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Proposal for
8047 Environmental Services
City of Fort Collins
Financial Services
Purchasing Division
purchasing@fcgov.com
AECOM
1601 Prospect Parkway
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970 493 8878 tel
970 493 0213 fax
January 20, 2015
City of Fort Collins
Purchasing Division
215 N. Mason St., 2nd Floor
PO Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
purchasing@fcgov.com
Re: Proposal for Environmental Services, RFP No. 8047
Dear Selection Committee Members:
AECOM (which contracts as AECOM Technical Services, Inc.) appreciates this opportunity to propose our team
and approach for providing Environmental Services to the City of Fort Collins. We view the keys to success for this
contract to include a highly responsive, locally based consultant team that provides all the resources you need for
planned and unforeseen work orders. The team must be knowledgeable, available and have depth and breadth of
resources that cover every aspect of your projects; and most importantly, they must serve as your partner in project
delivery. AECOM’s Fort Collins-based team has practiced and refined these keys through more than 40 years of
extensive experience in environmental and redevelopment services. Together with the City of Fort Collins, we will
form a partnership that will achieve your goals for this contract.
Skillfully Balanced Team Leadership and Task Order Managers
The AECOM team is organized so that any task order can quickly engage the right people, and be executed in
the most streamlined manner by the right people. This team brings together highly experienced, motivated, and
available staff to supplement City of Fort Collins work efforts in: 1) environmental assessment and investigation; 2)
remedial technology selection and implementation; 3) ecological assessment and permitting; 4) voluntary cleanup;
5) environmental auditing; 6) human health and ecological risk assessment; 7) air quality permitting, monitoring,
modeling, and compliance; and 8) litigation support/expert technical analysis.
All of these scope items can be fulfilled by our 80+ person office located right here in Fort Collins.
Seasoned and Solid Team Experience
Recently, the two industry leaders, AECOM and URS, combined into one company with a pool of talent including
nearly 100,000 employees located around the world and over 2,000 professionals in the Colorado Front Range. Our
new company strengthens the technical and financial resources available for this contract provides efficient turnkey
support for all aspects of this contract.
AECOM’s Commitment to Quality Management and Sustainability
Excellence is one of AECOM’s core values. We believe in delivering unequivocal excellence in everything that
we do. For our clients’ projects, AECOM uses an established Project Delivery System, designed to control project
risk and keep the project on track from early planning through execution through completion. AECOM’s quality
management systems are certified for compliance with ISO 9001:2008, and help us deliver projects and reports that
soundly meet or exceed all project requirements.
AECOM understands the value of protecting our natural environment to improve social conditions and economic
performance of our communities. Our major practices integrate sustainability elements in our service delivery
including sustainable development solutions for our environmental programs and projects. For example, our Air
Quality team routinely performs Greenhouse Gas programs and our Remediation Consulting and Engineering
practice is a leader in green, or sustainable, remediation. We regularly deepen our technical skills and
understanding of environmental, social, and economic issues through extensive technical literature contributions,
partnering with academic institutions, and collaborations with industry associations. We discuss AECOM’s
commitment to sustainability further in Section H of this proposal.
This proposal is valid for a period of 180 days from the RFP’s closing date.
We appreciate the opportunity to present our qualifications, and look forward to furthering our relationship with you.
Margaret Zebley can be reached by phone at 970.219.9764 or email at margaret.zebley@aecom.com.
Sincerely,
Margaret Zebley, PE Brian Myller
Project Manager and Senior Engineer Project Director and Senior Hydrogeologist
Environment Environment
Margaret.Zebley@aecom.com Brian.Myller@aecom.com
EXHIBIT A
PROPOSAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Consultant hereby acknowledges receipt of the City of Fort Collins Utilities’ Request for
Proposal and acknowledges that it has read and agrees to be fully bound by all of the
terms, conditions and other provisions set forth in the RFP. Additionally, the Consultant
hereby makes the following representations to Utilities:
a. All of the statements and representations made in this proposal are true to the best of
the Consultant’s knowledge and belief.
b. The Consultant has obtained all necessary authorizations and approvals that will enable
the Consultant to commit to the terms provided in this proposal.
c. This proposal is a firm and binding offer, for a period of 180 days from the date hereof.
d. I further agree that the method of award is acceptable to my company.
e. I also agree to complete the proposed Agreements with the City of Fort Collins within 30
days of notice of award.
f. If contract is not completed and signed within 30 days, City reserves the right to cancel
and award to the next highest rated firm.
g. I acknowledge receipt of 2 addenda.
Consultant Firm Name: AECOM (which contracts as AECOM Technical Services, Inc.)
Physical Address: 1601 Prospect Parkway, Fort Collins, CO 80525
Remit to Address: Check payments for all open AECOM invoices should be made directly to the following
lockbox address:
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
1178 Paysphere Circle
Chicago, IL 60674
Electronic Funds Transfer/ACH Payment Information:
Account Name: AECOM Technical Services, Inc.
Bank Name: Bank of America
Address: 1655 Grant Street, Concord, CA 94520
Account Number: 5800937020
ABA Routing Number: 071000039
Phone: 970 493 8878 (main)
Authorized Agent of Firm Name: Brian Myller, Operations Manager
Signature of Authorized Agent:
Primary Contact for Project: Margaret Zebley, PE
Title: Project Manager Email Address: Margaret.Zebley@aecom.com
Phone: 970 530 3513 Cell Phone: 970 219 9764
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Contents
A. Executive Summary 1
B. Consultant Information and Experience 2
1. Primary Contact Information 2
2. About AECOM 2
3. AECOM Structure 3
C. Scope of Proposal 5
1. Proposal Understanding 5
2. Specific Service Requirements 12
3. Relevant Project Experience 17
D. Capabilities and Qualifications 22
1. Capabilities 22
2. Staff 22
3. References 29
5. Communication and Tools 30
E. Fees and Costs 32
1. General Labor and Direct Costs 32
2. Subcontractors 34
3. Other Costs
F. Appendices 37
Appendix 1 Resumes 38
A. Environmental Assessment and Investigation 38
B. Remedial Technology Selection and Implementation 44
C. Ecological Assessment and Permitting 45
D. Voluntary Cleanup 46
E. Environmental Auditing 47
F. Human Health Risk Assessment 48
G. Air Permitting, Monitoring, Modeling, and Compliance 50
H. Litigation Support/Expert Technical Analysis 53
Appendix 2 Detailed Project Descriptions 55
G. Additional Information 56
H. Sustainability 58
1. Overview 58
2. Our Carbon Footprint 58
3. Green and Sustainable Remediation 59
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A Executive Summary
AECOM (which contracts as AECOM Technical
Services, Inc.) is pleased to provide this proposal for
Environmental Services in response to the City of
Fort Collins (City) Request for Proposal (RFP) #8047.
AECOM brings to this project a diverse project team that
is Fort Collins-based.
AECOM understands that the City is looking for a firm
that will provide a broad base of environmental services
including Environmental Assessment and Investigation,
Remedial Technology Selections and Implementation,
Ecological Assessment and Permitting, Voluntary
Cleanup, Environmental Auditing, Human Health
Risk Assessment, Air Quality Permitting, Monitoring,
Modeling, and Compliance, and Litigation Support/
Expert Technical Analysis. AECOM anticipates providing
technical support to the City in these areas using our
local Fort Collins technical experts and field staff. For
subcontractors, AECOM anticipates using Fort Collins
and Windsor-based firms for drilling, analytical laboratory
analysis, and State of Colorado certified asbestos
inspections.
AECOM’s team proposed for this project has the
following unique attributes:
• Local Team. AECOM’s project team is based in
our Fort Collins office making it very easy for us to
mobilize to project sites and attend meetings and
conduct the field work.
• Diverse Project Team. AECOM’s team includes
technical experts in the City’s eight areas of
environmental services. In addition, as detailed in
Section D.1, AECOM is able to provide additional
services by using resources from our local Fort
Collins office, our four other Front Range Colorado
offices, and, if necessary, our staff nationwide. The
breadth and depth of AECOM’s resources allow us to
meet City needs in almost any area.
• Experienced Project Manager. Margaret Zebley,
P.E., our proposed Project Manager, brings a
collaborative approach to project management and
experience managing diverse teams and projects.
Her many years of safely executing environmental
projects for a variety of clients and under a
diverse set of site conditions will bring experience,
perspective, cost control, and strategic thinking to this
contract. As a resident of Fort Collins and parent in
the community, Ms. Zebley is committed to supporting
the City’s efforts to achieve a better environment for
the residents of Fort Collins.
By using local staff and subcontractors, AECOM can
control costs and implement a variety of projects using
a dedicated team. This team will allow the City to
implement it’s projects with a perspective to all potential
environmental issues on the project. For example, at the
start of the Phase II site investigation project, AECOM
can work with our local human health and ecological
risk assessors, air quality experts and wildlife and
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B Consultant Information and Experience
1. Primary Contact Information
Primary office location and mailing address:
AECOM
1601 Prospect Parkway
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Primary contacts:
Margaret Zebley, PE
Senior Project Manager
AECOM
1601 Prospect Parkway
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970.530.3514 (direct line)
970.219.9764 (cell)
Margaret.Zebley@aecom.com
Brian Myller
Senior Program Manager
AECOM
1601 Prospect Parkway
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970.530.3399 (direct line)
Brian.Myller@aecom.com
2. About AECOM
Since AECOM (NYSE: ACM) first launched as
an employee-owned company in 1990, we have
become one of the largest and most respected
providers of professional, technical, and management
support services in the world. Our markets include
environmental, construction, energy, facilities,
government, oil and gas, transportation, and water.
Today we have nearly 100,000 employees serving
clients in more than 150 countries. The recent
incorporation of URS accelerates our vision to become
the world’s premier fully integrated infrastructure firm.
Across all components of the in-project cycle—design,
build, finance and operate—we are uniquely positioned
to deliver a differentiated service from a global platform.
Our purpose is to create, enhance, and sustain
the world’s built, natural, and social environments.
Leveraging a unique pool of resources and talent,
AECOM delivers fully integrated services collaborating
across disciplines and geographies to shape innovative
solutions for our clients. Our team of environment
specialists offers global expertise in air quality, impact
assessment and permitting, environmental health
and safety management, remediation consulting,
construction and site restoration, specialty and emerging
technologies, waste services, as well as water and
natural resources.
As a Fortune 500 company, AECOM has annual revenue
in excess of US$20 billion.
Our Fort Collins office has been operating for over
40 years (legacy ENSR and RETEC companies).
Locally, we have over 80 staff including experts in every
discipline requested in the City’s Environmental Services
RFP #8047.
AECOM’s project team brings to the City a blend of skills
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• Fort Collins-based staff with technical skills ranging
from environmental assessments including remedial
design and waste management, field activities
to computer modeling, from ecological habitat
assessments to human health and ecological risk
assessments, environmental auditing and compliance
to site permitting, monitoring, and modeling, to
litigation support.
• The right mix of senior and junior-level technical staff
to complete assignments in a cost-effective manner.
3. AECOM Structure
AECOM in the Americas is organized both
geographically and by business line. Our Fort Collins
office belongs to the Colorado Metro District, which
is led by Dr. David Ellerbroek (PhD, Environmental
Engineering, Colorado State University). We are also
part of the Americas Design & Consulting Services
(DCS) Division, which includes practice groups in
Environment, Buildings + Places, Transportation, Water,
and Program Management/Construction Management
(PM/CM). The schematic organization chart (Figure 1)
shows the direct line reporting from AECOM to the
service providers proposed for the City’s Environmental
Services projects.
Design and Consulting
Services – Americas
West / Gulf Coast
Region
Colorado Metro
District
Environment
Dave Ellerbroek, PhD
Area Lead
Diane McCarty
Business Unit Leader
Environmental
Planning
Staff
EHS Compliance,
Air Quality
Staff
Characterization and
Restoration
Staff
Information
Management Solutions
Staff
Transportation Water Buildings + Places PM / CM
Figure 1 AECOM
Schematic Organization
Project Environmental Services Staff
(see Project Organization Chart, Figure 2)
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Skillfully Balanced Team
Our project team, shown on the organization chart
below (Figure 2), brings to the City of Fort Collins a
blend of skills of many technical professionals. At your
request, we have provided biographical data on the
primary participants, principals, managers, and staff
regularly exercising managerial or supervisory duties in
Section D.2.
Margaret Zebley, PE, Project Manager
Technical Leads
A Environmental Assessment and Investigations — Margaret Zebley, PE
B Remedial Technology Selection and Implementation — Gregg Somermeyer, PE
C Ecological Assessment and Permitting — Rollin Daggett
D Voluntary Cleanup — Jim Paulson, PE
E Environmental Auditing — Jean Decker, CPEA
F Human Health Risk Assessment — Christine Casaceli
G Air Permitting, Monitoring, Modeling, and Compliance — Courtney Taylor
H Litigation Support/Expert Technical Analysis — Brian Myller
Support Resources Including Any Subconsultants
Figure 2 AECOM Project
Team Organization
Chart
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C Scope of Proposal
1. Proposal Understanding
1.A. Environmental Assessment and
Investigation
AECOM has been practicing due diligence services,
environmental assessment, and remedial investigation
for 40 years. Our experienced environmental
management staff addresses client projects across
the full business life cycle—including asset planning,
development and operations, product integration, facility
compliance, site remediation, restoration, sustainability
and reuse. Our solutions balance complex technical,
regulatory, business and stakeholder issues to produce
measurable value and cost-saving approaches for our
clients. We understand the urgency of environmental site
assessments, we are well-practiced in the most current
regulations, and we will assemble project scopes,
budgets, schedules, and staff to quickly and thoroughly
complete your environmental assessment projects.
AECOM oversees remediation and characterization
efforts for state, federal, industrial, and oil and gas
clients at multiple sites. AECOM has conducted
projects at a wide variety of locations including former
tank farms, refineries, mining sites, former landfills,
brownfield sites, underground storage tank (UST) and
leaking underground storage tanks (LUST) sites, former
transformer sites, and many others. AECOM provides
characterization and delineation of soil, surface water,
groundwater, sediment, concrete, air, and other media
contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),
metals, pesticides, hydrocarbons, asbestos, volatile
organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile organic
compounds (SVOCs), chlorinated volatile Organic
compounds (CVOCs), chlorinated solvents, and other
contaminants.
Contaminated sites present significant liabilities, in
some cases affecting the safety and real estate values
of local communities and requiring substantial financial
expenditures to remediate. To properly manage these
liabilities, one must carefully consider site-specific
conditions, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder
issues. AECOM has many success stories working with
clients/stakeholders where we have recovered the value
tied up in impaired property and generated goodwill in
the community by creating an asset.
Bringing together the best resources in the marketplace,
AECOM remediation teams critically assess the nature
and extent of contamination; assess risks to identify
receptors and safe exposure levels; embed leading
edge innovations and technology to simplify remedial
actions and reduce costs; and prepare remedial designs
that appropriately address the problems posed by the
contaminants.
AECOM applies innovative and conventional
technologies to expedite cleanup projects—ultimately
reducing or eliminating risks. With all the necessary
resources and expertise to successfully complete
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AECOM has extensive experience applying groundwater
flow, particle tracking, transport, reaction, multiphase
flow, and geochemical models as a way to make
informed decisions on a variety of hydrogeological
issues. These models include, among many other,
MODFLOW, MT3DMS, RT3D, PEST, and PHREEQ.
AECOM’s experience with numerical models includes
water supply, well field design, environmental risk
assessment, engineering design of remedial systems,
evaluation of both organic and inorganic transport,
LNAPL flow and transport, vadose zone flow and
transport, site characterization, dewatering strategies,
and geochemical modeling.
AECOM has executed LUST investigation and
remediation projects from start to finish. Our Colorado
team has successfully and effectively investigated and
then designed, constructed, operated, and maintained
remediation systems at tank sites in multiple states
including Colorado. We have worked at well over 100
tank sites in the Rocky Mountain region and have
obtained regulatory closure at various sites allowing the
sites to be reused for beneficial commercial or residential
uses. Our team includes State of Colorado Oil and
Public Safety (OPS)-listed consultants with remediation
expertise and with experience working through the OPS
processes.
Although tank site remediation is often straight-forward
from a technical remediation approach, the sites may
present other challenges due to physical site constraints,
adjacent property impacts, and other issues. Our
remediation experience includes addressing common
tank contents/contaminants such as gasoline, diesel
fuel, solvents, and mixtures of these contaminants. Our
team considers these site constraints and site-specific
contaminant issues while evaluating and selecting
appropriate and cost effective remedial actions.
Remediation of contaminated sites requires expert
management of the costs, the potential of exposure to
nearby residents and other receptors, implementation
of construction and process plans and designs, and
the safety of site workers. Balancing these issues and
resource loading the work with the right equipment,
materials and labor is critical to making a cleanup project
a success.
AECOM’s approach to site restoration and reuse
increases the use of in-situ technologies and integrates
key remedial design elements with future site
redevelopment plans. We apply innovative thinking, such
as environmentally acceptable endpoints, as a scientific
and defensible method to determine reasonable cleanup
levels – safe for human and ecological receptors –
ultimately managing risks to an acceptable level.
Lead Paint and Asbestos
AECOM’s subcontractor, RLH Engineering, Inc. (see
Section E.2) in coordination with AECOM staff, will
perform these services as required:
1. Identify Asbestos Containing Materials and Lead
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1.B. Remedial Technology Selection and
Implementation
Environmental assessments and investigations may
identify impacts to soil and/or groundwater from releases
of hazardous substances or petroleum products. In
these instances corrective actions will be required if the
impacts pose an unacceptable threat to human health
or the environment. Human health and ecological risk
assessments are often performed to determine the
significance of the potential threat of exposure to the
constituents of concern, and whether or not corrective
actions are warranted. Additional discussion of risk
assessments is provided in Section C.1.F.
Environmental cleanup can fall under several
regulatory programs in Colorado, including the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA),
the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), or the
Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act (Voluntary
Cleanup Program, or VCUP). AECOM can assist the
City in determining the applicable regulatory program
for implementing corrective action at a site. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) administers
the program to address cleanup of CERCLA sites
listed or proposed for listing on the National Priority List
(NPL). The Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment (CDPHE) administers programs to address
cleanup of RCRA sites, radioactive waste sites, old solid
waste landfills, and sites enrolled in VCUP. The Colorado
Department of Labor and Employment Division of OPS
oversees investigation and cleanup of regulated leaking
storage tank facilities.
When corrective action is warranted, a study is often
performed to evaluate various alternatives that are
capable of reducing the potential exposure threat to
acceptable levels. Requirements for these studies
vary depending on the regulatory program. The RCRA
Corrective Action process requires completion of a
Corrective Measures Study (CMS), CERCLA NPL sites
require completion of a Feasibility Study (FS), and OPS
requires submittal of a Corrective Action Plan (CAP).
CDPHE requires that a remediation plan be submitted
for VCUP sites that demonstrates how cleanup will
achieve state standards or appropriate risk reduction;
a comparison of alternatives is not required but may
be advisable to ensure selection of the most effective
technical approach.
Planned soil-disturbing activities involving Regulated
Asbestos Contaminated Soil (RACS) must be conducted
in accordance with standard requirements identified in
6 CCR 1007-2, and implementing one of the following
management strategies and the associated notification
requirement:
• Submit a Project Specific RACS Management Plan
(PSRMP) to CDPHE for approval;
• Implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
that were previously approved by CDPHE;
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Examples of soil and groundwater remediation
technologies include:
• Soil technologies – caps or covers, cutoff walls,
excavation and offsite treatment/disposal (landfill,
incineration), solidification/stabilization, vapor
extraction, thermal treatment (steam enhanced,
electrical resistance, thermal conductance),
bioremediation, chemical oxidation/reduction, and
flushing;
• Groundwater technologies – cutoff walls (soil-
bentonite, sheet pile), pump and treat (oil/water
separation, air stripping, carbon adsorption, biological
treatment), air sparging, bioremediation (bioventing,
amendment/nutrient addition, bioaugmentation),
chemical oxidation/reduction (permanganate,
ozone, persulfate), and permeable reactive barriers
(biomulch, zero-valent iron).
A remedy is implemented after remedy selection or CAP
approval. Implementation can involve a number of steps
including remedial design, preparation of plans and
specifications, procurement, permitting, construction,
waste management, operation and maintenance,
performance monitoring, post-cleanup sampling, and
reporting. The overall objective is to achieve site closure
as defined by the appropriate regulatory framework.
1.C Ecological Assessment and
Permitting
A thorough ecological assessment is critical to
successful permitting. This process not only requires
highly trained biologists to conduct field studies, but
permitting professionals who are well versed with
multiple agency requirements and specifications.
Ecological assessments evaluate multiple environmental
factors, including wildlife, vegetation, and hydrological
features, such as streams and wetlands. These
assessments identify potential constraints at a given
location and then feed directly into the permitting
process.
An extensive understanding of local wildlife and
vegetation communities is key to a successful ecological
assessment and the subsequent permit application.
Essential areas of knowledge extend not only to
county, state, and federally designated threatened and
endangered species, but to an on the ground familiarity
of species identification and habitat. Furthermore,
ecological assessment experience must extend beyond
knowledge of biological components such as wildlife and
vegetation, to hydrological, including waterbodies and
wetlands. In order to facilitate successful delineation of
waterbodies and wetlands, specialists must be rigorously
familiar with state and federal protocols that provide
guidance for such delineations.
An ecological assessment can only be successful if the
permit that the assessment is intended to facilitate is
in fact obtained. Specialists must have a multi-faceted
working knowledge of a variety of county, state, and
federal agency stipulations and requirements for the
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development. The Brownfields Program can be used
by the City to reclaim abandoned or otherwise unused
commercial or industrial properties and put them back
into productive use.
The process involves an owner submitting an initial
application to the CDPHE with a $2,000 check for
agency review time. Once approved, the owner then
executes the cleanup in accordance with the approved
plan. A cleanup completion report that certifies the
cleanup was completed in accordance with the approved
plan is then submitted. If the owner wishes to receive
an NFA determination, a separate application is then
submitted (with another check for $2,000) for review
and approval by CDPHE. A property can receive an
NFA determination for unrestricted use or and NFA with
Environmental Covenants that may limit certain future
uses of the property.
1.E. Environmental Auditing
AECOM usually conducts audits under attorney-client
privilege or as confidential activities. Depending on the
size or extent of the operation to be audited, the audit
team for a multi-media, comprehensive Environment,
Health, and Safety (EHS) audit can consist of two to four
people. Typically, our audit process is as follows.
Pre-Audit Activities
During this task, AECOM and the City would complete
several pre-audit preparation activities so that the
remaining audit tasks are completed as efficiently and
cost-effectively as possible. Pre-audit activities to be
completed by AECOM are as follows:
• AECOM will contact the specific facility to identify a
mutually agreeable date for the audit;
• AECOM will send a pre-audit questionnaire to the
facility; and
• If possible, AECOM will obtain and review key facility
program documentation as provided by facility
personnel.
AECOM will provide the facility with a list of facility
documents and records to be provided for review by the
AECOM auditor(s) during the site visit.
On-site Activities
During the site visit, AECOM will conduct the on-
site portion of the facility audit to evaluate the extent
to which current facility operations, activities, and
programs conform to federal, state, and local regulatory
requirements. The on-site portion of the audit will include
the following activities:
• On-site Opening Meeting
• Facility Inspection
• Document and Records Review
• Personnel Interviews
• On-site Closeout Meeting
The audit will include the following federal programs and
requirements, as applicable to the facility.
Environmental
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Federal Water Pollution Control Act
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To ensure that these regulatory requirements are
evaluated by the AECOM Auditor in a consistent and
systematic manner, AECOM often utilizes audit protocols
developed by Specialty Technical Products (STP).
However, we would be glad to develop facility specific
protocols that can be used on multiple occasions after
updating. AECOM staff in Fort Collins are very familiar
with CO regulations and applicable local environmental
regulations.
Post-Audit Activities
During this task, AECOM would complete post-audit
activities including preparing a list of audit findings; most
of our client prefer a tabular presentation which cites the
finding, the applicable citation, a brief description of the
requirement and recommended actions for compliance.
We also provide Best Management Practices (BMPs)
that we can recommend from experience and
observations from other audits that can help streamline
or optimize compliance.
We would provide a draft of our written report to the City
within 2 weeks of the site visit and after receiving and
discussing your comments, AECOM would provide a
final written report to the City electronically.
We would also be glad to help with resolution of findings
if that would be appropriate.
