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.
Alex Stege is a Vice President, Senior Project Advisor, and SCS Engineers’ National Expert on Landfill Gas Modeling. He leads SCS’s non-regulatory landfill gas (LFG) recovery modeling services, which have for decades supported developers and investors in LFG-to-energy and renewable natural gas (RNG) projects. Over nearly three decades, Mr. Stege has developed and updated the SCS LFG Recovery Model and led the team that applied it to prepare LFG recovery projections for methane utilization projects at hundreds of landfills in North America. The SCS LFG model uses a database of over 1,750 years of measured LFG flows and SCS assessments of collection system performance at 272 landfills to define LFG model input assumptions empirically. Mr. Stege frequently presents at conferences hosted by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the Global Waste Management Symposium, and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA).
Alex Stege is a Vice President, Senior Project Advisor, and SCS Engineers’ National Expert on Landfill Gas Modeling. He leads SCS’s non-regulatory landfill gas (LFG) recovery modeling services, which have for decades supported developers and investors in LFG-to-energy and renewable natural gas (RNG) projects. Over nearly three decades, Mr. Stege has developed and updated the SCS LFG Recovery Model and led the team that applied it to prepare LFG recovery projections for methane utilization projects at hundreds of landfills in North America. The SCS LFG model uses a database of over 1,750 years of measured LFG flows and SCS assessments of collection system performance at 272 landfills to define LFG model input assumptions empirically. Mr. Stege frequently presents at conferences hosted by the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the Global Waste Management Symposium, and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA).
Dr. Shah is our National Expert on Life Cycle Analysis. He is experienced in life cycle analysis modeling and environmental and solid waste engineering, and provides engineering support for design, permitting, construction management, and reporting for landfill projects in the northwest US, including GCCS system design, construction, and regulatory compliance. He is responsible for regulatory compliance of several sites subject to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) throughout the state of Washington and Alaska. Projects include life cycle analysis, wastewater treatment, sewer water sampling, air dispersion modeling, air pollution control methods, solid waste management contract specifications, landfill facility design for scientific disposal of waste.
Dr. Shah is our National Expert on Life Cycle Analysis. He is experienced in life cycle analysis modeling and environmental and solid waste engineering, and provides engineering support for design, permitting, construction management, and reporting for landfill projects in the northwest US, including GCCS system design, construction, and regulatory compliance. He is responsible for regulatory compliance of several sites subject to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) throughout the state of Washington and Alaska. Projects include life cycle analysis, wastewater treatment, sewer water sampling, air dispersion modeling, air pollution control methods, solid waste management contract specifications, landfill facility design for scientific disposal of waste.
Dr. Shah is experienced in life cycle assessment, environmental systems modeling, optimization, and solid waste management systems he has developed an interest in a comparative statistical analysis between developed and developing countries Solid waste decision-support and decision-making tools with optimization framework. He is skilled at statistical interpretation of large and complicated data sets, project design and implementation, and economic forecasting and analysis. Highly skilled at preparing and delivering presentations to a variety of audiences: executive, technical, and regulatory.
Dr. Shah is responsible for overseeing SCS’s northwest region solid waste management practice, which includes landfill engineering, landfill gas management, solid waste studies, landfill environmental systems, operation and maintenance, and construction. Dr. Shah works closely with SCS’s regional clients. He has completed solid waste, environmental assessment, facility design, compliance audit, and other environmental study projects for municipal and private clients.
Melissa Schick is a National Expert on Brownfields and Grant Funding for SCS. She is responsible for supporting the brownfield redevelopment and grant funding practice for SCS through her strategic vision and leadership related to brownfields redevelopment. Her expertise includes successful writing and managing various grant applications, including EPA, FEMA, recycling, and solar grant funding incentives for clients, managing redevelopment projects, coordinating with developers and regulatory agencies, and executing brownfield programs successfully. Melissa excels in guiding clients through state and federal grant programs, overseeing USEPA brownfields assessment and cleanup grants, and leading community engagement and outreach events. Additionally, she manages site information in the ACRES database and prepares reports and closeout documents for USEPA. Melissa supports public and private-sector clients with navigating state and federal brownfields redevelopment and voluntary cleanup programs, leveraging various funding sources to help ensure the success of a project is not impacted by financial roadblocks.
