

laboratory analytical techniques. Familiar with the application of

biologically-mediated Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) for distal plume

and surface water discharge areas.

Knowledge of hydrogeology, geology, geochemistry and other natural

sciences. Familiar with computers and various computer programs including

numerical modeling codes, word processing, spreadsheet and visualization

software.

Possess advanced writing and communication skills. Author of numerous SRS

technical reports.

Motivated individual familiar with the "team" concept. Familiar with a

working environment where project success and worker safety are the primary

priorities.

Education

M.S. Geology (Hydrogeology ), Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1994

Thesis title: "Bench-Scale Experiments in Steam Stripping/Vacuum Extraction

of BTEX Compounds from Kent Till"

B.S. Geology, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 1984.

Work History

1996 - present

Senior Hydrogeologist on engineer career track at the Savannah River Site

Scientific Ecology Group/SAIC

Westinghouse Savannah River Co.

Washington Savannah River Company (Federal Programs division of URS)

Savannah River Nuclear Solutions

Design Authority Engineer responsible for all aspects of groundwater

flow/contaminant transport and vadose zone modeling for the Upper Three

Runs Project Team (A/M and B Area). Perform modeling studies and

engineering calculations. Technical management of subcontractors performing

modeling work. Perform hydrogeological analyses and data

management/analysis functions. Author or co-author of numerous RCRA/CERCLA

documents pertaining to modeling studies, preliminary assessment,

environmental characterization and monitoring of SRS waste units/ operable

units. Mentor to junior SRS groundwater modelers and environmental

scientists.

1990 - 1996

Environmental Consultant

Titles: Hydrogeologist, Environmental Engineer

URS Consultants, .Geo-Marine, Inc., R&R International, Vadose Research,

Inc.

Managed and performed aquifer pumping tests, environmental site

characterization studies and numerical modeling projects for the Ohio EPA,

private sector clients and for HAZWRAP (Department of Defense sites).

Provided project management, technical oversight and cost control

functions. Provided field support and prepared NEPA, RCRA and CERCLA

submittals.

1983 - 1990

Laboratory Analyst

Titles: Laboratory Technician I, II, and Chemist I

BP Research (British Petroleum, fka SOHIO Research and Development and

Standard Oil Research)

Petroleum Geochemistry Group

Hydrocarbon and Particle Technology Group, Analytical Sciences Laboratory

Worked in research laboratory, oil production, refinery and chemical plant

environments. Upstream operations: Performed laboratory analyses to

identify oil reservoir source rocks. Analyzed test cores for well

completion. Supported Prudhoe Bay Well Fluid and Water Flood Breakthrough

Studies. Downstream Operations: Analyzed various process streams and

products from BP refineries and chemical plants. Performed heat exchanger

leak tests. Familiar with laboratory equipment and analysis techniques

including GC, GC/MS, HPLC, ICP, NIR, FTNIR, dye laser, vacuum distillation

equipment, Hg-porosimetry, He-pycnometry, octane/cetane knock engines, and

other.

Presentations

May 1994, "Bench-Scale Experiments of Steam Stripping/Vacuum Extraction of

BTEX Compounds from Porous Media", American Geophysical Union Spring

Program, Baltimore, MD.

August 1999, "Groundwater Modeling in the RFI/RI/BRA Process"

August 1999, "Analysis of Parameter Sensitivity and Uncertainty in Model

Predictions"

November 1999, "Monitored Natural Attenuation Case for the Miscellaneous

Chemical Basin /Metals Burning Pit Operable Unit (731-4A/5A)"

May 2000, "Groundwater Modeling Protocols, Groundwater Modeling in the

RCRA/CERCLA Process"

May 2000, "Groundwater Modeling Protocols, Contaminant Transport Modeling

in Support of the MNA Remedial Alternative"

June 2001 - "Modeling of TCE/Vinyl Chloride Biosparging Systems at the

Sanitary Landfill", Site Geotechnical Services Technical Review Meeting,

SRS.

April 2001 - "Dynamic Underground Stripping, An Active Remediation Process

Applied at the Solvent Storage Tank Area at SRS", Clemson University

Hydrogeology Symposium, Clemson South Carolina.

November 2001 - "Modeling of TCE/Vinyl Chloride Biosparging Systems at the

Sanitary Landfill", Presenter and Panel Session Member at the Department of

Energy Technical Information Exchange (TIE) Conference, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

April 2002, "Numerical Modeling in Support of Dynamic Underground Stripping

at SRS", Clemson University Hydrogeology Symposium.

November 2002, "Update on Sanitary Landfill Groundwater Modeling", SRS

Groundwater Update Meeting.

July 2003, "SRS Sanitary Landfill - An Overview", Italian Parliament

Delegation Tour.

March 2004 - SCDHEC Briefing, SRS Sanitary Landfill, Report of Results and

Proposed Modifications to the 2000 RCRA Part B Permit Renewal Application

(Volume XXIII) and Revisions to the Alternate Concentration Limit

Demonstration/Mixing Zone Request Document

July 2005 - Results of Numerical Modeling Study, Southern Sector

Groundwater - Technical Presentation to SCDHEC

May 2005 - A Hydrogeological Conceptual Model - TCE Plume in Groundwater,

Southern Sector of A/M Area at the Savannah River Site - Technical

Presentation to SCDHEC

Publications

Noffsinger, D.C. and Eckstein, Y., 1994, Bench-Scale Experiments of Steam

Stripping/Vacuum Extraction of BTEX Compounds from Porous Media; EOS,

Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, vol. 75, No. 16, p. 339

Matyjasik, M., Eckstein, Y. and Noffsinger, D., 1995, Laboratory

Investigations of Light Aromatic Hydrocarbons Decontamination from Vadose

and Unsaturated Zones; Witczak, W. (ed) Proc. 7-th Conf. on Contemporary

Problems in Hydrogeology, Krynica, Poland; (in Polish) p. 349-360

Noffsinger, D., 1995, Steam Injection Melts Cleanup Time, Soils - Analysis,

Monitoring, Remediation, April, p. 31-36.

