Richard Marty, Ph.D.

Scientist

Richard has M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geology, a B.S. degree in biology, and some 40 years of experience supporting projects for the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Safety Administration (DOE and NNSA), oil companies (Shell, Exxon, British Petroleum, and others), mining companies, the Japanese government, Canadian and provincial governments, and other clients. Richard’s work experience includes extensive environmental work including quantitative evaluation of plant communities. This includes evaluation of the physiological health of algal symbionts in lichens (near the DOE facilities southern Idaho in cooperation with the University of Idaho), studies of the health of vascular plant communities on disturbed areas on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, studies of the effects of oil on marine plant communities (following various oil spills), and detailed studies of ice-bound algae communities from Antarctic sea ice (including biomass, chlorophyll, phosphate, diatomaceous silica, and other parameters).

Richard has extensive experience working with radioactive materials, and he is familiar with standard safety requirements.

Professional Experience

Self-Employed Independent Consultant. From 2010 to the present, Dr. Marty is a self-employed consultant. Clients have includedː Texas Railroad Commission, Navarro Applied Sciences, Fission Energy-Peru, and Polaris Applied Sciences. Richard has worked on with projects for the Texas Railroad Commission, Navarro Research and Engineering, Portage Environmental, and Fission Energy Corporation. For Polaris Applied Sciences, Richard consulted on the BP MC252 Incident and Silvertip response in Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; Pensacola, Florida; Billings, Montana. As part of this work, he assisted with Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) of the effects of oil on biota of the Mississippi Delta. He also led Shoreline Cleanup Advisory Teams (SCAT Teams) that documented the amount of oil that came ashore and selected cleanup techniques to mitigate oiling in and on the shores of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. While in this position he also served as Deputy Coordinator for SCAT teams assigning duties and tracking progress. He also worked on evaluating oil released from the Silvertip Pipeline break near Laurel, Montana. This work included cooperation with Federal (EPA) and State of Montana regulators in the development and implementation of cleanup plans for oil carried downstream by floodwaters. Freestone Environmental, Richland, WA. From 2009 to 2010, Richard supported investigation and design for the removal of uranium from aqueous groundwater plumes at the DOE Hanford Site. He also supported investigation and design for the removal of technetium-99 from groundwater; Page 1

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prepared sections of groundwater reports documenting and discussing sampling activities; and prepared and reviewed plans to sample radioactive and non-radioactive contaminants. SM Stoller Corporation, Idaho Falls, ID; Las Vegas, NV; and Santa Fe, NM. From 1997 to 2009, Richard served as Technical Director for SM Stoller. He was assigned to the following projects:

● Strathmore Minerals. Richard supported Strathmore Minerals in NRC and State permitting of uranium mines and extraction facilities at Roca Honda, New Mexico.

● Fission Energy. Richard served as the contracted Project Manager for the exploration, development, and exploitation of a mine in the Macusani Uranium District, Peru. Activities included interaction with local regulators, local residents, and other stakeholders.

● Santa Clara Pueblo. Richard supported the pueblo in assessing risks from contaminants from the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Work consisted of data gathering, interpretation, and development of Data Quality Objectives and included interaction with the NNSA, DOE, state regulators, other stakeholders (including other pueblos and environmental interest groups).

● Nevada Test Site. As the Soils Project Manager, Richard developed task and project scope, budget, and schedule; tracked and reported progress against planned costs and schedules along with variances; interfaced with the client, state regulators, the US Air Force, BLM, and other concerned parties; ensured compliance with Health and Safety and Quality requirements; coordinated with auditors; characterized the distribution of radionuclides in surface soils at sites on the Nellis Test and Training Range north of the Nevada Test Site

(primarily dispersed plutonium); led the modeling of risk resulting from weapons testing on Amchitka Island, Alaska (collaborating with groundwater modelers to determine movement of radionuclides produced by testing); developed a long-term monitoring plan to measure radionuclide levels in environmental media; and evaluated vegetation recovery and cap integrity for long-term stewardship sites on Amchitka Island, Alaska.

● Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Richard coordinated the National Environmental Research Park at the INL; directed the Environmental Surveillance, Education, and Research Program; developed an approach for groundwater contaminated with organic molecules at the DOE Pantex Facility; led development and refinement of cleanup techniques for heterocyclic organic molecules in soil; managed the D&D of a uranium-contaminated bunker at the DOE Pantex facility; reviewed the closure plan for the hydrocarbon land farm at the Simplot Gay Mine Site on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation; served as the Field Implementation Manager for the cleanup of uranium contaminated soil and structures at the Pantex facility; managed legacy waste samples produced by Environmental Restoration activities at the INL; assessed the environmental chemistry and treatment options for actinide contaminated soils at the 903 Pad at Rocky Flats. Jason Associates Corporation, Idaho Falls, ID. From 1994 to 1997, Richard helped develop a Feasibility Study for radioactively contaminated soil at the Idaho National Environmental Engineering Laboratory (INEEL) (for Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co.); developed a strategy for groundwater cleanup at the Rocky Flats site (as part of a team); developed a scheme to consolidate CERCLA Operable Units at the Rocky Flats Site to decrease paper work and increase actual cleanup

(as part of a team); reviewed the Environmental Restoration Program at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (which included the evaluation of strategies to deal with a major TCE plume moving westward from the western margin of the Main Laboratory toward offsite receptors); Page 2

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reviewed the Environmental Restoration Program at the Brookhaven National Laboratory to identify opportunities to deal with TCE and other environmental problems; reviewed the Environmental Restoration Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of an Independent Technical Review Team. Work included assistance to the laboratory in development of strategies to remediate and mitigate TCE contamination in their disposal facility (Area L); reviewed CERCLA RODs for the cleanup of radioactively contaminated soils; assessed the Controlled-Air Incinerator and expansion of the Area G low-level radioactive waste landfill at Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of an Independent Technical Review Team.

Wastren, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID. From 1992 to 1994, Dr. Marty served as the Science and Engineering Group Manager for Wastren Inc. out of Idaho Falls, Idaho. In this capacity, he providedː

● Analytical QA-QC, data validation, and senior reviewer for the RI/FS prepared for the Murtaugh landfill. This site is affected by pesticides and herbicides contamination. ROD completed in late 1993.

● Analytical QA-QC, data validation, and senior reviewer for the RI/FS prepared for the Murtaugh landfill. This site is affected by pesticides and herbicides contamination. ROD completed in late 1993.

● Quality control and data validation of inorganic, organic and radiological data for the Idaho Chemical Processing plant (CLP, SW846, and radioactive analytical techniques)

● Development and implementation of a cleanup strategy for soils contaminated with herbicides and pesticides at the Idaho Falls Airport.

● Supervision of the design and cleanup of a landfill near Boise, Idaho.

● Project manager for WASTREN’s support of CERCLA activities at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory including: Removal Actions, human health and environmental risk assessments, engineering studies, assessment of the extent of contamination, and Remedial Investigations

● Project manager in support of the Hanford Reservation Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility which was proposed as a RCRA Corrective Action Management Unit (CAMU) for the disposal of RCRA regulated remediation derived waste.

● Project manager and responsible professional directing design and construction of a landfill cap, closure of RCRA units, and consolidation and removal of contaminated soils and waste from a commercial site.

Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Seattle, WA. From 1989 to 1992, as a consultant and later a Project Scientist, Richard selected and implemented cleanup strategies for hundreds of miles of shoreline contaminated with oil following the Exxon Valdez incident and led special projects teams assessing damage and designing cleanup strategies for Exxon Operations. He also provided scientific support to NRDA of the damage from mercury released to Matagorda Bay, Texas; developed waste management guidelines for the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment; helped compile state-of-the-art spill response techniques and reviewed current literature on the human-health effects of hydrocarbons; helped design a series of experimental marine petroleum spills under controlled conditions to test the effectiveness of response strategies; managed closure of RCRA operating unit with trace quantities of herbicides, pesticides, and hydrocarbons; supported Page 3

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the government of British Columbia in legal proceedings related to the discharge of Bunker C oil in the waters of Washington State (the NESTUCCA incident); managed a series of environmental audits of former agricultural chemical sites in eastern Washington State; reviewed assessments of agricultural chemical sites with pesticide, herbicide, nitrate, and ammonia problems in a tri-state area; helped analysis of the behavior of arsenic in groundwater under sites in eastern Washington State and Delaware; helped determine the source of free product under a varnish and paint manufacturing plant using gas chromatograph data; investigated a small product spill into a ditch adjacent to an industrial property; designed a sampling and analysis plan for marine sediment in the Duwamish waterway of Seattle as part of an expansion of Port of Seattle facilities (included biotoxicity testing).

