STATE OF VERMONT - Key Persons
Technical review of permit applications, technical design assistance and jurisdictional determinations for State (operational) stormwater permits in Addison county, and the towns of Burlington, Charlotte, Hinesburg, Saint George, Shelburne, South Burlington, Williston, and Winooski.
Technical review of CAFO permit applications, facility inspection, and compliance.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Division Director
Responsible for administering contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding, including the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement Development, negotiation of terms Responsible for the development of new ad hoc programs as needed in line with our contracting plan. Responsible for training Technical Teams on various processes, development of Standard Operating Procedures and Agreement Development as well as Grants/Contracts database use.
Responsible for State Revolving Fund (SRF) Federal Grants and Interagency MOU/MOA management and monitoring, including fiscal review and invoicing. Prepares reconciliation of the various SRF funds bank accounts, assists with SRF loan project closeouts. SRF funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews. Provides financial reporting and management of SRF federal funds. Process improvement projects lead.
Technical support for Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Program, which ensures that vehicle emissions controls systems are tested and repaired as needed to minimize vehicle emissions. Supports the Vehicle Emissions Repair Assistance program, tracks compliance with Low Emission and Zero Emission Vehicle program for heavy-duty vehicles, and is the lead mobile source emissions modeler.
Manages administration for the Rutland Regional Office including determining completeness of plans, applications, and fees for projects needing a permit for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd, and assists the public for permit/document searches.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist
- Shoreland Restoration Lead and Environmental Scientist
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd the for the Essex Regional Office.
Issues construction permits for water systems throughout Vermont. Provides engineering support for other regulatory programs administered by the Division.
Job Titles:
- Infrastructure Sustainability Analyst
Manages contractors assisting water systems with their service line inventories. Reviews water systems' service line inventory loan applications, service line inventories, and replacement plans. Also, carries out outreach and educational activities about the section's programs.
Responsibilities include: implementation of the State's Materials Management Plan, Universal Recycling outreach, website, data management, and special projects. Focus areas: Universal Recycling law (Act 148), recycling, composting, single-use products (bags, straws, food and beverage containers, etc.), household hazardous waste, and waste reduction. Point person for Northwest VT SWMD, Northeast Kingdom WMD, Lamoille Regional SWMD, and northern independent towns.
Permit and application administrative and technical support for the Rivers program. Technological assistance for other administrative and technical projects.
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- Community System Specialist
Conducts sanitary surveys, prepares operating permits, and provides technical operational assistance to water system representatives at TNC and NTNC drinking water systems.
Implements Indirect Discharge and Regional Office permit administration of American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) projects in all Regional Offices and the Central Office including the receipt, review, and permitting of non-public water systems, indirect discharges, and wastewater systems including determining completeness of plans, applications, and fees and assists the public for permit/document searches. Reviews compliance submittals and follows up on compliance documentation needs.
Job Titles:
- Drinking Water SRF Project Developer
Supports field operations for the Air Monitoring Section including the preparation of particulate filter samples for field deployment, processing of air quality data, oversight of EPA Contractor performing the gravimetric weighing program for the PM 2.5 and PM10 network, coordination of sample shipping and receiving with multiple EPA contractor labs, and supporting the field network operations including the collection of ambient air samples, continuous air concentration data and meteorological parameter QA results from Vermont's multi-site air monitoring network.
Provides technical assistance to schools and child cares who sample for lead in drinking water. Also provides compliance oversight for notification and education pertaining to the Lead and Copper Rule.
Assist with dam safety program duties including hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, inspections, policy, hazard classification determination, assist with operations and maintenance at State owned dams, and other related functions.
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd the for the Rutland Regional Office.
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- Hazardous Materials Program Manager
Technical review of surface water, sediment chemistry and biological data to make regulatory and non-regulatory decisions and determine compliance with Vermont Water Quality Standards. Conduct on-site assessments for contaminant spills and releases and special water quality and biological studies.
Responsibilities include: oversight and implementation Vermont's Materials Management Plan and Universal Recycling law, as well as Extended Producer Responsibility programs and the Single-Use Products law. Focus areas: waste reduction, recycling and food donation.
Responsibilities include assisting in public compliance with solid waste management rules and statutes, field work, enforcement involvement, and responding to complaints. Focus areas: Compliance with certifications of facilities and haulers; enforcing VT Solid Waste Management Rules.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Analyst
- Pretreatment - ARPA Analyst
Technical review of permit applications, technical design assistance and jurisdictional determinations for State (operational) stormwater permits in Lamoille, Orange, Washington, Windham, and Windsor counties.
Job Titles:
- Community System Specialist
Conducts sanitary surveys, prepares operating permits, and provides technical operational assistance to water system representatives at TNC and NTNC drinking water systems.
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- Compliance Section Supervisor
Responsibilities include: assuring all facilities and general public comply with Solid Waste Management Rules, statutes, permits and certifications. Conducts inspections, prepares enforcement referrals, and receives and responds to complaints. Reviews clean-up plans for illegal dumps. Focus areas: Solid waste facility and hauler compliance and enforcement.
Responsibilities include permit writing, technical review, field work, and special projects. Focus areas: composting, food scraps, landfills, Solid Waste facility permitting (HHW, compost and anaerobic digestion, compost technical assistance), regulated medical waste and website updates. Spill Program member.
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- Section Chief, Dam Safety Engineer
Administer the Dam Safety Program under 10 VSA Chapter 43. Review applications to construct or alter dams, conduct inspections, and perform other regulatory functions. Oversee operation, maintenance, and capital projects at 14 Department owned Dams. Work with dam owners regarding dam construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and removal.
