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OVERVIEW
CREDENTIALS
EXPERIENCE

DUTIES

Vice President

2016 - Present

Board of Directors

2010 - Present

Secretary

1998 - Present

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Aquifer investigation and characterization
Ground water assessment and remediation

BIOGRAPHY

Ms. Smyth oversees hydrogeological investigations for a variety of clients in the region which include subsurface investigations for solid waste facility siting and permitting.  Her water quality assessment experience extends from underground storage tank removal to contaminant delineation at pre-regulatory landfill facilities.  Her remediation experience includes monitored natural attenuation, in-situ remediation, source removal, and groundwater extraction and ex-situ remediation.  Her current focus is on emerging contaminants.

Ms. Smyth is a member the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) PFAS Group, is on the NCDEQ Rule Review Committee overseeing Environmental Monitoring Rules, and is a member of the Affiliated Research Faculty with the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences of Appalachian State University.

Ms. Smyth is a licensed Professional Geologist in North Carolina and South Carolina.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Hydrogeology from Northern Arizona University.

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ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

B.S. Hydrogeology, 1988 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff , AZ

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Professional Geologist

NC, SC

Registered Site Manager

NCDEQ’s IHSB

Registered Environmental Consultant Program

40 Hour Health and Safety Training

(29CFR1910)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Solid Waste Association of North America – PFAS Group
NCDEQ Rule Review Committee – Environmental Monitoring Rules
Appalachian State University – Affiliated Research Faculty, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Smith Gardner, Inc.

1994 - Present

ATEC Associates, Incorporated

1992 - 1994

International Technology Corporation

1989 - 1992

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Landfills and Groundwater – A Case Study of Impact in North Carolina”, (Smyth, J.A. and German, M. M.), Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, 2016

Gravity Driven Dewatering Systems for Landfill Expansion”, (Smith, S.A. and Smyth, J.A), Wessex Institute of Technology, 2008.

Air Sparging and Soil Vapor Extraction for the Remediation of Ground Water”, (Raymond, T. P. and Finkbeiner, J.A.), HMCRI Conf., Louisiana, 1994