Paul D. Boehm, Ph.D.

Dr. Boehm has overall responsibility for Exponent’s Environmental business. He has devoted his 32 years of consulting experience to advising industrial, legal, and government clients on scientific aspects of: contaminated sediments and terrestrial sites; oil spills; and the use of environmental forensic methods to investigate background contamination, to chemically fingerprint contaminants to determine sources, to apportion contamination to allocate liabilities, and to reconstruct historical releases and doses. Dr. Boehm has provided scientific support to clients on environmental and toxic tort claim, maritime pollution cases, and other litigation matters, including providing expert testimony. His work as an analytical, environmental, and geochemist has involved petroleum hydrocarbons, fuel additives, natural gas, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorophenols, chlorinated solvents (TCE, PCE), and other chemicals. A significant part of Dr. Boehm’s work has focused on oil refineries, fuel terminals, and offshore platforms; Superfund sites; manufactured gas plant (MGP); pulp and paper mills, and natural gas storage fields; medical exposures; and transactional disputes,. With regards to crude oil and fuel releases, he specializes in the reconstruction of release histories focusing on fuel chemistry associated with evolution of refining processes and the use of fuel additives such as alkylated leads, MTBE, TAME, and other compounds.

His main scientific focus has been on the environmental chemical aspects of aquatic and terrestrial contamination, groundwater, soils, and sediments. He has been engaged in numerous natural resource damage assessments (NRDAs) at oil spill and CERCLA sites where he has provided technical support on chemical sources, exposure and bioavailability, divisibility of contamination, apportionment, and allocation of associated liability. His extensive knowledge of the strategic application and practice of environmental forensics (geo-chemical fingerprinting, transport and fate, source attribution, and allocation) has been applied to numerous cases involving complex environmental liability and litigation matters.

As an oil spill expert, he has studied and published on the fate and effects of oil spills in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East - Exxon Valdez, Amoco Cadiz, and Gulf War.. As a natural gas and petroleum chemist and geochemist, he has also investigated geochemical aspects relating to the migration of natural gas from storage fields. His work has also included assessments of the exposure of people to petroleum contaminants in toxic tort cases.

He has been appointed to serve on several national panels on environmental/ marine pollution and has served on several National Research Council panels.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Neff JM. Comment on “Unlike PAHs from Exxon Valdez Crude Oil, PAHs from Gulf of Alaska Coals are not Readily Bioavailable.” Environ Sci Technol 2010; 44.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Neff JM. Comments on the misuse of SPMDs in recent articles by Springman et al. (2008a, b) and Short et al. (2008). Mar Environ Res 2009; 67:262–267.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Brown JS, Neff JM, Bragg JR, Atlas RM. Distribution and weathering of crude oil residues on shorelines 18 years after the Exxon Valdez spill. Environ Sci Technol 2008; 42:9210–9216.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Neff JM, Johnson C. Potential for sea otter exposure to remnants of buried oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Environ Sci Technol 2007; 41:6860-6867.

Boehm PD, Neff JM, Page DS. Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure in the waters of Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: 1989–2005. Mar Pollut Bull 2007; 54:339–356.

Bence AE, Page DS, Boehm PD. Advances in forensic techniques for petroleum hydrocarbons: The Exxon Valdez experience. In: Petroleum Forensics. Elsevier, 2006.

Burns WA, Mudge SM, Bence TD, Boehm PD, Brown JS, Page DS, Parker KR. Source allocation by least-squares hydrocarbon fingerprint matching. Environ Sci Technol 2006; 40(21).

Boehm PD. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In: Environmental Forensics—A Contaminant Specific Approach. Elsevier, 2006.

Neff JM, Bence AE, Parker KR, Page DS, Brown JS, Boehm PD. Bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from buried shoreline oil residues 13 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: A multispecies assessment. Environ Toxicol Chem 2006; 25:947-961.

Nielsen D, Ginn T, Ziccardi L, Boehm PD. Study: Proposed offshore gulf LNG terminals will have minor effects on fish populations. Oil Gas J 2006; 104.

Page DS, Brown JS, Boehm PD, Bence AE, Neff JM. A hierarchical approach measures the aerial extent and concentration levels of PAH-contaminated shoreline sediments at historic industrial sites in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Mar Pollut Bull 2006; 52:367–379.

Boehm PD, Maxon CL, Newton FC, Brown JS, Galperin Y. Aspects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in offshore sediments in the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea. In: Offshore Oil and Gas Environmental Effects Monitoring: Approaches and Technologies. S.L. Armsworthy, P.J. Cranford, and K. Lee (eds), Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, 2005.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Brown JS, Neff JM, Bence AE. Comparison of mussels and semi-permeable membrane devices as intertidal monitors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons at oil spill sites. Mar Pollut Bull 2005; 50:740-750.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Brown JS, Neff JM, Burns WA, Bence AE. Mussels document loss of bioavailable polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the return to baseline conditions for oiled shorelines in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Mar Environ Res 2005; 60:422-436.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Brown JS, Neff JM, Burns WA. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mussels from Prince William Sound, Alaska, document the return to baseline conditions. Environ Toxicol Chem 2004; 12:2916-2929.

Douglas GS, Burns WA, Bence AE, Page DS, Boehm PD. Optimizing detection limits for the analysis of petroleum hydrocarbons in complex environmental samples. Environ Sci Technol 2004; 38:3958-3964.

Boehm PD, Neff JM, Brown JS, Page DS, Burns WA, Maki AW, Bence AE. The chemical baseline as a key to defining continuing injury and recovery of Prince William Sound. pp. 275-283. Proceedings, 2003 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. I 4730 B. API, Washington, DC, 2003.

Emsbo-Mattingly S, Boehm PD. Identifying PAHs from manufactured gas plant sites. Technical Report No. 1005289. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, 2003.

