Michelle L. Davis
Kingston,RI
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Environmental Engineer
Naval Station Newport-NAVFAC MIDLANT
01.2000 - Current
- Air Program Media Manager
- Title V Air Program Management: Direct operations and compliance for over 100 active air emission sources, overseeing all technical recordkeeping, reporting, and permitting requirements under the installation's Title V Operating Permit.
- Regulatory Negotiation & Strategy: Leverage 25 years of experience to draft, review, and submit complex permit applications for major air sources. Successfully negotiate permit conditions with RIDEM and the EPA, managing critical and potentially controversial regulatory issues to secure project approvals and maintain a 20+ year record of zero violations.
- Design Review & Environmental Compliance: Evaluate multi-stage engineering designs throughout development and field implementation to assess environmental impacts. Review federal undertakings and construction designs to identify necessary permits, ensure full regulatory compliance, and provide vital technical documentation supporting internal engineering teams.
- Regulatory Inspection Leadership: Coordinate biannual RIDEM and EPA inspections, maintaining an exceptional 20+ year record of zero Notices of Violations (NOVs) through rigorous quality control and proactive compliance management.
- Multi-Site Program Oversight: Served as Regional Air Media Manager for both SUBASE New London and NS Newport (2004-2005), directing all complex recordkeeping, reporting, and compliance requirements under dual Title V operating permits.
- Infrastructure Decentralization: Prepared over 40 minor source permits and comprehensive netting documentation for a major 2002 initiative, enabling Naval Station Newport to decentralize its central steam system and secure substantial, long-term fuel cost savings.
- Air Emissions Permitting: Obtain all environmental permits for new emergency generators, boilers, fuel system transitions, and air emission control equipment, seamlessly coordinating equipment modifications with state and federal regulatory agencies.
- Emissions Quantifying & Reporting: Calculate and model annual criteria pollutants, greenhouse gases (GHG), and hazardous air pollutants (HAP) for all fuel-burning equipment, utilizing EPA's web-based air emission tools to ensure data precision.
- High-Value Regulatory Negotiations: Negotiated site-specific operational waivers with EPA Region 1, saving the Navy millions of dollars in capital upgrades at Boiler Plant 7 while successfully maintaining strict environmental compliance standards.
- Water Program Manager
- Clean Water Act Project Delivery: Initiate, plan, and execute complex environmental permitting for major stormwater construction projects. Direct federal 401/404 permitting processes in strict compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers, EPA, and RIDEM regulations.
- Water Quality Program Management: Lead and manage the installation's Rhode Island Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (RIPDES) program. Direct compliance and reporting for all stormwater discharges under both MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System) and MSGP (Multi-Sector General Permit) regulations.
- Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy: Develop and execute long-term engineering strategies for stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). Oversee the design, installation, operation, and maintenance (O&M) of diverse Low Impact Development (LID) features while optimizing available resources and maintenance schedules.
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Manager
- Multi-Facility EPCRA Reporting: Model and calculate storage quantities and environmental releases of hazardous materials across air, land, and water media using the Navy's ERP system. Author and submit critical regulatory reports for both Naval Station Newport and NUWC under EPCRA Sections 304, 311, 312, and 313.
- Hazardous Material Governance: Direct and supervise the introduction of all new hazardous materials brought onto the installation by personnel, tenant commands, and contractors, ensuring 100% compliance with federal and state environmental regulations.
- Toxic Chemical Minimization: Drive base-wide pollution prevention goals by leading efforts to minimize toxic chemical footprints, collaborating closely with the Naval Supply Hazardous Material Control & Management (HMC&M) center to source safer alternatives.
- Other Notable Experience
- Served as the water quality, drinking water manager for over 3 months while media manager position was vacant.
- Identify objectives and goals for improvement of the air and water as a member of the Environmental Management System team.
- Advise National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) program managers on impacts of construction projects to air quality and conducted conformity analysis and calculations for NEPA project compliance.
- Conduct internal audits for compliance with federal, state, and Navy regulations.
Environmental Engineer
TRC Inc, NUWC Division Newport Environmental Department
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Provided contract support for NUWC Environmental Department media managers in a variety of media areas including EPCRA, air, and NEPA compliance as the Contract Support Technical Expert.
- Performed compliance audits using the TEAM Guide in all media for NUWC and its satellite facilities at Fishers Island, Dodge Pond, Seneca Lake, and Leesburg.
Environmental Engineer
Environmental Science and Engineering
Gainesville, FL
01.1996 - 01.1999
- Conducted compliance audits and hazardous material inventories for the Department of Defense.
- Performed Phase I site assessments and NEPA Environmental Assessments for the US Postal Service in locations throughout the South and Midwest.
- Analyzed site remediation sampling data to determine appropriate clean-up technologies for clients.
Timeline
Environmental Engineer
Naval Station Newport-NAVFAC MIDLANT
01.2000 - Current
Environmental Engineer
TRC Inc, NUWC Division Newport Environmental Department
01.1999 - 01.2000
Environmental Engineer
Environmental Science and Engineering
01.1996 - 01.1999