Russell W. Phifer

 WC Environmental, LLC

  610-696-9220 Ext. 12(office)  610-322-0657 (mobile)

rphifer@wcenvironmental.com

 SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS  

• Over 30 years useful experience in the environmental health & safety field
• Managed EH&S programs for variety of facilities
• Significant experience in OSHA & EPA regulatory compliance/litigation support
• Experienced with federal and state programs on air, water, waste, & worker safety
• Accomplished professional trainer with national, international experience
• Strong communicative & computer skills
• Have held numerous leadership positions

 CERTIFICATIONS / LICENSES ATTAINED:  

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (Inst. of Hazardous Materials Management), 1985

Certified Environmental Trainer (National Environmental Training Association), 1990

Certified Environmental Inspector (Environmental Assessment Association), 1993

Certified Safety Specialist (World Safety Organization), 2006

Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer, 2006  

WORK EXPERIENCE:  

July 1998 - Present

WC Environmental, LLC

West Chester , Pennsylvania

 Principal, Environmental Health & Safety Consultant / Trainer   Provide EH&S consulting/management services and professional training to industrial and commercial clients.  Services include environmental health & safety management and training services for laboratory facilities; EPA & OSHA compliance inspections/consulting/implementation & regulatory appeals; laboratory fire safety; emergency management planning; safety audits & inspections; air, water, and waste management projects; litigation support; regulatory compliance consulting, and training mandated by OSHA, EPA, and DOT.  Work has been completed for Fortune 500 industrial/commercial clients, government facilities, and public/private educational facilities. Experience includes Superfund Project management and health & safety management responsibilities on private-party cleanups.  

December 1990 - July 1998

Environmental Assets, Inc.

West Chester , Pennsylvania

 President - Responsible for overall management of consulting firm specializing in environmental/health & safety regulatory compliance and training, site assessments, risk management, waste management, and related fields.  Duties included environmental / health & safety compliance consulting, regulatory compliance training, personnel management, sales and marketing, and administrative functions.  Personally produced over 95% of company sales; company honored as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the Philadelphia area in 1996 by the Wharton Small Business Center and the Philadelphia Business Journal.     

March 1988 to November 1990 -

Compliance Solutions, Inc.

Wayne , Pennsylvania

 Environmental Planner - Responsible for a wide range of duties, including environmental training and consulting, corporate health and safety management, project planning, sales, site audits, laboratory waste management projects and new product development.  Other duties included serving as site health and safety officer, marketing and public relations, technical investigations, and specialized field activities.

1980 to 1988 -

Industrial Resource Development Company, Norristown, Pennsylvania

 Marketing Manager - Overall responsibility for marketing activities of full-service hazardous waste management company and two of its subsidiaries.  Developed sales of specialized waste services including laboratory waste management and disposal of reactive and explosive wastes.  Duties included consulting, training, technical writing, site audits and project management.  Also served as Sales Manager for Cylinder Recon Co., a wholly owned subsidiary handling the treatment of waste gases.

EDUCATION:

College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio  B.A., Additional coursework in marketing and computer science at West Chester University.  Numerous environmental health & safety courses since 1980, including OSHA 40 hour training from Roy F. Weston Company.  Completed OSHA 30 hour 301/501 Outreach Training Course in 2006.

   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Vice Chairman of the Chester County Local Emergency Planning Committee, 1987 - present.

• Member, National Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council Prudent Practices Committee

• Member, National Academy of Sciences/ National Research Council Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries

•    American Chemical Society activities:

-           Chair, Committee on Chemical Safety, 2008.

            -           Chair, Division of Chemical Health & Safety, 2005, 2009.

            -           Member of the American Chemical Society's Task Force on Laboratory Chemical and Waste Management since 1982 and                             chairman from 1986-1994, 2002, 2003, 2009.

-           Member of the Committee on Environmental Improvement, 1995 - 1997.

-          Member of the Committee on Chemical Safety, 1995 - present.

-           Chair, Subcommittee on Safe Practices, CCS, 2002- 2007

-           Chairman of the ACS Phila. Section's Chemical Health and Safety Committee, 1991-93, 98

-           Member of the Board of Directors of the Phila. Section, 1993.

Chairman of the Philadelphia Section Legislative Liaison Committee 1992 -  1997.