Melissa Schick is a National Expert on Brownfields and Grant Funding for SCS. She is responsible for supporting the brownfield redevelopment and grant funding practice for SCS through her strategic vision and leadership related to brownfield redevelopment. Her expertise includes successful writing and managing various grant applications, including EPA, FEMA, recycling, and solar grant funding incentives for clients, managing redevelopment projects, coordinating with developers and regulatory agencies, and executing brownfield programs successfully. Melissa excels in guiding clients through state and federal grant programs, overseeing USEPA brownfields assessment and cleanup grants, and leading community engagement and outreach events. Additionally, she manages site information in the ACRES database and prepares reports and closeout documents for USEPA. Melissa supports public and private-sector clients with navigating state and federal brownfields redevelopment and voluntary cleanup programs, leveraging various funding sources to help ensure the success of a project is not impacted by financial roadblocks.
Mike Schmidt is a Project Director in our Suffern, NY, office and our National Expert in Environmental Insurance Claims and Underwriting. He is an accomplished leader with nearly 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting and environmental insurance industries, with specific experience focusing on the evaluation of environmental risks and liabilities associated with insurance claims and underwriting, site investigation and remediation, due diligence, project management, and marketing. Mr. Schmidt is responsible for the growth and management of our environmental services practice in the greater New York area.
Mike Schmidt is a Project Director in our Suffern, NY, office and our National Expert in Environmental Insurance Claims and Underwriting. He is an accomplished leader with nearly 30 years of experience in the environmental consulting and environmental insurance industries, with specific experience focusing on the evaluation of environmental risks and liabilities associated with insurance claims and underwriting, site investigation and remediation, due diligence, project management, and marketing. Mr. Schmidt is responsible for the growth and management of our environmental services practice in the greater New York area.
Mr. Schmidt has planned, managed and executed dozens of investigations involving multiple media (i.e., soil, groundwater, surface water) and contaminants at a wide-variety of sites located throughout the eastern seaboard of the US. These sites have ranged in size and complexity from residential properties, to commercial/industrial facilities, to major military bases.
Specific projects involved environmental activities associated with underground storage tank (UST) and above-ground storage tank (AST) releases, dry cleaners, ISRA closures, historic fill, linear project corridors, a variety of commercial and industrial sites, and Brownfields sites, including the management and oversight of the remediation of the most heavily arsenic-contaminated site in New Jersey. Remedial actions have included soil excavation, pump and treat, air sparging and soil vapor extraction (AS/SVE), and innovative soil stabilization methodology.
Mr. Schmidt has significant due diligence experience conducting and managing Phase I and Phase II ESAs and other environmental assessments of residential, commercial and industrial properties throughout the NY/NJ metropolitan area for real estate companies, lending institutions, developers, and private individuals. Mr. Schmidt meets the definition of an Environmental Professional (EP) under the EPA All Appropriate Inquiries regulations (40 CFR 312).
Pat Sullivan, BCES, CPP, REPA, is a Senior Vice President and the Business Unit Director of our Southwest Region, encompassing California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico. Pat is a Harvard-degreed scientist, a Registered Environmental Property Assessor (REPA), Board Certified Environmental Scientist (BCES), Certified Permitting Professional (CPP) in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), and an accredited Lead Verifier under the California Air Resources Board (CARB) AB 32, Oregon, and Washington Greenhouse Gas (GHG) programs. He is our National Expert on the Clean Air Act and on Odor Management. He has over three decades of professional experience, all with SCS. He is active in 12 industry organizations, including the National Waste and Recycling Association (NW&RA), Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), and Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA).
Pat Sullivan, BCES, CPP, REPA, is a Senior Vice President of SCS Engineers and the Business Unit Director of our Southwest Region, encompassing California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico. He is our National Expert on the Clean Air Act and Odor Management and is a Member of the Company’s Management Advisory Committee. He also serves as the Practice Leader for SCS’s Solid Waste Practice in the Southwest, and he oversees companywide Air Quality, GHG and Risk Assessment programs. Mr. Sullivan has over three decades of environmental engineering experience (all with SCS), specializing in solid waste management and other environmental issues.
