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STEVE ALLBEE
Condensed Curriculum Vitæ

Mr. Steve Allbee has been with the United States Environmental Protection Agency for 30 years, during which time he has held several senior positions in the Office of Water. Currently, as Project Director of the Gap Analysis, he is the principal author of The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis. The "Gap Analysis" is a comprehensive national level assessment, published by USEPA in September 2002, and is often cited as a primary source document in articulating the challenges ahead for America's water and wastewater systems. Of late, the central point of his work is on promoting advanced asset management approaches as a pathway toward sustainable water and wastewater services for the 21st Century. During his tenure at USEPA, Allbee has served as the Director of the Planning and Analysis Division, the Acting Director of the Municipal Construction Division, Chief of the Municipal Assistance Branch, Expert Advisor to the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank and he has also undertaken several headquarters' staff assignments. Prior to joining USEPA, Allbee managed planning for a large regional wastewater system with a service population of approximately 2 million people. Allbee had national leadership responsibility for establishing the innovative State Revolving Fund (SRF) Program as a means to provide Federal financial assistance to wastewater infrastructure projects. He has also had the distinction of developing important special infrastructure assistance programs targeted to underserved and economically disadvantaged communities; including Mexico border communities, Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages.

EDUCATION: MPA, Public Administration - Harvard University
MA, Urban and Regional Planning - Mankato State University
BA, Political Science - Winona State University

Gajindar Singh is a Chemical Engineer with a varied experience in plant operation, developing and implementing laws and regulations related to the Clean Water Act (CWA). Mr. Singh has been with EPA for ten years working as an Environmental Engineer. He has experience in managing the CWA Title II construction grants, Interagency Agreements, grants for onsite wastewater systems, wastewater and water earmarked infrastructure projects, and other wastewater related programs. At present, he is the national program manger for the wastewater operator training program. Mr. Singh has received several awards for his excellent performance at EPA. Gajindar has ten years experience in dealing with water quality related issues while he was with District of Columbia's Water Quality Division. He has the knowledge and experience to work on water quality standards, combined sewer overflows, impaired water lists, total maximum daily loads, water quality modeling, and wastewater discharge permits. Mr. Singh has several years experience in operation of large chemical fertilizer plants, water, and wastewater treatment plants. He worked as a Plant Manager supervising several engineers and operators to run the plant efficiently meeting the discharge permit requirements. Gajindar Singh has B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a Professional Engineer's license from Washington, D.C.

Phil is with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in Albany, NY. He is the Section Chief for the Facility Operations Assistance Section and manages the wastewater operator training, technical assistance, and certification programs for New York State. He has worked for 32 years with the Department delivering various wastewater seminars and troubleshooting plants. Phil has delivered numerous presentations on capital improvement planning and asset management. He was the Project Manager for the 'Wastewater Infrastructure Asset Management Plan for the Village of Old Forge'. That effort focused on an asset management plan development case history for small communities that also included a public education component.
Phil has a M.S. in Sanitary Engineering from Syracuse University and is a Registered P.E. in New York State.

Richard L. Smith (Rick) has been a mechanic for over 50 years, having his first successful repair at age 6. He has been redesigning equipment to make it work correctly ever since.
He is a generic industrial electrician. This means he can usually troubleshoot and keep things running until the real electricians can arrive.
Rick has been in wastewater (figuratively and literally) 22 ½ years and currently holds an Ohio Class 3 Wastewater certificate.
He is employed by the Ohio EPA, Division of Surface Water, Compliance Assistance Unit. The unit's function is to assist operators in doing a better job. This may be accomplished by training, getting dirty, or both.
Outside interests include restoration of antique machinery, blacksmithing, the Boy Scouts, and spoiling grandchildren. Retirement is not even under consideration. He is having too much fun.

Contact information:
Richard.Smith@epa.state.oh.us
office # 614-728-2533
cell # 740-503-2096

Russell J. Martin Russ Martin has worked at EPA for 37.5 years in a career progression as he would say.
1. Spent several years in a field office dunking buckets in various effluents and piloting several streams to figure out what's happening.
2. Spent the next several years in various areas of the Construction Grants Program giving big bucks to help municipalities build wastewater treatment capabilities.
3. Spent 15 years trying to get those municipal facilities to work right with troubleshooting adventures.
4. Spent the last 9 years trying to get these facilities to sustain their proper operation, dabbling in management, security, wet weather operation & training others.
To get here, Russ has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois. To help build with the help of others, Russ is a member of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), and a member of the Central States and Illinois Water Environment Associations.
His technical assistance at wastewater treatment plants has led to six of which won operation and maintenance excellence Regional and National awards, in every State in Region 5. He is the Region 5 wastewater treatment operation and maintenance expert.
Interests include fishing (wife has the biggest fish), clean water and the wife. (Not necessarily in that order.) He has two sons who both make him very proud.

