AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessments of Airborne Chemical and Biological Hazards and Development of Appropriate Controls

Respiratory Protection Program Development

Noise Exposure Assessment and Hearing Conservation Program Development

Asbestos Hazard Management

Lead Hazard Management

Indoor Air Quality Investigations

Radiation Safety

Industrial Ventilation Systems

Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments

RCRA Compliance

RCRA Groundwater Investigations

Brownfield Redevelopment

OSHA Compliance Training

Asbestos Contractor Supervisor Training

EDUCATION
Florida State University-
B.S., Civil Engineering, 1997.

Florida Keys Community College
AS, 1994

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Riverfront Environmental, Inc., Principal/ Senior Project Manager, February 2005-Present
Sitex Environmental, Inc., Senior Project Manager/ Professional, January 2001 - January 2005
United States Air Force, Bioenvironmental Engineer, January 1998 – January 2001

CERTIFICATIONS
American Board of Industrial Hygiene Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
Institute of Hazardous Materials Manager Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM)
40-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations Training
Asbestos Inspector, AHERA, MO
Asbestos Contractor Supervisor, MO
NIOSH 582 Certified Phase Contrast Microscopy Analyst
Lead-Inspector, MO, IL
Lead-Risk Assessor, MO, IL

OTHER TRAINING
Bioenvironmental Engineer Officer Training School for EPA/OSHA/NRC Compliance (800 hrs)
University of Michigan Industrial Hygiene Review Course (40-hrs)
RCRA Compliance Course (40-hrs)

AFFILIATIONS
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
St. Louis Chapter of AIHA
Gateway Society of Hazardous Materials Managers
St. Louis Chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Mr. Rhyneer has over 7 years experience in the Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) industry and has been responsible for managing a diverse range of projects/programs during this period. Mr. Rhyneer’s primary emphasis has been in the Industrial Hygiene field, with a secondary emphasis on the property transaction environmental due diligence/site cleanup arena. These projects have ranged from complex long term Industrial Hygiene Exposure Assessments of confirmed human carcinogens, to development of OSHA Compliance programs to large scale Brownfield Redevelopment projects with complex environmental issues.

As a Senior Project Manager, Mr. Rhyneer has been responsible for staff management, project management, financial management, job costing, financial projections and marketing.

As a Professional, Mr. Rhyneer has been responsible for development, implementation and quality assurance/control of sampling strategies, technical field manuals, standard operating procedures, regulatory compliance programs, and laboratory quality assurance programs.

Business management responsibilities include development of job costing systems, revenue-expense projections, budget analysis and collections.

Specific project experience includes the following:

GENERAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE PRACTICE
United States Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama (1998-2001)
Responsible for development, implementation and management of facility Industrial Hygiene (IH) program to support the occupational health and safety of over 2,000 government and military workers. Responsibilities included oversight of IH workplace assessments, respiratory protection program, confined space program, radiation safety and dosimetry program, hearing conservation program, and development of a comprehensive IH program database management tool. Additional responsibilities included playing an integral role in the USAF facility-auditing program, requiring evaluation of program performance at various Air Force facilities.

Major Electrical Utility Provider, Southeastern United States (2001 - 2005)
Served as Certified Industrial Hygienist for major contract to provide general IH services at 5 coal fired power plants. Primary responsibilities included the development, implementation and quality control of IH exposure assessment sampling strategies for various air contaminant hazards during both routine and seasonal facility outage related activities, as well as the recognition, evaluation and control of numerous occupational hazards. Hazards included: asbestos, lead, arsenic, cadmium, welding fumes, respirable crystalline silica dust, and coal dust. Additional responsibilities included 3rd party asbestos abatement oversight, industrial ventilation assessment surveys, compliance program auditing, and regulatory compliance training

Steel Foundry Facility, St. Charles, Missouri (2003)
Conducted assessment of occupational exposures to hazardous noise and respirable silica dust, as well as a comprehensive evaluation of industrial ventilation system performance. Provided interpretation of survey results and detailed recommendations on necessary controls and/or process changes to reduce occupational exposures and limit company liability.

Food Product Manufacturer Brewing Facility, St. Louis, Missouri (2004 - Present)
Spearheaded a comprehensive effort in the recognition, evaluation and control of occupational exposures to crystalline silica by various work groups during routine demolition, renovation and construction activities involving concrete, brick and other masonry products over an 8-month period. Provided interpretation of survey results and observations and detailed recommendations on necessary controls and/or process changes to reduce occupational exposures and limit company liability. Also provided general IH services in assessment of routine exposure conditions for a variety of air contaminants, including lead, coal dust, respirable and total dusts.

