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McGinnis and Associates LLC environmental consulting provides services directed to four focus areas:
- Assisting Tribal Governments to increase their regulatory, monitoring and technical capability
- Providing technical support to citizen groups including support for Superfund TAG grants.
- Providing assistance in Superfund site management, planning and technical support including cost control
- General environmental consulting for assessment, monitoring and remediation including drinking water and wastewater treatment
- Grant writing
To provide these services, consultants working with McGinnis and Associates, LLC include hydrogeologists, grant writers, air quality and air monitoring specialists, biologists, NEPA specialists, chemists, engineering support (through licensed subcontractors and environmental scientists. Over the last 12 years McGinnis and Associates LLC has provided positive environmental solutions to Indian Country.
Assisting Tribal Governments to increase their regulatory, monitoring and technical capability.
McGinnis and Associates LLC has provided services with the following programs and grants:
- GAP
- 319
- 106
- Air Quality
- TAG
- NRDA
With several years of experience with a number of Tribes within Region 9, McGinnis and Associates LLC is uniquely qualified to assist Tribal programs. Our experience with funding mechanisms and grant writing results in efficient growing environmental programs. Protecting Tribal interest and sovereignty while interacting with federal, state and local agencies requires the years of experience out company offers. Our consultants can address problems unique to Tribes including protection of culturally sensitive areas and remediation to meet exposure risk from cultural practices. From water and air monitoring to assistance with consultation issues, McGinnis and Associates LLC works hard to make your environmental program work.
Providing technical support to citizen groups including support for Superfund TAG grants.
Citizen groups can be the most important factor in motivation industry and regulatory agencies to meet community needs only if they are armed with well organized information. TAG grants and other funding can provide the technical support needed to address these concerns. McGinnis and Associates LLC has worked with multiple citizens groups and they successfully met their agendas through responsible parties, regulatory agencies and government representatives.
Providing assistance in Superfund site management, planning and technical support including cost control.
Faced with the prospect of a Superfund site or just dealing with the one next door, McGinnis and Associates LLC can assist with planning, document preparation and review as well as assessment and remediation. McGinnis and Associates LLC work with both potentially responsible parties and stakeholders to work through this often confusing and laborious process. McGinnis and Associates LLC provides the experience needed to meet your Superfund needs.
General environmental consulting for assessment, monitoring and remediation including drinking water and wastewater treatment.
McGinnis and Associates LLC has provided environmental solutions for governments and industry including solutions for wood treating, mining and petroleum hydrocarbons waste in addition to water and wastewater treatment. We have worked throughout the United States and had projects in Sought America, Canada and India. Recent projects have included:
- OAPP and sampling plan preparation
- Installation and data management for air monitoring (meteorological data, M10 and PM2.5 plus other standards)
- Water quality assessment and management
- Watershed assessment
- Non point pollution assessment and control
- Tribal Environmental Inventories and Tribal Environmental Plans
B. Dietrick McGinnis Ph.D. P.E. C.E.M.
Education
Ph.D.
Civil Engineering. University of Nevada, Reno. 1998. Dissertation Title "Degradation of Ethylene Glycol by Dye-Sensitized and Hydroxyl Radical Oxidation". E. Joe Middlebrooks, advisor (retired).
M.S.
Civil and Environmental Engineering. Utah State University. Logan, Utah. 1995. Thesis Title "Biocontainment of Hydrocarbons in a Shallow Aquifer". R. Ryan Dupont, advisor.
B.S.
Wood Science and Technology. Mississippi State University. Starkville, Mississippi. 1990. Senior Thesis "Determination of Pentachlorophenol Retention by X-Ray Fluorescence Using Split Borings from Treated Southern Yellow Pine Poles."
Work Experience
President
McGinnis and Associates, LLC
Reno, NV
July 1989
to Present
- Watershed and wetland planning and restoration including infrastructure/road rehabilitation.
- Providing economic and energy development support for Tribes and Local Governments.
- Implementing site cleanup activities including site characterization and assessment. Assignments include managing contractors and working with federal and state regulatory agencies.
- Government to government relation assignments including experience with Tribal Governments, NRDA, and Superfund technical support.
- Support for monitoring programs for water, soil, plants and air including radiological and pesticide assessments and drinking water/wastewater systems.
- Design and implementation of BMPs for Non-point pollution prevention including construction SWPPP.
Assistant Research Professor
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV
1998
- Developed funding resources and research initiatives for the National Disaster Resource Center for Wood Structures, a partnership between the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, the University of Nevada, Reno, the University of North Dakota and Michigan Technological University.
