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Eric E. Wetzstein, PG
Mobile: 808-383-5766 Email: ewetzstein@icloud.com
Select Representative Project Experience
Engineering Support – Prioritization of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) and
NAVFAC BRAC Installations, Nationwide, 2016
Prioritization of over 100 sites and 30 installations
Prepared Performance Work Statements and Cost estimates
Development of investigative approaches at sites
Community outreach efforts
Lead NAVFAC BRAC PMO
PROJECT MANAGER – Transit Oriented Development (TOD), Brownfields Project (Oahu), 2014
to 2015, for City and County of Honolulu
Conduct Phase I, II, and III studies in select TOD areas
Community outreach
Recruit public and private owners to participate in the program
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office
PROJECT MANAGER & SCIENTIFIC DIVE TEAM MEMBER – Remedial Investigation and
Remedial Alternative Analysis for the former Kaimalino Beach Skeet Range; Kailua, HI (Oahu),
2012 to 2015, for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
RI including terrestrial and marine surveys
Nature and extent of accumulated lead-shot deposits
Interim Removal Actions, Environmental Hazard Evaluation (EHE) and Remedial Alternatives
Analysis (RAA) report
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office
PROJECT MANAGER – Closure Plans, Remedial Investigation and Remedial Alternative
Analysis for the Former Waipahu Incinerator Facility, Waipahu, HI (Oahu), 2011 to 2015, for City
and County of Honolulu, Refuse Division
Closure plan for former Waipahu Incinerator
SAP, QAPP, SSHSP
RI including soil surface and subsurface MIS
Characterize nature and extent of residual contamination (metals, PCBs, PAHs)
Well installation monitoring and groundwater sampling
EHE to assess exposure pathways and human and ecological risk
RAA based on RI & EHE
Regulatory lead HDOH Solid Waste Branch (SWB)
PROJECT MANAGER – Environmental Reconnaissance, Evaluation, and Cost Analysis, Piers
24 and 25, Honolulu Harbor; Honolulu, HI (Oahu), 2015, for Confidential Client
Environmental records review and assessment of costs related to existing environmental legacy
issues (soil, groundwater, and soil vapor impacts), including modifications to existing monitoring
and remediation system
Evaluation of compliance with 2014 Consent Decree, USEPA’s NPDES Municipal Separate
Storm Sewer System Permit for Honolulu Harbor, and 2015 Stormwater Management Plan
PROJECT MANAGER – Athletic Field Environmental Response, Marine Corps Base Hawaii
(MCBH), Kaneohe, HI (Oahu), 2013 to 2014, for AMEC-Nan Joint Venture, LLC, NAVFAC Pacific
Rapid-response assessment of subsurface hydrocarbon impacts in soil on an athletic field
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Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP), Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), and Site Specific
Health and Safety Plan (SSHSP)
Multi-incremental soil sampling (MIS), Well-installation monitoring, and groundwater sampling
Removal Action Report (RAR); EHE to assess exposure pathways
Environmental Hazard Management Plan (EHMP) to manage impacted soils left in place
HDOH HEER Office Fast Track Cleanup (FTC) Program; Conditional No Further Action (NFA) with
Institutional Controls (ICs) granted by HDOH to resume halted construction.
PROJECT MANAGER – Bioventing System Site ST01/UST Closure Building 6030, Kipapa Fuel
Storage Annex and Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), HI (Oahu), 2013 to 2014, for CAPE EMI,
NAVFAC Pacific
Vapor monitoring (Kipapa)
Optimization of bioventing system for long-term monitoring, and implementation of LUCs
(Kipapa)
Documentation of impacts after removal of 2 USTs containing gasoline and diesel fuel (MCBH)
Monitoring well installation
Groundwater and soil sampling
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, NAVFAC Pacific.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR & FIELD MANAGER – Remedial Investigation and Remedial
Alternative Analysis, Waikiki, Honolulu, HI (Oahu), 2012 to 2014, for TMG, LLC
SAP, QAPP, SSHSP, and mobile on-site lab for soil analysis
RI to define the nature and extent of historical RECs at Miramar Hotel & International
Marketplace
Geophysical UST and passive soil vapor surveys
Soil borings and monitoring wells
RAA based on RI & EHE
Conducted inside active high-rise hotel with requirement to limit disturbance to customers; Engaged
HDOH HEER on behalf of client as first site under HDOH HEER Office “Fast Track” Program to
accommodate expedited construction schedule.
