Project Geologist Environmental Remediation

Laurie Plante Leitzinger

Glenmoore, PA 484-***-**** ************@***.***

Summary

Geology professional with 13 years experience performing fieldwork and office activities related to hydrogeologic investigation and environmental remediation projects. Time off was taken to care for and support a sick and developmentally disabled son. Eager to return to work..

Skills

Preparing work plans

Coordinating with subcontractors, and clients

Documenting field observations

Installing monitor wells

Soil & groundwater sampling

Reviewing and evaluating data

Preparing data tables

Preparing site figures

Writing technical report

Work History

Project Geologist (01/1998 - 05/1998) URS Corporation - Diamond Group (Partnership With DuPont) – Wilmington, DE Completed remedial investigation (RI) fieldwork, reviewed laboratory analytical data; Learned GIS-based database management software and plotted/contoured soil sample constituent concentrations at various depths on site maps; tabulated data; prepared technical RI report with delineated contaminants, conclusions and recommendations.

Project Geologist (7/1992 - 12/1997) DuPont Environmental Remediation Services (DERS) – Wilmington, DE Prepared field investigation work plans; managed projects; coordinated with subcontractors; conducted field investigations involving well drilling, logging, soil sampling and groundwater sampling; tabulated and analyzed data; assisted with groundwater flow and transport modeling; prepared Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Water Allocation Permit Application; prepared technical field investigation reports with conclusions and recommendations.

Staff Geologist > Project Geologist (12/1984 - 6/1992) GeoTrans/TetraTech – Herndon/Sterling, VA. Performed oversight of hydrogeologic field investigations at hazardous waste sites on behalf of US EPA; logged split-spoon samples and bedrock cores; collected soil and groundwater samples for laboratory testing; prepared data tables and contour maps; performed data analysis; coordinated with subcontractors; prepared work plans and technical reports; assisted in groundwater flow and transport modeling.

Education

Bachelor of Science: Geological Sciences. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Blacksburg, Virginia

Representative Project Experience

DuPont Chambers Works, Deepwater, NJ. Working for GeoTrans/Tetra Tech, served as Project Geologist for RCRA Facility Investigation (RFI) at the 1,445 acre chemical manufacturing and waste treatment facility in Deepwater, NJ. Prepared soil and groundwater sampling work plan to delineate former waste disposal area contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic chemical compounds and heavy metals. Procured subcontractors and conducted field investigation in level C personal protective equipment (PPE), which included soil borings, monitor well installation, soil and groundwater sampling and analytical testing. Prepared technical RFI report summarizing findings and conclusions of field investigation. Working for DERS, prepared and secured Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) Water Allocation Permit Application for Chambers Works facility.

DuPont Seaford Plant, Seaford, DE Working for DERS as Project Geologist, implemented RFI at the 600 acre Teflon manufacturing facility. Prepared RFI work plans for monitoring well installation, soil and groundwater sampling for laboratory analysis and investigation-derived waste management. Conducted and oversaw multi-drilling rig field investigations, interpreted field data and laboratory analytical results and prepared RFI reports.

Occidental Chemicals/Olin Chemical Company 102nd Street Landfill, Niagara Falls, NY Working for GeoTrans as assistant geologist, provided oversight on behalf of US EPA of remedial investigation at 102nd Street Landfill in Niagara Falls, NY. Delineated plume of dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) in fractured Lockport Dolomite. Performed fieldwork in level C ppe, Logged detailed field observations, geologically logged of split-spoon soil samples and bedrock core samples, input data in database, prepared as-built well construction diagrams, and mapped bedrock surface.

Rohm and Haas Company, Research and Development Campus, Spring House, PA Working for GeoTrans/Tetra Tech as project geologist, implemented study to characterize and delineate plume of volatile organic compounds in bedrock beneath Research and Development Campus. Oversaw air-rotary drilling, installed groundwater monitor wells, monitored water-levels, sampled groundwater for laboratory analyses, and performed aquifer testing.

Dover Air Force Base, Dover, DE. Working for DERS as project geologist, conducted large-scale investigation of plume of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at Dover Air Force Base. Coordinated with subcontractors, Oversaw direct push drilling, sampled of soil and groundwater on base, as well as at off-site, prepared technical summary report.

Dupont Moberly (automotive finishes) Plant, Moberly, MO – Working for DERS as project geologist, performed Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessment in preparation for potential property sale.

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