Our staff also has experience with supporting clients
with development or optimization of environmental
management systems (EMSs) that are ISO 14001
compliant. We aim to work with you to set up a system
jointly so your customized program makes sense for
your activities and goals. The success of an EMS is
very dependent on working with existing procedures and
policies and incorporating them where it makes sense
rather than attempting to build a completely new system.
Companies that don’t have a formal EMS usually have
a number of system components already in place that
can be built upon – this also helps to ensure successful
implementation and “buy-in” of staff.
1.F. Human Health and Ecological Risk
Assessment
Risk assessment is the evaluation of potential adverse
human health or ecological effects from exposure to
chemicals. The components of risk assessment include:
• Hazard identification
• Exposure assessment
• Toxicity assessment
• Risk characterization
• Analysis of uncertainty
The use of risk assessments significantly streamlines
site assessment to be results oriented, limits corrective
action through site-specific understanding of risk to
human health and the environment, and defines and
manages long-term future site liabilities.
AECOM’s Fort Collins office has a risk assessment
group that supports projects throughout the country.
AECOM has experience at hundreds of sites where
accurate and defensible risk assessment resulted in
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including crushing and screening equipment, and fuel
dispensing facilities.
If needed, AECOM also has many experts in
meteorological and ambient air monitoring. We currently
operate sites in Colorado and throughout the West.
We own and lease equipment and provide expert field
services including installation, calibrations, and audits.
AECOM also operates an EPA-audited filter processing
lab for gravimetric analysis of high volume total
suspended particulate (TSP) and particulate matter (PM)
filters, and dichotomous filters. AECOM maintains a full
complement of air quality and meteorological monitoring
equipment at our Fort Collins facility, as well as staff
skilled in data quality review and management.
AECOM is expert in assisting clients to comply with
federal Clean Air Act (CAA) and State of Colorado
programs as well as providing regulatory review of
proposed rulemaking. Our experts include specialist
with New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP). We regularly participate in EPA
rule development through the public comment process
in collaboration with industry groups and clients.
AECOM routinely assists clients in rule interpretation,
identification of applicable emission and operating
standards, testing and monitoring, reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. AECOM also provides
expert technical and regulatory support to clients’
internal and external counsel in state and federal civil
and criminal investigations and enforcement actions
related to the CAA or state regulations. We assist with
long-range planning, training on regulatory and technical
issues, agency protocol negotiations, control technology
modeling, and risk assessment.
AECOM staff also has extensive background conducting
Risk Management Programs (RMP) and Hazardous
Release Assessments for government clients in accord
with federal and state requirements. AECOM staff
have prepared, reviewed, and updated numerous
RMPs for facilities throughout the US. These efforts
including performing process hazard analyses (PHAs) to
evaluate process safety, preparation of the 12-element
safety program elements, performance of the off-
site consequence modeling required for RMP plans,
and preparation of the RMP/PSM plans. The off-site
consequence modeling could be an important aspect.
AECOM is recognized as a leader in air quality modeling
services nationwide. The key to successful hazardous
spill modeling is identification of the release parameters
including mass emission rate, chemical composition,
and the physical characteristics of the released material,
such as chlorine or sulfur dioxide. AECOM’s hazardous
spill modeling expertise includes assessing hazard
distances for release of toxic chemicals, overpressure
and thermal hazard distances for vapor and boiling liquid
expanding vapor explosions, and asphyxiation hazard
distances resulting from pooling of dense vapors due to
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to the state environmental board regarding deposition
of hydrochloric acid changes in local precipitation
acidity.
• Long-term support for a major ocean-oil tanker
release, including Natural Resource Damage
Assessment (NRDA) litigation.
• AECOM provided testimony regarding the
evaporative water transport in a watershed
undergoing high volume water pumping/withdrawal.
• Grain Processing Corporation. AECOM provided
consulting to legal counsel in anticipation of litigation
regarding state agency orders for emissions reduction
due to SO2 compliance issues.
The Right People
When we provide litigation support, we look inside and
outside the firm for the experts that will help our clients
win. We do not bias our selection process — except to
win — and we work closely with our clients every step of
the way to make sure that all elements of the litigation
are best addressed.
Compelling Communications
Once our experts are assembled, we work to prepare
and deliver the message and graphics that convey the
case most compellingly. We are experts in developing
visualizations that help juries quickly and clearly
understand technical concepts and the implications to
the case.
AECOM staff in Fort Collins have extensive experience
with development and presentation of training for a
variety of EHS topics. Training can be conducted in
many formats, including classroom and computer based
training. AECOM staff have presented very focused
training on a specific EHS topic but have also developed
and implemented a week-long “environmental boot
camp” that is designed to teach the basics of all major
environmental compliance requirements. We already
have training session templates for such topics as storm
water, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures
(SPCC) and waste management.
2. Specific Service Requirements
2.A. Environmental Assessment and
Investigation
AECOM has a staff of over 220 environmental
professionals in the Colorado front range with multiple
decades of experience in Phase I and II Environmental
Site Assessments, including the collection of asbestos
and lead-paint based paint inspections. Our engineers
and scientists have expertise in the design and
performance of investigations under multiple federal
and state regulatory programs. AECOM self performs
environmental sample collection, and the subsequent
data validation, management, analysis, and reporting.
Our selected subcontractors will be used to assist
AECOM in sample collection via drilling and analytical
analysis of those samples.
AECOM technical experts use state of the practice
science and engineering to interpret environmental
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regulatory agency to help guide each site through the
regulatory process and achieve a desirable outcome
for the City. AECOM’s project team has completed
risk assessments and feasibility studies for CERCLA/
NPL, RCRA and VCUP sites. We have performed many
studies to identify the most effective, implementable
remediation technologies to reduce or control
contaminant concentrations in soil and groundwater,
resulting in the optimal strategy to achieve site closure.
AECOM and its subcontractor can also provide services
specific to remediation of RACS in compliance with
6 CCR 1007-2, such as:
• Preparation of notifications, PSRMPs, SOPs, site-
specific risk assessment work plans and remediation
plans;
• Visual Inspection, identification and sampling of
RACS by a certified asbestos building inspector
(CABI);
• Project monitoring and air monitoring; and
• Project documentation and preparation of completion
reports.
AECOM’s project team is comprised of technical
professionals in AECOM’s Fort Collins and Denver
offices. Project team members have experience in
evaluating and implementing a variety of potentially
applicable technologies, as identified in the skills matrix
(Section D.1). In instances where specialized expertise
is required that is not available locally, we can draw upon
our vast technical resources located in other offices
nationwide.
AECOM personnel can provide remediation design
services, prepare engineering plans and specifications,
assemble bid packages, assist with solicitation and
procurement, assist in obtaining all necessary permits
and approvals, provide construction oversight, manage
waste storage and disposal, perform system operation
and maintenance, monitor performance, conduct post-
cleanup sampling, and prepare reports for submittal to
regulatory entities. The overall objective of these tasks
is to achieve cleanup to meet remediation goals in the
most cost-effective, timely manner that will enable site
closure.
2.C. Ecological Assessment and
Permitting
AECOM’s experience with ecological assessment and
permitting includes a full range of state and potential
NEPA Federal Lead Agencies, as well as early insight
into the application of the two Federal Emergency
Management Administration/Federal Highway
Authority (FEMA/FHWA) Programmatic Environmental
Assessments (EAs) and practical understanding and
experience with emergency and post-emergency
Categorical Exclusions and related processes and
procedures (Programmatic Agreements), U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) Section 7 consultation and
conservation measures, and CDPHE guidance.
AECOM specialists in the Fort Collins and Denver offices
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Fort Collins has conducted hundreds of multi-media
audits for a wide variety of industries and public entities,
including municipalities, power companies, oil and gas
(upstream, midstream and downstream), mining and
manufacturing. We have also conducted “focused”
audits which evaluated a particular type of compliance
program such as air permits, water discharge
(wastewater and storm water), drinking water, waste
management and SPCC.
At our clients’ request, we have also developed
audit programs that included customized protocols,
customized report formats and costs to implement
compliance. We would be glad to work with the City to
utilize your existing audit program framework or develop/
optimize a program to ensure sustainable compliance.
2.F. Human Health Risk Assessment
Overall AECOM has extensive experience in human
health and ecological risk assessment for numerous
media (such as groundwater, surface water, biota, soil,
soil gas and air) and is qualified to work with the City to
design, review, and/or perform work plans for ecological
and human health risk assessments. We keep abreast
of the latest developments in toxicology and exposure
analysis so that our risk assessments can be as realistic
as possible. Our wide knowledge about the chemistry,
toxicology and environmental fate of a wide variety of
chemicals and use of a variety of technologies enables
us to deliver the highest quality product to clients.
Specific capabilities of our risk assessment group are
discussed below.
Risk Management
Effective management of environmental risk during
corrective action is the central component of AECOMs
risk-based corrective action approach. What
differentiates us from our competitors is our ability
to integrate the results of human and ecological risk
assessment into an effective risk communication
and management approach. This approach aims to
negotiating and achieving site closure that is protective
of human health and the environment yet is cost
effective and protective of client interests.
Human Health Risk Assessment
AECOM thoroughly understands the complex issues
that influence multi-pathway risk exposure and we
perform site-specific, quantitative risk assessments to
more realistically predict chemical exposure and risks.
We develop a complete understanding of the toxic or
carcinogenic chemicals of potential concern (COPC)
and utilize a Conceptual Site Exposure Model (CSEM)
to analyze the impacted media, migration pathways, and
receptors to determine which pathways may lead to an
adverse exposure. Site closure strategies emerge from
the results of the risk assessment through negotiation
with regulatory agencies. We have been very effective
at utilizing risk based corrective action to achieve no
further action and/or limited remedial action for most
projects.
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and state regulatory programs that results in legally
defensible data appropriate for critical decision making.
Electronic project data, both geological and analytical,
is maintained in database systems. The database
format includes tools to facilitate data reporting and
query as well as data export to many industry standard
tools, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, LogPlot,
RockWorks, GIS and Equis. This ease of data transfer
greatly enhances the ability to apply and interpret project
data while maintaining data integrity.
Risk Communication
AECOM provides direct support for regulatory
negotiations and community and stakeholder acceptance
of risk-based approaches. On behalf of our clients, we
have successfully negotiated risk-based strategies and
clean-up criteria in more than 45+ states and abroad.
We have also developed and implemented community
outreach programs to effectively communicate and
engage stakeholders in the decision making process.
2.G. Air Permitting, Monitoring, Modeling,
and Compliance
Task 1. Air Permitting, Monitoring and
Reporting
AECOM has staff with extensive experience in
the fields of air quality permitting and compliance,
ambient air quality and meteorological monitoring, and
communicating air quality information to the public and
decision makers both in written reports and at public
meetings.
AECOM’s air permitting and compliance experts have
developed a wide variety of permit applications for
multiple industrial sectors, as supported by the resumes
in Section F, Appendix A. Our typical approach is
to schedule a project kickoff meeting to discuss the
project and identify any local, state, or federal air quality
regulations that could apply to the project. We then
work closely with the client to understand their needs,
likely permitting requirements, and permit approval time
frames. We develop a permitting approach that meets
the schedule requirements and provides the greatest
degree of operational flexibility. We would submit
the complete and reviewed permit applications to the
appropriate agencies and support the City throughout
the permit review process, answering any questions on
the City’s behalf, including any public review process
should one be required. It is our intent to assist the City
in weighing permitting requirements against operational,
cost, and other engineering and schedule considerations
to optimize the permitting effort.
In addition to our permitting expertise, AECOM has
extensive experience conducting ambient air quality
and meteorological monitoring at urban, remote,
and industrial sites. Monitoring activities includes
compliance-based, pre and post construction monitoring
required by state and federal permitting, as well as
special studies. Monitoring projects are carried out
in accordance with local agency requirements and
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the City with regulatory expertise to advise the City on
virtually any current law and the implications of potential
changes to those laws.
Task 3. Risk Management Plans
AECOM staff has extensive experience in the
preparation and review of Risk Management Program
(RMP) plans under the USEPA, Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA), and analogous State
regulations governing the safe use of large quantities
of hazardous chemicals. AECOM staff have prepared,
reviewed, and updated numerous RMP and Process
Safety Management (PSM) plans for facilities throughout
the U.S. These efforts including performing process
hazard analyses (PHAs) to evaluate process safety,
preparation of the 12-element safety program elements
for both RMP and PSM plans, performance of the off-
site consequence modeling required for RMP plans, and
preparation of the RMP/PSM plans. In addition to RMP/
PSM chemical safety regulatory requirements, AECOM
staff has conducted numerous chemical and flammable
material hazard analyses for regulatory requirements
outside the RMP/PSM programs including Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) analyses for
liquefied natural gas transport, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) safety reviews, and
Department of Defense range safety regulations for
rocket launch activities.
Task 4. Air Hazard Assessment
AECOM staff is expert in the performance of
consequence modeling of accidental release scenarios
of hazardous materials. Recent projects performed by
AECOM include a pre-operation hazards review and
release consequence modeling analysis for highly
hazardous chemicals used in a chemical scrubber in
an urban area. For a manufacturing facility located in
an urbanizing area, AECOM identified that the regional
medical center was within the hazard zone for the
worst-case release of anhydrous ammonia from a
manufacturing facility based on USEPA RMP modeling
guidance. For a propane distribution system, AECOM
performed hazardous release modeling that identified
a risk to workers and nearby residences due to a
highly limited set of evacuation options resulting from
the terrain-constrained available evacuation routes.
Based on this modeling analysis, AECOM prepared an
updated facility emergency response plan. The key to
successful hazardous spill modeling is identification of
the release parameters include mass emission rate,
chemical composition, and the physical characteristics of
the released material. AECOM staff has the expertise to
identify and define the release parameters for potential
accidental release modes through engineering analyses
then model the releases using a variety of hazardous
release models. AECOM hazardous spill modeling
expertise includes assessing hazard distances for
release of toxic chemicals, overpressure and thermal
hazard distances for vapor and boiling liquid expanding
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3. Relevant Project Experience
3.A. Example Projects
Aurora Main Post Office Facility, LUST
Removal, Investigation and Remediation
Location: Aurora, Colorado
Principal Client USPS
This project was completed by URS which became a
part of the AECOM family of companies in October 2014.
In August 2010, two 6,000-gallon underground storage
tanks (USTs) were removed from the Site by a URS
subcontractor. At the time of removal, indications of
possible petrtoleum contamination were discovered. The
Colorado Department of Labor and Environment (CDLE)
Oil and Public Safety (OPS) Division was notified of
this discovery and OPS notified the USPS of the need
to perform subsurface investigations. Subsurface
investigations included advancing of boreholes and
installation of groundwater monitoring wells. Soil
samples indicated results were below Tier 1 risk based
screening levels (RBSLs). OPS required four quarters
of groundwater monitoring to demonstrate that the
contaminant plume is stable or degrading. Groundwater
monitoring results indicated that concentrations of
analytes remaining at the Site appeared to have declined
significantly and further remedial and investigative effort
was not necessary.
Project Status Conducted in August 2010 and on
March 12, 2014 OPS issued a No Further Action (NFA)
determination for the Site.
Natural Gas Plants, Remediation of
Contaminated Soil and Groundwater
Location: Wattenburg Field, Colorado
Principal Client Anadarko Petroleum
AECOM performed remediation of hydrocarbon
and chlorinated compound contaminated soils and
groundwater at three compressor stations, one gas
plant and one former liquids handling terminal in the
Wattenburg Field in Colorado under the Colorado
VCUP. Project included evaluating the extent of
impacts, conducting feasibility studies and pilot tests
of remedial options, including in situ air sparging,
multi-phase extraction, in situ bioremediation, in situ
bioaugmentation, and excavation and disposal. AECOM
also conducted periodic groundwater monitoring and
prepared periodic progress reports for regulatory agency
review. VCUP applications and amendments have been
regularly prepared over the course of the project and
closure requests are pending for 3 of the 5 sites
Project Status Ongoing since 2006
Waste Stream Analysis, Waste Stream Analysis,
Oil and Natural Gas Company
Location: Colorado
Principal Client: Confidential Oil and Gas Client
AECOM is currently working with a Colorado crude
oil and natural gas company to review generated
waste stream and develop a regulatory analysis of
disposal practices. Tasks include review of existing
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Former Woodtreating Facility, Bioremediation
Location: Confidential
Principal Client Confidential Major Railroad Company
AECOM negotiated the selection of bioremediation of
the contaminated soil and sludge following extensive
investigations and planning, including RCRA Part B
permits, a RCRA land treatment demonstration, a
groundwater quality assessment program and a
groundwater corrective action plan. AECOM (as legacy
firm, RETEC) was instrumental in negotiating the
RCRA permit with state agencies and a local citizen
organization. To treat the creosote-contaminated soil
and sludge we designed and constructed a 27-acre land
treatment facility. The soil and sludge were excavated
and stored in a lined waste pile during construction of
the land treatment area. Approximately 30,000 cubic
yards of the contaminated materials have been treated
on the land treatment unit.
AECOM conducted a RCRA Facilities Investigation,
Corrective Action Study and implemented corrective
action to meet risk-based industrial action levels for
the entire former tie-treating facility. Concurrent with
operation of the land treatment facility, AECOM installed
and is operating a product recovery system to recover
free-phase creosote in the aquifer for reuse and
recycling. Natural attenuation was observed to be the
primary mechanism for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
removal from groundwater. A series of studies were
undertaken to demonstrate these processes and to
support an Alternate Concentration Limit Petition.
The studies included: aquifer characterization,
geostatistical analysis of groundwater quality, microbial
characterization of groundwater and aquifer substrate,
and groundwater modeling.
Through the successful implementation of on-site
treatment systems for soil and product recovery, overall
site remediation costs were greatly reduced over off-site
incineration. We were able to transform an adversarial
relationship to one of trust and public support for
the client’s preferred groundwater remedy—natural
attenuation. This public support was accomplished
through AECOM’s communication and participation with
a local environmental interest group.
Project Status Ongoing since 1986
Kalispell Pole & Timber, Reliance Refinery, and
Yale Oil Corp. Facilities, Remediation Services
Location: Kalispell, Montana
Principal Client Confidential Major Railway Company
The company’s rail lines serviced a wood treating
facility (~1973 to 1990) on company property adjacent
to an oil refinery (1924-1960s) and petroleum bulk
plant (1938 to 1978) in Kalispell, Montana. Activities
at the site contributed to onsite soils and shallow
groundwater impacts of pentachlorophenol, dioxins/
furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and diesel-
range petroleum hydrocarbons, and metals, notably
lead. AECOM developed and implemented the remedial
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some cases remedial) activities at over 20 well locations
under both the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission the WDEQ Voluntary Remediation
Program. The assessment of potential groundwater
impacts from pit locations was done in two phases;
an initial assessment of hydrogeological conditions
to determine if there was significant potential for such
impacts, and a second phase where soil borings and
groundwater monitoring wells were installed to determine
if such impacts were present.
Project Status Ongoing since 2011
West 60th Ave. and Federal Habitat Site
Assessment
Location: Denver, Colorado
Client: City of Denver
AECOM staff organized and conducted wetland
delineation and wrote follow-up wetlands assessment
report for possible impacts due to City of Denver light
rail construction; performed and wrote Habitat Site
Assessment.
Environmental Site Assessments for Pedestrian
Trails
Location: Broomfield, Colorado
Client: City and County of Broomfield
AECOM staff created budgets, organized and conducted
field surveys related to threatened, endangered and
state-listed species; surveys to verify presence/absence
of nesting raptors; surveys to verify presence/absence of
wetlands.
City of Fort Collins Dust Control Manual
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Client: City of Fort Collins
AECOM is supporting the City of Fort Collins by
assisting them to develop a Dust Control Manual. The
City is developing a Dust Control Manual and potentially
changes to their Code to address citizens’ concerns
about fugitive dust. AECOM has assisted with technical
review of the Dust Control Manual, coordination for
public outreach meetings, participation at public
meetings as a technical expert and independent third
party. AECOM will also assist the City’s development
of other public outreach and informational materials,
including an assessment of dust impacts to air quality.
Project Status October 28, 2014 – ongoing
3.B. City Scenarios
a. The City of Fort Collins is considering purchasing 3 parcels
of land along the Cache La Poudre River. A previously-
conducted Phase 1 EA provides numerous Recognized
Environmental Conditions, including observation of landfill
debris, stained soils, and historical industrial activities, both at
the location of the parcels in question and adjacent to the area.
Provide a detailed description of recommendations for required
tasks, considerations for strategic planning, scope of services
provided, and related fees and costs.
The approach to the problem would begin with a phased
approach to a focused Phase II Site Investigation of
the areas identified in the Phase I ESA. The phased
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point can be reached. This approach has been
successfully implemented at numerous projects within
and outside of Colorado. Typical time frames for Phase
II investigations are on the order of 1-3 months for
obtaining access agreements, subcontracting (drillers,
analytical laboratory), conducting the field investigation
and reporting depending on the extent of potential
impacts and the need for extensive groundwater data
collection.
b. The City is planning the construction/maintenance/upgrade
of a section of wastewater collection system infrastructure.
Provide a detailed description of recommendations for required
tasks, considerations for strategic planning, scope of services
provided, and related fees and costs as it relates to obtaining
a Colorado Department of Public Health and Environmental
Construction Dewatering Permit.
The State of Colorado Construction Dewatering
General Permit (COG070000) requires review of
state records to identify nearby (defined as one-half
mile or mile depending on the site type) sources of
potential groundwater contamination that could impact
the dewatering discharge water. Sources of potential
groundwater contamination include LUSTs, hazardous
waste sites, Superfund sites, National Priorities List
[NLP] sites, VCUP sites, open Corrective Action sites,
or Environmental Covenant sites. If any of these sites
are identified in the vicinity of the dewatering point, a
groundwater sample is required to be collected and
analyzed from the dewatering point prior to submittal
of the permit application. The replacement or repair of
existing sanitary sewer lines requires effluent limits for
E. coli and Total Coliform.
If the sampling results exceed state water quality
standards, then treatment of the water is required
prior to discharge to surface water or groundwater. If
treatment is required, additional or alternative discharge
permits may also be required.
The list of required analytical data for the dewatering
permit for projects located within the vicinity of known
sources of groundwater contamination can either be
taken from Attachment 1 in the permit application or
from an alternative list of constituents proposed by the
permitee and approved by the division.
AECOM proposes a phased approach to the collection
of data, sampling, reporting, coordination with CDPHE,
and utimatley the submittal and obtaining of the State
of Colorado Construction Dewatering General Permit.
Our approach would consist of the following steps all
of which could be done on an accelerated schedule, if
necessary, to meet the City’s timeline.
Step 1: Review of Existing Data, Identification of
Potential Sources, and Development of Sampling
List:
AECOM’s Phase I experts will perform an analysis
of existing data held by the City including accessing
environmental data resource (EDR) reports for the
properties impacted by the upgrade. This will include
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Step 3: Permit Application and Dewatering Treatment
Design
After obtaining the groundwater samples, AECOM will
complete the permit application in consultation with
City and submit it to CDPHE for approval. If during
Step 2 the data shows the dewatering water contains
concentrations of potential contamination sources
greater than Yz the water quality sandaard for the
receiving water, the project may be required to obtain an
alternate permit. If the issuance of the permit includes
required treatment of the dewatering water prior to
discharge, AECOM is able to assist the City in the design
of that system. The State of Colorado Construction
Dewatering General Permit (COG070000) requires an
annual fee of $500.00.
Step 4: Discharge Monitoring Sampling and
Reporting
After the permit has been obtained and the construction
started, AECOM is able to assist the City or the City’s
contractor in collection, analyzing, and submitting
discharge monitoring reports (DMRs) to CPDHE as
required by the permit. At completion of the project,
AECOM would submit on behalf of the City, a Notice of
Termination to close the permit.
The above step-wise implementation of this proposed
project shows a strategic approach to obtaining the
construction dewatering permit. This approach has the
potential to save the City money, meet the requirements
of the permit, and implement the project in a manner
to avoid unexpected discoveries and changes in the
permit condition that could impact the City’s construction
schedule. Timing for implementation is largely
dependent on the size of the dewatering area (i.e., in
a linear construction project the area of impact has the
potential to cover more properties and thereby greatly
increase the radii required for review), scheduling of a
meeting with CDPHE, and obtaining CDPHE approval
of the site specific sampling list. If necessary, chemical
analysis could be provided on a fast-turn around in order
to expedite some of the schedule. AECOM recommends
that the permitting process start once the alignment
of the proposed project is determined. By starting at
this stage in the design process, and obtaining the
construction dewatering permit prior to the final design,
the treatment of dewatering water can be incorporated
into the design and bid, thereby reducing the potential
for change orders of additional cost to the City from the
contractor after the project has been awarded.
