Education
University of New Hampshire, (BS Geology 1981)
University of Colorado, (1982 graduate studies in Geology)Certifications
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 40-Hour Safety Training
OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 8-Hour Supervisor’s Training
OSHA.29.CFR.1910.120 Level A, B Certified
OSHA.29.CFR.1910.120 Confined Space Certified
Portable Gas Chromatograph Certified (1994)Affiliations
Massachusetts Licensed Site Professional Organization, Associate Member
Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
National Water Well AssociationQualifications
Mr. Morrison has over twenty years experience on environmental engineering projects throughout the continental United States. Mr. Morrison serves as a Senior Project Manager for OHI Engineering, Inc. He is responsible for the coordination and management of on-site project operations for sites being investigated under the MCP regulations, including assessment, field sampling investigations and remedial design and implementation.His project experience includes commercial, industrial and private petroleum-related spills and releases, including bulk fuel oil storage facilities and retail gasoline stations. Mr. Morrison’s duties involve the coordination and supervision of field investigation, sampling, Immediate Response Actions, Release Abatement Measures and remedial activities for waste disposal sites managed under the MCP in Massachusetts and under waste site cleanup regulations in all New England states. He has demonstrated his knowledge of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP) requirements by preparing Response Action Outcome Statements, Phase I through Phase V reports, Release Abatement Measures, and the filing of Activity and Use Limitations. Mr. Morrison has significant experience in completing Hazardous Waste Site cleanup operations in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Florida, serving as the on-site project manager for large-scale remedial projects.
Project Experience
Mr. Morrison served as the Project Geologist responsible for the coordination and management of project operations for major oil company retail facilities and active bulk terminals in eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Responsibilities have included design of monitoring well placement and construction; well log and soil interpretation, water quality sampling and monitoring; aquifer evaluation; data control and graphics preparation for detailed waste site disposal and hydrogeologic investigation reports. Mr. Morrison has been involved in all aspects of remedial system design from soil vent and sparging tests to aquifer pump tests and final implementation, as well as subcontractor coordination of the associated remedial systems.Mr. Morrison has been responsible for the project management of underground storage tank (UST) removal operations throughout New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont. His duties on these projects included the coordination of subcontractors, and supervision of field operations, data collection and management of the preparation of final closure reports for submittal to appropriate state regulators.
Mr. Morrison has played a critical role in the performance of comprehensive hydrogeologic investigations and environmental site assessments for major national oil companies to assess the presence and evaluate the extent of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination. Duties on these projects included identifying and evaluating possible source areas, and identifying potential receptors of migrating contamination. Site history research and environmental assessment activities at these sites have included: review of current and historic property use; the characterization of subsurface soil; development of site-specific media sampling plans; preparation of the design and supervision of the installation of groundwater monitoring wells; soil and groundwater sampling; sample handling and coordination of appropriate laboratory analyses.
Mr. Morrison served as the Project Geologist for a comprehensive site assessment at a major New England fuel oil terminal. His responsibilities included the coordination and implementation of all on-site field activities for petroleum plume delineation. The investigation included the installation of 38 groundwater monitoring wells (both in bedrock and in overburden), performance of test pits, and implementation of extensive soil gas surveys with mobile lab gas chromatography (GC) analyses. The project also involved the decommissioning and excavation/removal of over 500 miles of underground petroleum pipelines on terminal property and along right’s of ways. Other investigation duties included: surface water and soil sampling; complete site survey and data collection for map preparation; bedrock mapping and fracture trace analyses; extensive file and record reviews of both state and federal records; preparation of groundwater contour, bedrock, and subsurface utility plans (both historic and current), surficial topography maps and contaminant isopleth maps.
Mr. Morrison served as the Project Geologist for soil/remediation of an impacted site in Camden, New Jersey. The project involved the excavation, treatment and disposal of approximately 25,000 tons of impacted soil. Mr. Morrison coordinated all aspects of the engineering of the project for thermal destruction of the soils, resulting in reduced permitting requirements when compared to on-site treatment. The use of the off-site treatment facility resulted in a cost savings of approximately $250,000 when compared to methods proposed by other consultants involved in the project. The project had been in litigation since 1984 and implementing strategic methodology and management approach enabled site closure under NJDEPE regulations.