Professional Geologist
Todd Battey is a licensed Professional Geologist in California and many other western states, and has over 35 total years experience as a geologist. He is currently working for the State of California as an Engineering Geologist regulating contaminated site cleanup projects for the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region (R6), in Victorville, California. He primarily regulates Department of Defense (DOD) sites, including former George Air Force Base and Air Force Plant 42, and also regulates Site Cleanup Program (SCP) sites such as dry cleaners. He has closed many petroleum sites through the California Low-Threat Closure Policy. He has reviewed a wide variety of DOD and SCP documents, including CERCLA, RCRA, CEQA, and NEPA documents. He has also established waste discharge requirements for industrial discharges of waste water.
He worked as a private consultant for approximately 24 years. His consulting experience includes 19 years at AECOM working as a senior project manager, program director, and senior geologist specializing in characterization and remediation projects. His project experience includes 19 years of environmental restoration at Edwards AFB where he managed a total of over $100 million of projects that included site inspections, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, bench-scale tests, pilot studies, treatability studies, engineering evaluations/cost analyses, proposed plans, records of decision, groundwater reinjections, excavations, vapor intrusion studies, regional hydrogeologic investigations, and litigation support. His drilling experience includes mud rotary (to depths of approximately 750 feet below grade), air rotary casing hammer (to 600 feet below grade), rotosonic, hollow-stem auger, cone penetrometer testing, and limited access rigs. Mr. Battey’s project and program management experience includes working with cost plus fee, firm fixed price, time and materials, and performance-based remediation contracts. He has a proven record of strong relationships with clients and regulators. His experience also includes office management, construction management, and technical leadership of environmental projects.
His 22 professional publications document a strong technical expertise and a variety of innovations. He was the project manager the first full-scale implementation of a highly selective ion exchange resin for a groundwater treatment system. He was program manager for the first published in situ chemical oxidation remediation of contaminated groundwater in fractured bedrock and the first infiltration gallery delivery system for in situ chemical oxidation of a chlorinated solvent groundwater plume in fractured bedrock. Furthermore, Mr. Battey was the leader of the highly successful Subsurface Investigation Technical Practice Group at AECOM for seven years and the leader of the entire Environment Technical Practice Network for two years.
Education
MS, Geology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991
BA, Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1983
Employment History
10/29/2014 - present, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, Engineering Geologist
03/06/1995 - 03/03/2014, AECOM (including heritage companies Earth Tech and Rust Environment and Infrastructure), Senior Geologist, Project Manager, and Program Director [19 years, 0 months]
01/01/1992 – 03/06/1995, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Project Geologist and Technical Manager [3 years, 2 months]
06/01/1990 - 01/01/1992, Converse Environmental West, Staff Geologist [1 year, 7 months]
09/01/1988 - 05/01/1990, University of Southern California, Teaching Assistant [1 year, 8 months]
06/01/1983 - 09/01/1988, Chevron Oil Field Research Company [5 years, 3 month]
06/01/1982 - 09/01/1982, Bechtel Corporation, Summer Intern [~3 months]
01/01/1979 - 06/01/1983, US Geological Survey, Neotectonic Surveyor and Crew Supervisor [4 years, 5 months]
Professional Licenses
Professional Geologist, California, #5348, issued 01/01/1992
Professional Geologist, Arizona, #26681, issued 12/04/1992 and active through 2014
Professional Geologist, Oregon, #G1368, issued 10/23/1992
Professional Geologist, Alaska, #324, issued 04/23/1993
Professional Geologist, Utah, #8303453-2250, issued 05/01/2012 and active through 2014
Professional Geologist, Washington, #2948, issued 05/08/2012 and active through 2014
Certified Professional Geologist, (national certification issued by the Americal Society of Professional Geologists), #CPG-08716, issued 01/01/1993 and active through 2014
Professional Affiliations
Geological Society of America
National Ground Water Association
American Institute of Professional Geologists
Project Experience
AFCEC, AFCEE, US Army Corps of Engineers, and AIMTech, Restoration Projects at Operable Units 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10, Edwards AFB, California.
