James R. Roderick, REM,CHMM
Professional History

Mr. Roderick, founder and president of James R. Roderick & Associates, Inc., and Remediation Solutions, Inc., located in Tulsa, Oklahoma is a Registered Environmental Manager and Certified Hazardous Materials Manager with an extensive background in remediation systems and design, hazardous materials management, handling and training. He has experience with projects and regulatory agencies in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

Mr. Roderick's design in soil and groundwater remediation systems have been accepted and granted protection by the United States Patent Office. His background in environmental reviews, pre-acquisition phase I, II, III investigations cover a broad span of states and situations as does his underground storage tank removals and remediation projects involving organic volatiles. His involvement in the remediation of volatile organics by vapor extraction, stripping and thermal desorption include a wide variety of elements and locations in the northeast, central and southern regions.

From 1979 to 1983, Mr. Roderick worked for the research and development division of what was then, Cities Service Oil and Gas. Since 1989, Mr. Roderick has been associated with the Oklahoma State University (OSU) as an adjunct instructor in the Remediation Technologies, SARA Operations & Supervisory, Confined Space, First Responder, Incident Command, UST I AST Fuel and Waste Tank Management, and Hazardous Materials Management Programs: He has authored books on Remediation Technologies, NPDES Stormwater Management, Employee and Community Right to Know, UST/AST Management, DOT Regulations, Emergency Management I Preparation and Hazardous' Waste Spill Prevention, Reporting and Response. Mr. Roderick began his involvement in Thermal Desorption in 1990 and has spoken to regulatory and private groups on behalf of OSU on the subjects of Remediation Technologies; "The Benefits and Limitations of Thermal Desorption" and "Site and Project Evaluation for the Feasibility and Functionality of Thermal Desorption". Mr. Roderick has been invited to present these discussions at various conferences and meetings for public and private organizations.

Mr. Roderick's background includes providing expert testimony, serving as an emergency response coordinator for public related petroleum & chemical releases and a member of the safety board for a New York based emergency response firm. He has been selected to, provide technical information assistance and response for catastrophic incidents of petroleum, oil and gas production companies as well as chemical related facilities. He sat on the Ethics Committee for the Oklahoma Society for Environmental Professionals and is an advisor on several safety committees. He holds a patent in the remediation arena and has one pending regarding a chemical product used to eliminate cyanide in the plating of various metals.