Mitch Berkey
Mitchell Berkey is the Vice-President of Technical Services with Environmental 360. Mr. Berkey is a Licensed Professional Engineer in NY, VT, SC, GA, AL, FL, AR, LA, and TN and a Level II Certified Design Professional with the Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission and brings a diverse level of experience in planning, civil engineering, project management, environmental permitting and compliance, and construction management.
After graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1989, Mr. Berkey was quickly promoted from engineer to senior engineer with a private consultant and was responsible for the successful planning, design, and permitting of some of the largest residential subdivisions, planned mixed use developments, and commercial site plans in the United States as well as several international projects in Peru and Puerto Rico.
Mr. Berkey then accepted a leadership position with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey as the team leader for the planning, design, permitting, and construction compliance of the Redevelopment of the Internal Roadway Network at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. This project included the redesign of the entire roadway network as well as the successful completion of the new monorail system which connects each terminal to long-term parking and other off-site mass transportation nodes.
Mr. Berkey advanced his career by owning and operating his own design/build engineering and construction firm. He successfully designed, obtained permits, and completed construction on many residential, commercial, and industrial projects as well as numerous public works infrastructure improvement projects. Several of the projects Mr. Berkey was involved with required design, successful permitting, and construction in and around sensitive state and federal jurisdictional streams and wetlands. These projects required permitting of stream crossings and wetland mitigation and required significant coordination with state regulators and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Berkey’s company also successfully obtained permits, owned, and operated their own stone quarry.
After selling his business’s assets in 2005, Mr. Berkey re-entered the private consulting industry where he again managed a regional civil engineering office responsible for the design and construction of residential subdivisions, commercial and industrial site plans, and various public works infrastructure improvement projects. In addition, he also diversified the firm’s practice areas in preparation of various studies including traffic impact studies, environmental impact statements and studies, stormwater studies, and flood studies.
Today Mr. Berkey is responsible for permitting and compliance work including preparation of spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans, facility response plans, and stormwater pollution prevention plans for industrial clients including pulp and paper, trucking, and refinery uses. Mr. Berkey also is responsible for managing environmental permitting and compliance for industrial clients to include wastewater sampling, waste sampling and characterization, stormwater sampling, leak detection inspections, and testing.
Mr. Berkey currently resides in the Metro Atlanta area with his wife and three children.
Elizabeth Bullen
Elizabeth Bullen is the Executive Director of Team Services at Environmental 360. Elizabeth began her career in hospitality sales and marketing with a small hotel in Montgomery, Alabama, in 2005 after graduating from Auburn University. She started as a catering coordinator, but she quickly advanced to the senior catering sales manager at a large convention center in downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
Elizabeth has achieved many accomplishments throughout her career including consistently meeting and exceeding her sales goals, growing her sales by 47%, creating and implementing standard operating procedures, work flows and processes, and playing an integral role in opening a 1.2 million square foot facility.
Now with Environmental 360 for 4 years, Elizabeth has become an extension of each project and project manager however she is needed. She plays a major role performing quality control on all documents in order to generate exceptional projects for the clients of Environmental 360. Her experience of detailing many large conventions helped her develop a skill of being very attentive to details on these projects and to know key elements to look for while reviewing them. She was also able to start work immediately on standardizing all reports to ensure continuity throughout the entire company. Elizabeth has helped to brand the Environmental 360 name by creating new and exciting marketing materials and making a presence at local and regional trade shows and conferences and local community events. Elizabeth strives to create a rewarding and satisfying place to work for every team member each day. This includes listening to team member comments and suggestions and ensuring their company benefits are appropriately handled.
Elizabeth lives in Smyrna, TN with her husband.
Katie Comer
Katie Comer is the Accounting Specialist at Environmental 360. Mrs. Comer graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Studies. She then began working as a health educator for middle and high school students in East Tennessee where she coordinated curriculum for over 100 schools. After working with the school system for 5 years, Katie then moved to the corporate sector and began working with Dominion Management Group. With Dominion, Katie started as an administrative assistant but quickly worked her way up to property manager for the company’s largest apartment complex in Murfreesboro, TN. Here Mrs. Comer was responsible for the annual budget of the property, collecting and documenting all rent payments and transactions, managing vendor projects, and submitting and approving vendor bills for payment. Katie successfully managed this budget and decreased operating costs by 10% and increased rental income resulting in increased profitability for the company.
