Michael Geyer, PE, CIH, CSP

Education

B.S. - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1985

Agricultural Engineering

B.S. - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1985

Soil Science

Licenses and Certifications

Registered Civil Engineer (PE) - California, 1990 (No. C-45718)

Registered Civil Engineer (PE) - Mississippi, 1998 (No. 13842)

Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), 1995 (No. 6770)

Certified Safety Professional (CSP), 1995 (No. 13587)

California Licensed Contractor - General Engineering-A & HAZ, 1997 (No. 743043)

California Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC), 1992 (No. 92-0089)

Florida Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC), 1998 (No. 98021291)

California Registered Environmental Assessor (REA), 1994 (No. REA-05845)

40-Hour EPA-Approved Hazardous Waste Operations Trained (Since 1988)

EPA-Accredited AHERA Inspector/Management Planner/Project Designer (Since 1985)

OSHA Supervisor/Competent Person and Confined Space Entry Trained (Since 1989)

24-Hour Explosives Safety Trained (Since 2000)

Affiliations

American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)

American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)

National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)

Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council (BETEC)

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)

American College of Forensic Examiners Institute (ACFEI)

Kern County Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee; Kern County, California

Professional Experience

Mr. Geyer has 30 years of hands-on experience in construction, engineering, environmental and biological sciences. Mr. Geyer has worked on thousands of investigations over the course of several hundred projects, including:

Air Quality Assessment. Mr. Geyer develops and manages numerous indoor air quality (IAQ) studies at residential, commercial and industrial sites, assessing suspected chemical and/or biological contaminants that may affect the safety, health and comfort of building occupants. Mr. Geyer has extensive experience assessing airborne concentrations of volatile chemicals, hydrocarbons, cyanides, explosive dusts, methane gas, metal aerosols, odors, particulates, pathogens and microorganisms (molds, bacteria, insects). He is often requested to opine on IAQ data and industry practice in contaminant control. Mr. Geyer develops and manages outdoor air quality studies conducting “property line” monitoring, baseline monitoring, and periodic monitoring to satisfy compliance or permit requirements.

Building Envelope Assessment. Mr. Geyer routinely assesses building envelope design, construction, and integrity to determine (intrusion) pathways of water, air, or gaseous contaminants, and to report on thermal performance (heat loss).of envelope assemblies. IAQ dynamics often depend on vapor intrusion pathways that predispose construction materials to corrosion or biological degradation, loss of structural integrity, and compromised IAQ. Mr. Geyer is often requested to opine on construction assemblies and building deficiencies. His technical expertise is often requested to analyze a building for LEED certification and credits for a “Green” building design and function.

Property Condition Assessment. Mr. Geyer routinely conducts building assessments to assess existing conditions as part of a due diligence prior to sale, transfer, or as part of a maintenance or portfolio examination. Typical PCAs include an assessment of the building envelope (foundation, walls, and roof), mechanical systems (ventilation, electrical, and plumbing), interior finishes and furnishings, and outdoor/exterior elements, resulting in a Property Condition Report (PCR). PCAs are performed pursuant to ASTM E2018-01.

Building Remediation. Mr. Geyer is considered an expert in determining appropriate remediation efforts to remove or neutralize contaminants (e.g., molds, VOCs, H 2S, dusts, radon, odors) in buildings. Mr. Geyer is a pioneer in building treatments using heat and ThermaPure Heat; a patented process of reducing chemical and biological contaminants in structures. Mr. Geyer’s remediation experience includes mitigating construction defects and vapor intrusion pathways, changing building O&M practices, removing contaminants, substituting chemicals, and modifying ventilation systems.

Construction-Mitigation Oversight. Mr. Geyer is often retained by property owners as a third-party expert to develop, specify, and oversee the efforts by others remediating, cleaning, or controlling contaminants on a property or in structures. Mr. Geyer has worked on numerous projects related to high-hazard construction, solid waste remediation, hazardous substance characterization and management. Mr. Geyer’s expertise significantly reduces building owners’ risk associated with contamination-reduction projects, possible regulatory violation, and potential third-party exposure to litigation. Many construction-oversight projects successfully managed by Mr. Geyer have involved regulatory oversight, litigating parties, and community involvement.

Soil-Gas Mitigation and Vapor Intrusion. Mr. Geyer performs many investigations to define the migration of hazardous gases (e.g., radon, methane, hydrogen sulfide, VOCs,) in soil, design engineering controls to mitigate and protect structures from vapor intrusion, and perform construction QA/QC of control system fabrication and system certification. His experience includes foundation membranes, passive and active vent systems, impermeable barriers, and monitoring and detection equipment (alarm systems).

Landfill and Contaminated Site Closure. Mr. Geyer is often called upon to oversee and provide technical direction for the closure, re-vegetation (landscaping), and re-use of closed landfills and sites with soil contamination. He has extensive experience mitigating landfill fires, placing impermeable caps/covers over hazardous materials, and reclaiming contaminated soils using phytoremediation; some projects are now valuable community assets.

Industrial Hygiene, Health & Safety and Community Safety Plans. Mr. Geyer develops site-specific health and safety plans (HASPs) for a large variety of hazards, including: explosive dusts, gases, and bio-hazards. HASP protocols include: site characterization, hazard communication, personal protective equipment, decontamination, safe worksite means and methods, etc. He routinely conducts typical industrial hygiene studies, measuring and mitigating chemical and/or biological contaminants within industrial facilities, and “property line” monitoring at sites measuring community exposure. Mr. Geyer can develop HASPs and he is often requested to opine on HASPs developed by others regarding standard of care within the industry.

