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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1COFA69C- 6757 -43BD- 8570- E9C8F4DE644E <br />Section Four <br />Qualifications of Key Personnel <br />24 years with the firm <br />40 years of experience <br />Education <br />Ph.D./1981 /Geology/ <br />University of California, <br />Los Angeles <br />M.S. /1979 /Geology/ <br />Virginia Tech <br />B.S. /1976 /Geology/ <br />Virginia Tech <br />Leonard N. "Rip" Ford, PhD, PG <br />Hydrogeologist <br />19 <br />For more than 20 years, Dr. Ford has been addressing environmental issues throughout <br />Virginia. Dr. Ford is responsible for managing and conducting a wide range of <br />environmental services (due diligence studies, geochemical and hydrogeochemicol <br />assessment, health risk analysis, remediotion of contamination soil and groundwater, <br />wetlands delineation and permitting) in the context of broad spectrum of State and <br />Federal Regulations. <br />Groundwater Monitoring: Program Management (includes supervision, QA /QC <br />review, statistical analysis of chemical data and /or report preparation.) <br />• Orange County sanitary landfill (Orange, VA) <br />• Caroline County, sanitary landfill <br />• Chesterfield County, multiple sites <br />• Dinwiddie County, sanitary landfill (Five Forks, VA) <br />• Fauquier County, sanitary landfill (Opal, VA) <br />• Goochland County sanitary landfill <br />• Harrisonburg, sanitary landfill <br />• Spotsylvania County, Chancellor sanitary landfill <br />• Spotsylvania County, Livingston sanitary landfill <br />Areas of Expertise <br />Solid Waste Annual Contract, Henrico County, VA: Oversight of environmental <br />Professional <br />services associated with solid waste management in Henrico County. Regularly <br />Registration <br />provided services include groundwater monitoring, landfill gas compliance <br />• Professional <br />monitoring, landfill gas extraction system monitoring, surface water monitoring, <br />Geologist /1991 NA <br />and groundwater corrective action. Ancillary services have included pre- <br />• Assistant Professor of <br />acquisition site assessments (due diligence), waste characterization, and a noise <br />GeologyNCU <br />study (methane power plant). <br />Areas of Expertise <br />Semi - annual Groundwater Monitoring and Reporting, Caroline County, VA: <br />• Physical stratigraphy, <br />Senior Environmental Program Manager for semi - annual groundwater monitoring <br />seismic stratigraphy, <br />and reporting for the Caroline County Landfill. <br />geophysical log <br />analysis, hydrogeology, <br />Cumberland County Solid Waste Management Annual Contract, Cumberland <br />geochemistry / <br />County, VA: Oversight of groundwater and gas monitoring services provided to <br />hydrogeochemistry <br />Cumberland County under an annual services contract. Tasks under this contract <br />• Soil and groundwater <br />have included groundwater monitoring for Madison, Hamilton, and Randolph <br />sampling protocols, <br />closed landfill facilities, landfill gas control, general consulting, permitting, post - <br />analytical chemistry, <br />closure planning, and additional related solid waste evaluations and reports. <br />fate and transport of <br />contaminants <br />