EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Master of Business Administration, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

  PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Professional Engineer: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wyoming

Certifications: OSHA 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Operations And Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) 29 CFR 191O.120(e) Training Certification

  PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Quality Control (ASQ), Associate Member

Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Associate Member

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Kenneth R. Kruszynski is a licensed professional engineer with over twenty-two years of experience in client business development, professional engineering design and permitting services, construction, operation and maintenance field services, and project management of landfill gas and leachate extraction system projects.  Mr. Kruszynski has had complete responsibility for environmental compliance, project management, system performance, budget and schedule on over ninety landfill gas extraction system design and construction projects.  In addition, Mr. Kruszynski has provided technical expertise and professional engineering design services for landfill gas extraction, separation, dehydration, filtration, compression, beneficial utilization, electrical power generation, and combustion systems.

Mr. Kruszynski is familiar with the federal and local regulatory requirements and issues associated with landfill gas, including the New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (N.S.P.S.) of the Clean Air Act Amendments.  Mr. Kruszynski has prepared and certified numerous N.S.P.S. landfill gas collection and control and treatment system design plan reports and surface emissions monitoring plans.  Air compliance responsibilities include renewable operating permit application development and permit review, renewable operating permit modifications, emission inventory preparation, air compliance evaluations, and report preparation required by state regulatory operating permit programs.

Mr. Kruszynski has further expertise in landfill design, landfill gas wellfield analysis in support of energy recovery projects, and landfill gas energy recovery systems.  Mr. Kruszynski has conducted numerous assessments of landfill gas generation and recovery rates for both existing and proposed facilities, as well as on-site assessments of subsurface landfill gas migration, subsurface oxidation and fire events, and surface emissions and odors. Notable recent projects that Mr. Kruszynski has been involved in include:

LANDFILL GAS

Environmental Solutions of Ecuador, S.A. – Inga Bajo Sanitary Landfill – Quito, Ecuador. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of a landfill gas generation and recovery rate evaluation report, a design criteria memorandum, and landfill gas collection and control system master development design plan drawings.  The professional engineering design services included on-site assessment of the potential leachate evaporation facility, the development of the landfill gas collection and control system initial phase construction plan drawings and technical specifications.

PurEnergy, LLC – Middlesex County Utilities Authority – East Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of a landfill gas generation and recovery rate evaluation report, a design criteria memorandum, and landfill gas collection and control system master development design plan drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the landfill gas collection and control system initial phase construction plan drawings and technical specifications.

Waste Management, Inc. – Burnsville Sanitary Landfill, Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Waste Management, Inc. – Burnsville Sanitary Landfill, Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota. Client Project Manager for the engineering evaluation and design of the proposed new dual multistage centrifugal blower process skid unit and enclosed ground flare unit in relation to the existing electrical power generation facility and enclosed ground flare unit.  The professional engineering design services included a mechanical and electrical engineering peer review and evaluation of the LFG Specialties, LLC equipment shop drawings and specifications, and development of an engineering evaluation report.

Waste Management, Inc. – Alliance Sanitary Landfill, Taylor, Lackwanna County, Pennsylvania. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Waste Management, Inc. – Elk River Landfill, Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota. Client Project Manager responsible for the on-site evaluation of the existing vertical extraction wells that exhibit high sulfur concentrations within the extracted landfill gas, and development of an independent landfill gas collection and control system to extract high sulfur landfill gas.  The professional engineering design services included an evaluation to determine the feasibility of combusting the high sulfur landfill gas within a separate multistage centrifugal blower and process utility flare skid unit, or treating and removing the sulfur compounds “sweetening the landfill gas.”  The “sweeten” landfill gas could then be utilized within the existing electrical power generation facility.

Waste Management, Inc. – Elk River Landfill, Elk River, Sherburne County, Minnesota. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Waste Management, Inc. – Spruce Ridge Resource Management Facility, Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. – Pine Bend Landfill, Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Waste Management, Inc. – Central Disposal Systems Sanitary Landfill, Lake Mills, Winnebago County, Iowa. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Waste Management, Inc. – Dickenson County Landfill, Spirit Lake, Dickenson County, Iowa. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of a landfill gas generation and recovery rate evaluation report, a design criteria memorandum, and landfill gas collection and control system master development design plan drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the landfill gas collection and control system initial phase construction plan drawings and technical specifications. 

Kimble Sanitary Landfill – Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of a landfill gas generation and recovery rate evaluation report, a design criteria memorandum, and landfill gas collection and control system master development design plan drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the landfill gas collection and control system initial phase construction plan drawings and technical specifications. 

