Presenter Name: Jeffery P. Perl, PhD, CHMM Business Title: President Contact Information: Chicago Chem Consultants Corp 14 North Peoria Street Suite 2-C Chicago IL 60607 Phone: 312 226 2436 Fax: 312 226 8886 E-mail: jefferyperl@chichem.com Affiliation: Chicago Chem Consultants Corp (CCC) utilizes a quality management - chemical process engineering approach to the Chemical, Environmental and Health and Safety needs of its clients. CCC does everything from chemical and allied manufacturing facility design, to plant operations support and pollution prevention to remediation design engineering. Pilot and treatability R&D studies are a specialty to support both process and environmental engineering. CCC engineers' extensive operating plant and R&D experience is also applied to forensic engineering in determining the root cause of production related accidents resulting in loss of life as well as process related product defects. CCC's combined understanding of chemical process engineering and EHS is also brought to bear in assisting industrial clients in reviewing distressed property value and environmental insurance claims. Biography: Dr. Jeffery P. Perl, CHMM is a consulting chemical engineer with Chicago Chem Consultants Corp (CCC), a company he founded in 1986. Jeff's specialty is in the area of remedial process design, pollution prevention and forensic engineering. His general interests cover the gamut of CCC's core areas. Jeff was also a solvent recovery plant manager for Safety-Kleen prior to earning his Masters and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and spent 1.5-years doing post-doctoral research at Brown University, Providence Rhode Island. Jeff is also a Bioenvironmental Engineer, in the US Air Force Reserve and presently serves in the Directorate of Civil Engineering, Environmental Division, HQ Air Education and Training Command, HQ AETC/CEV, Randolph AFB Texas. AETC/CEV has responsibility for environmental compliance at the 13 Air Force Bases it operates nationwide. Major Perl supports AETC/CEV in Environmental Compliance and Management Practice Assessments (ECAMPs) and recently led a 17-member AF Base ECAMP assessment Team. At his last assignment he served at the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence as Chief Consultant Bioenvironmental Engineer as an Installation Restoration Program Expert. Jeff is a founding member of the Chicago Chapter of the ACHMM and also served briefly as National ACHMM Academy President. As education chair for the Chicago Chapter Jeff developed along with Richard Cartwright, the ACHMM award winning national CHMM Review Course. The "Course" featured local chapter participation, re-certification points for speakers, coordinators and CHMM students and a system of examination proctoring still in use throughout the country by the Institute and Academy. The course which was run out of CCC in partnership with the Illinois Institute of Technology and five local chapters eventually took root in five cities nationwide were it was offered twice a year. Jeff founded the ACHMM National training and education committee and chaired the first stand alone ACHMM national meeting in Chicago in 1988. Jeff has also served as Chair of the Chicago Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), is presently the National AIChE Environmental Division Treasurer. His present ACHMM focus is on the meaning and value of the CHMM certification.

Title of Presentation: Welcome to Certification Congress Author: Jeffery P. Perl Key Words: CHMM, recognition, acceptance, approval, accreditation, status Abstract: The CHMM program is designed to protect the public by requiring a level of professional competency through examination, continuous training, and a code of ethics. As such, it has achieved a certain level of recognition and acceptance throughout the Nation. Various regulatory or bureaucratic entities now require the CHMM stamp of approval to validate a variety of plans and projects. But what exactly is the state of this recognition? Exactly which agencies or companies accept our accreditation? What might other entities look for, or need in a certification? This forum will attempt to review the developments in these areas. We will review the status of the IHMM, ACHMM National, as well as what is happening at the grass roots level in the many local chapters. We will hear from the regulatory, military, industrial, academic sectors and other perspectives. Those of you who join us will also have an opportunity to influence our direction and determine the action we need to improve an already strong CHMM program. "Come and Get Involved!"