PROJECT MANAGER – Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) RI at MRAs 39, 40, and 43,
Bellows Air Force Station, Waimanalo, HI (Oahu), 2010 to 2011 for USACE Omaha District
MEC RI at 3 munitions response areas (MRAs)
USACE UFP QAPP, SAP
Explosive Safety submission (ESS)
Excavation of geophysical anomalies identified as possible MEC
Former skeet range
Field XRF correlated to laboratory data
Human Health and ecological risk
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, USACE, USAF Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR & PROJECT MANAGER – Preliminary Assessment, Satala Power
Plant, Pago Pago, American Samoa, 2010, for United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE),
Honolulu District
Preliminary Assessment (PA) to determine site eligibility for USACE’s Formerly Utilized Defense
Sites (FUDs) program, including extensive archrival searches
Site inventory and surface soil sampling
Coordinated with American Samoa EPA (ASEPA)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR & PROJECT MANAGER – Geophysical Survey, Haleiwa Landing,
Haleiwa, HI (Oahu), 2009 to 2010, for USACE, Honolulu District
164-acre geophysical survey to locate suspected 50,000 gallon UST used during WW II
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Regulatory lead HDOH SWB, FUDs
PROJECT MANAGER – Phytoextraction Pilot Test/Site Assessment, Pearl City Fuel Annex
Pearl City, HI (Oahu), 2006 to 2009, for ECC SBRAC/NAVFAC Pacific
RI and treatability studies
WP, SAP, QAPP,SSHP, QAPP
Assess feasibility of using plants to extract lead, antimony, and arsenic; and particle separation
technologies;
Test cells prepared using ferns, sunflowers and native grass species to extract lead and arsenic
Bench scale soil washing tests
Surface soil MIS sampling program
RI report and human health & ecological risk assessments
EE/CA
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, U.S. EPA Region 9
PROJECT MANAGER – Wetlands Mitigation and Bank Search, Camp Humphreys, South Korea,
2008 to 2009, for USACE Far East District
Wetlands relocated from the runway areas due to bird and wildlife avoidance problems
Wetlands delineation and base-wide bank search
Wetlands design and enhancement
Regulatory lead USACE Far East District.
PROJECT MANAGER – Keaukaha Military Reservation Environmental Assessment and
Historical Building Survey, Hilo, HI (Hawaii Island), 2007 for HIARNG
Environmental Assessment (EA) to address the environmental impacts associated with
transforming a 60-acre portion of the 506-acre Keaukaha Military Reservation (KMR)
Historical Building Survey for 18 structures
PROJECT MANAGER – Fort Ruger Soil Remediation, Diamond Head Crater, Hawaii Army
National Guard, Honolulu, HI (Oahu), 2006 to 2007, for HIARNG
Small arms pistol and rifle ranges soil remediation project located in Diamond Head Crater
Remedial WP, SAP, QAPP;
Excavation of 20,500 tons of impacted soil
Removal and recycling of 16 tons of particulate lead
Soil washing used to facilitate gravity separation of lead
Plant installed processed 500 cubic yards of impacted soil per day
Remedial Verification Report (RVR)
Received NFA; Received Army’s highest award for Environmental Stewardship in 2007; Met residential
cleanup goal of 400 mg/kg; Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, Hawaii DLNR
PROGRAM MANAGER & PROJECT MANAGER – Phase II Environmental Baseline Survey,
Former Organization Maintenance Shop #3, Paukukalo, HI (Maui), 2006, for HIARNG
Phase II Environmental Baseline Survey (EBS)
Surface and subsurface soil sampling for solvents and fuel hydrocarbon impacts
Completed ahead of schedule at request of HIARNG.