Other Conditions to Consider
In the event the discharge under the permit is proposed
for a waterway with either a total maximum daily load
(TMDL) or 303(d) listing, additional coordination and
approvals by CDPHE will be required to permit the
discharge and may trigger additional numeric effluent
limitations on the discharge. Another situation to
consider is construction dewatering sites where the
dewatering is expected include continued subterranian
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D Capabilities and Qualifications
1. Capabilities
We have assembled our project team to provide the
depth and breadth of technical services anticipated for
the City’s environmental services contract. The primarily
Fort Collins-based AECOM team is organized so that
any task order can be quickly assigned and executed
by the right people. The team of AECOM professionals
provides a balanced and deep bench of top-tier talent
and a commitment to customer satisfaction, availability,
and flexiblilty to support implementation of the contract.
Our team’s expertise in all disciplines translates to quick
response by the people with the skills you need for any
task order. As the Project Manager, Margaret Zebley can
draw on all of AECOM’s Colorado, regional, and national
resources as necessary to staff any project.
Specifically, the following skill matrices identify the
team members who will be “first called” by the Project
Manager or technical lead, with their project role.
AECOM anticipates self-performing the majority of the
scope of services. Drilling services will be provided by
Drilling Engineers, Inc. located in Fort Collins; chemical
analysis by ALS Environmental, also located in Fort
Collins; and asbestos inspections by RLH Engineering,
located in Windsor, Colorado, with staff who live in Fort
Collins. Further information on staff qualifications is
provided in Section D.2.
In addition to the capability information related to the
scope of anticipated and potential services in the RFP,
AECOM also provides environmental and consulting
services related to the following areas. Additional
information regarding these services can be provided
upon request.
• EHS Compliance
• Impact Assessment and Permitting including Cultural
Resources
• NPDES Permitting and Compliance
• Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Studies
• Speciality and Emerging Technologies related
to Acoustics, Climate Adaptation and Process
Engineering (Nanotechnology and Sustainable Water)
• Brownfields Redevelopment
• Waste Services include Landfill Lifecycle, Gas, and
Leachate Management
• Natural Resources Management
• Probabilistic Cost Modeling using Decision Tree and
Monte Carlo Analysis
• Green and Sustainable Remediation
• Grant Writing
2. Staff
AECOM’s project teams will be led by the Project
Manager, Margaret Zebley, and a technical lead
which will be selected based on the scope of work.
Following is a summary of each technical lead and
qualification, experience, and availability. Additional
staff with specific expertise are also highlighted in the
table below, including years of experience, credentials,
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1.A. Environmental Assessment and Investigation
Expertise
Margaret Zebley, PE
Project Manager, Lead, A
Gregg Somermeyer, PE
Jim Paulson, PE
Noelle Cochran, PE
Mark Levorsen, Hydrogeol.
April Moreland
Remediation Specialist
Brian Myller, Hydrogeol.
Jeremy Hurshman, Geol.
Chris Ahrendt, Geologist
Susan Milcan, Data Mgr.
Brian Bass
Remediation Specialist
Ken Fantone, Hydrologist
William Bock, EHS Mgmt.
Jean Decker, CPEA
Christine Casaceli, RA/Tox.
Kenneth Pinnella, RA/Tox.
Meta Bergwall, Staff Eng.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment1
• • • • • •
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment • • • • • • • • • • •
Collection, Analysis, Interpretation of
Environmental Samples • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Subsurface Soil and Groundwater
Investigations • • • • • • • • • • • •
Drilling and Sample Collection • • • • • • • • • • •
Analytical and Laboratory Services • • • •
Contaminant Transport, Hydrogeology,
Geology, Environmental Chemistry,
Related Disciplines
• • • • • • • • • • • • •
Knowledge of Federal, State, and
Special programs • • • • • • • •
SPCC plans and Stormwater Plans • • • • • • • • •
Petroleum Fuel Releases • • • • • • • • • •
Cholorinated Solvent Releases • • • • • • • •
PCBs Releases • • • • •
Metals • • • • • • • • •
Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid (NAPL or
Free Product) Evaluations • • • • • • • • • •
Soil Characterization and Management
Plans • • • • • • • • • • •
Hazardous Waste Characterization • • • • • • • • • •
Lead and Asbestos paint inspections • • • •
Solid Waste Management and Disposal,
including RACS • • • • • • • •
1 In conformance with ASTM Practice E 1527-13 and ASTM E 1903
1.B. Remedial Technology Selection and Implementation
Expertise
Gregg
Somermeyer, PE
Lead B
Margaret
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1.C. Ecological Assessment and Permitting
Expertise
Rollin Daggett
Lead C, Aquatic Biology
Amy Gilboy
Environmental Scientist
Susan Hall
Aquatic Ecol. & Botanist
Assessments on ecological receptors • •
Support for environmental permits • •
Habitat development, improvement, and
management • • •
Revegetation and restoration design • •
Threatened and endangered species assessments • • •
Expertise
Gregg
Somermeyer, PE
Lead B
Margaret
Zebley, PE
Lead A
Jim Paulson,
PE
Lead D
Patrick
Clem, PEt
Envir. Eng.
Noelle
Cochran, PE
OPS Cert.
Meta
Bergwall,
Staff Eng.
Multi-phase extraction (MPE) • • • • •
In situ bioremediation • • • • •
Air sparging • • • • •
Biosparging • • • • •
Soil mixing • • • •
In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) • • • • • •
Ex situ remediation • • • • •
Landfarming • • • • • •
Surfactant flushing •
Cutoff walls • •
Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRB) • • •
Free product recovery (LNAPL/DNAPL) • • • • • •
Pump and treat • • • • •
Air stripping • • •
Oil/water separation • • • •
Activated carbon adsorption • • • •
Metals precipitation • • •
Filtration • •
1.D. Voluntary Cleanup
Expertise
Jim Paulson, PE
Lead, D
Gregg Somermeyer, PE
Lead, II.B
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Expertise
Christine Casaceli
Tox./RA, Lead, F
Kenneth Pinnella
Tox./RA
Jenifer Heath,
PhD, Tox./RA
James Knight,
Risk Assessor
Sue Milcan
Data Manager/QA
Human Health Risk Assessment • • • •
Vapor Intrusion Modeling • • •
Fate and Transport Modeling • • •
Ecological Risk Assessment • • •
Habitat Survey • • •
Biological Sampling • •
Data Management •
1.F. Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment
Expertise
Courtney
Taylor
Lead G
Howard
Balentine
Air Quality
Dave Heinold
Air Quality
Tom
Damiana
Air Quality
Mark Asoian
Air Quality
Amal Hijazi
Air Quality
Dirk Wold
Air Quality
Tiffany
Samuelson
Air Quality
Meagan
Jones
Air Quality
Anthony
Galligan
Air Quality
Gregg
Somermeyer,
PE
Colorado air permitting
& compliance • • • • • • • •
Ambient AQ & met.
monitoring • • • • • • •
Regulatory expert -- AQ • • • • • • •
Risk mgnt. planning • • •
Air hazard assess’ts. • • • •
1.G. Air Permitting, Monitoring, Modeling, and Compliance
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2.B Remedial Technology Selection and
Implementation
Gregg Somermeyer, PE – Technical Lead
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin,
Madison 1980
Experience: 34 years total; Availability 20%
Billing Category: Principal Engineer
Gregg Somermeyer has over 34 years of experience
in environmental engineering and consulting for
private industry including the oil and gas, electrical
utility, and manufacturing sectors. His expertise
focuses on investigation and remediation of complex
sites with legacy contamination in soil, groundwater,
and other impacted media under CERCLA, RCRA,
and voluntary cleanup programs. Mr. Somermeyer
has demonstrated success in developing practical,
risk-based remedial approaches, and advocating/
negotiating with regulatory agencies for selection
of appropriate remedies. He has specialized
experience with in-situ remediation and capping/
containment remedies. In addition to his experience
with contaminated site remediation, Mr. Somermeyer
also has experience with hazardous and solid waste
management, air and water pollution control, multi-
media permitting, compliance, auditing, due diligence,
NPDES, stormwater, SPCC, FRP, EPCRA 312/313,
and RMP.
2.C Ecological Assessment and
Permitting
Rollin Daggett – Technical Lead
MS Frewshwater and Marine Biology, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, 1973
BS Zoology, Syracuse University
Experience: 41 years total; Availability 40%
Billing Category: Project Manager II
Rollin Daggett will be the lead Task Manager for
NEPA tasks. He has over 41 years of experience in
the environmental field, with a technical emphasis on
aquatic biology and water resources, and in project
management. He has served on the management
team for impact assessments and permitting on
projects involving water development, utilities,
mining, oil and gas, resource planning, pulp and
paper, and industrial expansion. Rollin has directed
tasks involving alternatives evaluation, public
scoping, agency coordination, preparation of EISs
and EAs, and lead agency support. His technical
experience includes impact assessments, designing
and conducting aquatic biology studies, mitigation
and monitoring, and permitting. Rollin also has
managed and provided technical input for aquatic
biology species as part of Endangered Species
Act compliance, including preparation of Biological
Assessments (BAs) and coordination with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
2.D Voluntary Cleanup
Jim Paulson, PE – Technical Lead
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2.F Human Health Risk Assessment
Christine Casaceli – Technical Lead
MS, Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences,
Colorado State University
BS, Environmental Health, Colorado State University
Experience:17 years total; Availability 25%
Billing Category: Scientist IV
Christine Casaceli has 17 years of experience in
environmental consulting, specializing in human health
risk assessment and toxicology. She has experience
conducting risk assessments for refineries, wood
treatment facilities, railroads, and manufactured gas
plants. She leads the Risk Assessment team and also
assists the risk team with project quality assurance,
data management, and analysis. Ms. Casaceli has
considerable experience with numerous state and
regional risk assessment programs.
2.G Air Permitting, Monitoring, Modeling,
and Compliance
Courtney Taylor – Technical Lead
MS, Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
BA, Environment, Economics, and Politics, Claremont
McKenna College
Experience: 13 years total; Availability 20%
Billing Category: Scientist IV
Courtney Taylor is an Atmospheric Scientist with
13 years of experience in the air quality field. Her
comprehensive background includes atmospheric
modeling, ambient air monitoring, and complex project
management/coordination. Ms. Taylor’s diverse project
experience spans the Western U.S., with a focus on
areas with upstream oil and gas development, and
includes NEPA analyses, air quality management
planning, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
permits, and minor source permits for federal, state,
city and industrial clients. Ms. Taylor has extensive
experience related to airshed management in areas with
elevated ozone, particularly related to implementation
of modeling tools for assessing ozone control strategies
and stakeholder coordination. As the project manager for
the City of Fort Collins Dust Control Manual project, Ms.
Taylor provides project management, technical review,
a commitment to timely quality assurance, and overall
project execution and delivery.
2.H Litigation Support/Expert Technical
Analysis
Brian Myller – Technical Lead
BS, Environmental Geology, University of Minnesota 1984
Experience: 29 years total; Availability 40%
Billing Category: Project Director III
Brian Myller has 29 years of experience helping clients
avoid, defend, or pursue environmental litigation. His
environmental litigation clients include the Department of
Defense, USACE, USEPA, city and county governments,
several oil and gas majors, computer and circuit
board manufacturers, dry cleaning corporations, and
insurance companies. His projects have involved
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AECOM
Team Member Project Role
Total Yrs
Exper. Academic Credentials
% Avail-
ability
Billing
Category
Margaret Zebley, PE Project Manager,
A Lead, B, H 18
BCE, Civil Engineering, University of
Delaware, 1996 40
Project
Manager II
Gregg Somermeyer,
PE
B Lead, A, C, D,
E, G, H 34
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of
Wisconsin, Madison 20
Principal
Engineer
Rollin Daggett C Lead, H 41
MS Freshwater and Marine Biology, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, 1973
BS Zoology, Syracuse University, 1971
30 Principal
Scientist
Jim Paulson, PE D Lead, A, B,
E, H 27
BS, Civil Engineering (Civil and Environmental)
Midwest College of Engineering 25
Principal
Engineer
Jean Decker, CPEA E Lead, A, H 41
MS, Environmental/Chemical Engineering,
University of Delaware, 1979
BA, Biology/Chemistry, Bucknell Univ., 1974
35 Principal
Engineer
Christine Cascaelli F Lead, A 17
MS, Environmental and Radiological Health
Sciences, CSU
BS, Environ. Health, CSU
20 Scientist IV
Courtney Taylor G Lead, H 13
MS, Atmospheric Science, CSU
BA, Environment, Economics, and Politics,
Claremont McKenna College
30 Scientist V
Brian Myller Project Director,
H Lead, A 30
BS, Environmental Geology, University of
Minnesota 1984 40
Project
Director III
Chris Ahrendt A 18
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AECOM
Team Member Project Role
Total Yrs
Exper. Academic Credentials
% Avail-
ability
Billing
Category
Jenifer Heath F, H 23
PhD, Envir. Toxicology, Cornell Univ., 1987
MA Public Policy Studies, Duke Univ., 1986
MS Toxicology, N. Carolina State Univ., 1983
BS Public Health, Univ. of Mass. Amherst,1980
AS, Nursing, Ellis Hospital School of Nursing,
2007 (RN in Colorado, New York)
30 Principal
Scientist
Dave Heinold, CCM G 36
MS Meteorology MIT, 1978
MS Atmospheric Sci., SUNY Albany, 1975
BS Physics, Farleigh Dickinson Univ., 1973
15 Principal
Scientist
Amal Hijazi G 18
MS Envir. Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, 1996
BA Envir., Population & Organismic Biology,
University of Colorado, 1987
20 Principal
Scientist
Jeremy Hurshman A 7 BS Geology, CSU, 2008 40 Scientist II
Meagan Jones G 3 BA Science, Envir. Biol., Bethel College, 2005 40 Scientist II
James Knight F 22
MS Business, CSU
BS Forestry and Wildlife, University of Maine
BA English, University of Michigan
20 Scientist IV
Mark Levorsen A, B 27
MS, Geology, Colorado School of Mines, 1987
BS, Geology and BA Envir. Studies, Univ. of
Calif. Santa Cruz, 1979
40 Principal
Scientist
Susan Milcan A, F 25 BS Range Ecol./Land Reclamation, CSU, 1984 25 Scientist V
April Moreland A 16 BS Envir. Science, Florida State Univ., 2000 80 Scientist III
Kenneth Pinnella A, F, H 17 MS Environmental Toxicology, CSU 2000
BA Social Science, CSU, 1988 20 Scientist IV
Tiffany Samuelson G 4
MS Meteorology (Atmospheric Chemistry),
Pennsylvania State University, 2012
BS Architectural Eng., U. of Texas Austin, 2009
30 Scientist III
Kris Schuett, CPEA E 19 MS (1999) and BA (1992) Zoology, Ohio St. U. 30 Scientist V
Dirk Wold G 25 BS Nat. Rsrcs. & Envir. Sciences, Purdue Univ. 40 Principal
Scientist
3. References
AECOM is proud to provide numerous client references
for the quality of our work.
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analysis, and asbestos inspections. Drilling services
will be provided by Drilling Engineers, Inc. located in
Fort Collins; chemical analysis by ALS Environmental,
also located in Fort Collins; and asbestos inspections
by RLH Engineering, located in Windsor, Colorado.
Subconsultants will be integrated into AECOM’s risk
management strategy to share an understanding of
the risks associated with each effort and the plan to
manage them. Working with the management team,
our task leaders will assign and manage the scope
and work assignments, progress, and deliverables of
each subconsultant including the evaluation of earned
value and work completion against plan and schedule.
This effort will be an important factor not only to report
progress, but also to actively manage the project and
mitigate changes.
Drilling Engineers, Inc.
Drilling Engineers, Inc. (DEI) was founded in Fort
Collins in 1965. From its inception as a support drilling
services company for a local geotechnical consulting
firm, DEI became one of Colorado’s most dependable
and professional soil test drilling companies. DEI has
completed projects for residential and commercial
development, forensic studies, dam design and
evaluations, slurry wall design, pavement analysis,
mineral exploration and all aspects of the environmental
investigation and remedial industry ranging from leaking
underground and aboveground storage tanks to large
superfund cleanup sites.
Rick Rogers, Drilling Engineers, Inc.
1309 Duff Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.484.5183
RLH Engineering, Inc.
RLH Engineering, Inc. (RLH) was founded in 1990 and
is located in Windsor, Colorado. Their services include
building inspections, asbestos abatement design and air
monitoring. RLH’s major capabilities include:
• Inspections for asbestos and lead paint containing
materials and development of management programs
to control inherent risks.
• Project oversight, quality control and air monitoring
services during asbestos abatement projects.
AECOM anticipates that RLH will team with AECOM to
serve as the Colorado State certified asbestos inspector
for demolition, renovation, and on-going management of
asbestos-containing materials. RLH will also consult with
AECOM on the response to City of Fort Collins requests
related to asbestos-contaminated soil (RACS).
Travis Guerette, RLH Engineering, Inc.
541 East Garden Drive, Unit S, Windsor, Colorado
tguerette@rlhengineering.com
970.686.5695
5. Communication and Tools
Based on AECOM’s prior experience, we have
developed effective and responsive techniques for
managing contract as well as individual task orders.
AECOM currently manages On-Call Professional
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Our proposed Task Order Request Process includes the
following steps.
1. The City of Fort Collins contacts AECOM Project
Manager, Margaret Zebley, with task order
opportunity.
2. Ms. Zebley will identify a technical lead and draft the
scope, schedule, and estimate, as appropriate.
3. Ms. Zebley meets with the City’s Project Manager to
finalize the task order.
4. Ms. Zebley submits the final scope of work and work
plan detailing labor categories, hours, milestones,
and deliverables.
5. City gives the Notice to Proceed (NTP). The Project
Manager will contact subconsultants (if needed) and
initiate work.
6. During the project, Ms. Zebley and the Technical
Lead will provide monthly progress reports detailing
the status of the work with respect to the scope of
services, work schedule, and costs.
7. At project completion, we will produce final plan
documents and close the task.
8. The City will receive AECOM’s final invoice within 4
weeks of completion.
9. Once the project is closed and AECOM’s final invoice
is processed, the City can unencumber the remaining
funds for the next project.
Key elements of our approach are the management of
task order scopes, cost, schedule, and quality.
Managing Task Order Scoping
A key initial task, and an integral part of our quality
assurance program, is the task order scoping process.
As a part this process, AECOM Technical Leads are
required to identify all client requirements for the task
order, including software, policies and procedures, and
documentation requirements.
Managing Cost
Contract Cost Control
As task orders are assigned, we track the cumulative
task order budgets and work with the City’s contract
manager to maintain our overall task order expenditures
within the annual contract limits if any are set. We also
monitor any subcontractors for each task order and the
cumulative participation on the contract. The requested
Hourly Rate Schedule for AECOM is included in Section
E, Fees and Costs, of this proposal.
Task Order Planning and Cost Control
Our Project Manager, Margaret Zebley, will work closely
with each of our technical leads to communicate the
budget requirements and deliverables for each task
order. AECOM project charges are tracked daily,
and project status is summarized weekly using the
AECOM accounting system. We will provide the City
project manager with monthly formal invoices and
progress reports. The close proximity of the City
offices and AECOM’s Fort Collins office also allows
us the opportunity for in-person communications, as
appropriate to the contract and task.
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E Fees and Costs
1. General Labor and Direct Costs
AECOM proposes to use the following rate structure
for labor categories and other direct costs (ODCs).
Subcontractred services, including but not limited to
those discussed in Section D.4 will be invoiced at a
10% markup and all ODCs will be invoiced at a 5%
markup. All lodging, per diem meals and incidential and
other expense will be invoiced in accordance with the
Exhibit C – Fort Collins Expense Guidelines provided in
the RFP. The following table illustrates those rates.
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Category/Item Unit Rate
Labor
Project Director III, Project Director IV hour $200.00
Project Director II, Principal Engineer/Scientist hour $175.00
hour $175.00
Project Director I, Project Manager II, Construction Mgmt IV hour $155.00
Scientist V, Engineer IV hour $135.00
Project Manager I, Scientist IV, Engineer III, Constr. Mgmt III hour $120.00
Project Controls II, Scientist III, Engineer II, Technician IV, Data
Administrator III, Project Administrator III hour $110.00
Scientist II, Engineer I, Data Administrator II, Construction Mgmt II,
Technician III hour $95.00
Project Controls I, Scientist I, Project Administrator II, Construction Mgmt I hour $80.00
Data Administrator I, Technician II hour $70.00
Technician I, Project Administrator I hour $55.00
Reimbursables Unit Rate
Dual Interface Probe Day $29.25
Groundwater level indicator Day $16.25
Photoionization Detector / FID or similar Day $48.75
Automated Samplers, Monitors, and Data Loggers Day $22.75
PID / FID / multi gas meter (or similar) Day $32.50
Groundwater sampling kit Day $150.00
Soil Sampling kit Day $19.50
Mileage $/mile $0.56
Pass Through Rate – Subcontractor Costs and Management
All Subcontracted Services % mark-up per job 10%
Field Sampling and Investigation Supplies and Materials % mark-up per job 5%
Other Supplies and Materials % mark-up per job 5%
Prevailing wage hourly rate + fringe (if applicable) % mark-up per job 10%
Costing Assumptions
The following equipment was used in preparing the cost
estimate:
• Dual Interface Probe - Solinst122, Heron H.01L or
Testwell Interface Probe
• Groundwater level indicator - Solinst101, Heron
Dipper-T or Slope WLM 100’
• Photoionization Detector / FID or similar - MiniRAE
3000 with 10.6 eV Lamp
• Automated Samplers, Monitors, and Data Loggers -
In-Situ MiniTROLL Datalogger, BaroTROLL
• PID / FID / multi gas meter (or similar) – MAS Orion
Multigas Detector LEL/O2/CO/H2S
• Variable speed groundwater pump (Grundfos –
Redi-Flo 2) and tubing for purging and sampling
groundwater wells.
• Soil Sampling kit - The AMS sampling kit includes 3-
4’extentions, rubber coated cross handle, universal
slip wrench, 2’ x 12’ Nylon Brush, 2 -crescent
wrenches, poly reinforced case, slide hammer, 2’ x 6’
Core Sampler
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Litigation Support
In the event that AECOM’s employees are requested by
the City or compelled by subpoena or otherwise by any
party to give expert or witness testimony or otherwise
participate in a judicial or administrative proceeding
involving the City at any time, the City shall compensate
AECOM at 150% of the Billing Rate, including
preparation time, and shall reimburse AECOM for all out-
of-pocket costs as provided herein.
2. Subcontractors
AECOM’s primary subcontactors, Drilling Engineers,
Inc., and RLH Engineering, Inc., will bill time and
materials according to the following rate structures.
Costs for specific activities may vary based on the site
conditions, City expectations, and requirements for
specialty equipment.
Drilling Engineers, Inc.
Category/Item Unit Rate
Hollow Stem Auger Rig hour $150.00
Well Installation (includes materials) feet $19.00
Direct Push Technology (DPT) Rig hour $175.00
Temporary Wells feet $10.00
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Category/Item Unit Rate
President hour $115
Principal hour $105
Senior Project Manager hour $95
Project Manager hour $85
Assistant Project Manager hour $72.50
Technician hour $60
Drafting hour $60
Secretarial hour $45
Air Monitoring Technician (AM Tech) 10-hour day $650
AM Tech Weekend/Second Shift 10-hour day $700
PCM Analysis, 2-hour turnaround sample $14.95
PCM Analysis, 2-hour turnaround
plus after-hours lab additional fee
sample
sample
$14.95
$11.50
PLM Analysis, 2-hour turnaround sample $18.40
PLM Analysis, 24-hour turnaround sample $11.50
PLM Analysis, 3 to 5-day turnaround sample $9.20
PLM Point Count, 24-hour turnaround smaple $20.70
TEM Analysis, 6-hour turnaround sample $103.50
TEM Analysis, 6-hour turnaround
plus after-hours lab additional fee
sample
sample
$103.50
$28.75
Mileage to and from project sites (IRS-approved mileage rate/year for 2014) mile $0.56
Blueline originals sheet $2.00
Blueline copies sheet $1.00
Copies copy $0.10
Colored copies copy $1.00
Other travel-related expenses Reimbursed
at cost
RLH Engineering, Inc.
