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CONGRATULATIONSTO A&WMA’S

NEW FELLOW MEMBERSThe Fellow Grade of Membershipwas inaugurated in 1986 to rec-ognize professional attainment andaccomplishments related to themission and objectives of the Air& Waste Management Associa-tion. A candidate for fellowship hasa minimum of 15 years of experi-ence in an area served by theAssociation and has been a mem-ber of the Association for at least10 years. Fellows are recognizedfor their professional accomplish-ments and service to the Associa-tion based on a process, product,or regulatory development; projectleadership; managerial achieve-ment; the education of specialists;peer-reviewed technical publica-tions; patents; and research ortheoretical developments.

A&WMA commends

the following individuals

and awards them the

Fellow Grade of

Membership in 2004:

Richard J. Countess, Ph.D.Edward G. FiesingerRalph A. Froehlich, CIH, CSP, QEPWilliam F. KemnerMichael SchroederWilliam A. Spratlin, P.E., QEPRoger L. Wayson, Ph.D., QEP

RICHARD J. COUNTESSRichard J. Countess, Ph.D., is the senior partner of Countess Envi-ronmental, a full service air quality consulting firm in WestlakeVillage, CA. Dr. Countess has 30 years of experience as a senior airquality consultant assisting regulatory agencies to develop air qual-ity management plans and private sector clients to comply withair quality regulations. He is a nationally recognized research sci-entist with more than 100 technical publications. In addition, he

has served on technical advisory panels for local business organizations, and has pre-sented more than 50 technical papers at national conferences in the United States andoverseas. His areas of expertise include air quality measurements, emission factordevelopment, designing emission control strategies, data analysis, and interpretation ofresults, with an emphasis on fugitive dust and chemically speciated particulate matter.He has been an active member of A&WMA’s Particulate Matter (AB-1) Technical Coordi-nating Committee since joining the Association in 1978, and has also been active inseveral other professional organizations, including the American Association for AerosolResearch, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, and the Health Physics Society.

Dr. Countess began his professional career as an aerosol physicist with the U.S. AtomicEnergy Commission’s Health and Safety Laboratory in New York City, where he devel-oped monitoring techniques for occupational exposure to particulates and radon, fol-lowed by three years with General Motors Research Laboratory’s Environmental SciencesDepartment as an air quality research scientist. Then in a series of positions with increas-ing responsibilities, he joined Environmental Research & Technology’s Applied ResearchOperations as a senior air quality consultant, Asea Brown Boveri as a senior scientificadvisor and department manager of air quality consulting services, Hughes Aircraft Com-pany as the technical director of environmental engineering systems, and finally asfounder of his own consulting company, Countess Environmental in 1994. His mostrecent accomplishment was assisting the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control Dis-trict to evaluate the impact of fugitive dust and residential wood combustion on airquality in an area of California designated as a serious nonattainment area for particu-late matter with a diameter of 10 micrometers or less (PM10). This information was usedby the district to develop fugitive dust control strategies for its 2003 PM10 state imple-mentation plan and a new regulation restricting residential wood combustion.

Dr. Countess received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Rutgers University in1971 and then spent several years as a postdoctoral fellow at Pennsylvania StateUniversity’s Center for Air Environment Studies and later at the U.S. Naval ResearchLaboratory in Washington, DC, where he studied aerosol formation mechanisms andshipboard fire suppression techniques.

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EDWARD G. FIESINGEREdward G. Fiesinger is a principal withZephyr Environmental Corporation in itsHouston, TX, office, specializing in airquality program management, new sourcereview and Title V permit development,emissions inventory preparation, compli-ance issues, and regulatory interpretations.

He recently joined Zephyr following his retirement from thechemical industry, where he was employed for more than 35years by Solutia Inc. (formerly Monsanto Company’s chemi-cals business). He began his career in manufacturing opera-tions at Monsanto’s Texas City plant in 1966, specializing inthe design, startup, and operation of large-scale petrochemi-cal facilities. In 1985, he transferred to the Chocolate Bayouplant near Alvin, TX, as a senior environmental specialist. Atthe Chocolate Bayou plant, he was responsible for air permitdevelopment, preparing annual plant emissions inventoriesand toxics release inventory reports, compliance reporting,regulation interpretations, and regulatory advocacy on the stateand federal level. During this period, he was an active mem-ber of the Texas Chemical Council (TCC), serving as chair ofvarious subcommittees and representing TCC in its inter-actions with Texas environmental regulatory agencies.

Since joining A&WMA in 1985, Fiesinger has been activeat both the Section and Chapter levels, holding offices in theSouthwest Section and the Gulf Coast Chapter. He has authoredand presented numerous papers on Title V permitting andinformation management at A&WMA’s Annual Conference &Exhibition. From 1996 to 2002, he served as program chair forthe Gulf Coast Chapter’s annual “Hot Air Topics” conference.

Fiesinger earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineeringfrom Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY, and a master’s degreein chemical engineering from the University of Delaware.

