| Principal Hydrogeologist Principal Environmental Geologist Principal Mining Consultant For Up-dated, Non-Frames, Printable Version, click (here) | M. D. Campbell and Associates Principal-in-Charge Houston, Texas Telephone: (713) 807-0021 CellPhone: (832) 922-0227 Fax: (713) 807-0985 E-mail: mdc@ela-iet.com |
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1966, B.A.,
in Geology, The Ohio State University
w/ Courses and Research in Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Associated Environmental
Programs. German Secondary Field of Specialty, Columbus, OH. |
| Professional Memberships / Affiliations Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers Society of Economic Geologists Society of Mining Engineers (AIME) Geological Society of America Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy Association of Geoscientists for International Development Houston Geological Society Houston Engineering and Scientific Society Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG) International Association Hydrogeologists Society of Texas Environmental Professionals American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) American Institute of Hydrology (AIH) International Society of Environmental Forensics (ISEF) |
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Career Summary Mr. Campbell interrupted his graduate studies after the master's degree (Ph.D. work at Rice University in 1976) to join a major engineering and environmental consulting company as Director, Alternate Energy, Mining and Environmental Programs. During the period, he also served as an invited technical expert and lecturer for UNESCO-sponsored projects conducted in many parts of the world. Mr. Campbell managed a mining project as operating financial officer (handling revenues/expenses of more than $8 million/year) and as technical officer for exploration, mining, processing/refining and environmental activities. Over the past 15 years, Mr. Campbell has provided senior technical guidance, review, training, litigation support and consultation on numerous hydrogeological and hazardous waste projects involved in both RCRA and CERCLA programs for major law firms and consulting engineering and environmental companies as well as industry. Professional Experience He designs, lectures, and produces formal technical short courses and semester-long courses on environmental science, engineering and technology, served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Ground-Water Protection sponsored by the Ground-Water Protection Council and continues to serve as Special Editor for the journal, Ground Water. During the summer
of 1992, Mr. Campbell developed, managed and served as Principal Instructor
for a 220-Hr Evening Semester Course: Introduction to Environmental Technology
held on the campus of North Harris Community College for the purpose of
cross-training petroleum geologists, engineers, chemists and others as
a prelude to entering or advancing in the environmental field. Mr. Campbell
lectured on RCRA and CERCLA and on hydrogeology and project management
and selected and managed all guest lecturers from industry, government
and local universities. The course was later hosted by the Houston Engineering
and Scientific Society (HESS) and recently by The
Institute of Environmental Technology. Almost 400 men and women have
been graduated from the program to date. 1991-1993 1991 1988-1990 1983-1988 1976-1983 1971-1976 1969-1971 1966-1969 In 1966, Mr. Campbell joined Continental Oil Company (CONOCO), Minerals & Mining Group in Sydney, Australia, and worked on mineral exploration, mining and associated ground water supply projects. He was a Visiting Lecturer, University of Queensland, lecturing on the principles of hydrogeology. After returning to the U.S. in the early 1970's, Mr. Campbell organized the National Water Well Association's Research Facility, becoming its first Director of Research in Ohio and then at Rice University, Houston. Over the period of 1971 to 1976, Mr. Campbell provided technical seminars on hydrogeology for numerous universities and for the U.S. E.P.A. He also served as Technical Consultant to the Water Well Journal and as Abstract Editor for the journal, Ground Water. During the period, Mr. Campbell managed numerous Association and EPA projects and programs dealing with hydrogeology and shallow drilling, shallow well design, construction, operation and maintenance, injection well, technical education and industrial contamination assessment, providing the early guidance to EPA personnel on ground-water sampling, monitoring well construction protocols and hazardous-waste spill response strategy for subsequent RCRA and CERCLA activities. In 1975, he received The Ohioana Book Award in Science for the text: Water Well Technology (McGraw-Hill). Mr. Campbell was appointed as United Nations Technical Expert to review overseas ground-water programs for