ALS Environmental
AECOM proposes to use ALS Environmental located in
Fort Collins, Colorado, as the analytical laboratory for
services under this contract. Following is a summary
of common analytical tests expected in environmental
projects. Costs for other testing methods can be
provided upon request.
Analysis Matrix Method Number Unit Price
VOCs Soil / Groundwater 8260 $60.00
PAHs Soil / Groundwater 8270 $90.00
PAHs Soil / Groundwater 8270 SIM $90.00
SVOCs Soil / Groundwater 8270 $115.00
Metals Soil / Groundwater RCRA 8 $55.00
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ALS Environmental
AECOM proposes to use ALS Environmental located in
Fort Collins, Colorado, as the analytical laboratory for
services under this contract. Following is a summary
of common analytical tests expected in environmental
projects. Costs for other testing methods can be
provided upon request.
In the unlikely event ALS is unable to meet project
deadlines or is unable to perform the analysis requested,
AECOM will utilize another analytical laboratory already
under contract, which maybe include any of the following
TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc., Pace Analytical Services,
Inc, ESC Lab Sciences, or Columbia Analytical Services.
Description Unit Rate
Hydro Vac Truck and 2 Man Crew (Shop - Site - Shop) Hour $275.00
Water (hydro-vac) Load $75.00
Disposal (contaminated) Gallon $0.91
Disposal (non-contaminated) Load $90.00
Fuel Surcharge Hour $30.00
Badger Potholing
Description Unit Rate
Licensed Surveyor Hour $95.00
Project Surveyor Hour $85.00
Associate Surveyor Hour $75.00
Surveyor Technician Hour $70.00
Survey Crew/ GPS Hour $135.00
Survey Crew/ Crew Chief & Instrument Person Hour $135.00
Clerical Hour $50.00
Northern Engineers
AECOM has current contracts and access to
subcontractors who provide specialty services beyond
those listed above. These include but are not limited
to aquatic toxicology testing (WET testing, etc.)
and specialty laboratory analysis such as chemical
fingerprinting and core analysis/ LNAPL and DNAPL
Mobility parameters testing used in the evaluation of
non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL).
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F Appendices
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Appendix 1 Resumes
A. Environmental Assessment and
Investigation
Margaret Zebley, PE – Lead
BCE, Civil Engineering, University of Delaware, 1996
Margaret Zebley, PE, is a registered engineer (Colorado and
Utah) with 18 years of experience. Ms. Zebley has a broad
base of project management and engineering skills including
storm and surface water modeling, remediation design,
civil site design, technical report writing and bid package
preparation. She specializes in the preparation of remedial
engineering designs, storm water management design and
compliance, preparation of large scale remedial engineering
design packages. She has completed projects for a wide range
of clients, including municipalities, utility companies, refineries,
railroads, mining companies, and manufacturers. Example
project experience includes:
Utility, Removal Action, Colorado. As Design Task
Manager and later Project Manager, directed the design,
bid, and procurement of a fast-tracked, USEPA-directed
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act (CERCLA) Removal Action. Design and
construction included the installation of 680 feet of barrier wall
and the removal of 12 feet of impacted bedrock within an active
river channel. Restoration of the river included grading, armor
layer placement, installation of fish ledges, feature boulders,
and native vegetation and bank stabilization. Other project
activities included water treatment, piping and plumbing for a
hydraulic control system, restoration of disturbed upland areas,
and hydraulic modeling for Federal Emergency Management
Agency submittals.
Regional Gas Company, Storm Water Quality Design,
Colorado. Project Manager and Professional Engineer for
the design of a storm water quality management system at
a compressor station in Weld County, Colorado. The design
was prepared to meet Weld County’s land development
requirements for new building construction. Work included
hydrologic analysis of the site, site selection and design of
water quality features. Upcoming work will include construction
oversight and as-built drawing preparation.
Various Clients (Pipeline and Industrial), Construction
Storm Water Permitting, Storm Water Pollution Prevention
Plan Preparation, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming. Project
Engineer for the preparation of operations and construction
storm water permits, developed storm water pollution
prevention plans for construction projects, and operating
facilities. Other activities included providing on-site technical
support for the implementation of erosion and sediment
controls.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
Permitting, Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado. Task
Manager for the preparation and submittal of multiple National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for industrial
and construction activities. Submittals included permit
forms, drawings, outfall designs, background sampling, and
preparation of Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans. These
projects required communication and coordination with State
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Noelle Cochran, PE
BS Civil Engineering/Geology, Colorado School of Mines
Graduate Studies Civil Engineering (Hydrology/Hydrogeology),
University of Colorado
Noelle has 28 years of experience in civil and environmental
engineering associated with site investigation, soil and
groundwater remediation, and site closure. Her background
includes hazardous waste site remediation, remedial
investigations, feasibility studies, remediation system
design, regulatory reporting, and litigation support. Noelle
has provided these services for sites undergoing remedial
actions under RCRA, CERCLA, and various state regulatory
programs including voluntary cleanup programs and storage
tank programs. Noelle has served as Project Manager and
Senior Engineer on simple to complex remeidation design
and implementation projects. Her clients have included state
and local government entities, Department of Defense, and
manufacturing/commercial companies. Example projects
include:
Leaky Underground Storage Tank Investigations and Tank
Removals, Various Clients and Locations. Project Engineer
for site investigations to determine if underground storage
tanks leaked at various sites. Performed tank removal
and backfill. Program Manager for remediation of soil and
groundwater contaminated by leaky underground storage
tanks.
Alliant TechSystems, Former Manufacturing Facility,
Colorado. Senior Engineer for focused Corrective Measures
Evaluation Report development for site with chlorinated solvent
contamination in soil and groundwater. Evaluation report
identified potential remedial technologies for final remedial
action at site. Interim remedial action involved extraction and
treatment with a two-phase extraction system. Provided input
on system operation and maintenance. Provided technical
guidance for bench-scale and pilot-scale test work plan
development to evaluate in situ chemical oxidation. Chemical
oxidation and monitored natural attenuation selected as
final site remedies. Assisted with Public Involvement Plan
preparation.
CIG/El Paso Sites, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas. Principal-in-
Charge for closed and active sites with groundwater monitoring
and various remedial investigation and remediation activities.
Provide technical and contractual guidance, review technical
documents, and have participated in remediation system
designs.
CIG Former Gas Processing Plant, Wyoming. Project
Manager/Senior Engineer for site undergoing groundwater
remediation under voluntary remediation program. Currently
evaluating soil remediation approaches and additional
groundwater remediation options.
Mark Levorsen
MS, Geology, Colorado School of Mines, 1987
BS, Geology, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1979
BA, Environmental Studies/1979/University of California at Santa Cruz,
1979
Mr. Levorsen has 27 years of environmental consulting
experience working with primarily commercial clients, and is
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April Moreland
BS Environmental Science, Florida State University 2000
April has over 16 years of experience in the performance and
management of Phase I ESAs and Phase II Investigations
ranging from small undeveloped tracts of land to larger
industrial properties in multiple states. Her field investigative
activities include groundwater and soil investigation and
remediation. She also has performed various tasks on
permitting and compliance projects. She has worked in
conjunction with agencies such as the USEPA, Montana
Department of Environmental Quality, Florida Department
of Environmental Protection, and Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality. Example projects include:
Due Diligence at Natural Gas Field, Wyoming.
Performance of environmental assessment services for a
natural gas field consisting of 5,500 acres and containing
483 wells and 40 central delivery points. The scope included;
site visit; review of available records, historical information,
and regulatory agency database information; interviews; and
preparation of the report. Ms. Moreland was responsible for a
portion of all scope items.
EPA Brownfields Program, Environmental Site Assessment,
Montana. Performance of Phase I and Phase II ESAs in
accordance with America Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM) 1527-05 for a Brownfields Redevelopment Project
in Montana. She was the Environmental Professional
responsible for assessing sites potentially contaminated by
hazardous substances and sites potentially contaminated
by petroleum. She was also involved in preparation and
logistical setup of Limited Phase II investigations as well as
the summary report preparation. She also acted as assistant
project manager for this project.
TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, Environmental Site
Assessment. Performance and management of ESAs in
accordance with ASTM E 1527-05 along a portion of the
pipeline right-of-way and at thirty-six proposed pump station
locations for a crude oil pipeline throughout North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and
Illinois. As a result of the ESAs, two Phase II ESAs were
conducted in Missouri and Illinois. The project included 1,073
miles of new pipeline in the U.S. (Keystone Mainline) and an
addition consisting of 291 miles (Cushing).
Private Clients, Environmental Site Assessment, Florida,
Georgia, Colorado, and California. Performed Environmental
Site Assessments and limited Phase II activities for private
clients in Florida, Georgia, Colorado, and California. The
assessments were performed on commercial and industrial
properties.
Jeremy Hurshman
BS, Geology, Colorado State University, 2008
Mr. Hurshman specializes in groundwater sampling, soil
sampling, drilling, site characterization, data entry, and
report preparation on a variety of project sites. Technical
experience includes surface water and groundwater sampling,
soil sampling, soil vapor sampling, and development of
groundwater contour maps and constituent isoconcentration
maps. Mr. Hurshman is proficient in groundwater monitoring,
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Chris Ahrendt
MS, Earth Science and Hydro-Geology Track, Western Michigan
University, 1998
BA, Earth Science, St. Cloud State University, 1995
Mr. Christopher Ahrendt has experience in providing
environmental assessment and remediation services as
a Field Manager for large and small investigations. He
specializes in subsurface investigations at railroad facilities
and former manufactured gas plant sites, and is experienced
with investigations involving test trenching, monitoring well
installation, and environmental sampling for all media.
His experience also includes evaluating geological and
hydrogeological data, conducting air monitoring, ensuring
health and safety requirements, and preparing technical
reports. Example projects include:
Former Wood Treating Facility, Former Railroad Lease
Site, Minnesota. Planned and managed the collection of
groundwater samples and disposal of groundwater from a
former wood treating and railyard facility. The work included
understanding regulatory requirements, special analytical
procedures, and field procedures.
Major Railroad, Railyard Environmental Investigations, Iowa,
Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota,
and Tennessee. Field Manager for investigation of impacted
soils and groundwater surrounding leaking underground
storage tanks, fueling facilities, and spill sites. Coordinated
drilling activities with utility and railroad personnel, procured
subcontractors, conducted soil and groundwater sampling, and
ensured environmental health and safety compliance.
Major Railroad, Railyard Site, Minnesota. Field Manager
for railyard investigation in urban location. Project activities
included implementation of subsurface investigation, corrective
action planning, and soil and groundwater corrective actions.
Field program included installation of nested monitoring wells
at numerous off-site and on-site locations (public and private)
and sampling of over 50 wells.
Major Railroad, Railroad Derailment and Spill Response,
Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and North Dakota. Member of
72-hour response team. Participated in initial response and
cleanup efforts of several train derailments. Activities included
collection of soil samples from excavated soil, installation
of soil vapor extraction wells, product recovery wells, and
monitoring wells.
Major Utility Company, Manufactured Gas Plant Site, Illinois.
Conducted extensive ambient air monitoring program at a
remediation site using a flame ionization detector, personal
dataram, gas chromatographs, poly-urethane foam and
hydrophobic polyaromatic resin (PUF-XAD) samplers, high
volume air samplers (PM-10), and ambient volatile organic
collection samples equipment. Assisted in training new field
staff and data processing.
Susan Milcan
BS, Range Ecology/Land Reclamation, Colorado State University
Ms. Milcan is a Technical Specialist with more than 25 years
of experience in environmental analytical chemistry, laboratory
management, data validation, data migration, and database
management. Her experience includes data production
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Brian Bass
BS, Environmental Science, University of Kansas
Mr. Bass has worked in technical and management aspects of
the environmental consulting field for over 15 years. He has
been involved and managed several high-profile environmental
assessment projects, confidential due diligence efforts, soil
and groundwater sampling and remediation activities. He
also has been involved in the specific management of a
major railroad environmental lease database, which included
Site Assessments, Limited Phase II environmental site
assessments, as well as reporting findings to appropriate state
entities. He has extensive experience in soil and groundwater
sampling in various situations using a variety of sampling
methods. He has conducted compliance audits of underground
injection control sites for oil and gas production pits; involved
in the facility SPCC and SWPPP assessments of electrical
substations, oil and gas well production sites; and managing
the SPCC field efforts of greater than 800 oil and gas wells. Mr.
Bass has conducted global positioning system survey activities
(biological, archaeological, and paleontological) for several
proposed oil, gas, and carbon dioxide pipelines under NEPA.
Example projects include:
Various Clients, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments,
Midwest and West Regions. Conducted and managed several
hundred Phase I ESAs of properties consisting of potential
environmental liabilities associated with property acquisition
and divestiture. Types of properties include: light plastics
manufacturing facilities, combined two-stage natural gas
facilities, apartment complexes, commercial office/apartment
complexes, chemical mixing facilities, dairy production
facilities, proposed and currently operating wind farms, airline
hangar property containing a jet fuel underground storage
tank (UST), commercial property in downtown Denver which
included UST tank test, vacant and agricultural land parcels,
hotel/casino properties, tofu food production facilities, golf
courses containing aboveground storage tanks, and former
gasoline filling stations.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Formerly Kerr-McGee),
Voluntary Cleanup Program, Groundwater Monitoring
and Remediation Activities, Wattenburg Field, Denver
Basin, Colorado. Assistant project manager for five natural
compressor-related sites located in the Wattenburg Field.
Conducted groundwater monitoring, slug testing, multi-
phase extraction pilot test, air sparging, soil excavation,
bioremediation and injection activities, and data management
for sites containing a combination of petroleum and chlorinated
contamination.
Wood Group, Phase I ESA with Limited Environmental
Compliance Assessment, Montana, North Dakota, Colorado,
and Utah. Conducted environmental site assessments with
limited compliance on oil and gas service companies for
acquisition.
Ken Fantone
MS Geology, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 1983
Mr. Fantone is a Professional Geologist with more than
35 years of experience in hydrogeology focusing on
groundwater modeling of flow and transport using analytical,
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William Bock
BS, Environmental Science, University of New Hampshire, 1997
Mr. Bock has 18 years of experience in multi-media
environmental compliance and safety audits; environmental
permitting and regulatory compliance; hazardous waste and
environmental compliance training and training materials
development; environmental management systems and
records/document management.
Shell Exploration and Production Company, On-site
Regulatory Compliance Assistance, Colorado, New
Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming. Provided in-house
environmental compliance consulting services to the
Environmental Engineering departments for Shell’s natural
gas exploration and production operations in Colorado,
New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming. Tasks include:
developed spill response plans (SPCC, PPC) and pollution
prevention (P2) plan; created an interactive environmental
compliance task calendar of all permit requirements with
Microsoft Excel; developed and updated multi-media
Environmental Compliance Manuals for Environmental
Engineering staff; created an Ozone Contingency Plan
that identifies air emission control measures and operating
limitations that can be implemented in response to an ozone
advisory from the Wyoming Dept. of Environmental Quality
(WDEQ); compiled MSDS inventory of completions, drilling
and production operations; annual reporting under EPCRA
Section 312 (Tier II) for Colorado and Wyoming operations;
created a Journey Management Plan for travel between
Colorado and Wyoming; developed training presentations of air
permit requirements and the Ozone Contingency Plan for field
personnel; developed an Air Quality Management Handbook;
created a Waste Management Field Handbook; performed
storm water inspections of oil and gas exploration sites;
uploaded Underground Injection Control (UIC) data into WDEQ
web-based database; developed environmental compliance
training materials and provided training for HSE staff at oil and
gas exploration sites.
BP, Regulatory Compliance, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas
and Wyoming. Reviewed local (i.e. regional, county and city)
regulations to identify and document applicable Health, Safety,
Security and Environmental (HSSE) requirements for BP’s
natural gas operations in Oklahoma and Texas. Reviewed all
state regulations to identify and document applicable HSSE
requirements for natural gas operations in Colorado and
Wyoming.
Shell Exploration and Production Company, Compliance
Assistance, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Provided
environmental compliance consulting services to the
Environmental Manager for Shell’s oil and gas exploration
operations in the Rockies. Tasks include: developed storm
water pollution prevention plans (SWPPP) and SPCC Plans;
developed environmental compliance training materials and
provided on-site training for HSE staff; conducted storm water
inspections (Wyoming); and annual reporting under EPCRA
Section 312 (Tier II).
Meta Bergwall
BS Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire, 2012
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B. Remedial Technology Selection
and Implementation
Gregg Somermeyer, PE – Lead
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mr. Somermeyer is a registered Professional Engineer in
six states, including Colorado. He has over 34 years of
experience in environmental engineering and consulting for
private industry including the oil and gas, electrical utility,
and manufacturing sectors. His expertise includes solid and
hazardous waste management, CERCLA/RCRA investigation
and remediation, air and water pollution control, multi-media
permitting, compliance, auditing, due diligence, NPDES,
stormwater, SPCC, FRP, EPCRA 312/313, and RMP.
EPCRA Compliance. Managed EPCRA reporting of chemical
inventory and toxic chemical releases for a photographic
industry facility in Windsor, Colorado, including preparation of
Tier II and Toxic Release Inventory Form Rs. Implemented
SARA Title III Section 313 toxic chemical release reporting
programs at a paper mill in Michigan and two steel mills
in Illinois and Alabama, including preparation of Form Rs.
Conducted accidental release analysis and prepared a Risk
Management Plan (RMP) for ammonia releases from a major
brewery in Colorado.
Wastewater Land Application Analysis. Managed a soil
microbial study at the wastewater land application site of a
major brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado to support ethanol
emission assumptions.
Coal-Fired Power Plant Wastewater Treatment. Project
Manager responsible for toxicity testing, bench-scale
treatability testing, design, procurement and operation of an
emergency temporary treatment system to remove toxicity
from off-spec cooling tower blowdown. Required a toxicity
identification evaluation to determine the source of toxicity and
bench-scale testing of a variety of treatment unit processes to
determine the optimal treatment train to remove toxicity and
allow discharge in compliance with NPDES permit limits.
Wastewater Treatment System Evaluation. Conducted
an engineering review of wastewater operations and storm
water management at an oil refinery in Kansas. Identified
source reduction strategies and water re-use/recycle options.
Conducted engineering evaluation of wastewater treatment
options. Prepared conceptual engineering design of selected
alternatives.
SPCC Plans. Managed SPCC Plan development and
certified completed plans for oil and gas production facilities
in Wyoming (>750 sites), New Mexico, Colorado and North
Dakota. Prepared and certified SPCC Plans for bulk petroleum
product terminals in Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
Prepared or updated SPCC Plans for electric generating
stations, transmission substations, and repair facilities in
Missouri and Wisconsin, a cement plant in Colorado, a brewery
in Colorado, and wind farms in Wisconsin and Iowa.
Patrick Clem, PE
BS, Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University, 2008
Mr. Clem is a project specialist with 10 years of environmental
engineering experience with an emphasis on groundwater and
soil subsurface investigation, monitoring, and remediation.
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Also available for Remediation Technology Selection and
Implementation:
• Margaret Zebley, PE (A)
• Jim Paulson, PE (D)
• Noelle Cochran, PE (A)
• Meta Bergwall (A)
C. Ecological Assessment and
Permitting
Rollin Daggett – Lead
MS Freshwater and Marine Biology, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, 1973
BS Zoology, Syracuse University, 1971
Rollin Daggett has over 39 years of experience in the
environmental field, with a technical emphasis on aquatic
biology and water resources, and in project management. He
has served on the management team for impact assessments
and permitting on projects involving water development,
utilities, mining, oil and gas, resource planning, pulp and paper,
and industrial expansion. Rollin has directed tasks involving
alternatives evaluation, public scoping, agency coordination,
preparation of EISs and EAs, and lead agency support.
His technical experience includes impact assessments,
designing and conducting aquatic biology studies, mitigation
and monitoring, and permitting. Rollin also has managed and
provided technical input for aquatic biology species as part of
Endangered Species Act compliance, including preparation of
Biological Assessments (BAs) and coordination with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Sample projects:
Stewart Environmental Consultants, Inc and Larimer County,
Landfill Risk Assessment, Colorado. Prepared an ecological
risk assessment that evaluated the effects of volatile organics
on wildlife populations in Cathy Fromme Prairie, Fort Collins,
Colorado. The assessment used a quantitative method to
estimate potential doses to wildlife receptors, which were then
compared to toxicological threshold values for volatile organics.
Larimer County, Resource Management Plan, Colorado.
Technical specialist responsible for aquatic biology and
water quality sections of a Resource Management Plan on
Horsetooth Reservoir, Carter Lake, Pinewood Reservoir, and
Flatiron Reservoir. The Resource Management Plan involved
characterizations of baseline conditions and management
recommendations to enhance natural resources within or near
the reservoirs.
SG Martin and Associates for City of Colorado Springs,
Evaluation of Selenium Effects on Wildlife, Colorado.
Assisted in the preparation of a report on the chronic toxicity
thresholds for selenium in diets of wild birds. Other topics
included the effects of selenium on birds, bioaccumulation of
selenium in aquatic food chains involving birds, and selenium
depuration in birds.
Bureau of Reclamation, Resource Management Plans/
Environmental Reports, Colorado. Technical specialist
responsible for aquatic biology and water quality sections of
Resource Management Plans and National Environmental
Policy Act compliance documents on Vega, Vallecito, and
Navajo reservoirs. The Resource Management Plans and
environmental reports involved characterizations of baseline
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housing development; wrote wetland findings report per the
Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting regulations.
City of Denver, West 60th Ave. and Federal Habitat Site
Assessment, Denver, Colorado. Organized and conducted
wetland delineation and wrote follow-up wetlands assessment
report for possible impacts due to City of Denver light rail
construction; performed and wrote Habitat Site Assessment.
City and County of Broomfield, Environmental Site
Assessments for Pedestrian Trails, Broomfield, Colorado.
Created budgets, organized and conducted field surveys
related to threatened, endangered and state-listed species;
surveys to verify presence/absence of nesting raptors; surveys
to verify presence/absence of wetlands.
Susan Hall
BS, Environmental Science, Fresh Water Systems, University of
Wisconsin, 2004
Ms. Hall is an aquatic ecologist and botanist with 10 years of
professional experience and has served as a technical lead on
projects in industries such as water resources, transit, mining,
and oil and gas. She has been the technical lead on numerous
applied ecological studies and environmental impact analyses
in diverse resource areas such as surface and ground water,
wetlands, weeds, vegetation, wildlife, and sensitive plant
and animal species. Ms. Hall specializes in mitigation and
reclamation, especially remediation of failed reclamation
sites. She is experienced in all phases of wetland mitigation,
including permitting, mitigation design, and compliance
monitoring, and has designed and overseen numerous
successful wetland mitigations and upland reclamations. Ms.
Hall has extensive experience in agency coordination and has
been a resource specialist involving federal agencies such as
the Bureau of Land Management, Department of Defense,
Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, U.S. Forest Service, National Park
Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Also available for Voluntary Cleanup tasks:
• Gregg Somermeyer, PE (Lead B)
• Noelle Cochran, PE (A)
D. Voluntary Cleanup
Jim Paulson, PE – Lead
BS, Civil Engineering (Civil and Environmental), Midwest College of
Engineering
Jim Paulson is a Professional Engineer with over 25 years of
experience in project engineering and project management.
He has been managing projects for over 27 years, including
large-scale remediation projects and programs and commercial
construction projects with multiple subcontractors. He has been
responsible for managing project budgets, schedules, change
control, and financial reporting.
Mr. Paulson’s project experience includes remedial site
investigations and reporting, field testing, data acquisition
and analysis of aquifer parameters, groundwater flow and
fate/transport modeling, natural attenuation and risk-based
closure projects, and remedial system engineering design,
installation, operation, and optimization. Project sites have
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E. Environmental Auditing
Jean Decker, CPEA – Lead
MS, Environmental/Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware,
1979
BA, Biology/Chemistry, Bucknell University, 1974
Ms. Decker has more than 40 years of experience in the
areas of environmental compliance auditing, environmental
compliance programs, permitting, training, process engineering
and operations management. Ms. Decker has managed
multi-site, EHS compliance and EMS audit programs using
multiple audit teams for clients in the oil and gas, utility,
chemical, airline, various manufacturing, and retail industries
as well as government facilities. She has a M.S. in Chemical/
Environmental Engineering from the University of Delaware
and a B.A. in Chemistry/Biology from Bucknell University. Ms.