Job Titles:
- Drinking Water Program Manager
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- State Geologist and Director
Conducts air pollution emissions inventories, computer modeling, emissions reduction strategy evaluations and other technical analyses.
Reviews and logs public notification documents, identifies potential candidate violations, and performs routine compliance sweeps to ensure accurate compliance schedule tracking and reporting.
Supervises AQCD Planning Section staff. Leads development and maintenance of Vermont's State Implementation Plan (SIP). Performs data analyses associated with ambient air quality, emissions inventory, and atmospheric deposition data.
Manages the development of grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Coordinates policy and procedure development and Department's Grant Monitoring Program. Manages the development of grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Coordinates policy and procedure development and Department's Grant Monitoring Program.
Analyses of the ecological impacts of projects and activities that affect streamflow and water level regulation, including large development projects, hydroelectric projects, water withdrawals and dams.
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- Administrative Services Technician
Manages the safe storage and remote deposit scanning, and when necessary return of paper checks received by the department. Records liaison for all freedom of information act (FOIA) requests received for the Administration and Innovation Division (AID) and the Water Investment Division (WID). Works with WID to line up translators when needed per the language access plan and to assist with tidying up closed captioning on video productions or public meeting recordings for the WID. Manages occasional document scanning and archival for WID and serves as backup for package and mail handling for DEC.
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- Emerging Contaminants Grants and Contract Specialist
Manages contracts for the enhancement of regulation and treatment of emerging contaminants in drinking water. Reviews studies, reports and other deliverables pertaining to emerging contaminants in drinking water and informs future regulation and technical approaches. Provides outreach to the regulatory community about funding to address emerging contaminants in Drinking Water.
Conducts compliance inspections at industrial sources of air pollution. Section lead for Continuous Emissions Monitoring System Relative Accuracy Test Audits and stationary source compliance stack testing. Oversees Fire Training Notification program. Compliance outreach coordinator.
Job Titles:
- Accessible Assistance Specialist
Responsible for administering contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding, including the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement Development, negotiation of terms Responsible for the development of new ad hoc programs as needed in line with our contracting plan. Responsible for training Technical Teams on various processes, development of Standard Operating Procedures and Agreement Development as well as Grants/Contracts database use.
Technical review of permit applications, technical design assistance and jurisdictional determinations for State (operational) stormwater permits.
Job Titles:
- Infrastructure Sustainability Section Supervisor
Supervises the section, which assists water systems with meeting the service line requirements of the federal Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). The section reviews and approves all service line inventories and lead service line replacement plans.
Manages the activities of the Division and provides national coordination on water supply issues.
Technical review of permit applications, technical design assistance and jurisdictional determinations for all construction stormwater permits in Orange, Washington, Windham, and Windsor counties.
Job Titles:
- Hazardous Site Manager, Brownfields Program & Spill Program Member
- Spill Manager
Manages Department's strategic planning and performance accountability initiatives and serves as the programmatic liaison to EPA, Environmental Justice Coordinator, Internship and Service Learning Coordinator and Administrator of the ECO AmeriCorps Program.
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- Infrastructure Sustainability Analyst
Assists water systems in completing and submitting their service line inventories and lead service line replacement plans.
Department Counsel and provides legal guidance/interpretations for the division programs.
Responsibilities include: Transporter Permitting: overseeing all solid, residual, or hazardous waste applications for a new, or renewal of their transporter/hauler permits, and keeping them informed of current regulations. Focus areas: Review all applications, perform criminal background checks, review VT Corporations listing, determine permit eligibility, and responds to complaints regarding unpermitted haulers.
Coordinates cyanotoxin monitoring program and cyanotoxin response activities in public drinking water systems. Manages the well completion database, coordinates with well drillers and consultants on updates to the well completion database and resupplies well tags. Manages and issues imported (non-VT sources) bottled water approvals to sell in Vermont.
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- Capacity Development Program Specialist
Assists with a number of initiatives that help the State meet the Capacity Development Program provisions of the State Drinking Water Act. Assists systems with long range plans, asset management plans, water audits and budget/user rate reviews.
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- Program Manager - Program Manager
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- Water Investment Coordinator
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd for the Rutland Regional Office.
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- River Management Engineer
Responsible for administering contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding, including the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement Development, negotiation of terms Responsible for the development of new ad hoc programs as needed in line with our contracting plan. Responsible for training Technical Teams on various processes, development of Standard Operating Procedures and Agreement Development as well as Grants/Contracts database use.
Christy Witters - Environmental Analyst
Coordinator of the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit, Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP), Transportation Separate Storm Sewer System Permit (TS4), and TMDL implementation.
Provides drinking water engineering support for ARPA funded projects. Issues construction permits for ARPA funded water system projects throughout Vermont.
Job Titles:
- TMDL Tracking and Accounting Supervisor
Oversee the Clean Water Initiative Program's tracking, accounting, and reporting functions to capture, assess, and communicate the progress and impact of clean water efforts. Coordinate the development and communications of the Vermont Clean Water Initiative Annual Performance Report. Oversee clean water project data management in the Watershed Projects Database. Support the administration of Clean Water Initiative Program funding programs. Serve as the Vermont Nonpoint Source Coordinator to EPA, overseeing Vermont's Section 319 Nonpoint Source funding and reporting.
Reviews Step III engineering scopes of service, final design plans and specifications for biddability and constructability for projects funded by CWSRF and DWSRF, monitors DBE efforts, Davis-Bacon pay requirements, and AIS requirements, attends monthly project meetings, bid openings, and project milestones.
