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Section Four <br />Qualifications of Key Personnel <br />30 <br />Craig S. Coker <br />Coker Composting & Consulting <br />1 <br /> <br />Mr. Coker has over 35 years of technical experience in the environmental science and <br />engineering fields associated with recycling food scraps and other organics through <br />composting or anaerobic digestion. Mr. Coker has provided these consulting services to <br />private companies, local governments and solid waste authorities since 2005. Mr. Coker <br />has worked in municipal and state government developing organics recycling programs <br />and infrastructure. He has participated in numerous regulatory development activities <br />and is widely recognized as an authority in the recycling of organic materials. <br /> <br />His prior experience includes three years as an Environmental Engineer in County <br />Government managing biosolids composting projects, three years’ experience as the <br />Organics Recycling Coordinator for North Carolina developing new organics diversion <br />projects facilities, six years’ experience operating aerated static pile composting facilities <br />for private companies, and 25 years consulting engineering experience for municipal <br />governments in biosolids and solid waste management. <br /> <br />Mr. Coker has worked on ten composting facility projects in Virginia since 2005, <br />including air, solid waste and storm water permitting efforts. He has worked on ten <br />aerated static pile facility projects in his career, and five solid waste anaerobic digestion <br />projects since 2011. <br /> <br />COMPOSTING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT <br />EXPERIENCE <br /> <br />“State of Composting in the U.S.”. Institute for Local Self Reliance, Washington, DC <br />Co-author of a comprehensive look at the state of composting of organic wastes in the <br />U.S. in 2014, which included an explanation of what composting is and why it is <br />important; summarized model programs, technologies and systems; and provided a <br />national and state-by-state snapshot of activities, infrastructure needed, and policy <br />opportunities. It concluded with recommendations on how to grow composting in the <br />U.S. <br /> <br />Compost Regulations Working Group, Maryland Dept. of the Environment, Baltimore, <br />MD <br />Participated, from 2011 – 2013, in a 30-person multi-stakeholder group assembled by the <br />MD DOE to help them rewrite the regulations governing solid waste composting by <br />examining how other jurisdictions were regulating this industry and by adapting the <br />Model Compost Rule of the U.S. Composting Council to Maryland. <br /> <br />Compost Regulations Working Group, South Carolina Dept. of Health and <br />Environmental Control, Columbia, SC <br />Participated, from 2008 – 2014, in a multiple person stakeholder group assembled by the <br />SC DHEC to help them rewrite the regulations governing solid waste composting by <br />examining how other jurisdictions were regulating this industry and by adapting the <br />Model Compost Rule of the U.S. Composting Council to South Carolina. <br /> <br /> <br />EDUCATION <br />MS, Environmental <br />Engineering, George <br />Washington University, 1980 <br />BS, Environmental Science, <br />University of Virginia, 1975 <br /> <br />PROFESSIONAL <br />LICENSES & <br />CERTIFICATIONS <br />Class 2 Waste Management <br />Facility Operator, Virginia <br />Nutrient Management Planner, <br />Virginia <br /> <br />INDUSTRY TENURE <br />35+ Years <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 09434BEC-1F7E-41E5-A9D1-4CA5D7ECE339DocuSign Envelope ID: 730B0EA2-D934-4504-B42A-928DAE22F3FBDocuSign Envelope ID: C1C843D1-0612-4ACA-B0CC-D3438AF3B3FA