Curriculum Vitae
Richard E. Hill, P. E.
P. O. Box 130005
The Woodlands, Texas 77393
email: wastemin@wt.net
Telephone: 281 367 9913
Professional History
Waste Min Inc.
DRE Environmental Services
Waste Min Inc.
Bird Environmental Technologies
ENSR Corporation
USPCI
Cooper Industries Inc.
White Consolidated Industries
City of Columbus, Ohio Sewer Department
1996 - Present
1995 - 1996
1993 - 1994
1992 - 1993
1990 - 1992
1987 - 1990
1985 - 1987
1979 - 1985
1976 - 1979
Education
M. S. (Environmental Engineering)
M.P.A. (Public Administration)
B. S. (Civil Engineering)
Ohio State University
Ohio State University
Ohio State University
Professional Registration and Affiliations
Professional Environmental Engineer in Texas, Louisiana, Ohio, and New Jersey.
Technical Specialties
Twenty-one (21) years of experience in the following areas:
 Assessment of potential environmental contamination of industrial real estate
and remedial planning and programs.
 Hazardous waste permitting, compliance, treatment, disposal, and planning.
 Continuous emission monitoring systems, automatic waste feed cutoff systems,
and data acquisition systems.
 Modification of industrial processes to minimize and prevent pollution.
 Air permitting, emission sampling and control equipment selection.
 Wastewater sampling, control equipment selection, permitting, and facility
operation.
 Environmental compliance auditing and permitting.
1979
1979
1976
Detailed Work Experience
1996 - Present
President
 Technical Advisor to Citizen’s groups opposing industrial environmental permits
 Lobbyist before Texas State Legislature on protection of citizens interests concerning
environmental permitting and regulation
 Administer compliance program for a captive hazardous waste incinerator and boiler
system.
 Prepare Part B permit application for a commercial hazardous waste incinerator.
 Prepare Part B permit application for a captive industrial hazardous-waste-fired boiler
and incinerator.
 Certify alternate freeboard design and operating procedures for three hazardous waste
surface impoundments.
 Replace and upgrade personal-computer-based CEMS and AWFCO system for
hazardous waste incinerator and boiler.
 Prepare permit modifications for commercial hazardous waste landfill in West Texas
that eliminates onerous operating conditions.
1995 - 1996
Principal Engineer
 Conducted extensive emissions testing program to verify the suitability of BIF
emissions for the comparable fuels program.
 Managed negotiations for resolution of EPA enforcement case concerning the BIF rule.
 Obtained waiver from the relative accuracy test audit for a carbon monoxide CEMS.
 Prepared and submitted extensive comments on proposed MACT for hazardous waste
combustors.
 Lead author of a seminar on proposed MACT rule for hazardous waste combustors.
 Managed compliance activities for captive industrial incinerator and boilers burning
hazardous waste.
1993 - 1994
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Director of Engineering
In charge of engineering for small remediation company specializing in the
management of oily/organic waste from petrochemical plants.
Designed, installed and operated 1500-gpm centrifuge system for refinery hazardous
waste sludge consisting of nine large centrifuges, the largest such system ever used.
Performed sales and marketing, created and gave effective presentations before
technical and purchasing staffs of petrochemical companies.
Developed a new technology that eliminates hazardous waste from petroleum
refineries.
Prepared siting evaluation and demonstration-of-need documents for a proposed
hazardous waste landfill and treatment facility.
1992 - 1993
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Responsible for environmental/health/safety of a refinery oily waste recycling
company.
Managed compliance of hazardous waste projects with RCRA, OSHA and CERCLA.
Managed compliance and permitting for hazardous waste recycling facility.
Developed a waste minimization plan for a 150,000 bbl/day refinery.
1990 - 1992
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General Manager for a RCRA/PCB/Industrial Waste Landfill
Managed the operations for a hazardous waste, PCB and industrial waste landfill,
responsible for profit and loss, supervised 120 people.
Developed operations control system to allowed the facility to comply with Part B
permit.
Developed, permitted and operated a stabilization process for treatment of hazardous
wastes to meet organic and metal BDAT standards.
1987 - 1989
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Director of Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance
Responsible for environmental compliance and health/safety programs for a hazardous
waste remediation company primarily serving the petrochemical industry.
Conduct multimedia environmental compliance audits.
Established Health and Safety Program to comply with OSHA HAZWOPER
Standards.
Prepared health and safety plans for remedial projects.
Hired and supervised project safety officers
1989 -1990
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Director of Health, Safety and Environmental Compliance
Regulatory Compliance Officer
Conduct multimedia environmental compliance audits.
Operated environmental compliance program for a commercial hazardous waste
company.
Obtained EPA approval for new hazardous waste incinerator without Part B
application.
Prepared permit applications for hazardous waste landfills.
Conducted customer seminars throughout the West to explain new Land Ban
regulations.
Prepared NPDES application for leachate treatment system.
1985 -1987
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Remedial project manager on corporate staff of large metal products manufacturer.
Managed closure project of a hazardous waste impoundment.
Conducted environmental investigations and sampling programs of industrial facilities.
Conduct multimedia environmental compliance audits.
Environmental assessment and remedial work on industrial property transfers in New
Jersey.
Managed permitting and ground water investigations of hazardous waste
impoundments.
Conducted seminars on compliance with environmental regulations.
1979-1985
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Environmental Engineer
Corporate environmental program manager for large metal products manufacturer.
Responsible for all aspects of environmental program (RCRA, CWA, CAA, TSCA,
CERCLA) in 40 manufacturing plants throughout U.S. and Canada, conducted
comprehensive multi-media environmental assessment of all facilities.
Conduct multimedia environmental compliance audits.
Prepared air emission permit applications, obtained air emission permits, supervised
emission testing for SO2 and particulates, managed installation of control equipment,
and negotiated litigation with state regulators for coal boilers and electric arc furnaces.
Prepared air emission permit applications, negotiated with regulators, selected control
equipment, obtained bubble permits for several VOC-emitting industrial operations.
Worked on development of effluent guidelines for electroplating, porcelain enameling,
and foundry industries, negotiated with EPA over numerical standards and regulatory
policy.
Managed the remediation of several sites contaminated with organic solvents and
electroplating wastes including PRP negotiations, ground water assessment, feasibility
studies, remedy selection and implementation negotiations.
Obtained wastewater discharge permits including sampling, flow measurement, control
equipment selection, permit preparation, equipment installation and start-up,
enforcement litigation resolution for several industrial facilities.
1977-1979
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Senior Environmental Engineer
Sampling Supervisor
Started industrial wastewater monitoring program for a large municipal sewer
department.
Installed and operated wastewater discharge flow measurement and sampling
equipment.