Expert Details
Expert in Waste Management, Waste Treatment, Incineration, Air Pollution Control, Combustion, and Environmental Issues
Expert ID: 725487
New York, USA
He has worked for more than 600 private and public sector clients in 43 states and abroad including:
-- More than 500 hospitals and healthcare facilities
-- More than 50 colleges and universities
-- More than 75 industrial, manufacturing and commercial firms
-- More than 40 state and federal government agencies
-- More than a dozen U.S.EPA projects
-- Numerous attorneys, law firms and insurance companies
-- Numerous vendors and manufacturers of APC and waste treatment systems
-- Numerous off-site, contract waste treatment and disposal firms
APC EXPERIENCE
-- Virtually all types of APC systems and applications including dry systems, wet systems, combination wet and dry systems, and thermal systems, such as afterburners, catalytic converters, and regenerative heaters for controlling virtually all types of particulate and gaseous emissions and odors
-- APC regulatory compliance, permitting, emissions inventories, compliance testing, air quality modeling assessments, Title V, other
COMBUSTION and INCINERATION EXPERIENCE
-- Combustion and combustion control systems of all types
- Incinerators, gasifiers, pyrolysis, oxidizers, others
-- Fossil fuel-fired boilers, industrial furnaces, others
WASTE MANAGEMENT, TREATMENT and DISPOSAL EXPERIENCE
-- Solid, infectious, hazardous, pathological, pharmaceutical, low-level radioactive, industrial and other special wastes
-- Collections, transport, handling, reduction, recycling and reuse
-- Incineration, cremation, alkaline hydrolysis, dry rendering, et.
-- Chemical, mechanical, thermal and radiological treatment, disinfection and sterilization systems
-- Waste Management Plans; Hazardous Waste Identification Plans, Transport Permits, etc.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE and PERMITTING EXPERIENCE
-- Multimedia environmental audits
-- Environmental permitting and violations remediation
-- Environmental Management Systems; ISO 14001
MECHANICAL SYSTEM EXPERIENCE
-- Boilers, heating plants, power plants, others
-- Fuel handling systems; USTs and ASTs, piping and distribution, etc.
BUILDING and FACILITY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS and RESTORATION MANAGEMENT
EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY and INSURANCE CLAIMS INVESTIGATIONS
AUTHOR
Expert has authored dozens of technical articles and publications, including Technical Documents for AHA, ASHE and ASHES, and technical trade journals on environmental compliance, incineration, combustion, combustion controls, air pollution control, waste treatment, and resource and energy.
TESTIMONY and LECTURING
Testimony and presentations at numerous public hearings, environmental review boards, and other meetings in connection with obtaining permit and board approvals for environmentally-related projects. Testimony before the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress, U.S. Science Advisory Board and House Science Committee-Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on topics related to proposed environmental regulations and related issues. Lecturer, speaker and presenter of the U.S.EPA, various colleges and universities, and technical trade associations on an array of environmental compliance topics related combustion, incineration, energy recovery, waste management, air pollution control.
As described above in detail under Primary Areas of Expertise, Expert has more than 40 years of comprehensive environmental engineering experience – including the management, treatment, and disposal of solid, medical, biological, pathological, hazardous, and low-level radioactive waste; incineration systems and equipment; combustion and combustion control systems and equipment; air pollution control systems and equipment; air quality modeling and risk assessment analyses; emissions and compliance testing and monitoring; waste heat recovery and utilization; construction management and administration services; and personnel training and certification. His experience also includes environmental compliance assessments; environmental permitting; technical and economic feasibility studies; environmental violations remediation and associated support for legal responses and negotiations; expert testimony and representation. He has provided or been responsible for providing environmental consulting and engineering services for more than 600 institutional, industrial, commercial, municipal, and governmental clients in 43 states and abroad.
