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M. Margret Hanley, LSP
Summary
Margret Hanley is a Founding Principal of Sleeman
Hanley & DiNitto, Inc. and is responsible for the management of facility
closure, remediation management, and the disposition of environmentally impaired
properties. Ms Hanley's expertise is in the integration of environmental
assessment and remediation and the redevelopment of industrial properties,
including those that have affected public water supplies.
Ms Hanley is a Licensed Site Professional (LSP)
authorized to manage waste site‑clean‑up activities in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and has 20 years of experience providing
strategic environmental management services to industrial clients, including the
development of environmental response costs and schedules for SEC reporting, the
development and implementation of annual operating budgets and management
systems, and the negotiation of remediation programs and schedules with state
and Federal Agencies. She has extensive experience on litigation sensitive
projects, and is frequently invited to speak on issues related to the impact of
environmental regulation on real estate development and risk management. Clients
serviced by Ms. Hanley include Fortune 500 Companies as well as numerous real
estate development, financial, insurance and law firms.
Ms. Hanley was previously Corporate Vice President
of GEI Consultants Inc, a nationally recognized consulting and engineering firm
specializing in Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering and Water Resources.
During her 16 year tenure at GEI, Ms Hanley managed division, branch, and
corporate programs from offices located in Chicago Illinois and Boston,
Massachusetts, and served on the Board of Directors.
Employment History
Sleeman,
Hanley & DiNitto, Inc.
September 00 - Present
Director
Greenfield International
LLC.
November 1999 - August 2000
Senior Associate
Greenfield International
LLC.
November 1999‑ August 2000
Senior Associate
GEI Consultants Inc.
(formerly Geotechnical Engineers Inc.)
Member of Board of Directors, May 1997 - April 2000
Corporate Vice President, February 1996 - November 1999
Corporate Vice President - Commercial and Manufacturing Program Manager January
1998 - November 1999
Corporate Vice President - Environmental Programs - Acting Manager of Chicago
Branch Office, February 1996 - July 1998
Vice President, Environmental Division Manager 1990 - 1996
Group Leader, 1987 - 1990
Project Manager, 1985 - 1987
Project Geologist, December 1983 - 1984
Yankee Environmental Engineering and Research
Services
January 1982 - December 1993
Project
Geologist,
Ecology and Environment Inc.
May 1980 - December 1981
Member of USEPA Field Investigation Team (FIT)
Relevant
Experience
 | MCP/Solid
Waste Closure at Future Development Site, Bethlehem Steel Corp. Project Manager and LSP of Record for MCP Response Actions and
Closure of former off‑site disposal facility for solid waste generated
at the Quincy Shipyard, and other sources. This Site is located within the
limits of a proposed High School Development. Closure requires consideration
of applicable requirements of the Massachusetts Solid Waste, wetland, and
various state and federal asbestos regulations, as well as the planned
future use of the site. Responsible for the management and implementation of
a Public Involvement Plan (PIP) under the MCP.
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| Facility
Decommissioning/Site Assessment/Litigation Support, Philips Lighting Co. (PLC). Project Director and LSP for site assessment and remedial
actions at a former PLC fluorescent and incandescent lamp manufacturing
facility. Services included the acquisition of a Waiver of Approvals from
state regulatory agencies, assessment, support of a claim and subsequent
financial settlement against a previous owner, and the design and
construction of a product recovery system and soil removal beneath portions
of the facility buildings. Project also included the planning and oversight
of the decontamination of over 500,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
Assisted in the negotiation of purchase terms with prospective buyer, and
development of appropriate land use restrictions.
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| Preliminary
Review of Re-Use
Options for Former Manufacturing Facility, Joliet, Illinois. Consultant responsible for evaluation of
environmental and market constraints for multi‑use development of 1100
acre manufacturing facility bordering the Des Plaines River. Included
evaluation of environmental conditions at Property, regulatory status, and
permitting and zoning requirements associated with the various re‑use
scenarios.
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| Preliminary
Environmental Assessment, Former Wisconsin Steel Works Site, Chicago, IL. Project Manager responsible for evaluation of remedial scenarios of
the former Wisconsin Steel Works site in Chicago. Work included review of
USEPA, [EPA and EDA documents related to historical use of the site,
remedial action performed to date, and the regulatory status. Information
developed by GEI was used to evaluate the feasibility of future development
of the site as an inter‑modal facility.