Neff JM, Boehm PD, Kropp R, Stubblefield WA, Page DS. Monitoring recovery of Prince William Sound, Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Bioavailability of PAH in offshore sediments. pp. 299-305. Proceedings, 2003 International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. I 4730 B. API, Washington, DC, 2003.

Page DS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Boehm PD, Brown JS, Douglas GS. The role of petroleum geochemistry in defining oil spill recovery: Examples from the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Proceedings, 2003 International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute Publication No. I 4730 B. API, Washington, DC, 2003.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Stubblefield WA, Parker KR, Gilfillan ES, Neff JM, Maki AW. Reply to: Rice SD, Carls MG, Heintz RA, Short JW. Comment on ‘‘Hydrocarbon composition and toxicity of sediments following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA’’ by Page et al. Environ Toxicol Chem 2003; 22 (11):2539-2540.

Boehm PD, Burns WA, Page DS, Bence AE, Mankiewicz PJ, Brown JS, Douglas GS. Total organic carbon, an important tool in a holistic approach to hydrocarbon fingerprinting. J Environ Foren 2002; 3:243–250.

Page DS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Boehm PD, Brown JS, Douglas GS. Holistic approach to hydrocarbon source allocation in the subtidal sediments of Prince William Sound embayments. J Environ Foren 2002; 3:331-340.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Stubblefield WA, Parker KR, Gilfillan ES, Neff JM, Maki AW. Hydrocarbon composition and toxicity of sediments following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Environ Toxicol Chem 2002; 21:1421, 1438-1450.

Page DS, Gilfillan ES, Boehm PD, Neff JM, Stubblefield WA, Parker KR, Maki AW. Sediment toxicity measurements in oil spill injury assessment: A study of shorelines affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. pp. 137-146. Proceedings, First International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Venice, Italy, October 10-11, 2001. Pellei M, Porta A, Hinchee RE (eds), Battelle Press, Columbus OH, 2002.

Boehm PD, Loreti CP, Rosenstein AB, Rury PM. A guide to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for the non-specialist. Publication Number 4714. American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 2001.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Burns WA, Bence AE, Mankiewicz PJ, Brown JS. Resolving the origin of the petrogenic hydrocarbon background in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Environ Sci Technol 2001; 35:471-479.

Emsbo-Mattingly SD, McCarthy KJ, Uhler AD, Stout SA, Boehm PD, Douglas GS. Identifying and differentiating high and low temperature tars at contaminated sites. Contaminated Soil, Sediment Water, June/July Issue, 2001.

Emsbo-Mattingly S, McCarthy KS, Uhler AD, Stout SA, Boehm PD. Sources of wood, coal, and petroleum tars. Contaminated Soil, Sediment Water, Special Edition, Spring 2001.

Uhler AD, Stout SA, Hicks, J.E., McCarthy KS, Emsbo-Mattingly S, Boehm PD. Advanced 3-D data analysis: Tools for visualization and allocation. Contaminated Soil, Sediment Water, Special Edition, April/May 2001.

Emsbo-Mattingly S, Uhler AD, Stout SA, McCarthy KS, Douglas GS, Brown JS, Boehm PD. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) chemistry of MGP tar and source identification in sediment. pp. 1-1 to 1-41. In: Sediments Guidance Compendium. Report No. 1005216. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, 2001.

Gilfillan ES, Page DS, Neff JM, Parker KR, Boehm PD. A 10-year study of shoreline conditions in the Exxon Valdez spill zone, Prince William Sound, Alaska. pp. 559-567. Proceedings, 2001 Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 2001.

Page DS, Gilfillan ES, Stubblefield WA, Boehm PD, Parker KR, Maki AW. Oil weathering and sediment toxicity in shorelines affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. pp. 551-557. Proceedings, 2001 International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, Pub. 4686B, Washington, DC, 2001.

Stout SA, Uhler AD, Boehm PD. Recognition of and allocation among sources of PAH in urban sediments. Environ Claims J 2001; 13(4):141-158.

Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ, Page DS, Boehm PD. Comment on PAH refractory index as a source discriminant of hydrocarbon input from crude oil and coal in Prince William Sound, Alaska, by Hostettler FD, Rosenbauer RJ, Kvenvolden KA. Org Geochem 2000; 31(9):931-938.

Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Brown JS, Page DS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. Comment on natural hydrocarbon background in benthic sediments of Prince William Sound, Alaska: Oil vs. coal. Environ Sci Technol 2000; 34(10):2064-2065.

Gilfillan ES, Page DS, Neff JM, Parker KR, Boehm PD, Maki AW. 1999 shoreline conditions in the Exxon Valdez oil spill zone in Prince William Sound. pp. 281-294. Proceedings, 23rd Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar. Environment Canada, Vancouver, 2000.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Brown JS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. Mass balance constraints on the sources of the petrogenic hydrocarbon background in offshore sediments of Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska. pp .1-9. Proceedings, 23rd Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar. Environment Canada, Vancouver, 2000.

Boehm PD, Metzger BH. Thinking “green” in emerging markets. Chem Eng Progr 1999; 95(1):69-72.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. Pyrogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments record past human activity: A case study in Prince William Sound Alaska. Mar Pollut Bull 1999; 38:247-260.

Page DS, Gilfillan ES, Neff JM, Stoker SW, Boehm PD. 1998 shoreline conditions in the Exxon Valdez oil spill zone in Prince William Sound. pp. 119-126. Proceedings, 1999 International Oil Spill Conference. Beyond 2000–Balancing Perspectives. American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1999.

Turton DJ, Boehm PD, Gouveia DA. Managing the environmental data of a spill event. Proceedings, 1999 International Oil Spill Conference. Beyond 2000–Balancing Perspectives. American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1999.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Gilfillan ES, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. Study of the fates and effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on benthic sediments from two bays in Prince William Sound, Alaska. 1. Study design, chemistry, and source fingerprinting. Environ Sci Technol 1998; 32:567-576.