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- Administrative Services Coordinator
Provides air quality forecasts using meteorological data and computer modeling. Implements the annual Point Source Registration Program.
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- Infrastructure Sustainability Analyst
Manages contractors assisting water systems with their service line inventories. Reviews water systems' service line inventory loan applications, service line inventories, and replacement plans. Also, carries out outreach and educational activities about the section's programs.
Member of the Onsite Wastewater & Water Supply Compliance Team, reviews reports and assists in permitting for the wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd for the Regional Office Program.
Technology/Information Systems support for Division tracking and reporting efforts. Division Records Liaison, responsible for coordinating responses to public records requests, and website administrator.
Manages Revised Total Coliform Rule implementation and compliance, including review and approval of coliform sampling plans, and Boil Water Notice requirements for Public Community and NTNC water systems. Determines compliance with Ground Water Rule requirements for Community and NTNC systems. Addresses bulk water hauling and consumer complaints.
Oversees accounts payable and accounts receivable for the Department and provides support in developing and maintaining department financial policies. Manages department financial reporting, Federal fund requests, and other billing.
Supervises Air Monitoring Section staff. Division lead for the ambient air monitoring network, providing data to inform AQI and public notifications related to ambient air quality. Ensures compliance with EPA 40 CFR Parts 50, 53 & 58.
Investigates air pollution related complaints and conducts compliance inspections at sources of air pollution including industrial facilities, gasoline dispensing facilities and perchloroethylene dry cleaners. Oversees Vermont's outdoor wood boiler certification program. Issues open burning permits.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Engineer
- Section Chief
Supervises Agency Facilities Section staff and works to develop engineering designs for Agency infrastructure projects.
Supervises Mobile Sources Section. Division lead on programs and strategies for controlling on-road and non-road mobile sources of air pollution, including Vermont's Low Emission and Zero Emission Vehicle, Diesel Emissions Reduction, Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance, and Automotive Technician Training Programs.
Processes reimbursement requests for CW & DW SRF loans (RF1s, RF3s, & WPLs), as well as PC Grants. Processes grants and contracts invoices for payment, submitted via ANR-Online.
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd for the Essex Regional Office.
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- Certification Section Supervisor
Responsibilities include oversight of permitting and technical staff. Focus areas: facility certifications.
Reviews Step III engineering scopes of service, final design plans and specifications for biddability and constructability for projects funded by CWSRF and DWSRF, monitors DBE efforts, Davis-Bacon pay requirements, and AIS requirements, attends monthly project meetings, bid openings, and project milestones.
Issues construction permits for water systems throughout Vermont. Provides engineering support for other regulatory programs administered by the Division.
Compliance coordinator for State operational stormwater permitting statewide. Technical review of operational permit renewal applications and related reporting, inspection of permitted operational stormwater systems, post-issuance compliance tracking and outreach, investigation of complaints, and enforcement for permit violations.
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- Corps Program Coordinator
Primary point of contact for current and prospective service sites and members, media outlets community partners. Supports and supervises all ECO AmeriCorps members, provide operational leadership under our grantor's guidelines and strategically develop ECO's capacity to address Vermont's most pressing environmental challenges.
Residuals Management (wastewater sludge, biosolids, septage, short paper fiber, wood ash) & Emerging Contaminants with primary focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
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- District Wetlands Ecologist
Wetland evaluation and protection in Grand Isle County and statewide ARPA funded projects (Healthy Homes, 3-acre stormwater etc)
Statewide water quality and aquatic invasive species monitoring; zebra mussel, algae, and cyanobacteria monitoring on inland waters. Coordinates and trains community science volunteers statewide in the Vermont Invasive Patrollers Program and Cyanobacteria Volunteer Monitoring Program.
Manage the Clean Water Initiative Program (CWIP). Oversee CWIP's mission to align and coordinate clean water efforts statewide, develop financial and technical resources to implement projects, and capture and assess data to communicate progress and impact of clean water efforts. Coordinate Vermont's interagency Clean Water Initiative (10 V.S.A. § 1387) by providing staff support to Vermont's Clean Water Board, administering Vermont's Clean Water Budget process, and coordinating the Clean Water Initiative Interagency Finance and Reporting Workgroup.
engineering scopes of service, preliminary engineering reports, environmental information documents, and final design plans and specifications for projects funded by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and performs NEPA environmental review and pollution control design assistance. Technical Project Manager for Village ARPA Grants.
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- Accessible Assistance Specialist
Responsibilities include: implementation of State Materials Management Plan, Universal Recycling outreach, data analysis, and special projects. Focus areas: Universal Recycling (Act 148), recycling, composting, single-use products (bags, straws, food and beverage containers, etc.), packaging, and waste reduction. Point-person for Addison County SWMD, Chittenden SWD, Central VT SWMD, Mad River Resource Mgmt. Alliance, and Mountain Alliance.
Supervises Division chiefs and staff. Develops proposed Rule and Statute changes relating to water infrastructure and capital expenditures, and provides related testimony at the legislature, participates in Department Management efforts, resolves technical and eligibility issues within the Division.
Analyses of the ecological impacts of projects and activities that affect streamflow and water level regulation, including large development projects, hydroelectric projects, water withdrawals and dams.
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd the for the St. Johnsbury Regional Office.
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- Environmental Technician III
Processes applications for construction, source, and operating permits, assists with accounts receivable information, permit billing and processes checks received, verifies and updates water system contact information for community and NTNC water systems. Updates databases and maintains archiving of records. Manages posts to Environmental Notice Bulletin. Serves as a Drinking Water Program website administrator.
