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SCS professionals are active in, and leaders of industry and professional associations. We organize and participate in workshops and conferences, author and present technical papers, conduct research, and participate in national and state-level legislative and rule-making processes and regulatory policy. Our engineers, environmental consultants, and scientists work in close coordination on environmental solutions.

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Mr. Nelson is the Business Unit Director of our Upper Midwest Region. He is also a Vice President and one of our National Experts for Electric Utilities. He is an engineer and hydrogeologist with over 20 years of experience. Mr. Nelson’s diverse experience includes solid waste landfill development, soil and groundwater remediation, and brownfield redevelopment. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and Iowa.

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    • Mr. Nelson is the Business Unit Director of our Upper Midwest Region. He is also a Vice President and one of our National Experts for Electric Utilities. He is an engineer and hydrogeologist with over 20 years of experience. Mr. Nelson’s diverse experience includes solid waste landfill development, soil and groundwater remediation, and brownfield redevelopment. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Wisconsin and Iowa.
      Mr. Nelson has worked with utility clients to complete numerous projects for dry CCR landfills, CCR ponds, and general environmental monitoring and compliance. He has been involved with CCR landfill projects that include feasibility analyses and permitting of landfill expansions; hydrogeologic and geotechnical site investigations; site design and operating plans; soil borrow source identification and permitting; liner and final cover construction liner, cover, and storm water management repairs. He has worked with utility clients to evaluate, plan, permit and complete CCR pond repairs and closures.
      Mr. Nelson’s environmental monitoring and compliance experience includes groundwater monitoring; oil containment design and construction; and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) planning. This diverse project experience has provided him the opportunity to work on challenging and innovative projects that have included design and permitting for wetland and stream mitigation, identifying and avoiding former underground mines during site design, and assessing the feasibility of installing a solar photovoltaic system on a closed CCR landfill.
      Mr. Nelson’s additional areas of expertise include remedial action planning, cost estimating, bidding and construction documents, and construction quality assurance. He has worked with electric utilities, solid waste facility owners/operators, and private property owners and developers.
      Contact Eric at 608-381-0753 or

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Neil Nowak, PE, is a Project Director at SCS Engineers, and our National Expert for Oil and Gas Services. He has over 30 years of experience in the consulting engineering industry, including civil, solid waste, produced water impoundments, storm water engineering, and construction projects. Engineering experience includes design of landfill cap and baseliner systems, landfill gas collection and migration systems, produced wastewater evaporation ponds, SPCC Plans, storm water controls, geotechnical and geosynthetic applications, grading plans, environmental monitoring programs, construction certification, mold investigation, aerial photography, and land surveying.

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    • Neil Nowak, PE, is a Project Director at SCS Engineers, and our National Expert for Oil and Gas Services. He has over 30 years of experience in the consulting engineering industry, including civil, solid waste, produced water impoundments, storm water engineering, and construction projects. Expertise includes project management, building client relationships, managing budgets and schedules, building and guiding successful teams, and effectively utilizing project resources. His experience includes several front-range and mountainous landfills in Colorado and in other states as described below. Engineering experience includes design of landfill cap and baseliner systems, landfill gas collection and migration systems, produced wastewater evaporation ponds, SPCC Plans, storm water controls, geotechnical and geosynthetic applications, grading plans, environmental monitoring programs, construction certification, mold investigation, aerial photography, and land surveying.
      Construction quality assurance experience includes landfill baseliners and caps, oil and gas waste landfills, produced water evaporative ponds, demolition of underground storage tanks, lining of storm water channels, establishment of wetlands, and restoration of disturbed areas with indigenous species of vegetation.
      Mr. Nowak has managed environmental compliance and landfill construction quality assurance activities for multiple sites in several states. He has attended numerous public comment meetings and county commissioner meetings where he has prepared and presented various levels of project details for review and approval. Professional experience includes serving on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Chapter of SWANA since 2006. He has worked closely with various local, state, and federal regulatory agencies to ensure that engineering deliverables comply with all current applicable requirements.
      Contact Neil at 720-413-6142 or

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