Kevin Dyson, P.E.

Technical Specialties

Remediation Design and Construction, Soil and Groundwater Investigations; Design Of Monitoring, Observation, Air Sparging and Soil Vapor Extraction Wells; Design of Pilot and Full Scale In-Situ and Ex-Situ Chemical Oxidation Systems for Soil and Groundwater; Design of Pilot and Full Scale Innovative Physical and Biological Based Remediation Systems, Natural Attenuation Evaluations, Slurry Cutoff Walls, Air Sparging Cutoff Walls, In-Situ Permeable Bio-Barriers, Bioventing Soil Remediation Systems, Prototype and Bench Scale Industrial Air Emissions Abatement Systems, Industrial Lagoon Sediment Remediation Systems; Construction and Project Management; Cost Estimating and Budget Analysis.

Experience Summary

12 Years of Experience: Project Manager at Panther Technologies, Inc.; Project Engineer/Manager at Insite Group, Inc.; Project Engineer at Roux Associates, Inc.; Project Engineer at BioRemedial Technologies, Inc.

Engineering responsibilities have included design and development of innovative physical and biological remediation technologies, cost estimation and justification of remedial system design, remedial system oversight and installation, oversight and installation of monitoring wells, design and development of biological based emission abatement equipment and associated support systems, and natural attenuation work plan development and monitoring.

Credentials

• B.S., 1997 Geo-Environmental Engineering
  The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania
  Senior Thesis: "Cometabolism of TCE Using Methanol"
• NJ, PA Professional Engineer
• OSHA 40-Hour Health and Safety Trained
• Carus Chemical Company H&S trained for permanganate.
• FMC Corporation H&S trained for persulfate and hydrogen peroxide.

Professional Affiliations

• National Ground Water Association
• The Society of American Military Engineers

Abstracts/Publications

• Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, The Fourth International Conference, May 2004, "Hydraulically Controlled In Situ Chemical Oxidation of TCE and TCA Source in Groundwater Using Sodium Persulfate." K. Dyson, P.J. Palko, C. Elmendorf and R. Lewis.
• Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, The Fourth International Conference, May 2004, "Ex Situ Remediation of PCE and TCE in Soil Using a Proprietary, Persulfate-Based Oxidation Technology." K. Dyson, P.J. Palko, C. Elmendorf and F. Sessa.

Key Projects

• Provided engineering design, support, oversight, and maintenance at a pipe manufacturing facility in Western Pennsylvania. Secondary system installation consisted of 9 air sparging wells and 5 vertical soil vapor extraction wells for TCE/TCA hotspot remediation. Tasks included injection well design and placement, groundwater and soil sampling, design and installation of full scale cometabolic bioremediation injection system utilizing pulsed cometabolite injection, and surfactant flushing of contaminated soils.
• Provided project management and engineering services for the development of a biological-based emission abatement system in conjunction with a private technology funding center located in State College, Pennsylvania. Designed and developed an innovative biofiltration system including engineered media, online nutrient injection systems, pH control systems, a hydrogen peroxide cleaning system, online gas chromatography analysis systems, air sampling port location and design, dust collection systems, high pressure humidification/water recirculation systems, and remote monitoring systems including programmable logic controls for monitoring of vital support systems.
• Development of innovative bioventing-based soil remediation system for use beneath existing structures near Zanesville, Ohio. Installation of 15 vertical extraction wells, 4 air injection wells and 3 observation wells. Construction of mobile treatment system including 150 amp service, installation of 100 cfm regenerative sparge blower, and a 125 cfm vapor extraction blower with multiple 500-pound air phase carbon absorption units. Pilot study included development of procedures and protocol for bioventing, field study evaluation and implementation along with soil gas sampling probe development for general soil gas measurements.
• Provided engineering services at a former paper manufacturing facility located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a full-scale bioremediation of toluene-contaminated groundwater. Tasks included injection of acclimated bacteria, biological monitoring, air sparging, soil vapor extraction system operation and maintenance, and site closure.
• Provided natural attenuation recommendations for a private service station remediation in Millville, New Jersey. Recommendation included design of an air sparging system for enhanced removal of dissolved BTEX constituents. Natural attenuation recommendations included Oxygen Release Compound injection at down gradient points, groundwater geochemical sampling protocol and continued effectiveness-monitoring of both soil vapor extraction and air sparging systems and natural attenuation mechanisms.
• Provided engineering design, installation and monitoring of a soil vapor extraction pilot test system in Camden, New Jersey. The skid-mounted system included a 3-horsepower regenerative blower, moisture separator, 230-volt single-phase power connection and off-gas stripping via four 200-pound vapor phase canisters. The system was designed and installed to facilitate complete source removal of chlorinated VOC and BTEX contamination within the time frame of the 30-day pilot test.

