D. Robert Ireson
Senior Project Manager

Fields of Competence
Environmental Site Assessments for real estate
transactions
Environmental Regulatory Compliance
Environmental Risk Assessment
Fate and Transport Modeling
Emergency and Remedial Response Management
 

Experience Summary
Over twenty-one years of environmental and public
safety program management with an emphasis on
environmental assessments and sub-surface
investigations, state and federal program compliance,
remedial response and design, and project
management. Successful projects range from Phase I
ESA’s to the design, implementation, and approval of
risk-based corrective actions. Technical field experience includes a variety of sub-surface investigation, sampling, remediation, and emergency response techniques.
 

Past experience includes Directing Central and Northern Ohio Operations for a regional environmental consulting firm, and serving as the original Bureau

Chief of Ohio’s Underground Storage Tank Program.
 

Credentials
M.A., Public Administration, Environmental Policy,
Decision Support Systems, Ohio State University, 1986.
 

B.S., Education, Public Safety Training, Ohio State
University, 1981.
 

Adjunct Instructor for the Environmental Technology
Program at Columbus State Community College;
Hazardous Materials Management at Hocking State
College; and the Federal Emergency Management
Agency at the National Fire Academy.

Project Experience
Performed Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments for numerous sites with a variety of historical usage.

Design and implementation of field hydrogeological investigations, groundwater fate and transport modeling,
and risk-based corrective actions at numerous commercial, industrial and government facilities.
 

Performed a Due Diligence Audit of over 700 facilities throughout the southern United States to support an acquisition by a major oil company.
 

Manage all state and federal regulatory compliance for a state agency operating facilities throughout the state for Hazardous Waste, Underground Storage Tank, Air, and Water program compliance.
 

Managed the design, installation, permitting and operation of an air sparging/soil vapor extraction system
using catalytic oxidation and incineration to remediate contaminated soil and groundwater at an abandoned petroleum bulk storage facility.
 

Managed several assessment and remediation projects supporting a financial institution divestiture by a
Fortune 100 company. Environmental impacts at several branch office facilities required prompt assessments, remedial actions, and closure agreements to complete the transaction in the period
permitted by the Federal banking regulators.
 

Managed emergency response investigations and remediation for flammable liquid spills and explosive
vapors in structures, including source identification, coordination with response agencies, contractor oversight, and documentation.