EDUCATION

B.A. Biology - Harvard University, 1989

  LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING

South Coast Air Quality Management District, Certified Permitting Professional (A-1716)

 State of California, Registered Environmental Assessor (No. 05952)

 OSHA 40-Hour Health and Safety Training for Hazardous Waste Workers

 AHERA Certification for Asbestos Inspector, Management Planner, Contrac­tor/Supervisor, and Project Designer

 Air and Waste Management Association Course on Risk Assessment and Air Dispersion

Modeling; Trinity Consultants’ Course on Air Dispersion Modeling; and General Sciences

Corporation Course on Exposure Modeling and Risk Assessment (Air, Vadose Zone, and

Groundwater Modeling Using EPA Models)

  PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA); Board of Direct Member, Mother Lode

Chapter

Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA):  Chairman of Rules and Regulations Committee of Landfill Gas (LFG) Division

Waste Industry Air Coalition (WIAC); Chairman

California Biomass Collaboration; Executive Board; Representing LFG Industry

Landfill Gas Technical Advisory Group; California Integrated Waste Management Board

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. Sullivan has over 15 years of experience in the area of environmental engineering, specializing in air quality and LFG issues.  He is the Solid Waste Practice Leader and Group Leader for the Landfill/Landfill Gas and Technical Services Group within SCS’s California offices.  He is also the primary air quality technical expert for SCS in California and the National Partner for SCS’s company-wide air quality compliance program.  Mr. Sullivan is a company Vice President and Project Director for projects related to LFG engineering, air quality permitting and compliance, risk assessment as well as other landfill engineering services. 

In the area of LFG, Mr. Sullivan has been the Project Director and/or Reviewing Principal on over 25 projects involving LFG design, planning, engineering, and construction oversight.  Mr. Sullivan oversees a staff of 9 registered professional engineers in California with LFG design expertise as well as 8 other staff member with LFG experience and 4 draftspersons. These individuals are currently responsible for the majority of the LFG work completed by SCS in California and throughout the western United States.

Specific LFG projects that Mr. Sullivan has been involved with include the following:

• Project Director and Manager for design, bidding support, and construction oversight for a LFG migration control system at the Highway 59 Landfill in Merced County.   The system successfully remediated LFG migration and brought the facility in compliance with RCRA Subtitle D requirements.  Currently, Mr. Sullivan oversees the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the LFG system.  In addition to the LFG services, Mr. Sullivan has completed a variety of air quality tasks for the project.   Because of Mr. Sullivan’s work, SCS was awarded a 3-year extension to its contract to provide LFG engineering and air quality services for the Merced County landfills. 

• Project Director for completion of LFG Master Plans and various LFG engineering and construction oversight services for various Waste Management, Inc. (WM) landfills, including Bradley, Simi Valley, Columbia Ridge, Lancaster, Redwood, and El Sobrante.  Engineering tasks have included design of wellfield expansions, new blower/flare stations, and header upgrades and replacements as well as a variety of air quality services.  These projects are generally completed on a design-build basis.

• Project Director and Manager for completion of a LFG Master Plan for Fresno County’s American Avenue Landfill, which covered LFG management for the next 30 years.  Upon completion of the conceptual plan, Mr. Sullivan oversaw the completion of the engineering design, including preparation of formal plans and specifications for bidding.  Bid assistance was provided to the County as well as construction management and CQA services.  The County recently expanded SCS’s contract to include O&M of the LFG system.  In addition to the LFG services, Mr. Sullivan has completed a variety of air quality tasks for the project.  

• Project Director and Manager for completion of LFG planning and engineering for Allied Waste Industries (Allied’s) Otay and Sycamore Landfills.  Engineering tasks have included design of wellfield expansions, new blower/flare stations, and header upgrades and replacements.  Under SCS’s direction, SCS is upgrading Allied’s LFG Master Plans and prepared a LFG remediation plan to address LFG migration issues.  In addition to the LFG services, Mr. Sullivan has completed a variety of air quality tasks for the project.  SCS has completed design-build services for the LFG systems on these sites.

