Francis R.

'Bob' Lewis
840 Dunlop Avenue * Forest Park, IL 60130 * (815) 341-8491
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/francis-r-lewis/15/1b6/748
flb3de1a@westpost.net

PROFILE
My experience as a site environmental manager in compliance and project manageme
nt with Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. (WMIL) facilitated my recent work as
a senior project manager in consulting providing environmental compliance servic
es in regulatory compliance, permitting, air emissions compliance, training, saf
ety compliance, groundwater/gas migration assessment, remediation, subcontractin
g oversight, and auditing for solid waste, mining, municipal and private industr
y clients.
My active participation with WMIL divisional, regional, and corporate environme
ntal engineering and safety teams as a resource for site environmental complianc
e, permitting and safety augmented my success in successfully managing multi-dis
ciplined environmental, construction and remediation projects for active and clo
sed solid/hazardous waste landfills, compost facilities and hauling companies in
the Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Nebra
ska.
I tuned my environmental compliance and project management skills with Andrews E
ngineering, Inc., Shaw Environmental, Inc. (Shaw), and recently with Golder Asso
ciates, Inc. (Golder). At Golder I managed a twelve (12) person project team i
n three offices executing environmental engineering compliance/permitting servic
es for clients. My team successfully provided project management services envir
onmental compliance for eight closed and active solid waste landfills for Waste
Management Closed Sites Management Group (WMCSMG) and Millennium Waste, Inc. (Wa
ste Connection, Inc.) in Illinois and Indiana. My success continued in executin
g and overseeing environmental compliance, subcontracting oversight, and remedia
tion/permit project management for over three years.
Management Leadership:
My business acumen presents a results driven, collaborative compliance leader an
d hands-on mentor who enjoys creating innovative solutions by "thinking outside
of the box" and presenting "added value recommendations" to resolve problems.
I am highly adept at agency interface, regulatory compliance, and execution and
management of multi-discipline projects while demonstrating my skills in subcont
ractor oversight, budget management, executing solutions, team building, project
management, technical report writing and communication to get the job done.
Selected Achievements:
* Created/Designed/Permitted "No-Pipe Design" for Cell Design - Achieved $500K
savings at each landfill
* Designed/Permitted Landfill Expansion - Achieved additional landfill size ca
pacity and $55M of additional revenue
* Designed/Managed/Installed $3.3 MM GW Remediation System - Project savings a
chieved over $200K
* Created/Designed/Permitted Alternate Final Cover Slope Design without Storm
Water Diversion Terraces - Achieved significant construction savings and additio
nal landfill size capacity
* Created/Designed/Permitted "3-Dimensional Leachate Recirculation System" - C
reated Innovative first of its kind value added design
* Designed/Permitted "Dual Leachate/Gas Extraction Well" - Created Innovative
first of its kind design
Regulatory Compliance Experience:
Perform Safety/ Environmental Audits * Agency Interface with IEPA, Air, Land, Wa
ter Resources, Water Pollution Control, DNR, USEPA, OSHA * Federal And Illinois
EPA Permits * Tracking New/Revised OSHA, IEPA/USEPA Regulations And Providing Re
commendations To Operating Areas on Compliance Options to Ensure Compliance
* On-Site Regulatory Inspections And Permitting * Perform Process Hazard Analysi
s and Review New Processes to Identify and Manage Safety And Employee Exposure H
azards * Training Operations Personnel Regarding Specific Compliance Requirement
s * .CWA, CAAPP, NSR, Title V Permitting, NSPS, MACT, LFG - GHG Compliance, EG,
Annual Air Emissions Reports/Permits/Certifications, Semi-Annual Air Emissions C
ompliance Reports * Technical Report Writing * Hazardous Waste Analysis and Eval
uation * Safety/Risk Assessments * Environmental Audits * Contingency Plans and
Environmental Response Plans * Solid/Hazardous Waste * Disposal Permits, Compli
ance Tracking and Trouble Shooting * QC, CQA, TQM, Completed Components Assessme
nt Reports * SPCC, SWPPP, NPDES * BMP, UST/LUST * RCRA, RCRA Hazardous Materials
, CERCLA, MSDS, Tier II, SARA, Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reports * Environme
ntal Health And Safety (EHS/HASP) * Environmental Site Assessment (ESAI * ESAII)
* Groundwater/Wastewater Evaluation And Database Management * Storm Water Drain
age Design * Corrective Actions * Groundwater Monitoring/Evaluation/Assessment/P
ermitting * Audit Management.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. (WMI) 1981 - 2001
Environmental Compliance Site Engineer - Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. (WMI
L)
Successfully managed environmental permitting, contracts, environmental complian
ce, auditing, project construction management, and maintained regulatory contact
for fourteen (14) solid waste and hazardous waste landfills, closed sites, and
hauling companies in six (6) Midwestern states. Created three (3) and five (5)
year financial assurance and planning budgets for site construction and remediat
ion projects, permitting, compliance management, CQA projects, air compliance Ti
tle V permitting and reporting, landfill design, GCCS design and troubleshooting
, groundwater compliance and assessment permitting, and remediation projects.
