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+ Reviewed a number of Environmental Impact Statements for planned major developments, including large hazardous and solid waste disposal facilities mine reclamation, and water transfer_ Matt served as a hydrogeologtst with the RCRA Hazardous Waste program. Duties were a5 follows • Supervised the hydrogeologicinvesugation of hazardous waste sites to detemvne compliance with Subtitle C requirements. • Reviewed and wrote "part B" permits for the disposal of hazardous waste. • Conducted RCRA Corrective Action investigations of waste sites and led inspections that formed the basis for significant enforcement actions that were developed in close coordination with U.5. EPA legal counsel. • Wrote contract specifications and supervised contractor's investigations of waste sites. With the National Park Service, Matt directed service -wide investigations of contaminant sources to prevent degradationof water quality, including the following tasks: • Applied pertinent laws and regulations including CERCLA, RCRA, NEPA, NRI3A, and the Clean Water Act to control military, mining, and landfill contaminants. • Conducted watershed -scale investigations of contaminants at parks, including Yellowstone and Olympic National Park. • Identified high -levels of Perchlorate in soil adjacerit to anational park in New Mexico and advised park superintendent on appropriate response actions under CERCLA. • Served as a Park Service representative on the interagency Perchlorate Steering Committee, a national workgroup. • Developed a program to conduct environmental compliance audits of ail National Parks while serving on a national workgroup. • Co-authored two papers on the potential for water contamination from the operation of personal watercraft and snowmobiles, these papers serving as the basis for the development of nation= wide policy on the use of these vehicles in National Parks. • Contributed to the Federal Multi-AgencySource Water Agreement under the Clean Water Action Plan. !olie . Served sensor management as the Senior Science Policy Advisor with the U_5_ Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9. Activities included the following. • Advised the Regional Administrator and senior management on emerging issues such as the potential for the gasoline additive MT13F and ammonium perchlorate to contaminate drinking water supplies. • Shaped EPA's national response to these threats by serving on woxkgroups and by contributing to guidance, including the Office of Research and Development publication, Oxygenates in Water. Critical Information and Research Needs • Improved the technical training of EPA's scientific and engineering staff, • Earned an EPA Bronze Medal for representingthe region's MO scientists and engineers in negotiations with the Administrator and senior management to better integrate scientific principles into the pnliry-making process. • Established national protocol for the peer review of scientific documents. 75C-95