Project Manager Air Quality

Richard M. Vaccaro

Madison, NJ *****

973-***-**** Cell *************@*****.***

Offering: Environmental manager, business owner, project manager, manager of marketing, sales and business development and technical generalist/air quality specialist with >30 years experience in the utilities, chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing, oil refining, and general manufacturing sectors. Expertise: Environmental management, operations management, technical/scientific investigations, strategic planning, environmental policy development, government compliance programs, regulatory negotiations, climate change, sustainability, project management, training; education, public speaking Technical Expertise: Environmental compliance management and document preparation for DPCC, SPCC, ERP, TCPA, CRTK, TRI, DMRs, RMP, RPP,RCRA, waste handling/shipping guidance, emission statements, environmental auditing, etc.; all aspects of air quality including program management, permitting, negotiations, regulatory reviews, climate change, stack testing, fugitive emissions testing, analytical methods, continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), emissions quantification, modeling, risk assessment, control technology evaluations, comparisons and selection, greenhouse gases, emissions trading, climate change, employer trip reduction specialist; Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR), etc. Industry Representation

• NJ Governor’s Science Advisory Board, Climate and Atmospheric Sciences Committee, 2014 – 2025.

• NJ Governor’s Science Advisory Board, BioPlastics Group, 2023-2025

• Harvard University’s Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education: Climate Change Policy: Economics and Politics, Certificate, 2021

• Environmental Commissioner, Madison Borough (New Jersey), 1999 through 2004

• Commerce and Industry Assn. of NJ, Environmental Business Council: Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Committee Chairman, 2002 to 2018.

• Past Chairman, Air & Waste Management Association, Mid-Atlantic States Section, (2000-2001); Previously: Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee and Technical Program Committee

• NJDEP Advisory Groups: Assist. Commissioner’s Air Permit Project Improvement Workgroup, 2002 to 2005, Vapor Intrusion Workgroup, 2003 to 2005, Title V Workgroup (1992-1995)

• Chemistry Council of New Jersey Air Quality Advocate/Specialist (1991-2006)

• Chemical Manufacturer's Assn. Fugitive Emissions (LDAR) and SARA TRI Data Mgmnt Work Groups

• Formaldehyde Institute: Vice Chairman, Technical & Environmental Committee

• NSF Hazardous Substance Management Research Center (NJIT) Indust.Advisory Bd., Incineration Div. Select Employment History Highlights

Madison - Vector Environmental Engineering and Consulting, Madison, NJ., 2000 to Present Position: Environmental Consultant/Owner

Private environmental consulting firm specializing in environmental evaluations, especially air quality. GenOn REMA, 2018 to 2019 (formerly NRG), Milford/Sayreville, NJ Environmental Specialist responsible for multi-media environmental compliance and permitting for the Milford, NJ and Sayreville, NJ generating stations plus assisting with environmental compliance at 11 other generating stations and demolition/orphan sites.

Morris Energy Group (Sapphire Power), Eatontown, NJ, 2010 to 2014 Position: Environmental Compliance Specialist/Environmental Manager for this Independent Power Producer (owner of 9 cogeneration plants). Responsible for compliance and plan preparation and submittal of the following reports/plans: Emission Statements (air quality), DPCC, SPCC, DMRs, water allocation, CRTK, TRI, Release and Pollution Prevention,, Emergency Response, TCPA, etc; also, assist in the areas of air quality permitting and investigation, due diligence, site investigation and remediation. GE Energy, Hatfield, PA. Senior Regulatory Specialist, July 2007 to July 2008 employed under a 1-year contract at GE Energy in their division that manufactured and commissioned continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS). Prepared compliance reports for more than 30 utility customers required to Experience Profile: Richard M. Vaccaro Page 2 of 5 demonstrate compliance with continuous emissions monitoring rules, e.g., US: 40 CFR Parts 60, 63 and 75. These reports included Monitoring Plans, Certification Test Protocols, Certification Plans and QA/QC Plans. Also, tracked regulatory requirements, e.g., CAIR, CAMR, etc. Parsons Engineering Science, Boston and New Jersey 1996 - 2000 Positions: NJ Office Manager, Boston Marketing/BD Manager, Senior Consultant Started up Parsons Engineering Science’s environmental business in New Jersey.