Kilbarger Construction, Inc. - Athens-Hocking Reclamation Center Landfill, Nelsonville, Athens County, Ohio. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of a landfill gas generation and recovery rate evaluation report, a design criteria memorandum, and landfill gas collection and control system master development design plan drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the landfill gas collection and control system initial phase construction plan drawings and technical specifications. 

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. – Resource Recovery Landfill, Cherryvale, Montgomery County, Kansas. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. – Resource Recovery Landfill, Cherryvale, Montgomery County, Kansas. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system phase expansion construction drawings, technical specifications, and request for proposal (PRF) bid documents.  The construction quality assurance (CQA) field services will include the full-time construction quality assurance (CQA) utilizing the standards of care currently existing in the landfill gas industry for installation of the landfill gas collection and control system.  This task included the preparation of record construction drawings for submittal to the Kansas Department Of Health And Environment (KDHE).  A bound certification report detailing extraction well boring and completion logs, pipeline pressure test reports, vendor equipment, header and lateral pipeline alignment route survey notes, and all other miscellaneous project information will also be prepared to augment the record construction drawings. 

Waste Corporation Of America – Black Oak Recycling And Disposal Facility, Springfield, Wright County, Missouri. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Waste Corporation Of America – Union County Recycling And Disposal Facility, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Waste Corporation Of America – Union County Recycling And Disposal Facility, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system phase expansion construction drawings, technical specifications, and request for proposal (PRF) bid documents.

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. – ADS McLean County Landfill No. 2 – Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois. Client Project Manager responsible for construction quality assurance (CQA) field services as part of the proposed landfill gas collection and control system expansion project at the ADS McLean County Landfill No. 2.  The construction quality assurance (CQA) field services will include the full-time construction quality assurance (CQA) utilizing the standards of care currently existing in the landfill gas industry for installation of the landfill gas collection and control system.  This task included the preparation of record construction drawings for submittal to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA).  A bound certification report detailing extraction well boring and completion logs, pipeline pressure test reports, vendor equipment, header and lateral pipeline alignment route survey notes, and all other miscellaneous project information will also be prepared to augment the record construction drawings. 

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. – Sangamon Valley Landfill, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. – Mallard Lake Landfill, Hanover Park, DuPage County, Illinois. Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of the landfill gas collection and control system design (LGCCS) plan report and drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the LGCCS design plan report and drawings and surface emissions monitoring plan to address the existing and expansion areas of the municipal solid waste disposal facility in order to meet New Source Performance Standards permitting requirements, and control the potential for lateral subsurface migration, surface emissions and odors, and provide final synthetic cap protection.  The landfill gas collection and control system design plan drawings were prepared in accordance with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 60, Subpart WWW, New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Landfill N.S.P.S.), Section 60.752(b)(2)(ii).

Metro Waste Authority, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Project Engineer responsible for design and permitting of 6.4-megawatt electrical power generation facility project at the Metro Park East Sanitary Landfill that utilized landfill gas as fuel for eight CAT 3516 reciprocating engine generator sets.  Professional engineering design services included the design and installation of the initial landfill gas collection and control system, process utility flare system, and lead engineer for the development of final construction drawings and technical specifications for the electrical power generation facility.  Project management services included the development of construction bid documents and technical specifications, construction quality assurance plans, economic and development cost estimates, project management with client interaction and permitting agency.

Fred Weber, Inc. Sanitary Landfill – Maryland Heights, Saint Louis County, Missouri. Client Project Manager responsible for the engineering evaluation and design of the proposed new centralized dual multistage centrifugal blower process skid unit and enclosed ground flare unit.  The professional engineering design services included a mechanical and electrical engineering peer review and evaluation of the Perennial Energy, Inc. equipment shop drawings and specifications, and development of an engineering evaluation report.  In addition, detailed centralized blower station development design plan were prepared that included the inlet main header transmission pipeline, main condensate knockout and pump station vessel, interconnection piping details and requirements for the process equipment skid units, and distribution pipelines details and requirements for the landfill gas beneficial utilization and combustion facilities.

Waste Management, Inc. – Rumble Recycling And Disposal Facility, Sugar Grove, Jackson County, Missouri. Project Manager responsible for the design and development of a greenhouse and education center that utilized heat from boilers fueled with landfill gas.  Professional engineering design services included the design and specification of the boiler unit and hydronic radiant floor heating system, HVAC, plumbing and major piping systems.  Project management services included a review of the greenhouse structural shop drawings from Stuppy Greenhouse Manufacturing, Inc., and development of final drawings and specifications and construction bid documents.