the period: 1976 to 1981. While at Rice University, he also conducted graduate fellowship research on a variety of subjects and taught courses in hydrogeology and economic geology, Mr. Campbell provided substantial input for the EPA-sponsored National Ground Water Information Center Data Base presently operated by the NWWA. He served on the Editorial Board of the journal, Ground Water from 1966 to 1981. During the period, he conducted numerous consulting geotechnical investigations and served as an invited technical expert and lecturer for the United Nations and UNESCO-sponsored projects on world-wide ground-water exploration and development in igneous and metamorphic rocks in: Sweden, Italy (Sardinia), India, and Tanzania. Among the hydrogeological consulting projects conducted during the early 1980's, Mr. Campbell completed a series of investigations for a major geotechnical consulting firm on gasoline leaks in and around service stations in Texas. With Campbell, Foss and Associates, Inc., he initiated an evaluation of vadose flow of cyanide solutions of a heap-leach precious metals mining project. A long-term monitoring program was established for evaluating flow and hydrochemical behavior and for providing data for optimizing process control and for regulatory monitoring purposes. CF&B conducted numerous projects in the U.S. and overseas. During the period, Mr. Campbell also provided senior technical review and consultation for hydrogeological and hazardous waste projects associated with lignite mining (mine dewatering) and chemical plants performed by other geotechnical consulting groups in the south-central and northern United States. While with Law Engineering, Inc., he was promoted to the company's highest technical position in the discipline as Corporate Hydrogeological Consultant, the first such designation in the company's 42 year history. He provided direction and technical support to Law Engineering's 52 offices through the U.S. and overseas. Mr. Campbell served in a similar capacity with ENSR Consulting and Engineering and in industry with Du Pont Environmental. Presently, Mr. Campbell provides consultation on waste management, characterization, remediation, water supply projects, technical training, litigation support and expert witness testimony on hydrogeology, the National Contingency Plan and related subjects (see Mr. Campbell's Litigation Summary). Click to review -- HYDROGEOLOGICAL / ENVIRONMENTAL MAJOR REPORTS, PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Selected Projects RCRA Technical Support - Numerous Clients throughout U.S. Provides senior technical support on hydrogeologic and contaminant transport investigations for site characterization and remedial design and operation and maintenance relating to effectiveness. Litigation support. Leaking Underground Storage Tank Investigations - Numerous Clients throughout U.S. Provides senior review and consultation for technical staff on more than 200 investigations ranging from site characterization through remedial design to construction, operation and maintenance of remediation systems. Type of remediation approach varied from pump-and-treat to vapor extraction to in situ bioremediation systems, depending upon subsurface conditions. Litigation support. Environmental Assessments - Numerous Clients throughout U.S. Provided technical direction and consultation on more than 300 environmental assessments for real estate transactions, corporate mergers or buyouts and bank foreclosures, many of which involved evaluations of potential brine contamination of oil and gas production facilities and properties. Approximately 20% of the properties investigated required follow-up investigations involving drilling. Of those, approximately 5% required some type of remedial activities which ultimately led to the design, construction operation and maintenance of remediation systems. Litigation support. Alcoa Aluminum, Inc. - RCRA Part B Permit Application. Provided senior review and analysis of ground-water investigations of subsurface conditions around plant site. Hydrogeologic evaluations involving contaminant transport modeling and long-term monitoring. Merchants Trucking, Inc. - Cavalcade Superfund Site Investigations. Provided analysis of remediation project proposed by PRP on contamination by BTEX and Coal Tar substances. Investigation involved evaluation of selected technology and estimated capital and O&M costs. State of Georgia - Landfill Lawsuit. Provided expert witness testimony on litigation involving landfill location in central Georgia with emphasis on present hydrogeologic conditions. Compaq Computer, Inc. - Geotechnical & Dewatering Investigations. Provided senior review and consultation on ground-water investigations at new plant site in Houston. Norse Windfall Mines, Inc. - Management and Environmental Investigations. Provided senior review and consultation over a three-year period