Michael C. Nines

Biography:

Michael Nines joined Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP in 2005 as an in-house technical consultant. A Pennsylvania-licensed professional engineer, Michael has over ten years of diverse environmental engineering experience gained through previous employment in the manufacturing sector, environmental consulting, and with an international chemical manufacturing trade association.

Michael's experiences have enabled him to excel in complex multi-media environmental problem solving through "real-world" experiences in the manufacturing and production sectors. He currently provides technical services to the firm's attorneys and clients regarding complex manufacturing processes, multi-media pollution control, and high-performance green building techniques. Specific project experiences have included the following:

• air quality permitting, applicability reviews, and compliance strategies for multiple source categories;
• environmental, health, safety, and security management systems ("EMS") implementation for continuous improvement;
• LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification planning and submittal;
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ("EPCRA") compliance reporting and management;
• National Pollution Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permitting, compliance strategies, and applicability determinations;
• Process Safety Management ("PSM") implementation and applicability determinations;
• site investigation and remedial selection strategies;
• environmental due diligence and corporate transactional risk strategies;
• hazardous waste management compliance, permitting, and minimization strategies;
• emergency planning and site-specific implementation, such as Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure ("SPCC") planning;
• wastewater pre-treatment applicability and compliance; and
• natural resource damage calculation.

Michael also has a wide range of experience and professional training with technical software packages such as the AERMOD/ISC3 air dispersion model, PHAST (Process Hazard Analysis Software Tool), RMP Comp (off-site consequence analysis tool), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") Water 8 and Water 9 emission models, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection RADIUS air permitting and emission statement software, Quick Domenico fate and transport model, and PENTOX surface water model.

Education and Certifications:

• Drexel University, B.S. (civil/environmental engineering), 1998
• Licensed Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania (PE076511)
• U.S. EPA Method 9 Opacity Certification
• LEED® Accredited Professional (LEED AP)

Memberships:

• Air & Waste Management Association
• Water Environment Federation
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers
• Auditing Roundtable
• Delaware Valley Green Building Council
  

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