Steve Cater

Email: abqmef@r.postjobfree.com

Address: CMR 405 Box 1816

City: APO AE

State: NY

Zip: 09034

Country: USA

Phone: 011************

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: $110,000-$130,000/year

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

Environmental Engineer

Educational Background:

M.S., Environmental Health Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence,Kansas

Job History / Details:

EXPERIENCE

Senior Environmental Engineer, National Cooperative Refinery Association. January 1992 July 2000.

Major Responsibilities

Manage Environmental Section consisting of one engineer, one geologist, one technician, one secretary, summer students, and contractors.

Manage groundwater issues at petroleum refinery and outlying facilities, which include closed RCRA landfarm, and active remediation programs under consent agreements with appropriate state agencies.

Negotiate permit conditions and resolve proposed enforcement actions with environmental regulatory agencies on air (NSPS and Title V Operating), hazardous waste, CERCLA and water discharge topics.

Calculate air emission inventories, Benzene NESHAPS TAB, and EPCRA Form R emissions.

Recommend and manage contractor working on specific environmental issues.

Answer questionnaires (including RCRA 3007 Orders and CERCLA 103 Orders) from environmental regulatory agencies and trade associations.

Direct a fugitive emission monitoring program at two facilities.

Coordinate completion of CAAA Title V Permits for facilities in three states.

Direct compliance activities, submit permit applications and obtain permits in RCRA, CAA, NPDES, Gasoline Loading MACT, Refinery MACT, UST Regulations, EPCRA and state equivalents at one petroleum refinery and at field facilities in three different states.

Manage hazardous waste operations for one major generator and small quantity generators in three states.

Environmental Engineer, Environmental Health Engineering Division, U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Europe [formerly U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Europe (USACHPPMEUR)]. October 2000 June 2002, February June 2005, August 2005 October 2008, March 2009 -Present.

Major Responsibilities

Serve as project officer for surface water, waste water, drinking water and soil and groundwater investigations within USAREUR and CENTCOM. Specifically, conduct water system vulnerability assessments, sanitary surveys, drinking water surveillance projects, soil and groundwater assessments, environmental baseline studies, solid waste management plans, and wastewater quality assessments.

Assess hazardous waste and hazardous materials or drinking water system compliance at Environmental Compliance Assessments (ECAS) of U.S. Army Garrison facilities.

Review reports produced within the Division, adding to the technical quality of the reports. Provide technical advice to project officers in all to the Division s programs, and to deployed personnel.

Provide assistance to deployed personnel by coordinating analysis of water, soil, and hazardous material samples from deployed locations and providing reports that explain the analytical results and provide recommendations to minimize threats posed by these materials.

Lead investigations of drinking water systems in deployed locations (Hungary, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Afghanistan), resolving problems with potable water systems and implementing regular sampling schedules and procedures.

Conduct soil investigations in deployed locations (Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan), determining risk to U.S. Army personnel from historical waste disposal activities and making recommendations to minimize environmental damage.

Acting Chief, Environmental Health Engineering Division, U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Europe [formerly U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine Europe (USACHPPMEUR). June 2002 January 2004, July 2004 - February 2005, June August 2005, October 2008 March 2009.

Major Responsibilities

Manage Environmental Health Engineering Division, consisting of three civilian environmental professionals, one local national engineer, three militarily environmental project officers, one civilian technician and three military technicians. The division budget exceeds $1,500,000.

Review reports produced within the Division, adding to the technical quality of the reports.

Provide technical advice to project officers in all to the Division s programs, and to deployed personnel.

Educate junior Division personnel in proper work and sampling procedures so that they can respond to mission requests in EUCOM and CENTCOM, generating scientifically valid data for sound decision-making.

Assess Division needs and resources, and adjust accordingly to changing scenarios based on deployments and a changing world environment.

Environmental Health and Safety Officer, University of Kansas Lawrence

Campus. November 1986 - December 1991.

Major Responsibilities

Develop a hazardous waste collection and disposal system to comply with state and federal regulations.

Explain hazardous waste rules and regulations to University staff, administration, faculty and students.

Track changing environmental legislation and develop programs to ensure compliance.

Create a program for campus compliance with EPCRA. It included creating a program to locate and quantify extremely hazardous chemicals on campus.

Coordinate a program for determining compliance with UST regulations.

Answer questions from faculty, staff, students, and the general public concerning environ-mental and industrial hygiene topics.

Supervise two half-time student assistants.

Coordinate response activities at a university-owned mixed waste remedial action site.

Environmental Engineer, Kansas Department of Health and Environment,

Hazardous Waste Section, May 1984 - October 1986. Promoted July 1985.

Major Responsibilities

Review RCRA Part B Permit Applications and Closure Plans for one-third of the RCRA hazardous waste management facilities in Kansas.

Explain hazardous waste laws and regulations to the regulated community and general public.

Represent KDHE in negotiations with members of the regulated community, at meetings, and at conferences.

Design a regulatory tracking system for hazardous waste interim status facilities. Also designed a budget tracking system using Lotus 123.

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