SPECIAL TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS:
* OSHA 40-Hour Health & Safety
Training, 29 CFR 1910.120 (HAZMAT Responder).
* Transportation Skills Program
“TSP Hazardous Materials, Chemical and Waste Management
Compliance Seminar (HM-181 &
126F, Packaging, Labeling, and Manifesting Skills)”.
* American Red Cross “Community
CPR & First Aid”, “Intro to Disaster”, “Damage Assessment I”,
“Emergency Assistance to Families I” and “Mass Care I”.
* Recognized Regulatory
Specialist with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), contract #
DACA 85-
95-C-0021 and as HSMS Korean
Operations Manager with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
contract # DACA05-02-D-0001.
* 40 hour – Environmental
Compliance Officer Course, Installation Management Agency –
Europe, plus 8-hour refreshers.
* 80 hour - HAZ-12 DoD
Certification (AMMO-62) European transportation documentation
per ADR, 49 CFR 172.704 and DoD 4500.9R chapter 204.
CHENEGA MANAGEMENT INC. LLC
(September 11, 2004 to Present)
* HSMS/HMMS Italy Operations
Manager and HSCC/Application Database Manager, HSCC
Vicenza & Livorno Italy
CHUGACH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CDC)\
CHUGACH SUPPORT SERVICES INC. (CSSI), (May 1997 to July 2004)
* USAKA/KRS (Kwajalein Atoll,
Republic of the Marshall Islands) Hazardous Materials Manager,
HSMS Korean (based at Yongsan & Waegwan) Operations manager,
Regulatory Specialist, Project Supervisor, HSMS Specialist
and Team Leader, Hazmart Manager, Environmental Database
Manager, webmaster and web writer, McGrath, Skwentna, Biorka
Island, Juneau, Lake Manchumina, Fire Island, Cordova, Yakatat,
Kotzebue, Barrow, Deadhorse, Nome and Anchorage AK. Yongsan,
Camp Carroll, Camp Walker and Camp Henry , Republic of Korea
(Seoul, Waegwan, Tong Dae Chon and Pyongtaek), U.S. Army
Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Camp Murray,
Tacoma WA., Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. Various waste removals
for the FAA in remote Alaska locations. Implementation of
environmental tracking software for the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Sacramento District).
ALCAN ENVIRONMENTAL INC. (April
1996 to May 1997)
* Regulatory Specialist,
Project Supervisor, Saint Paul, Clear, Nome, Barrow, Bethel,
and Anchorage,
AK. Sampling, shipping, and
project supervision. Includes numerous confined space HazMat
projects throughout the State. HazMat supervisor for Hollywood
Vista household hazardous waste collection. Environmental,
hazardous Waste, and compliance reporting. Proposal and project
work plans writing and project estimating.
RICARDO STEPHEN ABELLEIRA
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PUFFIN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
(established June 1994)
* President/Sole-proprietor,
Usinsk (Kolva Basin), Russian Federation, Valdez, Shemya,
Galena, King Salmon, AK. Sampling, shipping, and educational
services. Subcontracting services. Projects for Pacific
Environmental, Chugach Development Corporation, Haztech (on call
instructor), and Hartech. (see Project Summary). Environmental,
Hazardous Waste, and Aboveground Storage Tank Plans writing.
ALASKA HEALTH PROJECT (January
1994 to May 1994)
* Trainer-Anchorage,
Copper Center, Gustavus, Ketchikan and Gulkana, AK. Instructed
40 and 24 Hour HAZWOPER Operations and Technician level
training; 8 hour Awareness level and 8 hour HAZWOPER Annual
training.
MARTECH USA, INC. (June 1993 to
December 1993)
* Site Safety Officer, Project
Team Leader, Technician- Various locations, AK. Worked on
projects through out Alaska.(see Project Summary).
CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.
(from 1985 to 1993)
* Project Coordinator/ Site
Safety Officer- Various, Alaska and West Coast locations.
Responsible or health and safety compliance, customer service
assignments, waste profiling activities, disposal coordination,
and waste scheduling. Managed the Alaskan office 1990 and 1991,
with projects in Fairbanks, Deadhorse, Juneau, Whittier, Beluga,
Palmer, and Kenai, AK.
* Exxon Valdez Project
Coordinator- Seward and Anchorage, AK.
Managed the Exxon Waste Facility
for CWMI. Project involved packaging and shipping of oily debris
from the Prince William Sound oil spill to the CWMI Arlington,
Oregon Waste Facility.
* Drum Storage Unit Supervisor-
Kettleman Hills, CA. Supervised the handling of all waste drums
received at the CWMI Kettleman
Hills Facility (approximately 400-1,000 drums received at KHF
per day), also
supervised two (2) shifts,
totaling fifteen (15) people.
* Drum Storage Unit Foreman &
Receiving Technician - Kettleman Hills, CA.
