EDUCATION

B.S. - University of Illinois, , 1987, Civil Engineering (with Honors)

  PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

Registered Professional Engineer: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas

  PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers

Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Landfill Design and Permitting

• Project Director for a 20 acre final closure design and bid package for earthwork for a municipal landfill in Nacogdoches, Texas.
• Technical Advisor for a landfill expansion project in Ohio.
• Project Director for a landfill cell, leachate forcemain, leachate storage facility and entrance facility construction for a landfill in Victoria, Texas.
• Project Director for a Greenfield landfill design of a coal ash landfill near Sweetwater, Texas.
• Technical Reviewer for a landfill expansion for a municipal landfill in Ohio.
• Project Manager for a CQA Plan revision for a landfill in West Memphis, Arkansas.
• Project Manager for preparation of a minor permit amendment to redesign the landfill base grades and upgrade the construction details for a landfill in Angleton, Texas.
• Project Manager for preparation of a major permit amendment for a landfill expansion in League City, Texas.
• Project Manager for preparation of design plans and a design report for a landfill Jaltipan, Vera Cruz, Mexico. Design included a double geosynthetic liner consisting of a GCL/HDPE primary liner system underlain by a secondary leachate collection system and an HDPE secondary liner.
• Project Manager for preparation of permit plans and a design report for a landfill expansion in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Design included an alternate double liner consisting of a GCL/HDPE primary liner system underlain by a secondary leachate collection system and an HDPE secondary liner.
• Design Engineer for two phase development plans for a landfill in San Antonio, Texas for purposes of determining future cell construction, excavation, and capital expense requirements.
• Project Director for a horizontal and vertical expansion permit application for a landfill in Brownsville, Texas.
• Updated construction quality assurance plans for landfills in San Antonio, New Braunfels, Austin, Houston, Dallas, and Brownsville, Texas.
• Project Manager for preparation of a major permit application for a Greenfield Landfill near Laredo, Texas.
• Project Manager for a Phase II investigation of a landfill in Temple, Texas, which included wetlands determination, exploratory hydrogeologic investigation, and conceptual landfill design alternatives.
• Responsible for the design upgrade of a landfill in Comal County, Texas, to meet Subtitle D standards. Involved groundwater monitoring well installations, alternate liner design, and construction plans.
• Project Manager for a design upgrade of a landfill in San Antonio, Texas, to meet Subtitle D standards. Served as Project Manager for design of the geosynthetic base liner, sedimentation control structures, and leachate transfer system for an approximately 27-acre cell. Engineer of Record for a major permit amendment for horizontal expansion of the landfill.
• Project Manager for design upgrade of a landfill in Humble, Texas, to meet Subtitle D standards.
• Responsible for preparation of a quality assurance plan, construction plans, bid documents, revised final grade design, and volume computations for a landfill in Austin, Texas.
• Project Manager for a vertical landfill expansion permit amendment, which included a hydrogeologic investigation, landfill design, and permit application for a landfill in Houston, Texas.
• Project Manager for a landfill expansion permit amendment application for a landfill in Lewisville, Texas.
• Responsible for preparation of cell construction plans, bid documents, quality assurance plans, volume computations, and groundwater monitoring well installations for a landfill in Waco, Texas.
• Responsible for design, construction plans, technical specification, bid documents, and CQA of an 8-acre cell at a landfill in Laredo, Texas.
• Design Engineer of proposed permit plans for an approximately 90-acre greenfield landfill in Florence, Alabama.
• Project Manager and designer of a permit plan for a non-contiguous, 250-acre landfill expansion in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• Responsible for design of base grade and a leachate collection system for Phases I, II and III permit plans for a landfill in Aurora, Colorado.
• Project Manager for a major permit modification and landfill expansion for an approximately 200-acre landfill in Atlanta, Georgia. Project Manager for Cells 3 and 4 construction plans and technical specifications. Project Manager for an alternate liner petition which received approval from the Georgia Environmental Protection Department (GEPD).
• Performed airspace and soil borrow evaluation for facility acquisition review of a landfill in Savannah, Georgia. Project Manager for design and preparation of permit plans for an approximately 100 acre horizontal expansion and a 16-acre vertical expansion, preparing plans for county zoning, and preparing Cells 1 and 2 construction plans and technical specifications.
• Project Manager for upgrade of the liner and final cover profiles for a landfill in Logansport, Indiana, to comply with Subtitle D requirements.
• Project Manager for preparation of closure cap design plans, with design and report and specifications for a landfill in Norridgewock, Maine.
• Prepared development costs for a typical, 100-acre landfill in Prince George's County, Maryland. Included site characterization, preliminary and final development, environmental management, and post-closure and corrective action.
• Design Engineer for a closure plan for an approximately 20-acre acquisition site for a landfill in Pike County, Mississippi.
• Project Manager and designer for a permit plan set, complete with phase development plans for a landfill in Meridian, Mississippi. Design Engineer for construction plans for Phases I, II and III of the landfill.
• Project Manager for design and preparation of permit plans for an approximately 100-acre landfill in Great Falls, Montana.
• Project Manager for redesign of the liner, from single composite to double synthetic liner, for a landfill in Kernersville, North Carolina. Design Engineer for Phase II - Modules 1, 2 and 3 construction plans and bid documents. Project Manager for landfill redesign to meet Subtitle D regulations. Design Engineer for construction plans for Phase III - Cell 1 of the landfill.
• Responsible for permit design of Cells 10, 11 and 12, and a leachate storage pond for a landfill in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also responsible for construction plans and technical specifications for Cells 10 and 11.
• Responsible for design and preparation of a lateral and vertical expansion permit application for a landfill in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Responsible for design of a leachate storage pond.
• Responsible for Subtitle D permit design of an approximately 80-acre landfill in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Responsible for construction plans and technical specifications for Cell 3.
• Design Engineer for landfill details for approximately 27-acre Module 2 construction plans for a landfill in Arlington, Oregon.
• Project Manager and designer for a landfill expansion in York, Pennsylvania that included a Phase II permit application, which consisted of 39 design drawings (phase development plans, liner construction plans, gas management system, and leachate forcemain system). Project Manager for a Joint Permit Application and Dam Permit Application.
• Project Manager for a redesign of a landfill in Ridgeland, South Carolina, as well as development of a permit plan set. Project Manager for sedimentation pond construction plans.
• Project Manager for preparation of Area 2 construction plans and bid documents at a landfill in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as well as a geosynthetic cap, slope cap, and internal liner design. Project Manager for Cell 1 construction plans and bid documents, as well as a 170-acre lateral expansion design.
• Project Manager for design and preparation of sedimentation pond construction plans and specifications for a landfill in Dorchester County, South Carolina. Project Manager for a Subtitle D upgrade and Closure/Post-closure Plans for the landfill.
• Responsible for redesign of a landfill expansion in Heiskell, Tennessee, to meet Subtitle D regulation. Project Manager for Phases I and II construction plans and technical specifications.
• Project Manager for permit design of a 50-acre greenfield landfill in Johnson City, Tennessee. Also conducted design evaluation of consultant-prepared, 35-acre landfill design.
• Project Manager responsible for design and preparation of permit plans, and construction plans and specifications for Phases 1, 2 and 3 for a landfill in West Camden, Tennessee.
• Project Manager for design and preparation of permit plans and construction plans for Modules 2, 3 and 4 for a landfill in Wenatchee, Washington.
• Performed technical acquisition review of a landfill and resource recovery facility in Ontario, Canada.