With this knowledge and experience, Katie has been able to seamlessly transition to the accounting specialist with Environmental 360 where she handles all the accounts payable, accounts receivable, invoicing, and expenses. Katie helped to integrate a new expense software to make expense reports and invoicing more efficient for both the project managers and accounting.
Katie lives in Smyrna, TN with her husband, Adam, and their son.
Torry Gannon
Torry Gannon is a Regional Director at Environmental 360. He has been with the company servicing industrial clients since 2012. After graduating from Bradley University in 2008, he began his career with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in their Air Pollution Control Program out of the St. Louis office. He gained a valuable knowledge base in air pollution and ozone attainment regulations.
After four years, he joined the Environmental 360 team. Starting out as a staff scientist, he began to service a base of pulp and paper clients while expanding his knowledge of the pulp and paper market. He gained valuable experience in the areas of leak detection and repair (LDAR), spill prevention, control, and countermeasures (SPCC), as well as natural resources and wildlife management. During this time, Mr. Gannon was promoted to project scientist and was responsible for management aspects of the LDAR program for over 10 pulp and paper facilities, including monthly and annual inspections, schematic drawing and checklist creation, recordkeeping, scheduling, and budgeting. Because of the quality of his work and service he provided to his clients, he quickly expanded the LDAR program in his area to over 16 facilities. Mr. Gannon has also expanded his project knowledge into odor modeling and other air monitoring projects. In addition, he is currently responsible for SPCC Plan development and implementation for pulp and paper facilities.
Today, Mr. Gannon continues to assist in expanding the LDAR services provided by Environmental 360. Mr. Gannon’s ever expanding LDAR knowledge base continues to improve the LDAR services he provides for Environmental 360’s clients. He continues to grow the industrial client base through customer-committed service, quality-driven work, word-of-mouth references, and long-lasting relationships.
Mr. Gannon was born and raised in rural west central Illinois. Currently, Mr. Gannon lives in Ruston, Louisiana. He attempts to spend as much of his free time as he can in the outdoors and visiting with family and friends.
James Gunn
James Gunn is a Staff Scientist I with Environmental 360. James graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 2011. After graduation, he went to work as a Quality Assurance Technician for Hyundai Motor America in Montgomery, AL where he inspected newly manufactured vehicles to ensure quality standards.
James went back to Auburn in 2013 to pursue his Master of Science in Geology. During his time there, he served as a graduate teaching assistant and lab technician where he instructed undergraduate labs and conducted lab analysis projects.
After achieving his master’s degree in 2016, James began work as a geologist for Polaris Resource Engineering in Birmingham, AL, starting his career in environmental compliance. He worked primarily in groundwater remediation involving leaky underground storage tanks, as well as conducting Phase I and Phase II site assessments, and groundwater monitoring. Additionally, he routinely used AutoCAD to draft basic site maps, geologic cross-sections, and various chemical concentration maps.
James handles environmental compliance with LDAR and SPCC for our pulp and paper clients located in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
James currently resides in Millbrook, Alabama. He enjoys spending time with family, the outdoors, and playing the guitar.
Lisa Hamilton
Lisa Hamilton is a Senior Engineer II with Environmental 360. Lisa brings a diverse level of experience in process engineering, project management, and supervision. Lisa graduated from Auburn University majoring in Chemical Engineering (2003). She also received her Masters of Business Administration degree from Troy University Dothan (2006).
During school, Lisa co-oped with Georgia-Pacific in the Process Control department at the Cedar Springs, Georgia, mill. Lisa was hired full-time after graduation as a Process Engineer in the Paper and Power departments. Lisa later moved to an Operations Supervisor and then the Asset Availability Leader (AAL) position in the Power area. She worked on process optimization, reliability, and lead a team focused on safety, compliance, and production goals.
After 10 years in the Pulp & Paper industry, Lisa accepted a position with Dow Chemical in Texas City, Texas, as the Run Plant Engineer. She worked on production tracking and improvements and outage inspections.
Lisa then transferred to the Utilities industry and accepted a job with Alabama Power – Barry Steam Plant near Mobile, Alabama. She held various positions in project management, outage management, and operations and engineering supervision. She worked as the Environmental Engineering Team Leader over all existing environmental equipment including the precipitators, scrubber, and SCR.
At Environmental 360, Lisa is responsible for the internal safety program, assisting in the development of compliance plans, and OA/QC for all project reports.