• Provided engineering design and support for a thermally enhanced air injection and soil vapor extraction system in Woodbridge, New Jersey, for the remediation of PCE impacted soils. The system included 8 thermally enhanced air injection wells, 8 soil vapor extractions wells, a trailer-mounted air injection and soil vapor extraction system, associated piping and control systems. The system design also utilized stainless steel piping for resistance to heat and corrosion. The full remediation system additionally included the injection of hydrogen-release compound and oxygen-release compound for combined aerobic/anaerobic degradation of groundwater impacted with PCE and its associated degradation daughter products.
• Provided engineering design, installation, operation, monitoring, and project management for a full-scale soil vapor extraction system in Camden, New Jersey. The custom-designed trailer-mounted SVE system consisted of 11 vapor extraction wells, one permanent 300 scfm regenerative blower system including moisture separator, controls and interconnecting piping. The system also included a separate temporary 295 scfm blower system including moisture separator, controls and interconnecting piping. The trailer design included a 230-volt, three phase power connection and off-gas stripping via four 130-pound vapor phase carbon canisters. The system was designed and installed to facilitate complete source removal of chlorinated VOCs within a 6-month operating period.
• Development of portable biological-based injection system for use in conjunction with patented nutrient, oxygen and cometabolite wicking injection system for use near Zanesville, Ohio. System included interface with main programmable logic control system using solenoid based pulsed injection system from a 1000 gallon bioreactor containing full-time aeration system, a dissolved oxygen monitoring system, a nutrient injection system, a low level liquid addition system, and totalizing flow meter for tracking consumption rates.
• Provided engineering design and support for the evaluation of biologically-based remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater at a former nuclear fuel recovery center located in Ohio. System included an innovative push-pull surge remediation system, using high vacuum and pressure to pull contaminated water into a borehole-based bioreactor containing cometabolite and microbiological coated sand and gravel. Design of a borehole based bioreactor included pulsed oxygen injection system using 250 psi compressor in series with a 450 scfh oxygen generation system during pressure phase, a high liquid level and high vacuum pressure shutoff system, a programmable logic control system controlling two high-vacuum liquid ring pumps and pulsed oxygen injection systems on a timed interval. Completed laboratory pilot study for feasibility study prior to full-scale remediation system installation.
• Preparation of work plans and project implementation of Hydrogen Release Compound and Oxygen Release Compound injection for an enhanced natural attenuation of toluene and chlorinated solvent-contaminated groundwater remediation at a central New Jersey electronics manufacturing facility.
• Provided project support, analytical results interpretation and continuous bioremediation and monitoring for a New Jersey Natural Remediation Compliance Program groundwater remediation at a surfactant production facility in Fieldsboro, New Jersey. Evaluations included effectiveness of Oxygen Release Compound Injection in both regional and perched aquifer systems along the Delaware River.
• Provided project support for the continued monitoring of full-scale bioremediation soil mixing project for an industrial facility in Maywood, New Jersey. Project included soil amendments with nutrient formulations and injection of Oxygen Release Compound into groundwater for BTEX Bioremediation.
• Evaluation and project support for BTEX and chlorinated solvent natural attenuation for industrial manufacturing facility located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Project included geochemical and microbiological monitoring evaluations, continued remedial effectiveness evaluations, and work plan design.