Reviews applications and issues water supply source permits and groundwater withdrawal permits. Assists with groundwater reclassification petitions. Provides hydrogeological review and advice across the division. erin.stewart@vermont.gov 802-461-6096
Manages administration for the Essex Regional Office including determining completeness of plans, applications, and fees for projects needing a permit for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd, and assists the public for permit/document searches.
Management of the Monitoring, Assessment and Planning Program. Expertise areas include monitoring program design, statewide and local water quality assessment, the Surface Water Management Strategy and Tactical Planning, and Water Quality Standards. ethan.swift@vermont.gov 802-490-6141
Researches and notifies landowners of permit conditions that need annual reports to be submitted to the Division.
Technical support to municipalities on municipal road stormwater best management practices; Coordinates and develops the Municipal Roads General Permit.
Responsibilities include: Inspections of solid waste facilities and responding to complaints or compliance questions related to solid waste facilities. Focus areas: ReTRAC online reporting system for solid waste facilities.
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in Northern Vermont.
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- Clean Water Initiative Grants Supervisor
Responsible for design and oversight of funding opportunities available through the Clean Water Initiative Program, development and maintenance of CWIP Funding Policies and annual Spending Plan, and financial and progress tracking of funding initiatives.
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- Hazardous Site Manager & Brownfields Program
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- Accessible Assistance Specialist
Conduct inventories, mapping, and assessment of municipal stormwater and municipal wastewater collection infrastructure and manages a geodatabase of that infrastructure. Conduct related GIS analysis. Administer Woody Buffer, Stormwater Master Planning, and Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination grants and contracts. Hank.Ainley@vermont.gov 802-490-6119
Oversees all aspects of field operation, maintenance and sample collection for Vermont's multi-site Air Monitoring Network established for the measurement of EPA Criteria pollutants, air toxics compounds (Volatile organic compounds (VOC), carbonyl compounds, semi-volatile compounds and PM10 metals) and multiple meteorological parameters. Also responsible for overall review, validation, management and reporting of results for all meteorological parameters measured at all Air Monitoring Network sites.
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- Environmental Analyst
- Pretreatment Coordinator
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- Rivers Program Mapping Specialist
Provides floodplain and river corridor mapping, analysis, and database support to the Rivers Program.
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- Deputy Commissioner, 802 - 828 - 1556
Manages the Divisions programs, including permitting, compliance, monitoring, mobile sources and planning. Implements state and federal clean air laws and works with federal, regional, state and local agencies and organizations to address air pollution and climate change. Responsible for setting the overall direction of the air quality and greenhouse gas reduction programs in the State of Vermont
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- Permit Compliance Unit Supervisor
Supervises permit review and reporting compliance team. Responsible for support of Division's permit programs application and compliance reporting, and coordinates the roll out of new permits and projects across the Department.
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- Pollution Control Design Engineer
Reviews engineering scopes of service, preliminary engineering reports, environmental information documents, and final design plans and specifications for projects funded by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and performs NEPA environmental review and pollution control design assistance.
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- Hazardous Site Manager & Spill Program
- Spill Manager
Conducts compliance inspections at sources of air pollution. Compliance and enforcement data manager.
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- Chittenden County Facilities: Champlain Water District ( S. Burlington ) Global Foundries
- Environmental Analyst
Oversees compliance of public drinking water systems according to state and federal rules and regulations. Participates in Operator Training.
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- River Management Engineer
River management and natural river channel design technical assistance and stream alteration permits in central and western Vermont.
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- Commissioner
- Commissioner, 802 - 828 - 1556
Supervises Permitting & Engineering Section of Air Quality & Climate Division. Administers the state and federal Air Quality Permits to Construct and Permits to Operate programs for Vermont. Provides technical and program management assistance to AQCD on air pollution emissions from stationary sources. Reviews permit applications for Air Quality Permits to Construct and Permits to Operate. Provides technical assistance to applicants on permitting and air pollution emissions from stationary sources.
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- Project Manager
- Supervisor
Provides initial and quarterly review, validation as well as data management and reporting of all EPA Criteria air pollutant data, including gaseous and particulate matter results. Also responsible for review, validation and reporting of EPA Method TO-11A carbonyl compound sample analytical results from Vermont's Air Toxics and EPA's National Air Toxics Trends Stations (NATTS) network. Also supports the field network operations including the collection of ambient air samples and continuous air concentration data from Vermont's multi-site air monitoring network.
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- Streamflow Protection Coordinator
Coordination and supervision of the Streamflow Protection Section including programs related to dam removal, hydroelectric power and artificial regulation of stream flows and lake and reservoir levels.
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- Engineering Program Manager, CWSRF Program Manager
Manages Revised Total Coliform Rule and Groundwater Rule compliance for public TNC systems. Provide guidance to TNCs on Boil Water Notices. Manages Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) and Public Notification Rules, including providing templates and processing CCRs and public notices received from systems. Participates in Operator Training.
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- Community Assistance Specialist
- Community Assistance Specialist / Essex Regional Office
- Community Assistance Specialist, Districts 3A, 5 and 7
- Community Assistance Specialist, Districts 4 and 6
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd the for the Springfield Regional Office.
Develops engineering designs for Agency infrastructure projects. Duties include development of basis of design, approval and issuance of final plans and specifications, bid assistance, construction oversight, project closeout. Also provides planning level engineering and technical assistance to Agency programs.
Member of Permitting & Engineering Section of Air Quality & Climate Division. Reviews permit applications for Air Quality Permits to Construct and Permits to Operate. Provides technical assistance to AQCD and applicants on permitting and air pollution emissions from stationary sources.
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- Green Infrastructure Collaborative Coordinator
Facilitate all aspects of the Green Infrastructure Collaborative (GIC), a partnership between Lake Champlain Sea Grant (LCSG) and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC) to combine efforts to bridge the gap between research, extension, and application of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) and natural asset management in Vermont.
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- Floodplain Manager, Assistant NFIP Coordinator
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- Executive Assistant, 802 - 828 - 1556
Facility Assignments: Franklin, Orange, Orleans counties, and Rutland County Industrial Facilities, and the following Washington County Facilities: Barre City, Montpelier, Montpelier Swimming Pool, Montpelier Water Treatment Plant, Plainfield, Rock of Ages, Waterbury Water Treatment Plant, Worcester FD1
Responsible for WWTF, Industrial, Direct Discharge Facility Permitting, Inspections, and O&M
Conducts Topographic Surveys, produces site plans utilizing CAD and GIS, and assists Facilities Engineering with development of Project Specifications, permit acquisitions, estimates and budgets, staging procurements, and conducts construction site layout, project construction phase oversite, and general Project Management as assigned.
Supervises Compliance Section. Division lead on enforcement related legal actions. Enforcement liaison for USEPA and for internal Agency work.
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- Contract and Compliance Manager
Responsible for ensuring federal and State financial reporting accuracy and compliance. Division Records Liaison.
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- River Management Engineer
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- Solid Waste Program Manager
Oversees the Solid Waste Management Program, consisting of the following sections: Certification, Compliance and Materials Management. Focus areas: Legislative, policy and implementation strategies.
Coordinates implementation and compliance for the Lead and Copper Rule and Disinfection Byproducts Rule for Community and NTNC systems. This includes sampling requirements, sampling location plans, compliance schedules, and violations. Trains water operators in related classes.
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- Administrative Services Coordinator
Assists with department-wide payroll processing and recruitment and provides general support to the ECO AmeriCorps program and Financial Operations section within the Administration and Innovation Division.
Reviews applications and issues water supply source permits and groundwater withdrawal permits. Assists with groundwater reclassification petitions. Provides hydrogeological review and advice across the division. julia.beaudoin@vermont.gov 802-661-8281
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- Clean Water Communications Specialist ( ECO AmeriCorps )
- Partner.Vermont.Gov
Assist with program communications including monthly Clean Water Conversations, social media, e-newsletters, and plain language one-pagers.
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- District Wetlands Ecologist
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- Agriculture Grant Program Coordinator
Responsible for coordination of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program grant opportunity. Assist with additional agricultural water quality programs.
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- Environmental Program Manager
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- Hazardous Site Manager & Brownfields Program
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- Nonpoint Source Project Developer
Non-point source project developer, processing WISPr sponsorship and interim financing applications to the CWSRF. Provides related outreach, coordination, and program development support.
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- Drinking Water SRF Project Developer
Permit and application administrative review and support for the Lakes & Ponds and Wetlands Programs.
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- Environmental Scientist
- Inland Lake Monitoring Scientist and Aquatic Biologist
Monitoring both trends and condition of inland lakes for compliance with the Clean Water Act and Vermont Water Quality Standards. Inland Lake water quality assessments, spring phosphorus sampling, and special studies like littoral habitat assessment.
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- Accessible Assistance Specialist
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in Southern Vermont.
Directs the Administration and Innovation Division, which provides services for cross-departmental functions to all programs within the Department of Environmental Conservation as well as our ECO AmeriCorps Program. Functions include DEC's fiscal, administrative, human resources, and information technology services. Other activities involve close coordination with the Commissioner's Office on departmentwide planning efforts and strategic initiatives.
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- Hazardous Site Manager & Brownfields Program
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- Aquatic Invasives Species Program Lead and Environmental Scientist
- Environmental Scientist
Aquatic invasive species management, statewide aquatic invasive species monitoring, aquatic nuisance species grant program, and aquatic plant monitoring and identification.
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- Hazardous Site Manager, Brownfields Program, Technical Program Lead
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- District Wetlands Ecologist
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- Environmental Analyst
- Lakes Regulatory Expert and Environmental Analyst
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- Source Protection Specialist
Assists municipalities and water systems by developing outreach, education, and technical assistance to create actionable source water protection plans. Develops a pro-active program to reduce the risks of contamination for active or potential public water supplies, such as by assisting with groundwater reclassification to Class I or II. Assists in developing source water redundancy.
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- Environmental Analyst
- Lakes Regulatory Expert and Environmental Analyst
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- Data Management and Communications Specialist
Coordinate the tracking, accounting, and reporting functions of the Clean Water Initiative Program's work to capture, assess, and communicate the progress and impact of clean water efforts in Vermont.
Manages Vermont's Diesel Emissions Reduction Program, which provides technical support and incentive funding for diesel emission reduction projects. Provides technical support for Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance and Low Emissions Vehicle Programs. Provides mobile sources technical support, research and outreach and education.
Data entry of coliform test results, data entry of monthly water usage, reviews groundwater monthly operations reports, processing of outgoing mail, preparation of public notice requests, receipt of faxes.