Decker worked in industry for 18 years before joining ENSR/
AECOM twenty-two years ago. Having worked in industry,
she brings a strong pro-industry and pro-client focus to her
compliance work. Ms. Decker specializes in optimization
of compliance programs and has conducted projects to
develop/update storm water planning, wastewater discharge
permitting, SPCC planning and training, hazardous waste
management, drinking water program management, EPCRA
reporting and emergency response planning. Over the course
of her 22 years in consulting, she had performed hundreds of
compliance audits and many clients have requested follow-on
compliance projects based on the results of those audits.
Johns Manville, Denver, CO. Audit team leader for multi-site
EH&S audit program for international manufacturer of roofing
and insulation products.
BP, Rico Mine Project, Colorado. Member of compliance
and remediation design support team at historical mine site
in southwestern Colorado. Responsible for water quality
evaluation and NPDES discharge permit application.
EnCana Oil and Gas, Multi-media Compliance and EMS
Audits. Managed compliance and EMS audits at upstream oil
and gas facilities in Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas. Provided
auditor training to two internal groups.
Confidential Client, Multi-Media Environmental Compliance
Audits. Regional team leader for conducting 135 audits for a
major retailer under attorney-client privilege. Audits included
detailed evaluation of wastewater and storm water discharges
and associated permitting and plans. Project included
development of compliance manuals for each facility and
training of store personnel.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Environmental
Compliance Audits, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming. Led
audit team for comprehensive multi-media audit at a coal-fired
plant, a gas-fired plant and a transmission system maintenance
facility. Supported multiple SPCC and NPDES compliance
projects.
Cessna, Multi-Media Environmental, Health and Safety
Audit. Audit team leader and member for multi-media
environmental and safety audit in Kansas.
Kris Schuett, CPEA
MS and BA Zoology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Mr. Schuett is a Project Manager with over nineteen years of
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F. Human Health Risk Assessment
Christine Casacelli – Lead
MS, Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State
University
BS, Environmental Health, Colorado State University
Ms. Casaceli has 17 years of experience in environmental
consulting, specializing in human health risk assessment and
toxicology. She has experience conducting risk assessments
for refineries, wood treatment facilities, railroads, and
manufactured gas plants. She leads the Risk Assessment team
in Fort Collins and also assists the risk team with project quality
assurance, data management, and analysis. Ms. Casaceli has
considerable experience with numerous state and regional risk
assessment programs.
Railroad, Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study, Alaska
(Region X). Conducted human health risk assessment
in support of a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
in Anchorage, Alaska. Issues included groundwater
contamination, vapor intrusion, direct contact, and recreational
fishing from multiple sources.
Refinery, Vapor Intrusion, Groundwater and Soil Gas
Migration and Current Human Exposure, Long Beach,
California (Region IX). Familiar with USEPA’s Draft Guidance
for Evaluating the Vapor Intrusion To Indoor Air Pathway
from Groundwater and Soils and Checklists, and has applied
this methodology to a refinery site located in Long Beach,
California.
Sealant Manufacturing Facility, Remedial Objectives Report,
Technical Support, Robinson, Illinois (Region 5). Evaluated
soil, groundwater and indoor air data in accordance with the
Illinois Pollution Control Board’s (IPCB) Tiered Approach
to Corrective Action Objectives (TACO), in addition to the
regulatory requirements under IEPA’s Site Remediation
Program (SRP), Part 740.445 for a Remediation Objectives
Report to develop remediation objectives for the Site.
Former MGP Sites, Remedial Objectives Reports Technical
Support, Illinois (Region 5). Technical support for Remedial
Objectives Reports (ROR) at several former manufactured
gas plants in the Midwest. The projects include evaluation
of each area of concern (AOC) for potential adverse risk
associated with chemicals of interest. The RORs include an
evaluation of chemicals of interest, exposure assessment,
toxicity evaluation, risk characterization, and estimation of
risk-based cleanup levels for soil, sediment, surface water,
and groundwater. The RORs are used to define appropriate
risk-based remediation and management goals for each AOC
related to the MGP sites.
Petroleum, Human Health Risk Assessment, Casper,
Wyoming (Region VIII). Performed human health risk
assessment tasks, including looking up screening levels,
screening site data by media for chemicals of concern, creating
data for presentation of risk on maps, and being lead technical
support on human health aspect of the third area of concern
including writing report.
Kenneth Pinnella
MS Environmental Toxicology, Colorado State University, 2000
BA Social Science, Colorado State University, 1988
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Jenifer Heath
PhD, Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University, 1987
MA, Public Policy Studies, Duke University, 1986
MS, Toxicology, North Carolina State University, 1983
BS, Public Health, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1980
AS, Nursing, Ellis Hospital School of Nursing, 2007 (RN in Colorado,
New York)
Dr. Heath helps her clients understand the potential health
impacts of proposed projects, including those resulting
in changes in exposure to chemicals. She specializes in
developing and negotiating technically sound strategies that
incorporate a range of technical disciplines and regulatory or
legal options to design and implement creative, cost-effective
and health-protective approaches. Her training in mediation
and arbitration contributes to her ability to succeed in highly
charged settings. Dr. Heath also serves as an expert witness
on cases related to toxicology, risk assessment, and health.
She has testified in both bench and jury trials.
Dr. Heath incorporates her expertise in mammalian toxicology,
focusing on strategic evaluation of the hazards associated
with chemicals of interest. Her work has included in-depth
evaluation of information about the toxicity of chemicals in both
laboratory animals (toxicology) and humans (epidemiology);
appropriate application of knowledge about mechanisms of
action; and effective integration of this information into product
safety, risk assessment, risk management, and community
relations efforts. She has participated in toxicological
evaluations and registration of pesticide and animal health
products, and has assessed the health and environmental risks
of raw materials and products (e.g., agricultural chemicals;
dyes, pigments, and organics), prepared submissions to
regulatory agencies, evaluated the quality and usefulness of
laboratory studies, and responded to customer requests for
information.
Dr. Heath previously was responsible for assessing the
human health risks associated with environmental exposure
to chemical and physical agents in North Carolina and for
conveying recommendations to state-level regulators in
various media programs (e.g., groundwater, vector control,
drinking water, solid and hazardous waste) as well as to private
citizens, Commission/Board members (e.g., Pesticide Board),
and the news media. She has also made presentations
describing program activities to outside groups.
Dr. Heath also has managed and contributed to hundreds of
risk assessments for contaminated sites under many regulatory
programs (including state and federal Superfunds, RCRA, UST,
Brownfields, redevelopment and property transfers). These
risk assessments have involved a variety of media (soil, mine
waste and tailings, groundwater, surface water, ambient air,
indoor air, food sources) and a range of constituents (including
total petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, solvents, metals,
PAHs, PCBs, asbestos, and explosives). Dr. Heath has
worked in Regions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 of the USEPA, and
in most of the 50 states.
James Knight
MS Business, Colorado State University
BS Forestry and Wildlife, University of Maine
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Sue Milcan
BS Range Ecology/Land Reclamation, Colorado State University, 1984
Ms. Milcan is a Technical Specialist with more than 25
years of experience in environmental analytical chemistry,
laboratory management, data validation, data migration,
and database management. Her experience includes data
production scheduling and technical oversight of laboratory
analytical data for many Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)/Superfund, and
USACE projects designed to meet the specific needs of
various national, regional, and state regulatory agencies, as
well as chemical/geological database management and query
design. Ms. Milcan has frequently served as a liaison with
government agencies in establishing quality assurance project
plans designed to meet project data quality objectives. She
has extensive experience with quality assurance program
design and implementation, laboratory audits, corrective
action, historic data migration from varying sources, and
data validation, as well as a bench level understanding of
environmental organic and inorganic methods. Ms. Milcan
also specializes in litigation support, regulatory compliance,
Contract Laboratory Program Level IV data validation, and
EQuIS database management for several large, high visibility
RCRA Facility Investigation projects.
Confidential Oil and Gas Company, Spill Response. Data
inventory and management. Helped to develop and institute
inventory systems for samples and legal documents related to
a major oil spill. Maintain accurate inventory/records, laboratory
negotiations, management reports to internal and external
agents. 2011 - present
Various Clients – Former and Active Railroads, Refineries,
Manufactured Gas Plants, Chemical Plants, Utilities –
Regions 1, 3, 5, 9, 10. Database Management – On-going
responsibilities include database population and maintenance,
database quality assurance/conversion, and query design of
analytical and geological site data.
CERCLA/RCRA Facility Investigation and Corrective
Measures Study, Active Railroad – Region 10. Authored
site-wide Quality Assurance Project Plan to support corrective
measures study and risk assessment and comply with regional/
state protocols. Negotiated laboratory services; responsible
for field/laboratory coordination; initiated stop work and
successful compensation from laboratory for substandard
data quality; resolved data quality issues in cooperation with
Alaska Department of Environmental Quality, client, project
management; initiated corrective action and transferred in-
field work to alternate laboratories; reviewed, validated field/
laboratory data in accordance with regional/national guidance
(multiple matrices/methods); generated Quality Assurance/
Quality Control reports and contributed to final analysis/reports;
coordinated database efforts to meet requirements of Risk and
Geospatial Information System teams; migrated historic data;
populated and managed project database (EQuIS format).
G. Air Permitting, Monitoring,
Modeling, and Compliance
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health officials to estimate mercury emissions from cremation
activities for a proposed crematoria re-location. Conducted
screening analysis using client provided stack characteristics
with state provided emission factor ranges. Performed project
management activities including cost-tracking, communication
of results to client and agencies, and development of modeling
approach.
Howard Balentine, CCM, PE
ME Environmental Engineering, University of Florida, 1978
MS Business Administration, Boston University, 1977
BS Physics, US Air Force Academy, 1972
Howard Balentine, CCM, PE, is a Technical Leader for Air
Quality based in AECOM’s Camarillo, California office. He has
38 years of experience as a Meteorologist and Environmental
Engineer. Mr. Balentine has performed numerous chemical
hazards analyses under the US Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP), California
Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) program, and US
Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
Process Safety Management (PSM) program for a wide range
of refining, manufacturing, and industrial facilities. Chemical
for which he has performed hazardous release assessments
include acrylonitrile, ammonia (aqueous and anhydrous),
arsine, chlorine, chlorine dioxide, ethylene oxide, hydrofluoric
acid, hydrogen sulfide, hypergolic rocket propellants, liquid
CO2, liquid hydrogen, liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum
liquids and gases including crude, intermediates and final
products, phenolic resins, propane, toluene diisocyanate,
and vinyl acetate monomer. He is an expert at performance of
risk of upset and offsite consequence analyses for the RMP/
CalARP programs and under the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) to identify the receptors potentially affected
by accidental releases of hazardous chemicals. He recently
completed a review of release hazards associated with
petroleum production wells at six oil fields and conducted a
process hazards analysis for an anhydrous ammonia system.
Currently, he is assessing chemical hazards at an aerospace
manufacturing facility and is managing the pre-operation
chemical hazards review for a government research facility
involving a nitrogen oxides scrubber system that uses highly
hazardous chemicals. For the same aerospace facility, he is
reviewing the facility’s toxic chemical inventory and is reviewing
the facility emergency response plan to identify potential
deficiencies. For a propane distribution facility, he managed the
offsite consequence modeling for accidental propane releases,
conducted a multi-session process hazards analysis for the
facility, and prepared an update to the facility emergency
response plan.
David Heinold, CCM
MS Meteorology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
MS Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY Albany, 1975
BS Physics, Farleigh Dickinson University, 1973
David Heinold, CCM, is a Senior Risk Management Specialist
and Air Quality Meteorologist with 36 years of experience in
process safety and risk management, air dispersion modeling,
risk assessment of hazardous and flammable substances,
visual air quality and ambient air measurement. Mr. Heinold,
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crushing operations conducted for Larimer County.
Through his years of interacting with regulatory authorities on
both sides of the table, Mr. Damiana has become a respected
technical authority by the Larimer County Health Department,
the State of Alaska, the State of Colorado, and USEPA Region
10. He has supported industry and regulatory authorities
through his participation on multiple working groups formed
to develop policy and rule making. The most significant of
these has involved implementation of the 1-hour NO2 and 24-
hour PM2.5 ambient standards and the Alaska Workgroup on
Temporary Oil and Gas Drill Rigs Policy Development.
Mark Asoian
BS Meteorology/Atmospheric Physics, Lowell Technological Institute
BS 1975 (now UMass Lowell), 1975
Graduate Course Work in Mechanical Engineering, including
Environmental Law
Mark Asoian has over 35 years of experience providing
air quality permitting and compliance services in the State
of Colorado. His primary technical focus has been on air
quality permitting and compliance; including Prevention of
Significant Deterioration (PSD), Title V and state permitting,
dispersion modeling and impact analysis, emission inventory
development, Best Available Control Technology (BACT)
analysis, and pre-construction and compliance monitoring
systems. He has had leadership responsibility for developing
permitting and compliance strategies and negotiating on
client’s behalf with various agencies, including state, EPA, and
federal land managers. He has developed and provided expert
testimony and depositions regarding air quality permitting,
impact assessment, and the development and interpretation
of air quality regulations. Mr. Asoian has provided air quality
permitting and impact assessment services to the City and
County of Denver Department of Aviation, the City and County
of Denver Department of Health and Hospitals, the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), the
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Denver
Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC), the Eagle County School
District, and the U.S. Army Program Manager’s Office for
Rocky Mountain Arsenal. He has permitted and or provided
emissions and impact assessment services for upstream oil
and gas activities, refining, chemical storage, electric power
generation and transmission, mining, manufacturing, street
sanding, transportation projects (highway and aviation), and
remediation projects in the state of Colorado.
Amal Hijazi
MS, Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado-Denver, 1996
BA, Environmental Population and Organismic Biology, University of
Colorado-Boulder, 1987
Amal Hijazi has over 18 years of experience leading
and assisting in air quality, regulatory compliance,
and multidisciplinary projects for various industry and
government clients, including in the State of Colorado.
Her areas of expertise include Title V operating,
synthetic minor, and construction permitting; regulatory
compliance analysis; environmental compliance
auditing; emission inventory development; compliance
training; and environmental newsletters. She developed
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the northern part of Colorado, to determine compliance with
state and federal regulations, taking enforcement action when
necessary. Additionally he was responsible for reviewing
source self-certifications for approval of air pollution permits to
determine if a source was in compliance with state regulations,
policies, and permit limitations. He also oversaw the Colorado
open burning program by determining if submitted permit
applications met open burning policy requirements.
Tiffany Samuelson
MS Meteorology (Atmospheric Chemistry), Pennsylvania State
University, 2012
BS Architectural Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 2009
Tiffany Samuelson is an Air Quality Engineer specializing
in the evaluation and processing of regional and upstream
oil and gas emissions inventories using both qualitative
and quantitative methods. She also has experience in air
quality permitting, compliance, and regulatory analysis in
Colorado and Alaska. In Colorado, Ms. Samuelson has
prepared numerous minor source and synthetic minor source
construction permit and permit modification applications,
related analyses, and compliance documentation for submittal
to the Colorado Air Pollution Control Division (APCD) for
various oil and gas and small business and industry clients.
She has also demonstrated effectiveness in agency interaction
on behalf of clients. Ms. Samuelson has additional air
quality experience with AERMOD modeling and in preparing
emissions inventories and environmental impact assessments
for National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) projects.
Prior to joining AECOM, she has research experience in
atmospheric oxidation mechanisms, especially of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs).
Meagan Jones
BA Science, Environmental Biology, Bethel College, 2005
Meagan Jones is an environmental scientist that fulfills the role
of assistant project manager for industrial remediation projects.
She provides technical and field support for environmental
monitoring and permitting at industrial facilities and biological
surveys involving oil and gas permitting, often acting as a field
lead for teams. She takes part in the NEPA writing process for
air quality, wildfire, and vegetation. She assists in the Title V
permitting application process and the associated compliance.
Ms. Jones has experience with data management and the
QAQC process for large projects. Prior to her work with
AECOM, In addition, Ms. Jones worked in the field with several
government agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey
and the Indiana State University. She also has several years of
leadership and management experience in other markets.
Anthony Galligan
BS Meteorology, Metropolitan State College of Denver, 2006
Anthony Galligan is a meteorologist with a B.S. and over
7 years’ experience in the field of ambient air quality and
meteorological monitoring. He has served in many roles on
monitoring projects included but not limited to conducting data
screening, early diagnosis of potential issues with monitoring
equipment, data validation, and report preparation. Anthony
has also served to refine data management practices and has
played a critical role in station integration and establishing
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range of contaminants and distressed resources. Distressed
resources included river sediments, sewer utility systems,
soils, groundwater, buildings, the surrounding community, and
customer base. Forecasted the pay-off value for achieving
complete regulatory closure at the site, facilitating an early
pay-off to the owner and a reduction in reportable liability and
management costs for the insurance company.
Confidential National Dry Cleaner, Litigation Support for
Alleged Groundwater Contamination. Senior Technical
Counsel. Developed technical arguments regarding alleged
client responsibility for groundwater contamination that
convinced the court to dismiss lawsuit before going to trial.
Confidential Aggregate Mining Client, Litigation Support.
Senior Technical Counsel. Supported strategy development
and authorship of a technical response to a federal regulatory
enforcement order issued for metals contamination allegedly
caused by client’s mining operations. The technical response
helped remove the enforcement action against client.
Confidential Landowner, Litigation Support Alleged
Hydraulic Impacts. Senior Hydrologist. Developed a technical
counter to a lawsuit regarding hydraulic impacts to an adjoining
property owner (the plaintiff) alleged to be associated with a
paving system installed by client. Designed hydraulic diversion
system, and developed technical arguments that caused
lawsuit to be stopped prior to going to trial.
Jenifer Heath
PhD, Environmental Toxicology, Cornell University, 1987
MA, Public Policy Studies, Duke University, 1986
MS, Toxicology, North Carolina State University, 1983
BS, Public Health, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1980
AS, Nursing, Ellis Hospital School of Nursing, 2007 (RN in Colorado,
New York)
As testifying expert, directed toxicologist drafting an affidavit
on long-term toxicity of CS (a tear gas or minimally lethal
weapon). Nearly 50 reviews, experimental studies, and human
epidemiological studies on tear gas toxicity were ordered and
critically reviewed. Results from twenty-four studies were
analyzed and interpreted in order to identify a hierarchy of
effects of increasing severity from exposure to tear gas and
the concentrations associated with those effects (including no
observed adverse effect levels). This information was used
to develop weight-of-evidence arguments that tear gas at
predicted concentrations would not produce health effects. In
particular, this work specifically demonstrated that respiratory
sensitization is highly unlikely as a result of repeated, low-level
exposure. Included identification of weaknesses in plaintiff’s
expert’s affidavit. The judge’s order on summary judgment
specifically cited this work as constituting sound science.
The toxicologic aspects of this case were resolved through a
favorable summary judgment.
Provided expert support in several infant lead poisoning cases.
Topics included seasonality of blood lead levels, realistic
rates of decline following elimination of source/exposure,
venipuncture versus fingerprick as sampling methods, timing
of exposure in light of central nervous system developmental
stage, and potential for other exposures (illicit drugs) to cause
alleged adverse effects.
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Appendix 2 Detailed Project Descriptions
Additional project information can be provided upon
request.
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G Additional Information
More than 20 years ago a handful of Ashland Inc.
employees shared a dream of creating an industry-
leading firm dedicated to making the world a better
place. On April 6, 1990, five Ashland entities, some with
distinguishing histories dating back to the early 1900s,
merged to form AECOM. Today AECOM has 100,000
employees completing projects including rebuilding
the World Trade Center buildings in New York City;
creating vibrant neighborhoods from distressed industrial
areas in Los Angeles; and remediating contaminated
groundwater, modeling local air emissions, managing oil
and gas concerns, and building beautiful transportation
interchanges—in and around Fort Collins.
During this same timeframe, the City of Fort Collins has
been championing its vision to “Provide world class
municipal services through operational excellence and a
culture of innovation.” The City has now received more
than 80 awards, including many “healthiest”, “safest”,
and “best” places-to-live-in-America awards.
This history suggests a strong synergy between the
City of Fort Collins’ vision and AECOM’s purpose: “To
positively impact lives, transform communities, and
make the world a better place.” To this end we employ
world-class geologists, hydrogeologists, hydrologists,
meteorologists, biologists, compliance experts, data
managers, GIS specialists, chemists, toxicologists,
risk assessors, engineers, and project and program
managers—80 of which are right here in Fort Collins and
able to fulfill all the requirements of the RFP.
AECOM also has leading expertise in the infrastructure,
energy, water, information, governance, and finance
systems that underpin a healthy community. This
added expertise gives us a unique understanding of the
elements and linkages that support the environmental,
social, and economic health of a community, and allows
us to deliver environmental services that are more
integrated, bigger picture, and hence, often create
benefit well beyond compliance.
For the last four years, AECOM has won The Ethisphere
Institute’s designation as one of the World’s Most Ethical
Companies. A key element of our ethics program is the
priority we have for the safety of our staff and the people
we serve. By developing site-specific Health and Safety
Plans supplemented by Task Hazard Analyses for our
field projects, we achieved an Experience Modification
Rate (EMR) of 0.53 and a Total Recordable Injury Rate
(TRIR) of 0.33 in 2013. As part of our ethics program,
we also refrain from aligning with, and taking equity
in, specific technologies in order to avoid conflicts of
interest. Instead, we conduct unbiased research that
engages the technologies that offer greatest value to our
clients.
We could not agree more with the RFP notes that the
City wants to establish a partnership between the City’s
environmental management staff and the environmental
services vendor. We find time and again that when a
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and internationally for experts in new and emerging
technologies and discipline-specific expertise.
AECOM is an ISO 9001:2008 accredited firm. We have
rigorous quality assurance/quality control processes that
result in focused, effective, and well documented, high
quality work. AECOM implements quality processes as
an integral part of project delivery. AECOM’s Project
Delivery System is embodied in our Quality Management
System (QMS), which was established, and is managed,
by our Corporate Director of Quality Management with
support from our Offices of Risk Management and
Project Quality. AECOM’s QMS promotes continuous
improvement using feedback from our clients, from our
own project operations and from opportunities created
by changing technologies. We will assure and control
quality of our delivery through AECOM’s Project Delivery
System.
AECOM has a highly developed behavior-based
safety system that produces positive results. Through
vigorous implementation of our program and high
levels of participation across the organization, we have
achieved an Experience Modification Rate (EMR) of
0.53 and a Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR) of 0.33
in 2013. We will develop a site-specific Health and
Safety plan supplemented by Task Hazard Analyses for
specific elements of the work to assure that our team
understands the risks of their work and implements the
appropriate protective measures.
Remarkable synergy between our mission and your
vision. Full capability to fulfill all RFP requirements.
Integrated understanding of the environmental, social,
and economic performance linkages. Expertise in the
infrastructure, energy, water, information, governance,
and finance systems that underpin a healthy community.
Highest ethics, including safety and unbiased technology
delivery. High quality. Effective community 4elations.
Innovative, green remediation expertise.
And we are located just east of Timberline on Prospect.
We are excited about this opportunity to partner with the
City of Fort Collins to deliver environmental services that
continue to make this city one of the best places to live
in America. Thank you for your consideration.
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H Sustainability
Please see the information below, which is taken from
AECOM’s 2013 Sustainability Report. These pages
were selected as most relevant. The complete report is
available at::
http://www.aecom.com/deployedfiles/Internet/News/
Sustainability/AECOM_2013_Sustainability_Report.pdf
1. Overview
At AECOM, we encourage our clients, contractors
and vendors to reduce the environmental impact of
their operations — and look to lead by example in our
efforts to preserve the planet for future generations.
For example, we recently assessed the sustainability
practices of our strategic vendors. In this collaborative
effort, we are strengthening our business partnerships
and renewing our commitment to environmental, social
and governance best practices. We intend to use the
resulting data to provide an initial gap analysis and solicit
updates on a continuous basis to enable improvements.
We hold the company to the same high standards as we
aim to become more sustainable overall by conserving
water, energy and other resources throughout our own
global operations. Conserving resources in partnership
with a document solutions company, we continuously
embrace best practices in printing to reduce costs
as well as paper, toner and ink use. During fiscal
year 2013, we completed our rollout of green printing
practices across North America. Furthermore, we have
successfully integrated our recently established printing
guidelines into the company’s culture. In North America,
every office has transitioned to 30-percent recycled
paper.