Responsible as program manager (2004-2013), project manager (1996-2004; 2012-2014), and senior geologist (1995-2014) for multiple projects managed out of offices in San Jose and Sacramento, California. These EAFB projects currently have a cumulative value of over $90 million (approximately $5 million/year), which has been contracted through various service centers, including AFCEC, AFCEE, US Corps of Engineers, and other consultants, working under various contract types, including cost plus fee, firm fixed price, and time and materials contracts. Managed remediation projects involving groundwater extraction, vapor extraction, dual extraction, air sparging, chemical oxidation (permanganate, Fenton's reagent, and persulfate), chemical reduction (nanoscale zero valent iron), soil flushing, excavations (including areas with ordnance), enhanced biodegradation, and natural attenuation. Experienced with ex-situ treatment technologies including granular activated carbon, biological treatment (anaerobic composting for soil and fluidized bed reactor for groundwater, both for perchlorate treatment) and ion exchange resins (including the first full-scale implementation of a highly selective resin for perchlorate treatment). Recent experience includes vapor intrusion studies for buildings located above volatile organic groundwater contamination and the installation of deep wells with conductor casings, both at the Site 25 mega-plume. Managed characterization projects for sites impacted by solvents, petroleum fuels, fuel additives (MTBE),
liquid rocket propellants (hydrazine), solid rocket propellants (perchlorate), and munitions constituents. Designed and managed regional studies that involved
seismic reflection surveys (both 2D and 3D), long-term groundwater monitoring, isotopic studies, and vadose zone infiltration studies. Applied investigative
techniques including drilling (hollow-stem auger, air rotary casing hammer, mud rotary, rotosonic, direct push rigs, and hand augering), sampling (soil, surface
water, groundwater, and vapor), sample analysis (on-site and off-site), geophysical techniques (surface and downhole), aquifer tests, packer tests, soil
gas surveys (active and passive), and infiltration studies. Supported Edwards AFB in a variety of meetings, including remedial project manager meetings,
Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meetings, and RAB training sessions. Office manager and site operations manager at Edwards AFB. Established and managed a field office at Edwards, initially operating out of a rented office space and later expanding to multiple trailers with up to eight full-time employees and additional visiting field workers and subcontractors. Site operations manager during the investigation of rocket test facilities, leach fields, USTs, sewage
treatment facilities, flight lines, aircraft hangars, and a variety of other hazardous waste sites. [AECOM, 03/06/1995-03/03/2014]
AFCEC, McClellan Ecological Sites Remedial Action (former Air Force Base), California.
Project manager for the excavation of over 10,000 bank cubic yards of contaminated soil and sediment from ecologically sensitive creeks and vernal pools near Sacramento, California. The base award is for $2.6 million with potential for additional options. Sensitive species include the giant garter snake and the valley elderberry long-horn beetle. After the Remedial Action Work Plan is finalized, the excavation field work will start in the spring of 2014. Re-vegetation of riparian and grassland habitat will be performed following the removal action. [AECOM: 06/19/2012-2014]
US Department of Justice, Adjudication of Groundwater Support Services, Edwards AFB, California.
Responsible as project manager and technical expert for the US government in the Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication trial. Involvement includes reviewing existing documentation of boundary and associated subboundaries of the Antelope Valley groundwater basin, reviewing existing safe yield calculations for the basin, evaluating basin yield for the purpose of estimating maximum sustainable annual yield using an existing USGS groundwater flow model, preparing the base's claim to groundwater, and providing expert witness support for the adjudication trial. [AECOM: 04/01/2006-2013]
AFCEE, Restoration Projects, Vandenberg AFB, California.
Managed two task orders, including a feasibility study for Site 15 (groundwater impacted by TCE in an ecologically sensitive area) and an excavation project for Site 1, which contains petroleum and MTBE contamination in both soil and groundwater at the active base service station. Became the program manager for the VAFB projects from 2007 to 2011, when the company was managing four AFCEE projects totaling $5.2 million. [AECOM: 01/01/2002-12/31/2004; 01/01/2007-12/31/2011]
US Marine Corps, Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study, MCAS Yuma, Arizona.
