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.
James R. Murray (JRoy), PE, is a Vice President, Manager of our Houston office, and one of our National Experts in Oil & Gas. He has four decades of experience in civil and environmental permitting, design, and construction, including municipal and industrial solid waste landfills and associated systems, liner systems, leachate collection systems, utilities, roadways, hydrologic analysis and hydraulic design including open channel systems, storm drainage pipe systems, culverts, bridges, basins, and other systems for the conveyance and control of stormwater. Mr. Murray also has extensive experience in landfill design, operation and construction, having served for over 30 years as a consultant preparing landfill expansion permit applications. Mr. Murray has served as an expert witness and provided legal support for landfill permits.
James R. Murray (JRoy), PE, is a Vice President, Manager of our Houston office, and one of our National Experts in Oil & Gas. He has four decades of experience in civil and environmental permitting, design, and construction, including municipal and industrial solid waste landfills and associated systems, liner systems, leachate collection systems, utilities, roadways, hydrologic analysis and hydraulic design including open channel systems, storm drainage pipe systems, culverts, bridges, basins, and other systems for the conveyance and control of stormwater. Mr. Murray has served as design and Certifying Engineer for over 50 landfill cell construction projects.
Mr. Murray has written manuals for the operation, design and construction of municipal solid waste landfills for a Commission of Central American countries and USAID.
Mr. Murray also has extensive experience in landfill design, operation and construction, having served for over 30 years as a consultant preparing landfill expansion permit applications. He has served as an expert witness and provided legal support for landfill permits. Mr. Murray also served as an resident engineer for several landfill facilities in Texas. Responsibilities included project management of permit amendments and modifications, compliance and construction.
Jeff Reed, PE, is the Director of our Texas region, a Vice President of SCS Engineers, and one of our National Experts on Landfill Design/Construction Quality Assurance (CQA). He has over three decades of experience working predominantly on solid waste landfill projects. Project experience includes stormwater management, erosion control, hydrogeologic/hydraulic analysis, landfill and transfer station design, landfill and transfer station permitting, geosynthetic lining and cover systems, landfill leachate control, slope stability analysis, and construction quality assurance (CQA). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas and eight other states, and has provided design and consulting services for projects at over 100 landfill facilities in North America.
Jeff Reed, PE, is the Director of our Texas region, a Vice President of SCS Engineers, and one of our National Experts on Landfill Design/Construction Quality Assurance (CQA). He has over three decades of experience working predominantly on solid waste landfill projects. Project experience includes stormwater management, erosion control, hydrogeologic/hydraulic analysis, landfill and transfer station design, landfill and transfer station permitting, geosynthetic lining and cover systems, landfill leachate control, slope stability analysis, and construction quality assurance (CQA). He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas and eight other states, and has provided design and consulting services for projects at over 100 landfill facilities in North America. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Solid Waste Association of North America.
Josh Roth, PE, is a Vice President and Project Director with the Landfill Gas (LFG) Group in the SCS Reston, VA office. He is one of SCS’s National Experts on the Clean Air Act-NSPS. Josh has served on a number of LFG engineering projects involving LFG remediation system design, emissions inventories and air permitting, migration and odor control, ambient air sampling and reporting, LFG and CER due diligence projects, GHG emission mitigation and reporting, field sampling and assessments, and general emissions control projects.
Josh Roth, PE, is a Vice President and Project Director with the Landfill Gas (LFG) Group in the SCS Reston, VA office. He is one of SCS’s National Experts on the Clean Air Act-NSPS. Josh has served on a number of LFG engineering projects involving LFG remediation system design, emissions inventories and air permitting, migration and odor control, ambient air sampling and reporting, LFG and CER due diligence projects, GHG emission mitigation and reporting, field sampling and assessments, and general emissions control projects.
Justin Rauzon, REPA is our National Expert on Environmental Due Diligence and is experienced in all aspects of environmental services. Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Rauzon has a diverse background in biological and environmental sciences, and regularly performs environmental assessments and compliance audits at sites in the US and in Latin America. He has technical and management experience with soil, soil vapor, and groundwater investigations at industrial, commercial, landfill, greenfield, and residential properties. He has extensive experience with environmental laws and regulations in both the U.S. and Mexico. His work experience includes all project phases, from development of cost estimates for various site assessment and cleanup programs to implementing remediation programs and interfacing with regulatory agencies.
Justin Rauzon, REPA is our National Expert on Environmental Due Diligence and is experienced in all aspects of environmental services. Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Rauzon has a diverse background in biological and environmental sciences, and regularly performs environmental assessments and compliance audits at sites in the US and in Latin America. He has technical and management experience with soil, soil vapor, and groundwater investigations at industrial, commercial, landfill, greenfield, and residential properties. He has extensive experience with environmental laws and regulations in both the U.S. and Mexico.
His work experience includes all project phases, from development of cost estimates for various site assessment and cleanup programs to implementing remediation programs and interfacing with regulatory agencies.
Sandy Ripplinger is SCS’s Director of Health & Safety and our National H&S Expert. She is a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Safety Professional (CSP) with over three decades of experience providing occupational and environmental health and safety services, specializing in indoor air quality, asbestos, lead, mold, radon, and environmental site assessments. She is also a licensed asbestos building inspector, asbestos project monitor, project designer and management planner, and an EPA certified lead based paint inspector/risk assessor. Her experience includes providing industrial hygiene expertise for facility health and safety audits, process safety management audits, training, environmental evaluations involving mold, indoor air quality, asbestos, lead-based paint, lead worker exposure, OSHA worker exposure, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation surveys and exposure issues, and hazardous waste drum sampling for unknowns.
Sandy Ripplinger is SCS’s Director of Health & Safety and our National H&S Expert. She is a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and Safety Professional (CSP) with three decades of experience providing occupational and environmental health and safety services, specializing in indoor air quality, asbestos, lead, mold, radon, and environmental site assessments. She is also a licensed asbestos building inspector, asbestos project monitor, project designer and management planner, and an EPA certified lead based paint inspector/risk assessor.
Her experience includes providing industrial hygiene expertise for facility health and safety audits, process safety management audits, training, environmental evaluations involving mold, indoor air quality, asbestos, lead-based paint, lead worker exposure, OSHA worker exposure, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation surveys and exposure issues, and hazardous waste drum sampling for unknowns.
Her industrial hygiene and environmental consulting experience includes designing and overseeing remediation projects involving mold, asbestos, hazardous waste (metals and solvents), hazardous materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, and other Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) heavy metals; conducting both area and personal industrial hygiene sampling for metals, solvents, vapors, diesel exhaust constituents, mold, asbestos, and lead; conducting environmental sampling of soil, air, and water; and providing expert witness testimony.
Ms. Ripplinger has worked with regulators at local, state, and federal levels, and has performed hundreds of comprehensive industrial hygiene shop surveys, indoor air quality assessments, ionizing radiation, non-ionizing radiation, noise exposure studies, chemical exposure assessments, and workers’ compensation and environmental investigations. She has supported many government agencies, large commercial companies (mining, construction, gaming), and residential development companies across the state of Nevada, and other states.