PROGRAM MANAGER – Environmental Baseline Survey, Honoka’a Armory, Honoka’a HI
(Hawaii Island), 2006, for HIARNG
Environmental Baseline Survey (EBS) at 1.7 acre facility near Honoka’a, Hawaii. Site included Motor
Vehicle Storage Building (MVSB) and Armory, and was done in accordance with National Guard Bureau
(NGB) standards for EBSs.
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PROJECT MANAGER & FIELD MANAGER – Firing Range Site Characterization Study, Fort
Ruger, Honolulu, HI (Oahu), 2004, for NGB
Rifle and pistol range characterization study over 7 acres of lead-impacted soil
WP, SAP, QAPP, SSHSP
Fractional analysis of soils
Treatability studies for soil washing
EE/CA for 5 remedial options (soil washing selected)
PROJECT MANAGER – Kanaio Unexploded Ordnance Survey and Munitions Debris Disposal,
Ulupalakua, HI (Maui), 2004, for HIARNG
Survey and disposal of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and munitions debris (MD) on 1,500 acres
within former firing range
Biological and cultural reconnaissance
Blow-in-place (BIP) techniques
Scrap MD removal using helicopter from remote areas.
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, NGB.
PROJECT MANAGER & FIELD MANAGER – Orote Peninsula Marine OU, Naval Station Guam,
COMNAVMARIANAS, 2003, for NAVFAC Pacific
Study of impact to marine fish from landfill releases
WP, SAP, QAPP, SSHSP, Dive Plan
Marine fish tissue, Seawater/spring, and Sediment sampling;
PCBs, PAHs, metals, dioxins analysis
Complex human health and ecological risk assessment
Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meetings
Characterization Study Report
Work group of multiple regulatory agencies including Guam EPA, National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Association, US EPA Region 9, US Fish & Wildlife, NAVFAC Pacific Installation Restoration Program
(IRP).
PROJECT MANAGER & PROGRAM MANAGER – Post Construction Award Services, Orote
Landfill Site, U.S. Navy CLEAN, COMNAVMARIANAS Guam, 2001 to 2003, for NAVFAC Pacific
Oversight of a $16 M seawall and landfill cap
Fish tissue sampling
Inspection and reports to ensure construction of a seawall and landfill cap met design
specifications
Worked with Remedial Action Contractor (RAC) to resolve construction issues; Regulatory lead Guam
EPA. U.S. EPA Region 9.
PROJECT MANAGER – Multiple RIs, U.S. Navy CLEAN, NAVACTS Guam, 1992 to 2002, for
NAVFAC Pacific
WP, SAP, QAPP, SSHSP for 5 sites (dry cleaning shop, vehicle maintenance shop, firefighting
training area, and military landfill)
Surface and subsurface soil sampling
Monitoring well installation (46 wells)
Groundwater, soil vapor, and tissue sampling
Aquifer testing and dye trace study
Analysis of a wide spectrum of organic chemicals, metals, PCBs, and hydrocarbons
Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessments at all sites
RAB meetings
5 separate RI reports
Regulatory lead Guam EPA, NAVFAC Pacific IRP.
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PROJECT MANAGER –Old WESTPAC Site Removal Action U.S. Navy CLEAN, NAVACTS Guam
forNAVFAC Pacific
Removal Action at Former Vehicle Maintenance Shop
Metals, hydrocarbons, and pesticide imapcts
WP, SAP, QAPP, SSHSP
EE/CA and Remedial Design
Ecologically risk-based cleanup goals
Adjacent Wetlands
Regulatory lead Guam EPA, NAVFAC Pacific IRP
PROJECT MANAGER – Aiea Laundry Facility RI/FS, U.S. Navy CLEAN, Aiea, HI (Oahu), 2002,
for NAVFAC Pacific
RI/FS at Former Dry Cleaning Shop
WP, SAP, QAPP, SSHSP
Surface and subsurface soil sampling;
Monitoring well installation and groundwater sampling, and slug tests
Soil vapor and seep samples
Analysis of full suite of chlorinated solvents
Human health and ecological risk assessments
RAB meetings
RI Reports & FS (selection of monitored natural attenuation)
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, U.S EPA, NAVFAC Pacific IRP.
