Resume

Of

Robert Kier

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ROBERT S. KIER, Ph,D.CONSULTINGPRINCIPAL2008

ROBERT S. KIER

June

QUALIFIC/~,TIONS SUMMARY

More than thirty-five years experience in geology, hydrogeology, engineering geology, water resourcesdevelopment, municipal solid waste, and hazardous waste management and cleanup. Specific experienceincludes multidle~lpllnary investigations and project management, as well as independent technical consulting,consulting expert and expe~t witness services, and teaching at the university level.

EXPERIENCE

Principal of Robert S. Kler Consulting, an independent consulting firm serving private and municipal clients.Included in his experience are investigation and cleanup operations at the new Austin Bergstrom InternationalAirport, review of investigation activities at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, removal and cleanup operations ofapproximately forty gasoline and diesel USTs at several manufacturing plants, cleanup and removal activities foran underground waste treatment syste~n and landfill at an oil well service company site, outside review of cleanupactivities for the first state-supported UST cleanup In Texas, and expert witness services related to cleanupoperations at six service stations. In addition, Dr. Kier has evaluated numerous proposed and existing municipaland industrial landfill sites, developed a cleanup program for a furniture manufacturer and a well service company,performed numerous environmental audits and site assessments, participated in evaluating the nature and extentof contamination at a Superfund site in Arkansas, prepared several Part B Permit Applications, a Ground WaterCompliance Monitoring Plan Application and follow-on investigatory reports, evaluated hydraulic testing in lowpermeability rocks at a hazardous waste landfill, investigated ground water conditions at numerous uranium milland insitu mine sites, evaluated the impact of wastewater disposal on the Edwards Aquifer, the Paluxy Aquifer,and several other water-bearing formations, as well as several surface streams, prepared several geologicassessments for the Edwards Aquifer, evaluated potential leakage from five proposed and existing reservoirs,participated in the development of rules and management plans for several ground water conservation districts,evaluated several municipal water supplies, examined ground water conditions with respect to a retaining wallfailure, examined stream erosion related to wastewater discharges from a municipal treatment plant, prepared ahazardous waste management plan for a geotechnical engineering firm, and evaluated the interrelationshipbetween ground and surface water with respect to several water rights Issues. Dr. Kier has provided consultingexpert and expert witness services and testimony at numerous public hearings and in state and federal courts oflaw.

Previously with Camp Dresser & McKee tnc, (CDM), Dr. Kier participated in or managed approximately fiftydifferent projects. Nearly all the projects were" multidisciplinary, melding engineering, geologic, hydrologic,economic, and ecologic considerations. Projects dealt with numerical modeling of local and regional ground waterflow systems, surface and ground water quality, and the transport and fate of toxic, hazardous, and nuclearwastes. Other projects involved determination of water requirements, water resources availability, and wastewatertreatment alternatives for development of nonconventional energy in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, andanalysis of the hydrogeology of a multistate, multiaquifer system, including available water supplies and thepotential for salt water intrusion, Dr. Kier worked on eight Superfund sites and was the site manager for three ofthese sites. In addition, he developed ground and surface water investigation programs for four other hazardouswaste sites.

Dr. Kier has contributed more than twenty-five papers to the professional literature and authored more than ahundred technical reports for the projects In which he has participated. In addition, Dr. Kier has served as a part-time lecturer of a geology for engineers course at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Kier is a LicensedProfessional Geosclentiste in Texas (196), a Certified Professional Geological Scientist (6358) by the AmericanInstitute of Professional Geologists, and is a Registered Professional Gaologlst In the State of Arkansas (316),

EDUCATION A. B., Geology, Franklin and Marshall College, 1965M. S., Geology, Franklin and Marshall College, 1967Ph.D., Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1972

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CERTIFICATION State of Texas, Licensed Professional Geosclentist, No. 196American Institute of Professional Geologists,

Certified Professional Geological Scientist (CPGS), No. 6358State of Arkansas, Registered Professional Geologist, No. 416

