EDUCATION
B.S., Business Management, 1986
Neumann College
A. S., Business Management, 1977
Peirce College
FIELDS OF COMPETENCE
• Storage Tank Management
• Site Investigation, Remediation, Phase I & II Property Assessments
• Acquisitions/Divestments
• Environmental Compliance
• Safety/Health
• Operator Training
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
At JD2, Ms. Smith provides technical knowledge of underground storage tank (UST) environmental and regulatory compliance. She also has expertise in remediation, including designing programs for regulatory compliance, emergency response, due diligence, UST and Stage II Vapor Recovery permitting/registration, conducts environmental and compliance training programs, hazardous waste, MSDS, USTs, leak detection, vapor recovery, compliance testing, SARA, environmental and safety/health audits/assessments/inspections, regulatory analysis, as well as Notice of Violation (NOV) resolution.
Prior to joining JD2, Ms. Smith worked in the Environmental, Safety/Health field and held the position of Manager, Environmental Compliance for Sunoco, Inc., where she worked in various environmental areas for 28 years. She developed and conducted training programs geared towards environmental compliance and storage tanks. In addition, she represented the industry on regulatory issues in over 20 states. She served as a main focal point in formulating strategies, policies, procedures and implementation of environmental programs by working directly with State and Federal Regulatory personnel, in addition to other oil companies, American Petroleum Institute (API), ASTM, and various organizations. Ms. Smith also has four (4) years consulting experience with ERM where she was responsible for project management for remediation sites and Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs).
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Ms. Smith has managed storage tank programs for various commercial and industrial clients. She has over 33 years experience in environmental, safety and health management from both the petroleum industry and consulting.
Storage Tank Management
Ms. Smith has designed and managed mandated environmental programs for leak/release detection, UST and vapor recovery permitting, facility audits, assessments and compliance inspections; regulatory permit filings and tracking, inventory management solutions, compliance testing, expert witness testimony; custom compliance manuals; environmental and compliance training; tank database design and maintenance; Stage II Vapor Recovery; regulatory reporting and follow-up. Also, Ms. Smith developed, managed and assisted with implementing compliance strategies for maintenance, engineering, remediation services, sales and real estate relative to the mandated regulatory requirements for USTs. She has held leadership roles on directing task forces and committees to enhance compliance at facilities.
Storage Tank Operator Training Certifications
Ms. Smith has developed state-specific training material in order to gain approval from various state regulatory agencies for JD2 and Clients for Class A/B/C Operator Training programs in association with the USEPA Energy Policy Act of 2005. Her work has enabled her to become certified as an approved trainer in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas and Hawaii. She also developed Client-specific "company" training programs for the company to become approved in many states to satisfy the Energy Bill requirements. Ms. Smith has conducted numerous training sessions for various clients and students from all aspects of industry, such as private, commercial and Fortune 500 companies, since the Energy Bill went into effect in 2012.
Acquisitions/Divestments and Remediation
Ms. Smith was the primary environmental compliance lead in Acquisitions and Divestments, in addition to Phase I/II ESAs; representing Sunoco on negotiation teams for negotiating and developing environmental legal language for contracts; performing due diligence activities; compliance testing and managing the subsurface environmental assessments. She also identified, defined, and communicated the risk and liability areas to negotiate and address during the due diligence phase.
Ms. Smith held the role of project manager for a consulting firm (ERM) for environmental remediation projects; well installation and/or sampling and evaluation; state cleanup funds and reimbursement coordinator; risk assessment and liability; Brownfield Property Management; and Emergency Response Plans.
IT Projects
Ms. Smith provided project management on development, implementation, and training for extensive IT programs, such as File Net, a UST database Portal for over 2,000 sites, and worked with a core team, and Manager, Safety and Health departments on the roll-out of a $2 million Incident and Investigation Project. She worked with a core team from Marketing business units encompassing Chemicals, Professional Services, Refining and Supply, and Environmental departments to ensure regulatory requirements were met, and internal policies/policies, Best Practices and HES standards were incorporated and budgets were reviewed with the core team.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/DEVELOPMENT
• OSHA 40-Hour and 8-Hour Annual Refresher Health and Safety for Hazardous Waste Site Investigations
• National Registry of Environmental Professionals (Certification #4022)
• National Groundwater Association
• ASTM
• National Society of Environmental Consultants
• National Institute of Storage Tank Management
• PADEP Bureau of Walter Quality Management, Division of USTs
• Technical Writer for Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) Underground Storage Tank Inspection and Maintenance Committee, and contributing to the release of Recommended Practice (RP) 500, "Recommended Practice for Inspection and Maintenance of Motor Fuel Dispensing Equipment," October 2011
• Consultant to Committee for development of Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) Recommended Practice (RP) 1400, "Recommended Practices for the Design and Installation of Fueling Systems for Emergency Generators, Stationary Diesel Engines and Oil Burner Systems," 2014
• 2016 PEI Women Committee Member
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