• Select Projects Awarded:

o The Port Authority of NY/NJ JFK Airport Bulk, Satellite Fuel Tank Farms Remediation Projects o Exxon Bayonne Site Remediation Project

o NJDOT Maintenance Facilities Site Remedial Investigation Projects o Assisted in the marketing of the NJDOT for the successful $500 million Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program

Adjunct Professor, Environmental Science, Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ, 2010. American Cyanamid Company Wayne, N.J.

Position: Environmental Specialist, Chemicals Group (now CYTEC Industries) Roles: Environmental specialist and sole corporate air quality specialist for Cyanamid's Chemicals Group

(now CYTEC Industries). Responsible for strategic Corporate air quality planning, program development, training, resource facilitation, SARA Title III Section 313 reporting, waste minimization/reduction program stewardship, and air quality compliance and stewardship for 50 domestic chemical plants in 15 states. Tasks included project management, budget preparation, RFP preparation, contractor oversight, compliance assistance, consent order and permitting negotiating, regulatory review, emissions quantification and testing, emissions impact modeling and risk assessment, control technology evaluations, and corporate representation on industry groups, e.g., Chemical Manufacturers Assn. Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Florham Park, N.J. Position: Senior Engineer, Environmental Control Division

• Air quality permitting manager for Exxon's $2 billion Santa Ynez Unit Development project in Santa Barbara, California. A multi-million dollar permitting effort, and one of the largest air permitting projects in American history, the project included the addition of three offshore oil production platforms, construction of a grassroots 110,000 barrel/day crude pre-treating plant that employed state of the art air emission controls, and installation of a 50 MWe Cogen plant, plus a marine tanker terminal. Also, set the design bases for the State-of-the-Art (SOTA) emissions control equipment, performed the preliminary design for a thermal oxidizer system, and stewarded the SOTA OCD modeling plus the pre-construction ambient air monitoring network.

• Developed evaporative loss correlations for predicting cargo air emissions from crude oil tankers as a function of operational parameters. Correlations were developed from evaporative loss testing in the North Sea, at discharge ports in Baytown, Tx. and Linden, NJ, and by a thorough review of 10 years worth of Exxon tanker evaporative loss test data.

• Evaluated air pollution control systems, both shipboard and land-side, for controlling air emissions from the loading of very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs). Control systems evaluated included carbon adsorption and thermal destruction.

• Project manager for a multi-year, multi-million dollar EPA project to reduce NOx emissions from coal- fired power plants. Conducted at the Utah Power & Light Company’s 450 MWe Hunter Generating Station. Duties included test matrix development, CEM testing supervision of over 250 individual tests, and emission correlation development.

• Air pollution engineer responsible for all air emissions permitting and emission control technologies for the Colony (Colorado) and Rundle (Queensland, Australia) oil shale development projects.

• Specialist in combustion processes, air pollution control technologies, air emissions formation mechanisms, air emissions testing and analysis.

• Editor of Exxon Research and Engineering’s Monthly Worldwide Environmental Bulletin Experience Profile: Richard M. Vaccaro Page 3 of 5 SELECT ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE

• 2022-2025: Air quality consultant to State Metal Industries, a secondary aluminum recycler, Prepared annual emission statements and stewarded annual compliance stack testing.

• 2012-2020: Prepared air permit applications for expansion of the Kaffe Magnum Opus coffee roasting operation in southern New Jersey.

• July, 2011: Stewarded a Phase I investigation of an underground kerosene fuel line leak at Morris Energy Group’s York, PA cogen facility.

• In 2006 performed State of the Art control technology evaluations and permitting for thermal oxidizer systems (catalytic, regenerative, recuperative) for a surface coating/metal pail manufacturer and a coffee roasting operation.

• In 2006 performed a Federal PSD applicability determination for a gypsum board manufacturer.

• In 2006 prepared a dual pilot plant/manufacturing operations air permit application for the Rhodia Pharma Solutions facility in Deepwater, NJ. Initially prepared the NSR permit modification application for the relocation of the pilot plant from Malvern, Pa. to Deepwater (the DuPont Chambers Works site).

• In 2005 prepared the Title V (“RADIUS”) significant permit modification application (“SigMod”) for the installation of a new thermal oxidizer for production expansion and operation of the flare at Infineum’s Bayway Chemical plant in Linden, NJ. Infieneum is a joint venture company of ExxonMobil Chemicals and Shell Chemicals.