Brown JS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS. Approaches to chemical fingerprinting of fossil fuel residues in tissues. Proceedings, 21st Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, 1998.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. Petroleum sources in the western Gulf of Alaska/Shelikoff Strait Area. Mar Pollut Bull 1998; 36:1004-1012.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. Source of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA, subtidal sediments. Environ Toxicol Chem 1998; 17:1651-1652.

Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ, Page DS, Bence AE. Application of petroleum hydrocarbon chemical fingerprinting and allocation techniques after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Mar Pollut Bull 1997; 34:599-613.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. An estimate of the annual input of natural petroleum hydrocarbons to seafloor sediments in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Mar Pollut Bull 1997; 34:744-749.

Robilliard GA, Boehm PD, Amman MJ. Ephemeral data collection guidance manual with emphasis on oil spill NRDAs. Proceedings, 1997 International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1997.

Boehm PD, Mankiewicz PJ, Hartung R, Neff JM, Page DS, Gilfillan ES, O’Reilly JE, Parker K. Characterization of mussel beds with residual oil and the risk to foraging four years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Environ Toxicol Chem 1996; 15:1289-1303.

Boehm PD, Marples AE, Metzger BH. An environmental road map for entering emerging markets. PRISM 1st Quarter. Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1996.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Bence AE, Burns WA, Mankiewicz PJ. The natural petroleum hydrocarbon background in subtidal sediments of Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Environ Toxicol Chem 1996; 15:1266-1281.

Boehm PD, Costa HJ. Bioavailability of sediment oil residues four years following the Martinez spill. Proceedings, 1995 Oil Spill Conference. API, Washington, DC, 1995.

Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Brown JS. Advanced chemical fingerprinting for oil spill identification and natural resource damage assessments. pp. 967-969. Proceedings, 1995 Oil Spill Conference. API, Washington, DC, 1995.

Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Loreti CP. Managing the NRDA process: Challenges in establishing causation and injury. Presented at Toxic Substances in Water Environment: Assessment and Control, Cincinnati, OH, May 14-17, 1995.

Boehm PD, Galvani P, O’Donnell P. Scientific and legal conundrums in establishing injury and causation. pp. 31-60. In: Natural Resource Damages: A Legal, Economic, and Policy Analysis. National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Washington, DC, 1995.

Boehm PD, Page DS, Gilfillan ES, Stubblefield WA, Harner EJ. Shoreline ecology program for Prince William Sound, Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Part 2—Chemistry and toxicology. In: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan Waters. Wells PG, Butler JN, Hughes JS (eds), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

Gilfillan ES, Page DS, Harner EJ, Boehm PD. Shoreline ecology program for Prince William Sound, Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Part 3 – Biology. In: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan Waters. Wells PG, Butler JN, Hughes JS (eds), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

Gilfillan ES, Suchanek TH, Boehm PD, Harner EJ, Page DS, Sloan NA. Shoreline impacts in the Gulf of Alaska region following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan Waters. Wells PG, Butler JN, Hughes JS (eds), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Bence AE. Identification of hydrocarbon sources in the benthic sediments of Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan Waters. Wells PG, Butler JN, Hughes JS (eds), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

Page DS, Gilfillan ES, Boehm PD, Harner EJ. Shoreline ecology program for Prince William Sound, Alaska, following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: Part I–Study design and methods. In: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Fate and Effects in Alaskan Waters. Wells PG, Butler JN, Hughes JS (eds), American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

Sauer TC, Boehm PD. Hydrocarbon chemistry analytical methods for oil spill assessments. Marine Spill Response Corporation, Washington, DC, 1995.

Frosch RA, Boehm PD, Bolton PA, Diamond PM, Horn SA, Nichols JA, Owens EH, Paine RT, Spaulding ML, Teal JM, Carson R. Review of the interagency oil pollution research and technology plan: Final report of the Committee on Oil Spill Research. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1994.

Boehm PD, Gilfillan ES, Page DS, Stubblefield WA. Application of the sediment “Triad” approach to a major oil spill assessment: The Exxon Valdez oil spill. Proceedings, 14th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Houston, TX, 1993.

Brown J, Boehm PD. The use of double-ratio plots of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) alkyl homologues for petroleum source identification. Proceedings, 1993 Oil Spill Conference. American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1993.

Page DS, Boehm PD, Douglas GS, Bence AE. Identification of hydrocarbon sources in the benthic sediments of Prince William Sound and the Gulf of Alaska following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Proceedings, 16th Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP) Technical Seminar, p. 45, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 7-9, 1993.

Sauer TC, Brown JS, Boehm PD, Aurand DV, Michel J, Hayes M. Hydrocarbon source identification and weathering characteristics of intertidal and subtidal sediments along the Saudi Arabian coast after the Gulf War oil spill. Mar Pollut Bull 1993; 27:117-134.

Sauer TC, Brown JS, Rigatti MJ, Bleczinski CF, Kronick AT, Gamble PD, Boehm PD. ROPME Sea oil spill nearshore geochemical processes study. Volume 2. Hydrocarbon chemistry analytical results for year 1 (1992). MSRC Technical Report Series 93 002.2. Marine Spill Response Corporation, Washington, DC, 1993.

Steinhauer MS, Boehm PD. The composition and distribution of saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons in nearshore sediments, river sediments, and coastal peat of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Implications for detecting anthropogenic inputs. Mar Environ Res 1992; 33:223-253.

Crecelius EA, Trefry JH, Steinhauer MS, Boehm PD. Trace metals in sediments from the Inner Continental Shelf of the western Beaufort Sea. Environ Geol Water Sci 1991; 18:71-79.

Leblanc LA, Boehm PD. Monitoring hydrocarbons and trace metals in Beaufort Sea sediments and organisms: Implications for oil spill monitoring. Proceedings, 14th Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Conference, Vancouver, BC, 1991.

Requejo AG, Brown JS, Boehm PD, Sauer TC. Lignin geochemistry of North American coastal and continental shelf sediments. Org Geochem 1991; 17:649-662.