U.S. Energy Biogas Corporation – Roxana Landfill, Roxana, Madison County, Illinois. Client Project Manager responsible for the evaluation and assessment of the existing landfill gas collection and control system at the Roxana Landfill facility.  The professional engineering evaluation services included an on-site evaluation of the operation and effectiveness of the existing landfill gas collection and control system in order to extract and provide landfill gas to an existing electrical power generation facility and process utility flare unit combustion facility.

Waste Management, Inc. – Closed Sites Management Group, Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois. Client Project Manager responsible for the evaluation and quantification of the various forms of potential landfill gas generated waste heat streams in units of decatherms (one million British Thermal Units) at the Greene Valley Landfill, Woodland Recycling and Disposal Facility, Lake Landfill, Deercroft Recycling and Disposal Facility, and Wheeler Recycling and Disposal Facility.  The professional engineering design services included the determination of potential waste heat recovery options utilizing the use of reliable proven technologies for building combined heat and power (CHP) applications, absorption chillers for cooling/refrigeration applications, desiccant dehumidification for drying applications, and process heat for leachate/wastewater evaporation processes. 
Waste Management, Inc. – Countryside Landfill, Grayslake, Lake County, Illinois.
Client Project Manager responsible for the design and development of a landfill gas generation and recovery rate evaluation report, a design criteria memorandum, and landfill gas collection and control system master development design plan drawings.  The professional engineering design services included the development of the landfill gas collection and control system initial phase construction plan drawings and technical specifications.  The project management services included the procurement of materials and supplies, and the on-site direction of construction crew activities in the installation of three difference phases of the landfill gas extraction systems.

City Of Sheridan – City Of Sheridan Landfill, Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyoming. Client Project Manager responsible for the engineering evaluation and design of the landfill gas collection and control system construction drawings, technical specifications, and a construction quality assurance plan based on the landfill gas migration investigation and proposed remediation action plan prepared and submitted and approved by the State of Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ). 

SOLID WASTE FACILITIES

Metro Waste Authority, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Project Engineer responsible for design and permitting and development of an eleven acre expansion of a municipal solid waste landfill facility at the Metro Park East Sanitary Landfill.  Professional engineering design services included subsurface investigation and hydrogeologic evaluation, liner stability analysis for composite liner systems (HDPE, GCL, and Geotextiles), leachate collection systems design, surface water management system design, operations and closure plans, and permitting.  Project management services included the development of construction bid documents and technical specifications, construction quality assurance plans, economic and development cost estimates, project management with client interaction and permitting agency coordination.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

• Managed and supervised multi-disciplinary project teams on medium sized to large sized landfill gas extraction system design and construction projects.
• Conducted value engineering evaluations, system construction cost estimates, and project pro-forma financial analysis.
• Directed the preparation of proposals and work plans with responsibility for project budget and schedule.
• Participated in professional engineering design and permitting services, marketing and business development, client development and retainage.
• Provided technical expertise and professional engineering design services for landfill gas extraction, separation, dehydration, filtration, compression, beneficial utilization, electrical power generation, and combustion systems.
• Conducted professional engineering personnel resource utilization planning, coordination and reporting of project progress status.
• Provided on-site construction project management and directed the activities and administration of construction crews in the installation of landfill gas extraction systems.
• Prequalified suppliers and subcontractors, and managed the specification and procurement of construction equipment, associated pipe and fittings, and materials.
• Compiled construction as-built survey information and development of construction quality assurance (CQA) certification reports.
• Developed technical specifications, engineering reports, external bid contract documents, operation and maintenance manuals, and comprehensive system record documentation reports.
• Prepared environmental permits applications and regulatory review responses.
• Conducted landfill gas and leachate generation and recovery rate analysis and field studies.
• Prepared construction request for proposals (RFP), developed corresponding project work plans, budgets, and schedules.
• Directed contract development, bidding and selection of consultants and contractors.
• Coordinated the design efforts of professional engineering consulting firms for the development of landfill gas collection and control system design plans and technical specifications.
• Engineering design and development of CADD generated conceptual, permit and final construction plans for landfill gas and leachate extraction and management related systems, including extraction wellfields and wellheads, header and lateral pipelines, under and above ground storage tank systems, multistage centrifugal blower and compressor stations, process utility and enclosed flare systems, concrete ballast and foundations, pneumatic displacement pumps, air compressor and airline systems, and associated electrical and instrumentation controls.
• Engineering design and development of leachate and condensate collection systems, including selection of submersible electric pumps, pump station specification, discharge forcemain piping layout, flow components and instrumentation, and electrical controls to properly operate the system.