CHRISTOPHER N. CAHNOVSKY

WORK

EXPERIENCE

Senior Public Service Administrator

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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.

August

2001 to Present.

Regional Manager for the Bureau ofLand.

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Field Operations Section’s Collinsville

Regional Office. Responsible for the plamiing, direction, organization, control and

implementation ofAgency policies and procedures pertaining to all Bureau ofLand

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program areas in the operations ofthe Collinsville Regional Field Office. Responsible

for the evaluation oftechnical, scientific, regulatory and legal reports and documents.

Responsible for making recommendations on pollution control, compliance and

enforcement issues. Responsible for sOlid waste programs, hazardous waste programs

and delegated county agreements for a nine county region. Responsible for the

supervision ofseven staff.

Environmental Protection Specialist

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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. May

1990 to August 2001.

Responsible for

conducted inspections, including sampling

and complaint investigations,

pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Illinois

Environmental Protection Act at regulated facilities. Involved in RCRA Facility

Assessments, closure activities and enforcement of permits at hazardous waste facilities.

Conduct inspections at nine RCRA permitted facilities. Lead inspector for one

commercial ha±ardouswaste facility. Lead inspector for the largest petroleum refinery in

the State ofIllinois. Responsible for acting as IEPA’s Bureau ofLand regional contact for

the Compliance Assistance Program and the Clean Break Amnesty Program. Initiate and

coordinated enforcement cases with the IEPA’s Division ofLegal Counsel, Office of the

Illinois Attorney General and the State’s Attorney for St. Clair County. Review and

provide comments on civil complaints and orders filed by the Office ofthe Illinois

Attorney General. Provide assistance to the Illinois State Police regarding criminal

investigations. Assist IEPA’s Emergency Response Unit in responding to environmental

emergencies.

From 1990 to 1992 acted as coordinator of the Used Tire Unit for the Collinsville Region.

Responsibilities included enforcement ofthe Agency’s used tire regulations, coordinating

and overseeing individual and county wide tire collections.

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CHRISTOPHER N. CAIHNOVSKY

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science

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Animal Science. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

December 1988.

Master ofScience

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Environmental Studies/Science. Southern Illinois University at

Edwardsvtlle. December 1993

Certified Hazardous Material Manager

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Senior Level.

Institute ofHazardous

Materials Management. Rockville, Maryland. June

1995.

Number 6021.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Fire Fighter

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Captain/Emergency Medical Technician Aihambra Community Fire

Department, Alhambra, Illinois 1998 to 2002. Northwest St. Clair County Fire Protection

District, Belleville, Illinois. August 1990 to January

1995.

A member ofthe Alhambra Community Fire Department as a fire fighter and Emergency

Medical Technician-Basic/Difibulator. Also serve as Sector Representative for the

Madison County Hazardous Materials Response Team.

ORGANIZATIONS

Gateway Society ofHazardous Materials Managers

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1995 to Present.

Currently serve on the Board ofDirectors as President ofthis non-for-profit

environmental organization. Responsible for operations of the organization. Served as

President-Elect in 2001, Secretary 2000 and Director at Large and Chairperson ofthe

Meetings and Public Relations Committee.

Lodge ofOndessonk. 1977 to Present.

Madison County Fire Fighters Association 1998 to Present.