PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. McLaughlin is an attorney and engineer who began his career with SCS as a summer engineering intern in 1973.  He is a Senior Vice President for the firm's Environmental Services Practice, overseeing the technical and business development for the firm's environmental due diligence, environmental management, voluntary remediation, storage tank, hazardous substances and hazardous waste practice.

Mr. McLaughlin provides SCS with special expertise in environmental regulatory systems. He is particularly familiar with the regulatory frameworks established under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund), and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). He assists clients throughout the United States in complying with these and other environmental laws. He has overseen the development of site-specific quality assurance/quality control plans, and health and safety plans for environmental site assessment, RCRA and CERCLA projects, and has worked on more than 30 sites listed on the National Priorities List.

Voluntary Cleanup, Brownfields and Landfill Redevelopment

• Cobb County, Georgia. Investigation, expert consultation, and design of mitigation measures for large retail complex constructed on landfill.  Mitigation measures included control of subsurface fire and passive and active systems to mitigate decomposition gas containing methane.

• Virginia Beach, Virginia. Investigation, expert consultation, expert testimony, and mitigation design regarding methane gas issues for redevelopment of inert landfill site

• Gainesville, Virginia. Expert consultation and remediation oversight for former rocket test facility.

• Virginia Beach, Virginia. Investigation, risk assessment, and expert consultation regarding former dry cleaners site.

• Tysons Corner, Virginia. Investigation, risk assessment, and expert consultation regarding solvent release at automobile transmission service facility.

• Chesapeake, Virginia. Consultation with municipal owner of potential NPL site (former municipal landfill) regarding strategic response (including pro-active investigation) to EPA requests for information.

• Portsmouth, Virginia. Site investigation, risk assessment, and expert consultation regarding urban lead soil contamination and proposed retirement housing.

• Vancouver, British Columbia. Consultation with potential developer of former coal gasification plant and industrial site regarding environmental contamination issues.

• Prince William County, Virginia. Expert consultation and feasibility assessment for redevelopment of former construction and demolition debris landfill for residential land use.

RCRA

• Bedford, Pennsylvania. Conduct of hazardous waste audit and minimization plan for tool steel manufacturing plant, preparation of RCRA Closure Plan and construction oversight for former surface impoundment contaminated with pentachlorophenol, and RCRA Facility Investigation involving TCA and PCBs.
• Lynchburg, Virginia. Preparation of RCRA Closure Plan for former neutralization surface impoundment at nuclear fuel assembly plant.
• York, Pennsylvania. Third party review of RCRA Corrective Action for groundwater contamination at motorcycle manufacturing facility.
• Murphy, North Carolina. Conduct of RCRA Facility Investigation, Interim Measures Design, and Corrective Measures Study for groundwater contaminated by organic solvents at electric motor manufacturing facility.
• Forrest City, Missouri. Preparation of multi-media RCRA Facility Investigation Workplan for large lead-acid battery reclamation facility.
• Virginia Shipyards.  Work plan for characterization of spent grit blast abrasive generated by Virginia shipyards.
• Chesapeake, Virginia. Preparation of RCRA closure plan for waste pile and tank units at fertilizer manufacturing facility.
• South Boston, Virginia. Preparation of RCRA closure plan for steel manufacturing facility (surface impoundment).
• Fort Eustis, Virginia and Fort McClellan, Alabama. Preparation of hazardous waste minimization plans.
• Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia. Preparation of Part A and Part B permit application for hazardous waste storage and open burning and open detonation areas, and remediation plan for indoor firing ranges.
• Naval Surface Warfare Center, Silver Spring, Maryland. Preparation of RCRA Part A and Part B permit applications for six hazardous waste treatment or storage facilities.
• Norfolk, Virginia. Preparation of RCRA Part A and Part B permit applications for two fertilizer manufacturing facilities.
• Buckingham, Virginia. Preparation of RCRA Part A and Part B permit applications for commercial land disposal facility.
• Ravenna, Ohio. Technical Advisor for preparation of RCRA Part A and Part B permit applications for hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities at Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant.
• Virginia Department of Waste Management. Technical Advisor for review of RCRA ground-water monitoring plan and surface impoundment closure plan.
• Development of "degree-of-hazard" approach for the Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to evaluate waste management alternatives for a comprehensive set of hazardous wastes for representative environmental settings throughout the United States.
• Preparation of used solvent recycling plan for David W. Taylor Naval Ship R&D Center, Annapolis, Maryland; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine; and Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station, Keyport, Washington.
• Conduct of two national surveys of underground injection well facilities used by chemical manufacturing industry for Chemical Manufacturers Association.
• Development of hazardous waste manifest tracking systems for six states.
• Leather Tanning and Finishing Industry. National Assessment of Hazardous Waste Management Practices.