• Project Manager for preparation of the approved Title V permit application plus five (5) Emission Statement reports for the Rhodia, Inc. chemical manufacturing plant in New Brunswick, New Jersey; also, successfully banked shutdown emission credits and traded the banked emissions on Rhodia’s behalf with Cantor Fitzgerald for their client BP Products.

• Performed a detailed air quality evaluation and provided recommendations on analytical sampling and capture and control efficiency testing for an ATOFINA Chemicals (now “Arkema”) coatings/thermal oxidization facility in Connecticut. Results allowed the plant to become exempt from MACT, RACT, and Title V requirements.

• Assisted DuPont in the Phase I, Title V assessment of the Chambers Works (Deepwater, New Jersey) facility, one of the largest chemical plants in the country.

• Evaluated the ambient air impact modeling procedures used in the risk assessment of the Roche Vitamins Belvidere, NJ facility. This study was contracted by the Belvidere Community Advisory Panel and was funded by Roche Vitamins.

• Conducted a detailed emissions quantification for the Rhodia, Inc. Bethlehem, Pa. Aluminum-Organo Production Facility. Performed detailed batch and fugitive emissions calculations and developed a defensible emissions inventory which proved that the facility was not a major source, and therefore, not subject to Title V requirements. This saved the facility tens of thousands of dollars.

• Project manager for a multi-year, multi-million dollar EPA project to reduce NOx emissions from coal- fired power plants. Conducted at the Utah Power & Light Company’s Hunter Generating Station. Duties included test matrix development, CEM testing supervision of over 250 individual tests, and emission correlation development.

• Assisted in a PSD evaluation and permitting for an independent power producer’s cogeneration facility located in the Eastern U.S. Successfully developed a formula for determining allowable operating hours considering emissions during both steady state and unsteady state operations (i.e., startup, shutdown, fuel switching, water injection) for this dual fuel, SCR/Low NOx burner-outfitted, peaking unit.

• [Confidential] Project manager for an accidental release HAZOP evaluation of a toluene diisocyanate

(TDI) production facility.

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• New Jersey Department of Transportation Employer Trip Reduction Certifier. Certified plans for 30 facilities including UPS, APA Trucking, etc.

Education/Certifications

M.S., Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT),

B.S.,(Cum Laude) Chemical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology o President, Chemical Engineering Honor Society (ΩΧΕ) o Member: Leadership Honor Society (ΟΔΚ); Engineering Honor Society (ΤβΠ)

Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP), National Certification, 1993-2021

Harvard University’s Harvard Kennedy School of Executive Education: Climate Change Policy: Economics and Politics, Certificate, 2021 Select Presentations

Sustainability, What It Means, Topaz Power Management EHS Conference, Clearwater, Fla., July 2014 NJDEP’s Global Warming Response Act, Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, New Jersey State Bar Association Environmental Law Section Breakfast Seminar, New Brunswick, NJ, April, 2009. Driving Towards Sustainable Transportation: Smart Growth, International Air & Waste Management Association Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, June, 2004. Moderator: Environmental Technology Update, Chemistry Council of New Jersey, Fall Regulatory Conference, Cranbury, N.J., November, 2001.

How To Select a Consultant/Contractor, Chemical Industry Council of New Jersey Environmental/Regulatory Conference, Jamesburg, New Jersey, November, 1999 Conference Chairman, "Environmental Management In the Next Millenium", Mid-Atlantic States Section A&WMA Technical Conference, October, 1999.

Pharmaceutical MACT and Effluent Limitations Guidelines Compliance, Chemical Industry Council of New Jersey Environmental/Regulatory Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, May, 1999 Emissions Quantification Methods, Rhone-Poulenc (Rhodia) Environmental, Safety and Health Conference, St. Louis, Mo. May, 1997 (Invited Speaker)

The National Response Team’s Integrated Contingency Plan (RMP) Guidance, Chemical Industry Council of New Jersey, Fall Environmental/Regulatory Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, December 1996 Emissions Quantification and Biannual Emissions Proving: Which Methods Will/Won’t the States Allow. AICHE Summer National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, August 1995. VOC/ NOx Air Emissions: Causes and Significance, NJWPCA Conference, Atlantic City, N.J., May 1995 CAAA-Section 112R Accidental Release Worse Case Scenario. New Jersey Chemical Industry Council Spring Environmental Regulatory Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 1994. Clean Air Act Amendments; Who’s Impacted, What’s Required, Association of Environmental Authorities,

“In The Lab/In The Air “Specialty Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, February, 1994 Available Technology for Air Pollution Control. New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, September 1993.