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- Hazardous Site Manager & Brownfields Program, Rules & Procedures Program Lead
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- Pollution Control Design Engineer, Engineering Planning Advance Project Lead, Clean Watersheds Needs Survey Coordinator, and Chair Village Water and Wastewater Committee
Oversees the Grants-in Funds Management for the Department and provides support in developing and maintaining department granting policies. Responsible for overseeing Federal Grants and Interagency MOU/MOAs management, including fiscal review, grant applications, financial monitoring, federal compliance, reporting, budgeting, technical assistance and financial implementation of grants. Special Fund oversight including monthly financial review and spending approvals. Federal funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews.
Supports Assistance to Beneficiary programs. Manages grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure.
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- Outreach Assistance Specialist
Manages the receipt process and distribution of all DEC mail and packages. Responsible for administrative tasks within the Administration and Innovation Division (AID) and the Water Investment Division (WID). Manages requests and processes purchase orders for AID and WID upon request. Administrative support for meeting stipends for the VT CAC, and occasional fleet interactions if needed for WID. Responsible for any ARPA related administrative support for DEC. Manages occasional document scanning and archival for WID and serves as backup for the safe storage and remote deposit scanning, and when necessary return of paper checks received by the department.
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- Caduto - Watershed Coordinator
Coordinates implementation and compliance for the Chemical Contaminants Rule (Phase II/V + Arsenic Rule), Radionuclides Rule, Manganese, PFAS monitoring and maximum contaminant level (MCL) compliance. Manages incoming chemical monitoring data for all public drinking water systems and in-state bottled water facilities. Sets routine monitoring schedules and required chemical monitoring frequencies. Maintains database integrity. Processes and determines eligibility for monitoring waivers. Receives public notice certifications. Participates in water operator training with related classes.
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- ANR Healthy Homes Initiative Supervisor
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- Lay Monitoring Program Lead, Lake Assessment Coordinator, and Limnologist
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- Agricultural Water Quality Section Chief
Responsible for assisting with development and implementation of agricultural projects, programs, and funding within the Clean Water Initiative Program and with local, state, and federal partners. Responsible for agricultural water quality issues, technical assistance, and program coordination. Responsible for management of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program grant opportunity.
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- Lake Champlain Basin Program Projects Specialist
Assist with the management and administration of the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) State of Vermont grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); create Request for Proposals (RFPs) and grant and contract agreements; serve as a Technical Project Manager; and help track and account for clean water projects.
Assists with the monthly reporting across all DEC's divisions. Generates monthly and quarterly billing, assists with accounts receivable, deposits and reporting of revenue.
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- Environmental Program Manager & PCF Administrator
Responsible for maintenance and financial monitoring of ARPA grants, to include quarterly and annual reporting. ARPA funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews. Performs various administrative-financial tasks.
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- Community System Operations Specialist
Conducts sanitary surveys, provides technical operational assistance and prepares operating permits for PCWS.
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- Drinking Water Community Operations Section Supervisor
Oversees the community water system sanitary survey program, provides technical operational assistance, and prepares operating permits for public community drinking water systems.
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- Hazardous Site Manager & Brownfields Program
Coordinator of the LaRosa Partnership Program community science program and supports biological monitoring of rivers and streams through surveying fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate communities.
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- Senior Environmental Program Manager
Researches and notifies landowners of permit conditions that need annual reports to be submitted to the Division.
Permit and application administrative review and assistance for the Stormwater Permitting Program.
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- Sustainable Infrastructure and Management Program Manager
Manages the Drinking Water Sustainable Infrastructure and Management Program. Oversees the public drinking water system Capacity Development and Operator Certification Programs Section and the Infrastructure Sustainability Section. Division main contact for DWSRF Set-asides and other DW funding programs.
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- Community System Supervisor
Oversees the Non-Community Operations Section, which provides regulatory and technical assistance for all the TNC and NTNC drinking water systems. Conducts sanitary surveys, prepares operating permits, and provides technical operational assistance to water system representatives.
Responsibilities include: implementation of State Materials Management Plan, Universal Recycling outreach, paint and battery stewardship programs, household hazardous waste extended producer responsibility, and special projects. Focus areas: Universal Recycling law (Act 148), recycling, composting, and household hazardous waste.
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- Infrastructure Sustainability Analyst
Assists water systems in completing and submitting their service line inventories and lead service line replacement plans.
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- Spill Manager
- Storage Tanks Section Supervisor
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- Interim Spill Program Manager
Biological monitoring of rivers and streams through surveying fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate communities, including freshwater mussels.
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- Direct Discharge Section Supervisor
- Environmental Analyst
Reviews applications for indirect discharge permits, renewals and amendments; reviews monitoring data and checks for compliance with permit conditions and requirements; pursues correction of failed systems; initiates enforcement actions and prepares groundwork for enforcement cases; provides guidance on Indirect Discharge Rules, procedures, standards; conducts inspections of permitted facilities.
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- Environmental Analyst
- Regulatory Section Lead and Environmental Analyst
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- Emerging Contaminant Analyst
Analyses impact of PFAS and other emerging contaminants on Public Water Systems. Provides technical assistance to engineers on optimal treatment design to ensure consistent and effective treatment of PFAS across Vermont.
Issues construction permits for water systems throughout Vermont. Provides engineering support for other regulatory programs administered by the Division.
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- Indirect Discharge and UIC Supervisor
Oversees the Indirect Discharge and Underground Injection Control (UIC) Permit Programs. Indirect Discharges are large soil-based wastewater treatment and discharge systems greater than or equal to 6,500 gallons per day (equivalent to approximately twenty-6 3-bedroom residences).