Agri-business - Water System and Facility Design. Mr. Geyer has designed, developed, and constructed water wells (both solar and grid connected), sprinkler, and drip irrigation systems, low-head pipe mains, and livestock watering systems. He has designed, developed, and constructed surface drainage systems and ag-related facilities (e.g., pump and treatment systems, barns, residential housing and off-grid electrical systems.

Solid Waste-related Air Quality Testing. Mr. Geyer has extensive experience sampling minute concentrations of landfill gas, non-methane VOCs, and biological aerosols in ambient air at numerous solid waste facilities, including landfills, MRFs, recycling centers, composting facilities, and C&D sites. His work has involved regulatory compliance, designing test methods and equipment, laboratory data verification, and QA/QC validation.

Naturally Occurring Asbestos. For over 20-years, Mr. Geyer has been an expert in the detection of asbestos in building materials, at construction and demolition sites, as well as naturally occurring asbestos in soil. Mr. Geyer has managed construction projects, specifically elements of site grading and foundation construction, to mitigate harmful dusts and aerosols containing asbestos. His asbestos experience includes using explosives in asbestos-bearing rock, deep excavations, mass horizontal grading, and downwind emissions monitoring to verify efficacy of control efforts.

Litigation and Regulatory Support. Mr. Geyer is routinely retained by legal counsel determining standards of care, and by municipal agencies enforcing building safety, associated with chemical or biological contamination of structures, IAQ, and vapor intrusion. He has been qualified by several courts as an expert in IAQ, vapor intrusion, asbestos, engineering controls mitigating building contaminants, and costs thereof.

Construction Experience

Mr. Geyer has 20 years of hands-on experience in the design and construction of residential homes, applications of renewable energy and wireless communications for remote home sites. Mr. Geyer lives in a self-sufficient, off-grid home with microwave communications. His work experience includes:

Custom Home Construction. Mr. Geyer is a licensed California contractor and has built hundreds of residential structures, detached single family dwellings and multifamily housing units. He specializes in the design and construction of custom cabins and ranch-style homes in remote areas, including super-insulted, self-sufficient homes that require little maintenance and/or energy input as compared to conventional construction methods/materials.

Solar Energy. Mr. Geyer designs and builds off-grid and utility inter-tie solar energy systems for residential, cabin and ranch applications. He has developed solar, wind and hydroelectric power sources to provide self-sufficient energy where grid power was not available, and developed solar-thermal energy sources to heat water He has extensive experience developing water resources for homes and ranches in remote areas and providing microwave-powered communication systems to remote areas for (phone) voice and data transmission.

Additional Information

Mr. Geyer has completed a certified health and safety program in compliance with Fed-OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.120 - Hazardous waste operations, and is a trainer for 40-hour and 8-hour HAZWOPR classes for adults. He is knowledgeable in incident response operations, team functions, personnel safety, confined space entry, and chemical monitoring equipment. Mr. Geyer is able to recognize and quickly evaluate potential chemical, microbiological and physical hazards in field operations and ensure safe and effective response actions. He is very skilled in taking complex environmental/construction projects, breaking them into functional efforts, assigning tasks to specialists and specialty trades, managing them, and completing projects on time and on budget. His work often includes assisting counsel with litigation and providing expert review of documents. He is often requested by municipal agencies to assist in mitigating public hazards. Mr. Geyer is adept in negotiations with regulatory/permitting agencies, speaking at public forums, and often participates in adult educational seminars; several of which are represented below.

Publications and Presentations

Dong, T., and M. Geyer. Real Estate Acquisition Liability. The Risk Management Letter (Publication of Warren, McVeigh, and Griffin, Inc.). January/February 1987.

Geyer, M. Asbestos and Lead Issues. Proceedings From the Long Beach Local Development Corporation’s Environmental Liability Avoidance Seminar. June 1990.

Geyer, M. Control and Prevention of Landfill Fires. Proceedings From the Third Annual Arizona Landfill Seminar. May 1993.

Geyer M. Bloodborne Pathogens in Solid Waste. Solid Waste Association of North American (SWANA) 32nd Annual Solid Waste Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. August 1994.

Geyer, M., and R. Marsh. The Hazard Communication Act and Redevelopment Agencies. Redevelopment Journal. October/November 1994.

Geyer M. Health and Safety Hazards at Solid Waste Facilities. California Environmental Health Association, Los Angeles, California. April 1997.

Geyer, M. Benefits of Dry Heat to Clean Structures of Biological Contamination and Improve Indoor Air Quality – Six Case Studies. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, San Diego, California. June 3, 2002.

Geyer, M. Mold Is Not the Problem. Bank Notes - A Publication of the Environmental Bankers Association (EBA). May/June 2002.

Geyer, M. Moisture Control, Mold and the Science Within the Building Envelope – A four-hour class to Industrial Hygienists. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Atlanta Georgia. May 9, 2004.

Geyer, M. Methane Mitigation at Olinda Ranch – A Case study of mitigating vapor intrusion at a 600-home residential development in California. American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. May 12, 2004.

Geyer, M. Indoor Air Quality and Toxic Mold – American Society of Safety Professionals National Conference and Exposition, Las Vegas, Nevada. June 10, 2004.