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Job Description

Inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1041.01

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Environmental Compliance Inspectors”.

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Tasks for “Environmental Scientist”

Inspect waste pretreatment, treatment, and disposal facilities and systems for conformance to federal, state, or local regulations.
Observe and record field conditions, gathering, interpreting, and reporting data such as flow meter readings and chemical levels.
Evaluate label information for accuracy and conformance to regulatory requirements.
Conduct research on hazardous waste management projects in order to determine the magnitude of problems, and treatment or disposal alternatives and costs.
Verify that hazardous chemicals are handled, stored, and disposed of in accordance with regulations.
Monitor follow-up actions in cases where violations were found, and review compliance monitoring reports.
Inform individuals and groups of pollution control regulations and inspection findings, and explain how problems can be corrected.
Prepare written, oral, tabular, and graphic reports summarizing requirements and regulations, including enforcement and chain of custody documentation.
Determine which sites and violation reports to investigate, and coordinate compliance and enforcement activities with other government agencies.
Investigate complaints and suspected violations regarding illegal dumping, pollution, pesticides, product quality, or labeling laws.
Learn and observe proper safety precautions, rules, regulations, and practices so that unsafe conditions can be recognized and proper safety protocols implemented.
Research and keep informed of pertinent information and developments in areas such as EPA laws and regulations.
Participate in the development of spill prevention programs and hazardous waste rules and regulations, and recommend corrective actions for hazardous waste problems.
Inform health professionals, property owners, and the public about harmful properties and related problems of water pollution and contaminated wastewater.
Examine permits, licenses, applications, and records to ensure compliance with licensing requirements.
Perform laboratory tests on samples collected, such as analyzing the content of contaminated wastewater.
Interview individuals to determine the nature of suspected violations and to obtain evidence of violations.
Review and evaluate applications for registration of products containing dangerous materials, or for pollution control discharge permits.
Analyze and implement state, federal or local requirements as necessary to maintain approved pretreatment, pollution prevention, and storm water runoff programs.
Maintain and repair materials, worksites, and equipment.
Determine sampling locations and methods, and collect water or wastewater samples for analysis, preserving samples with appropriate containers and preservation methods.
Prepare, organize, and maintain inspection records.
Determine the nature of code violations and actions to be taken, and issue written notices of violation; participate in enforcement hearings as necessary.
Prepare data to calculate sewer service charges and capacity fees.
Research and perform calculations related to landscape allowances, discharge volumes, production-based and alternative limits, and wastewater strength classifications, then make recommendations and complete documentation.
Respond to questions and inquiries, such as those concerning service charges and capacity fees, or refer them to supervisors.

Related Technology & Tools

Laser-induced breakdown spectrometers LIBS
Continuous water quality monitors
Turbidity probes
Sample collection chambers
Desktop computers
Bacon bomb samplers
Hand corers
Gravity corers
Benthic grab samplers
Optical beamsplitting devices
Atmosphere monitors
Hand sampling pumps
Double check valve bailers
Ultraviolet fluorescence UVF test kits
Graphite furnace atomic absorption GFAA spectrometers
Passive diffusion bag PDB samplers
Ponar dredge samplers
Portable two way radios
Magnetic locators
Photoionization detectors PID
Split core samplers
Extractive Fourier transform infrared FTIR spectrometers
Liquid chromatographs LC
Shelby tube samplers
Measuring cylinders
Mobile cone penetrometer MCP systems
Weighted bottle samplers
Water sampling gear pumps
Continuous flame ionization detectors FID
Portable mass spectrometers MS
Groundwater sampling peristaltic pumps
Water quality data sondes
Specific conductance probes
Flowmeters
Wastewater samplers
Van Dorn samplers
Ground penetrating radar GPR
Helium-neon lasers
Progressive cavity sampling pumps
Rotary hammer systems
Headspace vials
Spectrophotometers
Power augers
Dataloggers
Conductance meters
Box corers
Split spoon samplers
Van Veen grab samplers
Ion selective electrode ISE testers
Dissolved oxygen probes
Wireline samplers
Infrared IR spectrometers
Volatile organic compound VOC measurement devices
Bladder pumps
Laboratory analytical balances
Pond samplers
Enzyme immunoassay kits
Thief samplers
Aluminum ladders
Bottom fill bailers
Chlorophyll-a probes
Chlorine samplers
Mass spectrometers
Mercury vapor analyzers
X ray fluorescence XRF spectrometers
Colorimetric field sampling devices
Sampling triers
Waste pile samplers
Portable gas chromatographs GC
Kemmerer depth samplers
Inductively coupled plasma ICP spectrophotometers
Ekman grab samplers
Piezoelectric sensors
Surface acoustic wave sensors SAWS
Hydraulic vibracorers
Wheaton dip samplers
Fuel fluorescence detectors FFD
Interferometers
Liquid grab samplers
Sample bottles
Centrifugal water sampling pumps
Laptop computers
Russian peat borers
Laboratory dropping pipettes
Composite liquid waste samplers COLIWASA
Suction-lift pumps
pH indicators
Laser-induced fluorescence LIF instruments
Syringe pumps
Reciprocating piston sampling pumps
Bucket augers
Total petroleum hydrocarbon TPH analyzers
Membrane interface probes MIP
Sand corers
Scaffolding
Differential photometers
Sediment sieves

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Monitoring and Remediation Optimization System MAROS
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Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool EKAT
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