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Richard J. Abitz 2 <br />Oversight Program, Boise, Idaho; 1992 <br />OSHA HAZWOP Training, 29 CFR 1910.120 (40 hours, IT Corporation, 1994) <br />Experience and Background <br />2006- Principal Geochemist/Owner, Geochemical Consulting Services, Blue Ash, Ohio <br />present <br />Technical Support to the Savannah River Site <br />• Dr. Abitz supported the contract transition team for Savannah River Nuclear <br />Solutions (SRNS). He reviewed RCRA and CERCLA groundwater remedial <br />systems (electrical resistivity heating with soil vapor extraction, chemical reactive <br />barrier, and tritium phytoremediation), project controls and management systems <br />used to status the remediation work, and regulatory milestones to assess the status <br />of the Area Closure Projects and SRNS readiness to perform the work scope. He <br />also supports SRNS in the preparation of the ARRA baseline estimate for the Solid <br />Waste Management Project. <br />NESHAP Report for the Fernald Preserve, Cincinnati, Ohio <br />• For the Fernald Annual Sitewide Environmental Report, Dr. Abitz prepares the <br />chapters on air emissions (particulate with uranium, thorium and radium isotopes, <br />and radon), population dose, and the NESHAP annual report. <br />Geochemical Expert for the Navajo & Sioux Nations and the Goliad County <br />Groundwater Conservation District <br />• Dr. Abitz provides legal testimony, technical review, geochemical modeling, and <br />geological analysis for work associated with the proposed in situ uranium leach <br />mines in the vicinity of Church Rock and Crownpoint, New Mexico and Goliad, <br />Texas, and the expansion of the Crow Butte mine in Nebraska. <br />Risk Assessment for the Fernald Closure Project (FCP), Cincinnati, Ohio <br />• Tasked with the responsibility to develop and author the Interim Residual Risk <br />Assessment for the Fernald site, Dr. Abitz evaluated the risk to visitors and workers <br />exposed to residual contaminants in air, soil and surface -water pathways. Risk <br />scenarios showed the incremental lifetime cancer risk to the receptors was below the <br />recommended EPA maximum of 0.0001. <br />2003— Manager of the Environmental Services Group and Senior Consultant, Fluor Fernald, <br />2006 Inc., Cincinnati Ohio <br />• As the manager for the Environmental Services Group (ESG), Dr. Abitz oversaw the <br />work of over 50 scientists and technicians. Personnel in the ESG performed water, <br />soil and air sampling and monitoring; analytical services for radionuclides, metals <br />