Generating Station Service Authority

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Michael J Barnett

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Results CX Customer Service 10/12/2020 - 11/2/2020 Work from Home Specialist

Position involved training on several different Apps and databases. This included working in Remote on Microsoft Teams and using Humana software. Since the program that Results was training on was new and not totally debugged, I spent 16 days trying to stay connected to Remote Desktop and practice the training. I also tried to work at night to practice, but had the same problem. Because of these bugs and glitches I had to resign from this position. BHI Energy Urenco USA Facilities – November 2018 – May 2020 BHI Facilities Maintenance Contract Safety Representative Supported and implemented the BHI Safety & Health Plan at the field level. Creation of all Job Hazard Analysis (JHAs) for routine and non-routine work tasks. Responsible for conducting and/or observing daily Pre-Job Briefings and daily “tool-box” safety meetings. Conducted monthly all-hands meetings. Had oversight of employee’s overall safety awareness.

Performed on-going shift safety inspections of sites and public areas and ensured that necessary corrective actions were taken when safety infractions were identified. Ensured that all employees, BHI sub-contractors, vendors and service providers complied with all safety rules and regulations while on site.

Provided for control, availability, and proper use of safety equipment, including employee PPE. Ensured that an adequate stock of all safety related equipment, including consumables was maintained year-round.

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Evaluated operations and materials for presence or potential presence of hazardous environments or conditions, including recommended actions for their control. Responsible for all BHI employee’s safety training, ensuring that OSHA and Urenco safety training was kept current and up to date. Obtained OSHA 501 certification, and updated my First Aid, CPR, AED training in December 2019.

Job Titles: Customer Service, OSHA certified trainer for General Industry, Safety Inspector, Right to Know specialist, data entry manager for OSHA. New Mexico Workers’ Comp. Administration – October 2016 – November 2018 Customer Service Safety Consultant – Hobbs, New Mexico Field Office This position was mainly a Customer Service job where I would provide services (mainly OSHA inspections), one on one, at each customer’s place of business. Researched all companies in New Mexico within four counties covering a 200- mile area whose Workers’ Compensation Insurance premium was greater than $15,000 to determine if they had performed their required annual safety inspections. Personally contacted those companies that did not have that record, and, if needed, conducted a safety inspection at each of the company’s facilities.

Maintained the New Mexico Workers Compensation Administration Safety Database for my assigned areas and was responsible for updating existing business safety and injury data within my four counties and adding new businesses as they registered with the state. Also, maintained all communication with each company contacted for future use in any legal deliberations.

For those companies who had a history of a high injury rate, was responsible for researching those companies and recommending whether they should be placed on the state Risk Reduction Program. For those companies placed on this program, all of their facilities were inspected, and a list of safety deficiencies was developed. Based on that list, a corresponding list of corrective actions was developed. These actions were verified to be completed by a subsequent follow-up inspection. Offered to all businesses contacted a free outreach safety training on numerous safety topics and conducted several of those training sessions.

Performed safety audits on very large companies who were self-insured. Resume

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Participated and passed OSHA 510 and 511 32 - hour courses. Job Categories Related to this position: Customer Service, Specific Area of OSHA training, training related to New Mexico’s Workers Compensation Administration requirements, OSHA related inspections, audits, and follow up inspections, data entry, database manager. Hobbs Generating Station (HGS) – CAMS October 2013 to August 2016 EHS & Regulatory Specialist

Maintained compliance with all requirements, including submittals of reports listed in HGS Title V Permit, PSD Permit, Acid Rain Permit, and a Groundwater Discharge Permit. Also responsible for the submittal of annual greenhouse gas report, SARA Tier II report to the SERC, LEPC, and the Hobbs Fire Department, excess emission reports and any associated affirmative defenses; the submittal of any spill reports, including the development of corrective action plans, the completion of all corrective milestones, and the closure of each plan. Ensured the submittal of all NERC reports, NERC training for all site personnel, and keeping up with all the changes to the NERC requirements.

Responsible for ensuring that all OSHA required training was conducted on a monthly and annual basis, including all required certifications and reports, such as the annual OSHA Form 300 and 300A report, annual hearing testing, confined space training, and Hazwoper training. Documented, investigated, and initiated corrective actions for all near misses and accidents. Job categories related to this position: OSHA training, OSHA and/or Environmental inspections, emissions testing, emissions measurement compliance, ground water sampling, smoke reader certification, NERC compliance.

Hopewell Coal Fired Power Station – NAES Jan 2008 to Mar 2013 Environmental Health and Safety Coordinator

Maintained compliance with all environmental permits, Title V, Acid Rain, PSD, VPDES, POTW; and all plans and programs; SWP3, SPCC, Part 75 compliance, SARA Title III, RMP, PSM, Hazardous Waste generation/storage/disposal, and NRC radioactive source certification. Kept Plant abreast of regulatory changes and developed different processes for initiating compliance to them.

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Performed investigation of all accidents and near misses, including root cause analysis of these incidents. Ensured that all OSHA, ANSI, and NFPA required training was performed each year. Refined and modified all safety related procedures to ensure they were up to date with regulatory changes from OSHA, NFPA, ANSI, etc. and site specifics. Ensured all labeling and posting was maintained and correct for areas. Was management representative to safety committee, and member of Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC). Ensured that all OSHA related certifications and requirements were maintained, such as annual hearing tests, annual respirator physicals and fit tests, sound testing of noise areas, monitored and routinely inspected programs for lockout/tagout, confined spaces, fall protection, electrical safety, Powered Industrial Truck certification and training, barricades and hot work. Ensured or conducted specific training on OSHA required subjects, such as the required Global Harmonization System training, Blood borne Pathogens, First Aid, CPR, AED, LOTO, and sampling, controlling and identifying combustible dust areas, firefighting, pandemic response, confined space entry, etc. Maintained a Process Safety Maintenance (PSM) program for Anhydrous Ammonia. Ensured through a formal annual inspection of all contractors who worked on site met all Safety requirements and had a minimum requirement through a rigorous evaluation of their safety history, training, and their programs. Additionally, received training and participated in self reports to comply with NERC standards.

Job categories related to this position: OSHA training, Environmental training, Environmental permit compliance, hazardous waste storage and disposal, member LEPC, smoke reader certified, Database entry for Safety and Environmental training, customer service. Southeastern Public Service Authority 1990 - 1998

Environmental Compliance Engineer – SPSA Waste to Energy Steam and Power Plant

Successfully completed projects by reviewing bids, recommended award, and tracked installation of new CEMs ($1.1 million), a new 23-point wet chemistry sample sink; including in-line analytical analyzers ($720 thousand), site characterization, remediation plan, and extraction of large underground oil spill ($305 thousand). Aided in setup of DAHS for CEMS reports and monitoring. Acted as signatory authority for all environmental submittals and correspondence with DEQ and EPA. Performed annual registration and functional operation of 123 radioactive sources with the NRC. Wrote Plant Resume

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procedures for environmental compliance and conducted training with all hands on the same. Attended all outside agency inspections and audits, and ensured any findings were properly addressed. Ensured all sampling, analysis, and reports were properly submitted. Directly monitored all emissions performance testing to ensure compliance, including RATAs. Was responsible for accountability, response, reporting and ensuring proper corrective or implementation actions to all environmental regulations, permits, programs and audits; including response to an EPA Administrative Order to lower Dioxin emissions at the large MWC located in Portsmouth, Virginia. This position involved day to day direct communication with corporate management and acted as the signatory authority that was needed for communication and reports to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Region III; EPA and Research Triangle Park, EPA and HRSD. Setup, wrote procedures for, and conducted training with plant personnel on EPA regs, environmental record keeping, excess emission recording and reporting, documentation, and inspection of large petroleum above ground storage tanks, and for multimedia permit compliance.

During this timeframe, SPSA applied for and was awarded the ISO 14001for multiple facilities of our integrated solid waste management system for Southeast Virginia. I was responsible for supplying all information for our large Waste to Energy Plant that supplied steam and electricity to Norfolk Naval Shipyard. SPSA was the first integrated waste management system to achieve this certification, which included a landfill, transfer station, a Refuse Derived Fuel facility that processed all of the solid waste in Southeast Virginia into a fuel source. I had also met with the ISO-14001 team and provided them with all information necessary for their audit to award us this ISO, including the responses and corrective actions to that audit that assured the successful award for the large waste to energy power plant. Job categories related to this position: customer service with Norfolk Naval Shipyard, hazardous waste management, Environmental permit compliance, environmental database management.

Southeastern Public Service Authority 1998 - 2007

Environmental Compliance Manager

Southeastern Public Service Authority

1998 to 2007

SPSA Waste to Energy Steam and Power Plant

Reported directly to the WTE Plant Manager and Corporate Directors. Managed all environmental aspects of a large municipal waste combustor, including compliance with all Resume

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Title V permit, PSD permit, Solid Waste permit, NPDES permit, POTW permit, and large generator hazardous waste permit. Sought out, interviewed numerous candidates for, recruited

(including all required initial training), and directly supervised six water treatment plant operators and an analytical lab capable of performing metals analysis by AA, TCLP, BOD, COD, TSS, pH, conductivity, silica, chlorine, Oil and Grease. Set up EMS and received an ISO 14001 certification at MWC Plant and RDF Plant. Maintained certification requirements including a three-year recertification. Redesigned systems to make them more cost efficient by reutilizing wastewaters and provide stabilization of lead and cadmium in ash with lime addition. Ensured that all reports were submitted and signed by me as signatory authority for Title V

(semi- annual, annual, and annual emissions inventory), PSD (quarterly excess emissions, CGAs, RATAs, annual emissions performance testing, SARA Tier II reports, DMRs, solid waste reports, etc. Performed audits and managed all outside audits from DEQ, OSHA, and POTW inspectors for air, wastewater, solid waste, hazardous waste. Worked closely with Hampton Roads NASA who wanted to test an ambient temperature catalytic converter for pollution removal. Designed a system which included a gas chromatograph (GC), piping, and sampling the flue gas at isokinetic conditions. Was able to document all results generated by the GC and was able to complete this project with all required documentation being supplied to NASA.

Also coordinated a special testing protocol for the scientists at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina to operational testing of a new NOx Continuous Emission Monitor (CEMs) during operation of one of the WTE combustors. This project involved setting up a testing protocol for this analyzer, installing this CEMS into the flue gas stream, and recording all applicable parameters during the test.

A detailed list of accomplishments and history of my work at commercial nuclear plants around the United States for the years 1980 to 1990 are available upon request.