Superfund Projects

• Hosier Road Landfill Superfund Site, Suffolk, Virginia. Conduct of Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study, interim measures design, construction oversight, and remedial design.
• Riverfront Landfill, Kansas City, Missouri. Conduct of Remedial Investigation and Endangerment Assessment.
• Fulbright and Sac River Landfill sites, Springfield, Missouri. Conduct of Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study and remedial design and construction oversight.
• Bumpass Cove Landfill and Fowler Incinerator sites, Unicoi County, Tennessee. Technical Mediation Consultant to PRP Group for Allocation of Response Costs.
• Corvallis, Oregon. Consultation and Conduct of Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study Update for United Chrome Products site.
• Obee Road Superfund site, Hutchinson, Kansas. Consultation with municipal client potentially responsible for Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study.
• Krysowaty Farm Superfund site, Hillsborough Township, New Jersey. Remedial Design (preparation of construction plans and specifications).
• Chesapeake, Virginia. Consultation with municipal owner of potential NPL site (former municipal landfill) regarding strategic response (including pro-active investigation) to EPA requests for information.
• Kin-Buc Landfill Superfund site, New Jersey. Evaluation of groundwater remediation technologies.
• Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia. Preparation of Remedial Action Plan for lead contamination site.
• Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Oversight of EPA contractors performing Preliminary Assessment and Site Inspection; preparation of lagoon closure plans; and preparation of closure reports for carbide tool manufacturing facility.
• Portsmouth, Virginia. Expert consultation, review of remediation plans, preparation of comments, site investigation, and risk assessment for municipal owner of site adjacent to Abex Foundry Superfund site.
• Union Road site (State Superfund list), Cheektowaga, New York. Preparation of Feasibility Study for former locomotive maintenance facility.
• Village of Bedford Wells site (State Superfund List), Bedford, New York. Preparation of Feasibility Study for site remediation.
• Chemform Site, Pompano Beach, Florida. Assessment of liability for bankrupt potentially responsible party.
• Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. Third party review of proposed remedial measures for tire retreading facilities.

• Conduct of real estate contamination assessments and for commercial developers and industrial concerns throughout United States.
• Review of background documents and preparation of opinion letters regarding nature and extent of environmental liabilities in connection with refinancing commercial properties nationwide.
• Merger and acquisition environmental due diligence support for various manufacturing operations for transactions valued in excess of $1 billion
• Environmental due diligence for equity investment and related transactions regarding 150 BPD refinery.
• Prepared assessment of potential hazardous substance risks to Department programs for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• Site investigation and voluntary remediation of chlorinated solvents in soil and groundwater at conveyor belt manufacturing facility, Cambridge, Maryland.
• Conduct of real estate contamination assessment and design of corrective measures for large hotel and office complex, Chicago, Illinois.
• Conduct of environmental contamination assessments for major chemical manufacturer (facilities nationwide).
• Project director for environmental site assessment and subsequent health and safety monitoring program, commercial office building construction at a naturally occurring asbestos site in Fairfax County, Virginia.

• Lexington, Virginia. Conduct of real estate contamination assessment and removal of aviation fuel storage tank, tool steel manufacturing facility.
• Seven Corners, Virginia. Underground storage tank investigation and expert consultation, automobile lubrication facility.
• Savannah, Georgia. Investigation and remediation cost estimate for bulk liquids storage facility.
• Former Amoco Sugar Creek Refinery, Sugar Creek, Missouri. Expert consultation and testimony in toxic tort property damage case.
• Fairfax County Water Authority. Underground storage tank management program and emergency spill response.
• Downtown Washington, D.C. Soil remediation and removal of inactive riveted steel tanks.
• Washington, D.C. Soil and groundwater investigation, and soil remediation of former commercial laundry site near new downtown arena.
• Preparation of analysis of remedial costs in support of EPA’s new RCRA Subtitle I underground storage tank regulations.

• Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia. Environmental Compliance Evaluation.
• Bedford, Virginia. Environmental Compliance Audit for synthetic rubber manufacturing facility.
• Virginia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Industrial wastewater treatment and pretreatment studies to identify corrective measures for manufacturing facilities.
• Rationale for Alternative Air Emissions Standards for high efficiency energy systems.
• Survey of Fate and Effect of Used Oil in Virginia.
• Regulatory Overview for Upgrading Utility Solid and Special Waste Management Facilities.
• Liability Considerations for Management of State-owned PCB Equipment in California.
• U.S. Navy. Hazardous Substances Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Manual.
• More than 20 Military Installations Nationwide. Facility and Asbestos Inspections
• More than 160 Industrial Plants Nationwide. National Validation of Analytical Methods for Trace Metals, Phenols, and Cyanides.
• Northern and Tidewater Virginia. Analysis of Water Supply Alternatives.
• Evaluation of Legal Constraints on Transfers of Appropriated Water Rights in the Western United States.

  PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

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