Reviews Step III engineering scopes of service, final design plans and specifications for biddability and constructability for projects funded by CWSRF and DWSRF, monitors DBE efforts, Davis-Bacon pay requirements, and AIS requirements, attends monthly project meetings, bid openings, and project milestones.
Strategic direction, supervision of management staff, and development of policy for water investment, including targeting of resources to highest-value pollution control opportunities. Coordination of interagency and cross-organization policy and initiative development, and legislative support. Development of Clean Water Service Delivery Act initiatives.
Manages grants/contracts including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Provides outreach and training for Agreement Development and Grants/Contracts database use.
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- Business Administration and Planning Section Supervisor
Oversees the administrative services of the Public Drinking Water Program including Construction, Source, and Imported Bottle Water Permit Application processing, operating permit billing, processing checks received, chemical data entry, water system contact information updating, and maintaining accounts receivable information. Coordinates creation of and adherence to the Division's annual budget, creates and develops electronic forms for Division. Serves as Records Liaison and manages archiving and scanning of records.
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- Financial and Loan Programs Manager
- Financial Management and Loan Section
Water Infrastructure Finance Program staff and manages multiple programs including the State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan programs and the ARPA 3-acre stormwater grant program.
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- Senior Environmental Program Manager
Builds and maintains the Division's IT systems, databases, and applications. Provides SDWIS oversight and support, and provides technical support and data analysis for staff and public, EPA reporting.
Manages the Montpelier Regional Office for the receipt, review, and permitting of non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd including determining completeness of plans, applications, and fees and assists the public for permit/document searches.
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- Lake Champlain Long Term Monitoring and Cyanobacteria Lead and Aquatic Biologist
Focused on the statistical and geospatial analysis of data relating to surface water quality, hydrology, aquatic ecology, and watershed management. phillip.jones@vermont.gov 802-490-8006
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- Environmental Analyst
- Pretreatment Analyst
Responsible for Industrial User Pretreatment Permit Determinations and Pretreatment Facility Permitting, Inspections, and O&M for the following counties:
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- Infrastructure Sustainability Analyst
Manages contractors assisting water systems with their service line inventories. Reviews water systems' service line inventory loan applications, service line inventories, and replacement plans. Also, carries out outreach and educational activities about the section's programs.
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- Associate General Counsel
Provides legal support to the Director and Staff of the Air Quality and Climate Division.
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- Infrastructure Sustainability Technician
Organizes, reviews, and supports development of service line inventory and replacement plan submissions. Explains the section's programs to the public. Coordinates social media for the Public Drinking Water Program.
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- Verification and Maintenance Specialist
Responsible for developing and implementing the clean water project Verification and Maintenance Program. Provide general support in development and implementation of other annual clean water funding initiative priorities and funding program operations.
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- Drinking Water Treatment Specialist
Provides technical assistance to primarily surface water systems regarding application of water treatment chemicals in the process of filtration and disinfection. Assists water systems with pilot studies for various treatment processes and provides water chemistry training.
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- District Wetlands Ecologist
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- Manager, River Corridor and Floodplain Protection Program / NFIP Coordinator
Responsibilities include: E-Cycles Program, oversight of manufacturer Opt-Out Program, manufacturer and service provider registrations, reporting, invoicing, product determinations, and database management; beverage container law issues. Focus areas: E-Cycles Program, beverage container law (redemption centers, product registrations, policy).
Coordinates pre- and post-award administrative support for award compliance and pre-award eligibility. Manages grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure.
Internal and external audit lead for the State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF). Prepares loan project closeouts. Provides financial reporting and management of SRF funds.
Reviews and issues permits for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd for the Montpelier Regional Office.
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- Drinking Water SRF Administrative Technician
Performs advanced environmental program administrative work for the Department of Environmental Conservation. Duties involve the gathering, processing and management of technical data and records using computerized systems and related technologies.
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- Accessible Assistance Specialist
Assist with dam safety program duties including State dam asset management, operations and maintenance at State owned dams, Dams Inventory management, inspections, policy, hazard classification determination, and other related functions.
Technical support to the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) program, including permit development, technical review, and outreach.
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- Underground Injection Control Program Administrator and Indirect Discharge Support
Administers the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program and reviews and issues permits for projects for compliance with the UIC Rules.
Oversees all aspects of field operation, maintenance and sample collection for Vermont's multi-site Air Monitoring Network established for the measurement of EPA Criteria pollutants, air toxics compounds (VOC, carbonyl, semi-volatile and metals) and multiple meteorological parameters. Also responsible for review, validation and reporting of EPA Method TO-15 VOC sample analytical results from Vermont's Air Toxics and EPA's National Air Toxics Trends Stations (NATTS) network. Contact person for the National Air Toxic Trends Station (NATTS) network.
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- Environmental Program Manager & Brownfields Program Coordinator
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- Drinking Water SRF Project Developer
Processes DWSRF loan applications including those for asset management plans or source protection land purchases.
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- Community System Specialist
Conducts sanitary surveys, prepares operating permits, and provides technical operational assistance to water system representatives at TNC and NTNC drinking water systems.
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- Vermont Coordinator to the Lake Champlain Basin
Provide program coordination between the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC), the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for development, administration, tracking, and reporting of clean water projects.
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- River Management Engineer
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- Chief Environmental Enforcement Officer
Water quality and aquatic habitat assessments for rivers and streams statewide, and water quality protection technical assistance to municipalities.
Responsibilities include: implementation of State Materials Management Plan, Universal Recycling outreach, and special projects. Focus areas: Universal Recycling law (Act 148), recycling, composting, food rescue, tires, and waste reduction. Point-person for Bennington County RPC, Greater Upper Valley SWMD, Hartford, Londonderry Group, Rutland County SWD, Solid Waste Alliance Communities, Southern Windsor/Windham Counties SWMD, White River Alliance, Whitingham, Windham SWMD and Winhall.
