Rebecca A. Eklund, M. S., C.I.H.



SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Ms. Eklund began her career in the late1970's with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in New Orleans as an Inspector Industrial Hygienist. During the 1980's, she held responsible health and safety positions with chemical operations, a major mining company, an asbestos abatement consulting firm, a hazardous waste remediation company and a hazardous waste consulting company. She has been a Primary Lecturer of the Institute of Environmental Technology (IET) since 1992, and is the Principal Industrial Hygienist for Environmental Litigation Associates (ELA). Ms. Eklund is a consultant working out of her office in Austin, Texas.

She has served on major trade association Health and Safety Committees and represented her company on epidemiological study committees. She has participated actively in the medical surveillance activities of hazardous waste remediation companies and the required HAZWOPER training.

During the late 1980's and 1990's, Ms. Eklund served as Regional Health and Safety Manager of Chemical Waste Management (ENRAC Division) in Houston, Texas and as Regional Gulf Regional Health and Safety Manager with Du Pont Environmental Remediation Services, Inc. In 1995, she joined Compliance Solutions, Inc. to consult on a broad range of health and safety assessments, risk assessments, and process hazard reviews. She has recently entered private practice and continues to consult for the petrochemical industry in the Gulf Coast area.

During this period, Ms. Eklund was responsible for the health and safety plans for several superfund sites and voluntary cleanup activities of major proportion. These remediation activities included PCB contaminated soil removal, pesticide contaminated soil removal, solidification, cap and cover on site, pump and treat systems for containment of plumes, and similar operations. She also provided the health and safety plans for closure of an abandoned oil well, the drilling and installation of a new injection well, and maintenance of existing injection wells. Ms. Eklund was part of the central health and safety team at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site in Golden, Colorado, during 2000-2001. She obtained a DOE Security Clearance and was primarily engaged in addressing hazardous waste remediation and beryllium concerns.

She has been involved in teaching Industrial Hygiene and Health and Safety at Delgado Junior College (New Orleans), and Tulane University (New Orleans).


Last Update: July 1, 2003