Supervised the design and implementation of an accelerated RI/FS, an innovative program that used cone penetrometer tests, on-site analytical capabilities, soil screening, nondestructive borehole clearance, geophysical investigations (EM, magnetic, GPR, and seismic surveys), 3-dimensional geostatistical modeling, vadose zone transport modeling, soil gas surveys, HydroPunch groundwater
sampling, and risk-based criteria to rapidly determine whether remediation was required at 18 CERCLA sites. Areas of concern included flight lines, vehicle
maintenance shops, hangars, fire training areas, landfills, USTs, and sewage treatment areas. The investigation approach resulted in approximately 1.5 years
of schedule recovery and, according to Navy estimates, and cost savings of $4 million. [Jacobs Engineering]
Vandenberg AFB, Remedial Investigation, Lompoc, California.
Designed and implemented a background soil and groundwater sampling program to establish naturally occurring metal concentrations using cone penetrometer testing rigs to sample specific geological units. Designed the risk-based soil and groundwater
field investigation for OU 4, which contained missile launch facilities, fire training areas, fuel storage facilities (above and below ground), plating shops,
power plants, wash racks, component cleaning facilities, a laundry site, and landfills. Participated in the implementation of the investigation for OUs 1, 2,
and 3, which included soil, groundwater, and surface water sampling; well installations; aquifer tests; cone penetrometer tests; soil gas and geophysical
surveys; geological mapping; and record searches. [Jacobs Engineering]
Converse Environmental West, Soil Characterization and Remediation, Pasadena, California. Managed characterization and remediation projects involving soil and groundwater contamination for commercial clients at gas stations, dry cleaners, plating shops, vehicle maintenance yards, railroad rights-of-way, commercial properties, and manufacturing facilities. Oversaw field investigations including drilling and sampling (both hollow-stem auger and dual wall percussion rigs), installation of wells (groundwater and vadose wells for both monitoring and extraction), soil gas surveys, geophysical surveys (both surface and downhole techniques), aquifer tests, and vacuum extraction flow tests. Also conducted phase 1 investigations and interpreted aerial photographs. Prepared work plans, health and safety plans, proposals, cost estimates, and schedules.
Chevron Oil Field Research Company, Digital Imaging, La Habra, California.
Processed and interpreted digital images for petroleum exploration, mineral exploration, and various research applications using data types ranging from satellite images to digitized thin sections.
US Geological Survey, Neotectonic Surveying, Santa Barbara, California.
Conducted neotectonic surveying along the San Andreas fault in southern California for an earthquake prediction study funded through the US Geological Survey. Installed surveying arrays, conducted precise vertical surveying of arrays, calculated vertical earth movements, and trained and supervised field
crews.
Publications and Presentations
(Listed in reverse chronological order)
“Delivery of Oxidant Through and Infiltration Gallery to a Commingled Plume in Fractured Granitic Bedrock,” Poster presentation with abstract published in proceedings for the Eighth International Conference of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds presented by Battelle in Monterey, California, 2012 (with Phil
Saxton, Yuanyuan Andren, and Tom Merendini).
"Southern California Reptiles and Amphibians," a field guide app for mobile phone devices, available for iPhone and iPad Touch devices from the iTunes Store starting in 2012 and for Android devices from Google Play starting in 2014 (programming support for Apple devices provided by Chris Leger and for Android devices by Don Becker).
“A Case Study and Technology Demonstration for Treatment of Perchlorate Plumes, Edwards AFB,” presented by Ai Duong and published in proceedings, AFCEE Technology Transfer Workshop, San Antonio, Texas, March, 2008, (with Duong, Ai, Robert Tait, and Andy Shepard).
“Evaluation of Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation for Chlorinated Solvents and Perchlorate in Groundwater at Edwards AFB,” Proceedings of the Battelle Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, May, 2008, (with Kohlhardt, Robert and Kathryn Curtis).
“Soil Flushing Through a Thick Vadose: Perchlorate Removal Documented at Edwards AFB, California,” Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, California, 2007, (with Andy Shepard, and Robert Tait).
“Pilot Test Evaluation of Nanoscale Iron for In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents at Edwards AFB,” presented at the Remediation of Chlorinated and
Recalcitrant Compounds conference in Monterey, California, and published in the proceedings, 2006, (with Durant, Neal, Carl Elder, Robert Kohlhardt, W.X.
Zhang, Kathryn Curtis, and Paul Schiff).
“Soil Flushing to Remove Perchlorate from a Thick Vadose Zone in the Arid Southwest,” Proceedings of the Groundwater Resource Association Perchlorate Conference, Santa Clara, California, 2006, (with Andy Shepard, and Kathryn Curtis).