RALPH A. FROEHLICHRalph A. Froehlich is a Certified IndustrialHygienist, Certified Safety Professional,and Qualified Environmental Professionalwith more than 25 years of experience inthe fields of occupational and environ-mental health. As the president andfounder of Helix Environmental Inc., a

certified HUBZone environmental and occupational healthconsulting company based in Dayton, OH, Froehlich hasdirect responsibility for the wide variety of consulting servicesprovided to clients in the commercial, industrial, and govern-mental arenas. Froehlich maintains an active professional in-terest in occupational exposure assessments, indoor air qualityinvestigations and improvements, asbestos and lead issues in

building construction activities, and hazardous waste investi-gation and remediation. He also directs professional staff andconsultants dealing with other environmental problems, suchas the development of asbestos management plans, environ-mental site assessments, community and occupational noisemonitoring, monitoring of abatement projects, air pollutionpermitting, occupational health training, and radon testing.Prior to founding Helix Environmental, Froehlich worked fora small environmental consulting firm and for General Dy-namics, Fort Worth Division.

Froehlich has supported and participated in A&WMA sincejoining in 1978. He was elected to the Association’s Board ofDirectors from 1993 to 1996, and served as vice president andchair of the Finance Committee from 1995 to 1996. As Fi-nance Committee Chair, he worked with headquarters staffand the treasurer to develop more transparent financial re-porting and review tools to enable A&WMA to make adjust-ments as needed throughout the year. In addition, he was thechair of the Training Division of the A&WMA Education Coun-cil from 1990 to 1993.

Froehlich currently serves as a director of the SouthwestOhio Chapter of the East Central Section, is a member of theIndoor Air Quality (AB-7), Land Use and Transportation Poli-cies (ET-2), and Noise and Vibration (AB-5) committees of theTechnical Council.

Froehlich has served on the Board of Trustees for the Insti-tute for Professional Environmental Practice since 2000. He isalso active in the American Industrial Hygiene Association andcurrently serves as the official A&WMA liaison. He has beenworking to bring the two associations together in cooperativeactivities.

Froehlich earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry fromIndiana University in 1974 and a master’s degree in environ-mental health from the University of Cincinnati in 1982.

WILLIAM F. KEMNERWilliam F. (Bill) Kemner is chief executiveofficer of Environmental Quality Manage-ment Inc. He has more than 35 years ofexperience in environmental and engi-neering management, specializing in en-gineering economics of environmentalcontrol, and technology evaluation.

Assigned in 1970 as an engineer in the then-fledgling en-vironmental field, he worked in an integrated steel plant toimplement the earliest versions of the Clean Water Act (CWA),the Clean Air Act (CAA), and the Resource Conservation andRecovery Act (RCRA). He managed projects for the recovery ofsoluble oils from wastewater, the recycling of iron ore tailingsinto lightweight aggregate, the recycling of iron bearing wastes

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through various agglomeration processes, and the treatmentof ammonia liquor using multi-effect evaporation. He laterdeveloped technology for the removal of lead from soils and aprocess for the treatment of steel-making dusts to recover zinc.

Kemner was a pioneer in the development of air pollutioncontrols for the coke-making industry beginning in the early1970s. As the regulatory process progressed under the CAAAmendments of 1990, he led project teams to study the efficacyof door-sealing techniques. In the late 1990s, his work contin-ued as a consultant on the first nonrecovery battery to be builtas part of an integrated steel mill. In October 1990, Kemnerfounded Environmental Quality Management. Under his lead-ership and direction, the company has grown to a nationalfirm with annual sales of $75 million. The company has ex-hibited at A&WMA’s Annual Conference & Exhibition everyyear since its startup.

In the late 1980s, Kemner was one of the leaders in theAssociation’s transformation from the Air Pollution Con-trol Association (APCA) to the Air & Waste Management As-sociation, serving as vice chair of the Physical, Chemical,and Biological Treatment Division of Technical Council from1989 to 1991 and as chair from 1991 to 1994. He served assponsorship chair of the 1994 Annual Conference & Exhi-bition in Cincinnati, OH, and was technical program chairof the Environmental Innovations in the Metals Industryspecialty conference in 1998. Kemner has been a memberof the Metal Industries (EI-6) Technical Coordinating Com-mittee from 1984 to the present. He has served as editor ofAssociation Transactions and has published 30 papers andchapters of several environmental publications.

Kemner holds a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engi-neering from Illinois Institute of Technology and a master’sdegree in mathematical statistics from Villanova University.

MICHAEL SCHROEDERMichael Schroeder is the principal consult-ant and strategic advisor for westernCanada for Jacques Whitford in Calgary,Alberta, Canada. Since joining JacquesWhitford in 1994, Schroeder has assumedincreasing responsibility for business unitmanagement of the firm. Responsibilities

have included the management of technical professionals andthe quality of technical work, business development, staff re-cruitment, retention, and succession planning, strategic busi-ness planning, and profit/loss accountability. Positions heldhave included division manager of air quality, Alberta areamanager, and vice president of air quality. Deteriorating healthfrom the effects of multiple sclerosis in the late 1990s limitedhis ability for further professional growth. Today, Schroederacts as a mentor, technical advisor on projects and proposals,

and strategic advisor to the vice president for western Canadaand the executive vice president for client services and qual-ity. Prior to joining Jacques Whitford, Schroeder spent morethan a decade at Western Research in Calgary contributing tothe growth of a highly respected air quality consulting practice.