-           Member of the Philadelphia Section Program Committee, 1994.

-          Founder and Chairman of the Training and Workshops Committee of the Division of Chemical Health & Safety 1996-2000, 2005-present.

-           Secretary of the Division of Chemical Health and Safety, 2001-2003.

-           Councilor from the Division of Chemical Health and Safety, 1993 - 1996.

-           Alternate Councilor from the Division of Chemical Health and Safety, 1997 -                       1999.

·    Member, Chester County School to Work Partnership Council, 1997 – present.

·    Testified in US Senate and House subcommittee hearings on RCRA issues.

·    Testified before the Illinois Hazardous Waste Task Force on transportation issues. 

·    Co-author of Handbook of Hazardous Waste Management for Small Quantity  Generators, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1988, currently in fourth printing.  

·    Co-author of Laboratory Waste Management, A Guidebook, ACS Books, Washington , DC , 1994.

·    Co-author of Living with the Laboratory Standard, a Guidebook, ACS Committee on Chemical Safety, Washington , DC , 1999.

·    Section editor and co-author of Chemical Health & Safety, Oxford University Press, London , New York , 2001. 

·    Active in planning and operation of Household Chemical Cleanup Days in Radnor , Pa and for Montgomery Co. Consortium of Communities. 

·    Chairman of Chester County IU Environmental Technology Advisory Council. 

·    Chester County Science Fair Judge, 1986 - present.

·    Preliminary Judge, PA Governor's School of the Sciences.

·    Presenter and/or organizer of symposia at 75 national or regional professional conferences

Awards / Honors

 -  Winner of the 2005 Tillmans-Skolnick Award presented by the ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety.

            -  Selected Chester County Entrepreneur of the Year in 1993 in the service business category.

            - As Secretary of the ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety, received a ChemLuminary Award for 2003.

            - Named CHAS Fellow in 2004.

            - Elected ACS Fellow in 2010.

Partial List of Public Presentations and Publications

7/29/82     Phila. College of Optometry , Phila. , PA

Alexander & Alexander Safety Training Session

"Laboratory Safety"

10/25/82    Clifton Heights , PA

Delaware County Firemen's Association

"Chemical Safety Inspections"

5/26/83     West Chester University , West Chester , PA

Chem Week, Environmental Sessions

"Laboratory Waste Disposal/ Disposal of Reactive & Shock Sensitives"

6/27/83     Bucknell University , Lewisburg , PA

Fifteenth Mid-Atlantic Industrial Waste Conference

"The Small Quantity Generator Exemption; Right or Wrong?"

10/21/83    Godfrey , IL

Expert testimony on Hazardous waste transportation, Illinois Hazardous Waste Task Force

3/18/84     The College of Wooster , Wooster , OH

Chemistry Club Forum

"Introduction to Hazardous Waste Issues"

9/12/84     Pittsburgh, PA

10/3/84     Erie, PA

10/24/84    Scranton, PA

11/14/84     Valley Forge, PA

Pennsylvania Environmental Research Foundation

Hazardous Waste Issues: Impact on Small Businesses Seminar

"Hazardous Waste Management Options"

4/12/85     Rutgers University , Newark , NJ

Society of Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry

"Case Study: Aldrin Contamination in an Urban Residence"

9/20/85     Graduate Hospital , Philadelphia , PA

Hospital Fire Marshal's Association

"Hazardous Materials Emergency Response; Post Operations"

12/9/86   Allentown College , Center Valley , PA            

Laboratory Safety Seminar

"Safe Handling of Reactives and Explosives/ Disposal of Laboratory Waste"

2/26/87     Syracuse University , Syracuse , NY

Syracuse Section, ACS  Small Quantity Generator Workshop

Keynote Speech -- "Nature of the Problem"

9/1/87  American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans Convention Center ,  New Orleans , LA

"Disposal of Laboratory Waste in Municipal Systems", Symposium Chair/ introductory speaker

3/17/88  Rosemont/O'Hare Convention Center, Chicago , IL

HazMat Central Conference

"Identification and Disposal of Unknown Laboratory Chemicals"

4/14/88    Paoli Memorial Hospital , Paoli , PA

Main Line Emergency Management Seminar

"How Chemicals React in Fires"