ANDREWS ENGINEERING, INC. 2002 - 2006
Project Coordinator II, Office Supervisor - Consultant (Naperville, IL)
Performed environmental engineering project management and compliance reporting
services to active and closed solid waste landfills for the private service wast
e disposal industries in IL and IN. Office supervisor for field technicians and
CADD.
SHAW ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 2006 - 2008
Project Manager, Scientist - Consultant (Bolingbrook, IL)
Performed environmental engineering project management and compliance reporting/
permitting services for six active and closed solid waste landfills for private
service waste disposal industries in IL and IN.
GOLDER ASSOCIATES, INC. 2008 - 2010
Senior Project Manager- Consultant (Woodridge, IL)
Managed a twelve (12) person project team in three offices executing environment
al engineering/compliance/permitting services for private service waste disposal
industries in IL and IN.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
* Air Quality Management Conference, 2007 - 2009
* GHG Air Emiss. Compliance. Training, USEPA, 2009
* NSPS/Title V Training - Air Emiss. Compliance, 2007-09
* Project Management Training, WMI 1989-2000,
* Project Management Training, Golder Associates Inc., 2009
* Total Quality Management (TQM) Training, WMI
* Quality Assurance (CQA) Control Training, WMI
* 2009 Ethical Conduct Compliance Training, WMI
* Storm Water Regulations in IL Training, 2005
* GCCS Operator and Clean Air Act Training, 2006
* TRI Training, USEPA/IEPA HazWaste Compliance 2000
* Groundwater Statistics Evaluation Training
* Groundwater Quality and Hydrogeology Training
* OSHA 1910.120 40-hour Haz. Waste Training, 1992/2002
* OSHA Training 1910.120 Safety Refresher, 1993-2000 and
2002-2009
* OSHA Construction Compliance Training, 2002
* OSHA 10 Hr Const. Safety Training, 2002
* OSHA HazWaste Site Worker Training
* OSHA Hazardous Operations Training
* Conducted OSHA 1910.120 Safety Training, WMI
* Compliance Mgmt. Systems (ACCESS) Training, WMI
* Constructing GCLs/PVC/Geomembranes, U of IL, 2006
* Special Waste/Haz Waste Training, WMI
* Solid Waste Landfill Design Seminar, U of W
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Current Member - Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA)
Current Member - Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
AIR EMISSIONS COMPLIANCE, CAAPP, TITLE V/NSPS, GHG, PERMITTING
* Green House Gas (GHG) Regulations - New regulations and GHG Monitoring Plan
for Quad Cities Landfill, Phase IV (2010)
* Annual Title V Lump Sum Air Emissions Compliance Services - NSPS, Title V and
GHG Permitting and Air Emissions Compliance Reporting, Air Emissions Calculatio
ns, Title V Permits, Permit Renewals, EG, Semi-Annual Reporting, and GHG Plan an
d Monitoring for Quad Cities Landfill, IL. (2006 - 2010).
* NSPS/Title V Air Emissions Compliance - IEPA Permits, Permit Renewals, NSPS,
TitleV for four MSW Landfills (WMCSMG and Millennium Waste, Inc. IL. 2009 - 2010
).
