Stephen F. Nightingale, PE

75-day per year contract work (2 days per week) working part time as Industrial Unit Manager in Bureau of Water.

Under guidance of Section Manager Industrial Unit Manager, with a staff of eight engineers, administers federal delegated National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and state permitting programs for treatment/pretreatment and disposal of industrial wastewater and sludge. Areas of expertise include assessment of treatment technologies and associated pumps and piping, as well as development of permit discharge limitations and conditions based on existing regulations. Unit Manager and staff coordinate and participate in public meetings and hearings, provide testimony to Illinois Pollution Control Board, and assist Illinois State Attorney General's Office as technical experts in court cases as it would relate to permitting programs and process.

Special projects assignments included development of a time limited water quality standard general NPDES permit and development of procedures and permit conditions to guide staff to address PFAS reduction efforts for state of Illinois.

Contract work for six months working as Unit Manager in Bureau of Water Permit Section. Temporary position was required while previous Municipal Unit Manager took over as new Bureau of Water Permit Section Manager. Position responsibilities included reviewing staff work with respect to development of NPDES draft permits (new and renewals) prior to, and following, public notice to verify compliance with current State and Federal NPDES permitting regulations.

Plans, coordinates, directs and administers regulatory and compliance activities of wastewater operations and laboratory departments; administers environmental monitoring requirements to assure regulatory compliance; development of documents for permit applications and regulatory reporting; technical review and evaluation of implementation and compliance issues in proposed and adopted regulatory policies; oversight, audit and validation of responsibilities for compliance and process control laboratory work; research and development of studies related to emerging pollutants and regulatory strategies that address these pollutants; represent Sanitary District of Decatur at hearings and meetings related to regulatory and environmental issues; assists in development and implementation of operational procedures to ensure cost-effective compliance with all environmental regulations associated with operations and construction of wastewater systems; directs activities of District's industrial pretreatment and analytical laboratory programs; and performs related work as required.

Guide and mentor highly technical staff of four unit managers (three PE's and one PG) and forty-four engineers, geologists, and administrative support staff with primary role of achieving established goals and mandates to support Bureau of Land Permit Section functions. Staff work as team to develop permits based on both state and federal waste regulations. Core activities include investigation, evaluation, and identification of waste type; review applications and development of permit limitations and conditions based on existing regulations; participation in public meetings and hearings; provide testimony to Illinois Pollution Control Board; and assisting Illinois State Attorney General's Office staff as technical experts. Areas of expertise includes treatment, storage, disposal and remediation activities associated with solid waste, including, municipal solid waste, special waste, potentially infectious medical waste, hazardous waste, underground injection of fluids, composting of waste, and use of clean construction or demolition debris. These activities mandate need to work closely with public, municipalities, public officials, and industrial facilities. Staff also provide guidance in waste declassification when waste is reused beneficially and provides Division of Legal Counsel with technical assistance during development of new or modification of existing state regulations.

Under guidance of Section Manager RCRA Unit Manager, with staff of five engineers, administers federal delegated Resource Conservation and Recovery Act hazardous waste permit program and underground injection control permit program. Areas of expertise include waste evaluation and characterization and development of permit limitations and conditions based on existing regulations. Unit Manager and staff coordinate and participate in public meetings and hearings, provide testimony to Illinois Pollution Control Board, and assist Illinois State Attorney General's Office as technical experts in court cases as would relate to permitting programs and process.

Under guidance of Section Manager Industrial Unit Manager, with staff of eight engineers, administers federal delegated National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and state permitting programs for treatment/pretreatment and disposal of industrial wastewater and sludge. Areas of expertise include assessment of treatment technologies and associated pumps and piping, as well as development of permit discharge limitations and conditions based on existing regulations. Unit Manager and staff coordinate and participate in public meetings and hearings, provide testimony to Illinois Pollution Control Board, and assist Illinois State Attorney General's Office as technical experts in court cases as would relate to permitting programs and process.

Under Industrial Unit Manager provide increasingly more and more complex professional engineering activities in technical review of permit applications and development of permits under National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and state construction and operating permit programs. Permit development includes establishment of permit limitations and conditions based on both state and federal regulations. Responsibilities include permitting of wastewater discharges and beneficial reuse of sludges. In addition, Unit Manager and staff are responsible for participating in public hearing and meeting associated with permitting programs.

Under general direction of engineering management staff engineer performs various engineering duties while working in various positions, including assistant general foreman, assistant road master and civil engineer. Specific duties ranged from supervising manual and technical labor staff, surveying activities related to railroad construction and rehabilitation, and coordinating all environmental related activities associated with railroads central districts (Jobs were located within various Missouri Pacific Railroad territory).