Entrix, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA. From 1987 to 1989, as a Staff Scientist, Richard served as an EPA overseer for the assessment of hydrocarbon and PCB contamination along natural gas pipeline in New Mexico; participated in the assessment and remediation of contamination at wood-treating plants in the Pacific Northwest; performed RCRA sampling of soils, waste, groundwater, and lysimeters for a Pacific Northwest refinery; performed species counts in San Francisco Bay to determine the effects of a diffuser on biota; helped with sampling and reporting following an oil spill from the Shell, Martinez, California refinery into San Francisco Bay. Rice University, Houston, TX. From 1983 to 1987, while working as a Graduate Fellow, Richard performed research on the geochemistry, sedimentology, and paleontology of Neogene sediments from the coastal belt of Peru, and served as a research assistant on the geochemistry and sedimentology of modern sediments in Antarctica. This work involved collection of data for isotopic ratios using a Mass Spectrometer, Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), gravimetric analyses, and colorimetry.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Portland, OR. From 1982 to 1983, Richard worked as a Geologist. In this role, he helped with the geotechnical and hydrogeologic assessment of the stability and hydrogeology of the Debris Dam formed by the May 18, 1980 landslide and blast from Mt. St. Helens. He also helped with geotechnical and hydrogeologic evaluation of a landslide at the Bonneville Dam site in the Columbia River Gorge.

Publications

Marty, R.C., 2007, Radioactividad Del Uranio (Seguridad Radiologica): Presentation at the First Annual Peruvian Uranium Conference in Juliaca, Peru, November, 2007. Marty, R., Forman, A., Echelard, T., Jones, J., Sanders, P., and Matthews, P., 2006, Quantitative Sampling of Vegetation Recovery on Disturbed Marine Tundra, Amchitka Island, Alaska: 2006 Arctic Science Conference, AAAS Arctic Division, Fairbanks, Alaska. Marty, R., Sanders, P., Chapman, J. and Evans, C.S., 2005, Screening Risk Assessment for Possible Radionuclides in the Amchitka Marine Environment: 2005 Arctic Science Conference, AAAS Arctic Division, Kodiak, Alaska.

Marty, R. and Jenkins, T., 1999, Comment on "Evaluation of a sequential extraction method for determining actinide fractionation in soils and sediments" by M.K. Schultz, W.C. Burnett, and K.G.W. Inn: J. Environ. Radioactivity, v. 47, pp. 335-339. Page 4

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Marty, R., Bennett, D., and Thullen, P., 1997, Mechanism of Plutonium Transport in a Shallow Aquifer in Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 31, pp. 2020-2027.

Marty, R., Hopkins, J., and Evans, C., 1997, Comment on “Plutonium Association with Selected Solid Phases in Soils of Rocky Flats, Colorado Using Sequential Extraction Techniques”: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 26, pp. 1717-1718.

Marty, R.C., 1995, Role of science and technology in resolving the environmental problems of the U.S. Department of Energy: in Improving the Environment: An Evaluation of DOE’s Environmental Management Program, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C. Owens, E.H., Marty, R.C., and Howes, D.E., 1993, Waste Management Guidelines for Marine Oil Spill Response in British Columbia: Arctic/Marine Oil Pollution Conference Proceedings, pp.1169-1185.

Owens, E.H., Taylor, E.T., Marty, R.C., and Little, D.I., 1993, An Inland Oil Spill Response Manual to Minimize Adverse Environmental Impact: Proceedings of the International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute Publication 4580, Washington, D.C., pp. 105-109. Little, D.I., Owens, E.H., Buist, I., and Marty, R.C., 1992, Peat Shorelines: Cleanup and Disposal Guidelines: Arctic/Marine Oil Pollution Conference Proceedings, pp. 801-818. Page 5