* NSPS/Title V Regulatory Air Emissions Compliance - Air Emissions Compliance Ca
lculations and Reporting Service for Fourteen (14) Solid Waste and Hazardous Was
te Landfills, NSPS Title V and GHG Permitting, Title V Permits, Permit Renewals,
EG, Semi-Annual Reporting for Various WMI Landfills Located in IL, IN, MO, KS,
and NE. (1989 - 2001).
ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT (ESA) EVALUATION
* ESAII Work Plans for The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) - Nine (
9) ESAII Project Work Plans, Project Management, Technical Investigation/Evaluat
ion, Cost Estimates, Recommendations, Soil-GW Sampling, Analysis, and Presentati
on for Illinois Department of Transportation (2007-2008)
* Benchmark Review/Site Assessment for Wexford Municipal Landfill, MI. - Site Re
view, Evaluate Operations, Design, Permitting, Financing and County Budget Plann
ing for Wexford Municipal Landfill, MI. (2007),
* Annual Leachate Recirculation System Performance Evaluation Report - Landfill
Leachate Evaluation Report for Deercroft RDF, Waste Management of Indiana (2007
- 2009).
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, SAFETY EHS, AUDITING
* Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Plans - Thirty (30) Construction/Remedi
ation, ESA Project Site EHS Plans (1995-2010).
* IEPA Site ESAII Investigation and Evaluation - Field Investigation, Oversight
and Reporting (2005) for Confidential Client - IEPA ESA Investigation Evaluation
, Cook County, IL.
* Environmental Engineering Support/Compliance Services ($250K Annual Lump Sum P
roject) - Permitting, Air, CQA, Groundwater (GW)/ Gas, Leachate, and Compliance
Tracking (2007 - 2010) for WMCSNG - Seven (7) WMIL Closed Subtitle D Municipal S
olid Waste Landfills in Illinois.
* Compliance Management, Permitting, Compliance Tracking, Auditing, Design, Ope
rating Plans, GW, Gas, Cell Construction, Final Cover Construction, Monitoring a
nd EHS Safety Auditing (1981-2001) - Environmental Engineering Compliance Servic
es, Environmental Safety Audits, Operating Plans, Environmental Permitting, Proj
ect Management, Budgeting, Financial Assurance Planning for fourteen (14) landfi
lls and hauling companies for WMIL (1981-2001).
* Environmental Compliance/Safety Audits - Audit management and oversight of USE
PA inspection for CERCLA Landfill Audits for Lake Landfill, Northbrook IL. Green
e Valley Landfill, DuPage County, IL, Parrott Road and Old Maumee Landfills, Ft.
Wayne, Indiana.
NPDES, SPCC, CQA, GW COMPLIANCE
* National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Renewal Permit and Cle
an Construction and Demolition Debris (CCDD) Interim Permit - Department of Natu
ral Resources (DNR) Mine Reclamation Plan and NPDES DMR Monitoring/Sampling Repo
rts, SPCC Plan, and Application to the IEPA for E. F. Heil Plainfield Surface Mi
ne Quarry Facility, Plainfield Quarry, IL . (2005 - 2006).
* Spill Prevention Containment and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) for Surface Mine
Quarry Facility in Illinois - Site Inspection, Review Current US EPA Regulations
Covering Regulated Materials and Tanks, Training, Testing, Reporting (2006) for
E. F. Heil Surface Mine Quarry Facility, Will County, IL.
* Construction Quality Assurance (CQA) Reports, RFP and Bid Documents - Evaluat
ion/Permitting for five (5) phases of Final Cover/Cell Construction for Newton C
ounty Landfill, IN. (2002 - 2006).
* SPCC Plans - SPCC Plans for Solid Waste/Hazardous Waste Landfills, Hauling Com
panies, and Waste Transfer Stations, IL, IN. for Various WMIL Solid Waste/Hazard
ous Waste Landfills, Hauling Companies, and Waste Transfer Stations, IL and IN.

* Site Inspections, Compliance Permitting/Auditing/Reporting, GW Evaluations -

CID RDF, Chicago, IL, and Laraway RDF, Elwood, IL. (Solid Waste and HazWaste Lan
dfills).
