Paul S. Wrighton is a registered environmental health specialist with over 20 years of experience in permitting, regulating, monitoring, and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations. He currently works as a senior environmental health specialist and program lead for solid waste enforcement with Merced County Public Health, where he oversees permitting and inspections of landfills, composting facilities, and waste processing operations. He has extensive knowledge of California and federal environmental quality laws as well as emergency response procedures.

1. Paul S. Wrighton
Registered Environmental Health Specialist
REHS#6948
4744 White Willow Road, Salida, CA 95368 • (209) 777­9545
paulwrighton5@gmail.com
Objective
Utilize my regulatory experience, education and extensive knowledge of facility
permitting requirements and environmental regulations to provide valuable insight to
projects and operations for a program that is relevant.
Profile
Motivated, personable, regulatory environmental compliance professional, with a strong
work ethic. Expeditiously analyze situations, research, interpret laws and regulations and
take appropriate action. Strong verbal and written skills used to achieve positive
outcomes. Demonstrated seventeen-year history of developing and producing accurate,
timely, permitting and regulatory documents while meeting stringent Federal and
California specific standards for environmental compliance while working independently
to analyze a breadth of situations and provide detailed reporting to appropriate managers
and organizations.
Skills Summary
Extensive experience permitting, regulating, monitoring, documenting and reporting for
environmental projects to meet strict Federal, State and local requirements.
 Thorough knowledge of the practices of environmental health, hydrology,
geology, engineering and how those interact together while communicating
technically detailed information effectively.
 Methods and techniques used in investigation, inspections, and resolving
environmental issues.
 Regulatory interpretation for applicability to project permitting and compliance.
 Thorough working knowledge of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
procedures and project implications.
 Heavy focus on solid waste and composting regulations for project compliance to
Air and Water Board.
 CEQA, State and Federal requirements. Bio-solid (sludge waste) land application
site approvals and project reviews for compliance to waste discharge requirements
(WDRs), local land use (planning) requirements, and County Ordinances more
restrictive than 40 CFR part 503.

2.  Tactfully establish and maintain professional and diplomatic working
relationships with customers, peers and all levels of management.On-call
 Hazardous Materials Response Team member for County Environmental
Health/Cal-Fire functioning as Technical Reference for County-wide
environmental emergency situations.
Employment History
1999 – Present MERCED COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, DIVISION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH - MercedCA
1999-Present Senior Environmental Health Specialist, Program Lead for Solid Waste
Local Enforcement Agency (LEA)
-Permitting and inspection of landfills, composting, closed and archived landfill, green
waste, and chip and grind operations. Permitting and inspection of Bio-digesters, Waste
to Energy Generators and responsible for all solid waste complaint handling county-wide.
On-call HazMat First Responder. Serve as primary emergency first responder
representing Merced County Public Health/Environmental Health and as 24/7 Technical
Reference for emergency response regarding hazardous and solid waste emergency
response throughout Merced County for the last 10+ years. Program Lead for
Biosolids/Sludge Land application Program -40 CFR part 501 Domestic and commercial
well permitting and inspection for compliance to stringent County and State standards,
commercial process wastewater use/reuse and land application. Solid waste recycling.
Previously program Lead Inspector/Assessor for CLPPP and currently MCDEH
Radiation Safety Officer since 2005.
1997-1999 NAPA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
– Napa CA
Registered Environmental Health Specialist II
-Septic system design, permitting and inspection. Winery wastewater disposal system
design and siting, food facility plan check and routine inspections to assure California’s
rigorous standards are maintained.
Education/Certifications
 B.S. Environmental Health, San Diego State University May 1999.
 Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS #1469), CA Dept. of Health
Services.
 HAZWOPER/HAZCAT certified and medically monitored records available to
2006.
 First Responder Incident Command, Awareness and Operations IC/FRA/FRO.
Numerous FEMA/Calrecycle/CDFA/OES/US DOE/OSHA/DTSC UC Extension
Certifications.

3. References
Steven Lowe
Supervising Environmental Health Specialist
(209) 756-4077
Michael Buendia
Plumbing Company Owner
(209) 658-9920
Clinton Moore
Vice President- Investments at UBS Financial Services Inc.
(209) 723-3911