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Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Toledo, 1981

B.S., Biology, University of Toledo, 1978

Experience Summary

Mr. Gerrick has over 30 years of experience in environmental, waste, and remediation project management and technical and manufacturing engineering. He provided support to major DOE projects at two national laboratories and multiple DOE sites. Responsibilities have included radiological and mixed waste characterization and disposition, soil and groundwater remediation, environmental restoration, identification of technology alternatives, and implementation of pollution prevention and waste minimization strategies.

Present Position

Senior Environmental Specialist, Strata-G, LLC Knoxville, TN, 2001 – Present

• Provides technical consulting services to UT-Battelle at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in support of the Laboratory Waste Services Division.

• Serves as Waste Services Representative for the ORNL Non-reactor Nuclear Facilities Division (NNFD) to ensure that waste is characterized and certified to meet the waste acceptance criteria of the receiving treatment, storage, or disposal facility. Waste streams include spent fuel and secondary wastes, irradiated metal, contact- and remote-handled transuranic waste, solid and liquid low level, hazardous, and mixed wastes. Also, represents the NNFD in compliance inspections.

• Serves as Waste Services Representative for the ORNL D&D program. Leads building characterization sampling and analysis requirements for waste disposal, including the establishment of Data Quality Objectives (DQOs), preparation of waste sampling plans; assists in the preparation of subcontractor specifications for building demolition; and serves as UT-Battelle interface with subcontractors for the disposition of all D&D generated wastes, including excess materials, asbestos, PCBs, universal wastes, recyclable materials, radioactively- and beryllium-contaminated wastes. Coordinates activities with UT-Battelle EP&WM subject matter experts to resolve issues, and provides for field surveillance of subcontractor waste disposition activities to ensure compliance with all waste management requirements.

• Characterizes the chemical, physical, biological, radiological, and hazardous properties of waste into defined waste categories in accordance with applicable regulations, policies, procedures, and standards.

• Provides support to generating organizations during forecasting and planning for waste disposition.

• Verifies that waste meets applicable waste acceptance criteria, including determination of Special Nuclear Material, accountable nuclear material, and assignment of RCRA waste codes, when applicable.

• Prepares and manages waste data packages, identifies sampling requirements, prepares waste profile descriptions and other required supporting documentation for final waste acceptance and certification review.

• Identifies waste packaging requirements in accordance with applicable standards based on waste characterization data.

• Supports UT-Battelle’s environmental policy through on-going identification and integration of pollution prevention initiatives into performance specifications and work planning documents.

• Evaluates D&D program and NNFD waste generation for potential disposition under the UT-Battelle excess materials and property sales programs.

Professional History

Senior Environmental Specialist, Strata-G, LLC, Knoxville, TN, 2001 – 2004

• Provided management and technical consulting services to Fluor Fernald for the Mixed Waste Program at the Fernald Closure Project.

• Provided technical support for the characterization and shipment of legacy and newly generated waste inventories to support Fernald site closure shipment milestones. Inventories included radioactively contaminated organic and inorganic waste, TSCA-regulated and asbestos-contaminated wastes, and hazardous chemicals.

• Provided technical support to waste profiling, waste characterization, verification of radiological data values and container surveys, development of field work plans for processing and packaging of waste, preparation of transportation documentation, and compliance with DOT packaging requirements.

• Functioned as technical liaison for System Operability Testing of Vacuum Thermal Desorption technology for the treatment of Fernald mixed waste inventories.

Environmental Management Solutions, Mason, OH, 1997 – 2001

• Special Term Appointee (1998 – 2001): Provided project management and technical consulting services to the TechCon Program (Argonne National Laboratory) supporting DOE EM-50 Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area for identification of remediation and characterization /monitoring commercial technology-based alternatives to be used in solving difficult DOE cleanup problems.

• Senior Environmental Project Specialist (1997 – 1998): Provided technical support for the evaluation and deployment of innovative and emerging treatment technologies for remediation of DNAPL, radionuclides, and TCE groundwater contamination at the DOE Paducah, Oak Ridge, and Portsmouth facilities. Also provided technical support for the evaluation and deployment of innovative and emerging characterization and monitoring technologies to support technology deployment and long-term stewardship needs at the DOE Oak Ridge, Mound, and Fernald facilities. Conducted technology and vendor searches for in-situ bioremediation, chemical oxidation, thermal treatment, reactive barrier, and minimally invasive characterization and monitoring technology providers for the remediation of chlorinated solvents, DNAPL, mercury, and radioactive metals in groundwater, soil, and fractured bedrock.