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- District Wetlands Ecologist
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- Administrative Services Manager
Manages grants/contracts including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Provides outreach and training for Agreement Development and Grants/Contracts database use.
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- Hazardous Site Manager, Brownfields Program, Spill Program & "Preferred Site" Certifications
- Spill Manager
Management of the Business and Operational Support Services Program. Responsible for support of division operations, budget, and business processes.
Oversees the public drinking water system Engineering and Water Resources Program. Assigns source permit applications for review and issuance by Water Resources Section staff. Division's main point of contact for programmatic water resources and engineering related questions.
Oversees Grants-out management for the Department and provides support in developing and maintaining department granting policies.
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- Administrative Services Coordinator
Processes and approves coding of department expenditures and requisitions, manages accounts receivable and deposits, and is the expense coordinator for the Department.
Administer the Dam Safety Program under 10 VSA Chapter 43. Review applications to construct or alter dams, conduct inspections, and perform other regulatory functions. Assist with operation, maintenance, and capital projects at 14 Department owned Dams. Work with dam owners regarding dam construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and removal.
Responsibilities include: permit writing, technical review, field work and special projects. Additional responsibilities include hydrogeologic review, and closed landfills. Focus areas: Closed landfill oversight, solid waste facilities permitting, water quality at solid waste facilities.
Manages administration for the St. Johnsbury Regional Office including determining completeness of plans, applications, and fees for projects needing a permit for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd, and assists the public for permit/document searches.
Responsible for Federal Grant Management including fiscal review, grant applications, financial monitoring, federal reporting, budgeting, technical assistance and financial implementation of grants. Federal funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews. Member of the ECO AmeriCorps Program Team.
Technical review of permit applications, technical design assistance and jurisdictional determinations for al construction stormwater permits in Addison, Bennington, Chittenden, and Rutland counties.
Manages administration for the Springfield Regional Office including determining completeness of plans, applications, and fees for projects needing a permit for non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd, and assists the public for permit/document searches.
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- Operational Section Supervisor
Coordination of State operational stormwater permitting. Technical review of permit applications, technical design assistance and jurisdictional determinations for State (operational) stormwater permits in Bennington and Rutland counties.
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- Southern District Supervisor and Regional Engineer
Manages the Rutland and Springfield Regional Office for the receipt, review, and permitting of non-public water systems and wastewater systems of less than 6,500 gpd.
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- Assessment Section Supervisor and Water Quality TMDL Coordinator
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) development including: pollutant loading studies, TMDL documents, work plans for contracted TMDL related activities, and contract oversight, technical support.
Develops Quality Assurance Project Plans and Standard Operating Procedures. Also performs quality assurance activities for the monitoring network, providing an independent assessment of operations relative to federal requirements and guidance. Conducts internal system audits to insure SOPs are followed. Submits ambient air data to the EPA AQS database. Contact person for EPA AQS.
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- District Wetlands Ecologist
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- River Management Engineer
River Restoration Engineer River management and natural river channel design technical assistance and statewide flood-response assistance. Review dam removals, engineering assistance to Stream Flow Protection section, and coordinate training programs for public assistance and outreach with VTrans.
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- Construction and Industrials Section Supervisor
Coordination of all State construction stormwater permitting. Technical review of permit applications, technical design assistance and jurisdictional determinations for all construction stormwater permits in Caledonia, Essex, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, and Orleans counties.
project priority list development, adoption, and modification. Receives and processes clean water planning, design and construction loan applications and applications for municipal water pollution control grants. Coordinates engineering service agreement reviews and provides technical, managerial, and financial capacity assistance to loan and grant recipients. Provide outreach, training, and marketing services for the Water Infrastructure Financing Programs. Thomas.Brown@vermont.gov anr.cwsrfplist@vermont.gov (for priority list applications only) 802-622-4205
Processes applications for Operator certification and renewals, exams and checks received, issues certificates, enters and maintains credit hours for Operators. Enters and updates water system contact information. Processes outgoing and incoming mail and maintains archiving and scanning of records and correspondence.
Member of Permitting & Engineering Section of Air Quality & Climate Division. Reviews permit applications for Air Quality Permits to Construct and Permits to Operate. Provides technical assistance to AQCD and applicants on permitting and air pollution emissions from stationary sources.
Chief fiscal officer for the department. Oversees and coordinates department budget preparation, oversight of all department accounting functions. Development and oversight of fiscal office policies and procedures, financial statements, summaries and reports. Senior liaison with federal agencies and other state departments, provides guidance to the divisions for the overall creation and implementation of Department policy including formulating and recommending internal control and operating policies and procedures as needed.
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- Program Coordinator
- Spill Manager
Conducts Topographic Surveys, produces site plans utilizing CAD and GIS, and assists Facilities Engineering with development of Project Specifications, permit acquisitions, estimates and budgets, staging procurements, and conducts construction site layout, project construction phase oversite, and other duties as assigned.
Oversees the Engineering Section. Assigns permit applications for review and issuance by staff. Division's main point of contact for engineering related aspects of the program.
Technical Project Manager for ARPA CSO Grants. Reviews engineering scopes of service, preliminary engineering reports, environmental information documents, and final design plans and specifications for projects funded by the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Vermont Pollution Control Grants, and ARPA CSO Grants.
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- District Wetlands Ecologist