Lisa currently resides in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with her husband and two children.
Logan Hamilton
Logan Hamilton is a Staff Scientist II with Environmental 360. He will handle environmental compliance with LDAR and SPCC for our pulp and paper clients located in Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Immediately after receiving his degree, he began work for an antimicrobial chemical company as a Sales and Service Representative. In this position, Logan was required to travel throughout much of the Southeast to poultry processing plants, helping to diagnose and mitigate issues within each plant using various chemical applications.
After spending just over a year in chemical sales, Logan transitioned to the oil and gas industry. He spent the next 5 years working as a Lead Environmental Inspector in Michigan and Illinois. As Lead EI, Logan was part of the management team for mainline pipeline construction projects. He was responsible for ensuring that these large projects maintained compliance with numerous environmental permits set forth by agencies such as the USACOE, DNR, DEQ, EPA, local drain commissions and the energy company’s own Environmental Protection Plan.
Logan currently resides in West Monroe, Louisiana. He enjoys spending time outdoors with his son, teaching him to hunt and fish as well as coaching his baseball team.
Josh Howard
Josh Howard is a Staff Scientist I at Environmental 360. He began working at Environmental 360 in May of 2017. Josh graduated from Clemson University in 2014 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biological Sciences. After college, Josh relocated to the Charlotte, NC area to work for three years in one of the largest national blood testing labs in the country. There he gained experience in quality control and assurance inspections.
Josh will expand this knowledge to the pulp and paper industry and all industries serviced by Environmental 360. In addition to these skills, Mr. Howard’s hard work ethic will be evident to Environmental 360 clients. Josh currently resides Rock Hill, SC, and he services Environmental 360 clients primarily in the east such as Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Rick Joyner
Rick Joyner is a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager for Environmental 360. Mr. Joyner received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management of Technology from Athens State University. Rick has over 30 years of experience involving field engineering, maintenance, and sales management, with the last nine years dedicated to environmental consulting for pulp, paper, power, and refinery industries involving continuous emissions and opacity monitoring systems. He has supervised new installation projects in the US and South America and was a senior field engineer for sensor projects in Afghanistan. Rick performs RATA support, CGAs, and linearity audits utilizing Part 60 and 75 guidelines. He has developed preventive maintenance programs reducing downtime for monitoring systems. Rick is highly regarded throughout the industry for his expertise in new installations, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, and emergency repair of monitoring systems.
As a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager for Environmental 360, Rick has been integral in developing the CEMS/COMS practice. Rick has also significantly increased uptime for many of our clients.
Rick currently lives in Huntsville, Alabama. He has one daughter, one son, and five grandchildren all living in North Alabama. Away from work, Rick enjoys motorcycle trips on his Harley, flying as a private pilot, diving, hunting, fishing, and camping.
Brandon Kennemur
Brandon Kennemur is the Vice-President of Industrial Services and a Senior Scientist at Environmental 360. Mr. Kennemur has been serving industrial clients for over 14 years. Upon graduating from Auburn University in 2002, he began his career with a small environmental consulting firm where he provided air compliance regulatory assistance to a base of industrial clients. He eventually took over as the firm’s leak detection and repair (LDAR) program manager for pulp and paper clients.
After two years, Mr. Kennemur acquired a position with a nationally recognized engineering and consulting firm. Starting out as a staff scientist, he continued to maintain and grow a large base of pulp and paper clients while expanding his expertise into the petrochemical and small manufacturing market. He gained valuable experience in the areas of wastewater, stormwater, solid and hazardous waste, natural resources, and excelled in his work with LDAR and LDAR-related issues. During this time, Mr. Kennemur was promoted to project manager and was in charge of all management aspects of the LDAR program for over 15 pulp and paper facilities, including monthly and annual inspections, scheduling, schematic drawing and checklist creation, recordkeeping, and budgeting. In addition, he was responsible for spill prevention control, and countermeasures (SPCC) and stormwater compliance for multiple industrial facilities.
Today, by providing compliance solutions to over 50 pulp and paper facilities, Mr. Kennemur continues to expand the LDAR services practice both geographically and to new industrial sectors. Mr. Kennemur’s LDAR expertise continues to be highly regarded throughout the industry and has been designated as an internal best management practice by multiple pulp and paper companies. He manages the ever-expanding on-site compliance services practices that consist of water and air sampling, leak detection and inspections, tagging, labeling, and monitoring.
