Ms. Eklund began her career in the late 1970'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.
Career Summary
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 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 for closure of an abandoned oil well, the drilling and installation of a new injection well and maintenance of existing injection wells.
She has been involved
in teaching Industrial Hygiene and Health and Safety at Delgado Junior
College (New Orleans), Tulane
University (New Orleans), North
Harris College (Houston) and has lectured on various health and safety
topics, as requested.
Ms. Eklund serves as a Principal Instructor
of The Institute
of Environmental Technology (IET) and as Principal Industrial Hygienist
for ELA.
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