Mr. Cooper is a Principal in CEC’s Charlotte office and is the National Practice Leader for Water and Wastewater. He oversees environmental consulting activities in landfill leachate, municipal and industrial water and wastewater, power, regulatory compliance issues. He has detailed experience in wastewater permitting, treatability, preliminary and detailed studies and design, construction observation, operation and maintenance manuals, start-up, and operational assistance for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities. With over 43 years of technical and management experience, he has evaluated sites, performed and reviewed historical and cost evaluations for over 100 landfills and National Priority List (NPL) Superfund sites and has conducted the preliminary and detailed design of over 100 leachate, industrial, and municipal waste treatment systems. He is a licensed professional engineer in 13 states and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists.

Mr. Kitchen has 24 years of experience as an environmental professional. He has conducted a variety of Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), and subsurface investigations throughout the Northeast United States. He has substantial experience with managing remedial investigation at large complex sites with numerous areas of concern. These sites include brownfields sites where he assisted with redevelopment activities, including negotiation support for covenants not to sue, administrative consent orders, and insurance issues. Mr. Kitchen has managed projects under all phases of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP). He has managed numerous in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) remediation projects. He has also managed numerous compliance projects including; SPCC Plans, SWPPPs, and industrial air permitting. As a part business owner of his former firm, Mr. Kitchen managed the commercialization of an innovative technology both from a business development and an implementation standpoint.