on water supply development and environmental monitoring of ground-water conditions in area of mill and precious metal processing plant for a mine in central Nevada. Managed start-up operations and cash flow, and instituted daily monitoring program of data collection and analysis of heap leach (pregnant liquor) process hydrochemical data. Conducted analyses of flow behavior in heap-leach operations. Represented company and negotiated with state and federal regulatory agencies. Generated company's personnel and corporate policy manual, including health and safety provisions. Municipal Landfill Investigations - Provided senior review and consultation on proposed landfill construction projects involving sitting investigations and hydrogeologic characterizations. Dolet Hills Mining Co., Mansfield, LA - Dewatering/Depressurizing Project. Provided senior consultation and direction on mine dewatering/Depressurizing program, involving aquifer testing and analysis, dewatering well system design and construction, flow-net construction and updating as overburden was removed and mining advanced. Installed dewatering/Depressurizing well system and monitored and adjusted system operations. General Electric - Ground-Water Assessment. Provided senior hydrogeological direction and support for PCE and BETX leaks in plants located in North and South Carolina. Designed assessment plans and designed and implemented remediation systems consisting of pump-and-treat, stripping tower, carbon canisters and recirculation circuit. Confidential Insurance Company - Ground-Water Assessments of Contaminants Resulting from Manufactured Gas Facilities. Provided direction and consultation to nationwide investigations on reliability and appropriateness of proposed/operating remediation systems and associated site characterizations of LNAPL and DNAPL contaminant plumes and product (and dissolved plume) migration in the subsurface. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) -Ground-Water Characterization, Exploration and Development in Igneous and Metamorphic Terrain's of the World, Special Project 33. Selected as member of a seven-member international team of specialists on ground-water exploration and development throughout the sphere of influence of UNESCO projects. Conducted extended lectures/seminars and investigations on ground-water development and ground water technology in Sweden, Italy, India, and Tanzania. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) - Senior Review and Analysis of U.N. Ground-Water Exploration and Development Program in Developing Countries, 1962 through 1977. Conducted multi-year evaluation of UN-sponsored ground-water programs throughout the world via project report analyses and U.N. personnel interviews. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) - Nation-wide Investigations on Rapid Response to Protect Ground-Water Resources From the Effects of Accidental Spills of Hydrocarbons and Other Hazardous Substances. Selected as member of 10-member team of specialists to evaluate and recommend activities to minimize ground-water contamination resulting from accidental spills of contaminants. U.S. Commission on Rural Water (USCRW) - Investigations on Engineering and Economics of Rural Water Systems. Served as Research Director to evaluate and recommend rural water well system design and associated O&M programs within context of low-income environment of the rural communities. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) - Nationwide Investigations on Water Well Construction Standards. Served as Principal Investigator of 15-member team of specialists on water well design and construction. Produced manual published by EPA on the subject. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, North Carolina - Geophysical and Geological Exploration for Development of High Capacity Ground-Water Supply. Conducted and supervised geophysical and geological investigations in igneous and metamorphic rocks of North Carolina for the purpose of providing a ground-water supply in excess of 500 gpm for industrial use. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) - Investigation on the Mobility of Well-Drilling Additives in the Ground-Water System. Conducted investigations of commercially-available drilling fluids and assessed flow behavior in the ground-water reservoir and potential environmental impact on the hydrochemistry of aquifer systems. U.S. Office of Water Resources Research (USOWRR) - Investigations on State-of-the-Science and Art of Water Well Technology. Conducted multi-year investigations of all aspects of shallow well technology, related environmental impact, and identified future research needs for EPA-sponsored investigations at the Kerr Ground-Water Research Center, Ada, Oklahoma and EPA Laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Ohio State University, Water Resources Division - Investigations on Ground-Water