- Coordinated with lobbyist from member universities for direct appropriations; an earmark successfully placed on the 1999 budget sponsored by Senators Reid and Dorgan.
Research Assistant
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV
1995
to 1998
- Ph.D research
- Maintained and performed analysis on multiple ICP, high performance liquid chromatography, ion chromatography and gas chromatography units.
Research Assistant
Utah State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Logan, UT
1992
to 1994
- M.S. research
- Maintained and performed analysis for metals on Perkin Elmer Inductively Coupled Plasma units.
- Developed methods for and performed analysis with high performance liquid chromatography, ion chromatography and gas chromatography (flame ionization and electron capture detectors) units.
Summer Internship
International Paper
Wiggins, MS, Deridder, LA, and Joplin, MO
1989
- Development of quality control methods for PCP treated poles at multiple plants.
- Development of X-Ray Fluorescence methods for in-plant and field use.
Laboratory Technician
Mississippi State Chemical Labs, Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
March 1984
to October 1990
- Conducted general drinking water quality and wastewater permit analyses.
- Developed procedures for food and beverage quality testing and labeling, including analyses for specific phosphorus compounds, product tampering, nutritional value and a variety of specialty analyses that involved adapting procedures from several sources.
Shane Crow
Shane Crow has the following skills. Construction Inspection, Construction Manager, Project Management, Tribal Liaison, Constructing Plans, Specifications & Estimates (PS&E), Pavement Management Plans (PMP), Surveying, Utility Infrastructure, Roadway Design, Landscape Design, Environmental Compliance, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, EPA, UBC, ADA, OSHA, AASHTO, MUTCD, Federal and State Specifications, AutoDesk, Documentation of As-Built Drawings, Field Engineering.
Work Experience
Civil Engineer
McGinnis and Associates, LLC
Reno, NV
September 2007
to Present
- Support for projects including alternative energy development, wetland restoration, non-point/erosion control, utility improvements and wastewater treatment facilities.
- Company Lead for cost estimating for construction projects.
Civil Engineer
Jackson Rancheria
Jackson, CA
June 2001
to June 2006
- Developed, planned and managed multi-million dollar construction projects simultaneously with an emphasis on accurate construction schedules and budgets.
- Used engineering judgment and expertise to resolve field construction issues to ensure work met Tribal standards and desires.
- Verified construction contracts and practices met code requirements including but not limited to ADA, EPA, OSHA, UBC, MUTCD, AASHTO, Cal-Trans and various utility entities.
- Inspected construction, material quality and processes in obtaining materials.
- Coordinated various construction projects for facilities, wastewater treatment plant and landscaping departments.
- Designer of retaining walls, roadways, grading and storm water systems.
- Surveyed to ensure proper grades and elevations of pipes, culverts, waterways, PCC slabs and curb/gutters.
- Estimated construction costs prior to seeking proposals and verified change orders.
- Provided Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) for asphalt paving projects.
- Developed Pavement Management Plans for Rancheria Roads.
Survey/Civil Engineer
CETEC Engineering
Rapid City, SD
November 2000
to May 2001
- urveyed various projects throughout western South Dakota.
- Cost estimating, materials planning.
Staff Engineer
CHEC
Consultants, Redding, CA
November 1999
to October 2000
- Designed pavement rehabilitation for various projects.
- Cost estimate plans and specifications for various projects and construction planning.
- Designed 5 Year Pavement Management Plans.
Phil L. Oberlander R.G.
Education
M.S.
Hydrology. University of Nevada, Reno. Mackey School of Mines. 1978. Thesis Title Development of a Quasi Three-Dimensional Groundwater Model for a Portion of the Nevada Test Site. George Maxey, advisor.
B.S.
Geology major, Mathematics minor. Western Illinois University. 1975.
Work Experience
Associate
McGinnis and Associates, LLC
Reno, NV
2006
to Present
- Groundwater resource evaluation and exploration well drilling for Tribal Governments.
- Groundwater resource protection area modeling and monitor well construction for a Tribal Government.
- Superfund technical review for a Tribal Government and a public interest group.
Research Scientist
University of Nevada, Desert Research Institute
Reno, NV
2000
to 2008
- Developed interpretation methodology and collected borehole geophysical data to characterize hydraulic conductivity with depth at monitor wells constructed at depths of 2,500 to 7,000 ft near at underground nuclear testing sites.
President
Oberlander Consulting, LLC
Reno, NV
1999
to Present
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling for industrial clients to assess methodologies to remediate groundwater pollution, negotiation with the U.S. EPA for approval of site hydrogeologic characterization and remedial designs.
