Mr. Sood is a professional engineer with over 20 years of environmental consulting experience with specific expertise in environmental permitting and emission control. He is noted for negotiating regulatory requirements and implementing cost-effective solutions. Clients have included commercial and governmental organizations including the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy, City and County of Los Angeles, landfills, airlines, refineries and pipeline operations, hospitals, research institutions, law firms, property developers, public works facilities, aerospace/ electronic facilities, chemical manufacturing plants, cogeneration facilities, metal fabricators, and manufacturers of medical, glass, aluminum, paper, and paint products.
 

EDUCATION

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Practice, 1987.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1986.
• University of California, Irvine, CA. Certificate in Hazardous Materials Management, 1990.
• University of California, Irvine, CA. Certificate in Air Quality Management, in progress.

REGISTRATIONS

• Professional Engineer.  California #CH04503.
• Registered Environmental Assessor.  California #04163.
• Certified Permitting Professional.  South Coast Air Quality Management District #B4336.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

• EP Consultants, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.  Principal, 1994 to present.
• ERM-West, Incorporated, Irvine, CA.  Program Director, 1996 to 1997.
• Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Santa Ana, CA.  Air Services Manager, 1994 to 1996.
• IT Corporation, Irvine, CA.  Technical Director, Process Engineering Manager, and Project Manager, 1988 to 1994.
• Ultrasystems Engineers, Irvine, CA.  Process Engineer, 1987 to 1988.
• General Electric Company, Selkirk and Waterford, NY.  Plant Research Engineer, 1987.
• Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI.  Process Engineer, 1987.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

As a Certified Permitting Professional with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), Mr. Sood has access to expedited air permitting. He has published on regulatory, technical, and economic aspects of pollution control. His expertise includes:

• Clean Air Act - Title V and new source permitting, toxics, dispersion modeling, risk management plans, emission banking and credit trading, California’s Proposition 65, indoor air quality surveys, and emissions inventories;
• Superfund - site assessments, pilot test design and implementation, accelerated cleanups, and release reporting;
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - closure plans and implementation, hazardous waste management, permitting, and risk assessment, and corrective action;
• Process Engineering - process design, waste minimization, and wastewater treatment;
• Environmental Engineering - data management, storm water management, spill prevention, remedial design and remediation; and
• Compliance Services - environmental audits, impact studies, assessments for acquisitions and mergers, release reporting, compliance training and manuals.

AFFILIATIONS

HONORS

• Navy CLEAN Project Manager of the Month, Jacobs Engineering, 1992.

TRAINING HISTORY

• 8 Hour Annual Health and Safety Refresher, ERM-West, May 1997 (updated annually since 1988).
• Managing Government Contracts, IT Corporation, 1994.
• Permit Application Training Program, South Coast Air Quality Management District, 1993.
• Engineering Project Management, IT Corporation, 1991.
• Practical Hazards Identification in Chemical Processes, NUS Corporation, 1990.
• 40 Hour Hazardous Waste Operations, grandfathered by IT Corporation, 1988.

 

• Environmental Auditing: California Compliance Guide, Specialty Technical Publishers, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
• Trends in South Coast VOC Regulation. Annual Air Quality Conference, HWAOC, Irwindale, California.
• Storm Water Management. Northrop Grumman Corporation, Pico Rivera, California.
• Environmental Considerations in Change Management. Genentech, Incorporated, South San Francisco, California.
• Environmental Compliance and Consulting Opportunities in the USA. ERM-India, New Delhi, India.
• Release Reporting Developments and Issues in the Pulp and Paper Industry. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Portland, Oregon.
• Air Quality Impacts from a 40 MAP Commercial Airport at El Toro. El Toro Reuse Planning Authority, Irvine, California.
• The Removal Action Alternative under CERCLA. Presentation to contractor and government NAVFACENGCOM personnel as part of the CLEAN I contract, San Diego, California.
• Ground-Water Treatment Options. Lecture at California State University, Fullerton, 1991 and California Department of Health Services, Long Beach.
• Ground-Water Recovery and Treatment. Presentation with R. Kent at the Harrington Plastics Second Annual Trade Fair, Industry, California.
• VOC Emission-Control Technologies Evaluated, McCoy and Associates, Inc. Review of paper by A. Sood in The Hazardous Waste Consultant, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 1-15 through 1-18.
• Air Impacts of Hazardous Waste Site Remediation. Hazmacon 1990, Anaheim, California.
• New Source Review Under Regulation XIII. HWAOC, Buena Park, California.
• Air Impacts of Hazardous Waste Site Clean-Ups. AWMA, Montebello, California.
• New Source Review: Current and Proposed Rules in the South Coast Air Basin. Haz-News Newsletter, HWAOC, Sacramento, California.