TECHNICALSOCIETIES

PROFESSIONALHISTORY

August 2006to 2007

Association of Ground Water Scientists andWater Association

Texas Ground Water AssociationAssociation of Engineering GeologistsAustin Geological SocietyAmerican Association of Petroleum Geologists;

Division of Environmental GeosciencesAir and Waste Management Society

Engineers, National

Lecturer, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin;Undergraduate and graduate level courses

Ground

June 1994to Present

Secretary/treasurer; Crespo Consulting Services, Inc.; Civil andEnvironmental Engineers; Austin, Texas

February 1992 toNovember 30, 2005

Chairman, Board of Directors, Terra Dynamics Inc.; Environmental Services;Austin, Texas

September 1986to Present

Principal and Sole Proprietor, Robert S. Kier Consulting; Hydrogeology,Geology, and Engineering Geology

Representative Projects Include:

Participated in evaluating the hydrogeology of a hazardous waste disposalsite in California, the potential for deep contaminant migration, and interpre-tation of various kinds of well tests.

Technical consultant or manager for removal and cleanup of contaminationassociated with over forty USTs at more than fifteen manufacturing plants in Texasand in other states.

Served as outside reviewer of cleanup plans develloped by another consultant forthe first state-supported UST cleanup in Texas.

Provided consulting expert and expert witness services related to cleanup and costrecovery at former service station sites in Dallas, Beaumont, Tyler, and McAIlenand for property adjacent to existing service stations In Fort Worth and inBrownsville.

Participated in evaluating the nature and extent of contamination related toindustrial waste disposal operations at a Superfund site in Arkansas.Prepared a Ground Water Compliance Monitoring Plan Application for a steel tubemanufacturer near Houston, Texas; assisted with preparation of the Part BApplication; prepared several other compliance and investigatory reports.

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Prepared a Part B Application and Affidavit for Exclusion for an aircraftmanufacturer.

Devetoped a compliance and clean up program for a furniture manufacturer inAustin, Texas.

Developed a compliance and cleanup program for a major well service company.

Evaluated proposed municipal and construction and demolition debris landfill sitesnear Muenster, Itasce, Cibolo, Bastrop, San Antonio, Wilmer, Royse City, FortWorth, Leakey, Ferris, Coreicana, McKinney, Maxwell Creek, Madden Road,Melissa, Ennis, Corstcana, Waco, Corpus Chdsti, Brownwood, Hadingen, Gordon,Austin, Houston, College Station, Texas City, Maverick County, and La Marque,Texas; developed a ground water monitoring program four sites.

Evaluated potential ground water contamination at an existing landfill site in SouthTexas and two in Nodh Texas.

Managed preparation of three appllcatlons for modifications to municipal solidwaste landfill permits to comply with new federal Subtitle D rule and revised Texasmunicipal solid waste regulations; provided permitting assistance for more thantwelve sites.

Served as outside reviewer for quality assurance related to enforcement actions bythe Texas Water Commission and the Texas Department of Health at two landfillsites.

Evaluated the impact of a potential wastewater treatment plant sludge disposal sitenear Red Oak, Texas.

Evaluated a proposed ground water monitoring system for two hazardous wastedisposal sites and two Class I, non-hazardous Industrial waste disposal sites InTexas; evaluated the geologic, hydrogeologic, and geotechnical investigations andfindings, as well as the ground water monitoring system for another proposedhazardous waste landfill site in Texas; participated in developing geological,geotechnlcal, and hydrogeological information for a third proposed site in the state.

Evaluated the potential for irrigated wastewater to discharge into Barton Creek,which recharges the Edwards Aquifer near Austin, Texas.

Evaluated ground water impacts of proposed wastewater irrigation near Ingrain andnear Lake LBJ, Texas.

Evaluated a proposed septic tank and filter field system for a development on thePaluxy Formation in North Texas.

Examined the evidence for seepage from two uranium mill railings disposal ponds;reviewed closure and post-closure monitoring plans.

Evaluated proposed remedial actions at a former uranium mili site to be cleaned upby DOE under the UMTRA.