- Groundwater resource evaluation.
- Monitor and municipal well construction design and supervision.
- Groundwater flow modeling to assess mining activities.
Program Director
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
1998
to 2000
- Coordinator of groundwater modeling in the unsaturated zone for the U.S. DOE Yucca Mountain High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Project. Representative for LBNL to other National Laboratories, the USGS, and the U.S. DOE. Responsible for groundwater modeling coordination, schedule, and cost control.
Division Manager
Westec
Reno, NV
March 1996
to October 1998
- Manager of Hydrogeology Division for a 200-person consulting company. Responsible for staffing, marketing, quality, scheduling, and profit.
- Hydrogeologic evaluations for industrial and mining clients.
Chief of Groundwater Modeling
HydroSearch, Inc. Tetra Tech, Inc.
Reno, NV
1989
to 1996
- Group Leader for Reno office.
- Technical Leader and Project Manager for groundwater modeling projects ranging in size from $25,000 to over $1,000,000 of staff labor.
- Responsible for hydrogeologic characterization, groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling and remedial design at U.S. EPA Superfund sites for industrial clients.
- Manager of office computer system.
Division Manager
Westec, Reno
Richland, WA
March 1982
to October 1989
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling is support of a high-level nuclear waste repository sites for the U.S. DOE.
- Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling for industrial clients.
- Monitor well construction at U.S. DOE and U.S. DOD facilities with restricted personnel access.
Hydrogeologist
Oregon Water Resourses Department
Salem, OR
March 1978
to October 1982
- Groundwater resource characterization for the determination of a Critical Groundwater Management Area in eastern Oregon.
- Hydrogeologic characterization of a 2,500 square mile area having over 400 irrigation wells supporting a large agricultural development.
- Aquifer testing, geophysical characterization, well interference evaluations, Oregon water law activities, public presentations.
Recent Selected Projects
CLLEAN2007
-2008
Technical Advisor for CLLEAN under their Superfund Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) for the Lowery Landfill Superfund site. Responsibilities include review of PRP generated data describing groundwater plumes of heavy metals and chlorinated solvents including PCE in residential/commercial areas.
Yerington Paiute Tribe Environmental Program2007
-2008
Technical support for the Yerington Paiute Tribe Environmental Program. Yerington, NV. Tasks include review of work plans and data/data validation relating to the Anaconda Mine Site and participation in the Technical Working Group.
Big Valley Rancheria2006
-2007
Evaluation of water resources report and delineation of well protection area, Big Valley Rancheria, Lakeport, CA.
Robinson Rancheria2006
-2007
Initial evaluation of water resources report and construction of an exploratory water well, Robinson Rancheria, Nice, CA.
Habematolel Pomo2007
Evaluation of water resources report, Habematolel Pomo, Upper Lake, CA.
Cache Creek Casino2007
Aquifer testing and interpretation of hydraulic properties of a new water supply well for the Cache Creek Casino, Cache Creek, CA
Middle Canyon Basin2005
-2008
Comprehensive evaluation of water resources within the Middle Canyon Basin at Catalina Island, CA. Modeling of groundwater, surface water streams, and surface water reservoir for the period 1965 to 2005 to assess viability of basin for long-term water supply for Avalon, CA. Project activities include three-dimensional hydrogeologic interpretation, pumping well data base development, reservoir storage capacity, identification of sites for deeper wells into the bedrock, and administrative recommendations.
Reuland Electric2000
-2007
Evaluation of industrial solvent PCE plume migration and negotiation with U.S. EPA within the Puente Valley of the San Gabriel Valley Operable Unit for Reuland Electric, City of Industry, CA. Work included groundwater modeling, regulatory negotiation, representation of site to an administrative law judge for assignment of financial responsibility, preparing reports and groundwater analysis.
Dennis Jamison P.G. c.HG.
Mr. Jamison has 29 years of professional experience performing quantitative and field studies in hydrogeology and geology. He has specialized in RCRA-based site closure, groundwater flow conceptual and numerical modeling, and solute transport evaluation and modeling, aquifer test analysis, and geostatistical evaluations.
Education
M.S.
Engineering Science, University of California, Berkley, 1978
B.S.