Sauer TC, Boehm PD. The use of defensible analytical chemical measurements for oil spill natural resource damage assessments. Proceedings, 1991 International Oil Spill Conference, American Petroleum Institute,  pp. 363-369, Washington, DC, 1991.

Boehm PD. Offshore oil and gas production effluents related to Alaskan OCS activities: Composition, transport, and accumulation. Proceedings, Workshop on the Determination of Unreasonable Environmental Degradation in Alaskan Marine Waters, U.S. Department of the Interior, Anchorage, AK, 1990.

Neff JM, Boehm PD, Haas L, Kinney PJ. Petroleum hydrocarbons in the water column of Prince William Sound Alaska. pp. 426-443. In: Oils Spills: Management and Legislative Implications. Spaulding ML, Reed M (eds). American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY, 1990.

Boehm PD. Overview of the biogenic and anthropogenic hydrocarbon distributions in sediments along the north Atlantic Margin. pp. 52-58. Proceedings, North Atlantic Submarine Canyons Workshop, U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA, 1989.

Sauer TC, Brown JS, Requejo AG, Boehm PD. Evaluation of an organic chemical method for drilling fluid determination in Outer Continental Shelf sediments. pp. 775–796. In: Drilling Wastes. Engelhardt FR, Ray JP, Gillam AH (eds). Elsevier Applied Science, New York, NY, 1989.

Sauer TC, Durell GS, Brown JS, Redford D, Boehm PD. Concentrations of chlorinated pesticides and PCBs in microlayer and seawater samples collected in open-ocean waters off the U.S. East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. Mar Chem 1989; 27:235-257.

Uhler A, Steinhauer W, Durell G, Freitas S, Boehm PD. Findings of tributyltin, dibutyltin and monobutyltin bivalves from selected U.S. Coastal waters. Environ Toxicol Chem 1989; 48:974-980.

Boehm PD, Brown JS, Requejo AG. The fate and partitioning of hydrocarbon additives to drilling muds as determined in laboratory studies. pp. 545-575. In: Drilling Wastes in the Environment. Engelhardt et al. (eds). Elsevier Science, Ltd., London, 1988.

Werme C, Boehm P, Cooke M, Oberacker D, Jackson M, Redford D. Assessing potential effects of incinerating organic wastes at sea: Development and field testing of the Marine Biological Assessment Sampler. Mar Pollut Bull 1988; 19:602-604.

Boehm PD. Transport and transformation processes regarding hydrocarbon and metal pollutants in offshore sedimentary environments. pp. 233-286. In: Long Term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development. Boesch DF, Rabalais NN (eds). Elsevier Applied Science, NY, 1987.

Boehm PD. Status of the habitat: Chemical considerations—organic chemistry. pp. 61-76. In: Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: Issues, Resources, Status, and Management. Brown B (ed). U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC, 1987.

Boehm PD, Steinhauer MS, Green DR, Fowler B, Humphrey B, Fiest DL, Cretney WS. Comparative fate of chemically dispersed and beached crude oil in subtidal sediments of the arctic nearshore. Arctic 1987; 40 (Suppl. 1):133-148.

Farrington JW, Boehm PD. Natural and pollutant organic compounds. Chapter 5.6. In: Georges Bank. Backus PH (ed). M.I.T. Press, 1987.

Owens EH, Harper JR, Robson W, Boehm PD. Fate and persistence of crude oil stranded on a sheltered beach. Arctic 1987; 40 (Suppl. 1):109-123.

Sauer TC Jr., Requejo AG, Brown JS, Ayers, Jr. RC, Boehm PD. Application of analytical pyrolysis and cupric oxide oxidation to characterization of nonextractable organic constituents on drilling fluids and sediments. Proceedings, Symposium on Chemical and Biological Characterization of Sludges, Sediments, Dredge Spoils, and Drilling Muds, Philadelphia, PA, 1987.

Boehm PD, Requejo AG. Overview of the recent hydrocarbon measurements from Atlantic and Gulf Coast outer continental shelf environments. Est Coast Shelf Sci 1986; 23:29-58.

Requejo AG, Brown JS, Boehm PD. Lignin geochemistry of sediments from the Narragansett Bay estuary. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 1986; 50:2707–2717.

Boehm PD, Drew S, Dorsey T, Yarko J, Mosesman N, Jefferies A, Pilson D, Fiest D. Organic pollutants in New York Bight suspended particulates. pp. 251–279. In: Wastes in the Ocean, Nearshore Waste Disposal, Volume 6. Ketchum B, Capuzzo J, Burt W, Duedall I, Park K, Kester D (eds), John Wiley and Sons, 1986.

Carr RS, Neff JM, Boehm PD. Large-scale continuous flow exposure systems for studying the fate and effects of chemically and physically dispersed oil on benthic marine communities. p. 64. Proceedings, 1985 Oil Spill Conference (Prevention, Behavior, Control, Cleanup), Los Angeles, CA, February 25-28, 1985. American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC.

Neff JM, Boehm PD, Haensly WE. Petroleum contamination and biochemical alterations in oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) from bays impacted by the Amoco Cadiz crude oil spill. Mar Environ Res 1985; 17:281-283.

Requejo AG, Boehm PD. Characterization of hydrocarbons in a subsurface oil-rich layer in the Sargasso Sea. Mar Environ Res 1985; 17:45-64.

Requejo AG, Brown JS, Boehm PD. 1985. Thermal degradation products of nonvolatile organic matter as indicators of anthropogenic inputs to estuarine and coastal sediments. In: Marine and Estuarine Geochemistry. Siglec AC, Hattori A (eds). Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI.

Boehm PD. Aspects of the saturated hydrocarbon geochemistry of recent sediments in the Georges Bank region. Org Geochem 1984; 7:11-23.

Boehm PD, Farrington JW. Aspects of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon geochemistry of recent sediments in the Georges Bank Region. Environ Sci Technol 1984; 18:840-845.

