LAURA DEAN

Compliance Services Manager

Laura has more than 30 years of technical, environmental, and management experience. She is a graduate of Friends University with a Bachelor Degree in Chemistry. As a former Environmental and Safety Compliance Manager of both Chemical and Gas facilities and as an Environmental Consultant she has accumulated extensive experience in management systems, program management, technical tool development, regulatory analysis, permitting, reporting, and agency and community communications.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Friends University, Wichita, KS

Industry Experience

  • Mineral Processing

  • Grain Processing

  • Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing

  • Oil & Gas

  • Ethanol Manufacturing

  • Refrigerant Manufacturing

  • Chemical Manufacturing

  • Surface Coating

  • Salt Mining/Solution Mining

  • Aluminum Manufacturing

  • Chemical Manufacturing

Certifications

  • Certified ISO Internal Auditor

  • Method 9 – Opacity Certification

  • Hazard & Operability Analysis (HAZOP) Leader

  • Tap Root Incident Investigator

  • Various Air Compliance Workshops

  • Media Communications

  • Advanced RCRA Workshops

  • HAZWOPER

Technical Experience

  • Environmental Management & Management Systems

  • ISO 14001 Implementation

  • Prevention of Significant Deterioration

  • Construction Permitting

  • Title V & Minor Operating Permits & Compliance

  • Regulatory Applicability Determinations

  • Toxic Release Inventories

  • Tier II

  • Emissions Inventories

  • GHG Compliance & Reporting

  • Environmental Auditing

  • Consent Agreement Negotiations

  • EPCRA/CERCLA Reporting

  • Data Management Solutions

  • Custom Compliance Tools

  • RCRA Compliance/Waste Management

  • Process Hazard Analysis

  • PSM Compliance Audits

  • PSM/RMP Program Implementation

  • Performance Testing

  • Leak Detection & Repair Programs (LDAR)

  • NSPS/MACT/NESHAP

  • Agency Interaction

  • Community Outreach

  • Ozone Depleting Substances Compliance