• Project Director and Manager for the planning, design, and construction oversight for a LFG migration control system at Norcal Waste Systems, Inc. (Norcal’s) Ostrom Road Landfill in Marysville to address LFG impacts to groundwater.  Project Director and Manager for the planning, design, and construction oversight for an expansion to the LFG system at Norcal’s Pacheco Pass Landfill to address air quality requirements, LFG migration, and groundwater impacts.  Currently, Mr. Sullivan oversees the operations and maintenance (O&M) of the LFG system.  In addition to the LFG services, Mr. Sullivan has completed a variety of air quality tasks for Norcal landfills.  Both of these projects were completed on a design-build basis.

• Project Director and/or Manager for various other LFG planning or engineering projects throughout California, Oregon, and Colorado, including Stanislaus County’s Geer and Fink Road Landfills, Allied’s, Imperial and Tower Road Landfills, Norcal’s YSDI Landfill, Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority’s Crazy Horse Landfill, City of Palo Alto Landfill, Madera County’s Fairmead Landfill, Yolo Central Landfill, as well as various other smaller closed landfill sites.  Many of these projects included design-build of LFG system expansions.

In addition to his expertise in LFG engineering and planning, Mr. Sullivan has the following expertise in air quality issues for landfills, which pertain almost exclusively to LFG.  Because of recent air quality regulations, which set forth specific requirements for design, construction, and maintenance of LFG systems, it is crucial for any LFG professional to have significant expertise and experience in landfill air quality issues.  Selected air quality projects Mr. Sullivan has worked on include the following: 

• Preparation of Title V and New Source Review (NSR)/Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit applications and documentation for industrial facilities and landfill sites.  Mr. Sullivan has been involved with over 75 Title V permitting projects for landfill sites.

• Completion of New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) applicability reviews and implementation plans for landfill sites.  Completion of NSPS Tier 1 and 2 emission rate studies and reports, LFG system design plans, surface emission monitoring plans, and other documentation for landfills under the NSPS program.  Mr. Sullivan has been involved with over 100 NSPS/Emission Guideline (EG) projects for landfills.

• Development of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) plans under the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule as well as other MACT compliance.  Mr. Sullivan has been involved with over 50 MACT/SSM projects for landfills.

• Development and teaching of training courses for landfill air quality compliance at over 25 seminars.  Compliance and regulatory issues that have been taught included Title V, NSPS, MACT, NSR/PSD, Urban Air Toxic Strategy (UATS), and related state and local requirements.

• Preparation of comments and completion of regulatory advocacy for the landfill industry on the NSPS rule, Title V operating permit programs, MACT standard, and the upcoming UATS, where landfills are included as a regulated source.

• Preparation of numerous local air district, state, and federal permitting documents for the installation of air pollution control devices and industrial equipment, including boilers, cooling towers, air strippers, wastewater treatment plants, landfill gas collection systems and flares, landfill gas energy and recovery plants, and various industrial systems.

• Permitting, compliance, and due diligence projects for over 20 landfill gas-to-energy projects throughout the United States.  This has also included registration of greenhouse gas credits, facilitation of trades for greenhouse gas credits, and development of methodologies for estimation of greenhouse gas reductions from landfills.

• Litigation support and/or preparation of an expert reports in defense of landfill sites in Pennsylvania, Texas, New Mexico, and various landfill sites in California.  Project tasks including emissions estimation, regulatory applicability review, preparation of an expert reports, and expert testimony. 

• Preparation of the air quality and risk assessment sections of Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) for approximately 15 landfill expansions and new landfills in California, including evaluations of health risks, air quality, and odors.

• Completion of Air Quality Solid Waste Assessment Tests (SWATs) for various landfill sites in California. 

• Air sampling and source testing for various emitting devices, including sampling for volatile organic compounds, criteria pollutants, particulate heavy metals, and asbestos fibers.  Completion of all air sampling associated with asbestos abatement.  Oversight of sources testing at over 75 landfill sites and development of a database of landfill source tests for use in the work of the WIAC.

  PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS 

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Zbozinek, Jasenka V., Exposure Assessment and Toxic Distribution Modeling In Toxic Tort Litigation: Air and Soil Pathways.  Seminar Proceedings, Phoenix Chapter of the State of Arizona Bar Association, One-Day Technical Meeting, November 1996.

