Principals
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John Lang, P.E.
Principal
Cincinnati
Phone
+1 513.871.7203
Fax
+1 513.871.7204
Areas of Expertise
- Site remediation project management
- Multiparty site PRP representation and coordination
- Acquisition and divestiture due diligence
- Environmental contract management
- Third–party remediation project review and cost estimation
Major Project Experience
- Client representative on the technical and steering committees at multiparty Superfund sites; actively involved in allocation activities, negotiations with USEPA and State agencies, review of technical work product, development of work scopes for engineering and contracting services, and contract management.
- Evaluated potential environmental liabilities associated with numerous manufacturing sites, and developed decommissioning cost estimates to establish environmental reserves, including costs for environmental investigations, building decontamination and demolition, asbestos removal, underground tank removal, and other potential remedial costs from present and past site operations.
- Project Coordinator for a PRP Group at a New Jersey Superfund site serving as the primary contact between the Group and NJDEP on all technical issues related to remedy implementation and coordinating the activities of the Group's technical committee.
- Site and project manager for a major remediation project in Ohio that consisted of surface impoundment closures and conducting a RI/FS. Functioned as the community liaison with responsibilities that included presentations to local groups and developing and implementing a community involvement plan.
- Project manager for all work plan development, investigations, and remedial activities associated with the divestiture of a 300–acre manufacturing facility dealing with issues such as UST's, asbestos, groundwater quality, stormwater characterization and permitting, and waste handling and disposal.
- Provided third–party reviews of numerous remediation projects that included the review of site history, evaluation of applicable regulations, projection of future remediation requirements, and estimating past and future remedial costs.
- Environmental program development, including development of management systems, standards, environmental business plans, model procedures, and performance metrics.
- Conducted compliance/risk assessment audits for business acquisitions and divestitures and real estate transactions. Conducted Phase I ESAs and managed Phase II investigations.
- Developed specifications, bidding, and contract documents for numerous site investigation and remediation activities.
Education
- University of Wisconsin–Madison, B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1984
Certifications
- Professional Engineer, Kentucky
Employment History
- 1992–1994 Sterling Winthrop Inc., Remediation Project Manager
- 1991–1992 Dames & Moore, Senior Engineer
- 1989–1991 Earth Science Technologies, Inc., Principal Engineer
- 1984–1989 Rohm and Haas Company, Chemical/Environmental Engineer