Durant, N.D., Weeber, P.A., Andersen, P.F., Jackson, D.G., Travis, B.J.,

and Noffsinger, D.C., 2000.

Predicting Enhanced Bioremediation Performance at the SRS Sanitary Landfill

- Conference Proceedings, Battelle Memorial Institute, 2nd International

Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds,

Monterey, California.

Weeber, P.A., Andersen, P.F., Travis, B.J., and Noffsinger, D.C., 2001.

Modeling Biosparging and Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Ethenes at SRS

- Conference Proceedings, Battelle Memorial Institute, 6th International In

Situ Aeration and Aerobic Remediation Symposium, Volume 10, San Diego,

California.

Brewer, K.E., Fogle, T., Stieve, A., Noffsinger, D., 2001. Modeling and

Upscaling of Recirculation Well Performance in the C-Area Groundwater

Operable Unit, Savannah River Site in MODFLOW 2001 and Other Modeling

Odysseys - Conference Proceedings, eds. Seo, Poeter, Zheng and Poeter,

September 11-14, 2001, International Groundwater Modeling Center, Golden,

Colorado.

Caldwell, C., Blount, G., Conner, K., Cardoso, J., Jannik, G., Murphy, C.,

and Noffsinger, D., (primary author), 2002. The Use of Natural Systems to

Remediate Groundwater: Department of Energy Experience at the Savannah

River Site, WSRC-MS-2001-00819, Westinghouse Savannah River Company,

Published in Remediation Journal, Summer 2002, Wiley Interscience, Inc.,

and Federal Facilities Environmental Journal, Spring 2003, Wiley

Interscience, Inc.

Noffsinger, D., and Adams, K., 2003. Biosparging Used to Remove

Chlorinated Solvents at the SRS Sanitary Landfill, Technology News and

Trends, US EPA, Issue 6, May 2003.

Noffsinger, D., 2004. Interstate Technology Regulatory Council Database,

Contaminated Sediments Profile for the SRS Sanitary Landfill, May 2004.

Noffsinger, D., 2004. Cost and Performance Summary Report for Biosparging

at the Savannah River Site Sanitary Landfill for USEPA Database, Aiken,

South Carolina, March 2004.

Tuckfield, R., Denham, M., Baker, R. and Noffsinger, D., 2005. A Weight of

Evidence Approach to RCRA Ground Water Monitoring at the Savannah River

Site, National Ground Water Association, 2005 Ground Water Summit, San

Antonio. Texas.

Ross, J.A., Kmetz, T.F., Noffsinger, D.C., Kubilius, W.P., and Adams, K.M.,

2007. Postclosure Groundwater Remediation and Monitoring at the Sanitary

Landfill, Savannah River Site - transitioning to Monitored Natural

Attenuation, 2007 Waste Management Conference, Tucson, Arizona.

Primary Author of the Following SRS Environmental Restoration Department

Guidelines and Groundwater Modeling Design Team Guidelines Protocols,

http://erdweb.srs.gov/procedures/rdh/rdh.html#protocols

P.8.1 - Evaluating Hydrogeological and Hydrochemical Data for Groundwater

Modeling

P.8.2 - Determining the Level of Groundwater Modeling Required

P. 8.3 - Groundwater Model Design and Application

P.9.1 - Process for Use of the Natural Attenuation (Groundwater Mixing

Zone) Alternative

Design Team - Contaminant Transport Modeling in Support of the MNA Remedial

Alternative

Design Team - Groundwater Modeling in the RCRA/CERCLA Process

SRS Educational Outreach Activities

Savannah River Regional Science and Engineering Fair Judge

Scientists with Traveling Resources and Neat Demonstrations - Volunteer

Science Teacher

Professional Affiliation

National Ground Water Association (NGWA) - served as a volunteer reviewer

of manuscripts submitted to Ground Water for publication

SRS Technical Training Courses Completed

Environmental Forensics, NGWA, (2008)

Applications of Groundwater Geochemistry, NGWA, (2006)

ACCESS 2000 Database Course (September 2004)

Bioremediation Transport Models (November 2003)

Applications of Ground Water Geochemistry (November 2003)

Radioactivity for Environmental Scientists at SRS (September 2003)

Natural Attenuation of Metals & Other Inorganic Compounds (May 2003)

Getting the Most out of Your MT3D Solute Transport Model (March 2003)

Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) Version 4.0/FACT Code Tutorial (January

2003)

Multi-Phase Modeling Using the T2VOC Code (November 2002)

Subcontract Management Program Training (June 2002)

Behavior Based Safety Team Workshop (June 2001)

Environmental Laws And Regulations Overview (July 2000)

Radiological Worker I and II Training (March 2000)

Applied Techniques of Model Calibration and Stochastic Simulation (April

1998)

*Technical and professional references are available upon request

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