More than 40 years of in-depth, comprehensive experience as a consulting environmental engineer. Worked for more than 600 clients in 43 states and abroad on literally 1,000s of projects for public and private sector clients
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: New York, New York - Yonkers, New York - Newark, New Jersey - Jersey City, New Jersey - Paterson, New Jersey - Elizabeth, New Jersey - Bridgeport, Connecticut - New Haven, Connecticut - Hartford, Connecticut - Springfield, Massachusetts
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1974 | Degree: MS | Subject: Environmental Engineering | Institution: City College of New York, NYC |
Year: 1969 | Degree: BS | Subject: Mechanical / MarineEngineering | Institution: U.S. merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department | Responsibilities |
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Years: 2006 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Professional Engineer-Regional Manager | Department: Eastern Regional | Responsibilities: He is responsible for the regional operations, management, and business development for environmental consulting and engineering firm with corporate responsibility for projects involving environmental compliance and permitting; waste management, treatment, incineration; and air pollution control. |
Years: 2005 to 2006 | Employer: Parson Brinckerhoff | Title: VP - Director of Environmental Health & Safety | Department: PB Facilities | Responsibilities: He was responsible for the management, operations, and business development of environmental division within PBQD, a world-wide firm comprising more than 9,000 professionals. |
Years: 1980 to 2005 | Employer: Doucet & Mainka, P.C. | Title: Owner / Principal | Department: | Responsibilities: He was responsible for the management, engineering, operations, and business development of multidisciplinary environmental consulting and engineering firm specializing in waste management, treatment, incineration; air pollution control; and environmental compliance & permitting. |
Years: 1970 to 1978 | Employer: Syska & Hennessy, Inc | Title: Project Manager | Department: Central Utilities | Responsibilities: He was the project engineer and manager in Thermal Division related to environmental compliance, incineration & waste disposal. |
Years: 1969 to 1970 | Employer: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Title: 3rd Assistant Engineer | Department: | Responsibilities: He was the licensed operating engineer. |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 1969 to 1970 | Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Role: Licensed Operating Engineer | Description: He was responsible, as 3rd Assistant and Chief Engineer (Temporary) for engine operations of survey vessels and hopper dredges |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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He is a Diplomat in the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (DEE) and the Chairman Emeritus of NFPA Section 82-Incinerators & Waste Handling Systems. |
Licenses / Certifications |
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He is a Registered Professional Engineer in New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee & Texas. Also NCEES certified |
Professional Appointments |
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Previous appointments included American Hospital Association selection for testimony before the Office of Technology Assessment of the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Science Advisory Board, and the House Science Committee-Subcommittee on Energy and Environment on topics related to proposed or pending environmental regulations and related issues of national importance. |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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He is the author of dozens of technical articles, textbooks, seminar training manuals, and publications, including Technical Documents for AHA, ASHE and ASHES, and technical trade journals on environmental compliance and impacts, waste management, alternative waste treatment technologies, combustion and incineration, air pollution control, and resource and energy recovery. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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He served as expert witness for numerous attorneys and law firms involving personal injury litigation, environmental claims and issues, and related matters. His work included expert testimony, expert analyses and reports, depositions, interrogatory support, trial testimony, and expert advice and opinions. |
Training / Seminars |
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He was a lecturer, speaker, developer and presenter of numerous seminars and technical symposia on topics covering environmental compliance, incineration, waste management and treatment, resource recovery and utilization, combustion, air pollution control, and energy recovery for the U.S.EPA, the AHA, various colleges and universities, and technical trade organizations. |
Marketing Experience |
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He is a highly qualified, nationally-recognized expert in incineration, combustion, combustion control, medical and solid waste treatment, and related environmental issues relative to all public and private sector facilities; i.e., municipal, industrial, institutional, commercial, and governmental. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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He has been a manager, leader, and director of numerous projects, project teams, and environmental firms; adept in identifying and executing optimum, creative solutions to difficult, complex problems; able to synthesize complex, difficult-to-understand concepts into readily understandable terms and clearly written documents; committed to excellence and the highest standards in all professional and personal endeavors. |
Fields of Expertise
1990 Clean Air Act Amendment, Clean Air Act, air pollution, air pollution control, air pollution control system, air pollution process, air-pollutant control equipment, emission control device, flue gas, gas scrubber, gaseous pollutant disposal, high-temperature air pollution control, stationary source air pollution control, toxic air pollution control, air-pollution control regulation, biological waste incineration, environment, environmental compliance, environmental engineering, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Agency regulation, environmental regulation, federal environmental regulation, hazardous waste incineration, hazardous waste management incineration, hazardous waste treatment, industrial solid waste, inorganic solid waste, nonhazardous solid waste management, solid waste treatment, solid-waste management, solid-waste-related equipment, toxic waste treatment, waste assessment, animal nonhazardous solid waste management, chemical waste disposal, dry scrubber, environmental air quality, Environmental Protection Agency compliance, gaseous air pollution, industrial air pollution, Medical Waste Tracking Act, nonhazardous waste disposal, solid waste, solid waste collection equipment, solid waste handling equipment, solid waste storage equipment, toxic waste, air-quality assessment statute, best available control technology, Boiler and Industrial Furnace regulation, combined hazardous waste treatment, continuous air emissions monitoring system, emission monitoring, energy-related waste, environment program, environment-related assessment, environmental code, environmental data, environmental due diligence investigation, environmental economic analysis, environmental impact assessment, environmental impact statement, environmental management, environmental protection, environmental site assessment, environmental site auditing, environmental technology, environmental waste, fuel economy and cost savings programs, hazardous waste, hazardous waste solidification, hazardous waste stabilization, hazardous-waste disposal, hazardous-waste management, mixed hazardous waste, municipal solid waste, nonhazardous solid waste, nonhazardous solid waste landfilling, nonhazardous waste incineration, particulate pollution process, environmental condition, nitrogen oxide scrubber, Hazard Communication Standard, environmental air sampling, environmental air sample, environmental organic chemistry, environmental monitor, biomass, fugitive-dust control, solid waste land disposal equipment, mobile hazardous waste treatment, municipal solid waste management, acid deposition, hazardous chemical, catalytic destruction, radioactive waste, air, environmental impact, solid waste separation equipment, solid waste monitoring equipment, solid waste personal protection equipment, solid waste sampling equipment, environmental effect, indoor air pollution control, household hazardous waste, environmental modeling, environmental health, environmental chemistry