Cheryl Cahnovsky

6345

Makalya Brooke Lane, Maryville, IL

62062

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

—

Environmental Protection

SpecialistIII in the Office of

Emergency Response in Collinsville,

IL, 1996 to present.

•

I am the

Agency

emergency responder during

chemical

emergencies or state disaster emergencies.

Some of myresponses have been to the

railroad, semi-truck, industrial, agricultural, petroleum,

gas•

station, abandoned drum, and other chemical emergencies.

I am trained in Hazardous Material

Operations and Technician level responses.

I coordinate with industry, contractors, county ESDA,

County HAZMAT teams, state and federal agencies, and the public

during chemical emergencies and

during the cleanup.

•

I can take soil, groundwater,

and surface water samples.

I canprepare the

samples for analysis and

interpret the results.

I use air monitoring equipment such as photoionization detectors, combustable

gas indicators, and drager tubes.

•

I review sampling plans, environmental remediation plans

and completion reports to meet the

Tiered

Approach to Corrective Action Objectives (TACO) for Tierl, Tier 2, and Tier 3 reviews.

Illinois

Environmental Protection Agency

—

Environmental Protection SpecialistI in Bureau ofAir, Air

Quality Planning Section, Springfield, IL

1995

to 1996.

•

I reviewed transportation conformity and general conformity reports for Chicago and Metro-East St.

Louis ozone non-attainment areas.

•

I generally reviewed

travel-demand modeling, MOBILE5 emissions modeling, mobile source

emission estimating under Clean Air Act.

Coordinated with multi-agency groups

for emissions

benefits for Chicago Transportation System and East-West Gateway Coordinating Council.

MILITARY SERVICE:

U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps, ROTC

—

Gateway Battalion, Washington University, St. Louis,

MO

during

1992-1994.

Trained as Cadet at Southern Illinois

University at Edwardsville.

Responsible for

training and development ofjunior cadets.

Illinois Army National Guard

—

Staff Sergeant, Tactical Circuit Controller Supervisor in the

Signal Corp

during

1985

to 1994.

Military Awards:

Army Achievement Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal

EDUCATION:

Master of Science Environmental

Studies

GPA 3.72/4.0 May

1994

Bachelor

of Science,

Earth

Science/Geology

GPA 3.1/4.0

Dec

1991

Southern

Illinois University

at Edwardsville

ACADEMIC COURSEWORK:

Environmental Policy and Law; Geology; Chemical Instrumental

Analysis, Soils, Paleontology, Cartography, Hydrology, Chemistry, Air Photography, Engineering.

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COURSE CERTIFICATES,

TRAINING,

AND

CONFERENCES:

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Marathon

Pipeline

Spill Drill,

Terre

Haute,

IN, May 7-9,

1996

•

Tiered Approach to

Correction Objectives (TACO) Training,

October22, 1996

•

Incident Command

System—

16 hours, November 20-21, 1996

•

USEPA SPCC Presentation, Marion, February

5,

1997

•

Marathon Oil Spill Drill, Patoka, June

10,

1997

•

USEPA Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund

—

June

17-20, 1997

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Mobile Oil Spill Drill, Cape Girardeau, Missouri,

September 15-16, 1997

•

Introducing Intermodal Tank Containers with Union Pacific Railroad

—

1

hour, October

14,

1997

•

Understanding Railroad Tank Cars

with Union Pacific

—

3

hours, October

14,

1997

•

Hazardous Materials Technician Module

“A”

Course with Illinois Fire

Service Institute —40 hours,

October

17-26,

1997

•

First Responder Operations/Radiation Training, International Association of Fire Fighters,

October 23,

1997

•

CAMEO/MARPLOT/ALOHA Air Dispersion Model Training

—

16 hours, January 7-8, 1998

and

February 23-24, 1999

•

Investigation ofEnvironmental Crime for Local Law Enforcement

—

8

hours, February 23,

1998

•

St. Louis Spill Symposium, March

3-5,

1998

•

Chlorine Institute Course, St Louis, March 28,

1998

•

14th

International Hazardous Material Spills Conference, April

5-9,

1998

•

Tank Car Safety Course with Union

Pacific Railroad at Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo

Colorado —40

hours, June 8-12, 1998

•

Clark Refining & Marketing Inc.

Tabletop Exercise, July 9,

1998

•

USEPA Introduction to Groundwater Investigations

—

24

hours, July 28-30,

1998

•

Amoco Cargo Tanker Course, Wood River,

4 hours, May

11,

1999

•

HAZMAT 2000 Prevention Conference, St Louis, April 4-6, 2000

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St Louis Pipeline Tabletop Exercise, February 27, 2001

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Remediation of Salt Affected Soils

Workshop,

Illinois Petroleum Resources Board, March

7, 2001

•

RRT Skimmer Drill-Brussel’s Ferry-Mississippi River, US Coast Guard, May

9,

2001

•

Hazardous Material First Responder/Operations with Illinois

Fire Service Institute-40 hours,

October 29-November 2, 2001

•

Hazardous Material Technician Module

A Course

with Illinois Fire

Service Institute-40 hours,

November 5-November 9, 2001

•

Hazardous Material Technician Model

B Course

Illinois

Fire

Service Institute-40 hours,

January 7-January

11, 2002

•

Basic Concepts

To TerrorismIllinois

Fire

Service Institute- 16

hours, February 21-22, 2002

•

Phillips Wood River Refinery, Marine Response

OPA

Spill Drill and Table Top Exercise,

August 6, 2002