Boehm PD. Chemical contaminants in Northeast United States marine sediments. NOAA Technical Report NOS 99. NOAA/NOS, Rockville, MD, 1983.

Boehm PD. Coupling of organic pollutants between the estuary and continental shelf and the sediments and water column in the New York Bight Region. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 1983; 40(Suppl. 2):262-276.

Boehm PD, Fiest DL. Ocean dumping of dredged material in the New York Bight: Organic chemistry studies. pp. 151-168. In: Wastes in the Ocean, Vol. II: Dredged Material Disposal in the Ocean. Kester DR, Ketchum BH, Duedall IV, Park PK (eds). John Wiley and Sons, NY, 1983.

Boehm PD, Fiest DL, Kaplan I, Mankiewicz P, Lewbel GS. A natural resources damage assessment study: The Ixtoc 1 blowout. pp. 507-515. Proceedings, 1983 Oil Spill Conference. American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1983.

Gundlach ER, Boehm PD, Marchand M, Atlas RM, Ward DM, Wolfe DA. Fate of Amoco Cadiz oil. Science 1983; 221:122-129.

Boehm PD, Barak JE, Fiest DL, Elskus AA. A chemical investigation of the transport and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in littoral and benthic environments: The Tsesis oil spill. Mar Environ Res 1982; 6:157-188.

Boehm PD, Fiest DL. Subsurface distributions of petroleum from an offshore well blowout: The Ixtoc 1 blowout, Bay of Campeche. Environ Sci Technol 1982; 16:67-74.

Boehm PD, Fiest DL, Hausknecht K, Barbash J, Perry G. Investigation of the transport and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons from the Ixtoc 1 blowout in the Bay of Campeche—Sampling and analytical approaches. pp. 129-160. In: Energy and Environmental Chemistry, Volume 1: Fossil Fuels. Keith LH (ed). Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, MI, 1982.

Boehm PD, Fiest DL, Mackay D, Paterson S. Physical-chemical weathering of petroleum hydrocarbons from the Ixtoc 1 spill blowout; chemical measurements and a weathering mode. Environ Sci Technol 1982; 16:498-505.

Haensly WE, Neff JM, Sharp JR, Morris AC, Bedgood MF, Boehm PD. Histopathology of Pleuronectes platessa from Aber Wraçh and Aber Benoit, Brittany, France: Long term effects of the Amoco Cadiz crude oil spill. J Fish Dis 1982; 5(5):365-391.

Atlas RM, Boehm PD, Calder JA. Chemical and biological weathering of oil from the Amoco Cadiz oil spillage within the littoral zone. Estuar Coast Mar Sci 1981; 12:589-608.

Patton JS, Rigler MW, Boehm PD, Fiest DL. Ixtoc 1 oil spill: Flaking of surface mousse in the Gulf of Mexico. Nature 1981; 290:235-238.

Boehm PD. Evidence for the decoupling of dissolved particulate and surface microlayer hydrocarbons in northwestern Atlantic Continental Shelf waters. Mar Chem 1980; 9:255-281.

Linden O, Elmgren R, Boehm P. Impact of the Tsesis oil spill on the coastal ecosystem of the Baltic Sea. AMBIO 1980; 8:244-253.

Boehm PD, Steinhauer WG, Fiest DL, Mosesman N, Barak JE, Perry GH. A chemical assessment of the present levels and sources of hydrocarbon pollutants in the Georges Bank region. pp.333-341. Proceedings, 1979 International Oil Spill Conference, Prevention, Behavior, Control, Cleanup. American Petroleum Institute, Washington, DC, 1979.

Boehm PD, Quinn JG. Benthic hydrocarbons of Rhode Island Sound. Estuar Coast Mar Sci 1978; 6:471-494.

Boehm PD. The transport and fate of hydrocarbons in benthic environments. Dissertation, University of Rhode Island, 1977.

Boehm PD, Quinn JG. 1977. The persistence of chronically accumulated hydrocarbons in the hard shell clam, Mercenaria mercenaria. Mar Biol 1977; 44:227-233.

Boehm PD, Quinn JG. The effect of dissolved organic matter in sea water on the uptake of mixed individual hydrocarbons and Number 2 fuel oil by a marine filter-feeding bivalve (Mercenaria mercenaria). Estuar Coast Mar Sci 1976; 4:93–105.

Boehm PD, Quinn JG. The solubility behavior of No. 2 fuel oil in seawater. Mar Pollut Bull 1974; 5:101–104.

Boehm PD, Quinn JG. Solubilization of hydrocarbons by the dissolved organic matter in sea water. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 1973; 37.

• Research Leader, Vice President, and Oil and Gas Market Manager, Battelle Science and Technology Inc. (BMI), 2001–2004
• Corporate Vice President (1991–2001), Managing Director (1999–2001), and Director (1989-1999), Environmental, Health, and Safety Division, Arthur D. Little, Inc., (ADL), Cambridge, 1989–2001
• Senior Research Scientist and Geochemistry Section Manager, Battelle Memorial Institute (BMI), Duxbury, MA, 1983–1989
• Principal Scientist, Energy Resources Company (ERC0), 1976–1983
  

Dr. Boehm has helped clients apply appropriate environmental chemistry methods and advanced chemical fingerprinting strategies (PAHs, PCBs, petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons (TCE, PCE), metals) to problems related to environmental contamination in the context of environmental claims, cost recovery and apportionment, divisibility, toxic tort (exposure) cases, property and product damage claims, transactions, and research studies.

He has provided technical and expert work relating to the fate, transport, and effects of marine and other aquatic oil spills and the conduct of natural resource damage assessments; contaminated sediment assessments; surface and groundwater investigations; remediation cost recovery cases, property transfers; maritime cases; medical exposure cases; gas storage field cases; and Clean Water Act violations.