Geology, University of Washington, 1976
Work Experience
Principal Hydrogeologist
Jamison and Associates, Inc
Reno, NV
2007
to Present
Senior Hydrogeologist
WorleyParsons Komex
Reno, NV
2003
to 2007
Senior Hydrogeologist
GEOTRANS
Reno, NV
1989
to 2002
Engineering Geologist
NERCO Coal Corporation
Sheridan, WY
1982
to 1989
Hydrologist
NERCO Mining Company
Portland, OR
1978
to 1982
Recent Selected Projects
Southern California Edison
Project manager since 2001 for basin closure at nine generating stations formerly owned by SCE. Successful in obtaining regulatory closure for retention basin sites at the Long Beach, San Bernardino, and Highgrove generating stations. Currently pursuing closure of retention basin sites at the Mandalay, El Segundo, Ormond Beach, and Alamitos stations. Leader of a consultant team that provides statistical analyses of soil and groundwater analytical results, develops human health and ecological risk assessments, and has developed productive working relationships with counterparts at the California Department of Toxic Substances Control to find cost-effective solutions for basin closure that are supported by the regulatory agency and the public. Deliverable products have included Closure Demonstration Reports, Work Plans for site investigation, and a Closure Plan.
Analytical Environmental Services Inc.
Technical lead for groundwater studies at four sites, under NEPA, to assess the impact of proposed groundwater supply pumping on regional groundwater resources and nearby water supply wells. Work included literature review, calculating interference drawdown and cumulative/regional impacts, estimating impacts on electrical usage at adjacent wells, interpreting aquifer test data, interpreting site hydrogeology from well logs, and recommending depths of new production wells. In addition, a water balance was calculated to evaluate the impact of development on groundwater recharge and the effectiveness of on-site mitigation measures.
Confidential Aerospace Client
Designed and constructed a six layer, 19 square mile groundwater flow and transport model to predict the effects of 6,000, 9,000, and 12,000 gpm remedial pumping alternatives. Used the model to compute maximum yield for the remedial well field and to demonstrate effectiveness of the remediation system by predicting future containment of chlorinated solvents. Groundwater pathline analysis was performed to predict time related capture zones for demonstrating to U.S. EPA, Region IX, and the area within each aquifer that would be remediated after a specified pumping period. Applied the updated model to predict the maximum sustainable yield for the extraction well field and used particle tracking to evaluate the corresponding capture area. The project goals were to demonstrate that, under then-current hydrologic conditions, 1) the 9,000 gpm mandated pumping rate cannot be sustained for long time periods, and 2) the capture area predicted in the original (1995) design documents can be achieved by pumping significantly less than 9,000 gpm.
Confidential Aerospace Client
Designed and constructed three-dimensional MODFLOW regional and subregional groundwater flow and MT3D solute transport models to simulate water-resource management alternatives, municipal well field operation, and movement and fate of chlorinated solvent and perchlorate plumes. Regional and subregional models covered 116 and 70 square miles, respectively. Calculated detailed projections of groundwater production and recharge conditions and water-quality impacts to municipal well fields for various remedial alternatives. Performed a statistical analysis of predicted versus observed concentrations to estimate confidence limits for model predictions. Performed stochastic modeling to evaluate the adequacy of proposed monitor well locations with respect to detecting off site migration of contaminated groundwater. Developed an original methodology and computer code for contouring observed plume concentrations using particle-tracking results from the calibrated MODFLOW model. These plume concentrations were used as initial conditions to increase accuracy for predictive model runs.
Lafarge Corporation, Los Robles Cement Plant
Served as modeling technical advisor for designing and constructing a two-layer, 0.48 square mile MODFLOW model that was used to evaluate alternatives for remediating a TCE plume in an alluvial aquifer.
Max C. Montgomery P.E. W.R.S.
Max Montgomery has over 40 years of experience in engineering and surveying. His experience includes working with Tribal conservation, land, building and other structural projects for Tribes in California, Nevada and Arizona.
Education
B.S.
Engineering University of Wyoming
Recent Selected Projects
Susanville Indian Rancheria
Provided Engineering and other services for the Head Start and Day Care building with optional space for a tribal meeting room.
Rite of Passage
Provided engineering and management support for acquiring an R&PP lease for BLM lands (120 acres).
Tri State Engineering
Provided a specialist for targeting and ground marking of utilities at the U.S. 395 and I-80 intersection for an aerial survey with photogrammetry.
Rite of Passage
Provided resident engineering services on construction of a Multi-Purpose building, which included a gym, weight room, library, game room, student union and classrooms. Also provided resident engineering services for construction of two 48-person dormitories for students.
Nevada Department of Transportation
Provided contract inspection services (subcontract) to NDOT on U.S. 50 Spooner Project for grinding pavement, repaving, curb and gutter, drainage structures, deer fence, and concrete barrier.