• Provided engineering design, installation and operation of an oxygen injection system using a 250-psi compressor in series with a 450-scfh oxygen generation system for low-flow air sparging into fractured bedrock for dichlorobenzene and chlorobenzene bioremediation. Preliminary analysis included development of laboratory study based on a two-phase approach: Bio-characterization Study included enumeration of hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms and biochemical characterization of Site Groundwater and Degradation Study. Degradation Study included determination of microbial growth kinetics when contaminants serve as sole carbon source, determination in intrinsic contaminant degradation rates and evaluation of impacts on nutritional supplementation on degradation rates. Full-scale injection system included 11 overburden and bedrock injection points, continuous oxygen injection and intermittent microbial and nutrient injections.
• Provided natural attenuation evaluations and technical feasibility study for CERCLA RI/FS in Bridgeport, New Jersey. The analysis included a weight of evidence assessment of data accumulated over multiple rounds of groundwater sampling along the centerline of the dissolved plume. Groundwater contaminants included chlorinated VOCs and BTEX constituents. Data evaluated yielded results that indicated that natural attenuation is occurring in multiple areas of the plume and that Monitored Natural Attenuation was a viable option for downgradient-dissolved plume remediation.
• Provided construction oversight for the installation of a 3,800 linear foot water line, located near Worcester, Massachusetts, including the installation of 8" ductile iron pipe in a low-pressure loop configuration for use in residential home city-water connection. Oversight included installation of 8" ductile iron pipe, tap-in and chlorination of an existing 10" water main, residential home service installation and the replacement of an existing 4" ductile iron pipe transmission pipe with new 8" ductile iron transmission piping.
• Provided construction oversight for the in-ground abandonment of multiple leaking underground storage tanks containing #2 Fuel Oil, located near Vineland, New Jersey. Tanks located near adjacent building foundations required in-ground closure through cutting open, cleaning, and backfilling with approved controlled fill. Also assisted in the design of multiple 1,000-gallon above-ground storage tanks for continued service of onsite equipment.
• Provided engineering design installation, operation, and project management for a bioremediation pilot study for in-situ groundwater remediation near Woodbridge, New Jersey. The study was used to determine the feasibility of a full-scale in-situ bioremediation system. The injection system included 3 pressure swing adsorption oxygen generators for oxygen injection, installation of spargepoints for oxygen biosparging, installation of multiple 1-inch piezometers for injection of site-culture microbes and nutrients, low-flow groundwater monitoring, and an onsite growth chamber. The system operated for 45 days with 80% compound concentration reduction in target wells. The contaminants of concern included chlorobenzene; 1, 2 dichlorobenzene; 1, 3-dichlorobenzene; and 1, 4 dichlorobenzene.
• Provided construction oversight for the removal of a 1000-gallon fuel oil storage tank near Lebanon, New Jersey. Excavation along the foundation of an active building required special attention to foundation integrity, backfill, and proper support of any exposed foundation walls.
• Provided natural attenuation recommendations for groundwater remediation at an active bus maintenance facility near Camden, New Jersey. Groundwater contamination was associated with historical releases of TCE and impacted not only the local shallow aquifer, but also the deeper, confined regional aquifer. The recommendations included injection of hydrogen release compounds into the source area and monitored natural attenuation along the plume fringe and downgradient areas.
• Provided engineering design, installation and operation of multiple innovative soil and groundwater bioremediation systems with pump and treat containment technologies near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The trailer-mounted remediation systems all included multiple extraction well controllers, iron/sediment removal systems, aeration and equalization reactors and programmable logic controller interface for the timing of extraction and injection systems. System installation activities included multiple extraction well installations, design and installation of infiltration galleries, oversight of UST system removals and upgrades, and system startup and monitoring.
• Provided engineering design for a high-vacuum dual-phase extraction system coupled with pump and treat containment and in-situ bioremediation for remediation of MTBE and BTEX contaminated soil and groundwater in Western Pennsylvania. Completed building design and layout activities for housing the HVDPE system within a separate Class 1, Division 1 room within the building. The HVDPE system consisted of 19 specially designed high-vacuum extraction/injection wells, 24 groundwater extraction wells, and 6 infiltration galleries. The 300 scfm oil-sealed liquid ring pump system was coupled with a 120 gallon moisture separator, oil/water separator, thermal oxidizer with propane fuel system, transfer pumps, multiple aeration tanks, and an online injection system controlled by a central programmable logic controller for automated injection of aeration tank waters into both the infiltration galleries and also the specially designed extraction wells. The bioremediation system consisted of multiple aeration tanks, automated nutrient addition system, timer-based sequence for re-injection and automated flow diversion for discharge through an NPDES based discharge location.

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