Landfill Gas Systems

• Program Manager for the design, solid waste and air permitting of approximately 20 landfill gas collection systems and gas to energy power stations across the U.S. This work has included:
• Preparation of authority to construct air permits and proponents environmental assessments for gas to energy plants at three landfills located in Azusa, Fresno, and Concord, California.
• Preparation of air permits and environmental assessments for gas to energy plants at two landfills located in Denver and Golden, Colorado.
• Preparation of air permits, solid waste permit modifications, building and zoning permits for gas to energy plants at two landfills located in Ohio.
• Preparation of air permits, solid waste permit modifications, building and zoning permits for a gas to energy plant at a landfill located in Tennessee.
• Preparation of air permits, beneficial use registration applications, building and zoning permits for landfill gas to energy power stations at three landfills in Texas.
• Preparation of Landfill Gas Collection and Control System (GCCS) plans for landfills located in California, Texas, Missouri, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Tennessee.
• Preparation of construction plans for a gas collection system for a landfill in Pittsburg, California.
• Preparation of Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans for landfill gas to energy power stations in Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas.
• Preparation of Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction (SSM) Plans for landfill gas to energy power stations in Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia and Texas.
• Project Manager for design and preparation of permit and construction plans for the dual leachate/gas extraction system for a landfill in Fort Worth, Texas.
• Project Manager for the design of over 15 gas collection systems for landfills in 9 states. Responsibilities include system layout, sizing, condensate collection and flare systems.
• Project Manager for preparation of construction plans and bid documents for two areas of a landfill gas collection system for a landfill in Angleton, Texas.