His project work has included natural resource damage assessments (NRDAs) in Commencement Bay (WA), Grand Calumet River (IN), New York Harbor/Arthur Kill (NY/NJ), Lake Depue (IL), Delaware Bay (PA), Kalamazoo River (MI), the Exxon Valdez (Prince William Sound) oil spill, and the Bayway/Bayonne Refinery cases (NJ). Consulting and expert testifying assignments have included strategic assessments and overall technical strategy development, injury assessment programs, historical reconstruction of contamination histories, chemical consulting, and publication development.

Current or Recent Cases

• Exxon Valdez: testifying expert for defense on NRDA, reopener, environmental forensics, and chemical persistence issues (Alaska)
• Expert in chlorinated solvents (TCE, PCE, TCA) case at manufacturing facility concerning release date(s) and sources (Illinois)
• Expert on a Superfund site for one responsible party to determine divisibility of mercury contamination and remediation costs (Massachusetts)
• Testifying expert for defense on PCB fingerprinting and source determination case in industrial waterway (Washington)
• Expert on PCB matters concerning paper mill inputs to Kalamazoo River (Michigan)
• Testifying expert on fuel oil contamination release and age-dating of hydrocarbon contamination at residential site (Long Island, NY)
• Consultant and testifying expert on Prestige oil spill case (Spain) related to fate modeling and shoreline impacts (New York; Spain)
• Technical Review Panel, PPSC Contract, Kuwait National Focal Point for the Kuwait Environmental Remediation Program, set up in Response to UNCC Decision 258
• NRDA at Bayway and Bayonne refineries: testifying expert for defense on contamination reconstruction, chemical forensics , and groundwater (New Jersey)
• Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma, WA): testifying expert (PAH sources and forensics) for defense on apportionment of contamination on remediation cost recovery case (Washington)
• Testifying expert for plaintiffs on PAH sources on case alleging disposal of MGP wastes in residential area (Rhode Island)
• Apportionment and cost allocation at major U.S. refinery: testifying expert for defense on petroleum products contamination reconstruction and chemical forensics (Pennsylvania)
• Testifying expert for defense on Superfund site regarding applicability of petroleum exclusion to site issues (Oklahoma)
• Testifying expert for defense on apportionment at historical petroleum refinery (Oklahoma)
• Contaminated sediments (PAH): testifying expert in allocation and apportionment of petroleum contamination from fuel terminals (Portland Harbor, OR)
• Arbitration (Institute for Conflict Prevention and Arbitration): testifying expert in allocation and apportionment of petroleum contamination (diesel fuels, gasoline) at fuel terminal (Michigan)
• PAH and petroleum expert on fuels: terminal NRDA case regarding extent of sediment contamination in Penobscot River (Maine)
• Testifying expert on MGP site in concerning characterization of multiple coal tar sources and contribution to sediments (Washington)
• Natural Gas Storage Field Geochemical Fingerprinting (Tioga Field): geochemical expert for operator on sources of natural gas in drinking water wells (Pennsylvania)
• Natural Gas Storage Field Geochemical Fingerprinting (Cunningham Field): geochemical testifying expert for plaintiffs on natural gas escape case (Kansas)
• Natural Gas Storage Field Geochemical Fingerprinting (Elk Basin): geochemical testifying expert for plaintiffs on natural gas escape case (Wyoming)
• Medical exposure: testifying expert for defense on chemical characterization and dose reconstruction on petroleum product exposure case (Southeast US)
• Hurricane Katrina Class Action: testifying expert for defense on environmental matters regarding oil spill transport, fate, and impacts (Louisiana)
• Mohawk River Hazardous Waste Site Delisting: testifying expert for defense on PCB site delisting petition (New York State)
• Supertanker Oily Water Separator Discharge: chemical expert for defense on criminal action under MARPOL regarding alleged oil discharge (California)
• LNG: Co-PI for study of environmental impacts of open loop vaporizers on Gulf of Mexico fisheries (for Center for LNG).


Environmental Forensics Investigations

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)

Numerous investigations on PAH sources, fate, and effects involving sediment and soil contamination. Consulting or testifying expert for investigation of environmental forensics and PAH contamination (petroleum, creosote, coal tars, other combustion sources) and liability allocation cases in Commencement Bay, Washington, Hylebos, and Thea Foss waterways; Seattle (Lake Union); Boston Harbor (Island End River); Prince William Sound, Alaska; New York Harbor. Cases included developing the forensic basis for differentiating PAH sources: petroleum inputs, specific petroleum sources, combustion inputs, and specific combustion/ pyrogenic sources.

Conducted investigations and served as testifying expert on PAHs and petroleum for a cost allocation case on the Hylebos Waterway (Washington).

For the American Petroleum Institute, developed a guidance document on the chemistry and risk of PAHs from petroleum sources. The guidance was geared toward the non-scientist.

Conducted research for EPRI, funded by utility industry, on the application of PAH chemical forensics to unraveling the sources of PAHs at MGP, coal tar–contaminated sites. Applied these strategies to MGP sites in Boston Harbor and Commencement Bay.

Led investigations of PAH inputs into Island End River (Boston Harbor), sediment characterization, source determinations (responsible parties).

Consulted on case in U.S. Virgin Islands related to potential petroleum and PAH inputs associated with cable-laying operations.

For major oil companies, analyzed PAH inputs to Portland Harbor (Oregon) Superfund site, delineating inputs from specific facilities versus other background inputs.

For a major oil company, conducted PAH source/forensic study to determine extent of the sediment “footprint” of releases from fuel terminal in the Penobscot River, Maine.

Petroleum Chemistry 

Provided expert chemistry consulting on numerous cases involving petrochemicals from refineries and chemical processing, including crude oil, diesel fuels, automotive gasoline, lube oils, hydraulic oils, and fugitive emissions.

Served as expert on two petroleum refinery cases in Oklahoma involving examination of applicability of “Petroleum Exclusion” under CERCLA.

Testifying expert on transactional dispute regarding petroleum fuels (gasoline, diesel fuels) terminal in Michigan, to determine sources and relative age of in-ground petroleum contamination.

