Environmental Consulting Careers

Steve Hilfiker, President

Environmental Risk Management, Inc.

www.ermi.net

Careers in Florida

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Environmental Careers

• Water

• Permitting

• Health & Safety

• Assessment & Remediation

• Wetlands & Endangered Species

Health & Safety

Florida Springs The Environment

Environmental Awareness

The River is on Fire? – 1950’s

1969 - EPA

1970’s - Clean Air Act / Clean Water Act

RCRA – Hazardous Waste Management

1980’s - CERCLA – Superfund

1990’s - Fleet Factors Case: Liability

Assessment & Remediation Industry

Regulatory

Developments

Balance Risk Management and

Economic Development

Research Investigations

Two Market Drivers Real Estate and Government

• Phase I/II ESA

• Site Assessment

• Characterization

• Remedial Planning

• Site Remediation

• Monitoring

Due Diligence Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessment

• Site History

• Regulatory Research

• Site Reconnaissance

• Interviews

• Sampling

• Reporting

Cattle Dips: 1906 - 1961

Unexpected Locations

Site Characterization Geology

• Source

• Delineation

• Lithology

• Groundwater Flow

• Receptors

• Reporting

Laboratory Analyses

It Starts in the Field

• Field Technician

• Office Support

• Report Production

• Project Manager

• Division Manager

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Population Drinking Groundwater

Florida ranks first in the number of people drinking groundwater.

(~ 90% of population, over 15,000,000 residents)

Reliance on Groundwater

Red markers are tanks and blue are wells.

Petroleum

Cleanup

Program

Tens of Thousands

of Decisions made by

Lenders &

Property Owners

Relying on the Program

Site Remediation

• Excavation

• Air Sparging

• Soil Vapor Extraction

• Bioremediation

• Chemical Oxidation

• Innovative Technologies

Environmental Awareness

Evolution of the Dry Cleaning Industry

Petroleum Solvents to Chlorinated Solvents to New Technologies

Industry Leadership - articles

• Reimbursement Reminders Hilfiker, Stephen, May. 2006, Florida Specifier.

• New Release..or Not Hilfiker, Stephen, Sept. 2005, Florida Specifier.

• Forensic Environmental Investigations, Stephen Hilfiker, Florida Brownfields Association Florida’s 8th Annual Statewide Conference, October, 2005

• Environmental Forensics and Florida’s Leak Autopsy Study for USTs, Stephen Hilfiker, National Institute for Storage Tank Management Annual Conference November, 2005

• Environmental Forensics and Florida’s Leak Autopsy Study for ASTs, Stephen Hilfiker, National Institute for Storage Tank Management Annual Conference May, 2005

• Forensic Fingerprinting Tools Featuring Deconvolution Of Complicated Mass Spectra Stephen Hilfiker and Albert Robbat, PhD, Annual AEHS Meeting & West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water, San Diego, March 2005

• New Releases Could Cloud the Remedial Picture (Part I) Hilfiker, Stephen, Dec. 2002, Florida Specifier.

• New Releases Could Cloud the Remedial Picture (Part II) Hilfiker, Stephen, Jan. 2003, Florida Specifier.

• New Releases Could Cloud the Remedial Picture (Part III) Hilfiker, Stephen, Jan. 2003, Florida Specifier.

• New Petroleum Release Case Studies: The Value of Chromatography Hilfiker, Stephen, Mar. 2003, Florida Specifier.

• New Release Case Study: Claim Approved: New Release Hilfiker, Stephen, Mar. 2003, Florida Specifier.

• Cost Allocation Techniques for Emerging Chemicals Stephen Hilfiker, International Society for Environmental Forensics, Virginia Beach, June 2005

• Petroleum Cleanup Program: Small Business Perspective Hilfiker, Stephen, Mar. 2001, Florida Specifier.

• Defending Environmental Liability “The Innocent Purchaser Status” Hilfiker, Stephen, Jan. 2001, Florida Specifier.

• Environmental Issues in Southwest Florida Hilfiker, Stephen, Mar. 2003, Fort Myers News Press.

• Legislative Update: House Bill 1123 Global RBCA Passes Hilfiker, Stephen, May 2003.

• Know Petroleum Cleanup Program Details Hilfiker, Stephen, June 2002, CCIM News Letter.

• “Petroleum Cleanup Business Plan Update” – Status Report and Meeting Announcement Hilfiker Stephen, July 2001, Florida Specifier.

• Over Reliance on Cleanup Program in Real Estate Transactions Hilfiker, Stephen, Mar. 2002, Florida Specifier.

• A Sustainable Petroleum Cleanup Program Hilfiker, Stephen, Sep. 2001, Florida Specifier.

• Ten C’s of Environmental Risk Management Hilfiker, Stephen, Jun. 2001, Florida Specifier.

• Environmental Case Study Report: Heating Oil Tanks Hilfiker, Stephen, Jun. 2001, Florida Specifier.

• Case Study: Innocent Landowner Defense Hilfiker, Stephen, Jun. 2002, Florida Specifier.

• Extra Diligence Required for Phase I ESAs on Gas Station Sites Hilfiker, Stephen, Jan. 2002, Florida Specifier.

• Ten C’s of Environmental Risk Management Hilfiker, Stephen, Jun. 2001, Florida Specifier.

Industry Leadership - Seminars

Tallahassee Leadership

2009 Idea…

From: Stephen Hilfiker

Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 3:51 PM

Subject: Lets brainstorm - closure for sites scored 10 or less

How about a new "program" for sites scored less than 10?

Goal: to get sites off the list and achieve closure for clean sites...

Plan: Do SAR and conclusion for closure if the site meets the criteria. We

could set aside $10,000,000 as has been done for PAC & LSRI...

This plan would open the door to funding and closure for low scored sites.

… Becomes 2010 Law

2012 Amendment…

Representative Patronis,

It was a pleasure speaking with you today. The portion of the bill beginning on Lines 466

pertaining to LSSI is very good. At the meeting today, I will voice these issues:

• The bill currently includes language to waive copayments and deductibles - Waiving

these costs will increase LSSI participation.

• (amendment...) The definition for "low scored site" should be sites scored 29 or less.

No sites scored 29 or less can be a threat to drinking water supply (those are scored

30 or higher). In lines 472 and 480, the score of 10 should be changed to 29. Sites

11-29 are the only group of sites that have not had a chance for funding since 1995.

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Stephen Hilfiker, ERMI

01/18/2012 01:09 PM

To patti.butchikas@myfloridahouse.gov

Subject HB 503 - the stakeholder meeting today

… Becomes 2012 Law

2016 Amendment…

… Expands Beneficial Program

Niche Market: Environmental Forensics

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Discharge Source Above Ground Tanks

Florida’s Leak Autopsy Study

Fresh gasoline

Weathered gasoline

The Before Condition

The After Condition

Students

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