Geologist/Project Manager

RESUME

Andrew Zarins Phone: ***/***-****

**** ****** ***** ****: 410/370-5783

Hampstead, MD 21074 Fax: 410/374-6983

E-mail: iuobrg@r.postjobfree.com

•Registered Professional Geologist • CERCLA/RCRA • Hydrogeological Investigations • Landfills • Site Assessments (Transaction Screening, Phase I and II) •Petrographic Analysis • Geoarcheological Studies •Basin Hydrocarbon Evaluation

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Professional Geologist possessing extensive experience in environmental geology, hydrogeological investigations and petroleum exploration, with a research background in silica geochemistry. Strengths include being a strategic, intellectual, focused researcher with in-depth experience in field techniques and data interpretation; capable of maximizing investigations for efficiency and best results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal, Senior Geologist/Project Manager, Geo Solutions, Baltimore Maryland, 2009- present.

• Environmental services consisting of Transaction Screening, Phase I, and Phase II site assessments

• Geoarcheological provenance studies

• Petrographic analysis

• Hydrogeological investigations

• Basin hydrocarbon evaluation and prospect generation

Senior Geologist, Aerotek/Cabrera Services, Baltimore Maryland, 2008-2009.

• Project Manager for USACE Federal DoD sites: Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia,PA

• Wrote Work Plans for Frankford Arsenal Interim Removal Action

• Field Site Manager for Frankford Arsenal

• Wrote Groundwater SI report and Soil SI report for Frankford Arsenal

• Evaluated hydrogeology of Los Alamos project

• Evaluated hydrogeology of USDA BARC project.

Senior Environmental Professional/Senior Geologist, e2M, Fairfax, VA, 2007-2008.

• Managed Federal projects for client USACE, produced investigative reports, including historical records review and site investigation (SI) reports, and sampling plans

• Remedial Project Manager for MMRP sites: Fort Campbell and LAAP

• Performed Federal Phase I and II investigative projects, including proposed construction of tactical infrastructure for US-Mexico border fence

• Field project manager, Fort Leavenworth RCRA RFI

Hydrogeologist/Geologist, Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore, Maryland. 2001-2007.

• Completed U.S. Navy White Oak site through the CERCLA process, received commendations from environmental contractors and U.S. EPA

• Remedial Project Manager in the Federal Facilities division; sites include Ft. Meade, Annapolis Naval Station, and U.S. Army Aberdeen Proving Ground

• Remedial Project Manager /Geologist in the CERCLA section. Responsible for NPL sites

• Performed Environmental Site Assessments, Phase I and II

• Performed site assessments for the Brownfields/Voluntary Clean-up sections of CERCLA

Hydrogeologist/Geologist (independent environmental work) , Cincinnati, OH. 1996-2001.

• TN& Associates, Inc., Cincinnati, OH. New business acquisitions; create hydrogeologic work plans

• SAIC, Kansas City, MO. Work Assignment Manager. Project manager for EPA driven RCRA Corrective Action projects

• Arthur Andersen & Co., Florence, KY. Analyzed and wrote abstracts of scientific/toxicological articles and other documents as background for law case involving a major chemical company

• RCRA compliance audits for various industries in the Ohio area

Hydrogeologist/Geologist, Westinghouse/Fluor Daniel Environmental Management Corp. (FERMCO), Cincinnati, OH. 1992-1996.

• Analyzed hydrogeology of the DOE Fernald site for EPA/Ohio State characterization requirements

• Ensured compliance with groundwater monitoring requirements of RCRA, including RCRA annual groundwater report for State of Ohio requirement

• Supervised field team of 23 technicians for environmental media sampling; wrote workplans for fieldwork required preliminary to, validated sampling data for, and wrote soils, meteorology, and geology sections of RI/FS report to meet DOE and EPA deadlines

• Mapped soil contamination areas and contaminant plumes in groundwater to delineate areas of contamination

Hydrogeologist/Geologist, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, Lincoln, NE 1988-1992. Responsible for CERCLA and RCRA environmental regulations, including RCRA compliance and enforcement, closures, post-closures, post closure permits; CERCLA, PAs, SIs, RI/FSs, RODs, and RD/RAs.