Mr. Kennemur is also a certified optical gas imaging (OGI) thermographer and provides OGI LDAR services using infrared cameras to multiple industrial facilities.
He continues to grow the Environmental 360 industrial client base through customer-committed service, quality-driven work, word-of-mouth references, and long-lasting relationships.
Mr. Kennemur currently resides in Newnan, Georgia, with his wife and two boys.
Cory Martin
Cory Martin is the Vice President and Senior Scientist of Resource Management at Environmental 360 with a background in forest management services. Specializing in fiber procurement, reforestation, and forest sustainability, Mr. Martin has over 13 years of experience in the forest products industry. He is a registered forester in multiple states in the southeast and is a licensed chemical applicator. While in Forestry School at Auburn University, he interned with Resource Management Services where he assisted in the management of several large landholdings with a focus on maximizing investor returns.
After graduating from Forestry School in 1998 with a BS in Forest Operations and a Minor in Business, Mr. Martin began working as a forester for an Alabama-based forest procurement and management company. He serves clients by delivering raw materials to the forest products market and providing forest management services to landowners. The forest management services include forest investment enhancement, forest sustainability plans, timber appraisals, timber market feasibility studies, prescribed burns, and aerial chemical applications. In addition, Mr. Martin is a forester for a large reforestation company which plants approximately 40 million trees per year. The company performs chemical spraying, site prep work, and best management practices preparation work. Mr. Martin is responsible for securing contracts with landholding companies and managing reforestation projects.
Mr. Martin serves Environmental 360 clients by providing comprehensive land management programs focusing on maximizing timber, wildlife, and environmental development assets. He also leads a group of environmental scientists, foresters, and biologists that provide sustainable forestry, best management practices, and forest management programs to land managers.
Travis Mattison
Travis Mattison is a CEMS/COMS Senior Technician with Environmental 360. He has nearly 20 years of experience with CEMS/COMS preventative and corrective maintenance. Travis began his CEMS experience at a refinery. He not only maintained the equipment at that facility but also developed a CEMS program and trained support staff to assist in maintaining on-call reliability of the program. During this 10-year commitment at this facility, Travis learned CEMS through hands-on tasks, research through manuals, and manufacturer technical support which eliminated the need for manufacturer technicians to travel on-site to correct CEMS problems. This reduced cost to the facility. Another big part of the role during the many years at this facility was performing analyzer, sample system, and data acquisition system upgrades and installations to keep up with modern technology and applicable regulations, reinforcing value provided to the client.
Travis then worked with an environmental consulting firm and oversaw clients’ CEMS program. He was involved in hiring new technicians as well as training those individuals on the many different CEMS components. In this role, he was also able to assist a variety of other clients e.g. power plants, mines, and other refineries with their CEMS needs. He performed program development at these various facilities and provided continuous client support. This role typically consisted of remaining available for remote support via phone to assist in troubleshooting scenarios and reassuring quick and accurate answers to client questions. Travis was also responsible for developing and reviewing CEMS quality assurance and quality control plans (QA/QC) required for clients’ new CEMS and updating QA/QC plans as regulations changed or changes occurred in the CEMS at the facilities. Quarterly audits were conducted on gas analyzers, opacity monitors, and particulate monitors. Audit reports were developed and submitted to the clients thereby providing them a professional, detailed, and complete record of those audits.
After his role at the consulting firm, Travis continued to serve clients’ CEMS needs as a field service engineer (FSE). In this position he executed installations, performed scheduled maintenance, and more often than not, utilized troubleshooting skills to ensure stable and ongoing operations of customer purchased equipment. The FSE role provided diversification in CEMS by expanding services to not only refineries but also paper mills, cement plants, and power generation. Throughout the nearly 20 years of CEMS experience, he has worked closely with clients to ensure their expectations were met and strived to exceed those expectations.
Travis resides in Hermantown, MN with his wife, Andrea. He has two sons and a daughter, Caleb, Anna, and James. Travis enjoys shed antler hunting, collecting odd and unique antlers, hunting, fishing, drawing, and time spent with family and friends.