Construction Quality Assurance

• Design Engineer for over 35 cell construction projects in 10 states. Responsibilities included preparation of landfill cell and final cover construction plans, specifications, bid documents, technical support, construction progress review, and regulatory liaison. Liner and cap design and construction includes compacted clay, geosynthetic clay liners, geomembranes, geonets, geocomposites, and geotextiles.
• Certifying Engineer for two 6 acre Subtitle D cells for a landfill in Temple, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 6 acre Subtitle D cell for a landfill in New Braunfels, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 6 acre Subtitle D cell for a landfill in Sherman, Texas.
• Responsible for CQA of a 6 acre Subtitle D cell for a landfill in Savannah, Georgia.
• Responsible for CQA of a 10 acre Subtitle D cell for a landfill in Kernersville, North Carolina.
• Certifying/Design Engineer for a 9 acre soil final cover installation for a landfill in Tarrant County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 35 acre Subtitle D landfill cell and a 2 acre leachate evaporation pond in San Antonio, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for construction of Cells 8 and 9 for a landfill in Aledo, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for construction of Cell 3 for a landfill in Humble, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 14 acre landfill cell construction and a 20 acre final cap construction in San Antonio, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 16 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Cut and Shoot, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for an 18 acre soil final cap for a landfill in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 6 acre Construction Demolition cell in League City, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for an 8 acre Construction Demolition cell in Houston, Texas.
• Performed CQA for a geosynthetic final cover test pad for a landfill in Anoka, Minnesota.
• Certifying Engineer for a 25 acre soil final cover installation for a landfill in Austin, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for two 6 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Austin, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for two 9 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Brownsville, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 16 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in San Antonio, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 13 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Cut and Shoot, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for two 9 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Brownsville, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 13 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Alvin, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 5.5 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Prague, Oklahoma.
• Certifying Engineer for a 3.6 acre Construction Demolition cell in League City, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 2.7 acre Construction Demolition cell in Houston, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 6 acre Construction Demolition cell in Houston, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 9 acre Construction Demolition cell in Houston, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for 40 acres soil final cap for a landfill in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for two 9 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for two 4 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 7 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 10.5 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 17.3 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 48 acres soil/geosynthetic final cap for a landfill in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 2 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Hardin County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 4 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Hardin County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 3 acre Construction Demolition cell in Houston, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 6 acre Construction Demolition cell in Houston, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 15 acre Construction Demolition cell in Houston, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 6 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Montgomery County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 4 acre soil final cap in Montgomery County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 9.3 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 11.5 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Chambers County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 14 acres soil/geosynthetic final cap for a landfill in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 11.5 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Laredo, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 13 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Maverick County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 9 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Polk County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 11.5 acre Subtitle D landfill cells in Chambers County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 5 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Lamar County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 7 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Brazoria County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 9 acre Subtitle D landfill cell in Montgomery County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 2 acre landfill cell in Rio Bravo, Mexico.
• Certifying Engineer for a 20 acre soil final cap in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 10 acre Subtitle D cell near Paris, Texas.
• Certifying Engineer for a 2 acre Slope Cap Liner for a Subtitle D Landfill in West Memphis, Arkansas.

Hydrologic/Hydraulic Analysis and Design

• Project Manager or Design Engineer for hydrological and hydraulic analysis and design at over 25 landfills in 14 states. Experience includes the analysis of drainage areas from less than 0.1 acre to over 200 acres. Designs include open channel systems such as earthen channels and riprap, concrete, and other lined channels; and closed conduit drainage systems; storm water control basins for detention, retention, and/or sedimentation purposes; temporary and permanent erosion and sediment control berms, swales, terraces, benches, and other sediment and erosion protection measures.
• Responsible for preparation of a flood plain location restriction study for a landfill in Brownsville, Texas.
• Project Manager for design of access road and drainage plan for a landfill in Chicago, Illinois.
• Project Manager for design of an access road and drainage plan for a landfill and recycling facility in Elwood, Illinois.
• Project Manager for design of a drainage plan and sedimentation pond, sediment pond construction plans and technical specifications for a landfill in Natchez, Mississippi.

PUBLICATIONS

Reed, J.K., “Utilizing Design Alternatives to Optimize Operational Flexibility at a Subtitle D Landfill”, Wastecon 1999, Reno, Nevada, October 1999

Reed, J.K., “Technical Content of Regulations”, Automated Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference, Greenville, South Carolina, May 1994

Reed, J.K. and Elizondo, M.R., “Effective Landfill Design and Operation in Coastal Regions”, Waste Tech Landfill Technology Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, February 2006

Reed, J.K., Allendorf, M. and Elizondo, M.R., “Effective Design and Construction of Subtitle D Landfill Liners Below the Groundwater Table”, Global Waste Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, October 2010