Supervised the unloading,
storage, sampling, and transfer of all drummed waste received on
shift. Maintained
proper and accurate records of
the receipt, transfer, and disposal of all waste received,
insured that the drum
storage area was meeting and
anticipate process disposal needs. Responsible for all
inter/intra site movement of
drummed waste. Responsible for
the reviewing of incoming waste manifests, fingerprinting
samples, verification of compatibility for waste treatment
and/or storage, and resolving manifest discrepancies. Also
involved in the initiation of confined space entry paperwork.
Bulk load activity at up to 250+ loads per shift and drums at
200-500 units per shift.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS SUMMARY
1990-2010
1990 Projects:
* Exxon Valdez Spill Cleanup
(Summer); Seward, Palmer, AK.- Project Coordinator, (Oil
Spill Waste
* Exxon Valdez Spill Cleanup
(Winter); Whittier and Kodiak, AK.- Project Coordinator,
(Oil Spill
* ARCO Waste Characterization
and Removal ; Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay), AK.- Project
Coordinator,
1991 Projects:
* Exxon Valdez Spill Cleanup;
Seward, Palmer, AK.- Project Coordinator, (Oil Spill Waste
Disposal).
* ARCO Waste Characterization
and Removal ; Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay), AK.- Project
Coordinator,
1992 Projects:
* Bergsoe Metals (Superfund
Site); St. Helens, OR.- Site Safety Officer/Foreman, (Pb
& Cd Removal
* Exxon Valdez Spill Cleanup;
Seward, Palmer, AK.- Project Coordinator, (Oil Spill Waste
Disposal).
* MGM Brake (Superfund Site);
Cloverdale, CA.- Site Safety Officer/Foreman, (PCB Removal
and
* Boyle Midway; City of
Commerce, CA.- Site Safety Officer/Foreman, (TPH & DDT
Bioremediation).
* Kenai Pipeline/Standard Oil;
Nikiski, AK.- Site Safety Officer/Technician, (Drum Sampling
&
* California Dept. of
Transportation (CALTRANS); Huron, CA.- Site Safety
Officer/Technician (Pb,
Hg, Cd, Cr, Soil Removal, Bulk
Rail Transport).
1993 Projects:
* Lockheed Aircraft Corp.;
Burbank, CA.- Site Safety Officer, (Metals & TPH Removal and
* Alaska Railroad Corp.;
Anchorage, AK.- Technician, (Soil & Drum Sampling, Sample
Logging and
RICARDO STEPHEN ABELLEIRA
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* Indian Creek Pipeline Spill;
Indian, AK.- Site Safety Officer, (Jet Fuel Spill Cleanup).
* Federal Aviation
Administration; Northway, Slana, Kotzebue, Illamna,
Skwentna, Shuyak Island,
Kenai, Sitka, and Dillingham,
King Salmon, AK.- Team Leader, (Waste Sampling, Manifesting,
Container Labeling, and
Shipping).
* M/V All Alaskan; St.
Paul, Pribilof Islands, AK.- Technician, (Container Sampling,
Labpacking,
Labeling, Manifesting, &
Shipment).
1994 Projects:
* Eastern Lyon Spill,
Valdez, AK-Skimmer & Decontamination Leadman, (Off shore
crude oil
recovery, large tanker and
small boat decontamination).
* Alyeska Pipeline Co. & ARCO
Alaska Annual Spill Drills (2), Valdez, AK- Near shore
Deluge
System Leadman, (HARTECH
Contract Small boat operator and Leadman).
* U.S. Air Force Hazardous
Waste Removal, Shemya, Galena, King Salmon, AK- Project
Leadman,
(Pacific Environmental
Company(PENCO),Container Sampling, Labpacking, Labeling,
Manifesting,
* U.S. Air Force Hazardous
Waste Removal, King Salmon, AK- Project technician, Site
Safety
Officer, (Chugach Development
Corporation (CDC), Container Sampling, Labeling, Manifesting, &
1995 Projects:
* Alyeska Pipeline Co. & ARCO
Alaska Annual Spill Drill (1), Valdez, AK- Near shore Deluge
System
Leadman, (HARTECH Contract
Small boat operator and Leadman).
* KomiNeft, Kolva Basin Oil
Spill, Komi Republic, Russia- Spill Response Technician,
Site
Supervisor, (AEC/Hartech, Set
up and use of various Oil Skimmer Systems, i.e. ABASCO Drum &
Grizzly Skimmers, ElasTex,
FOILEX TDS Sea Skimmers, DESMI Terminator Skimmers, and RO-MOP
* U.S. Department of Fish and
Wildlife, King Salmon, AK- Project Supervisor,(Chugach
Development
Corporation (CDC), POL
contaminated soil removal and shipping).
1996 Projects:
* USAF, Pacific Alaska Range
Complex (PARC), Anchorage, AK- Technical Writer &
Environmental
Consultant, (Piquiq Management
Corporation (PMC), Writing Environmental, Tank, and Hazardous
* U.S. Army, Fort Richardson,
Anchorage, AK- Site Supervisor, (Oil/Water separator
decontamination, oil sumps
cleanout for Alcan Environmental, Inc.).