David Owen
David Owen, President and Senior Scientist at Environmental 360, is an environmental consultant with more than 13 years of environmental consulting experience with industrial and commercial clients. An Environmental Science graduate of Auburn University (2000), Mr. Owen spent the first two years of his consulting career with an environmental firm that specialized in clean air act regulations and automated environmental compliance management systems. Starting as an intern with the small consulting firm, he eventually became the engineering group manager responsible for assessing industrial facilities’ compliance and reporting needs and developing the specifications for automated environmental compliance systems. In addition, he developed turn-key compliance programs according to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) including leak detection and repair programs; startup, shutdown, and malfunction programs; and CEMS quality control programs.
Mr. Owen next worked for a prominent southeastern regional civil engineering and environmental consulting firm. Starting as a project scientist with the firm, he gained project experience in the areas of groundwater assessment and remediation, natural resources, stormwater, wastewater, and hazardous waste. Mr. Owen eventually started and became the operations manager for the firm’s Atlanta, GA office. He managed a team of environmental scientists, ecologists, and engineers for over six years. In addition to managing the employees and office operations, he was responsible for business development, budgeting, and profitability while continuing to serve his clients in the industrial and commercial markets across the southeast. Mr. Owen also started and managed an office in Nashville, TN while maintaining his duties with the Atlanta, GA office.
Today, Mr. Owen continues to service a large client base as a Senior Scientist and serves as the President of Environmental 360 where he is responsible for team member and client service.
Logan Smith
Logan Smith is a Staff Scientist I with Environmental 360. Logan graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant and Soil Science. Growing up on a farm, Logan has always had a passion for agriculture, soil, and natural resources. Throughout his undergraduate degree, he held internships with TWRA and NRCS where he began learning about mapping and federal regulations.
Logan handles environmental compliance with LDAR and SPCC for the Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Alabama region as well as special projects.
Logan currently resides in Milton, Tennessee. He enjoys spending time with family and the outdoors.
Staci Thompson
Staci Thompson is a Staff Scientist at Environmental 360. Ms. Thompson began working at Environmental 360 in June of 2015 as an intern after graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Environmental Science and a concentration in Geology. Ms. Thompson gained valuable knowledge in environmental consulting during her time as an intern as she traveled to project sites and assisted her fellow Environmental 360 team members with LDAR drawings, site maps, process flow diagrams, developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), editing Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans (SPCC), developing a Greenhouse Gas Plan (GHG), and researching how current regulations affect certain facilities.
After such proven success with the team, Staci accepted a full-time position in September 2015. Staci has continued to perform these tasks and others to assist all the project managers. She now manages projects ranging from developing compliance plans to monthly LDAR and SPCC inspections. She is also Tennessee Erosion Prevention & Sediment Control Level 1 and Level 2 Certified. Her education in environmental law has allowed Staci to succeed with Environmental 360 and will continue to grow her practice areas, and her desire to learn will allow her to have no limitations on her career here.
Staci moved from her hometown of Chattanooga to Murfreesboro, Tennessee in June of 2015.
Dylan Till
Dylan Till is a Staff Scientist II at Environmental 360. Dylan graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in Geology. After college, he began working with GEI Consultants as an ecological technician doing construction quality assurance, environmental sampling, and geotechnical testing on landfill closure projects. After leaving GEI Consultants, Dylan began working for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources as an environmental compliance specialist in the Underground Storage Tank Regulatory Compliance Unit.
At Environmental 360, Dylan will build on his environmental compliance knowledge and experience to conduct monthly inspections for LDAR and SPCC with the clients primarily in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Alabama. Dylan will also work on special projects as they arise.
Dylan lives in Midway, GA and enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and two dogs.
Clint Walker
Clint Walker is a CEMS/COMS Regional Manager with Environmental 360. He has nearly 35 years of experience with CEMS/COMS preventative and corrective maintenance. Over the course of his career, Clint has obtained several certificates including Advanced Radar Training from the United States Navy ET “C” School, Basic Electronics and Electricity from the United States Navy ET “A” School, and Electronics/Electricity from the Northeastern Oklahoma Technical College.
Clint started his career with the United States Navy where he worked for 10 years, first as an Electronics Technician and then was promoted to a Work Center Supervisor. Here Clint performed preventative and corrective maintenance on various shipboard systems including cryptographic, VHF/UHF/HF communications equipment. He also maintained, repaired, and performed calibrations of shipboard test equipment. While stationed at NAS Pensacola, he maintained ground control approach radar systems. Once he was promoted to Work Center Supervisor, Clint planned and ensured the completion of all maintenance related to the airfields UHF/VHF communications.
