ETC: Intro to Environmental Regulations
June 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT
Free
You’ll learn about compliance with permits and applicable regulations (air, water, and waste). New environmental managers, plant managers, and operations managers, this course is for you!
0.4 CEUs available upon completion of this course.
About CEC’s Educational Training Courses (CEC/ETC): CEC/ETC was created to educate and keep our clients and others in the industrial/commercial community up-to-date on regulatory programs that affect them. The program is structured around a group of regulatory topics that cover the basic needs of attendees.
Instructors
Kristen Robertson, P.G.

Kristen Robertson is a Project Manager with CEC. Ms. Robertson has eight years experience working in environmental consulting with the majority of her experience being within the energy fields. Her technical experience includes soil, air, groundwater, surface water, and waste sampling, remedial investigations, oversight of monitoring and production well drilling and installation, compilation and analysis of laboratory data, Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessment, and environmental compliance services.
Kris Macoskey, QEP

Mr. Macoskey is one of the leaders of CEC’s environmental practice with particular emphasis on air quality permitting and compliance. He has over 27 years of experience helping facilities manage their environmental regulatory compliance obligations. Mr. Macoskey has expertise in identifying compliance gaps, filling those gaps, developing programs, and providing training aimed at maintaining ongoing compliance. Mr. Macoskey is knowledgeable in federal and state environmental programs affecting industry and has special expertise in the area of air quality compliance and permitting. He has managed projects ranging from simple construction permit applications to major New Source Review evaluations as well as ambient air and meteorological monitoring, dispersion modeling, human health risk assessment, and control technology evaluations. Project experience spans the oil and gas, manufacturing, electric utility, and waste management sectors. Mr. Macoskey has been a Qualified Environmental Professional with the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice since 1996. Mr. Macoskey can be contacted at 800-365-2324 or kmacoskey@cecinc.com.
Megan Ponzo, P.E.

Megan Ponzo is a Project Manager with CEC. Ms. Ponzo has over 8 years of environmental consulting experience. She has supported a diverse range of environmental compliance and engineering projects for various clients in the manufacturing and energy industries and has been responsible for compliance with a multitude of environmental regulations, including CWA, SPCC, RCRA, and CAA. Ms. Ponzo has managed as well as executed NPDES permit renewals, erosion and sedimentation control design, construction stormwater permit applications, routine sampling and inspections for compliance with existing permits, and development of SPCC plans, Facility Response Plans, SWPPPs, RCRA Contingency Plans, and PPC plans. She has also performed numerous constructability reviews to infuse construction knowledge into the design and permitting process.