Evaluated ground water conditions at five proposed lnsitu uranium mining sites.

Evaluated the geology and hydrogeology for a proposed landfill site for uranium millrailings and other wastes with similar radiological characteristics.

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Investigated whether discharge of municipal wastewater effJuent Into a stream wasthe cause of or incidental to bank erosion along the downstream reaches of thestream.

Performed environmental audits and site assessments for several clients,

Prepared hazardous waste management plan for a major geotechnical engineeringfirm: the plan encompassed health and safety, medical monitoring, personnelcertification, generation and disposal of hazardous wastes, and client and projectdsk assessment.

Prepared several Geologic Assessments for proposed development on andadjacent to the Edwards Aquifer.

Examined hydrogeologic conditions at and in the vicinity of three dairy and one calfraising operation in Erath County, Texas, and another confined animal feedingoperation in the Bryan-College Station area, Texas.

Examined the role of ground water in failure of a retaining wall in Austin, Texas.

Examined the origin of ground water seepage at a private residence and at acommercial establishment in Austin and potential ground water seepage at anelementary school south of Austin.

Developed dewatering requirements for clean up of a hazardous waste site inHouston, Texas.

Evaluated potential leakage from four proposed and existing reservoir sites and theinteraction between the reservoirs and the regional ground water flow systems.

Evaluated and presented testimony with respect to welt contamination in theEdwards Aquifer of Medina County; examined water quality related to a bottledwater plant supplied by the Edwards Aquifer; Investigated the overall hydrogeologyof the Edwards Aquifer System in relation to spring flow discharge and reservoiroperatlon.

Provided hydrogeological analysis related to transport and cleanup of a gasolinerelease into shallow ground water in San Marcos, Texas.

Provided quality assurance and quality control concerning the hydrogeology andfate and transport of metals contamination In ground water at a former rockwoolproduction plant In Belton, Texas, and with respect to hydrocarbon contamination ata cement plant in Dallas.

Provided hydrogeologic assistance for a private water supply company using theCarrizo-Wilcox Aquifer and assistance to a municipality investigating conjunctiveuse of surface and ground water resources.

Provided hydrogeologic assistance to private landowners evaluating the watersupply potential of the Edwards Aquifer beneath their land.

Consultant to the Cfty of Austin, Department of Aviation, with regard to remediallnvestlgatlons and cleanup at Bergstrom Air Force Base and construction of a newmunicipal airport.

Consultant to a private group reviewing investigation activities related to the offsitespread of chlorinated hydrocarbons from Reese Air Force Base.

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Evaluated potential soil and ground water contamination at former gravel pits and asalvage yard in Fort Worth and near Dallas, Texas.

Developed ground water monitoring system for wastawater treatment system nearCanyon, Texas.

Evaluated water supply and water quality Irnplications for a proposed miningoperation in the Hickory Sandstone aquifer; in part based on application of a groundwater flow model.

Performed Phase II environmental assessment for two apartment complexes InFort Worth that had been affected by fuel pipeline breaks.

Served as a consultant to the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation Districtand to Plum Creek Conservation District. Currently serve as consultinghydrogeologist for Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District.

February 1979to August 1986

Principal Scientist, Camp Dresser & McKae Ino. Team leader, environment-al and hazardous waste group, Austin office.

Representative Projects Include:

Participated In Six-State High Plalns-Ogallala Aquifer Study geology; ground waterhydrology, environmental impacts of changing conditions on the High Plains,interbasin transfer, and project management.

Project manager for a study to determine leakage rates, quantities of ground water,and fate of mine water that had seeped from a disposal pond in South Texas;ascertained company liability; and suggested and tested ground water recoverymeasures using a two-layer, three dimensional ground water flow model.

Investigated the potential of using salt domes to dispose of toxic and hazardouswastes.