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Lister, Kenneth H., Use of Screening Level Risk Assessment for Risk-Based Corrective Action.  Conference Proceedings, Association for the Environmental Health of Soils, 7^th Annual West Coast Conference on Contaminated Soil and Groundwater, February 1997.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Nuno, Julio A., and Lister, Kenneth H., The Use of Risk-Based Corrective Action in Site Mitigation Projects.  Conference Proceedings, Environmental Engineering Conference, Canadian Society of Civil Engineers/American Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE/ASCE), July 1997.

Albert, Lon; Kubis, Elizabeth L., and Sullivan, Patrick S., Ongoing Challenges of Emission Inventories at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Conference Proceedings, Emission Inventory Conference, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA), October 1997.

Kubis, Elizabeth L., Rankin, Sue, and Sullivan, Patrick S., Strategic Planning for Landfill Gas and Air Quality Compliance at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Conference Proceedings, 28^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Western Regional Symposium, April 1999.

Pierce, Jeff and Sullivan, Patrick S., NSPS, NESHAPs, NSR, and Title V:  The Impact of Federal Air Quality Regulations on Landfill Construction and Operation, Conference Proceedings, 28^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Western Regional Symposium, April 1999.

Sullivan, Patrick S., A Practical Approach to Clean Air Act Compliance for Landfills, Presentation at the Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), WASTECON Conference, Reno, Nevada, October 1999.

Sullivan, Patrick S., The Use of Methane Gas from Landfills as an Alternative Fuel Source, Presentation at the U.S. Conference of Mayors/Municipal Solid Waste Management Association Fall Summit, San Jose, California, November 1999.

Sullivan, Patrick S., (lead author: Risk Assessment section) Environmental Site Characterization and Remediation Design Guidance, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 99, ASCE, Reston, Virginia, 1999.

Michels, Mike and Sullivan, Patrick, Actual LFG Emissions Lower than EPA Estimates, Conference Proceedings, National Solid Waste Management Association (NSWMA)/Environmental Industries Association (EIA) Waste Tech 2000 Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 2000.

Sullivan, Patrick and Michels, Mike, The Time is Now for Changes to the AP-42 Section on Landfills, Conference Proceedings, 23^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Gas Symposium in La Jolla, California, March 2000.

Sullivan, Patrick S., U.S. EPA’s Urban Air Toxics Strategy, Conference Proceedings, Conference Proceedings, 10^th Annual Technical Conference, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) Golden Empire Chapter, Golden West Section, Bakersfield, California, March 2000.

Mezzacappa, David and Sullivan Patrick S., Air Quality Pre-Construction Permits for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Conference Proceedings, 9^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Symposium in Austin, Texas, June 2000.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Risk Characterization in Site Characterization and Remediation Design, Conference Proceedings, Convergence 2000 Environmental Engineering and Pipeline Engineering Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Kansas City, Missouri, July 2000.

Nuno, Julio A. and Sullivan, Patrick S., Site Characterization, Presentation at Convergence 2000 Environmental Engineering and Pipeline Engineering Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Kansas City, Missouri, July 2000.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Getting Down to Cases:  Just What is a Bioreactor Landfill, MSW Management, July/August 2000.

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Stege, G. Alexander, An Evaluation of Air and Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Methane Recovery from Bioreactor Landfills, MSW Management, September/October 2000.

Green, Roger B., Vogt, W. Gregory, and Sullivan, Patrick S., Comparison of Emissions from Bioreactor and Conventional Landfills, Conference Proceedings, Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) WASTECON Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2000.

Vogt, W. Gregory and Sullivan, Patrick S., Literature Review and Research Needs for Bioreactor Landfills, Conference Proceedings, National Solid Waste Management Association (NSWMA)/ Environmental Industries Association (EIA) Waste Tech 2001 Conference in San Diego, California, February 2001.

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Caponi, Frank R., The Potential Impacts of the MACT Standard and Urban Air Toxics Strategy on MSW Landfills, Conference Proceedings, 24^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), 24^th Annual Landfill Gas Symposium in Dallas, Texas, March 2001.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Bioreactor Landfill Energy Recovery, Proceedings of the U.S. EPA’s and Water Environment Federation’s Innovative Processes to Produce Useful Materials from Biosolids and Animal Manures---A Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, June 2001.