Contamination and Plume Development by Open Brine Disposal Pits, Morrow County, Ohio. Served as undergraduate research assistant to Dr. Jay H. Lehr and Dr. Wayne A. Pettyjohn on investigations including ground-water sampling, data analysis, and laboratory model construction and simulation of field conditions. Conducted contaminant transport and hydrochemical analysis of brine contaminant plume and associated modeling. Various Clients - Geothermal Energy Investigations - Conducted numerous investigations on the hydrogeologic, structural and geophysical conditions of a number of liquid-dominated and vapor-dominated geothermal reservoirs in Nevada, California, and Texas to determine potential economic value of selected properties. Recommended further exploration and development in Dixie Valley. A significant geothermal reservoir was subsequently discovered and proved to be suitable for commercial development. Power plant became operational in 1987 and is producing electricity for the Nevada-California power grid. International Paper - Lignite Exploration and Development Program, South Central U.S. Conducted /supervised shallow drilling, geophysical, and geologic logging, reserve calculations and quality assessments of IP properties throughout south-central U.S. Various Clients - Coal and Lignite Development Feasibility Investigations - Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Washington, Pennsylvania, Australia, and Columbia. Conducted exploration programs for numerous clients to evaluate and estimate reserve base available, preliminary mining feasibility and property value. Continental Oil Company (CONOCO) - Mining Development Projects in Australia and Southeast Asia. Conducted and managed field exploration programs, geologic mapping, drilling operations, and water-supply investigations (well drilling, aquifer testing, and pipeline transport engineering) for projects involving industrial energy, precious minerals and base metals (discovery credited) and associated mining projects. United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) - Geologic and Hydrogeologic Investigations, Western U.S. Conducted investigations in numerous states to screen geologic environments for favorable conditions for the occurrence of uranium and other strata-bound minerals. As a principal part of such investigations, numerous hydrochemical facies of favorable geologic intervals were evaluated to further screen prospective environments. Also, conducted water supply investigations (drilling, sampling, and aquifer testing) at UNC's northwest New Mexico and central Wyoming mining operations. Geologic and Hydrogeologic Investigations - Numerous Clients. Conducted and supervised preliminary mining feasibility studies, mineral property evaluations and environmental assessments for numerous clients in the U.S., including Alaska, and South America, Central America, Africa, India, and other countries. City of Houston - Well Field Investigations. Provided analysis of probable causes for unanticipated well/pump failures in city's system. Conducted metallurgical and hydrochemical analyses of failed pump components and well conditions prior to pump failures. Recommended improving operation and maintenance procedures and establishing new ground-water sampling and well performance protocol. Management
of Geothermal Exploration & Development Projects Mr. Campbell conducted a series of additional geologic, hydrogeologic and economic investigations for a number of geothermal companies in the western U.S. He continues to monitor industry activities. Click
to review -- GEOTHERMAL MAJOR REPORTS / PUBLICATIONS Management
of Coal-Lignite Exploration & Development Projects Click to review -- COAL-LIGNITE MAJOR REPORTS / PUBLICATIONS Management
of Mineral Exploration Programs Mr. Campbell subsequently conducted various exploration programs as a consultant in the U.S. for companies such as Texas Eastern Nuclear, General Crude Oil Company and others during the mid-1970's on targets ranging from uranium, rare earth minerals, sulfur, industrial minerals to base metals and precious metals. In 1983, Mr. Campbell and two associates formed a consulting firm and conducted many domestic and international geologic, mining, economic, and hydrogeologic investigations including mineral property valuations and exploration programs (discovery credited), mine operational and financial management projects, mineral reserve analyses, preliminary feasibility studies, environmental investigations of various types, and other geotechnical investigations. Click to review -- MINERALS MAJOR REPORTS, PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Mine
Management 1)
management of start-up mine operations, Click
to review -- MINE MANAGEMENT MAJOR REPORTS / PUBLICATIONS International
Projects Click to review -- INTERNATIONAL MAJOR REPORTS / PUBLICATIONS Other
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