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| Licensed Site
Professional (LSP) of Record for the Olin Corporation, Tier IA Site in
Wilmington, MA. Responsible for oversight of all MCP
response actions. Participates on Site Management Team responsible for
developing regulatory strategy for site, including the development of
Groundwater Management Plans and the procurement of Down Gradient Property
Status for impacted properties, and the development of a Contingency Plan
for Monitoring and Response Action Thresholds for a municipal water supply.
Responsible for obtaining State and local approvals for the redevelopment of
the former facility area in accordance with the construction policy under
the MCP, WPA, MEPA, ACOE, and other agencies and regulations. Responsible
for the oversight of Remedial Action necessary to achieve a Response Action
Outcome Statement.
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| Comprehensive
Investigation/Remediation and Development Support, Armstrong World
Industries, Braintree, MA. Ms. Hanley was the
project manager, LSP, and client liaison for all environmental work
performed at Armstrong World Industries' Braintree facility. Ms. Hanley's
responsibilities include assisting Armstrong personnel in developing
Long‑Term Environmental Compliance programs, permitting, OSHA
Training, and the identification and characterization of potential
environmental contamination problems at the site. GEI performed a Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility Study at the site and limited removal actions,
including buried drum removal, necessary to permit the commercial
redevelopment of the facility.
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| Remedial
Investigation/Strategic Planning, Bostik Corp. Ms. Hanley was Program Manager and LSP for remedial investigation
and response actions at the Bostik Middleton, Massachusetts facility between
1992 and 1996, and supervised the assessment of 12 SWMUs, Environmental and
Human Health Risk Assessment and development of strategic plans for
compliance with MCP. Response actions at the site include ground water
recovery and treatment, vapor extraction, limited soil removal and drum
removal. Site is occupied by an active manufacturing facility. Plant
expansion and remedial actions are integrated. Management support services
include cost estimating for SEC reporting requirements, publications, and
cost‑recovery negotiations with previous property owners.
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| Strategic
Planning, Remedial Response Management and Litigation Support, Burlington,
MA. Project manager and LSP of technical oversight
and litigation support services to land owner and potentially responsible
party at a major ground water contamination site affecting the municipal
water supply of Burlington, Massachusetts. Site includes at least two
separate sources of DNAPL, which are present in rock. Ms Hanley is
responsible for the planning and management of all comprehensive response
actions, including performance of a pump test at the municipal wells and
modeling of the impact of pumping on water quality at the wells, the
development of long‑term remediation strategies under the MCP, and
management of a Public Participation Program.
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| Remedial
(Phase 11/111) Investigation, Amesbury, MA. Project manager for the comprehensive site assessment and evaluation
of remedial actions at Brazonics Corp., which is situated adjacent to a
Priority Disposal facility and CERCLAIS site, where DNAPL is present in
rock. Based on work performed by GEI, an estimate of the relative
contribution of ground water contamination to the adjacent disposal site,
and a determination of No Significant Risk (NSR) was made for the Brazonics
site.
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| Litigation
Support, Bedford, MA. Project manager of litigation support
services to the town of Bedford, Massachusetts. Responsibilities include
data assessment and case development for litigation against parties
potentially responsible for the contamination of the Bedford water supply
wells.
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| Remedial
Response Actions, MCP, Textron Financial Corp. Project manager and LSP for preliminary investigations, Immediate
Response Actions (IRAs) and Release Abatement Measures (RAMs) at former rope
manufacturing facility in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Responsible for
supporting real estate sale and/or development of selected parcels.
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| Environmental
Consulting, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. Project Director for a term consultant contract to
provide environmental services at MTA maintenance facilities and service
areas, including the Callahan and Sumner Tunnels. GEI developed a
5‑year strategic plan for moving MTA sites through the MCP process,
and has provided ongoing litigation and land taking support services.
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| Remedial
Investigation/Solvents Recovery Services of New England and Former Municipal
Landfill, Southington, CT. Project
geohydrologist for evaluation of a solvent disposal area and landfill for
the U.S. Department of Justice and USEPA, Evaluation included historical
assessment, site inspection and field investigation.
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| Expert
Witness, Whittaker Corporation. Retained to provide
litigation support services, including testimony, in a damage claim
associated with the sale of a former plastics manufacturing facility.
Responsible for the evaluation of the current extent and impact of vinyl
chloride, TCE and phthalate oil (NAPL) at the site, analysis of current and
historical regulatory status, and likely response‑action costs.
Assisted in settlement negotiations with the plaintiff.
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| Remedial
Action, NPL Site, Plymouth, MA. Quality Assurance
Officer/ Program Manager for soil removal action at Cannons Engineering
Corporation Superfund site in Plymouth for Responsible Parties, under
consent agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Based on submittals prepared by GEI, this site was de-listed as an NPL site
in 1992.