“Treatment of Perchlorate-Contaminated Groundwater by Bifunctional Ion Exchange Resin at Edwards Air Force Base,” Proceedings of the Groundwater Resource Association Perchlorate Conference, Santa Clara, California, 2006, (with Shepard, Andy and Kathryn Curtis).
"An Evaluation of Baseline Recharge Conditions in an Arid Environment," poster session presented at the Groundwater Resource Association Artificial Recharge Conference in Sacramento, California, and published in the proceedings, 2005, (with Cullen, Stephen J., and Wade F. Allmon).
"Permanganate In Situ Chemical Oxidation of TCE at Edwards Air Force Base," presented at the International Containment & Remediation Technology Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, and published in the proceedings, 2001, (with Bryant, D., K. Coleman, D. Mullen, and R. Wood).
"Permanganate In Situ Chemical Oxidation of TCE in a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer," presented at the First International Conference on Oxidation and Reduction for In-Situ Treatment of Soil and Groundwater, Niagara Falls, Ontario, and published in the proceedings, 2001, (with Bryant, Dan, Kimberly Coleman, Dan Mullen, and Layi Oyelowo).
"Pleistocene Groundwater: A Critical Factor in Cleanup Decisions at Edwards Air Force Base, California," presented at the National Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, and published in the proceedings, 1999, (with Dan Mullen, Robert Wood, and Ray Kahler).
"Evaluation of Groundwater flow at Rogers Lake, California, based on Water-level and Tritium," presented at the National Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, and published in the proceedings, 1997, (with Ray Kahler, Dan Mullen, and Keith Dyas).
"Physical Characterization of Soil Properties During an Accelerated Superfund Remedial Investigation," published in the proceedings for the Second International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Osaka, Japan, 1996, (with Davis Mangold).
"A Case Study in the Determination of Background for Risk Assessment Needs," Superfund Risk
Assessment in Soil Contamination Studies, second volume, American Society for Testing and Materials, STP 1264, Philadelphia, 1995, (with Holder, J.L., and
P. Sklar).
"A Regional Background Investigation of Soil and Groundwater at Vandenberg Air Force Base: A Geology-Based Approach," in Geology and Hazardous Waste Management, a textbook by Dr. Syed Hasan, 1995.
"Risk-based Decision Logic and On-Site Analytical Capabilities Accelerate DOD Remedial Investigation," presented at the annual Superfund Conference,
Washington, D.C., and published in the proceedings, 1995, (with John Baum, Jennifer Holder, Gary Kiger, and Davis Mangold).
"The Indicator Variogram and the Simple Kriging Estimator: Useful Tools to Complement Lithologic Correlation in a Complex Fluvial Depositional Environment," presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section Convention, San Francisco, California, and published in the proceedings, 1995, (with Murphy, J.K., K. Sabharwal, R. Hedegaard, and D. Mangold).
"The Role of Visualization Models in Decision Making at a DOD Superfund Site," presented at the American Defense Preparedness Association Environmental Symposium and Exhibition, San Diego, California, and published in the proceedings, 1995, (with Krishan Sabharwal, Jack Murphy, Gary Kiger, and Davis Marigold).
"On-Site Capabilities Allow the Adaptive Remedial Investigation of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona," presented at the National Geological Society of America Annual Meeting,Seattle, Washington, and published in the proceedings, 1994, (with Davis Mangold).
"Application of Cone Penetration Tests for a Background Sampling Program," published in the proceedings for the First International Congress on
Environmental Geotechnics, Edmonton, Alberta, 1994, (with Jong, Hank, Nestor Acedera, and Roger R. Batra).
"Neogene Evolution of the Garlock – Death Valley Fault Junction, Southeastern California," [M.S. Thesis], Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California, 170 pages, 1991.
Miscellaneous
Mr. Battey was instrumental in establishing the Technical Practice Network (TPN) at Earth Tech and AECOM. He filled the following rolls for the TPN, which facilitates the sharing of technical information across the company:
- Leader of the Environmental Technical Practice Network (all the Environmental TPGs) in FY2013.
- Led the Subsurface Investigation Technical Practice Group (SITPG) from 2004 to 2008 and in 2011. The SITPG became the most widely attended TPG during his leadership.
