EDUCATION

M.S. - University of Southern California, 1979, Environmental Engineering
B.S. - California State University, Long Beach, 1976, Zoology

  PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Registered Environmental Assessor - California (No. 0331)

  PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers
Institute of Environmental Sciences

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Dong provides SCS with more than 20 years of technical and practical experience in environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, hazardous waste characterization and management, and project management. As Environmental Services Director in SCS’s Long Beach office, Mr. Dong oversees projects related to hazardous waste assessment and remediation. In addition, he has considerable technical environmental auditing and permitting experience, including:

• Auditing of hazardous material handling operations and/or facilities.

• Environmental compliance auditing of specific industries such as automotive paint, marine boat repair, jewelry manufacturing, etc.

• Environmental compliance auditing of statewide maintenance facilities for Nevada Department of Transportation.

• NPDES permitting for groundwater treatment, on-site dewatering operations, and stormwater (40 CFR122-124).

• AQMD permits for vapor extraction systems utilizing catalytic and/or thermal oxidation.

Some of the recent projects Mr. Dong has participated in or managed are summarized below:

• Project Manager for hydrogeologic/geologic assessment of gasoline contamination in groundwater in Torrance, California. Responsible for development of workplan, site health and safety plan, and interfacing with L.A. County Health, DOHS, RWQCB. Twenty-five groundwater monitoring wells have been installed in an attempt to define groundwater gradient and water quality in the area.
• Directed sampling and analysis of point source wastewater discharges from major industrial facility located in Southern California. Environmental audit of operations was conducted prior to implementation of sampling/analysis program. Project results were incorporated into a baseline monitoring report for review by EPA.

• Responsible for developing a site investigation workplan, site remediation workplan, and site cleanup plan for plating site contaminated with heavy metals above Title 22 maximum levels for soils. Interfacing with regulatory agencies, site cleanup personnel, hazardous waste haulers, and drillers was required for the project.

• Project Director for hazardous waste engineering services for the City of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency. This project involves interfacing with developers, remediation contractors, regulatory agencies, and community agencies for redevelopment of property in the downtown area of Los Angeles.

• Project Director for Well Installation Program (WIP) projects administered by the Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region. These projects involve audits of hazardous material storage, use, and generation at facilities located within the federal Superfund groundwater contamination areas of the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys. Preparation of WIP workplans and investigation of sites for potential sources of groundwater contamination are required under WIP.

• Expert witness for various projects involving litigation with major oil company, paint formulator, real estate developer, major construction company, and municipalities.

Furthermore, Mr. Dong is well versed in laboratory procedures and instrumental analysis. He is very familiar with protocols involved in sample collection, preservation, storage, transport, chain-of-custody documentation, and QA/QC procedures that are necessary both in the field and laboratory. Mr. Dong's technical experience and project management skills have resulted in providing high quality services to SCS clients within proposed schedules and budget.

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