Project manager for a ground water quality assessment at a military installation inEast Texas; designed ground and surface water monitoring program to evaluate theextent of migration of contaminants that had seeped from an unlined evaporationpond.Project manager for a ground water study for Texas Tech University; applied athree-dimensional ground water model to simulate the Ogallala Aquifer system inthe Lubbock area, sampled and evaluated ground water quality, reviewed potentialuses of the ground water by the University and the City of Lubbock for domestic,industrial cooling and Irrigation supplies, determined treatment costs, andformulated ground water control plans.

Project manager for developing a conceptual ground water model for transport ofhigh-level radionuclids from a salt dome repository; salt dome basins in Texas,Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Project manager for ascertaining the availability of surface and ground water forunconventional energy sources, e.g. coal gasification, tow-head hydropower,biomass conversion, geothermal energy in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado;examined use requirements, applicable state water law, committed water rights,mechanisms of developing the water resources, and wastewatar treatmentrequirements. Participated in similar study for portions of Colorado and Utah.

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Participated in multistata water resources evaluation of a portion of the DelawareRiver Basin; reviewed hydrogeology of the aquifers to develop aquifer parametersand geometry and to evafuate degree of interconnection among the aquifers;evaluated the causes of salt water Intrusion along the eastern shore,

Participated in evaluating a muitiaquifer system, comprising confined andunconfined aquifers, for capability to meet anticipated municipal water supplydemands.

Investigated the origin and nature of spring flow from the Edwards Aquifer InConcho and Tom Green Counties, Texas; testimony cited by court of appealsreaffirming Texas water law.

Evaluated the hydrogeology, foundation conditions, and leakage potential for aproposed dam in West Texas; employed quasi three-dimensional ground water flowmodel; participated In evaluating estimated yield from the proposed reservoir.

Managed evaluation of the hydrologic and water quality impacts of ground waterwithdrawals for irrigation purposes from a confined aquifer in northwestern Indiana;assisted in developing test program to ascertain the Impacts of ground waterwithdrawals from the confined aquifer on the overlying, shallow water table aquiferand the surface water regime.

Project manager for an evaluation of the feaslbifity of constructing reservoirs tostore surface runoff for later recharge to the Edwards Aquifer; supervisedhydrologic investigation and prepared report.

Supervised hydrologic studies and foundation exploration program for a waterquality improvement and flood-control dam in Austin, Texas; Developed conceptualdesign for dam and concealed outlet structure; designed ground water seepagecollection system to reduce uplift pressures and to prevent piping.

Designed ground water monitoring program for a dedicated land disposal site inNorth Texas.

Site manager for three Superfund sites encompassing remedial investigation andfeasibility activities, technical support to EPA, and compliance monitoring;participated in the investigation of four other Superfund Sites.

Evaluated the potential for leakage from two proposed reservoirs in North-CentralTexas.

Project manager for investigation of the relationship of discharges from awastewater treatment plant to bank erosion along the downstream reaches ofreceiving stream.

September 1971to February 1979

Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texasat Austin.

While at the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, Dr. Kier’s specialties included abroad spectrum of environmental geologic considerations, resource use, andmultidisciplinary research.

Pertinent major projects include;

A multidisciplinary study to develop a methodology to evaluate alternative coastalzone management policies. Dr, Kier worked first in delineating environmental,

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hydrogeologic and economic resources of the coastal zone (including submergedlands), then as project coordinator for the various geologic, biologic, economic,demographic and water resources disciplines, and finally as project director. Thestudy, funded by the National Science Foundation, focused on the Corpus Christiarea, but used other parts of the Texas Gulf Coast for comparative examples.

Project director and senior author of Land Resources of Texas, an inventory of theland and water resources of Texas based on natural physical, biological andchemical characteristics, and man-made or modified attributes. The various landand water resources units delineated include those where the primary characteristicor aspect Is their geohydrologlc attributes, mineral resource potential, physicalproperties, geomorphology, occurrence of active process, biologic character,submerged character, or man-induced properties. Required extensivereinterpretation of existing maps and original mapping on aerial photographs.

Aerial photo interpretation and mapping for the Brownwood and the Wichita Fallsand Lawton Sheets of the Geologic Atlas of Texas.

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