Environmental Engineer

Raga Kalapati, P.E.

Environmental Engineer

858-***-**** (M) 8406 Gradington Dr

Email: ********.****@*****.*** Westerville, OH 43081

SUMMARY:

Has more than six years of experience as an Environmental Engineer in performing and managing various environmental projects. Practice areas include NSR, PSD and Title V permitting, air dispersion modeling, regulatory compliance auditing, geo-statistics, groundwater monitoring, air/wastewater/stormwater sampling, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, USEPA environmental data validation & Brownfield site investigation.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Staff Environmental Engineer, ARCADIS U.S., Inc. (Jan 2005 – Present)

• Worked on air permitting and compliance issues affecting industry; particularly focused on the bio-fuel, chemical, heavy metal, mining, solid waste landfills and wastewater treatment sectors

• Performed air dispersion modeling using ISC and AERMOD models for permit applications in various states including OH, MI, MS, OR etc.

• Performed permitting evaluation and prepared emission inventories for all the facilities under City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities supervision

• Performed air emission evaluation and regulatory review for various boat manufacturing facilities as a part of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments in various states including TN, IN, NC, SC, and FL

• Prepared QA/QC Plan for Incinerator Oxygen CEMS at a wastewater treatment plant in Ohio

• Developed Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Monitoring Plans for three industrial plants in MS and GA

• Performed environmental compliance audit for a leading newspaper printing plant and various electric facilities in Ohio

• Prepared Demolition Specifications, Quality Analysis Project Plan, Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Objectives and Close-out Report for a Brownfield cleanup project in Kentucky

• Performed air toxics emission sampling from the aeration/curing piles, biosolids and biofilter using Flux Chamber method. Also provided stack testing and landfill gas testing oversight

• Prepared Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan for a leading manufacturer of store brand breakfast cereal plant in Ohio

• Performed environmental data validation as per USEPA data validation procedures for sampling data at various landfills and Brownfield sites

• Performed groundwater sampling at various solid waste landfills and prepared monitoring reports.

• Trained in “Applied Ground Water Statistics” course; Performed groundwater data statistical analysis using CHEMSTAT and SANITAS software

• Performed regulatory review at various petroleum underground storage sites in OH, IN and IL to assess the site risk as a part of a litigation project

• Provided permit transfer support for Ashland, Inc to transfer RCRA, NPDES and other miscellaneous permits for their facilities in US and Canada. Provided NPDES permit applicability support for various Ashland facilities

Environmental Consultant, Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (Oct 2004 – Jan 2005)

• Worked on the preparation of air PSD permit application for Cement Manufacturing Facility located in Florida

• Estimated emissions from various air pollution sources at the facility

• Performed Class I and Class II dispersion modeling using ISC and CALPUFF dispersion models

Research Assistant, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (Sep 2002- Aug 2004)

• Worked on assessment of Pollution prevention, Energy efficiency and Environmental Management Systems for various small and medium scale industries in the State of Ohio. (EPA’S PPIS grant)

• Developed the Radon Mitigation Database for the State of Ohio and preparation of quarterly reports based on the data analysis (funded by the Ohio Department of Health)

• Developed an Online Calculator for Ozone for cities in Ohio http://www.eng.utoledo.edu/aprg/forecasting_templates/ozone.htm

• Maintained Ohio Radon Information System (ORIS) (http://radon.utoledo.edu/)

EDUCATION:

M.S. in Environmental Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH – Major GPA: 3.84 (Sep’02 - Aug’04)

Master’s Thesis: Analysis of Ozone Data Trends as an Effect of Meteorology and Development of Forecasting Models for Predicting Hourly Ozone Concentrations and Exceedances for Dayton, OH, Using MM5 Real-Time Forecasts

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Osmania University, India – GPA: 3.80 (Sep’98 - Jun’02)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Certifications: Professional Engineer (Ohio), OSHA HAZWOPER, Blood Borne Pathogens/CPR/First Aid

• Air Dispersion Models: ISC, AERMOD, CALPUFF, SCREEN3, DAR, AERSCREEN

• Geostatistics: SANITAS, CHEMSTAT

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS:

• M. Desgranges, R.Kalapati, M.Ahern, ‘Ohio: How to Successfully Obtain a Timely Air Permit’ at the 17th Environmental, Health & Safety Symposium, Cincinnati, OH, Mar’08

• Presented a poster on ‘Analysis of Ozone Data Trends as an Effect of Meteorology and Development of Forecasting Models for Predicting Hourly Ozone Concentrations for Dayton, OH, Using MM5 Real-Time Forecasts’ at the Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA) 97th Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Jun’04 (Awarded third prize)

• Kumar. A, A.Tandale, R.Kalapati, ‘Management of Radon Mitigation Data in the State of Ohio‘, published in Environmental Progress, Volume 22, No. 3, pp. 19-24, Oct’03

• Presented a poster on ‘Development of Forecasting Models for Ozone Using MM5 Data for Cleveland, Ohio’ at the Ohio Air Quality Symposium, Oct’03 (Awarded third prize)

• Presented a poster on ‘Development of Radon Mitigation Database for the State of Ohio’ at the Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA) 96th Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, Jun’03

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Air and Waste Management Association (A& WMA), Member

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