Contact information: E-mail: martin.russell@epa.gov Phone: 312-886-0268

Steven Leach Technical service Novozymes Biologicals Wallingford, PA Over 22 years experience in wastewater biology. Steve is a member of the Technical service team for Novozymes Biologicals located in Salem, Virginia. He has been involved with fermentation, laboratory testing, field testing, and onsite microscopic observation during upsets, chlorination, and recovery, Filament Identification, Microscopic training, supervised installation and start-up of over 20 CTX (submerged fixed-film reactors) units throughout the country. Steve was also instrumental in the design and building of a continuously run nitrifying fermenter, that is currently used by Novozymes Biologicals. Over 3,000 microscopic exams have been performed on samples from both municipal and industrial treatment systems. In recent years Steve has become a lead instructor at the WEFTEC pre-conference microbiology workshops and is widely recognized for his expertise in identifying protists. Microscopic analysis, Filament identification, system evaluation of various types of treatment (Activated sludge, ASB's, SBR's, etc…) and wastestreams (Pulp&Paper, Petrochemical, and Food processing, Chemical, and Municipal etc…) Onsite visits to Industrial wastewater treatment plants throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Member of TAPPI, WEF, AWWA, and Society of Protistologists

Tinka G. Hyde is the Director for the U.S. EPA Region 5's Water Division. Her responsibilities include managing the implementation of the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and all related water programs.

Prior to assuming her current position, Ms. Hyde was the Director of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance - Region 5's enforcement coordination office. She also managed the Region's Environmental Justice Program, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Program and innovation activities. Ms. Hyde also worked in the Region 5 Office of Superfund, where she served as the Enforcement Process Manager, a Remedial Section Chief and a Remedial Project Manager. Previously, Ms. Hyde served as a permit writer in the Underground Injection Control Program.

Thomas W. Groves New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) Director of Wastewater and Onsite Programs.

Tom Groves oversees the wastewater management, environmental training, onsite/decentralized wastewater systems, and other wastewater related programs at NEIWPCC (collection systems, residuals, operator certification, CMOM, etc.). His duties involve grant, budget, and workplan development; wastewater related research projects and guidance documents; contract administration; regional/national representation of issues; and development/coordination of regional and national seminars such as the Northeast Onsite Wastewater Short Course. He has been a representative on various advisory boards and committees for wastewater related research projects and demonstrations, such as WERF and NDWRCDP. Tom is a member of the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA) and was elected to their Board of Directors in 2005. He currently serves as president of NOWRA and is also a founding member and Director of the New England affiliate of NOWRA, the Yankee Onsite Wastewater Association (YOWA). Tom is a member of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and regional affiliate, New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA). He is a member of the WEF Small Community Committee and also the chair of the NEWEA Small Community Committee.

Toni Glymph is a Wastewater Microbiologist and certified wastewater treatment plant operator with more than 16 years of actual hands on wastewater treatment system experience and has spent more than 30 years in the field of wastewater microbiology including conducting microscopic evaluations and troubleshooting wastewater treatment system upsets. She currently works as a Microbiologist Supervisor in the Monitoring and Research Division of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

She is the recipient of the 2001 State of Wisconsin John C. Brogan Award for Outstanding Environmental Achievement for her work in assisting operators to achieve and maintain compliance of treatment system requirements. She has also received national praise for her work with wastewater treatment plant operators in training sessions and through one-on-one technical assistance. She is widely regarded as a top expert in her field and an excellent teacher, and has the ability to forge connections with her audiences.

Also the recipient of the 2002 USEPA National "Spark Plug Award" for Operator Trainers, "a prize presented to the person or group that is at the forefront of the Operator Training Program and has made positive things happen to ensure the program's continuation."

In 2005 she completed her first in a series of handbooks for operators entitled, Wastewater Microbiology: A Handbook for Operators. The handbook can be used to effectively manage the microbiological process at the treatment plant. Color photos and illustrations are included within the book and on a supplemental CD-ROM for quick identification under the microscope.

In October 2006, Toni was awarded the prestigious George Bernauer Award. This is the highest honor awarded by the Wisconsin Wastewater Operators Association. She has been selected to receive the award because of her efforts in training and assisting Wisconsin wastewater treatment plant professionals with troubleshooting and optimizing wastewater treatment plant performance by including a systematic microbiological evaluation along with other routine process control measures. Her efforts have resulted in a measurable reduction in treatment system compliance problems.

Audrie Hicks-Washington began her environmental career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 20 years ago. She is currently the Energy Star Program Manager at the Chicago regional office, and responsible for overseeing and promoting the program within the Midwest region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ohio. ENERGY STAR, EPA's model voluntary partnership program, helps businesses and individuals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by changing to energy efficiency products and practices. For the past 11 years, she has worked with organizations in the public and private sector to help them leverage ENEGY STAR resources and achieve energy, financial and environmental savings. Prior to ENERGY STAR, Audrie worked with State environmental agencies to ensure compliance with EPA Clean Air Act regulations. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Marketing from Chicago State University.