CHRIS H. BABCOCK
Dunkirk,Maryland
Summary
I am an experienced senior environmental program manager with over 25 years of experience in regulatory compliance, site investigation and remediation, budgeting, risk mitigation, and emergency response. I hold several professional certifications, including Certified Hazardous Material Manager, Registered Environmental Manager, Certified Environmental Auditor, OSHA 30-hour General Industry, and ISO 14001 & 45001 Lead Auditor.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Environmental Program Manager
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, CIVILIAN SERVICE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
Maryland
05.2021 - Current
- As a Restoration Program Manager from April 2024 to April 2025, I performed and supervised:
- Funding and managing restoration contracts, working with AFCEC
- Performing technical review of environmental restoration plans and documents.
- Establishing and maintaining a positive working relationship with AFCEC, USACE, EPA, other federal, state and local regulatory agencies.
- Managing multidisciplinary teams; preparing technical work plans and reports.
- Investigating contaminated soil, sediment, groundwater, and vapor intrusion.
- Conducting remediation technology evaluations and feasibility studies for legacy contaminants and PFAS.
- Development of proposals, scopes of work, and budgets.
- Review and provide comments on Draft NEPA projects.
- Active member on joint ANG-ARNG multi-agency PFAS panel.
- As the Program Manager for the Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substances Programs from May 2021-April 2024, my SME responsibilities included:
- Providing technical direction, compliance direction, and collaborating with others in key departments and programs at 90 Air National Guard (ANG) wings located in the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the District of Columbia to ensure all wings maintain compliance with all DoD, USAF and ANG directives and federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
- Managing $3+ million in budgetary functions for the Hazardous Waste and Toxic Substances Programs.
- Provide compliance assistance to all Wings
- Review and provide comments on Draft NEPA Environmental Assessments, EISs and FONZIs.
- Member on multi-agency PFAS panels. Assist with PFAS regulatory compliance and provide technical direction.
Senior Environmental Quality Analyst
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY (EGLE), Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
07.2019 - 05.2021
- Function as the Materials Management Division, Sustainability Unit’s statewide program manager in the areas of:
- Statewide coordinator for Pollution Prevention Integrated Assessments and EGLE Clean Marinas Programs.
- Serve as a participating member of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART)
- Chair of MPART Pollution Prevention Workgroup.
- Develop and managed USEPA and State of Michigan Pollution Prevention grants.
Environmental Program Manager
EXELON (Fortune 100 company), Washington, DC
Washington, DC
10.2017 - 06.2019
- Serve as program manager for the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia service areas. Core responsibilities were executed with the goal of maintaining compliance with established company Key Performance Indexes:
- ISO14001 EMS Audits, Sara Title III Reporting, Greenhouse Gas Emission Tracking and Forecasting.
- Spill response oversight, Incident Management Team Lead for Environmental Dept., UST removal/investigations.
- Hazardous, Non-Hazardous, Universal and Liquid Waste Inspections and Program Management.
- Health and Safety with Root Cause Analysis.
Environmental Quality Specialist
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERAN’S AFFAIRS, ANG, JOINT FORCES HQ, Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
03.2017 - 06.2017
- Function as the Department’s Environmental Specialist, for Army National Guard bases statewide, in the areas of:
- ISO 14001 EMS, NEPA, SARA Title III Reporting, and WWTP Inspections.
- Hazardous, Non-Hazardous, Universal, Liquid Waste Inspections and Program Management.
- Managed emergency response actions for spills and releases.
- Headquarters Army Environmental System Courses: 100, 110, 120, 310, 320, 330, 340 and 350.
Adjunct Associate Professor
LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
08.2005 - 05.2017
- Instructor for face-to-face and online sections of Environmental Science and Natural Resource Conservation.
- Employed while working full-time at Michigan DEQ
Senior Environmental Quality Analyst, District Program Manager for Groundwater
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
08.2004 - 03.2017
- Responsible for compliance oversight of approximately 100 Groundwater Discharge and NPDES facilities.
- Supervised and performed more than 600 environmental compliance inspections.
- Review hydrogeological work plans, reduced monitoring requests, termination requests, and applications.
- Pursue compliance and enforcement actions and appear in court as DEQ expert witness.
- Michigan State Emergency Operations Center, DEQ participating representative (2010-2015).
- Provide technical direction to 6 counties for emergency response actions related to spills and releases.
- Statewide Groundwater Discharge Committee and Statewide Groundwater SME (2004-2017).
Project Manager
INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, INC., Dorr, Michigan
Dorr, Michigan
01.2003 - 08.2004
Environmental Consulting work experience
09.1997 - 08.2004
Project Manager
ENVIROGEN/PM ENVIRONMENTAL, Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
09.2000 - 01.2003
Project Manager
ABONMARCHE ENVIRONMENTAL, St. Joseph, Michigan
St. Joseph, Michigan
09.1997 - 09.2000
- Duties performed and supervised:
- Prepared restoration budget proposals and health and safety plans, and supervised field investigations and remedial actions for State of Michigan-funded and USEPA Superfund project sites.
- Managed State of Michigan and EPA “Superfund” projects in Michigan, Iowa, New York and Indiana.
- Supervised groundwater well installations (direct push, sonic, hollow stem, cable tool, mud rotary) and soil logging.
- Managed remedial actions for LNAPL and DNAPL plumes, groundwater pump and treat systems, soil vapor extraction and air-sparge operations, and bioremediation.
- Managed soil and groundwater sampling, and computer modeling of environmental fate and transport.
- Created, analyzed, and reviewed hydrogeology work plans for regulatory permitting and compliance.
- Managed above AST and UST investigations and removals and prepared various state submittals and reports.
Education
Master of Science - Earth Science, Specialization: Hydrogeology
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Kalamazoo, Michigan06.1998
Bachelor of Science - Earth Science, Minor: Conservation
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Mount Pleasant, Michigan12.1995
Skills
- Problem-solving
- Project management
- Detail-oriented
- Strategic planning
Timeline
Environmental Program Manager
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, CIVILIAN SERVICE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland
05.2021 - Current
Senior Environmental Quality Analyst
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY (EGLE), Lansing, Michigan
07.2019 - 05.2021
Environmental Program Manager
EXELON (Fortune 100 company), Washington, DC
10.2017 - 06.2019
Environmental Quality Specialist
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERAN’S AFFAIRS, ANG, JOINT FORCES HQ, Lansing, Michigan
03.2017 - 06.2017
Adjunct Associate Professor
LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Lansing, Michigan
08.2005 - 05.2017
Senior Environmental Quality Analyst, District Program Manager for Groundwater
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Lansing, Michigan
08.2004 - 03.2017
Project Manager
INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, INC., Dorr, Michigan
01.2003 - 08.2004
Project Manager
ENVIROGEN/PM ENVIRONMENTAL, Lansing, Michigan
09.2000 - 01.2003
Environmental Consulting work experience
09.1997 - 08.2004
Project Manager
ABONMARCHE ENVIRONMENTAL, St. Joseph, Michigan
09.1997 - 09.2000
Master of Science - Earth Science, Specialization: Hydrogeology
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science - Earth Science, Minor: Conservation
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY