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Brett
D. Smith PE, LG
EDUCATION
MS Colorado School of Mines: Geophysics (cum
laude)
BS University of Utah: Biology (environmental
and ecological emphasis)
REGISTRATIONS
and CERTIFICATES
Washington State Professional Engineer: No. 37083
Washington State Licensed Geologist: No. 1478
Washington State Certified Site Assessor, inactive: No.
1097406-U7
STI Certified Tank Inspector: No. AST326-03
Certified Nuclear Density Gauge Operator: No. 31919
Arkansas State PG, inactive: No. 15
Tennessee State PG: No. 1613
RELATED
EXPERIENCE
Environmental Compliance
Associates, LLC, Richland, Washington
President / Engineer / Geophysicist: 2003 - present
Perform customized seismic and potential-field
geophysical surveys, prepare SPCC Plans and certify
aboveground storage tanks (SP001 protocol), perform Phase
1 and 2 Environmental Site Assessments, and market firm's
services nationwide.
Vista
Engineering Technologies, Kennewick, Washington
Senior Geophysicist: 2002 - 2003
Performed geophysical surveys, prepared SPCC Plans,
and marketed firm's services to non-Hanford accounts.
Worked on Leak Detection Monitoring and Mitigation (LDMM)
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) Project in
Hanford area.
Independent
Consultant: 1991 - 2002
Performed environmental site assessments (ESAs)
nationwide, including 90+ Phase 1 ESAs as per ASTM 1527
protocol.
Provided expert witness testimony regarding a prior
hydrogeological investigation personally performed for a
proposed municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF).
Secured a $100,000 contract to assist client in obtaining
a permit to build and operate a Waste Tire Monofill.
Wrote hydrogeology and engineering reports, developed
engineering design and interacted with State regulatory
agency on behalf of client.
Woodward-Clyde
Consultants, Little Rock, Arkansas
Assistant Project Engineer: 1990 - 1991
Senior Staff Engineer: 1989 - 1990
Performed hydrogeological, geophysical, and solid waste
engineering tasks for industrial and military clients.
Pursued, developed and maintained clients. Managed
projects.
Coordinated and performed all phases of a magnetic
gradiometer survey at a chemical manufacturing facility.
Determined locations of buried hazardous debris and drums
and utilized this information to develop an incident-free
drilling program.
Coordinator and principal author of an underground
injection control (UIC) permit application package. The
state regulatory agency promptly granted the permit, and
used the submittal as a model for other applicants to
emulate.
Supervised drilling crews in an exploratory program to
define the lateral and vertical extent of soil and
groundwater contamination at a large chemical
manufacturing facility.
Field supervisor for various ESAs typically involving the
installation of groundwater monitoring or recovery well
systems.
Have installed approximately 90 monitoring wells.
Arkansas
Department of Pollution Control & Ecology (now ADEQ),
Little Rock, Arkansas
Permits Engineer / Geologist: 1987 - 1989
Performed investigations of proposed MSWLF sites
utilizing geological and geophysical field surveying
methods. Reviewed MSWLF permit submittals that included
hydrogeological and geotechnical reports, as well as
operations narratives and engineering design plans;
advised applicants of technical deficiencies.
Earned a reputation for being thorough yet realistic
regarding the development of MSWLF permit plans.
Finalized submittals became operationally simple,
economically feasible, and protective of human health and
the environment.
Biotechnical
Services, Inc., North Little Rock, Arkansas
Technical Writer (moonlighting job): 1988
Researched, developed and prepared technical monographs
for permissible exposure limits (PELs) for compounds not
yet commercially available. These PELs were utilized by
client company to implement adequate protective measures
for factory personnel.
Quantitative values of all PELs were accepted by the
client upon initial submissions!
Conoco,
Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana / Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma / Houston, Texas
Associate Geophysicist: 1984 - 1987
Evaluated oil/gas fairways by interpreting borehole,
seismic and potential-field data sets.
Convinced upper management to forgo exploration
activities in a non-economic location; saved company
$100,000.
Coordinated enhanced processing of seismic reflection
data on behalf of exploration staff; saved company
$50,000 per month.
Earned a reputation amongst company field crews as that
"office geophysicist" who was willing to
perform all field tasks, regardless of physical
discomfort.
Colorado
School of Mines Center for Potential-Field Studies,
Golden, Colorado
Graduate Research Assistant: 1982 - 1984
Designed, supervised and performed a gravity study
in northern California. Follow-up work involved
sophisticated computerized processing and modeling of
data. Developed a data processing approach that proved to
be more accurate and time-efficient than existing
methods.
Successfully defended thesis and presented results to
corporate sponsors and fellow graduate students.
OTHER
EXPERIENCE (if you just have to know...)
Hydrologic Field Assistant - U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver: 1981 - 1982
Farm Hand - Colton, Washington: spring of 1980
VISTA Volunteer - Little Rock, Arkansas:
1978 - 1979
Certified Cardiopulmonary Technologist - Salt Lake
City, Utah: 1975 - 1978
Radiation Health Monitor - University of Utah Department
of Radiological Health: 1972 - 1974
Forestry Aide - Wasatch National Forest: summers of 1971,
1972, and 1974
Ranch Hand - Driggs, Idaho: summer of 1970
Eagle Scout - Protestant Troop 518, Salt Lake City, Utah:
1970
PUBLICATIONS
Smith, B. D., Cox, G. D. and Quick, R. A., 1990. Key
Technical Issues in the Siting and Design of Municipal
Solid Waste Landfills in the 90's: Proceedings of
the Sixth International Conference on Solid Waste
Management and Secondary Materials - Philadelphia, 1990.
Smith, B. D., 1984. A Gravity Study of the Geologic
Boundary Separating the Klamath Mountains and Cascade
Range Provinces in Northern California: Master's
thesis, Colorado School of Mines.
PRESENTATIONS
Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Options - presented
at the HazMat Task Force Board Meeting of the NWPPA,
Spokane, Washington, 2002.
The New Madrid Seismic Fault Zone in Arkansas and
Missouri - presented statewide to the Arkansas Oil
Marketers Association, 1991.
Key Technical Issues in the Siting and Design of
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in the 90's -
presented at the Sixth International Conference on Solid
Waste Management and Secondary Materials - Philadelphia,
1990.
Landfilling Versus Incineration - presented to the
Arkansas Environmental Federation - Little Rock,
Arkansas, 1989.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
Past Board Member of the Arkansas Recycling
Coalition
Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
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