Richard J. Abramo

EDUCATION:

• B.S., Biology, St. Francis College, 1980.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:

26+ years' experience in the hazardous waste industry. Participated in and/or managed hundreds of emergency response, decontamination, MGP, Superfund and State-mandated remediation projects.

EMPLOYMENT:

• President; Code Environmental Services, Inc.; 1989 - Present.
• Regional Operations Manager; ENSCO Environmental Services, Inc.; 1986 - 1989.
• District Manager, Project Manager, QC Supervisor, Emergency Response Coordinator; CECOS Environmental, Inc.; 1980 - 1986.

CERTICATIONS:

• Hazardous Waste Supervisor per Requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120.

KEY PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

• Administer activities associated with a multi-million dollar, multi-year, multi-MGP site remediation contract. Work includes sampling, characterization, excavation, dewatering, stabilization, and off-site T&D of tens of thousands of tons of coal tar contaminated materials (soil, sediment, impacted Jet-Grout waste, debris, etc.) from sites in NYC.
• Led the CODE teams assigned to the $362 million World Trade Center Site/PATH Tunnel Restoration, $190 million Atlantic City/Brigantine Connector, and $42 million Edgemere Landfill Superfund Site Closure projects. CODE served as the environmental services contractor to Yonkers Contracting Company on these large-scale, high-visibility projects.
• Administer activities associated with a multi-year, multi-site environmental services agreement with Cytec Industries. Since 1995, CODE has performed over $30 million of remedial work at Cytec facilities in NJ, CT, OH, PA, and WV (UST/AST closure, full and partial facility decon/demo, contaminated soil remediation, landfill closure, site capping, etc.). In 1996/1997, CODE sucessfully constructed a DDT sediment cap for Cytec in the Rahway River (the only project of this type ever undertaken in New Jersey).
• Provided corporate oversight on an ~$16.5 million soil and GW remediation project at a former copper products refinery located along Newtown Creek in Maspeth, NY. Key work elements included removal and off-site T&D impacted soils; bulkhead repair; installation of sheet piling and an armoring system; and construction of a barrier wall/GW collection and treatment system.
• Provided corporate oversight on a $4.5 million remediation at the Chemsol Superfund Site in Piscataway, NJ. Project involved excavation and off-site T&D of 60,000+ tons of PCB/RCRA/TSCA contaminated soils; dewatering and sediment stabilization; buried drum/high hazard waste handling; storm sewer removal/installation; soil cap construction; and wetlands restoration.
• Provided corporate oversight on a $1.7 million remedial action project at the Plaza Materials MGP Site in Mount Vernon, NY. Key work elements included installation and operation of a GW remediation system; design, installation, and operation of an interim free product recovery system; and installation of a sheet pile barrier containment wall.
• Managed Goose Farm Superfund Site Remediation in Plumstead Township, NJ. Project involved excavation and off-site T&D of 14,000 tons of PCB contaminated soils. Dewatering was a key work element due to excessive rainfall during excavation (2+ million gallons managed in support of project).
• Oversaw the removal of contaminated stone and soil from a rail yard located 70 feet below a NYC street.
• Directed a $1.6 million remediation project at the College Towers Site in a densely populated residential area in Jersey City, NJ. Project involved excavation and off-site T&D of ~14,000 cy of chromium contaminated soils from various areas within the occupied residential building complex.
• Provided corporate oversite on a $2.8 contaminated soils remediation project at the Hexagon Labs Superfund Site in NYC. This high visibility project was conducted in a highly urbanized area in close proximity to light commercial and industrial facilities.
• Administered a multi-year, multi-site lab pack/hazardous waste disposal contract with Rutgers University.
• Project manager responsible for the construction of three 600,000 gallon settling basins at the Exide Mill Pond site. Supervised the removal, dewatering, and stabilization of 4,100 cy of pond bottom sediments.
• Project Manager for lagoon closure at the Phillips Petroleum Site in Baton Rouge, LA. Stabilized 100,000+ cy of tetra-ethyl lead contaminated sludge.
• Provided contract interpretation and overall supervision of a $4.5 million drum removal project at a Ciba-Geigy site in NJ (15,475 waste drums).
• Instrumental in establishing ENSCO's only TSDF for handling and processing lab packs. Personally took ENSCO's Dalton, GA facility from the earliest permit submittal stage through facility construction and actual start-up.
• Operations manager of a $9 million on-site incineration project for the USAF in Gulfport, MS. Oversaw RCRA Part B equivalent permit submittal, site preparation, incinerator mobilization and construction, incinerator trial burns, contaminated soils excavation, and all other project activity associated with the on-site treatment of 35,000+ tons of dioxin-laden soil.