Project Manager

Donald J. “Joe” Linger

**** *. *. ***** **, Lincoln Highway

Hookstown, PA 15050

Phone: 412-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Relative Work Experience

Dominion Transmission, Inc. – Sr. Land Agent – Retired July 31, 2014

This position was required proficiency in all components of land work including title

research; property damage evaluation and settlement; agreement composition and negotiation;

problem resolution; innovation; leadership and excellence in internal communications with other

departments and external communications with all levels of governmental authorities,

landowners, consultants, service providers, other energy entities and the general public. These

skills were demonstrated in both day to day operational support of nearly three hundred miles of

natural gas transmission and storage lines, a propane line and associated facilities and two

underground natural gas storage fields and in leadership roles associated with various capital

growth projects including direct oversight of Land’s involvement in over 50 miles of Dominion’s

Appalachian Gateway Project, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) jurisdictional

project. Also, provided management of potential revenue generation from company owned

assets; encroachment investigation and resolution; negotiation of additional rights required for

mitigation of pipelines due to longwall mining operations.

Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC) (contract employee supplied by S. E.

Technologies, SSI, and Interstate Acquisition Services) – Sr. Real Estate Specialist

Developed and maintained a database of real properties owned or leased by the Authority.

My duties also included acquisition of additional properties for the development of busways,

light rail transit system and a network of commuter park and ride facilities in support of the

transportation operations of the Authority in the Pittsburgh, PA metropolitan area.

Consolidated Natural Gas Company (multiple subsidiaries, i.e. CNG Transmission Company,

CNG Producing Company, CNG Development Company, Consolidated Gas Transmission

Corporation, Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation and The Peoples Natural Gas Company)

My career in the Consolidated System provided valuable training, experience and knowledge of

many components of the energy sector. The application of the skills and knowledge acquired

“hand on” allowed me to advance through multiple layers of land work culminating as Manager

of the Land Administration and Division Order Departments where it was my responsibility to

know the company’s acreage position, its involvement in joint ventures, partnerships or

farmouts, etc. while managing all lease obligations and payments. That was incredible challenge

considering our acreage position was in excess of a total of eight million gross acres in four

major basins and the Gulf of Mexico.

PA Field Services – Right-of-Way Agent

Acquisition of pipeline rights-of-way for multiple projects for both CNG Producing

Company and The Peoples Natural Gas Company and conducted landowner safety contacts for

National Fuel’s multiple high pressure natural gas pipelines.

Education

• Graduate of Washington Irving High School Graduate complemented by some college

classes in Business Administration at Fairmont State College (Clarksburg Campus) and

Westmoreland County Community College while working full time.

• This formal education was then supplemented by completion of numerous industry

related educational seminars that included: employee supervision, oil and gas lease

structure and composition, geology, coal-bed methane, petroleum land titles, general

pipeline operations, gas marketing, legal rights, INGA landowner and FERC Dispute

Resolution training.

• All of this training was then enhanced by the incredible employment opportunities that

provided me with an extensive amount of valuable, critical knowledge about the industry

through actual “hands on”, “boots on the ground”, “on the job” personal experience. One

of my peers from remarked to PennDOT referred to my experience as a PhD in Land

Work from the University of Hard Knocks that could not have been achieved in a

classroom setting alone.

References

Thomas J. Allen, Asst. General Counsel, Dominion Resources Service Company, 8th & Main

Streets, Richmond, VA Phone 804-***-**** email: ******.*.*****@***.***

Connie DeFrances - Retired – PAAC, 380 Logan Avenue, Leechburg, PA 15656 Phone (724)

845-2089 email: ***********@*****.***

Meagan J. Deeley, Engineer III Drilling, Rework & Stimulation, 445 West Main Street,

Clarksburg, WV 26301 Phone: 304-***-**** email: ******.*.******@***.***

Corbly Orndorff, Supervisor, Franklin Township, 1917 Smith Creek Road, Waynesburg, Pa

15370 Phone: 724-***-****

Professional Training, Certificates & Licenses

Fundamentals of Petroleum – The Penn State University

Basic Petroleum Geology for the Non-Geologist – The University of Tulsa

Petroleum Land Titles - The Institute for Energy Development

Landman’s Special Institute – Energy and Mineral Law Foundation

Pennsylvania Gas, Oil and Mineral Land Law – American Association of Petroleum

Landmen by HalfMoon LLC

Marcellus Shale Land Law – HalfMoon LLC

Supervisor Management – Dun & Bradstreet Business Education Services\

Consolidated System Supervisory Training System – Bethany College

How To Manage Stress – Keye Productivity Center

Pennsylvania Real Estate License – Certificate Number RS-222786-L – Commonwealth

of Pennsylvania, Department of State (Currently Inactive)

Pennsylvania Notary – Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Samples of Land Project Management while at

Dominion

Responsibilities included: Direct oversight of Land functions from survey permission to final

clean-up after construction, including communication with landowners, local, state and federal

governmental representatives and the general public individually and at public open –house,

meetings about the project, coordination with Engineering and landowners on rerouting of

pipeline, acquisition of easements, rights-of-way, access roads, pipeyards and/or pre-fabrication

sites, gate sites, launcher-receiver sites, compressor sites and other land agreements as needed,

damage assessments and settlements, highway occupancy permits and permits for heavy hauling

and road bonds from all levels of government, budget management and provide direction,

leadership, management and support for a crew of land agents assigned to this project.

My Portion of the Project Responsibilities:

Natrium to Market Project – Addition of a new turbine and expansion of other facilities at

Crayne Compressor Station in Waynesburg, PA and modification of facilities at the J B

Tonkin Compressor Station in Murrysville, PA.

Tioga Area Expansion Project – Acquisition of a site for an M & R and expansion of

facilities at the Crayne Compressor Station in Waynesburg, PA.

Appalachian Gateway Project - 50 miles of new natural gas pipeline construction and associated

appurtenances (44 miles of 30” and 6 miles of 24”) – (approximately 250 landowners without a

condemnation) and installation of a new compressor station at Burch Ridge near Moundsville,

WV.

Dominion Hub III Project – 13 miles of new 24 “natural gas pipeline construction and associated

appurtenances.

Dominion Hub I Project – shared responsibilities for the construction of approximately 7 miles of

new 20” natural gas pipeline, installation of a new M & R facility and construction of a the new

Rocks Springs Compressor Station at Delmont PA and modification of facilities at the J. B.

Tonkin Compressor Station at Murrysville, PA.

Dominion ICE Project (Multiple Years & Phases (2005-2010) – Assessment, identification and

replacement of mile of natural gas transmission and storage pipelines in the Oakford and South

Bend Storage Pools and the overall area known as Western Area Operations.

Some Other Project Involvement – Cancelled Projects:

Dominion Heritage Project – serving as a Mentor of less experienced staff members on a

multiple state FERC jurisdictional pipeline project.

LNG Barging Project – Establishment of multiple sites on the East Coast for the offshore

unloading of LNG onto barges for off-loading at inland facilities.

Salt Dome Storage Facility – Acquisition of 3 solution mined salt domes near the

Strategic Petroleum Reserve at Hackberry, Louisiana and the proposed construction of

approximately 30 miles of natural gas pipelines to services the market.

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