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Environmental Consulting Careers
Steve Hilfiker, President
Environmental Risk Management, Inc.
www.ermi.net
Careers in Florida
Government, Academia or Industry?
Chemistry, Physics or Biology?
Engineering or Geology?
Development or Preservation?
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
• Find Your Niche
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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
Subject HB 503 - the stakeholder meeting today
… Becomes 2012 Law
2016 Amendment…
… Expands Beneficial Program
Niche Market: Environmental Forensics
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Dispenser
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Spill Contmnt System
Discharge Source Above Ground Tanks
Florida’s Leak Autopsy Study
Fresh gasoline
Weathered gasoline
The Before Condition
The After Condition
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