Richard W. Hingst is an environmental compliance specialist with over 17 years of experience managing environmental programs and assisting facilities with regulatory compliance. He has a BS in Architecture and an MS in Environmental, Health, and Safety Management. He is a certified hazardous materials manager and LEED accredited professional. He has extensive experience in areas such as waste minimization, storage tank compliance, environmental auditing, and emergency response planning. He is offering his services for consulting, project assistance, or direct employment.

1. Richard W. Hingst Environmental Compliance Specialist CHMM, LEED AP Experience and Capabilities Available for consulting, project assistance, contract employment or direct hire.

5. Competent representative for public, federal, state, and local government agencies, and industry group meetings. The Macomb County Local Emergency Planning Committee State Program summary - info at CEAP Website: http://www.deq.state.mi.us/ceap/whatisceap.html News article on public meeting

6. Experienced in writing for a variety of environmental communication programs.

7. Environmental Compliance for Facilities – Lunch hour Lecture Facility Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan Review Office Safety and Emergency Procedures A Brief Course on Secondary Containment of Regulated Materials (2001 ACHMM Conference) Capable of developing and presenting EH&S lectures for various audiences

8. Experienced in working with national, state/provincial, and local environmental compliance regulations

9. Experienced in regulatory review, comprehension, and communication of environmental compliance requirements and audit protocols. Regulation Summary of Required Actions Audit Protocol

12. Experienced in remediation staff management to assure timely and responsible investigations and corrective actions for contamination issues.

13. Experienced in storage tank regulatory compliance program management and issues. Helped develop Storage Tank Manual Program as a best practice for assuring regulatory compliance.

14. Experienced in assisting facilities with wastewater permitting and discharge issues.

15. Experienced in secondary containment designs and guidance documents to minimize environmental releases. Improved tanker truck unloading area designs. The pavement slopes down to a trench in the back. Developed simple flowchart for determining containment requirements

16. Environmental Liability Summary Experienced in developing environmental liability summary (FIN47 requirements) and annual updates in cooperation with company finance department. (Sample of information) Facility/Class FACILITY Building Area (SF) Asbestos CFCs & Mercury USTs & Hyd. Units Total Assembly Plant 1 Assembly 3,200,000 $ 3,224,000 $ 61,055 $ 140,500 $ 3,425,555 Assembly Plant 2 Assembly 1,500,000 $ 855,000 $ 32,050 $ 154,230 $ 1,041,280 Assembly Plant 3 Assembly 2,600,000 $ - $ 50,818 $ - $ 50,818 Assembly Plant 4 Assembly 3,400,000 $ 3,338,000 $ 64,467 $ 92,250 $ 3,494,717 Assembly Plant 5 Assembly (Mexico) 2,575,126 $ - $ 51,654 $ 47,914 $ 99,568

17. Experienced in waste generation and minimization study. Familiar with LEED “Green Building” requirements.

19. Understanding environmental regulations and meeting their compliance requirements is not an easy task. Misinterpretation and failure to meet deadlines can bring about notices of violation, a halt to all onsite activities, fines, and even criminal prosecution of those who created the violation as well as those in charge of the site. Put me to work to guide you through this difficult task in a timely and cost effective manner. Richard Hingst is available for direct hire, or as a consultant or contract employee through his own company of Hingst Environmental Compliance Services, LLC, Lapeer, MI. Contact Richard Hingst at: [email_address]