RESUME

Meliha Ozden Tamer

Address *** *********** *****

Wimberley, Texas 78676

USA

Phone 512-***-**** (Office)

512-***-**** (Home)

e-mail ablyvz@r.postjobfree.com (Office)

ablyvz@r.postjobfree.com (Home)

Education

Ph.D. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

M.S. Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

B.S. Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Certification: PE License, License No. 95442, Texas

ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE:

Air Permitting -Total : 12 years+ 7 months

June 2008 - Present

Project Coordinator

New Source Review Permits, Chemical Section

Air Permits Division

Texas Commission for Environmental Quality

Austin, Texas

(Training the newly hired engineers and providing them guidance

(Providing guidance to team members in the Chemical Team 1 and peer

reviewing their permit approval packages

(Reviewing new source initial permit, permit amendment and permit renewal

applications from refineries and chemical plants. Also reviewing air

permit applications from wastewater treatment plant sources. Determining

adequacy of permit representations.

(Corresponding with the applicants about the deficiencies in permit

representations.

(Providing assistance to the applicants to obtain best available emission

control technology (BACT) for minimizing pollutants from the emission

sources. Negotiating additional emission controls including pollution

prevention measures to assure emission impacts are acceptable on the people

and the environment.

( Initiating modeling audits for review of modeling reports for the

pollutant sources.

(Issuing public notice authorizations for new Prevention of Significant

Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment (NNSR) permit applications.

(Writing RTCs (Response to Comments) for projects that receive public

comments, public hearing requests and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

comments. (Participating in any scheduled public meetings and public

hearings .

(Preparing draft permit content including various conditions, emission

limits, operating limits and state and federal air rule requirements.

Negotiating the draft permit with the applicants. Preparing final permit

packages for approval including detailed technical reviews.

(Participating in technical training seminars and TCEQ Trade Fairs.

(?racking backlog projects and and making followups to assure backlog in

the Section gets reduced and new backlog is avoided. Generating

spreadsheets for backlog projects and attending backlog

reduction/prevention meetings with management.

Jan.1998 - Feb.2001

Engineering Specialist, Combustion/Coatings Section

New Source Review Permits

Air Permits Division

Texas Commission for Environmental Quality

Austin, Texas

(Reviewed new source permit, permit amendment and permit renewal

applications from coal-fired power plants and electric generating units.

Corresponded with the applicants about the deficiencies in permit

representations. Determined compliance with state and federal air rules.

(Provided assistance to the applicants to obtain best available emission

control technology (BACT) for minimizing pollutants from the emission

sources. Negotiated additional emission controls including pollution

prevention measures to assure emission impacts are acceptable on the people

and the environment.

(Initiated modeling audits for review of modeling reports for the pollutant

sources.

(Issued public notice authorizations for new Prevention of Significant

Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment (NNSR) permit applications.

(Wrote RTCs (Response to Comments) for power plant projects that receive

public comments, public hearing requests and Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) comments.

(Prepared draft permit content including various conditions, emission

limits, operating limits and state and federal air rule requirements.

Negotiated the draft permit with the applicants. Prepared final permit

packages for approval including detailed technical reviews.

Waste&Wastewater Disposal/Permitting - Total: 3years

Jan. 1995 - Jan. 1998

Engineering Specialist, Land Application Team

Watershed Management Division

Texas Commission for Environmental Quality

Austin, Texas

(Worked on multiple tasks and projects. Reviewed beneficial land use permit

and registration applications for the land application of municipal solid

and liquid waste. (Performed calculations for agronomic biosolids

application rates.

(Reviewed chemical and biological analytical data and Toxicity

Characteristics Leaching Procedure (TCLP) results including QA/QC data for

biosolids.

(Wrote beneficial land use permits and registrations using the state and

federal rules governing the biosolids management.

(Reviewed composting permit applications submitted by wastewater treatment

plants. Also wrote composting facility permits.

(Prepared a guidance document for internal and external use for the closure

of waste management facilities. Also reviewed closure plans for waste

management units under this guidance and wrote closure certifications.

Solid Waste Disposal&Permitting - Total: 1 year

March 1987-Apr.1988

Environmental Engineer III

Air and Waste Management Division

Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources

Dover, Delaware

(Worked in the area of solid waste management.

(Reviewed engineering plans and specifications for landfills to assure that

landfill projects including the liners and leachate collection systems meet

the regulatory requirements.

(Reviewed the groundwater monitoring plans and groundwater data to assess

the existing groundwater quality under the municipal and flyash (power

plant waste) landfills.

(Inspected the new municipal and flyash landfill construction projects on

site.

(Gave briefings to managers and landfill operating companies on the quality

of groundwater under the landfills.

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