- Co-leader of the Environmental Technical Practice Network from 2009
to 2010.
Professional References
Available upon request
Contact Information
Mr. Battey can be contacted at [email protected] or at LinkeIn at the following webpage:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/todd-battey/10/880/a4b
He worked as a private consultant for approximately 24 years. His consulting experience includes 19 years at AECOM working as a senior project manager, program director, and senior geologist specializing in characterization and remediation projects. His project experience includes 19 years of environmental restoration at Edwards AFB where he managed a total of over $100 million of projects that included site inspections, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, bench-scale tests, pilot studies, treatability studies, engineering evaluations/cost analyses, proposed plans, records of decision, groundwater reinjections, excavations, vapor intrusion studies, regional hydrogeologic investigations, and litigation support. His drilling experience includes mud rotary (to depths of approximately 750 feet below grade), air rotary casing hammer (to 600 feet below grade), rotosonic, hollow-stem auger, cone penetrometer testing, and limited access rigs. Mr. Battey’s project and program management experience includes working with cost plus fee, firm fixed price, time and materials, and performance-based remediation contracts. He has a proven record of strong relationships with clients and regulators. His experience also includes office management, construction management, and technical leadership of environmental projects.
His 22 professional publications document a strong technical expertise and a variety of innovations. He was the project manager the first full-scale implementation of a highly selective ion exchange resin for a groundwater treatment system. He was program manager for the first published in situ chemical oxidation remediation of contaminated groundwater in fractured bedrock and the first infiltration gallery delivery system for in situ chemical oxidation of a chlorinated solvent groundwater plume in fractured bedrock. Furthermore, Mr. Battey was the leader of the highly successful Subsurface Investigation Technical Practice Group at AECOM for seven years and the leader of the entire Environment Technical Practice Network for two years.
Education
MS, Geology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991
BA, Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1983
Employment History
10/29/2014 - present, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Region, Engineering Geologist
03/06/1995 - 03/03/2014, AECOM (including heritage companies Earth Tech and Rust Environment and Infrastructure), Senior Geologist, Project Manager, and Program Director [19 years, 0 months]
01/01/1992 – 03/06/1995, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Project Geologist and Technical Manager [3 years, 2 months]
06/01/1990 - 01/01/1992, Converse Environmental West, Staff Geologist [1 year, 7 months]
09/01/1988 - 05/01/1990, University of Southern California, Teaching Assistant [1 year, 8 months]
06/01/1983 - 09/01/1988, Chevron Oil Field Research Company [5 years, 3 month]
06/01/1982 - 09/01/1982, Bechtel Corporation, Summer Intern [~3 months]
01/01/1979 - 06/01/1983, US Geological Survey, Neotectonic Surveyor and Crew Supervisor [4 years, 5 months]
Professional Licenses
Professional Geologist, California, #5348, issued 01/01/1992
Professional Geologist, Arizona, #26681, issued 12/04/1992 and active through 2014
Professional Geologist, Oregon, #G1368, issued 10/23/1992
Professional Geologist, Alaska, #324, issued 04/23/1993
Professional Geologist, Utah, #8303453-2250, issued 05/01/2012 and active through 2014
Professional Geologist, Washington, #2948, issued 05/08/2012 and active through 2014
Certified Professional Geologist, (national certification issued by the Americal Society of Professional Geologists), #CPG-08716, issued 01/01/1993 and active through 2014
Professional Affiliations
Geological Society of America
National Ground Water Association
American Institute of Professional Geologists
Project Experience
AFCEC, AFCEE, US Army Corps of Engineers, and AIMTech, Restoration Projects at Operable Units 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10, Edwards AFB, California.