PROJECT MANAGER – Aiea Laundry Facility Feasibility Study/Removal Action, Navy CLEAN,
Aiea, HI (Oahu), 2002, for NAVFAC Pacific
Removal Actions (RAs) at the Aiea Laundry Facility
SVE system installed to remove chlorinated solvents and fuel hydrocarbons
Operation, maintenance, and monitoring of the SVE system
Periodic pumping of product floating on ground-water surface;
Installation of well socks in monitoring wells situated along the free-product plume perimeter
FS prepared to evaluate and select final remedy
Monitored natural attenuation of the chlorinated solvent compounds in conjunction with the SVE
system as the final remedy. Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, U.S. EPA Region 9, NAVFAC
Pacific.
PROJECT MANAGER – Brownfield Incinerator Ash Site Characterization Study, Honolulu, HI
(Oahu), 2001, for HDOH
Former incinerator Site Characterization Study
WP, SAP, QAPP, SSHSP
Surface and subsurface soil sampling
Monitoring well installation and groundwater sampling
Analysis of metals, PCBs, and hydrocarbons
Human and ecological risk assessment and Site Characterization Report
Regulatory lead HDOH HEER Office, U.S. EPA Region 9.
PROJECT MANAGER – Orote Landfill RSE, EE/CA, and Design, U.S. Navy CLEAN, NAVACTS
Guam, 2001, for NAVFAC Pacific
Remedial site evaluation (RSE) and design of a seawall and landfill cap
9-acre landfill occupies a natural limestone sinkhole that borders the Philippine Sea
Unstable landfill exposure to the ocean required a seawall
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Submittals included RSE Report, EE/CA
30% and 100% design Packages for seawall and Landfill cap
Project highly praised by the Navy. Bench scale modeling of large wave simulations conducted at
Danish Hydraulic Institute. Regulatory lead Guam EPA, U.S. EPA Region 9, NAVFAC Pacific.
FIELD MANAGER – Bulky Waste Landfill Dye Trace Study, U.S. Navy CLEAN, Midway Island,
1996, for NAVFAC Pacific
Dye trace study planning documents
Onsite analysis of Rhodamine dye
Evaluation of breakthrough curves
Verification of groundwater flow pathways
Dye trace in response to U.S. EPA Region 9, NAVFAC Pacific
FIELD MANAGER – Site Investigation, The Guam Southern High School, Santa Rita, Guam,
1995, for Guam EPA
Field investigation after contamination was discovered at public high school construction project
Surface and subsurface soil sampling
Human health risk assessment
Saved the Government of Guam substantial cost as construction was allowed to resume; highly praised
by the Governor of Guam.
PROJECT MANAGER – RI/FS Jackson Park Naval Housing Complex Remedial Investigation,
U.S. Navy CLEAN, Bremerton, Washington, 1991, for NAVFAC Northwest
Navy housing complex and former site of an ordnance demilling facility
Surface and subsurface soil sampling
Monitoring well installation and groundwater sampling, and aquifer testing
Soil vapor sampling
Crab tissue sampling
Analysis of a full suite of TPH, chlorinated solvents, metals, and explosive compounds
Human health and ecological risk assessments
RAB meetings
RI Report; FS
Regulatory lead U.S. EPA, State of Washington.
PROJECT MANAGER – Oversight RI, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Montrose Chemical
Superfund Sites, 1989, for U.S. EPA Region 9
Technical enforcement contract oversight of RIs, with DDT and chlorinated solvents impacts
Field inspections
Review of submittals (RI, FS, Technical reports)
Regulatory representative at stakeholder meetings
Review of treatability studies, and pump & treat groundwater pilot test