Project Engineering Consultant, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN 1996 – 1997

• Provided management and technical consulting services to Fluor Fernald for the Mixed Waste Program at the Fernald Closure Project.

• Provided technical consulting services to the DOE Ohio Field Office to support pollution prevention initiatives and the integration of technologies to support waste minimization activities associated with the decontamination and decommissioning activities as part of the DOE Environmental Restoration and Closure Programs.

• Developed the Pollution Prevention/Waste Minimization Users Guide for Environmental Restoration Projects: Decommissioning and Remedial Actions as a tool for deploying P2/WMin practices into all environmental restoration activities within the DOE Ohio Field Office.

• Developed the Baseline Evaluation Process for the DOE Ohio Field Office to evaluate life cycle cost saving opportunities related to pollution prevention, waste minimization, and technology deployment activities for a given project.

Project Engineer, Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Company

Cincinnati, OH, 1992 – 1996

• Provided project engineering management services with Fluor Daniel, including support of the soil and groundwater remediation programs. Also responsible for contractor management of remedial design activities and bench and pilot scale deployments.

• Functioned as the custodial/facility manager for the Operable Unit 5 soil washing pilot facility located in the former production area in the Plant 8 annex. The pilot facility processed low-level uranium-contaminated soil using physical separation combined with chemical extraction.

• Provided engineering support for the preliminary design of a full-scale soil treatment system for the remediation of uranium-contaminated soil at the DOE Fernald Facility.

• Developed strategies/alternatives for the DOE Fernald Operable Unit 5 (soil and groundwater) Feasibility Study process for the remediation of 2 million cubic yards of contaminated soil.

• Functioned as the programmatic lead for a multi-disciplined technical team tasked with interpreting treatabilitiy and bench data into the design effort.

• Provided technical support for the development of key project safety, QA, and project execution documents, and input to the HEPA filtration system design for the Thorium Overpacking Project. This project involved the overpacking of 5600 drums of thorium-bearing materials in a radioactive environment (the Building 65 annex) for repackaging and shipping.

Project Engineer, Westinghouse Environmental Management Company of Ohio

Cincinnati, OH, 1986 – 1992

• Provided project engineering and management services with Westinghouse, including environmental, health, and safety improvements to existing uranium metal production and site support facilities. Responsibilities also included contractor management for the remedial design of groundwater and wastewater treatment facilities.

• Provided engineering support for the design and fabrication of the interim and advanced wastewater treatment systems for removal of uranium from contaminated groundwater at the DOE Fernald Facility.

• Provided lead program and technical management support for the development of conceptual design and design criteria for the $350M Environmental Health and Safety Improvements Line Item Project.

• Functioned as the project lead for a CERCLA Removal Action that addressed the sampling, removal, and disposition of contaminated rubble and soil adjacent to the Great Miami River.

Plant Engineer, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Plastic Products Division, Edison, NJ, 1985 – 1986

• Provided plant engineering services, including facility engineering and production management.

• Developed plant hazardous material training program.

• Updated all plant system drawings, specifications, and operating procedures.

• Implemented a statistical process control program resulting in improved productivity.

• Coordinated major plant improvement and expansion projects.

• Supervised all technicians and skilled laborers to support the coordination of maintenance activities relating to plant utility/process support systems, and process equipment.

Production Engineer, Goodyear Atomic Corporation, Piketon, OH, 1981 – 1985

• Supported the start-up of a uranium enrichment facility for DOE.

• Served as Lead Startup Engineer for process support and utility systems (i.e., instrument air, machine cooling water, re-circulating heating water, and HVAC systems) integral to the startup and operation of the initial centrifuge enrichment operations.

• Developed process support system operating procedures and detailed system testing procedures.

• Trained production personnel on process support system components and operations.

• Supervised foremen and production operations personnel during testing and start-up activities.

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Douglas Gerrick

Environmental Compliance / Waste Services Representative

10 years of experience as ORNL Waste Services Representative, with all required training current

Provides waste management support to the ORNL Non-reactor Nuclear Facilities Division for routine and non-routine waste generation

Provides waste management support to the ORNL Facilities Development, Facilities Management and Excess Facilities Groups for construction, renovation and demolition activities

B.S. Degrees in both Chemical Engineering and Biology, complemented by significant DOE and ORNL-specific waste management work experience

33 years in environmental project management, remediation support, and technical and manufacturing engineering

Extensive experience in hazardous, radiological and mixed waste profiling, characterization, packaging and transport

Working knowledge of DOE, Federal, and State environmental protection and waste management regulations and programs

Well-versed in development of waste documentation, reports and database applications

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