PG Environmental, LLC (PG) is a Virginia-based
corporation formed by James Parker and Wesley Ganter,
formerly of SAIC and Tetra Tech, Inc. PG’s founders have
supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
state environmental protection agencies, and the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) for their entire professional
careers.
Business Philosophy
PG’s business philosophy and strategy is based on the
following tenets:
- Offer our working knowledge and unparalleled
technical expertise to federal and state agencies tasked
with implementing and enforcing the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program.
- Provide a singular business focus that ensures we
are able to continually meet the needs of our valued
customers and attract and retain the highest caliber
employees in the NPDES arena.
- Provide the highest quality products to our
customers and guarantee customer satisfaction on all our
products.
- Offer a diverse and accomplished group of employees
to assist our customers who have a close and effective
working relationship.
- Provide value to our customers by offering very
competitive rates that are generally lower than those of
large corporations.
Personnel
Mr. James Parker has more than 25 years of experience and
his training is in environmental science and engineering,
with an emphasis in industrial and municipal wastewater
treatment and control and water resources protection. He
also has a background in developing and overseeing federal,
state, and local environmental regulatory programs, with
particular emphasis on the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit program. He has served as
an instructor for the NPDES Basic Permit Writers Training
Course for the past 18 years. Mr. Parker has expertise in
all facets of the permitting program including technology
and water quality-based permitting, control of wet weather
discharges (combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer
overflows, and storm water), watershed-based permitting and
effluent trading. Mr. Parker also has extensive experience
in performing cost studies in support of regulatory impact
analyses for water quality regulations.
Mr. Parker holds a B.A. in Environmental Science and a M.S.
in Environmental Science and Engineering.
 Mr.
Wesley Ganter has more than 17 years of NPDES program
experience specializing in compliance and enforcement.
Throughout his career he has supported EPA and DOJ by
conducting routine and event driven inspections, managing
and training teams of inspectors, supporting wastewater,
storm water, collection system and wetlands enforcement cases, and
providing expert witness testimony. Mr. Ganter has extensive expertise
providing oversight of Phase I and II municipal storm water programs.
He previously managed a staff of approximately 30 inspectors that
cumulatively conducted more than 3,000 NPDES inspections since 2001.
Mr. Ganter has extensive experience with web-based compliance tools and
the effective use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in
the preparation of trial exhibits. He is an accomplished public
speaker and trainer, having led countless training activities over
his career. Mr. Ganter is responsible for leading all technical
compliance and enforcement support provided by PG.
Mr. Ganter holds a B.A. in Environmental Conservation and a
B.A. in Economics.
Mr. Dan Connally is a Biologist with 5 years of experience.
Mr. Scott Coulson is a Water Resource Planner with 7 years of experience.
Mr. Paul Hanson, P.E. is a Chemical Engineer with 10 years of experience.
Ms. Audrey Ingram is an Environmental Scientist with 2 years of experience.
Mr. Max Kuker is an NPDES Compliance Specialist with 10 years experience.
Ms. Jan McGoldrick is a Senior Project Manager with 20 years of experience.
Mr. Daniel O'Connell is a Senior Compliance Specialist with over 25 years of experience.
Mr. Brenner Perryman is an Environmental Scientist with 3 years of experience.
Mr. Jared Richardson is an Environmental Scientist with 8 years of experience.
Ms. Monica Slade is an Environmental Scientist with 14 years of expereince.
Mr. Craig Simmons is a Chemical Engineer with 9 years of experience.
As of 2008, PG has active consultant agreements with five
additional permitting and compliance specialists, all whom
have direct experience providing expert support to EPA
Headquarters and Regions, states and the Department of
Justice. We also have an experienced Contracts Manager to
manage our customer and sub-contracting relationships, an Administrator for day-to-day support, and a
Technical Editor to ensure the quality of our products. The
combination of our employees, consultants, and
administrative staff ensures that we can provide our
customers with the depth and breadth of technical expertise
needed for any size project.
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