Responsible as program manager (2004-2013), project manager (1996-2004; 2012-2014), and senior geologist (1995-2014) for multiple projects managed out of offices in San Jose and Sacramento, California. These EAFB projects currently have a cumulative value of over $90 million (approximately $5 million/year), which has been contracted through various service centers, including AFCEC, AFCEE, US Corps of Engineers, and other consultants, working under various contract types, including cost plus fee, firm fixed price, and time and materials contracts. Managed remediation projects involving groundwater extraction, vapor extraction, dual extraction, air sparging, chemical oxidation (permanganate, Fenton's reagent, and persulfate), chemical reduction (nanoscale zero valent iron), soil flushing, excavations (including areas with ordnance), enhanced biodegradation, and natural attenuation. Experienced with ex-situ treatment technologies including granular activated carbon, biological treatment (anaerobic composting for soil and fluidized bed reactor for groundwater, both for perchlorate treatment) and ion exchange resins (including the first full-scale implementation of a highly selective resin for perchlorate treatment). Recent experience includes vapor intrusion studies for buildings located above volatile organic groundwater contamination and the installation of deep wells with conductor casings, both at the Site 25 mega-plume. Managed characterization projects for sites impacted by solvents, petroleum fuels, fuel additives (MTBE),
liquid rocket propellants (hydrazine), solid rocket propellants (perchlorate), and munitions constituents. Designed and managed regional studies that involved
seismic reflection surveys (both 2D and 3D), long-term groundwater monitoring, isotopic studies, and vadose zone infiltration studies. Applied investigative
techniques including drilling (hollow-stem auger, air rotary casing hammer, mud rotary, rotosonic, direct push rigs, and hand augering), sampling (soil, surface
water, groundwater, and vapor), sample analysis (on-site and off-site), geophysical techniques (surface and downhole), aquifer tests, packer tests, soil
gas surveys (active and passive), and infiltration studies. Supported Edwards AFB in a variety of meetings, including remedial project manager meetings,
Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meetings, and RAB training sessions. Office manager and site operations manager at Edwards AFB. Established and managed a field office at Edwards, initially operating out of a rented office space and later expanding to multiple trailers with up to eight full-time employees and additional visiting field workers and subcontractors. Site operations manager during the investigation of rocket test facilities, leach fields, USTs, sewage
treatment facilities, flight lines, aircraft hangars, and a variety of other hazardous waste sites. [AECOM, 03/06/1995-03/03/2014]
AFCEC, McClellan Ecological Sites Remedial Action (former Air Force Base), California.
Project manager for the excavation of over 10,000 bank cubic yards of contaminated soil and sediment from ecologically sensitive creeks and vernal pools near Sacramento, California. The base award is for $2.6 million with potential for additional options. Sensitive species include the giant garter snake and the valley elderberry long-horn beetle. After the Remedial Action Work Plan is finalized, the excavation field work will start in the spring of 2014. Re-vegetation of riparian and grassland habitat will be performed following the removal action. [AECOM: 06/19/2012-2014]
US Department of Justice, Adjudication of Groundwater Support Services, Edwards AFB, California.
Responsible as project manager and technical expert for the US government in the Antelope Valley groundwater adjudication trial. Involvement includes reviewing existing documentation of boundary and associated subboundaries of the Antelope Valley groundwater basin, reviewing existing safe yield calculations for the basin, evaluating basin yield for the purpose of estimating maximum sustainable annual yield using an existing USGS groundwater flow model, preparing the base's claim to groundwater, and providing expert witness support for the adjudication trial. [AECOM: 04/01/2006-2013]
AFCEE, Restoration Projects, Vandenberg AFB, California.
Managed two task orders, including a feasibility study for Site 15 (groundwater impacted by TCE in an ecologically sensitive area) and an excavation project for Site 1, which contains petroleum and MTBE contamination in both soil and groundwater at the active base service station. Became the program manager for the VAFB projects from 2007 to 2011, when the company was managing four AFCEE projects totaling $5.2 million. [AECOM: 01/01/2002-12/31/2004; 01/01/2007-12/31/2011]
US Marine Corps, Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study, MCAS Yuma, Arizona.
Supervised the design and implementation of an accelerated RI/FS, an innovative program that used cone penetrometer tests, on-site analytical capabilities, soil screening, nondestructive borehole clearance, geophysical investigations (EM, magnetic, GPR, and seismic surveys), 3-dimensional geostatistical modeling, vadose zone transport modeling, soil gas surveys, HydroPunch groundwater
sampling, and risk-based criteria to rapidly determine whether remediation was required at 18 CERCLA sites. Areas of concern included flight lines, vehicle
maintenance shops, hangars, fire training areas, landfills, USTs, and sewage treatment areas. The investigation approach resulted in approximately 1.5 years
of schedule recovery and, according to Navy estimates, and cost savings of $4 million. [Jacobs Engineering]
Vandenberg AFB, Remedial Investigation, Lompoc, California.