McCready, Ambrose; Nordell, David; and Sullivan Patrick S., Bioreactor Operation Feasibility Study for Fink Road Landfill, Conference Proceedings, 10^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Symposium in San Diego, California, June 2001.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Landfill Gas Modeling and Emission Estimates for a Large Bioreactor Landfill in California, Presentation at the 10^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Symposium in San Diego, California, June 2001.

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Green, Roger, Air Emissions, Methane Generation and Recovery, and Energy Potential for Bioreactor Landfills: Comparing the Theoretical to then Actual, Proceedings of the Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) WASTECON Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, October 2001.

Pierce, Jeffrey L. and Sullivan, Patrick S., Economic and Financial Aspects of LFGTE Project Development in California, California Energy Commission/U.S. EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), California Landfill Gas to Energy Workshop, California Landfill Gas Primer, Sacramento, California, October 2001.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Enhancing Energy Recovery from Landfills Using the Bioreactor Technology, Presentation at the 5^th Annual U.S. EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) Conference and Project Expo, Washington, D.C., December 2001.

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Caponi, Frank R., Air Quality Compliance for Landfill Gas to Energy Projects, Conference Proceedings, 25^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), 25^th Annual Landfill Gas Symposium in Monterey, California, March 2002.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Huff, Raymond, and Tinker, Amy, Human Health Risk Assessment Issues for Landfills, Conference Proceedings, 25^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Gas Symposium in Monterrey, California, March 2002.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Update on Air Quality Permitting and Compliance Issues for MSW Landfills, Presentation at the 31^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Western Regional Symposium, South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, May 2002.

Walsh, James and Sullivan, Patrick S., NSPS and Other Clean Air Act Issues --- Recent Development and Workarounds, Proceedings of the Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) WASTECON Conference in Long Beach, California, October 2002.

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Bins, John, Measurement of Toxic Emissions from Landfills:  History and Current Developments, Conference Proceedings, Symposium on Air Quality Measurement Methods and Technology---2002, Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA, San Francisco, California, November 2002.

Sullivan, Patrick S. and Bins, John, Toxic Emissions from Landfills:  History and Current Developments, Conference Proceedings, National Solid Waste Management Association  (NSWMA) Waste Tech 2003 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2003.

Morris, Jeremy, Sullivan, Patrick S., et.al., Performance-Based System for Post-Closure Care at MSW Landfills –A New Approach to the Current 30-Year Time-Based System of Subtitle D, Conference Proceedings, National Solid Waste Management Association  (NSWMA) Waste Tech 2003 Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 2003.

Sullivan, Patrick S., et.al., Landfill Gas Module, Performance-Based System for Post-Closure Care at MSW Landfill, Conference Proceedings, Conference Proceedings, 26^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Gas Symposium in Tampa, Florida, March 2003.

Sullivan, Patrick, Landfill Gas Aspects of Bioreactor Landfills, Presentation at Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) Annual State Solid Waste Managers’ Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 2003.

Huff, Raymond; Leonard, Michelle; and Sullivan, Patrick S., Composting Emissions Update and New Southern California Regulations, Presentation at the Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) WASTECON Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, October 2003.

Huff, Raymond and Sullivan, Patrick S., Unique Landfill Gas Issues on Urban Inactive Landfills, Conference Proceedings, 27^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Gas Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, March 2004.

Clarke, Steve and Sullivan, Patrick S., Estimating the Trend in NMOC Generation and Emissions After Closure of MSW Landfills, Conference Proceedings, 27^th Annual Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Landfill Gas Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, March 2004.

Sullivan, Patrick S., Regulatory Challenges Affecting the Solid Waste Industry in the Central Valley, Presentation at the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) Golden Empire Chapter 2004 Annual Technical Conference, Bakersfield, California March 2004.

Huff, Raymond and Sullivan, Patrick S., Air Quality and Odor Impacts from Landfill-Related Emissions, Conference Proceedings, Water Environment (WEF) and Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) Odor and Air Emissions 2004, Bellevue, Washington, April 2003 (accepted for publication).