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Employees are
professionals in separate disciplines including engineering, meteorology,
geology, computer science, and dispersion modeling. Field employees have 40
hour training certification as per 29CFR1910.120. Below is the resumes Mr. Stephen H. Perry, president of KASSAY
Field Services, Inc.
Mr. Stephen H. Perry, BioResource Engineer
WORK
EXPERIENCE: 1992 – 2002
Stephen Perry is a Bio-Resource
engineer with over ten years experience in various disciplines of air quality
consulting. As founder and president
of KASSAY Field Services, Inc. (1996), completed over thirty diverse
air-monitoring programs. Area of
expertise is optical remote sensing using open-path Fourier Transform Infrared
(op-FTIR) to quantify chemical species in the air and emission plumes, and all
aspects of maintenance and repair of those systems.
Haz-Waste Projects Air Monitoring
- Field Manager
On site
field manager (air) and op-FTIR operator at ten superfund/RCRA hazardous waste
sites for pilot scale and/or full scale remediation air monitoring. These
projects included design and implementation of monitoring strategies to assess
emissions from contaminated soil and sludge during remediation. Projects
utilized FTIR, point sensors, tracers, dispersion modeling, meteorological
integration, health based action level assessment, and reporting to regulatory
agencies.
Industrial/Chemical
Facilities (Air) -Field Engineer
On site
field engineer at eight petro-chemical op-FTIR installation and/or feasibility
studies. Each site required special
handling of interferants, meteorological data, and FTIR processing algorithms.
Typically completed a desktop study using maps, weather data, and sources to
project minimum detection limits before mobilizing. Site work involved setting
up equipment, routing wires to a central location, and creating a site-specific
analysis to accomplish the monitoring objectives. Sites included six US and two
international locations.
Traditional Air Monitoring - Field Engineer
Project
manager for an emission rate modeling assessment of three industrial lagoons. Modeling
input required adaptation for open-path FTIR data and site-specific
information.
Field
manager for a pilot scale air study to characterize emissions generated from
insitu waste solidification. Air sampling included TO-14 sampling using Summa
canisters, ASTM Method D-5504 using Tedlar bags, PM10/Particulate using high
volume samplers, and open-path FTIR.
Performed a
monthly stack test on a low temperature volatilization system (LTVS) using VOST
sampling (SW 846 Method 0030), and EPA methods 1,2,3, & 4.
Participated
in preparation of batch, and dual batch permits for a NJ flavor company, and a
NJ pharmaceutical company. (Completed NJDEP short course for pilot, batch and
dual permits.)
Municipal Consulting - Engineer
Designed and implemented an air sampling plan for an
upstate NY county to capture emissions as a waste stream passed through
screening, dewatering, and anaerobic digestion.
Provided
air monitoring during the startup of a NYC wastewater treatment facility.
Emergency Response -FTIR
Field coordinator
Coordinated
a six-week program where open-path FTIR was used to determine whether worker
health complaints were a result of a documented release of an extremely
hazardous substance.
Responded
in two hours to an uncontrolled fire at a chemical facility in northern Jersey.
Real-time FTIR measurements were collected within the evacuated area and given
to the NJDEP on-site.
Performed
an Indoor air quality assessment using conventional air sampling and op-FTIR at
a NY waste treatment plant, inn response to worker complaints.
Research & Development-
Scientist/Engineer
Programmer
and spectroscopist for an EPRI sponsored two-year study using UV and FTIR to
measure gaseous pollutants (NOx, VOC'c, SO2, and CO) from high temperature
combustion turbines. Data required special handling of spectra for high
temperatures and included design of synthetic spectra, complex temperature
adjustment algorithms, and coding of automated analysis routines. Repeated
tests at four NJ utility locations under several load & water injection
ratios.
On site
FTIR operator for a NIST study to determine if floating crude oil is best left
to evaporate, or be burned off water surface. OP-FTIR was used to compare
emissions of both cases.
On site
Field engineer for a feasibility study to measure the downwind plume
concentrations of multiple flare stacks using active FTIR.
Assistant programmer of a plume dispersion model
software package for predicting VOC concentrations using op-FTIR measurements.
“C” programmer
to integrate robot, water jet, and image processing for Rutgers BioResource
Engineering Department.