The next 24 years were spent with 2 different CEMS/COMS repair and installation companies as a Field Service Representative and the Southern Regional Field Service Manager. Clint was able to develop client relationships and build his reputation throughout the industry while at these positions. Clint performed preventative and corrective maintenance; suggested and planned CEMS upgrades; installed, started, and tested new systems; and managed a team of field service representatives in multiple locations.
Clint really developed his knowledge and expertise in the CEMS/COMS industry during this time. He was consistently recognized by his management at providing superior customer service and consistently met his performance goals. Clint has become a very known and trusted name in the CEMS/COMS industry, and Environmental 360 is excited to have him as a part of the team.
Clint resides in Cantonment, FL with his wife of 25 years, Kimberly. They have two sons, Joshua and James, a daughter-in-law, Jolynn, and two grandchildren, Grayson and Laney. Clint enjoys hunting, fishing, building/flying remote control aircraft, and summer vacations with the family.
Justin Walker
Justin Walker is a Project Engineer I with Environmental 360. Justin brings a diverse level of experience in process engineering, project management, supervision, and environmental inspecting, permitting, and compliance. Justin graduated from the University of Alabama dual majoring in Civil and Environmental Engineering. While there he worked as a research student with Professor Tootle working on rain fall/snow fall data internationally. While a student he received honors such as Capstone Engineering’s Environmental Engineer Student of the Year, Engineering Council of Birmingham’s Student Engineer of the Year, and was a Captain on UA’s Capstone Civil Engineering Horizontal Senior Design Team. Justin began the Masters of Business of Administration program at The University of Alabama and will graduate in May 2018. His concentration is in Executive Leadership.
During school, Justin Co-oped with Georgia-Pacific and held roles in process engineering and environmental inspecting. Justin was hired full-time after graduation as an Entry Level Engineer (ELE) and performed rotations in Project Management, EHS, Reliability, Process Engineering, and Logistics/Inventory Control. Justin quickly graduated the program and was hired as a Process Engineer He also served as the site’s Environmental Compliance System Owner (CSO) and later the Kiln/Stacker Supervisor.
Justin then accepted a leadership position at Evergreen Packaging in Pine Bluff, Arkansas as the Paper Mill #1 Process Manager. He worked on process optimization and environmental/safety projects and managed his shift towards production and safety goals.
At Environmental 360, Justin is responsible for environmental compliance inspections to facilities across the Southeast. Justin is also lead on environmental compliance plans as he works to achieve his P.E. designation.
Justin currently resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Rick Wilson
Rick Wilson graduated from Troy State University in 1974 with a double major in chemistry and biology. Rick began his career with Alabama Power Company shortly after graduation as the Supervisor, Environmental Field Services. In this position, Rick was responsible for supervising personnel responsible for water sampling, river characterization and waste profiling necessary to apply for NPDES Permits for six fossil fuel electric generating plants, 14 hydro plants, and 1 nuclear electric generating plant. After issuance of NPDES permits, Rick’s group performed all water stream sampling and research projects. Rick was also later given the additional responsibility of supervising the Air Quality Field Services group. This group was responsible for the purchase, maintenance, calibration, and data reporting for 17 ambient SO2 monitors.
After 8 years of field supervisory experience, Rick transferred to the Environmental Affairs department, Environmental Compliance section in the Alabama Power Company Corporate Headquarters. In this capacity, Rick developed in-depth knowledge of air permitting, reporting, and compliance with existing air permits. In addition, this position allowed Rick to develop expertise in dealing with hazardous waste regulations including CERCLA (Superfund) and toxic substances (TSCA). Rick later narrowed his focus to compliance with all air regulations. This includes the implementation of the requirements of the Clean Air Act of 1990, Title IV, Phase I and Phase II implementation. This includes the installation, operation, and reporting requirements for Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS). This also included the emission fees and the allowance program. Rick also became a certified environmental auditor serving as the subject matter expert in air compliance for the Southern Company Internal Audit Department. In this capacity, Rick assisted Internal Auditing in performing audit on all fossil-fuel electric generating facilities except those located in Alabama. Rick also developed expertise in areas not directly related to environmental issues such as EMF and FAA requirements. After almost 40 years of experience with Alabama Power, Rick retired and joined the Environmental 360, Inc. team. Rick will be utilizing all of his experience to serve the Environmental 360 clients in many different means.
