Business Title: Project Engineer

Contact Information:
Project Engineer
Sigma Environmental Services, Inc.
220 E. Ryan Road
Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154
Phone: 414 768 7144
Fax: 414 768 7158
E-mail: klinsmeier@thesigmagroup.com

Affiliation: Sigma Environmental Services, Inc. (Sigma) was founded in 1991 and employs approximately 65 people in two offices in Wisconsin. Sigma is a full service environmental consulting firm and has performed work for S. C. Johnson's manufacturing, research, and headquarters operations. Sigma has partnered with SC Johnson on over 30 projects that include environmental site assessments, remediation, wastewater investigations and upgrades, permitting, developing certain environmental procedures, compliance-related inspections, etc.

Biography: Ms. Linsmeier is a Project Engineer at Sigma Environmental Services, Inc. She provides environmental engineering and compliance assistance to a variety of industrial clients.

Kristi has a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1991) and a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1996).

She is a registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Hazardous Material Manager.

Kristi is a member of the Federation of Environmental Technologists (currently she is the Training Chair).

Ms. Linsmeier has authored and/or presented 5 technical papers at outside conferences or technical courses.

Key Words: Compliance, Environmental Management, Permits, Remediation, Procedures

Abstract:

Objective and Scope - Present, discuss environmental issues at non-manufacturing facilities:

• Wastewater permitting, monitoring
• Stormwater permitting, monitoring (NPDES)
• Non-contact cooling water discharge permitting, monitoring (NPDES)
• SARA Section 311/312 reporting
• RCRA management, reporting, etc.
• RCRA Contingency Plan
• SPCC Plan
• Spill prevention, response, reporting
• AST/UST requirements
• Contaminated subsurface/remedial activities
• Sewer locating/tracing due to flooding, foaming problems
• ISO 14000
• Water quality: wells to pool water
• Waste minimization: R&D/maintenance chemicals, consumer products
• Recycling office waste, construction debris, computer components, etc.
• Responding to unusual problems: flooding, foaming, logjams, etc.
• Redevelopment

• Large campus: numerous buildings, various ages

• Other sites/facilities under corporate responsibility, uses: laboratories, recreation facilities, office, airport
• Limited historical information
• Limited infrastructure documentation since SCJ has been on-site since 1886
• R&D labs with wide variety of chemicals, wastes
• Public scrutiny
• Redevelopment of urban campus

• Overall environmental management

• Standard procedures to address compliance, operations, monitoring, reporting, record-keeping, inspecting, etc.
• Calendar of environmental activities
• Summary/matrix of permit numbers, dates, contact names, requirements, etc.

• Tracking/forecasting environmental expenditures
• Operating cost reduction opportunities

• Environmental factors should be integrated into planning/operations