Resume of William L. Going, Principal
William L. Going & Associates, Inc.
Mr. Going has more than 30 years of experience in environmental site assessment,
including multi disciplinary investigations of hazardous waste management facilities,
industrial/utility plant sites, transportation corridors, and residential/commercial
properties. His administrative responsibilities include personnel management, financial
control of environmental studies, and environmental services marketing. His technical
responsibilities include environmental study design; coordination of field logistics;
supervision of data collection by aquatic and terrestrial ecologists, chemists,
toxicologists, hydrogeologists, land-use planners, and engineers; and data analysis and
report writing/editing in the development of environmental site assessments. He is also
active in litigation support and strategy.
Description of Professional Experience:
Environmental Site Assessments In Real Estate Transaction: Conducted more than
1200 Phase I and II "due diligence" investigations, Preliminary Site Investigations, and
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies at commercial/industrial and high density
residential properties for purposes of identifying and abating environmental impairment
and liabilities, e.g. leaking underground storage tanks and electrical transformers,
asbestos contaminated buildings, PCB and metal contamination in soils and sludge, and
petroleum and solvent contamination in soil and groundwater. Participated in preliminary
field investigations at more than 100 inactive hazardous waste disposal sites throughout
New York State under the auspices of the NYSDEC Superfund Program (Phases I and
II). Responsible for planning and conducting file searches, site reconnaissance, and data
interpretation efforts designed to: (1) characterize former disposal operations and any
potentially hazardous substances that may be present at sites, (2) identify pathways by
which pollutants might be migrating from the original sites of disposal, and (3) determine
what population or resources might be affected by pollutants from the sites.
Regulatory Compliance Audits: Conducted numerous environmental regulatory
compliance audits for private industry and for government which focused on RCRA,
SARA, OSHA, and CWA, e.g. conducted three-month long audit at major petroleum
refinery in Bayonne, New Jersey; conducted audit at textile dye house/printing facility in
Newburgh, New York, including indoor air and noise sampling, and wrote HAZCOM
program and conducted worker training; conducted audits of SARA Tier I and II/ Form R
at 40 representative industrial facilities for State of Rhode Island. Arranged a program for
a workshop on federal RCRA, DOT, TSCA, and state regulatory requirements for
storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous wastes for the Hudson River
Environmental Society.
Environmental Impact Assessments: Experienced with environmental impact
statements, environmental assessments, and various regulatory environmental exhibits
(such as NEPA/SEQR EISs, 316[a] and 316[b] Demonstrations, and FERC exhibits) for
projects ranging from nuclear and coal-fired power plant sitings to hazardous waste
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management facility sitings to proposed residential/commercial developments.
Responsible, as project manager, for preparation of "NEPA type" draft environmental
impact statements for one multifaceted (municipal, industrial, and hazardous) waste
disposal site and three proposed hazardous waste disposal facilities operated by CECOS
International, Inc. Prepared and used an assessment checklist to evaluate the
environmental suitability of sites proposed to be used for storage, treatment, and disposal
of hazardous wastes by DJC Conversion Systems, Inc.
Remedial Investigation and Risk Assessment: Directed sampling of surface water,
groundwater, sediments, and biological specimens and subsequent assessment of risk to
human and environmental health that could result from an outbreak of contaminated, oily
wastes from the Pennsylvania Avenue Landfill into Jamaica Bay on the south shore of
Long Island, New York. Co-authored “An assessment of the potential impact to human
health from operation of a chemical waste management system, in Proceedings of 1980
Nations Conference on Control of Hazardous Materials Spills. Vanderbilt University
Press.”
Biothreat Ranking: Designed and directed efforts to develop a biological threat-ranking
model for the NYSDEC Bureau of Hazardous Site Control. The model examined the
natural environment of inactive hazardous waste sites all across New York, and ranked
potential threat to fish and wildlife resources.
Aquatic Ecology: Supervised limnological baseline and predictive impact assessment
studies in Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, the Hudson River, the Mohawk River, and
numerous smaller freshwater lakes, strip-mine ponds, and streams from Maine to North
Carolina and west to Illinois for the Hudson River Utilities, Niagara Mohawk Power
Corporation, C.T. Main, Inc., and the Illinois Coal Gasification Group, among others.
Directed hiring and training of field biologists to collect fishery, benthos, plankton, and
water quality data and was responsible for field logistics and quality control of aquatic
ecological studies.
Terrestrial and Wetlands Ecology: Conducted surveys of mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians, and vegetation in terrestrial habitats, including northern coniferous forest,
eastern deciduous forest, southeastern coastal plains, and both coastal and freshwater
wetlands throughout the Northeast for electric utilities, engineering firms, and
government, including the New York Power Authority, Wehran Engineering, the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey, and the NYSDEC. Reviewed project impacts
and alternatives utilizing habitat evaluation procedures; collected baseline data and
projected environmental effects, so as to qualify and quantify changes to fish and wildlife
resources.
Lake Reclamation and Management: Supervised "314" Clean Lakes Program studies
on several lakes in the Northeast to examine the nutrient dynamics and sediment loading
of the aquatic systems and to identify realistic techniques for abating the eutrophication
process. Examined mechanical, chemical, and biological techniques, and conducted
research on biological control of aquatic macrophytes using the white amur. Clients
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included the Town governments of Sussex, New Jersey and Monroe, New York, as well
as private lake associations.
Education:
B.S.; North Carolina State University; Biology; 1973
Training:
OSHA 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Operations Safety Training EA Expert Witness
Training
Certifications:
Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM, Master Level 1997-2005)
NYSDOL Asbestos Inspector (1996-2005)
Habitat Evaluation Procedures by USFWS
Wildlife Biologist by Wildlife Society
NAUI Certified Scuba Diver
Employment History:
William L. Going & Associates Inc. 1993-Present
Employer: EA Engineering, Science, and Technology
Dates of Employment: 1977 - 1993
Title: Manager, Environmental Site Assessment Studies.
Employer: Texas Instruments
Dates of Employment; 1973-1977
Title: Field Biologist, Ecological Services Group
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