As office energy is the biggest source of emissions,
we remain focused on consolidating office space and
furthering our ongoing Sustainable Office Operations
initiatives to reduce our energy use.
While every office embraces sustainability in different
ways, AECOM aims to provide the most efficient and
comfortable space possible. This includes strengthening
our internal programs that save energy through efficient
lighting and electricity systems; maintain clean air;
reduce waste by integrating green purchasing initiatives,
recycling programs for office waste and organics
programs to collect food waste; and conserve water
via automated faucets, flushing systems and irrigation
systems.
2. Our Carbon Footprint
During fiscal year 2013, AECOM conducted its second
effort to assess the greenhouse gas emissions that
result from our global operations. The main goal
again was to use this data to more effectively reduce
emissions and to improve our measurement techniques
in the future.
This year’s efforts entailed several improvements in
methodology and scope, such as a more comprehensive
view of the company’s ground-transportation activities,
and for the first time, we included a detailed inventory
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to improve our assessment methods as well as the
initiatives that focus on reducing our emissions.
As the majority of our office space is leased, we rarely
pay utilities directly and often share buildings with other
tenants. As a result, we base our estimations of fuel and
electricity use on square footage occupied and climate at
each geographic location.
According to the data, AECOM continues to produce
CO2
emissions from three major sources — office
energy, air travel, and ground transportation.
Activity data used to derive estimates includes square
meters of leased space, detailed records of individual
flights, and gallons of fuel purchased or expenses
submitted for reimbursement of ground transportation
expenses. Where primary data was not available, proxy
data was used to infer activity levels.
The inventory includes emissions from the combustion
of fossil fuels used to heat offices, generate and deliver
electricity, and power the vehicles and aircraft operated
by AECOM or used for company business travel.
The estimated total does not include the “upstream”
emissions involved in extracting, refining and delivering
the fuels used for these purposes. Adding these
“upstream” emissions would increase AECOM’s total
emissions estimate by 15 to 20 percent.
3. Green and Sustainable
Remediation
The cleanup of contaminated property is necessary and
beneficial, but the process can be energy and resource-
intensive, and result in numerous unintended impacts.
Growing awareness of the need to decrease greenhouse
gas emissions and use less energy and other resources
has led to heightened demand for green technologies
and integrating sustainability into the site remediation
process. Utilizing Green and Sustainable Remediation
(GSR) approaches to the cleanup of a site allows for the
careful evaluation of remedial actions to limit their impact
on the environment and surrounding community and to
identify the preferred solution.
AECOM is collaborating with government, academia,
and industry to develop new approaches for site
remediation that integrate sustainability considerations
which reduce the environmental footprint of the
site remediation process, and develop economic
opportunities and community assets through site reuse.
AECOM has numerous LEED certified professionals on
staff.
AECOM has developed an approach to build
sustainability into the site remediation process which
includes:
• Adaptive Site Reuse. Understanding the future
plan for a site provides an opportunity to integrate
the site cleanup with the design of site structures,
landscaping and other features.
• Carbon Footprinting. Determining the carbon
footprint of each remedial alternative provides a basis
About AECOM
With nearly 100,000 employees — including
architects, engineers, designers, planners,
scientists, and management and construction
services professionals — serving clients in
more than 150 countries around the world
following the acquisition of URS, AECOM is a
premier, fully integrated infrastructure and
support services firm.
AECOM is ranked as the #1 engineering design
firm by revenue in Engineering News-Record
magazine’s annual industry rankings. The
company is a leader in all of the key markets
that it serves, including transportation,
facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas,
water, high-rise buildings and government.
AECOM provides a blend of global reach,
local knowledge, innovation and technical
excellence in delivering solutions that create,
enhance and sustain the world’s built, natural
and social environments. A Fortune 500
company, AECOM companies, including URS,
had revenue of approximately $19.5 billion
during the 12 months ended September 30,
2014.
More information on AECOM and its services
can be found at www.aecom.com.
Contact
Margaret Zebley, PE
1601 Prospect Parkway
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Margaret.Zebley@aecom.com
970 530 3513
to compare their relative impacts.
• In Situ Approaches. Treating or solidifying
contaminants in-place eliminates impacts resulting
from excavation and transport.
• Renewable Energy. Using solar or wind power
to operate remedial equipment provides direct
reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas
emissions.
• Stakeholder Engagement. Engaging the community
in the remedial planning process through public
forums makes the process transparent and allows
designers and developers to capture ideas and
issues.
• Material Recycling. Separating and recycling of
concrete, metal, and other materials reduces the
amount of materials that have to be managed.
• Habitat Areas and Plantings. Constructing natural
habitats as a part of the cleanup provides an
environmental benefit for the community.
of company and off-site servers and their power
demands, as well as emissions from home-office
use by telecommuters. While the overall accuracy
of AECOM’s total greenhouse gas estimates has
improved, the additional sources have caused year-to-
year comparisons to be misleading. We aim to continue
collaborative relationship is established, we are able to
provide much greater value for our clients. Our proposal
and approach is designed to produce an integrated team
effort, focused to the City’s objectives, an understanding
of the City’s priorities.
AECOM is skilled in preparing and implementing
successful community relations and public involvement
programs to help our clients work constructively with the
public. AECOM also has the ability to reach nationally
As testifying expert, led team evaluating the toxicity of
hydrogen sulfide (H2
S) and sulfur dioxide (SO2
) in the context
of a specific industrial accident. Involved preparation of 2
expert reports as well as comments on Plaintiffs’ experts’
reports. Nearly 50 reviews, experimental animal studies, and
human studies on hydrogen sulfide toxicity were ordered and
critically reviewed. Results from more than 20 studies were
analyzed and interpreted in order to identify a hierarchy of
effects of increasing severity from exposure to hydrogen sulfide
and the concentrations associated with those effects (including
no observed adverse effect levels). This information was
used to develop weight-of-evidence arguments that hydrogen
sulfide at predicted concentrations would not produce health
effects. The client indicated that the risk assessment and
expert witness report on the toxicity of hydrogen sulfide were
technically an “A+ in quality.”
On behalf of a PRP group, provided testimony at a bench trial
demonstrating that the sole non-settling party at a Superfund
site was indeed a source (as both a generator and an owner/
operator) of each chemical driving risk and remediation at the
site.
Prepared a rebuttal report challenging the toxicologic basis of
a tort suit alleging adverse neurobehavioral effects following
a traffic accident that released a mixture of chemicals being
transported in one of the vehicles.
Expert witness at a jury trial (including deposition) in Georgia
related to potential adverse effects of petroleum products
released from a gas station.
Provided expert testimony on human health risk at a jury trial to
determine the impact of off-site contamination on the value of
adjoining property.
Also available for Litigation Support and/or Expert
Technical Analysis tasks:
• Margaret Zebley, PE (A)
• Noelle Cochran, PE (A)
• Gregg Somermeyer, PE (B)
• Rollin Daggett (C)
• Amy Gilboy (C)
• Jim Paulson, PE (D)
• Jean Decker, CPEA (E)
• Kenneth Pinnella (F)
• Courtney Taylor (G)
communications with remote installations.
Also available for Air Quality Compliance tasks:
• Gregg Somermeyer, PE
H. Litigation Support/Expert
Technical Analysis
Brian Myller – Lead
BS, Environmental Geology, University of Minnesota 1984
Brian Myller has 30 years of experience helping clients avoid,
defend, or pursue environmental litigation. His environmental
litigation clients include the Department of Defense, the
Corps of Engineers, the US Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA), city and county governments, several oil and
gas majors, computer and circuit board manufacturers, dry
cleaning corporations, and insurance companies. His projects
have involved punitive damage assessments; identification
and differentiation of contaminant source parties; allocation
of cleanup costs, investigative and corrective strategy
development, review, and monitoring; and environmental
forensics. Brian has been particularly successful in developing
technical strategies and arguments that help settle lawsuits
prior to going to trial, saving clients and taxpayers significant
cost. He is seasoned in locating the most effective experts for a
given case and guiding the preparation of the most compelling
arguments and visual presentations.
Multinational Energy Company/Confidential Client,
Litigation Support. Lead Technical Counsel and Project
Manager. Supported corporate legal counsel for a multinational
energy company in a lawsuit regarding environmental
damages at an international airport. Developed and
implemented technical strategy; interfaced with plaintiff’s
consultants, legal counsel, and regulatory agencies; and
developed and presented technical arguments regarding the
distribution, chemistry, and source responsibility for dissolved
and non-aqueous phase constituents present in groundwater.
Effort helped stop the lawsuit prior to going to trial, and was
completed for significantly less than the punitive damage
assessment (producing a ROI of more than 400% in 1.5 years).
Confidential Client, Environmental Insurance
Quantification. Senior Consultant. Directed the analysis,
design, and development of a litigation-defensible cost
estimate for environmental insurance at a large Superfund
industrial complex in Washington. Analyzed reports and
data sets prepared by multiple consultants, developed a
conceptual model of the site resource system, and completed
life-cycle cost evaluations of remedial technologies for a
State of Colorado minor New Source Review (NSR)
air quality permit applications for capital investment
projects and modifications in the Oil and Gas industry
and refining operations. She has also prepared similar
Colorado permit applications for landfill operations,
airline operations, power generation, pharmaceutical
production, and military operations. Her expertise
includes completing emission inventories, regulatory
applicability determinations and analysis, and permit
application preparation. Ms. Hijazi’s Colorado clients
and experience include Garfield County where she
was responsible for developing a Title V Operating
Permit application and construction permit provisions
for a landfill, United Airlines, Denver International
Airport where she prepared a synthetic minor permit
application, and Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc, where she
is responsible for general air quality compliance tasks
associated with the refinery in Commerce City, Colorado.
Ms. Hijazi is currently responsible for permitting efforts
for two gas plants in Weld County, Colorado.
Dirk Wold
BS Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Purdue University
Dirk Wold has over 25 years of experience in air permitting and
regulatory interpretation in Colorado, as well as other western
states. He is proficient in preparing air permit applications for a
variety of sources and types of equipment, with a focus on the
oil and gas industry. He also has experience with compliance
assessments for air permits and air regulations and has
frequently been called upon to summarize the requirements of
a specific permit requirements and or air quality regulations.
Additionally, he is proficient in the dissection and review
of state regulations and federal programs and developing
action plans for meeting regulatory requirements. Mr. Wold
is experienced with of a variety of federal programs such
as Greenhouse Gases (GHG), New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS), and National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS)/Maximum Achievable
Control Technology (MACT); including subparts LLL, KKK,
Dc, JJJJ, OOOO, ZZZZ, DDDDD, HH, EEEE, and others. In
addition to Mr. Wold’s air permitting experience as a consultant
and with the oil and gas industry in the State of Colorado, Mr.
Wold served as an Environmental Protection Specialist with
the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
(CDPHE) for seven years. During his tenure with CDPHE Mr.
Wold was responsible for conducting inspections and writing
compliance reports for minor sources, synthetic minor sources,
and Title V operating permit sources, in nine counties across
a Certified Consulting Meteorologist, has managed and
conducted numerous hazards assessments for acutely
toxic and flammable materials and air pathway analyses
to characterize ambient concentrations and multi-pathway
exposures to hypothetical, accidental and routine releases of
toxic air pollutants. Sources addressed include compressor
stations, LNG import and export terminals, chemical and
pharmaceutical plants, manufacturing facilities, power plants,
municipal utilities, waste incinerators, landfills, and superfund
sites, as well as transportation sources. Mr. Heinold is an
expert in EPA’s Risk Management Program and Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know and regulations
and has assisted facilities nationwide in assessing risks
and compliance with these regulations. He co-authored
the A&WMA Guideline on Accident Prevention and Risk
Management Planning and served on the faculty of the
A&WMA Workshop series focusing on off-site consequence
assessment. Mr. Heinold has also authored numerous
technical papers and journal articles and served as an expert
witness in trial court, depositions, and public hearings.
Tom Damiana
MS and BS Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2000
Tom Damiana is an engineer with 16 years of experience in
air quality engineering and noise consulting. As an engineer
with a strong background in experimental methods and
atmospheric science, he understands both the theoretical
(modeling algorithms) and experimental (measurement
techniques) applications used to support both air quality and
noise assessments. Tom has significant experience conducting
air quality and noise impact assessments, and designing
and conducting air quality and noise monitoring programs
in the Western United States, specifically in Colorado and
Larimer County in particular. While many of these projects
have been driven by federal and state requirements, several
have been driven directly by local concerns brought on by
the Larimer County Special Use permitting process. Most of
these projects involved concerns specific to the northern front
range of Colorado and the industries that dominate air and
noise concerns at the urban interface (i.e., sand and gravel
extraction and processing, cement production, cement and
asphalt batching, peaking power production, and upstream oil
and gas development). Locally, Mr. Damiana was the technical
lead on half a dozen air quality and noise assessments
involving both monitoring and modeling for non-metallic mineral
extraction, processing and batching operations for Lafarge,
Connell Resources, Colorado Lien, Western Mobile, and
Holcim Cement. He was also the technical lead on the design
and implementation of the Colorado Department of Public
Health Christman Field ozone monitoring station and a study
to understand the transport of silica particulate from aggregate
MS, Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
BA, Environment, Economics, and Politics, Claremont McKenna
College
Courtney Taylor is an Atmospheric Scientist with 13 years
of experience in the air quality field. Her comprehensive
background includes atmospheric modeling, ambient air
monitoring, and complex project management/coordination.
Ms. Taylor’s diverse project experience spans the Western
U.S., with a focus on areas with upstream oil and gas
development, and includes NEPA analyses, air quality
management planning, Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD) permits, and minor source permits for federal, state,
city and industrial clients. Ms. Taylor has been the air task
coordinator for several large (>$1M) multi-media projects
and project manager for multiple air-specific projects.
Ms. Taylor has extensive experience related to airshed
management in areas with elevated ozone, particularly related
to implementation of modeling tools for assessing ozone
control strategies and stakeholder coordination. As the project
manager for the City of Fort Collins Dust Control Manual
project, Ms. Taylor provides project management, technical
review, a commitment to timely quality assurance, and overall
project execution and delivery. Other sample projects include:
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Air
Quality Division, Winter Ozone Modeling Study, Wyoming.
Assistant project manager and conformance lead for a
project studying winter ozone formation in the Upper Green
River Basin (UGRB) of Wyoming. Elevated levels of ozone
have been measured during winter in the UGRB since 2005.
Ongoing studies have led scientists to believe that oil and gas
development activities combined with specific meteorological
conditions are contributing to elevated levels of ozone in
winter. This study will run and evaluate the results from two
photochemical grid models to determine if the models can
reproduce ozone events with sufficient accuracy to be used
as a tool for regulatory planning purposes. If so, the best
performing model will be used to assess future air quality
conditions and potential control strategies.
Morning Fresh Farms, Air Dispersion Modeling, Northern
Colorado. Conducted dispersion modeling using AERMOD
in support of an operating permit application for a chicken
processing plant. Performed both a Significant Impact Analysis
and Cumulative Impact Analysis. Cumulative Analysis required
the revision of the off-site source inventory when the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment-provided
inventory was missing stack characteristics. Extensive work
was performed to demonstrated the plant’s insignificant
contribution to existing National Ambient Air Quality Standards
violations.
Allnutt Funeral Services, Dispersion Modeling, Larimer
County, Colorado. Worked closely with state and county
BA English, University of Michigan
Jim Knight is an environmental scientist specializing in risk
assessment with a diverse background in evaluating the
impacts of petroleum-related products, metals, PCBs, dioxins,
chlorinated solvents, and explosives on a variety of aquatic
and terrestrial habitats. He has served as project and task
manager for federal government and private industrial clients.
He understands the regulatory issues that affect the oil and
gas, mining, forest products, and chemical industries, as well
as U.S. government Department of Energy and Department
of Defense facilities. He has been responsible for a variety
of federal and state submittals including human health and
ecological risk assessments, site inspection reports, RI/FS
reports, RODs, and NEPA-related environmental assessments
and environmental impact statements.
Human Health Risk Assessment, Confidential Client, Texas.
Managed a comprehensive risk assessment on the impact of
environmental lead on exposure and resulting blood lead levels
in a number of plaintiffs and on cattle owned by these plaintiffs.
All existing environmental and relevant medical information
was evaluated and a comprehensive sampling and analysis
program of all properties was conducted.
Human Health Risk Assessment, Confidential Client,
Nevada. Managed a risk assessment at a former rocket testing
site, focusing on the potential risks to residential receptors from
exposure to TCE in groundwater. Exposure pathways included
groundwater ingestion, dermal contact and inhalation of TCE
volatilized with groundwater while showering.
Human Health Risk Assessment, Consolidated Paper Co,
Wisconsin. Managed an evaluation of the risks associated with
the land spreading of pulp and paper mill sludge on agricultural
lands. Pathways of concern for both children and adults
included vegetable consumption, ingestion of soil, dermal
contact with soil, and inhalation of contaminated dust.
Ecological Risk Assessment at Rocky Flats, Colorado.
Served as an integral member of a project team that was
tasked with completing a comprehensive final site-wide risk
assessment for the Rocky Flats site near Denver. Project
team was comprised of risk experts from several companies
in the Denver area. Specific tasks included the evaluation
of terrestrial and aquatic ecological risks associated
with exposure to a number of chemical and radiological
contaminants found at site. A year after the completion of the
draft risk assessment, was brought back as part of a smaller
team to address agency comments.
Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment, James
River Corp, Maine. Managed an evaluation of the metal
concentrations in sludge and leachate from an existing landfill
for the purpose of estimating concentrations for a proposed
industrial landfill. Evaluated the human health and ecological
impacts associated with dioxin in landfills. Also participated in
the public hearing process for this proposed landfill.
Mr. Pinnella is a toxicologist and risk assessor, with a focus on
ecological risk assessment. He has 17 years of broad-based
experience in conducting human health and ecological risk
assessments at Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and state program
hazardous waste facilities; water quality investigations and Use
Attainability Analyses; and toxicological evaluations in water,
sediment, and soil. Mr. Pinnella has experience with single
focus and multidisciplinary projects involving site investigations,
ecological and biological surveys and risk assessments, data
management, statistical analysis, geographical information
systems applications, fate and transport modeling (vapor
intrusion, later transport, and air emissions), and regulatory
compliance. He has experience in most USEPA regions and
with many state programs. Mr. Pinnella has conducted over
50 human health and ecological risk assessments in both the
public and private sector.
Seattle Gas Light Company, Former MGP Site, Ecological
Risk Assessment Review, Washington. Provided technical
review, comments and technical support for completion
of aquatic ecological risk assessment in Seattle. The
assessments specifically addressed risk to salmonid fish
species from exposure to sediment/surface water adjacent to
the site. The results of risk assessment were intended to inform
concerns regarding fishery health and define remedial goals for
the site.
Active Pesticide Manufacturing/Formulation Site, Human
Health and Ecological Risk Assessment, Oregon. Prepared
screening level human health and ecological risk assessments
at active pesticide manufacturing site. Evaluated risk to
current and future industrial and construction workers exposed
to site soil and groundwater. Provided data visualization
through application of Geospatial Information System. The
risk assessment was intended to define appropriate remedial
alternatives for the site.
BP, Former Refinery, Ecological Risk Assessment, Wyoming.
Member of risk assessment team evaluating risk at former
refinery site. Responsible for evaluation of ecological receptors
exposed to site soils, surface water, sediment, and pore water.
Analyzed and presented technical data using spreadsheets,
retrieved and reviewed toxicological parameters and peer-
reviewed literature, and contributed to technical writing in
support of the risk assessment document.
USACE, Former Pipeline/Fuel Storage Facility, Human
and Ecological Method 2 Evaluation, Alaska. Prepared
screening level assessment to evaluate potential ecological
and human health risk in support of a Remedial Investigation
(RI) at the Tok facility. The evaluations were focused to Alaska
DEC Method 2 protocol to identify chemicals of concern and
compute cumulative risk estimates that assure that Method 2
cleanup goals and cumulative risk requirements are met.
experience providing EHST compliance and auditing services.
Mr. Schuett has managed nationwide audit programs and
lead or participated in audits of petrochemical and petroleum
production, terminaling and distribution facilities; aircraft
manufacturing facilities; recycling facilities; transportation
companies (trucking, warehousing, terminaling, marine
surveyor, transloading and rail), and a variety of other industry
facilities. Mr. Schuett is a Certified Professional Environmental
Auditor with a concentration in Environmental Compliance.
Mr. Schuett also has experience managing primary research
laboratories.
FCT Water Treatment, Environmental, Health & Safety and
Transportation Compliance - Greeley, Colorado. On-site
compliance lead for a chemical production facility. Developed
programs and maintained documentation to adhere to federal,
state and local EHST regulations, performed compliance
audits, worked with management to set ESHT compliance
goals, developed training materials and trained personnel.
BP IST Oil Americas, Compliance Auditing, US Nationwide.
Project Director and Lead Auditor for a BP corporate auditing
program that evaluated third-party oil storage and distribution
terminals located throughout the U.S. for EHS, security,
and sampling protocol compliance with federal and state
regulations and corporate policies. Responsible for staffing
and scheduling over 30 facility assessments and conducting
over a half dozen facility assessments. Assessments included
the evaluation of product collection and testing procedures
associated with the issuance of certificates of analysis and
regualtory reporting.
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc, Environmental, Health &
Safety Compliance Audits, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
Team Auditor for a corporate due diligence program to conduct
focused EHS audits of newly aquired oil field chemical supply
facilities. Technical areas covered included a focus of federal
and state EHS regulations concerning flammable material
storage, PSM applicability, SPCC and storm water applicability
and implementation.
BP Amoco Chemical Co, BP Chemicals, Inc, BP
Petrochemicals A&A, Multi-media Compliance Audit
Program, Nationwide. Program Director and Lead Auditor
for on-site compliance management systems and compliance
assessments of BP-contracted third party transportation
companies (bulk liquid/solid/intermodal trucking, rail,
warehousing, marine surveyors, product testing laboratories,
and logistics brokers). Responsible for staffing and scheduling
over 45 facility assessments over a four year period. Technical
focus areas included federal and state EHST compliance.
Also available for Environmental Auditing tasks:
• Gregg Somermeyer (B)
• Jim Paulson, PE (D)
• William Bock (A)
included Underground Storage Tanks, Above Ground Storage
Tanks, Landfills, and Industrial and Commercial Facilities. Mr.
Paulson has been responsible for technical and economic
evaluations and the engineering design of alternative remedial
systems including ex situ and in situ soil and groundwater
systems. Remedial systems evaluated and designed have
included air sparging, soil vapor extraction, vacuum-enhanced
groundwater recovery, groundwater pump and treat, in situ
bioremediation, bioventing, ex situ biopiles, in situ chemical
oxidation, land farming, dig and haul, ex situ biological
reactors, risk assessment and natural attenuation. He has also
been responsible for the operation and optimization of remedial
systems including soil vapor extraction, air sparging, in situ
enhanced bioremediation and bioaugmentation, pump and
treat, land farming, and enhanced fluid recovery.
ConocoPhillips, Inc., Retail Petroleum Sites Portfolio,
Colorado. Technical lead and assistant Program Manager
(at Maxim) responsible for conducting feasibility studies and
preparation of corrective action plans and engineering designs
for remediation of active sites with petroleum-contaminated
soil and groundwater. Prepared subcontractor bid documents
for installation of remedial systems. Negotiated with regulatory
agencies for risk-based closures and use of innovative
technologies to achieve closure. Remediation technologies
utilized included enhanced fluid recovery, in situ groundwater
bioremediation, monitored natural attenuaton, and risk-based
closure.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Remediation of
Contaminated Soil and Groundwater at Natural Gas
Plants, Wattenburg Field, Colorado. Program manager
for remediation of hydrocarbon and chlorinated compound
contaminated soils and groundwater at 7 natural gas facilities:
4 compressor stations, 1 gas plant and 2 former liquids
handling terminal in the Wattenburg Field in Colorado under
the Colorado Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCUP).
conditions and management recommendations to enhance
natural resources within the reservoir boundaries.
