Alice M. Schussler • Project Manager
EXPERTISE: Air Quality, Risk Management Planning, Pollution Prevention, Environmental Health & Safety Compliance Management, Wastewater, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Environmental Management Systems.
EXPERIENCE:
Air Permitting, Compliance, and Auditing
• Managed over a dozen clients with Air Quality Needs including Initial Permit Applications, Modifications, Annual Emission Statements, Batch Reports, Quarterly Excess Emission Monitoring Performance Reports, and Deviation Reports.
• Negotiated compliance requirements with state officials for Title V facilities and Minor Air Permit holders.
• Conducted regulatory audits for various fields of industry including Pharmaceutical R&D, Animal Health, Chemical Manufacturing, Textiles and Food/Beverage Companies in NJ, PA, and SC.
Risk Management Planning
• Led an Emergency Response Team over three shifts at a manufacturing plant.
• Designed ERT Drills and managed annual HAZWOPPER training.
• Supervised prevention procedures including SPCC, ICP & Confined Space Entry.
• Assisted with RMP/TCPA Compliance Audits.
Pollution Prevention
• Maintained Pollution Prevention Plans for several industrial facilities.
• Conducted annual team meetings with different levels of management to review P2 Plan effectiveness.
• Revised Cost-Benefit Analysis for Plan updates.
Environmental, Health & Safety Compliance and Auditing
• Served as Point of Contact for Safety Officer at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant.
• Conducted compliance audits for R&D facilities, manufacturing, chemical plants and pharmaceutical companies.
• Implemented a Machine Guarding Project utilizing Zero Access Principles.
• Improved efficiency of plant safety program involving hazard identification and chemicals in the workplace.
Training and Information Sciences
• Designed and Implemented Training Modules for OSHA and Environmental Compliance, and achieved 100% training compliance for +200 employees over multiple shifts.
• Provided training in hazardous waste management for various types of sources.
• Developed Learning Tools for the Preparation of State & Federal Emissions Reports, Permitting and record keeping.
• Conducted site-wide training for ISO 14001 certified facilities.
Wastewater, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
• Responsible for reports pertaining to NPDES permits, wastewater discharge permits, sewer use permits, groundwater discharge permits, and treatment works approval permits for industrial facilities.
• Managed storm water permits, conducted periodic inspections, and reviewed storm water plan implementation during team meetings with key site members.
• Provided waste management support at industrial and R&D facilities.
Environmental Management Systems
• Helped develop procedures and documentation for various elements of Environmental Management Systems including hazards or aspects evaluation and ranking system, objectives and targets programs, training, operational control programs, emergency preparedness and response, and checking and corrective actions.
• Conducted internal EMS audits at developing facilities and decommissioning sites.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
• ECAM, Bedminster, NJ. Project Manager, Dec 2008 – Present
• McNeil-PPC, Parsippany, NJ. Contracted EHS Team Member, 2007 – Dec 2008
• RTP Environmental Associates, Inc., Green Brook, NJ. Project Manager/Senior Scientist, 2002 – Nov 2007
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
• Master’s, Political Affairs & Politics, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy – Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
• B.S., Environmental Business & Economics (with Honors), Cook College – Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
• Air and Waste Management Association
• Alpha Zeta Honors Alumni
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
• Regulatory Update: NJDEP Air Quality Permitting, RTP Environmental Semi-Annual Seminar, Bedminster, NJ, May, 2007.
• Enhancing Interagency Relationships for Superfund sites - Case Study: Washington State Department of Ecology and the EPA Region 10 Hazardous Waste Division Conflict, Master’s Thesis, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, April, 2007.
• A Comparative Evaluation of New Jersey Consumer Characteristics to New York and Pennsylvania for Organic Foods, G. H. Cook Scholars Project, Rutgers University, May, 2002.