Concrete Manufacturing Facility, St. Louis and Fulton, Missouri (2004
Conducted comprehensive assessment of occupational exposures to welding fumes, hazardous noise, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and crystalline silica during production of concrete conduits. Provided interpretation of survey results and observations and detailed recommendations on necessary controls and/or process changes to reduce occupational exposures and limit company liability.

Electrical Generating Facility, Kentucky (2004)
Responsible for development, implementation and quality control of facility area and personal dosimetry noise survey to identify hazardous noise areas requiring PPE, evaluate frequency characteristics of hazardous noise sources, and determine personal noise exposures.

Chemical Manufacturing Facility, Baltimore, Maryland (2004)
Served as primary instructor during a month long hazardous materials emergency response team training effort. The course covered basic environmental safety and health topics, but primary focus was on proper response procedures in the field, including donning/doffing various levels of PPE and various hands on corrective action techniques to gain control of a hazardous materials release.

Nuclear Power Plant, Northwest Alabama (2004)
Instructed 40-hr Asbestos Contractor Supervisor initial training course to plant supervisors, superintendents and managers. Course was presented in accordance with EPA AHERA training protocols, including class time and considerable hands on exercises stressing the proper construction and maintenance of containment structures, hazard control measures and a variety of abatement techniques.

RCRA GROUNDWATER INVESTIGATIONS
Pesticide/Herbicide Processing Plant, St. Louis County, Missouri (2001-2003)
Coordinated, conducted and reported the groundwater sampling investigations associated with historical releases of pesticides/herbicides and volatile organic compounds for a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Site (RCRA CORRACTS). The project required close coordination with past and present owners, attorneys and regulatory agencies. Responsible for evaluating various corrective action alternatives.

RCRA COMPLIANCE
United States Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama (1998-2001)
Responsible for the identification, sampling, interpretation, and inventory of all facility EPA-RCRA regulated hazardous waste streams.

ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT
Multiple Commercial, Industrial and Residential Properties
For the past seven years, managed the asbestos and hazardous materials inspection, sampling and abatement oversight at hundreds of residential, commercial and industrial buildings for the purposes of renovation and/or demolition. This work has been performed for several of St. Louis' largest hospitals, schools and office buildings, as well as some private homeowners and developers.

LEAD HAZARD MANAGEMENT
Electrical Power Generating Facility, Illinois (2002)
Provided project management, oversight, air/wipe sampling, reporting and recommendations for the proper control of lead exposure hazards presented by the abatement/removal of an accumulation of lead-carbonate dust within an electrical generator turbine. Project responsibilities included the establishment of a regulated area, personal air sampling and proper contamination control procedures.

Multiple Commercial, Industrial and Residential Properties
For the past seven years, managed the lead inspection, sampling, risk assessment and abatement oversight at numerous residential, commercial and industrial facilities for the purposes of renovation and/or demolition. This work has been performed for several of St. Louis' largest hospitals, schools and office buildings, as well as some private homeowners and developers.

PHASE I, II AND III ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT
Urban Property Redevelopment, St. Louis, Missouri (2002)
Managed the environmental due diligence process prior to, during and after property acquisition. Identified and characterized environmental issues associated with the complex during the Phase I ESA that would require action during redevelopment activities. Designed, coordinated and performed the Phase II subsurface investigation efforts to identify suspected subsurface petroleum contaminant plumes. Designed and coordinated oversight of environmental remediation activities, which involved the removal of 5 underground storage tanks (USTs), with owners, architects, lending institutions, general contractors and regulatory agencies in accordance with Missouri UST Program guidelines.

Downtown Property Redevelopment, St. Louis, Missouri (2001 - 2002)
Managed the environmental remediation of environmental hazards identified within two large buildings, and over three city blocks. The project involved multifaceted environmental issues that were required to be remediated in close coordination with the Missouri Voluntary Cleanup Program. The project included Phase I Environmental Sites Assessments, asbestos and hazardous materials inspections and remediation, removal of underground storage tank (UST) systems, subsurface remediation of over 45,000 cubic yards of lead and petroleum impacted soils.