Expert on hydraulic fluids in case to determine chemical composition and dose involving contamination of surgical instruments.

Provided expert support on several maritime pollution cases dealing with alleged oil tanker and cruise ship discharges of oil and MARPOL and Clean Water Act violations in Alaska, the Pacific Ocean, Florida, and Bermuda.

Served as principal investigator and prime contractor to Chevron’s worldwide environment functional team for oil spills. Led the environmental chemistry/NRDA team, and developed training materials on appropriate and defensible analytical techniques and measurements.

Performed multiple investigations to characterize petroleum products (fuels and crude oil, and wastes) in soils and groundwater at major East Coast petroleum refinery and terminal (Pennsylvania).

Developed methodologies and guidance for investigation and chemical characterization of oil spill fates and effects for NRDA and forensic investigations for multiple clients.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Began conducting studies of PCB distribution in coastal marine environments:
• Ph.D. work contained PCB determination in sediments of Rhode Island Sound
• Conducted environmental monitoring studies for NOAA and EPA
o Boston Harbor organic contaminants (ca. 1984)
o NY Harbor and Bight studies (ca. 1986)
o Status and Trends mussel watch program (congeners vs. Aroclors)
o EPA Ocean Dumping and Ocean incineration of hazardous wastes (1983-1986)
o PCB analyses of samples from New Bedford Harbor (Superfund Site studies)
o PCB analyses of samples from Palos Verdes shelf (NRDA)
• More recently (after 2000) conducted litigation-support investigations
o Mohawk River (distribution and sources) – Hazardous Waste Site Delisiting Petition
o Slip 4 Duwamish River (Congener fingerprinting)
o Delaware River-Mantua Creek (Congener fingerprinting)
o Kalamazoo River (Congener fingerprinting)
o Hylebos Waterway PCB studies

Chlorinated Solvents

Investigation of source(s) of solvent contamination at manufacturing site in Illinois. Use of chemical and stable-isotope methods to determine number of sources, release dates of plumes, and fate and transport.

Natural Gas Geochemical Fingerprinting

Principal investigator and testifying expert on natural gas storage reservoir case addressing differentiation of storage and native gas in Cunningham Field, Kansas.

Principal investigator and expert on natural gas storage reservoir case addressing possible migration of natural gas from storage field in Tioga Junction, Pennsylvania to drinking-water wells.

Principal investigator and testifying expert on natural gas storage reservoir case addressing differentiation of storage and native gas in storage field in Wyoming, to determine escapement of storage gas from geological reservoir.

Principal Investigator and geochemical expert on natural gas storage reservoir (Fink-Kennedy-Lost Creek (FKLC) storage pool) to determine relationship of gas from storage field to that in private lease.

Natural Resource Damage Assessments

Serving as testifying expert on Exxon Valdez oil spill related to NRDA and other environmental claims.

• Responsible for shoreline ecology assessments, transport and fate, chemical forensics and baseline determinations, impact and recovery monitoring, and ecological risk assessments.
• Served as a senior advisor on analytical and chemical fate issues during the Exxon Valdez spill response and longer-term assessment, coordinating the development of chemical data by 16 laboratories nationwide.
• Served as program manager of shoreline ecology studies in Prince William Sound following the spill.
• Led the Exxon Valdez chemical fingerprinting and allocation studies in Prince William Sound.
• Served as one of a select group of outside scientific advisors/consultants consulting on environmental chemistry, long-term effects and risks, and definition of the chemical baseline (www.exxonmobil.com/ corporate/Newsroom/NewsReleases/Corp_NR_Expert.asp).

Technical expert and lead chemist on northeast U.S. refinery and terminal sites (Bayway and Bayonne) against claim for natural resource damages—chemical forensics, historical reconstruction, and groundwater.

NRDA at fuels terminal in Maine—determination of extent of contamination from terminal to Penobscot River sediments.

Provided NRDA consulting on CERCLA sites: Commencement Bay, Grand Calumet River, Lake Depue, Delaware Bay, Kalamazoo River. Consulting assignments included strategic assessments and overall claim strategy development, injury assessment programs, expert consulting, report, and publication development.

Technical consulting related to Exxon Bayway (1990) oil spill into Arthur Kill and New York Harbor. Work involved baseline development and chemical basis for injury assessments.

Developed technical basis for claims to the United Nations Claims Commission with regard to environmental (NRDA) damages from the 1991 Gulf War. Helped set up in-country laboratories used for Saudi PME-funded studies.

Conducted the first international NRDA study for the Italian Environmental ministry (ENEA) research group concerning the environmental transport, fate, and effects of oil spilled from the tanker Haven off the coast of Genoa, Italy.

Developed technical basis for NRDA claims for the Katina P oil spill in Mozambique.

Consultant on chemical and toxicological matters to Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs for Cosco Busan (San Francisco Bay) and M/V Selendang (Alaska) oil spills.

Principal Investigator on review and critique of Type A NRD/CME model for oil spills (OPA 90) for the American Petroleum Institute.

Principal Investigator on review and critique of Type A NRD/CME model for contaminated sites (CERCLA) for an Industrial Consortium.

Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) and Related Coal Tar Chemical Forensics Experience

Retained as PAH forensics expert to investigate sources of PAHs in residential neighborhood (Bay Street, Tiverton, RI) as a result of complaint filed by residents alleging MGP waste disposal from a major MGP works.

Retained as PAH forensics expert to characterize the PAHs in multiple source related to various MGP processes at a major MGP site in Seattle and to unravel multiple sources of PAH contamination to surface sediments adjacent to the site.

Retained as PAH forensics expert to provide expertise to characterize PAHs in MGP coal tar and to differentiate MGP coal tar PAHs from other pyrogenic PAHs entering the Thea Foss Waterway and to apportion responsibility for PAH contamination between utility and City of Tacoma. Developed site-specific fingerprinting and PAH allocation strategy.

Retained as PAH forensics expert by attorneys for a MGP site in Boston Harbor, Island End River, to develop and conduct the first source investigation of PAHs from the MGP facility and other sources to heavily contaminated sediments.

