EHS Management

Mark L. Sebring, CHMM

*** *. ****** ****** **********, PA 16063

724-***-****(H) 412-***-****(C) **********@*****.***

SENIOR COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONAL

Accomplished professional with proven success in corporate and facility level environmental

management. Excellent leadership skills in systems, project and program management. Strong

analytical, organizational, contract/permit negotiation, communication, problem solving, technical,

and interpersonal skills.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SAFETY COMPLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

ACQUISITION DUE DILIGENCE EU - ROHS & REACH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION

PROJECT MANAGEMENT REGULATORY AGENCY NEGOTIATIONS REGULATION INTERPRETATION

EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS GOOD BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE STRONG INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MSA The Safety Company (A premier global manufacturer of safety products)

Global Environmental Manager (2013 – Present)

Manager Environmental Affairs and Special Projects (2007 – 2013)

Manage the global environmental, sustainability, and hazmat/dangerous goods transportation programs.

Develop and implement environmental policy and programs, direct and perform regulatory and emerging issues

monitoring. Provide technical oversight and direction to environmental permitting, environmental reporting,

regulatory agency relationships management, site remediation, and environmental legal efforts. Perform disposal

site auditing, compliance training, and multiple location outreach/support. Direct and champion environmental

sustainability efforts.

Provide environmental technical support and oversight to 11 manufacturing facilities

Lead a global team developing and implementing global product compliance process to meet standards such as RoHS,

REACH and Conflict Minerals

Developed and implemented a corporate sustainability program

Insure facility management implements systems and addresses corrective action plans in a timely manner

Oversee U.S. product safety data sheet program

Manage responses and negotiations to a number of EPA Superfund and other contaminated sites

Lead DOT Hazardous Materials and IATA Dangerous Goods transportation compliance efforts

Conduct DOT hazmat classification technical reviews of all new part numbers issued in North America

Provide internal and external customer dangerous goods logistics support including lithium battery compliance

Develop and conduct U.S. hazardous material transportation training

Maintain MSA’s hazmat transportation and product SDS website

Coordinated environmental due diligence for a multi-facility global acquisition

Reduced disposal cost of pyrophoric material by $150,000 by educating and collaborating with incineration site

Developed and implemented on-line global ethics training programs for associates located around the globe

Developed and launched MSA’s Ethics@work database containing multiple language ethics and compliance documents

Acted as site security officer for security clearances as required by the U.S. Defense Security Service

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Allegheny Ludlum Corporation (A leading producer of specialty metals in North America)

Sr. Environmental Engineer – Corporate (2000 – 2007)

Directed and supported environmental programs, policies, and procedures. Cost-effectively managed, in a self-

directed manner, the solid waste program ($8 million/year) for sixteen large facilities located in five states.

Prepared various multimedia regulatory reports. Provided technical support to air and water compliance efforts.

Established standard environmental procedures for various solid waste compliance issues at multiple facilities

Annually developed and completed regulatory reports for sixteen facilities (Tier II, Form R, hazardous residual waste)

Provided technical support to a company owned industrial waste landfill

Prepared and conducted hazardous waste and general environmental compliance training

Established and conducted environmental audits and assisted facility management with resulting corrective actions

Managed environmental contractors, including negotiating and managing contracts of $150K and above

Identified and implemented waste management program improvements, reducing annual costs by $150,000

Reviewed and interpreted regulatory changes, then implemented appropriate policies and procedures

Identified waste reduction and reuse opportunities including the reuse as neutralizing agent of approximately 10,000

gallons/week of high pH contaminated ground water, saving approximately $100,000 year in disposal cost

Dynamic Metal Forming Incorporated (A manufacturer of stainless steel tubing and formed shapes)

Director, Environmental/Safety Compliance (1998 – 2000)

Directed corporate environmental and safety compliance activities for five heavy manufacturing facilities.

Developed and implemented environmental and safety programs. Prepared regulatory reports and permit

applications. Managed environmental capital projects.

Established corporate wide and facility environmental and safety policies, training, and procedures including:

Hazard Communication Lockout/Tagout Equipment Guarding

Confined Space Entry Hearing Conservation Forklift Safety

Crane Safety Hydrofluoric Acid Safety Contractor Safety Program

PPE Selection & Fit Respiratory Protection Industrial Hygiene Program

Conducted and coordinated worker safety training at five sites

Developed and implemented U.S. EPA required Risk Management Plan (RMP) and spill response plans

Reduced company liability by identifying and eliminating 41 environmental liabilities

Prepared applications and negotiated final Title V air and NPDES water discharge permits for two facilities

Implemented worker safety committees at multiple facilities including two unionized facilities

Managed environmental/capital projects including:

$120K PCB transformer replacement

$100K wastewater treatment plant upgrade

$35K pickling tank exhaust and scrubber improvement

Asbestos pipe and boiler insulation removal and replacement

8,000 gallon acid holding tank refurbishing

Identified a co-product use for hazardous waste acid solution, reducing hazardous waste volume by approximately 4,000

gallons/month and reducing disposal costs

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Rockwell International / Equimeter Incorporated (A manufacturer of natural gas meters & regulators)

Environmental/Safety Manager (1989 – 1998)

Associate Environmental/Safety Engineer (1986 – 1989)

Managed environmental compliance and safety activities for three facilities. Developed and implemented

environmental and safety programs. Prepared regulatory reports permit applications and capital expenditure

requests. Supervised an Environmental/Safety Technician.

Created, implemented, and maintained environmental and safety programs

Developed curriculum and conducted training to support the environmental and safety programs

Directed accident investigations and trained production supervisors on how to conduct accident investigations

Reviewed and approved new chemical/material introductions to insure environmental and safety compliance

Developed and implemented company’s initial employee Hazard Communication Program

Aggressively managed capital loss control efforts working closely with facilities engineering and loss-prevention

engineering service (FM) to implement numerous improvements and procedures

Drove introduction of Industrial Discharge Program into the City of DuBois to improve local POTW discharge

oversight and reduce federal EPA oversight and reporting requirements for local companies

Managed projects including NESHAP compliant vapor degreaser and $500,000 wastewater treatment system

Lead team for introduction of low VOC coating systems reducing emissions in one system by 20 tons/year (90%)

Successfully negotiated with regulatory agency the implementation of compliant low VOC coating systems

Implemented source reduction programs saving the company approximately 25% annually in disposal costs

Managed RCRA, Part B hazardous waste storage facility

EDUCATION

ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA GROVE CITY COLLEGE, Grove City, PA

Masters Business Administration, 2002 Bachelors of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1985

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND AFFILIATIONS

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Numerous Environmental, Safety and Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulatory Management seminars

National Safety Council’s Principles of Occupational Safety and Health Course (32 hrs.)

Hazardous Materials Emergency Response 16 hour First Responder Course, CHMR

AFFILIATIONS AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Manufacture’s Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) Sustainability Council Member

Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) Member

Academy of Hazardous Materials Managers (1991 – Present): Chapter Secretary (1999 – 2000)

Member of the Northcentral PA DEP Citizens Roundtable (1994 – 1997)

Member of Clearfield County Local Emergency Management Committee (1991 – 1998)

Elder and Past Chairman of Budget & Finance Committee, local Presbyterian Churches

Project Hope of Zelienople, Inc., Vice President (2005 – 2014)

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