Mr. Sullivan is also one of the National Experts on odor, air quality, risk assessment, and toxic exposure issues for solid waste facilities. Mr. Sullivan is the Principal-in-Charge for numerous projects related to air quality permitting and compliance, GHG emissions and climate change, LFG engineering and compliance, facility investigation and risk assessment, redevelopment of impacted properties, and soil and groundwater investigations at solid waste and other industrial facilities, as well as related engineering services.
Mr. Sullivan has published and/or presented over 150 technical papers and/or presentations in industry journals, publications, conferences, seminars, and workshops. He has also been a litigation expert on numerous cases related to his fields of expertise.
He has worked closely with regulatory agencies at the federal, state, and local levels. His expertise has been developed managing large-scale contracts, programs, and projects at the state and national levels. His management experience includes managing professional and field staff and all aspects of operational performance, customer service, and project management. He has extensive knowledge of regulatory permitting and compliance. His Real Estate training has been pivotal in large scale property acquisitions, divestitures, and development in the solid waste, oil and gas and renewable energy sectors.
Paul Schafer, CIEC, VETC, is a Vice President, Project Director, and our National Expert on Ambient Air Monitoring and Odor Impact Assessments. During his technical career at SCS, Mr. Schafer has served in key roles on several nationally significant monitoring efforts. He has in-depth experience interfacing with regulatory agencies regarding the performance of monitoring systems, source emission tests, and continuous process monitors, which are operated for our clientele. Paul has experience in the measurement of criteria air pollutants, toxic air contaminants, hazardous air pollutants, greenhouse gases, odors, and related compounds. Paul’s expert team has established an ASTM-compliant odor lab in California to better serve our clients.
Paul Schafer, CIEC, VETC, is a Vice President, Project Director, and our National Expert on Ambient Air Monitoring and Odor Impact Assessments. During his technical career at SCS, Mr. Schafer has served in key roles on several nationally significant monitoring efforts. He has in-depth experience interfacing with regulatory agencies regarding the performance of monitoring systems, source emission tests, and continuous process monitors, which are operated for our clientele. Paul has experience in the measurement of criteria air pollutants, toxic air contaminants, hazardous air pollutants, greenhouse gases, odors, and related compounds. Paul’s expert team has established an ASTM-compliant odor lab in California to better serve our clients.
Mr. Schafer offers decisive management skills, which contribute to the success of monitoring programs under his purview. Cost control management and defensible technical performance are primary goals integral to all of the long-term monitoring programs that he manages. Mr. Schafer has developed business relationships with manufacturers and vendors in the ambient air quality monitoring field.
Steven Stewart, PE, is our National Expert and Director for Sustainability responsible for project development and also serves as client account manager for numerous clients including those with a sustainability focus. Steven has with more two decades of experience within the Environmental Consulting and Manufacturing Industry providing strategic thinking related to project planning, regulatory strategy, and developing sustainability initiatives. His experience includes energy efficiency measures, GHG reduction, carbon sequestration, water re-use and stewardship, and solid waste minimization and recycling programs. Additional experience includes managing and performing permitting, compliance audits, developing environmental management systems, long-term environmental planning, environmental and sustainability capital projects. He also has served as Environmental Manager and Capital Projects Portfolio manager at a large steel manufacturing facility which provides valuable experience to clients when project development and planning. Mr. Stewart is a licensed Professional Engineer in Alabama and Florida.
Steven Stewart, PE, is our National Expert and Director for Sustainability responsible for project development and serving as client account manager for numerous clients including those with a sustainability focus. Steven has with more two decades of experience within the Environmental Consulting and Manufacturing Industry providing strategic thinking related to project planning, regulatory strategy, and developing sustainability initiatives. His experience includes energy efficiency measures, GHG reduction, carbon sequestration, water re-use and stewardship, and solid waste minimization and recycling programs. Mr. Stewart is a licensed Professional Engineer in Alabama and Florida.
Additional experience includes managing and performing permitting, compliance audits, developing environmental management systems, long-term environmental planning, environmental and sustainability capital projects.
He also has served as Environmental Manager and Capital Projects Portfolio manager at a large steel manufacturing facility which provides valuable experience to clients when project development and planning.