Served as consulting PAH expert (Director-in-Charge of case) at the Frola (Edgewater NJ) site (now the Quanta Resources NPL Site) to characterize PAHs in upland soils and to determine origin of PAHs in the soils - coal tar processing or a petroleum recycling/storage origin.

Developed MGP coal tar chemistry chapter for EPRI’s Sediment Compendium. Developed chapter devoted to history of MGP plants, MGP product chemistry, and environmental forensics methods.

Co-Principal Investigator on research project that resulted in the publication of “Identifying PAHs from Manufactured Gas Plant Sites.” Included aspects of MGP waste and product chemistry and environmental forensics methods to distinguish cola tar from other PAH sources.

For EPRI, Co-Principal Investigator on research project that resulted in the publication of “Identifying PAHs from Manufactured Gas Plant Sites.” Included aspects of MGP waste and product chemistry and environmental forensics methods to distinguish cola tar from other PAH sources.

Oil Spill Research and Consulting

Principal Investigator of multiple oil spill fate and effects studies and major assessments, including studies of the Exxon Valdez, Exxon Bayway Refinery (NJ), Shell Martinez Refinery (CA), Ashland (Monongahela River) spill, 1991 Gulf War oil spill, Argo Merchant (Georges Bank, MA), Amoco Cadiz (France), Ixtoc 1 (Gulf of Mexico), Tsesis (Sweden), Haven (Italy), Katina P (Mozambique), North Cape (RI), and Prestige (Spain) spills, among others. Spills involved crude oils and fuels (heavy industrial oil, bunker oils, diesel fuel, and gasoline).

Principal Investigator for Environment Canada on multiyear study of effects of chemically dispersed and non-dispersed oil in the Arctic, the Baffin Island Oil Spill Study (BIOS).

Served as Technical Expert for U.S. Minerals Management Service in a formal review of oil spill impact models available internationally. MMS project title: Survey of Marine Environmental Impact Assessment Models.

Served on expert committee of the National Resrach Council’s Marine Board and coauthored review of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Interagency R&D plan, inclusive of oil spill trajectory modeling for National Research Council.

Prime contractor and technical expert for Chevron on their oil spill environmental functional team. Prepared “EFT Response Manual” and “EFT Response Guide,” including section on spill trajectory modeling and oil spill surveillance. Participated in four spill drills involving the use of trajectory modeling and other tools. Advised response team on use of these tools.

Principal author of background chapter on Physical and Chemical Fates in Oil in the Sea, National Academy of Sciences, 1985.

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Assessments

Principal Investigator on Center for LNG-sponsored assessment of the environmental impacts of open-loop vaporization technology for LNG projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

International Environmental Impact Assessments

Led environmental impact assessment programs and EHS management systems reviews of oil and gas operations in Latin America (Colombia and Venezuela), West Africa (Nigeria, Angola), the Former Soviet Union (Caspian Sea), and throughout North America.

• Onshore and offshore EIAs for gas expansion projects in the Escravos region, Niger Delta, Nigeria
• Environmental baseline studies in Angola
• Environmental baseline studies and EIA support for offshore development, Caspian Sea
• Environmental baseline studies and EIA support for offshore development, Caspian Sea
• Advisor for West African gas Pipeline EIA and EBS programs in Nigeria, Togo, Benin, and Ghana
• Senior reviewer and advisor for seismic EIA for oil company consortium in Northeast Caspian Sea (now OKIOC)
• Director-in-charge of EHS and social audit and management systems assessments.

Developed environmental management, monitoring, and risk assessment strategies for offshore (Sonda Campeche) and onshore (Chicontepec) oil field developments. Work included advising on the development of environmental management plans for long-term development of these fields.

Led the development of a technology transfer program for the Instiuto Mexicano del Petroleo involving: creation of a state-of-the art analytical chemistry facility, development of an environmental forensics capability, advancement of environmental management information systems, and development of capability for integrated environmental impact assessment.

Reviewed EHS management systems related to pipeline and processing operations in Colombia. Performed audits and made recommendations to senior managers.

Oil Exploration and Related Drilling Discharges

Conducted numerous investigations for API and the U.S. Offshore Operators Committee on chemical method for analyzing discharges of lignosulfonate muds and drill cuttings in Gulf of Mexico.

For MMS, managed risk assessment study of the chemical used in deepwater exploration and production operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

For API, conducted studies on the chemical characterization of oilfield produced waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

Risk Assessments

Managed and directed a 3-year ecological risk assessment of the Bayway (New Jersey) refinery and Bayonne terminal. Work also included numerous forensics investigations at the sites, in adjacent waterways, and other areas related to the sites.

Conducted and published an ecological risk assessment of the Exxon Valdez spill on mussel populations and foraging wildlife in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Pollution Monitoring

Served on a team contracted to the Kuwait Institute for Scientific to assist in the development of their coastal monitoring and oil pollution research program. This included development of laboratory and field capabilities.

Led numerous marine programs related to assessment of impacts of exploration and production activities and discharges in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, Shelikof Strait, Cook Inlet, California’s Santa Maria Basin, Georges Bank, and the Gulf of Mexico.

As principal investigator, conducted a study of the inventory, usage, and ecological risks of chemicals in deepwater drilling and near-shore exploration and production activities in the Gulf of Mexico,.Developed risk-based evaluations of potential impacts of these chemicals on the marine environment.

Served as program manager and principal investigator for various field studies and analyses for EPA’s Ocean Dumping/Disposal and Ocean Incineration Programs between 1986 and 1989. Work included major field investigations.

Helped design the Status and Trends-Mussel Watch Program – East and West Coasts, for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 19851989. Became Program Manager for the implementation of NOAA’s first Mussel Watch program.

• American Chemical Society
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• International Society of Environmental Forensics
• Society of Petroleum Engineers
• Associate Member, American Bar Association