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| Litigation
Support/Settlement Negotiations, Honeywell, Corp. Ms Hanley was retained as an expert to assist in the defense of a
claim by an entity that acquired a property formerly owned and occupied by
Honeywell, Corp. in Waltham, Massachusetts. Services provided included the
analysis of chemical fate and transport in ground water, modeling of
releases of volatile organic compounds from hypothetical sources, the
assessment of the existing ground water recovery and treatment system and
the likelihood of achieving regulatory closure, evaluation of other possible
contributors, and development of alternative regulatory scenarios and
related cost estimates.
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| Remedial
Response Actions, Compo Industries, Inc./Aussimont, USA. Project Director and LSP for remedial Response Actions and Immediate
Response Actions (IRAs) at Tier IA Site in Mansfield and Lowell, Mass. IRA's
include assessment of VOC contamination and installation of Air
SpargingNapor Extraction system in location of former tank farm, and
evaluation of NAPL in soil in former on‑site landfill. Also prepared
USEPA Site Inspection Report and managed public participation program.
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| Due Diligence,
Papa Gino's Corp. Program Manager for
fast track due diligence of 76 restaurant locations owned or operated by
Papa Gino's Corp. Program was implemented over a six‑week period and
included development of audit standards and protocols, hazard ranking, data
management, and regulatory compliance planning in anticipation of real
estate transactions.
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| Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility Study (RIIFS) at the Kearsarge Metallurgical
Corporation site in Conway, NH, an abandoned metal casting facility. Kearsarge is ranked No. 335 on the U.S. EPA National Priorities List
(NPL). Ms. Hanley was responsible for the negotiating and implementing of
the scope of work for the RI/FS. The Kearsarge Metallurgical Corporation
Remedial Investigation was performed for the responsible parties under
consent agreement with the state of New Hampshire.
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| Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility Study. Project manager of
Preliminary and Remedial Investigation at trucking facility in Portland,
Maine. Responsible for site assessment and implementation of Initial
Remedial Alternatives.
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| Litigation
Support, Hollis, NH. Project manager of litigation support
services to attorneys representing potentially responsible party at the
Rogers Drum Disposal Site in Hollis, New Hampshire.
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| Remedial
Action Planning, Ringwood and Maywood, NJ. Project geohydrologist for development of hydrogeologic and
geophysical work plans to complete Remedial Action Master Plans (RAMPs) for
hazardous waste sites in Ringwood and Maywood, New Jersey.
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| Remedial
Investigation, Industrial Site, Cambridge, MA. Site Assessment, Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study at
former metal plating facility. Contaminants of concern include metals and
PCBs. Included negotiation of scope of work for field investigation with
state agencies.
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| Hazard Ranking
USEPA Region 1. Member of QA/QC Team responsible for
review and verification of supporting data for Hazard Ranking of sites prior
to listing on USEPA National Priority List (NPL) 1981‑1982. Also
responsible for collection of data and Hazard Ranking of numerous sites in
Region 1.
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| Preliminary
Assessment, Numerous Sites, Naugatuck and Beacon Falls, CT. Project manager for preliminary site assessment of seven potential
uncontrolled waste sites in Naugatuck, Connecticut, including the Laurel
Park Landfill.
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| Litigation
Support Services, Saugus, MA. Ms. Hanley was the
project manager of litigation support services to a major petroleum
distributor in Saugus, Massachusetts. Work performed included preparation of
interrogatories, reviewing depositions, discovery actions, and case
development planning for third party suit. Ms. Hanley was identified as an
expert witness for litigation in this case.
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| Litigation
Support Services, Dracut, MA. Project manager of
litigation support services to attorneys representing potentially
responsible party and insurance carriers at a ground watercontaminated
site in Dracut, Massachusetts.
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| Preliminary
Assessment, Saco Tannery Disposal Site, Saco, ME. Project manager for preliminary assessment and site inspection of a
municipal landfill and tannery waste disposal area in Saco, Maine.
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| 9/90 Metrowest
Development, Framingham, MA. Project
manager for evaluation of environmental impact and liabilities pursuant to
MGL 21E at a major office park and development site, part of which contains
a former ash landfill.
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| South Station Soil
Excavation Project, Boston, MA. Project Manager for
identification of regulatory status and disposition of 100,000 cubic yards
of contaminated soil at major urban construction site. Negotiated disposal
alternatives with the state agency resulting in a $1 million cost savings to
the project.
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Academic
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science (Geology and Geophysics) - Boston College
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