RESUME
ROBERT D. STEPHENS, L.E.P.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Mr. Stephens has over 40 years of diversified experience in the environmental field, serving as a regulator, consultant and as an industrial representative in both a project management and program management capacity as well as being versed in the environmental aspects of acquisition and divestiture. Industrial areas covered include organic chemical specialties, utilities, agricultural pesticides, fertilizer intermediates, mining, inorganic chemicals, pulp and paper, food processing, resource recovery/recycling, aggregates, construction, coatings and polymers, catalysts, and hazardous waste management and treatment, including incineration from varied industrial and military sources. His fields of competence include business risk management, project management, program management, solid and hazardous waste disposal and remediation, emergency response cleanup, shock sensitive chemical handling and disposal, biological assessments, environmental auditing, environmental assessments, environmental regulation analysis, hydrologic evaluations and community relations. He is a Certified Emergency Response Manager by the USEPA and the Phosphorus Manufacturers Association. He has successfully responded to over 50 transportation-related hazardous materials incidents. He has directed site remediation activities on over 200 sites with contract values in excess of $15 million. He has directed site remediation activities on a GO-CO site to remove active chemical warfare material. He has conducted over 3,000 environmental assessments on sites throughout the U.S. ranging from green fields development to industrial environmental compliance.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP 1)
Registered Environmental Manager (REM 11082)
Certified Florida Environmental Assessor (CFEA 10)
Certified Environmental Trainer
Certified OSHA Trainer
National Registry of Environmental Professionals, Florida Advisory Board
International Society of Technical and Environmental Professionals, Board of Directors
Associate member, Environmental and Land Use Section, FLORIDA BAR ASSOCIATION
Florida Environmental Assessors Association, Co-Founder, Board of Directors, Permanent Faculty for Certification Courses. Past President.
University of Florida, TREEO Center, Guest Lecturer
University of South Florida, College of Public Health, Guest Lecturer
Florida Chamber of Commerce Environmental Seminars, Permanent Faculty
Environmental and Land Use Section, Florida Bar Association, Guest Lecturer
Southern Waste Exchange, Inc. Chairman, Board of Directors
Southern Waste Exchange, Inc. Policy Advisory Board
EXPERIENCE RECORD
Responsible for management and performance of all environmental consulting projects for firm. Directs efforts of environmental professionals in the preparation of Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, business risk evaluations contamination assessments, remedial action plans, feasibility studies, site remedial investigations, site remedial activities, and environmental site assessments. Maintains client liaison, responsible for on-time and on-budget performance of the Project. Gives expert witness testimony as required
2004- 2005 Vice President Med Tox Team, LLC., Tampa, Florida. Responsible for management of environmental projects such as contamination assessments, remedial action plans, feasibility studies, site remedial investigations, site remedial activities, business risk evaluations and environmental site assessments for firm.
1991 – 2004 Principal, BRUDER STEPHENS, INC., Tampa, Florida. Responsible for management of environmental projects such as contamination assessments, remedial action plans, feasibility studies, site remedial investigations, site remedial activities, business risk evaluations and environmental site assessments for the firm.
1990 – 1991 Branch Manager, First Environment, Tampa, Florida. Responsible for day-to-day management of branch office including supervising and training of personnel, client development, client liaison, technical project management, proposal preparation,
and regulatory analysis.
1986 – 1990 Manager of Environmental Studies, International Technology Corporation, Tampa, Florida. Responsible for management of environmental projects based in Tampa office. Supervised and directed efforts of geologists, hydrologists, chemical and civil engineers, biologists, chemists, and toxicologists in preparation of contamination assessments, remedial investigations, risk assessments, feasibility studies, and remedial actions in the southeast. Site Manager, Cornhusker Site, IT Corporation, Grand Island, Nebraska. Responsible for site management of a transportable 360 ton/day hazardous waste incinerator with a staff of 45. Project was first on-site thermal treatment project under CERCLA in the United States. Manager of Permitting and Community Relations Group, IT Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee. Responsible for management of all permitting activities for the Thermal Division, including air, water and hazardous waste permitting requirements. Coordinated proposal efforts of Thermal Division. Negotiated permit conditions for company and client projects.
1985 – 1986 Manager, Emergency-Remedial-Technical Projects Group, GSX Services,Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina. Responsible for coordination and management of all group activities including supervision of emergency response activities of group, and preparation of proposals, and execution of projects for industrial and hazardous waste projects for government and industrial clients.
1984 – 1985 Vice President, Environmental Analysis Corporation, Richmond, Virginia. Coordinated and managed all technical phases of consulting firm dealing with private industry in the areas of air pollution, water pollution and solid and hazardous waste.
1978 – 1984 Environmental Control Manager, Phosphorus and Chemical Products Division, Mobil Chemical Company, Richmond, Virginia. Responsible for the environmental integrity of all division facilities, including 50 operating units at 27 division plant locations throughout the U.S. Structured, staffed, and directed an environmental permitting effort to obtain state and federal permits for an 18,000 acre grassroots phosphate mine in Polk County, Florida.
1974 – 1977 Project Manager, PEDCO Environmental Specialists, Orlando, Florida. Managed and performed environmental projects for various industrial clients throughout the U.S., including the Florida Sulfur Oxides Study, Inc. (FSOS).
1971 – 1973 Environmental Specialist, Kentucky Department of Health, Division of Air Pollution Control, Covington, Kentucky
Regional enforcement officer for a nine-county region in northern Kentucky.
EDUCATION
• B. A., Biology, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky; 1971
Graduate Studies, Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Project Management, IT Corporation; 1988
40 hour OSHA 1910.120 Health and Safety, Supervisor and Annual Updates
Explosives Safety – Du Pont; 1986
ASTM Phase I Course; 1995
ASTM Phase II Course; 1999
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Environmental Permitting Summer School, 1987-2010
PUBLICATIONS
Stephens, Robert, 1971, “Water Quality in Rural Madison County,” Kentucky Department of Health, Division of Sanitary Engineering.
Stephens, Robert and Paul Cash, 1983, “Evaluation of the Mobil Ground Water Assessment Protocol at the Mobil Chemical, Charleston, South Carolina Site,” Mobil Chemical Company,
Phosphorus Division.
Stephens, Robert, 1984, “Biological Studies of Paddys Run Creek, Fernald, Ohio,” Mobil Chemical Company, Phosphorus Division.
Stephens, Robert and JoAnn Garrett, 1988, “Permitting and the Public”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Hazardous Wastes and Hazardous Materials, 1988, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stephens, R., and various other authors, “A Standard Operating Procedure Plan for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments”, University of Florida, TREEO Center, Gainesville, Florida, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, & 1998.
Stephens, R., and various other authors, “Phase I & Phase II Environmental Site Assessments – Training Course Manual ”, University of South Florida, College Of Public Health, Center for
Environmental/Occupational Risk Analysis & Management, Tampa, Florida, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, & 2004.
Stephens, R., “Phase II Environmental Site Assessments – Implementation of ASTM Standard Guide E 1903-97″ Florida Environmental Assessors Association, Inc. Orlando, Florida, February, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, & 2004.
Stephens, R., and various other authors, “One Cannot Know Enough About Environmental Permitting” Environmental Permitting Summer School textbook, Florida Chamber of Commerce, July, 1994, Tallahassee, Florida.
Stephens, R., and various other authors, “Environmental Risk Assessments” Environmental Permitting Summer School textbook, Florida Chamber of Commerce, July, 1995, Tallahassee, Florida.