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Rhea Varghese

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Staff Engineer II
M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
B.Tech, Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka (NITK)

Ms. Varghese’s work involves land development, permitting support, water treatment system design, and regulatory compliance. She has also worked on projects involving oil and gas site development and CCR unit closure. She gained additional experience in construction oversight for a CERCLA project in EPA Region 3 and geotechnical investigation for a water storage facility. Ms. Varghese’s modeling experience includes Civil3D and HydroCAD Stormwater modeling.

Experience:

Year Experience/Years with KEY: 3/3

Practice Area(s):

  • Civil Design

  • Coal Combustion Residuals

  • Construction Oversight

  • Design-Build-Operate

  • Emerging Contaminants

  • Environmental Due Diligence

  • Environmental Permitting & Compliance

  • Oil & Gas Services

  • Site Assessment

  • Site Development

  • Soil & Groundwater Remediation

  • Superfund/RCRA

  • Water & Wastewater Design

Specialties

  • Stormwater Design

  • Phase I Environmental Site Assessments

  • Leachate Treatment

  • General Permitting

  • Geotechnical Investigations

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Representative Projects:

Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR)

  • Completed compliance and permitting:

    • Title V air permitting

    • Water withdrawal reporting

    • Tier 2 reporting

    • Public water system reporting

Water Storage Facility

  • Oversaw geotechnical investigation for soil characterization

  • Obtained soil samples for laboratory testing

  • Prepared boring logs

Former Industrial Site

  • Oversaw construction of low permeability cover 

  • Ensured RCRA requirements were met

Superfund Site

  • Provided construction oversight for EPA Regioin3 CERCLA project

  • Coordinated excavation and offsite disposal of DNAPL-impacted surface sediments

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