Amy Gilboy
MS, Resource Ecology and Management, Concentration: Terrestrial,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2003
BS, Biological Science, Florida State University, 1997
Amy Gilboy will lead tasks for Section 404, waters of the U.S.,
wetlands, and noxious plant and rare plant tasks. Amy has
over 16 years of experience in natural resource management
for both public and private sectors. While with the USFWS,
she carried out USFWS responsibilities arising from the
Endangered Species Act, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act,
NEPA, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, MBTA, and
numerous other Federal laws, policies and administrative
regulations. She has conducted and reviewed analyses to
determine the impact of management actions on threatened,
endangered, and state-listed candidate species. In private
practice, she has conducted wetland delineations, managed
permitting and mitigation planning; conducted wildlife and
vegetation surveys and habitat suitability assessments for
threatened and endangered species; and prepared NEPA
documents and other tasks as required by Section 7 and 10
consultation for the Endangered Species Act. In addition,
she has performed noxious weed surveys and treatment and
prepared noxious weed treatment plans.
As the Land Resource Coordinator for St. Johns County,
Florida, Amy developed long-term goals and implemented
plans for management of County properties for natural
resources, wetland mitigation, and passive recreation. She
assisted with the direction of County wetland mitigation bank
planning, permitting, and site construction and restoration.
She gathered and analyzed ecological information related to
land management activities such as vegetation monitoring,
endangered species surveys, and wildlife response to land
management practices. Amy also supervised and conducted
noxious weed surveys and treatment in conjunction with
several other public and private entities throughout northeast
Florida.. She conducted several prescribed fires on County and
other public property and thus has direct experience with fire
management. Local projects include:
Banning Lewis Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Organized and conducted wetland delineation for a 550-acre
His site characterization and remediation experience was
gained at railroad fueling facilities, mid-stream oil and
gas facilities, refineries, and industrial sites. Mr. Clem has
completed engineering design and implementation of air
sparge, multi-phase extraction, excavation, enhanced in-situ
bioremediation, and monitored natural attenuation systems. He
is proficient in the coordination and performance of fieldwork
including groundwater and soil monitoring and sampling, well
installation, enhanced bioremediation substrate injection,
mass excavation, and the operation and maintenance of a
variety of subsurface remediation systems such as multi-phase
extraction, soil vapor extraction, and skimmer system product
recovery. He has assisted with both small and large scale
remediation designs and has developed cost estimates for
implementing remediation activities. Mr. Clem has also been
the environmental health and safety administrator for the Fort
Collins office.
Encana, Natural Gas Well Site Remediation, Wyoming.
Assisted in design and implementation of remediation activities
at a well site under the Wyoming Department of Environmental
Quality Voluntary Remediation Program. Remediation activities
included subsurface dewatering and excavation of source area
hydrocarbon impacted soils and the implementation of a pilot
test to evaluate the effectiveness of in-situ remediation using
chemical oxidation of a dissolved phase plume.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp, Natural Gas Compressor
Stations, Site Characterization and Remediation,
Colorado. Project engineer providing technical support and
implementation expertise for characterization and remediation
of petroleum hydrocarbon and chlorinated compound impacted
soil and groundwater. The sites consisted of natural gas
compressor stations and liquids separation terminals that are
all part of the natural gas gathering system in northeastern
Colorado. Remediation technologies evaluated, designed,
and implemented include monitored natural attenuation,
excavation, enhanced bio-remediation, chemical oxidation, air
sparging, and multi-phase extraction.
Confidential Client, Refinery Remediation, Colorado. Trained
in operation and maintenance of an internal combustion engine
as part of a soil vapor extraction system.
Various Clients, Environmental Sampling, Arkansas;
Colorado; and Utah. Field engineer for environmental
sampling. Coordinated and conducted low-flow groundwater
and soil sampling tasks at sites impacted by chlorinated
compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and others.
Conducted soil vapor sampling and monitoring tasks.
Meta Bergwall is an engineer-in-training with 2 years of
experience. Ms. Bergwall specializes in soil sampling,
groundwater sampling, data entry, cost estimation, and report
preparation. Technical experience includes creating figures
using AutoCAD. She practices ensuring health and safety
requirements and is proficient in preparing technical reports.
Example projects include:
Railroad, Pole Treating and Refinery Site, Montana. Staff
engineer for a former pole treating and refinery site that
included investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater
containing pentachlorophenol, petroleum hydrocarbons,
metals, and dioxins/furans. Project included soil excavation
and off-site disposal by rail and truck, land treatment unit
operation, and groundwater dissolved and light non aqueous
phase liquid remediation. Responsible for collecting
confirmation soil samples during soil excavations, tracking
samples, and preparing data submittals. Assisted the Site
Engineer and Construction Manager with oversight of the site
contractor. Annual groundwater monitoring, and soil vapor
monitoring. Assisted with direct push drilling and installation
of piezometers. Conducted a hydrocarbon bail down test
and analyzed results with the API LNAPL transmissivity
workbook. Other tasks included preparation of work plans, data
evaluation, reporting, and preparing documents for submittal to
the regulatory agency.
Railroad, Tie Treating Site, Montana. Staff engineer for a
former railroad tie treating facility. Development of a pilot study
biosparge system. Assisted in the design of the pilot system
and cost estimates for the system.
Railroad, Lube Oil Re-Refining/Storage Facility, Montana.
Staff engineer for a former disposal facility of acid clay filtration
material used in a lube oil reclamation facility. Evaluation of
remediation options, included cost estimates, creating figures,
and magnitude of system required.
Railroad, Environmental Sampling, Colorado. Staff engineer
for an active rail yard. Tasks included soil sampling and
hydraulic conductivity testing.
Power, Environmental Monitoring, Colorado. Assisted in
water level monitoring.
Gas Field, Environmental Sampling, Colorado. Staff engineer
for an active gas field. Conducted groundwater sampling and
water level monitoring.
Also available for Environmental Assessment and
Investigation:
• Brian Myller (H Lead)
• Gregg Somermeyer, PE (B Lead)
• Jim Paulson (D Lead)
• Jean Decker, CPEA (E Lead)
• Christine Casaacelli (F Lead)
• Kenneth Pinnella (F)
finite difference, and finite element models, and the design
and implementation of aquifer characterization programs
including monitoring networks, pump tests, slug tests, and
tracer tests. His technical specialties include groundwater
modeling of flow and transport using a variety of models as
well as multiphase flow modeling and analysis of hydrocarbon
recovery systems, inverse parameter estimation with advanced
regularization, quantitative predictive uncertainty analysis,
and well optimization. Numerical codes are used to determine
hydraulic effects, well locations, and pumping rates for in-situ
bioremediation, pump and treat, dewatering, sheet piling/
soil bentonite cutoff walls, horizontal wells, and hydraulic
containment. Uncertainty analysis is used to quantify potential
future impacts to high value water supplies, predict the
effect future management changes will have on contaminant
transport, and design long-term pumping strategies.
BLM, Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Responsible for
MODFLOW/MT3DMS transport model evaluation of impacts
to groundwater resources from combined coal bed methane
dewatering and coal mine dewatering in the eastern Powder
River Basin. Groundwater model included 14,000 operating
CBM wells and 12 operating coal mines.
Helper Field Environmental Assessment, Helper, Utah.
Hydrogeologist responsible for reviewing and rewriting the
hydrogeology section of the EA for an expansion of a coal
bed methane field. As part of the assessment, a screening
level MODFLOW model was constructed to help evaluate the
expected groundwater drawdown anticipated by dewatering
the aquifer in the CBM field.
Former Refinery, Variable Saturated Transient Flow
and Transport Model, Casper, Wyoming. Task manager
responsible for constructing a regional, transient, flow
and transport model using the variably-saturated code
MODFLOW-SURFACT at an inactive refinery. The model
was used in three Corrective Measures Study evaluations,
long-term performance monitoring, and closure activities.
PEST was used to perform inverse parameter estimation with
regularization and pilot points. The well optimization codes
MODOFC and Brute Force were used to site extraction wells,
while maximizing soluble benzene capture and minimizing
pumping rates, number of wells, and smearing of light non-
aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL). The American Petroleum
Institute LNAPL recovery spreadsheet was coupled to the
flow model to facilitate LNAPL recovery design. The model
has been used to design, evaluate, and install a variety of
engineered remedies including: hydraulic barriers, horizontal
injection trenches, soluble benzene flushing and capture
zones, and physical barriers. A prediction of the anticipated
performance of these remedies under uncertainty has been
done with the help of PEST.
scheduling and technical oversight of laboratory analytical
data for many Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act/Superfund, and United States Corps of
Engineers projects designed to meet the specific needs of
various national, regional, and state regulatory agencies, as
well as chemical/geological database management and query
design. Ms. Milcan has frequently served as a liaison with
government agencies in establishing quality assurance project
plans designed to meet project data quality objectives. She
has extensive experience with quality assurance program
design and implementation, laboratory audits, corrective
action, historic data migration from varying sources, and
data validation, as well as a bench level understanding of
environmental organic and inorganic methods. Ms. Milcan
also specializes in litigation support, regulatory compliance,
Contract Laboratory Program Level IV data validation, and
EQuIS database management for several large, high visibility
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation
projects.
Confidential Oil and Gas Company, Spill Response – Data
inventory and management. Helped to develop and institute
inventory systems for samples and legal documents related
to a major oil spill. Maintain accurate inventory/records,
laboratory negotiations, management reports to internal and
external agents.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Formerly Used Defense Sites
– Region 10. As Quality Assurance Manager/Project Chemist,
authored site-wide Quality Assurance Project Plan to comply
with national and regional project directives and support
human health and ecological risk assessment; conduct/
approve field and laboratory audits; evaluate performance
evaluation samples; approve field/laboratory modifications;
review and initiate corrective action for non-conformance
(field and laboratory); responsible for coordination between
field teams and the analytical laboratories related to custody,
sample delivery, management and reporting issues; review
field and laboratory data for compliance with quality assurance
objectives and for suitability as reportable values of site relative
data quality; resolve data quality issues in cooperation with
USACE-Alaska and laboratory management; review, validate
chemical data (multiple matrices/methods) in accordance with
USACE and USEPA guidance; generate Quality Assurance/
Quality Control reports and contribute to final analysis/reports;
migrate historic data; populate and manage project database
(EQuIS format).
sampling, monitoring well installation using direct push
geoprobe, hollow stem auger, and mini-sonic drilling
techniques in a variety conductions, well abandonment,
soil vapor monitoring point installation and monitoring, and
soil sampling. He practices ensuring health and safety
requirements and is proficient in preparing work plans and
technical reports. Example projects include:
Utility, Removal Action, Colorado. As task manager and
assistant project manager, responsible for routine groundwater
monitoring and site inspection activities. Tasks include, cost
estimating, planning and organizing, serving as field lead on
monitoring and inspection activities, development of site-side
contour map, and reporting.
Bottled Water Resources Site, Water Sampling/
Investigations, Colorado. Performed surface water and
groundwater sampling and monitoring to characterize site
water for bottling operations. Performed monitoring of pumping
test on aquifer, monitored spring locations, and performed
oversight for flume installations. Assisted in data reduction and
contour map generation using Geospatial Information System.
Railroad, Environmental Sampling and Drilling, Colorado,
Montana. Field leader for groundwater monitoring, soil test
pit investigations, monitoring well installation through difficult
lithologies, and soil vapor well installation and monitoring at
a Site Superfund site in Montana. These site investigations
were conducted to collected data to support identification
and characterization of site soils and groundwater. Other
tasks included preparation of work plans, data evaluation,
reporting, site characterization contour mapping, and preparing
documents for submittal to the regulatory agency.
Railroad, Active Railyard/Environmental Sampling,
Colorado. As task manager, responsible for coordination of
semi-annual groundwater monitoring events and quarterly
inspection of site product recovery systems. Tasks include
planning and organization, serving as field lead on monitoring
and additional site investigation activities including sol vapor
monitoring using a Li-cor system to determine mass plume
reduction, data evaluation, development of site-wide contour
maps, and reporting
Gas Field, Domestic Well Sampling, Wyoming. Conducted
sampling investigations on domestic water wells to determine
water quality within the basin. Involved in data reduction and
reporting.
currently a Principal Hydrogeologist for AECOM (Legacy URS)
in Denver, Colorado. Much of his career has been focused on
leading the design, implementation, data evaluation, and report
preparation of ground water investigations at chemical plants,
manufacturing facilities, petroleum refineries and terminals,
railroad yards, airports, dry cleaners, underground storage
tank sites, mine processing facilities, and steel mills. Recent
project experience has pertained to litigation support as an
expert witness in hydrogeology, conducting water resource
assessments and site investigation activities to support oil
and gas exploration in Colorado (water quality, resource
identification, and groundwater-surface water interaction) and
evaluation of contaminant migration at project sites underlain
by perched aquifers.
Mr. Levorsen provides advanced understanding of site
geologic, hydrologic, and contaminant fate and transport
issues to develop site conceptual models to evaluate source
area locations, timing of releases, free-product and dissolved
phase migration pathways, which provide a technical basis for
client business decisions and/or lead to focused and effective
remediation strategies. He applies computer modeling, data
management, and mapping software to integrate, evaluate,
and visualize subsurface data and historic operations to
develop defensible interpretations of site-specific groundwater
flow and contaminant fate and transport processes in
varied hydrogeologic settings. Mr. Levorsen has provided
litigation support and expert witness testimony in the fields
of hydrogeology and contaminant fate and transport. Mr.
Levorsen prepares and manages project team technical
presentations to be presented to multi-agency regulatory
groups and joint-client party groups.
regulatory agencies.
Former Railroad Maintenance Facility, Remedial Design,
Operations and Maintenance, Minnesota. Project Manager
of a Petrofund site regulated by the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency. Contaminants of interest include hydrocarbon-
impacted soil and groundwater. Remediation involves use
of soil vapor extraction, bioventing, and product recovery for
hydrocarbon impacts.
Pole Treating Site, Montana. Assistant Project Manager
responsible for project cost controls on a ~$30M project that
included investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater
containing pentachlorophenol, petroleum hydrocarbons,
metals, and dioxins/furans.
Managing Project Quality
The AECOM Quality Management System (QMS)
program involves all team members plus a company-
wide team, who are responsible for implementation of
the program. We implement quality processes as an
integral part of project delivery, built around the project
management processes so quality is designed into the
project, not tacked on afterwards. The QMS (certified to
the ISO 9001:2008 standard) is based on the definition
of quality as “conformance to requirements”; and on the
premise that the requirements are governed by client
objectives.
Managing Project Schedules
Working with the City project manager in developing
each task order scope, Margaret Zebley and our
assigned technical leads will also define a task order
schedule. For smaller task orders, the schedule may
simply be defined as a completion date. For larger and
more complex task orders, schedules will indicate the
overall completion date as well as key milestone delivery
points for the task order. We use a variety of scheduling
tools for tracking and controlling progress on task orders
including bar charts for simpler projects, as well as
computerized scheduling software (such as Microsoft
Project) for larger, more complex assignments.
Managing Project Safety
AECOM is committed to providing safe and healthy
workplaces for all employees, minimizing incidents and
injuries. Prior to commencing work on an applicable City
task, AECOM will develop a project-specific Health and
Safety Plan (HASP). This plan will be focused on the
potential hazards and other issues of concern for the
specific project, as well as provide a plan for emergency
response and evacuation. All field staff will be required to
attend a safety orientation, and daily “tailgate” meetings
will also be held in the morning prior to the beginning
of daily field work, during which any safety issues will
be discussed. Subcontractors who work under AECOM
supervision will also be required to complete the
necessary safety orientation and training.
Engineering Services for Capital Projects Management
for the City and County of Denver (contract 201309557,
dated Feb. 22, 2013) using the approach presented in
the following sections.
Through prior experience, we have learned three
critical elements of team organization and contract
management that contribute to project success:
• Local Single Point of Contact for All Scope Items:
Margaret Zebley, our Project Manager, will serve as
a liaison between the City and AECOM’s discipline
lead, technical leads, field staff, and production
staff. All work will be directed by Ms. Zebley, and
discussions involving information transfer, conceptual
understanding, and other collaboration will be
promoted between any City and AECOM staff. Ms.
Zebley and all Technical Leads identified in Section
D.2 are located in AECOM’s Fort Collins office,
which allows for a local contact for each service area
with Ms. Zebley ensuring the cost management,
deliverable and quality are consistent and in
accordance with the City’s expectations.
• Flexible Access to Service: To provide the service you
need, our approach is for the City to have access to
anyone on our team.
• Broad and Deep Expertise: Our team has depth of
AECOM staff that will allow for quick response and
assurance of meeting project goals. When a task
order is identified, Ms. Zebley will meet with the
City’s Project Manager to discuss key project steps,
including:
− Scope the project and identify key project issues
and prioritize task assignments
− Assign staffing based on regional/disciplinary
expertise and project schedule
− Formulate an action plan to accomplish the work
and obtain concurrence from the City.
In addition, Ms. Zebley will work the City’s Project
Manager and AECOM personnel to:
• Confirm proposed staffing/expertise match the task
order requirements
• Evaluate project scope and goals to assure
conformance within the City’s guidelines
• Facilitate the delivery and acceptance of the task
order proposal to obtain project Notice to Proceed in
a timely manner.
Ms. Melissa Hovey, Project Manager for City of Fort
Collins Dust Control Manual Project
Environmental Services Department
215 N. Mason St.
City of Fort Collins, CO 80522
Office: 970.221.6813
mhovey@fcgov.com
Ms. Jennifer McCarter, R.E.M.
Xcel Energy | Responsible By Nature
Environmental Policy and Services Department
1800 Larimer St., Suite 1300, Denver, CO 80202-1414
P: 303.294.2228 C: 720.810.1220
jennifer.mccarter@xcelenergy.com
Ms. Jennifer Swaim
Vice President – Health, Safety and Environment
Terex Corporation
18340 NE 76th Street
Redmond WA 98052
425.895.6479
jennifer.swaim@terex.com
Mr. Gregory J. Jeffries
BNSF Railway Company
80 44th Avenue NE
Minneapolis, MN 55421-2599
763.782.3490
Gregory.Jeffries@BNSF.com
Ms. Dana Howard
Anadarko Petroleum Co.
1201 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, TX, 77380
832.636.1268
dana.howard@anadarko.com
4. Subconsultants
AECOM anticipates self-performing the majority of the
scope of services, with the exception of drilling, chemical
MS, Earth Science and Hydro-Geology Track,
Western Michigan University, 1998
BA, Earth Science, St. Cloud State Univ., 1995
40 Scientist II
Mark Asoian G 35 BS Meteorology/Atmospheric Physics 50 Principal
Scientist
Howard Balentine,
CCM, PE G 40
ME Envir. Engineering, Univ. of Florida, 1978
MS Business Admin., Boston Univ., 1977
BS Physics, US Air Force Academy, 1972
15 Principal
Scientist
Brian Bass A 15 BS Environmental Science, University of
Kansas, 2000 50 Scientist II
Meta Bergwall A,B 2 BS Environmental Engineering, University of
New Hampshire, 2012 50 Engineer I
William Bock A, E 18 BS Environmental Conservation, University of
New Hampshire, 1997 15 Scientist V
Patrick Clem, PE B 10 BS Environmental Engineering, CSU, 2008 15 Engineer III
Noelle Cochrane, PE 28 BS Civil Engineering, Colorado School of
Mines
30 Principal
Engineer
Tom Damiana G 16 MS and BS Aerospace Engineering, Texas
A&M University, 2000 25 Scientist V
Ken Fantone A 35
MS Geology, S. Dakota School of Mines &
Technology, 1983
BS Geological Sciences, Penn. State
University, 1977
50 Scientist V
Anthony Galligan G 7 BS Meteorology, Metro State College, 2006 40 Scientist I
Amy Gilboy C, H 17
MS Resource Ecoogy and Management,
Concentration Terrestrial, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2003
BS Biological Science, Florida St. Univ., 1997
30 Scientist II
Susan Hall C 10 BS, Environmental Science, Fresh Water
Systems, University of Wisconsin, 2004 70 Scientist IV
punitive damage assessments; identification and
differentiation of contaminant source parties; allocation
of cleanup costs, investigative and corrective strategy
development, review, and monitoring; and environmental
forensics. Mr. Myller has been particularly successful in
developing technical strategies and arguments that help
settle lawsuits prior to going to trial, saving clients and
taxpayers significant cost. He is seasoned in locating the
most effective experts for a given case and guiding the
preparation of the most compelling arguments and visual
presentations.
The table below shows all proposed staff with specific
expertise are also highlighted in, including years of
experience, credentials, and availability.
The table uses these notations for the tasks listed in the
RFP:
Key
A Environmental Assessment and Investigation
B Remedial Technology Selection and Implementation
C Ecological Assessment and Permitting
D Voluntary Cleanup
E Environmental Auditing
F Human Health Risk Assessment
G Air Permitting, Monitoring, Modeling, and Compliance
H Litigation Support/Expert Technical Analysis
BS, Civil Engineering (Civil and Environmental) Midwest
College of Engineering
Experience:27 years total; Availability 25%
Billing Category: Principal Engineer
Jim Paulson is a Professional Engineer with 27 years
of experience in project engineering and project
management. Mr. Paulson’s project experience
includes remedial site investigations and reporting,
field testing, data acquisition and analysis of aquifer
parameters, groundwater flow and fate/transport
modeling, natural attenuation and risk-based closure
projects, and remedial system engineering design,
installation, operation, and optimization. Mr. Paulson
has been responsible for technical and economic
evaluations and the engineering design of alternative
remedial systems including ex situ and in situ soil and
groundwater systems. Remedial systems evaluated
and designed have included air sparging, soil vapor
extraction, vacuum-enhanced groundwater recovery,
groundwater pump and treat, in situ bioremediation,
bioventing, ex situ biopiles, in situ chemical oxidation,
land farming, dig and haul, ex situ biological reactors,
risk assessment and natural attenuation.
2.E Environmental Auditing
Jean Decker, CPEA – Technical Lead
MS, Environmental/Chemical Engineering, University of
Delaware, 1979
BA, Biology/Chemistry, Bucknell University, 1974
Experience:41 years total; Availability 25%
Billing Category: Project Director II
Jean T. Decker, Certified Professional Environmental
Auditor (CPEA) has more than 41 years of experience
in the areas of environmental compliance auditing,
environmental compliance programs, permitting,
training, process engineering and operations
management. Ms. Decker has managed multi-site,
EHS compliance and EMS audit programs using
multiple audit teams for clients in the oil and gas,
utility, chemical, airline, various manufacturing, and
retail industries as well as government facilities. She
has performed over 200 environmental audits in 24
states, including Colorado.
Expertise
Brian Myller, MS
Sr. Reviewer &
Lead H
Margaret Zebley, PE
Senior Engineer
Gregg Somermeyer,
PE
Senior Engineer
Rollin Daggett
Senior Scientist
Amy Gilboy
Envir. Scientist
Jim Paulson, PE
Senior Engineer
Jean Decker, CPEA
Sr Auditor &
Compliance Expert
Kenneth Pinnella
Senior Tox./RA
Jenifer Heath, PhD
Senior Tox./RA
Courtney Taylor
Senior AQSpecialist
Noelle Cochran, PE
OPS Cert.
Testifying and Non-
Testifying Expertise • • • • • • •
Training Expertise • • • • • • • • •
Expert Eval. of Tech. Info. • • • • • • • • • •
1.H. Litigation Support/Expert Technical Analysis
2.A Environmental Assessment and
Investigations
Margaret Zebley, PE – Project Manager/
Technical Lead
BS Civil Engineering, University of Delaware 1996
Experience: 18 years total; Availability 40%
Billing Category: Project Manager II
Margaret Zebley has 18 years of experience in
the performance of and management of remedial
investigations and designs. Ms. Zebley has worked
on and managed projects for a municipal, utility
companies, refineries, oil and gas, railroad, mining,
and manufacturing clients ranging up to ~$30M in
contract value. Ms. Zebley has a broad base of project
management and engineering skills including storm
and surface water modeling, remediation design,
civil site design, technical report writing and bid
package preparation. She has completed projects for
a wide range of clients, including utility companies,
refineries, railroads, mining companies, manufactures,
and municipalities. As Project Manager, she will be
responsible for the day-to-day management of the
technical and field staff, subcontractors, field work, and
coordination with the CIty. She has a broad range of
experience with soil sampling programs, engineering,
surface water and groundwater systems, conceptual
modeling, remediation and environmental compliance
issues.