* TDX Corporation St. Paul
Island Alaska- HazMat supervisor, (Sampling and Hazcating
120+drums
of unknown liquids, for Alcan
Environmental, Inc.).
* USAF Station, Clear, AK-
Site Safety Officer and Transportation Specialist. (Radar
fluid collection
sump, PCB and solvent cleanout
for Alcan Environmental, Inc.).
1997 Projects:
* Municipality of Anchorage,
Hollywood Vista Apartments, Anchorage, AK- HazMat
supervisor,
(Household hazardous waste
collection, Waste Sampling, Manifesting, Container Labeling, and
Shipping, for Alcan
Environmental, Inc.).
* NOAA Weather Station,
Barrow, AK- HazMat supervisor and Regulatory Specialist,
(Controlled
transport and release of 50+
year old ammonia cylinders, for Alcan Environmental, Inc.).
* Lower Kuskokwim School
District, Bethel, AK. - HazMat supervisor and Regulatory
Specialist,
(Repackaging, labeling,
manifesting (U.S & Canadian), and shipping of chemistry class
lab packs,
for Alcan Environmental,
Inc.).
* Alaska Village Environmental
Services, Nome, AK- HazMat supervisor, (Basement fuel
tank
removal, included air
monitoring, for Alcan Environmental Inc.)
* Federal Aviation
Administration; Biorka Island, Juneau, Lake Manchumina,
Skwentna, McGrath, and
Fire Island AK HazMat supervisor
and Regulatory Specialist, (Waste collection, Sampling,
Container
* U.S. Army Corps. Of
Engineers (Sacramento District), Taegu and Waegwon, Republic
of Korea,
Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and Camp Murray, Tacoma WA. - Regulatory
Specialist and Team Leader,
(HSMS (Hazardous Material Management System) environmental
1998 Projects:
* Federal Aviation
Administration; Fire Island, Cordova, Yakatat, Kotzebue,
Barrow, Deadhorse,
RICARDO STEPHEN ABELLEIRA
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Nome and Anchorage, AK HazMat
supervisor and Regulatory Specialist, (Waste collection,
Sampling,
* U.S. Army Corps. Of
Engineers (Sacramento District), Kwajalein Atoll, Republic
of the Marshall
Islands, and Camp Murray, Tacoma
WA. - Regulatory Specialist and Team Leader, (HSMS (Hazardous
* U.S. Army Corps. Of
Engineers (Sacramento District), Camp Carroll, Waegwon,
Republic of Korea.
Hazmart Manager, (HSMS
Hazardous Material Management System).
1999 Projects:
* Federal Aviation
Administration; Cordova, Yakatat, Kotzebue, King Salmon,
Dillingham, Barrow,
Deadhorse, Nome and Anchorage, AK
HazMat supervisor and Regulatory Specialist, (Halon Removal,
* U.S. Army Corps. Of
Engineers (Sacramento District), Camp Carroll, Waegwan,
Republic of Korea.
Hazmart Manager, (HSMS
Hazardous Material Management System).
2000 - 2002 Projects:
* U.S. Army Corps. Of
Engineers (Sacramento District),Giessen (Giessen Army
Depot), Friedberg (Ray barracks), Mannheim (Spinelli Barracks),
Republic of Germany, Seoul (Yongsan Garrison), and Waegwan (Camp
Carroll & MSC-K), Tong Dae Chon (Camp Casey & Camp Castle),
Uijonbu (Camp Red Cloud), PyongTaek (Camp Humphreys), Republic
of Korea, and Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands,
Korean Operations Manager, (HSMS Hazardous Material
Management System).
2003 - 2004 Projects:
* U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll
(USAKA), Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site,
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Hazardous Materials Manager,
(HSMS Hazardous Material Management System).
* U.S. Army Corps. Of
Engineers (Sacramento District), Seoul (Yongsan Garrison),
and Waegwan (Camp Carroll), Korean Web Development, (HMMP
Hazardous Material Management Program).
2004 - 2010 Projects:
* U.S. Army Caserma Ederle,
Vicenza Italy, Hazardous Substance Control Center Manager (HSCC),
Italy-wide Vicenza & Livorno. (HSMS) Hazardous Material
Management System & (HMMS) Hazardous Material Management
System).
PUBLICATIONS
HMMP/HSMS Bi-Weekly News, U.S. Army
Environmental Center. An Army-wide publication dealing with HMMP
(Hazardous Material Management Program) and the new fielding of HSMS
software. This Publication was also available electronically on the
internet.
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
United States Army and California
Army National Guard (Total 7 years).
SCHOOLS:
¨ NBC (Nuclear, Biological,
Chemical) Defense Officer/NCO Course; Ft. McClellan, AL.
¨ BNCOC, Basic Non Commissioned
Officer Course, Camp San Luis Obispo, CA.
¨ Infantry Basic and Advanced
Training; Ft. Benning, GA.
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