Schroeder has more than 23 years of consulting experi-ence, specializing in air quality impact analysis, assessment,and management, toxic gas plume dispersion, acidic deposi-tion evaluation, and sour gas risk analysis. He has extensiveexperience in assessing the effects of air toxics emissions froma wide range of industries, including oil and gas, petrochemi-cal, chemical manufacturing, electric utilities, forest products,and hazardous and biomedical waste management. He hasauthored or co-authored many papers on various topics relat-ing to air quality and meteorology. He has also managedhundreds of technical projects and has appeared many timesas an expert witness before regulatory tribunals, including theAlberta Energy and Utilities Board, Alberta Natural ResourcesConservation Board, Development Appeals Board, and theNational Energy Board.

Schroeder’s involvement with A&WMA began in 1987,when he became a director of the Canadian Prairie and North-ern Section. Since then, he has held the positions of sectionchair and chair of the Strategic Planning Committee. He hasalso contributed to Education Council, serving as chair of theTraining Institute Coordinating Committee, vice chair of theNorthwest Training Institute Steering Committee, and vice chairof the Continuing Education Committee. In recent years,Schroeder has been involved in the organizing committees ofseveral A&WMA specialty conferences.

Schroeder received a bachelor’s degree (with honors) inphysics in 1976 and a master’s degree in plasma physics in1981, both from the University of Calgary.

WILLIAM A. SPRATLINWilliam A. (Art) Spratlin is the divisiondirector of the Air, Resource Conservationand Recovery Act (RCRA), and Toxics Di-vision with Region 7 of the U.S. Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA). Asdirector, Spratlin provides leadership andoversight for the air program, RCRA, toxic

substances, chemical safety, storage tanks, oil pollution, spillprevention control and countermeasures, solid waste, andpollution prevention.

Spratlin began his career with the Arkansas Pollution Con-trol Commission in 1968 as an environmental engineer su-pervisor. Since joining EPA in 1970, he has served in severalmanagerial positions before his current appointment in Feb-ruary 1985.

Spratlin is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State

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of Arkansas and a Qualified Environmental Professional. Heserved as a member of A&WMA’s Board of Directors from1998 to 2004. In addition, he served as board liaison to theTechnical Council, chair of the Finance Committee (2001),vice-president of A&WMA (2000 and 2001), and A&WMAPresident (2003). Spratlin also served as a regional coordina-tor, chair of the Government Affair Committee, and chair ofthe EPI Committee, and was a member of the Institute ofProfessional Environmental Practice from 1996 to 2001.

Spratlin earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering anda master’s degree in civil engineering, both from the Univer-sity of Arkansas.

ROGER L. WAYSONRoger L. Wayson, Ph.D., is a professor atthe University of Central Florida (UCF) inOrlando, FL. Dr. Wayson has been at UCFsince 1990, was previously with VanderbiltUniversity and, prior to that he was withthe Texas Highway Department. His re-search has been primarily directed at solv-

ing problems associated with air pollution and noise fromtransportation systems.

In 1973, Dr. Wayson began workingwith the State of Texas. One of his firsttasks was to develop a highway noisemodel to comply with requirements ofa new type of document called theenvironmental impact statement. Thedeveloped methodology served the pur-pose for the Texas Highway Departmentuntil more advanced models came aboutand were promulgated by the FederalHighway Administration. Dr. Waysonhas continued this research and was apart of the team that developed the newTraffic Noise Model that will be requiredby all 50 states later this year to analyzefederal projects. Along the way, he hasbeen involved with several researchefforts that have helped define noise ref-erence levels, barrier effectiveness, atmos-pheric effects, and other key modelingfunctions. Many of these research find-ings have been encoded into the UCFCommunity Noise Model, which is usedall over the world as part of the noisemitigation work done for highways, rail-roads, and airports.

Most recently, working with the VolpeNational Transportation Systems Center

and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Dr. Waysonhas been involved with air quality in the vicinity of airports.Projects include the use of LIDAR to estimate initial plumecharacteristics, estimation of particulate matter emissionindexes from turbine powered aircraft, advances to the FAA-required model (the Emission and Dispersion Modeling System),and impacts from aircraft over flights.

Dr. Wayson first joined A&WMA as a student memberwhile attending the University of Texas. He has remainedactive in the Association and has submitted 27 papers toA&WMA’s Annual Conference & Exhibition, served as presi-dent of the Western and Middle Tennessee Chapter, chaireda division and two technical committees of the TechnicalCouncil, taught a short course, chaired 21 technical sessions,and was the technical program vice chair for the TroposphericOzone: Critical Issues in the Regulatory Process specialtyconference in 1994.

Dr. Wayson received a Ph.D. in civil engineering fromVanderbilt University in 1989; a master’s degree in civilengineering and environmental health from the University ofTexas, Austin in 1985; and a bachelor’s degree in environ-mental engineering from the University of Texas, Austinin 1980.

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