ENVIRONMENTAL GW/GAS ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION
* $3.3M GW/Gas Remediation Corrective Action Project - Achieved $200K Savings fo
r a Pump-and-treat corrective action remediation system for the RCRA Hazardous W
aste Landfill and Hazardous Waste Drum Trench Area Design, Permitting, Budget P
lanning and Project Management for Laraway RCRA Hazardous Waste/Drum Trench Lan
dfill, Elwood, IL. (1998 - 2000).
* Control Remediation Project of Gas Migration Investigation - Investigate, Des
ign, Permitting and Project Management of New Passive Gas Control System (2008)
for Republic Waste, Inc., Upper Rock Island Landfill, IL.
* Gas Migration Investigation Control Remediation Project to Determine Source of
Gas Migration - Investigate, Design, Permitting and Project Management for Gree
ne Valley RDF, Lake Landfill, Kankakee RDF, Illinois.
* Double Cased GW Monitoring Wells to Block Gas from GW Monitoring Wells - Desi
gn, Permitting, Supervision and Project Management of Double Cased GW Monitorin
g Wells for a GW Assessment Project at Three Landfills for WMCSMG (2009).
SOLID WASTE/HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL
* Clean Construction and Demolition Debris (CCDD) Fill Operation - Project Manag
ement, Design and IEPA
Permitting (2010) for The Village of Lynwood, IL. Wetland permitting discussion
s with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)...obtained No Objection Letter and
Non- Jurisdictional Determination Letter.
* Fifty (50) CQA Project Reports - Create CQA Reports, Project Management, RFP B
id Documents, Permitting, Cell Construction, GW Monitoring Wells, Gas Assessment
/Remediation, Final Cover Construction, and Modification of Storm Water Manageme
nt Plan for Upper Rock Island County Landfill, East Moline, IL. (2002-2006)
* No-Pipe" Leachate Collection System Design, Creation/Permitting (achieved ove
r $500,000 savings at various landfills) - Original Design, Permitting and Succe
ssful Project Management for various Northern Illinois WMIL landfills.
* Vertical Landfill Expansion and Golf Course End Use Design (achieved additiona
l landfill capacity and $55M increased revenue) - Creation, Design, Permitting a
nd Project Management for Lake Landfill, Northbrook, IL.
* Vertical Landfill Expansion Creation (achieved $4M in new revenue capacity) -
Design, Permitting and Project Management for Laraway Recycling and Disposal Fac
ility (RDF), Elwood, IL.
* Design 25-Acre Cell Base-grade Project (cell design was one of the first "No-P
ipe" leachate collection designs in the industry - Original Design, Permitting a
nd Project Management (1994 - 1999) for Laraway RDF, Elwood, IL.
* Compost Facilities - Design, Permitting for Compost Facilities at CID RDF, Chi
cago, IL, Cook County, IL and Lake County Compost Facility.
* Landfill Final Closure Plan Design and GW Monitoring System - Design, Permitti
ng and Project Management for Greene Valley Landfill, DuPage County, Illinois.
* Fifteen (15) Acre HazWaste Landfill Cell Development Project - Permitting and
Project Management of the construction of triple geosynthetic baseliner and leac
hate collection system for CID RDF RCRA Landfill, Calumet City, Illinois (2000).
* Landfill Cells, GW Monitoring System, Final Cover, GCCS, Leachate Collection S
ystems - Design, Permitting and Project Management for Kankakee RDF Landfill, Ka
nkakee, IL.
* One Million Cubic-yard Landfill Expansion - Design, Permitting and Project Ma
nagement for CID RDF Facility, Chicago, IL.
* Twenty-five (25) Acre Base Grade Cell Project (one of first "No-Pipe Base Grad
e" cell designs in the Industry - Design, Permitting and Project Management, (19
94 - 2000) for Laraway RDF, Elwood, IL.
* Three Landfill Expansions - Design/Permitting, Cell Design, Leachate Collectio
n, GW Monitoring, Final Cover Design, End Use Plans and Project Management for L
ake Landfill, Northbrook, IL, Greene Valley Landfill, DuPage County, IL, Kankake
e RDF, Kankakee County, IL.

EDUCATION
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb IL * Harper College, Palatine, IL * U of W - Riv
er Falls , WI * US Army - Cartography