Kent Bottorf
President and Laboratory Director

 



Position and Responsibilities

As the Laboratory Director, Mr. Bottorf oversees all operations of the Analytical Laboratory and Environmental Engineering Departments. Principal functions include organic and inorganic chemistry, laboratory management, training of analysts, equipment calibration, operation and maintenance, reviewing analytical reports and supervision of field sampling. Mr. Bottorf has over twenty years of experience in environmental chemistry covering all standard matrices (air, water, wastewater and soil).

Project Experience

Air Pollution Control and Permitting
  

  • Asphalt Plants - Involved in construction/operation permitting and testing of a half-dozen asphalt plants in Central Florida. Permitting including New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for this type of facility.

     
  • Citrus and Food Processors - Involved in air permitting and testing for a wide variety of peel dryers, pellet coolers, fryers, boilers, and gas turbines. Most of the citrus plants have been clients for over 20 years.

     
  • Concrete Batch and Block Plants - Involved in the permitting and testing for several plants.

     
  • Soil Thermal Treatment Facilities - Involved in permitting and testing of four treatment facilities for soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons.

     

Hazardous Waste and Groundwater Monitoring
 

  • Citrus Packing and Processing Plants - Involved in establishing Ground Water Monitoring Plans, monitor well installation and sampling, and regulatory reports for over a twenty facilities. These facilities generally utilize percolation ponds or spray fields for effluent disposal.

     
  • Soil Thermal Treatment Facilities - Mr. Bottorf oversees all per-burn, virgin, and post-burn soil analysis. At two of these facilities, the ground water monitoring and reporting is also conducted.

     
  • Soil Analysis, Regulatory (FDEP) input - Provided substantial input into revision of sampling and analytical requirements in state regulations. Due to this input, the requirement for analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in pre-burn soil samples was eliminated. Since, by definition, these samples were contaminated, there was no need to provide redundant analysis. The reference in these regulations to analysis of "halides", which refers to a water media, was changed to halogenated compounds, which is more appropriate for soil.

     
  • Soil Analysis for Environmental Assessments - Oversees sampling and analysis of soil samples from potentially contaminated sites. Parameters include Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TRPH), VOCs, pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, extractable organics and field parameters.

     
  • Hazardous Waste Identification and Analysis - Routinely performs analysis and identification of hazardous wastes using RCRA protocols

     

Water and Wastewater
 

  •  Citrus Packing and Processing Plants - Oversees the sampling and analysis, including Volatile and Extractable Organics, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD5), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Organic Carbon (TOC), surfactants (MBAS), metals, ammonia, nitrate-nitrite, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN), composite samples and field parameters.

     
  •  Domestic Wastewater Plants - Oversees the sampling and analysis, including BOD5, percent solids, residual chlorine, composite sludge samples, total coliform, fecal coliform, metals and field parameters.

     
  •  Entertainment Parks - Oversees weekly and monthly monitoring at local theme parks for Class III water quality standards.

     
  •  Metal Fabricators - Oversees monitoring for domestic waster pretreatment requirements at metal plating and finishing facilities.

     
  •  Public Drinking Water Systems - Performs sampling and analysis for Community and Non-Community Public water systems. Oversees main clearances for developers and piping contractors.

     
  •  Restaurants and Food Services - Provides sampling, analysis and process quality control services as well as monitoring for domestic waste pretreatment standards.
  • Concrete Plants - Oversees routine monitoring of waste water from concrete block and batch plants.

     

Indoor Air Quality
 

  •  Industrial Production Facilities - Designed and performed sampling and testing protocols for indoor air quality at manufacturing facilities.

     


Education

B.S.E.T. (Environmental Control Technology) University of Central Florida, Orlando


Certifications

 

  • Visible Emissions Evaluator
     
  • Maintains Laboratory Certifications