Noelle Cochran, PE
OPS Certified
CDPHE VCUP Experience • • •
1.E. Environmental Auditing
Expertise
Jean Decker,
CPEA
Lead, E
Kris Schuett,
CPEA, EHST
Compliance &
Auditing
Gregg
Somermeyer, PE
Senior Engineer
Jim Paulson, PE
Senior Engineer
Bill Bock
EHS Compliance
& Auditing
Environmental Compliance Audits • • • • •
Health and Safety Compliance Audits • •
Audit Program Development • • •
Audit Protocol Development • • • • •
Environmental Management System
(EMS) Development • • • •
EMS Updates • •
EMS Audits • • •
Compliance Program Development • • • •
Zebley, PE
Lead A
Jim Paulson,
PE
Lead D
Patrick
Clem, PEt
Envir. Eng.
Noelle
Cochran, PE
OPS Cert.
Meta
Bergwall,
Staff Eng.
Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) • • • •
Caps, covers • • • • •
Excavation, offsite disposal • • • • • •
Ex/In situ thermal desorption • • •
In situ thermal destruction • •
Incineration • • • •
Passive soil venting • •
Soil vapor extraction (SVE) • • • • •
Bioventing • • • •
and availability. Brief resumes are provided in Section
F, Appendix A for potential staff members. In addition,
resources from AECOM’s other Colorado offices can
be accessed for City work depending on the particular
expertise need and schedule. Additional resumes and
qualifications can be provided upon request.
dewatering at the end of construction or where the
construction dewatering is expected to last several
years. This situation would involve another level of
complexity to permitting due to the possibility of the
permitting process triggering antidegradation review for
the discharge. Since the discharge would be ongoing it
would not be considered a short-term and intermittent
discharge and therefore would not be exempt from
antidegradation review.
Projects with the potential for these conditions must be
evaluated early in the design process to understand
the potential cost implications associated with
permitting. AECOM recommends that the City involve
its environmental consultant at the conceptual design
phase and potentially accelerate the permitting process
ahead of the design, so permit requirements can be
incorporated into the design process and not retrofitted
at a later date. Also, it is likely that a cost-benefit analysis
for options related to dewatering needs and construction
schedule will need to be performed to ensure the City is
implementing its project in a manner to meet its goals,
protect the health of our waterways, and remain cost
sensitive.
a review of for listings for leaking underground storage
tanks [LUSTs] sites, hazardous waste sites, Superfund
sites, National Priorities List [NLP] sites, Voluntary
Cleanup [VCUP] sites, open Corrective Action sites,
or Environmental Covenant sites. From this research,
AECOM will develop a map illustrating the location of
the construction dewatering site, the CDPHE required
one-half mile and one mile radius from the site, location
of any potential groundwater contamination within those
radii, and general groundwater flow for the area.
Assuming potential sources of groundwater
contamination are identified in step one, this step would
also include the development of a site specific alternative
list of constituents including corresponding water quality
standards based on constituents of concern (COCs)
identified in the data review and potential likelihood of
impact to construction dewatering water (i.e., impacts
from a site identified 1 mile down gradient of the
dewatering site is unlikely to impact the dewatering
water and therefore would be removed from the list).
We believe that the development of a site specific
alternative list of constituents based on constituents
of concern (COCs), current status of the nearby sites,
and groundwater flow characteristics likely represent a
lower-cost alternative than analyzing for the entire list of
analytes on Attachment 1 in the permit application. This
information will be summarized in a justification letter
report suitable for submission to the CDPHE.
Step 2: Early Coordination with CDPHE and
Groundwater Sampling
After the completion of Step 1 and debriefing with the
City, AECOM proposes to engage CDPHE at this stage
to review and approve the site specific sampling list. A
conference call or meeting could be set up with CDPHE
to review the results of Step 1 and obtain CDPHE’s
approval of the site-specific sampling list. By obtaining
approval prior to groundwater sampling, we will obtain
concurrence from CDPHE on our approach and reduce
the cost of sampling for COCs unlikely to occur. After
approval, AECOM would collect, analyze, and validate
groundwater samples from the construction dewatering
sites for the approved COC list.
approach would define strategic decision points
whereby the City would either continue pursuing the
purchase based on available information, or terminate
the purchase agreement if the projected cleanup
costs exceed a certain threshold. Using a Decision
Tree Model, costs could be estimated for cleanup of
the parcels and would be refined as additional data is
gathered.
Using available historic data on the historic land use,
a sampling plan would be prepared to evaluate the
presence of constituents of concern (COC) in the
specific areas identified, including the landfill debris
area, the stained soils, and at select locations where
suspect activities may have occurred. The investigation
would be phased to initially include only soil sampling.
If the results of soil sampling indicated that potential
for impacts to groundwater, a second phase work plan
would be prepared to describe the activities necessary to
investigate groundwater conditions and would additional
soil borings and the installation of monitoring wells.
Soil and groundwater samples would be collected and
laboratory analyzed for COCs.
At each stage of the investigation, a report of the inves -
tigation would be prepared along with recommendations
for either additional data collection or an analysis of
potential remedial options to address any impacts. At
that time, the City could make a decision to continue with
the purchase with an escrow for cleanup costs, negotiate
a reduced price with the seller, negotiate with the seller
to remediate the site, or terminate the purchase. At the
point the City decided to conduct the cleanup on its own,
a decision would be made whether or not enter into the
VCUP to achieve a regulatory decision on further action.
Should the City decide to enter the VCUP program,
the initial fee to CDPHE would be $2,000 as described
above in Sections 1.D and 2.D.
AECOM recommends the phased approach since it
typically limits expenditures until a confident decision
design for the site including a RCRA Land Treatment
unit (LTU) for treatment of pentachlorophenol soils,
lead-impacted soils removal, on-site stabilization, and
disposal, sludge removal and disposal, off-site petroleum
soils treatment, and a dioxins/furans repository with an
engineered soil cover. Numerous costs savings were
realized during construction as a result of additional
pre-construction investigations to further define soils
volumes, segregating of sludge materials, negotiating
with the agency for site specific confirmation sampling
grid sizes, off-site LTU treatment of petroleum impacted
soils, establishment of a total PCP-SPLP PCP
correlation, and modification of the repository cap design
after a site cleanup level change for dioxins/furans
during construction. Construction is completed for the
soil remedies and implementation of the groundwater
and NAPL remedies is ongoing. It is anticipated that by
sequencing the remedial activities to address soil source
area impacts, further cost savings will be realized during
the implementation of the remaining remedies.
Project Status Ongoing since 2008
Evaluation of Potential Impacts to Groundwater
From Production Pits Associated with Historic
Oil and Gas Wells
Location: Wyoming
Principal Client Confidential Oil and Gas Client
AECOM’s client is an operator in an oil/gas field in
central Wyoming, operating both recently drilled
wells, and historic wells acquired from previous
operators. Public concerns with groundwater quality
led to investigations by both the USEPA and the
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to
evaluate the extent to which oil and gas development
may have resulted in groundwater impacts. AECOM
represented the client during this initial investigation
and subsequently conducted site assessment (and in
correspondence with the CPDHE and Colorado Oil
& Gas Conservation Commission, review of client
standard operating procedures, and review of waste
classifications. AECOM also is researching and
identifying state and federal regulations applicable to the
proper management and disposal of wastes. AECOM’s
deliverable will consist of a technical white paper.
Project Status Completed in 2012
Poudre River Removal Action, Remedial Actions
at Former Manufactured Gas Plant Site
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Principal Client Xcel Energy
AECOM designed and implemented remedial actions
at this former manufactured gas plant site to eliminate
seepage of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) into an
urban waterway and address a potentially significant
liability for our client. Featured by local news stations
as an example of progressive cooperation between the
public and private sector, the successful remediation
resulted in the reuse of the area as a city park and
nature area, enhancing the community’s aesthetic and
commercial appeal, and facilitating future development
and economic growth. In the course of our work, we
eliminated client liability posed by NAPL contamination,
developed a low-cost approach to eliminating the
seepage of NAPL into the river using excavation and a
high-density plastic cut-off wall/hydraulic control trench,
created significant redevelopment and economic growth
opportunities, maintained positive relationships with
the community during remediation and construction,
restored the river environment, and improved its water
quality by eliminating NAPL seeps into the river and
removing contaminated sediments, and temporarily re-
routed the river during sediment removal to ensure no
impacts to water quality. We completed the project within
budget, despite an accelerated timetable, and conducted
a significant stakeholder outreach program to build
community support.
Project Status Ongoing since 2002
vapor explosions, and asphyxiation hazard distances
resulting from pooling of dense vapors due to cryogenic
liquid releases.
2.H. Litigation Support/Expert Technical
Analysis
AECOM has a long history of successful environmental
litigation support that includes regulatory, brownfield,
damage assessment, source responsibility, and cost
allocation work. We recognize that we may be called
upon for a range of assignments including strategic
advice, creative reviews, training, and general staff
support. When engaged early in a project, our support
can often help stop lawsuits from going to trial. Our
litigation support is delivered with an eye toward
advancing the win, containing cost, and eliminating
future compliance and litigation issues.
Our Litigation Support teams have provided a range of
litigation support services, including the following:
• Evaluation and critique of technical calculations and
other information
• Research of existing databases and other information
sources
• Compilation of information for hearings, depositions,
or pleadings
• Shadow participation in site visits
• ‘What if’ modeling exercises
• Preparation of testimony
• Testimony in depositions, hearings and at trial
• Graphics and Data Visualization
• Failure analysis
• Damage assessments and cost allocation
If AECOM is selected as your training contractor, we
would work with you to understand the EHS training
needs that the City has, the targeted audience for each
training session, the format and tentative schedule, and
the content and style of delivery that will most effectively
connect with the people being trained. In most training
projects, we have utilized PowerPoint, photos, videos,
and case examples. We can use quizzes at the end of
training to demonstrate the effectiveness of the training.
USEPA protocols and are typically documented in
a Quality Assurance Project Plan, whereby robust
Quality Assurance and Quality Control procedures are
documented and implemented. AECOM monitoring
projects include the following elements:
• Data are screened frequently by experienced
meteorological and engineering staff to:
− Quickly diagnose and resolve potential issues;
and,
− To ensure that deployed equipment is operating as
intended.
• Document weekly checks of on instrument specific
checklists and station logs;
• Conduct periodic calibration checks and performance
audits of the monitoring equipment as required by
regulations.
Data summary reports are prepared to present data
measurements and synthesize the results. In addition
to routine data management and reporting, our staff
are experienced in special monitoring studies (such
as evaluating the impact of the High Park Fire on Fort
Collins) and preparing more detailed data analyses of
ambient air data (as we are doing as part of our current
project with the City of Fort Collins, see Section 3.A).
Task 2. Regulatory Expertise
AECOM has regulatory experts on a wide variety of
regulations including State of Colorado laws. Permitting
expertise include trigger levels for Air Pollution Emission
Notices (APENs), construction permits, major source
permits, and prevention of significant deterioration
(PSD) permits. Additionally, Fort Collins is located in
an ozone nonattainment area and therefore there are
different regulatory requirements that are applicable
in nonattainment areas, such as Nonattainment New
Source Review. Emissions requirements could also be
important, depending on the application, and our staff is
experienced with New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous
Air Pollutants (NESHAPs). As a matter of course,
AECOM follows and keeps its air quality practitioners up
to date on pending regulatory changes; our staff often
specializes on a specific regulation. AECOM can provide
Ecological Risk Assessment
Protection and restoration of ecological resources is
becoming more and more central to the risk based
remediation approach, in an environment of rapidly
multiplying State guidance and requirements. AECOM
risk assessors are skilled at proactively identifying
ecological issues and managing scope so that ecological
risk is placed in the proper focus during remedial action.
Our ecological risk approach is centered around habitat
quality, wherein habitat surveys, surrounding land use
patterns, and evaluation of active pathways and relevant
receptors are used to focus on key issues. This
focusing effort is used to center ecological risk analysis
and restoration on ecological values and receptors
that are truly at risk and which represent important
economic, social, and ecological values. Ecological risk
services include habitat analysis, risk screening, and
tiered analysis. Often, AECOM can limit the ecological
analysis needs within these tiers, though for some sites
AECOM deploys complex modeling, toxicity testing,
tissue analysis and other sophisticated techniques to
achieve a realistic and scientifically defensible estimate
of true ecological effects. The end goal is securing a
defensible and cost-effective cleanup strategy
Fate & Transport Analyses
AECOM provides state-of-the-art fate and transport
analyses of COPC to determine exposure point
concentrations and clean-up criteria. We perform a
comprehensive analyses that considers COPC transport
from soil to groundwater; groundwater to surface
water; volatilization to indoor and outdoor air; and
bioaccumulation in plants, animals and fish.
Data Management
Effective data management processes and tools are
critical to collect, analyze, and communicate risk
assessment data and results to all stakeholders.
AECOM manages project QA/QC design and
implementation through strict laboratory coordination
and auditing efforts. AECOM ensures data quality
and documentation through data validation techniques
tailored to comply with both project specifics and federal
have extensive project experience conducting wetland
and waterbody surveys, threatened and endangered
species surveys, preparing Section 404 wetland crossing
applications and technical documents to support the
Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultation, and
extensive NEPA compliance experience, including
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and EA
preparation. Specifically, AECOM specialists have
completed Habitat Conservations Plans (HCP), habitat
suitability assessments for threatened and endangered
species, biological assessments (BAs), Resource
Management and Conservation Plans, noxious weed
management plans, wetland mitigation, and vegetation
monitoring.
AECOM specialists maintain relationships with key
CDOT, FHWA, USACE and other critical agencies, and
are familiar with a full range of applicable ecological
technical disciplines. AECOM is a proven provider of
ecological assessment and permitting services, including
oversight of NEPA and environmental compliance
processes.
2.D. Voluntary Cleanup
AECOM is fully qualified and experienced in conducting
remediation of contaminated properties under the VCUP.
AECOM’s project team has completed investigations
and remediation of contaminated properties under the
VCUP program in several locations throughout Colorado.
AECOM has used the assessment, design and
implementation techniques and practices as described
above under Section 2.B to evaluate and implement
remedial actions at those VCUP sites. AECOM has
prepared the initial VCUP applications, remedial
evaluations, remedial action work plans, progress
reports and closure requests.
2.E. Environmental Auditing
AECOM has highly experienced EHS auditing staff in
Fort Collins, Denver, and across the U.S. The staff in
data in terms of contaminate transport, hydrogeology,
geology, environmental chemistry, and waste
characterization. This expertise in then used to develop
work plans and reports that are technically sound and
protective of human health and the environmental.
Our staff matrix in Section D.1 illustrates the expertise
of our staff located in Fort Collins and Denver that
will support the City in these matters. Our staff has
implemented numerous projects that involve petroleum
hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, PCBs, metals, and
other constituents of concerns in soil, water (surface
and groundwater), air, and sediments. Our OPS-listed
consultants will provide remediation expertise and with
experience working through the OPS processes for
petroleum fuel releases.
In addition, AECOM’s Fort Collins office has multiple
staff members with expertise in SPCC Plans, including
four Professional Engineers licensed in Colorado to sign
and seal the plans. AECOM has implemented SPCC
plans for oil and gas facilities, manufacturing facilities,
and utility companies; including comprehensive SPCC
plans of distribution and transmissions substations.
We work with our clients to identify potential risks and
provide recommendations for corrective action.
AECOM’s staff which includes Certified Hazardous
Materials Managers can perform waste characterization
studies to determine composition, regulatory status,
and management of potentially hazardous wastes. This
includes a determination of a waste as being listed or
characteristically hazardous under RCRA. Our staff can
assist the City on the proper management and disposal
of all solid wastes, including (RACS).
2.B. Remedial Technology Selection and
Implementation
AECOM is fully qualified to conduct human health
and ecological risk assessments (discussed further
in Section C.2.F), identify and screen remediation
technologies, evaluate ICs, and assemble and evaluate
remedial alternatives to select the most appropriate
remedy to address impacted soil and groundwater.
AECOM can also interface with the appropriate
cryogenic liquid releases.
1.H. Litigation Support/Expert Technical
Analysis
Our work is typically performed under attorney-client
privilege and remains confidential. Some examples of
AECOM litigation support projects include:
• Provided Technical analyses and depositions on
endangered species requirements for a proposed
reservoir project in in Colorado.
• Provided litigation support for aquatic biology issues
along a three state river-water allocation project.
Technical analyses and expert testimony regarding
compliance with anticipated ozone standards for oil
and gas developments in the central U.S.
• Litigation support for a Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) permit for a combined cycle gas-
fired power plant, contested on claims related to local
health effects. AECOM performed modeling analyses
and provided court testimony, contributing to the
court’s finding that there was no basis for the claimed
health effects and confirming the issuance of the PSD
permit.
• As senior technical counsel, developed technical
arguments regarding alleged client responsibility
(confidential national dry cleaner) for groundwater
contamination that convinced the court to dismiss
lawsuit before going to trial.
• As senior technical counsel, supported strategy
development and authorship of a technical response
to a federal regulatory enforcement order issued
for metals contamination allegedly caused by an
aggregate mining client’s mining operations. The
technical response helped remove the enforcement
action against client.
• Permission was being sought for flammable storage
at a custom manufacturing facility. AECOM provided
testimony to the Zoning Board of Appeals regarding
the safety, health, and environmental aspects of
flammable hydrocarbon propellant storage at the
facility.
• Approval of a proposed waste-to-energy facility in
the northeast U.S. required a review by the state
environmental board. AECOM presented testimony
negotiation of cost-effective, favorable and protective
endpoints for our clients. AECOM risk assessors have
worked on a wide variety of projects including everything
from:
• Very small (risk-while-U-wait) projects (such as
screening level comparisons).
• Medium sized risk assessments such as a recent
project where we evaluated the risk to a residential
neighborhood from a petroleum release.
• Very large projects where risk-based decisions were
used every step of the way – in work plan design, for
data evaluation, in community meetings, in remedy
selection, and in negotiation of the remedy decision.
Our business advantage is that we tie risk management
to all environmental projects including regulatory
compliance (RCRA, Superfund, CERLCA, VCUP, air
quality), permitting, wetlands, and site reuse.
1.G. Air Permitting, Monitoring, Modeling,
and Compliance
Our comprehensive air quality services include all
the technical specialties requested by the City. We
aim to ensure that today’s projects will ease rather
than exacerbate impacts on our environment and that
tomorrow’s solutions are sustainable and conform to
best environmental practices. AECOM brings together
the unique capabilities of our specialist technology
groups to compliment our strong local expertise. AECOM
has successfully completed dozens of permitting
projects in Colorado, including minor source construction
permits and Air Pollution Emissions Notices (APENs).
Our permitting experts also can draw on their extensive
background to complete more complex New Source
Review (NSR), Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(PSD), nonattainment permitting, and Title V permitting,
for initial facility permits and for facility modifications, if
needed by the City. Many of our engineers are familiar
with developing emissions calculations for exactly
the types of sources the City currently has APENs for
including small- and medium-sized power generators,
gas-fired boiler units, aggregates handling operations
• Clean Air Act
• Toxic Substances Control Act
• Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know
Act
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
• Safe Drinking Water Act
Health & Safety
• Recordkeeping (Reporting, OSHA 300A and 301
Injury and Illness Logs)
• Walking-Working Surfaces
• Means of Egress
• Powered Platforms, Manlifts and Vehicle Mounted
Work Platforms
• Occupational Health and Environmental Control
• Hazardous Materials
• Hazardous Chemical Operations
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Lockout-tagout
• Confined Spaces and Signs
• Medical and First Aid
• Fire Protection
• Materials Handling and Storage
• Machinery and Machine Guarding
• Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Other Hand-
held Equipment
• Welding, Cutting, and Brazing
• Electrical
• Toxic and Hazardous Substances
State and local environmental, health and safety
programs also will be reviewed.
permitting process. These requirements include the
Clean Water Act 404 permit application, which is
processed by the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE),
biological technical reports addressing, county, state and
federal threatened and endangered species, applicable
CDPHE guidance, and National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) compliance. The overall objective is to
successfully obtain the desired permit following the
appropriate regulatory framework.
1.D. Voluntary Cleanup
The VCUP was created in 1994 to facilitate the
redevelopment and transfer of contaminated properties.
It is the goal of the state to encourage as many voluntary
clean-up proposals as possible, and to remove any
barriers landowners might have in coming forward. The
VCUP falls under the jurisdiction of the CDPHE and
includes the Colorado Brownfields Program. The two
programs can be an efficient mechanism for the City to
return contaminated properties to productive use.
Because the VCUP provides both federal and state
remedial plan approval in one step, banks will accept
a “No Further Action” (NFA) letter from the program as
assurance that the State or the USEPA won’t order a
costly, conventional cleanup. This eases concerns of
environmental liability when properties are involved in
property transfers.
Cleanup decisions are based on existing standards and
the proposed use of the property, but CDPHE provides
no construction or cleanup oversight. The actual cleanup
and verification are the owner’s responsibility. The
program provides timely (45 days) review of cleanup
plans submitted by property owners.
To receive USEPA’s assurances that it won’t take
Superfund action as specified in the Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA), the owner must submit a completion
report as a new application for NFA so CDPHE can
review and concur that the plan has been completed as
approved.
The Brownfields Program provides public and private
property owners with resources to facilitate cleanups
at abandoned industrial facilities, long-forgotten gas
stations, and other potentially contaminated properties
that would otherwise languish and hinder economic
• Utilize the standard requirements of the default RACS
management plan described in 6 CCR 1007-2; or
• Submit a site-specific risk assessment work plan to
CDPHE for approval.
Corrective action alternatives may include measures
to prevent exposure as well as remove or treat
contaminants in soil or groundwater. Exposure can
be prevented by imposing institutional controls
(ICs) or engineering controls. Engineering controls
consist of physical mechanisms to contain or stabilize
contamination while ensuring the effectiveness of a
remedial action over time. Examples include caps,
covers, signs, and fences. ICs are legal mechanisms
to enforce land and water use restrictions, and may be
applicable in instances where cleanup to levels that
allow unrestricted use is either prohibitively expensive,
technically impracticable, or would require a long period
of time to achieve. Colorado has enacted a statute
(SB145) that creates three different mechanisms for
implementing ICs as part of a site remedy. These include
environmental covenants, restrictive notices, and a
combination of a local ordinance and intergovernmental
agreement between the CDPHE and the local
government. While ICs can be quite useful and effective,
the process of creating them can be complicated and
require legal assistance and coordination with CDPHE
and the Colorado attorney general’s office.
The first step in alternative development is technology
identification and screening. Technologies are identified
and screened to select those that are capable of
eliminating hazardous substances at the facility, reducing
their concentration to acceptable health-based levels, or
preventing exposure. Bench-scale and/or pilot studies
may be required to demonstrate the effectiveness of
a technology and to acquire the necessary data to
support design activities. One or more technologies
may be combined with ICs to form several alternatives
that are then evaluated with respect to effectiveness,
implementability, and cost. Alternative evaluations
consider the current and reasonably anticipated uses
and receptors at the site as well as the ecological
setting. Each alternative is also evaluated for its ability to
meet cleanup objectives within a reasonable timeframe
that is appropriate to the setting and anticipated use of
the property.
Based Paint
− Records review for information concerning
construction and previous renovations of the
facility.
− Interviews with property manager/maintenance
personnel.
2. Onsite Inspections to Identify Suspect Materials and
Develop a Sampling Plan
− Site walkthroughs
− Identify and record suspect materials, suspect
paint and Thermal Systems Insulation and other
materials
− Report on all suspect and non-suspect building
materials
3. Conduct Bulk Sampling of Suspect Materials
− AHERA methods used
− Record exact locations
4. Generate a Sample Report for All Samples Taken
− Unique sample numbers
− Material or surface description
− Location
− Third-party laboratory results
5. Prepare CAD Floor Plan Drawings Showing the
Locations of:
− Samples collected
− Asbestos and lead paint containing materials (if
any)
− Homogeneous material reports
6. Prepare Written Report
− Summary of identified asbestos containing
materials
− Recommendations
− Regulatory review
− Sampling data
− Laboratory results
− Personnel certifications
complex site restoration projects, we offer start-to-
finish services: planning, scheduling, cost estimation,
procurement of equipment, materials and services,
construction management, quality control, site safety
programs, project closeout, and documentation.
of many technical professionals. Our project team brings
to the City of Fort Collins:
• An understanding of the City’s contracting process
and a firm commitment to mobilize quickly for task
order assignments.
plant experts to ensure we are strategic in our thinking,
compliant with federal, state, and local regulations, and
safe and cost-effective in our implementation. This cross
discipline team approach would not be available to the
City from vendors who cannot perform all of the scope of
Because we work and live in Fort Collins,
we are uniquely motivated to provide
environmental services that most benefit
the City of Fort Collins.