Budgeting for CAAA Compliance. Mid-Atlantic States Section AWMA, 39th Annual Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 1993.

Clean Air Act Regulations and Quantification of Industrial and Municipal Wastewater Emission Sources. New Jersey Water Pollution Control Assn. 78th Annual Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 1993. Update of the Clean Air Act, The New Jersey Pollution Law and Regulation Conference, Spring 1993 Update, Executive Enterprises, Newark, New Jersey, March 1993 Factoring Clean Air Act Compliance Into The Budget, Manufacturer’s Education Council, 1993 Environmental Symposium, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1993 Clean Air Act: Elements of the Operating Permit. New Jersey Chemical Industry Council Fall Environmental Regulatory Conference, Princeton, New Jersey, October 1992. Experience Profile: Richard M. Vaccaro Page 5 of 5 Session Chairman: New Hazardous Air Pollutant Laws and Regulations, A&WMA Specialty Conference, Session on fugitive Leak Detection and Repair Programs/ Implementation, King of Prussia, Pa. April, 1992 The EPA SARA Form R Approval Process and Commercial Software Evaluation and Features. CMA SARA Reporting Workshop, Arlington, Virginia, April 1991. Implementing the Reg/Neg Program. CMA Fugitive Emissions Workgroup Presentations, AICHE Regional Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, February 1991. CMA Workshops, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Houston, Texas, March 1991.

Publications

Environmental Resources Inventory, Borough of Madison, NJ, 2nd Edition (2001) and 2004 Update, Editor, Contributing Author for Chapters on Air Quality, Open Spaces and Recycling. Air Permits: Will NJDEP’s Workgroup Ease the Bottleneck, “Commerce”, Magazine of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, November, 2003. Chairman’s Corner and Feature Articles in “The Messenger”, Mid-Atlantic States Section, Air & Waste Management Association’s quarterly newsletter, 1999 through present. EPA Marine Vapor Control Regulations-How Far Will the States Go?" International Liquid Terminals Association Conference Proceedings, June 1992.

One Company's Strategy in Complying with the Clean Air Act Title III Provisions. HAZMAT Proceedings, June 1991.

Implementing the [Reg/Neg] Program. Chemical Manufacturers Association Fugitive Emissions Workshop Workbook, March 1991.

Improving Air Quality: Guidance for Estimating Fugitive Emissions from Equipment. Chemical Manufacturers Association, January 1989. Contributing Author. Development of Evaporative Loss Correlations for Crude Oil Tankers. Exxon Engineering proprietary reports, (Empirically derived correlations.)

Long-Term Optimum Performance/Corrosion Testing of Combustion Modifications for Utility Boilers. EPA Report No. EPA/600/7-85/015. Principal Investigator, (NOx control at a pulverized-coal, tangentially-fired 450 MWe utility boiler).

References:

• Tony Russo, President, Commerce and Industry Association of NJ, Paramus, NJ

• Michael Shatynski, Corporate Environmental Manager, Solvay, Inc., Edison, NJ

• Frank Steitz, Director, Division of Air Quality, NJDEP, Trenton, NJ

• David DiMarcello, Manager, Environmental Center of Excellence, BASF, Freeport, Texas

• Lanny Kurzweil, Esq., Partner, Lead Environmental Attorney, MacCarter English, P.A., Newark, NJ

• Edward A. Hogan, Esq., Environmental Practice Director, Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ

• Dennis Krumholz, Esq., Environmental Practice Director, Riker Danzig, Scherer, Hyland and Perretti, Morristown, NJ

• Bob Johnson, President and Founder, Kaffe Magnum Opus, Millville, NJ Former Morris Energy Group Plant Managers, whom I was Corporate Environmental Manager for:

• Dave Llewelyn, Plant Manager, Cogen Technologies, Linden, NJ (former plant manager for the Morris Energy Group’s Bayonne Cogen plant)

• George Shellowsky, Chief Operations Engineer, GE facility, Houston, Texas (former plant manager for the Morris Energy Group’s Elmwood Park Cogen Plant).

• Tom Giblin, Plant Manager, Veolia Energy, NYU Medical Center CoGen facility (former Plant Manager for Morris Energy Group’s Newark Bay CoGen plant). Telephone Numbers for the above references will be provided upon request.

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