3/18/88    Rhawnhurst Center , Philadelphia , PA

Hospital Fire Marshal's Association

"The New OSHA Regulations on Formaldehyde"

9/28/88   Los Angeles Convention Center , Los Angeles , CA

American Chemical Society National Meeting

"Regional Differences in Laboratory Waste Disposal Practices"

10/12/88   Carter Wallace, Inc., Cranbury , NJ

Carter Wallace Environmental Seminar

"Current Environmental Issues for Corporate Concern"

10/14/88   Eastern College, St. Davids , PA

Middle Atlantic Assoc. of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers Conference

"Hazardous Waste Management for Small Liberal Arts Colleges (How to Cut Costs and Get the Job Done)"

7/31/89  Holiday Inn Gateway Center , Ames , IA

College and University Hazardous Waste Conference

Keynote Speaker - "Today's Regulatory Outlook - RCRA and Labs"

9/12/89   American Chemical Society National Meeting, Miami Beach Convention Center ,  Miami Beach , FL

"When Laboratory Accidents Become a Regulatory Concern"

9/13/89   Hyatt Regency Hotel, Princeton , NJ

Carter Wallace Environmental Seminar

"Land Disposal Restrictions and Waste Minimization Requirements"

1/23/90   Pennsylvania House, Lewisburg , PA

American Maintenance Manager's Association

"HazMat issues of the 90's"

5/18/90   Country Cupboard, Lewisburg , PA

Association of Energy Managers, Pennsylvania Chapter

"Industrial Solid Waste: The Waste Hauler's Perspective"

6/13/90   Fairlane Club and Manor, Dearborn , MI

Environmental Technology Conference '90

"HAZWOPER Training Requirements"

and "Labpacking vs. Co-Mingling"

9/26/90   Malvern , PA

Main Line Emergency Management Advisory Council

Chaired seminar on Hazardous Materials Awareness and delivered presentation - "HAZWOPER Requirements under OSHA 1910.120"

5/29/91   Pennsylvania State University at Great Valley , Malvern , PA

Main Line Emergency Management Advisory Council

"Training to Meet Environmental Regulatory Requirements"

8/26/91  American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York City , NY

Task Force on Occupational Safety Seminar

"Training Requirements of the OSHA Laboratory Standard"

10/3/91  Royal Crown Hotel, Laurel, MD

Academy of Hazardous Materials Managers, Annual Meeting

"Opportunities in Environmental Training"

10/4/91  Western Maryland College , Westminster , MD

Middle Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers

"Chemical Safety"

8/5-6/92  Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Univ. of California at Davis

"Workshop on Chemical Hygiene Plan Preparation"

5/5/93  Pennsylvania State University , Great Valley Campus, Malvern , PA

MLEMAC/CCCBI/ACS Joint Seminar on Emergency Planning

"Integrating Emergency Response Plans"

5/13/93  Washington , DC

Co-Presenter, writer, American Chemical Society Satellite TV Videoconference, "Laboratory Waste Management"

10/2 - 10/3/94  Instituto de Ciencias e Engenharia Nucleares, Sacavem , Portugal

Co-developer, presenter - Revised ACS Short Course - "Laboratory Waste Management and Regulations (US + EC)

2/27/95 PA Chemical Industry Council meeting, PQ Corp., Conshohocken , PA

AHazwoper and Laboratories”

11/7/95   Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, College Park , MD

ARCRA and Labs - The First 20 Years, and Beyond”

11/9/95   American Chemical Society, Philadelphia Section Meeting, Drexel University , Philadelphia , PA

AHow Laboratories have Dealt with Hazardous Waste Regulations Intended for Industry”

3/26/96   American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans Convention Center , New Orleans , LA

Co-Chair, presenter, ARCRA and Labs - The First 20 Years, and Beyond” Workshop

5/14/96   Delaware Department of Agriculture, Laboratory Safety Workshop, Delaware Fire School , Dover , DE

AStorage of laboratory chemicals and chemical wastes”

1/7/97 Adelphi University Safety Conference, Garden City, NY

ALaboratory Waste Management”

5/14&15/98  Jackson National Laboratory, Bar Harbor , ME

AHazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response 8 hr. Refresher Training”