• Project manager on RCRA sites including Valmont, Offutt AFB and UNISYS, and CERCLA sites, including Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, Hasting Naval Ammunition Depot, and City of York

• Public information contact regarding hazardous waste for independent citizens and groups

Petroleum Geologist, Sun Exploration, Dallas, TX, 1983-1986

• Identified and explored for new hydrocarbon prospects and potentials; evaluated prospects, mineral leases and geophysical data; managed exploration budget and supervised drilling and development of wells

• Mapped the Arkoma Basin in Oklahoma and Arkansas extensively, as well as Central Oklahoma platform shelf and Ouachita Overthrust for structures, sandstone trends and production trends.

• Discovered Badger Hill gas field in McIntosh County, Oklahoma

• Mapped the surface expressions of the Spiro Sandstone and the Wapanucka Limestone

Petroleum Geologist, Baruch-Foster Corporation, Dallas, TX, 1980-1982

• Lead geologist, interpreting N.E. Oklahoma Platform Shelf, Kansas, Nebraska, West Texas and Wyoming

• Detailed subsurface mapping and hydrocarbon prospect and mineral lease evaluations

• Gas discovery in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, from the Red Fork Sandstone

• Oil discover in Creek County, Oklahoma, from the Jones Sandstone

• Mapped Northeast Oklahoma platform shelf surface geology; mapped the surface expressions of Pennsylvanian Morrowan clastics (including unconformity)

Petroleum Geologist, Texaco, Houston, TX, 1977-1978

• Evaluated South Texas on- and offshore for hydrocarbon deposits; developed and presented prospect proposals to senior management; analyzed SP/Gamma Ray logs, interpreted geophysical data (2D, 3D)

• Miocene gas field discover offshore Matamagorda Island and oil in Bee County, Texas

PUBLICATIONS

• “Banded Agates: Origins and Inclusions,” Educational Circular No. 12, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska, 1994

• “Stratigraphic Distribution and Environments of Deposition Relating to the Origin of Banded Agates,” GSA, North Central Section, 1992 (poster session)

EDUCATION

• B.S. in Geology, minors in math and anthropology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1972

• M.S. in Geology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1977. Thesis entitled: Origins and Geologic History of Siliceous Metacolloidal Deposits, Cathedral Mountain Quadrangle, Brewster County, TX. Thesis subject: silica diagenesis in the Buck Hill Volcanic Series, Trans-Pecos, West Texas

• Associates Degree in Accounting, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1999

CERTIFICATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

• Certified Professional Geologist, State of Indiana

• Member, National Groundwater Association

• Geological Society of America

ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING

• 8-hour OSHA Refresher Training

• Treatment Technologies for Superfund (165.3)/Innovative Treatment Technologies (CEC)

• Princeton Remediation Course (Private)

• Air Monitoring for Hazardous Materials (165.4)

• Radiation Safety 165.11 (EPA)

• Sampling for Hazardous Materials (165.9)

• Subsurface Restoration Conference

• Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (course #165.6), NUS Corp., 32 hours

• Hazardous Materials Treatment Technologies (course #165.3), EPA/NUS Corp., 28 hours

• Groundwater Engineering (ENG 825), UNL

• Revised Hazard Ranking System (HRS) Training Course, EPA, 16 hours

• Subpart S Corrective Action Training Course, EPA, 16 hours

• Overview of the Land Disposal Restrictions, EPA, 12 hours

• Toxicity Characteristics Training Course, EPA, 12 hours

• Introduction to Groundwater Investigations, EPA/NUS, 24 hours

• RI/FS Workshop, EPA, 24 hours

• Site Characterization for Subsurface Remediations, EPA, 24 hours

• RCRA Inspector Training, EPA, 24 hours

• OSHA Personal Protection and Safety Training, EPA/NUS Corp., 40 hours

• RCRA Orientation Training, EPA, 24 hours; Land Ban, EPA, 8 hours

• RCRA Groundwater Monitoring Enforcement, Use of the TEGD and COG, EPA, 24 hours

• Requirements for Hazardous Waste Landfill Design, Construction and Closure, EPA, 16 hours

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