Designed and implemented a background soil and groundwater sampling program to establish naturally occurring metal concentrations using cone penetrometer testing rigs to sample specific geological units. Designed the risk-based soil and groundwater
field investigation for OU 4, which contained missile launch facilities, fire training areas, fuel storage facilities (above and below ground), plating shops,
power plants, wash racks, component cleaning facilities, a laundry site, and landfills. Participated in the implementation of the investigation for OUs 1, 2,
and 3, which included soil, groundwater, and surface water sampling; well installations; aquifer tests; cone penetrometer tests; soil gas and geophysical
surveys; geological mapping; and record searches. [Jacobs Engineering]
Converse Environmental West, Soil Characterization and Remediation, Pasadena, California. Managed characterization and remediation projects involving soil and groundwater contamination for commercial clients at gas stations, dry cleaners, plating shops, vehicle maintenance yards, railroad rights-of-way, commercial properties, and manufacturing facilities. Oversaw field investigations including drilling and sampling (both hollow-stem auger and dual wall percussion rigs), installation of wells (groundwater and vadose wells for both monitoring and extraction), soil gas surveys, geophysical surveys (both surface and downhole techniques), aquifer tests, and vacuum extraction flow tests. Also conducted phase 1 investigations and interpreted aerial photographs. Prepared work plans, health and safety plans, proposals, cost estimates, and schedules.
Chevron Oil Field Research Company, Digital Imaging, La Habra, California.
Processed and interpreted digital images for petroleum exploration, mineral exploration, and various research applications using data types ranging from satellite images to digitized thin sections.
US Geological Survey, Neotectonic Surveying, Santa Barbara, California.
Conducted neotectonic surveying along the San Andreas fault in southern California for an earthquake prediction study funded through the US Geological Survey. Installed surveying arrays, conducted precise vertical surveying of arrays, calculated vertical earth movements, and trained and supervised field
crews.
Publications and Presentations
(Listed in reverse chronological order)
“Delivery of Oxidant Through and Infiltration Gallery to a Commingled Plume in Fractured Granitic Bedrock,” Poster presentation with abstract published in proceedings for the Eighth International Conference of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds presented by Battelle in Monterey, California, 2012 (with Phil
Saxton, Yuanyuan Andren, and Tom Merendini).
"Southern California Reptiles and Amphibians," a field guide app for mobile phone devices, available for iPhone and iPad Touch devices from the iTunes Store starting in 2012 and for Android devices from Google Play starting in 2014 (programming support for Apple devices provided by Chris Leger and for Android devices by Don Becker).
“A Case Study and Technology Demonstration for Treatment of Perchlorate Plumes, Edwards AFB,” presented by Ai Duong and published in proceedings, AFCEE Technology Transfer Workshop, San Antonio, Texas, March, 2008, (with Duong, Ai, Robert Tait, and Andy Shepard).
“Evaluation of Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation for Chlorinated Solvents and Perchlorate in Groundwater at Edwards AFB,” Proceedings of the Battelle Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, California, May, 2008, (with Kohlhardt, Robert and Kathryn Curtis).
“Soil Flushing Through a Thick Vadose: Perchlorate Removal Documented at Edwards AFB, California,” Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, California, 2007, (with Andy Shepard, and Robert Tait).
“Pilot Test Evaluation of Nanoscale Iron for In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents at Edwards AFB,” presented at the Remediation of Chlorinated and
Recalcitrant Compounds conference in Monterey, California, and published in the proceedings, 2006, (with Durant, Neal, Carl Elder, Robert Kohlhardt, W.X.
Zhang, Kathryn Curtis, and Paul Schiff).
“Soil Flushing to Remove Perchlorate from a Thick Vadose Zone in the Arid Southwest,” Proceedings of the Groundwater Resource Association Perchlorate Conference, Santa Clara, California, 2006, (with Andy Shepard, and Kathryn Curtis).
“Treatment of Perchlorate-Contaminated Groundwater by Bifunctional Ion Exchange Resin at Edwards Air Force Base,” Proceedings of the Groundwater Resource Association Perchlorate Conference, Santa Clara, California, 2006, (with Shepard, Andy and Kathryn Curtis).
