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RCRA
Permitting and Implementation
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Environmental
Compliance and Implementation
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Engineering
Design
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Risk/Safety
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Management
assessment
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Startup
engineering
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Procedure
development and training class design and execution
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Bachelor
of Science, Chemistry,
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Bachelor
of Science, Chemical Engineering,
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Master
of Science, Chemical Engineering,
State of
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Project
lead on the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) for all RCRA
regulatory activities. Responsibilities
included management of three RCRA Treatment/Storage Permits and one RCRA
Interim Status Document. Additional
responsibilities included personnel management, budgeting, scheduling, and
interfacing with various project groups to ensure scope is properly identified
and that the appropriate changes are incorporated into the various AMWTP RCRA
Permits.
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Responsible
for the writing, review, and submittal of two RCRA Permit Applications in the
State of
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Responsible
for two RCRA Construction Certification Reports in order to allow AMWTP
operations to commence handling of mixed waste (i.e., radiological and
hazardous) in a newly built treatment facility and waste characterization
facility.
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Responsible
for all RCRA Permit Modifications to three RCRA Treatment/Storage Permits and
one RCRA Interim Status Document.
Managed all activities from determining the modification level (e.g.,
Class 1, 2 or 3), obtaining required resources/information to perform the
modification, submittal of the modification to the regulating authority,
holding public meetings, responding to comments from various interested
parties, etc.
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Provided
input on the RCRA requirements for the Waste Experimental Reduction Facility,
located on the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and ensuring that the RCRA
Permit were in compliance with the Department of Energy (DOE) safety management
systems.
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Involved
with the management, decision making, training of personnel, and procedure
writing for waste generated which meet the generator requirements under
RCRA. Managed universal waste and waste
oil submittals.
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Wrote
and reviewed AMWTP operational procedures to ensure that environmental
requirements (e.g., RCRA, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Toxic Substance
Control Act, etc.) have been appropriately implemented.
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Performed
management assessments in order to ensure that AMWTP was ready to declare
operational readiness prior to starting a DOE Operational Readiness
Review. Involved in three separate DOE
Operational Readiness Reviews, which included: 1) Retrieval operations in the
Transuranic Storage Area Retrieval Enclosure, 2) Characterization operations in
the Waste Characterization Facility, and 3) Treatment operations in the
Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility.
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Worked
with the Department of Energy and State of Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ) regulators concerning AMWTP operations. Responsibilities included writing position
papers to provide project flexibility and still meet regulatory requirements,
presenting positions to the DEQ, and negotiating positions with the DEQ.
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Performed
field inspections of the various AMWTP RCRA facilities.
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Trained
AMWTP operations personnel on how to perform RCRA inspections.
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Provided
support on all AMWTP RCRA Permits for the implementation of requirements into
procedures.
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Negotiated
with DEQ regulators in response to DEQ issued RCRA violations on the AMWTP.
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Performed
offgas sampling activities at the INL in order to ensure process compliance
with RCRA permits and Environmental Protection Agency standards.
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Worked
on the development of using non-RCRA regulated chemicals in a plating process
that is used in the commercial airline industry. Scope was to minimize the amount of RCRA
generated waste.
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Prepared
and implemented a Quality Assurance Program and Procedures for a low-level
radioactive incineration system in accordance with DOE and NQA‑1 standards.
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Provided
engineering support in the maintenance, design, and operation of an air
pollution control system for the treatment of hazardous offgas from industrial
processes.
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Development
of waste molten salt storage canisters for use in a high radiation area as part
of an electro‑metallurgical process form retrieving radionuclides
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Tested
fuel baskets that are compatible between an experimental oxide reduction vessel
and a pre-existing electro-metallurgical process vessel.
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Determined
a water based system that was representative, for experimental testing
purposes, of a molten salt system.
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Designed
air pollution control equipment for use conjunction with multiple systems. Air pollution control equipment was able to
be used in a steam fluidized bed reactor and also in an air fluidized bed
reactor. System capable of handling a
wide range of operating parameters, and also included multiple combustion and quench
chambers so reduce the amount of nitrogen oxides generated under various
operating conditions.
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Designed
and procured equipment for a radioactive waste incinerator with corresponding
air pollution control equipment.
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Performed
a Risk assessment study for the AMWTP Incinerator, which was to be installed at
the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL).
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Performed
Safety Screenings (USQs) for proposed modifications, specification revisions,
and Field Changes against the Authorization Basis for the AMWTP.
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Engineer
and Environmental Consultant, Safety and Risk Analysis Consulting,
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Senior
Engineer, Science Applications International Corporation,
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Environmental
Engineer, British Nuclear Fuels Limited Inc.,
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Engineer,
Science Applications International Corporation,
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Engineer,
Argonne West National Laboratory,
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Internship,
Boeing Commercial Airline Industries,
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DOE
"BAO" Clearance
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Tau Beta
Pi, National Engineering Honor Society