7/26-28/99   Sigma Research Biochemical, Inc., Natick , MA

AHazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response” training course

2/18/00 Hospital Fire Marshal=s Association, Temple Children =s Hospital, Philadelphia , PA

AThe OSHA Laboratory Standard and Chemical Hygiene Officer Responsibilities”

8/22/01 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago , IL

AHow to be a more effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

3/21/03 American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans , LA

ACleanup of Mercury Spills”

9/5/03 American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York , NY

ALaboratory Safety Workshop”

9/6/03  American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York , NY

AHow to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

9/8/03  American Chemical Society National Meeting, New York , NY

Symposium Organizer & Speaker - ALaboratory Waste Management: Initiatives for Regulatory Change”

3/27/04 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim , CA

ALaboratory Safety Workshop”

3/28/04 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim , CA

AHow to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

3/30/04 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim , CA

Symposium Speaker - AThe Wild & Wacky World of Chemical Safety”

8/20/04 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia , PA

ALaboratory Waste Management " Workshop

8/21/04 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia , PA

AHow to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

3/8-3/9/05  Laboratory Safety Institute, Santa Ana , CA

ALaboratory Safety Workshop”

3/11/05 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim , CA

ALaboratory Waste Management " Workshop

3/12/05 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim , CA

How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

8/27/05 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington , DC

How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

8/28/05  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC

Division of Chemical Health & Safety Awards Symposium

“Safety Careers: How We Got Here”

8/30/05  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC

Symposium Organizer: Chemical Safety Past and Future

Symposium Presenter: “A Chemical Safety Timeline”

10/6/05 Delaware County Community College , Media , PA

Laboratory Waste Management Workshop

11/1/05 American Chemical Society SE/ SW Regional Meeting, Memphis TN

“Laboratory Waste Management Workshop”

11/2/05  American Chemical Society SE/ SW Regional Meeting, Memphis TN

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene’ Workshop

11/3/05 American Chemical Society SE/ SW Regional Meeting, Memphis TN

Organizer & Presenter, Symposium on “Safety Inspections & Audits in Academia & Industry”

4/28/06  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta , GA

“Laboratory Waste Management Workshop”

4/29/06  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta , GA

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

7/30/06   General Motors Fuel Cell Research Facility, Honoeye Falls, NY

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

9/09/06  American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco , CA

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

10/16/06 American Chemical Society Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Tucson , AZ

“Laboratory Waste Management” Workshop

10/17/06  American Chemical Society Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Tucson , AZ

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

5/16-18/07  American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Collegeville , PA

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

“Laboratory Waste Management” Workshop”

“Laboratory Safety Inspections and Audits”

8/18/07  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston , MA

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

8/20/07 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston , MA

“What is Still Wrong with RCRA”

November/December 2007 issue, Journal of Chemical Health & Safety

“Security Vulnerability Analysis for laboratories and small chemical facilities”

3/2/08 Pittsburgh Conference of Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans , LA

“Laboratory Waste Management Workshop”

4/4/08 American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

7/21/08 National Association of Scientific Materials Manager’s Conference, San Antonio, TX

“The Importance of Compliance Audits and Inspections”

“Secrets of Economical Laboratory Waste Disposal”

9/13/08  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

“Laboratory Waste Management” Workshop

04/15/2009  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

06/11/2009  American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Lincolnshire, IL

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

“Performing Environmental Health & Safety Audits and Inspections”

08/21&22/2009  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

“Laboratory Waste Management” Workshop

08/23/2009 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, DC

“Working with the EPA SC3 Campaign – How you can Help”

09/25/09  American Chemical Society Southeast Regional Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

11/14/09  Middle Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers Conference

Washington College, Chestertown, MD

“Laboratory Safety Audits and Inspections”

“Economical Laboratory Waste Disposal”

3/10/10 Bureau of Legal Resources Webinar: “What every Chemical Hygiene Plan Needs to Have to Keep Employees Safe and Your Company in Compliance”

3/20/10  American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Laboratory Waste Management” Workshop

8/21/10 American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA

“How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer” Workshop

Symposium organizer and presenter: “The EPA School Chemical Cleanout Campaign: How you Can Get Involved”