"An Evaluation of Baseline Recharge Conditions in an Arid Environment," poster session presented at the Groundwater Resource Association Artificial Recharge Conference in Sacramento, California, and published in the proceedings, 2005, (with Cullen, Stephen J., and Wade F. Allmon).
"Permanganate In Situ Chemical Oxidation of TCE at Edwards Air Force Base," presented at the International Containment & Remediation Technology Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, and published in the proceedings, 2001, (with Bryant, D., K. Coleman, D. Mullen, and R. Wood).
"Permanganate In Situ Chemical Oxidation of TCE in a Fractured Bedrock Aquifer," presented at the First International Conference on Oxidation and Reduction for In-Situ Treatment of Soil and Groundwater, Niagara Falls, Ontario, and published in the proceedings, 2001, (with Bryant, Dan, Kimberly Coleman, Dan Mullen, and Layi Oyelowo).
"Pleistocene Groundwater: A Critical Factor in Cleanup Decisions at Edwards Air Force Base, California," presented at the National Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, and published in the proceedings, 1999, (with Dan Mullen, Robert Wood, and Ray Kahler).
"Evaluation of Groundwater flow at Rogers Lake, California, based on Water-level and Tritium," presented at the National Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, and published in the proceedings, 1997, (with Ray Kahler, Dan Mullen, and Keith Dyas).
"Physical Characterization of Soil Properties During an Accelerated Superfund Remedial Investigation," published in the proceedings for the Second International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, Osaka, Japan, 1996, (with Davis Mangold).
"A Case Study in the Determination of Background for Risk Assessment Needs," Superfund Risk
Assessment in Soil Contamination Studies, second volume, American Society for Testing and Materials, STP 1264, Philadelphia, 1995, (with Holder, J.L., and
P. Sklar).
"A Regional Background Investigation of Soil and Groundwater at Vandenberg Air Force Base: A Geology-Based Approach," in Geology and Hazardous Waste Management, a textbook by Dr. Syed Hasan, 1995.
"Risk-based Decision Logic and On-Site Analytical Capabilities Accelerate DOD Remedial Investigation," presented at the annual Superfund Conference,
Washington, D.C., and published in the proceedings, 1995, (with John Baum, Jennifer Holder, Gary Kiger, and Davis Mangold).
"The Indicator Variogram and the Simple Kriging Estimator: Useful Tools to Complement Lithologic Correlation in a Complex Fluvial Depositional Environment," presented at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section Convention, San Francisco, California, and published in the proceedings, 1995, (with Murphy, J.K., K. Sabharwal, R. Hedegaard, and D. Mangold).
"The Role of Visualization Models in Decision Making at a DOD Superfund Site," presented at the American Defense Preparedness Association Environmental Symposium and Exhibition, San Diego, California, and published in the proceedings, 1995, (with Krishan Sabharwal, Jack Murphy, Gary Kiger, and Davis Marigold).
"On-Site Capabilities Allow the Adaptive Remedial Investigation of the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona," presented at the National Geological Society of America Annual Meeting,Seattle, Washington, and published in the proceedings, 1994, (with Davis Mangold).
"Application of Cone Penetration Tests for a Background Sampling Program," published in the proceedings for the First International Congress on
Environmental Geotechnics, Edmonton, Alberta, 1994, (with Jong, Hank, Nestor Acedera, and Roger R. Batra).
"Neogene Evolution of the Garlock – Death Valley Fault Junction, Southeastern California," [M.S. Thesis], Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California, 170 pages, 1991.
Miscellaneous
Mr. Battey was instrumental in establishing the Technical Practice Network (TPN) at Earth Tech and AECOM. He filled the following rolls for the TPN, which facilitates the sharing of technical information across the company:
- Leader of the Environmental Technical Practice Network (all the Environmental TPGs) in FY2013.
- Led the Subsurface Investigation Technical Practice Group (SITPG) from 2004 to 2008 and in 2011. The SITPG became the most widely attended TPG during his leadership.
- Co-leader of the Environmental Technical Practice Network from 2009
to 2010.
Professional References
Available upon request
Contact Information
Mr. Battey can be contacted at [email protected] or at LinkeIn at the following webpage:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/todd-battey/10/880/a4b
