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Expertise: Solid
Waste Management, Public Health, Accident Investigation
Professional
Profile
As a Solid Waste Engineer, Mr. Heil has 23 years of
experience effectively implementing and managing solid waste disposal
facilities. He has coordinated waste-to-energy projects, curbside
recycling programs, and recovered materials processing. He has also
managed landfill operations, and served as a county engineer involved in
public water supplies, industrial waste treatment, solid waste, liquid
waste disposal systems, and recreational water quality. In addition, Mr.
Heil served as former Commissioner of Waste Management for the Town of
Brookhaven, and former Commissioner of Sanitation for the Town of
Hempstead. These experiences have promoted positive relations with
citizen groups, local municipalities, and regulatory agencies. Mr. Heil
has performed numerous accident investigations and prepared subsequent
reports. He has also testified in the New York State Supreme Court.
Mr. Heil is an Adjunct Professor in the Continuing Education
Division of the Waste Management Institute, at SUNY at Stony Brook, where
he teaches a 42 hour course on Solid waste Recycling. A New York State
Licensed Professional Engineer, Mr. Heil is the current President of the
Association of Long Island Recycling Officials. He served as Past
President of the Long Island Sanitation Officials Association and the New
York State Association of Solid Waste Management. He is a member of the
Brookhaven National Laboratory Citizens Advisory Committee. In addition,
he co-authored technical papers on solid waste issues. Mr. Heil holds a
Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Manhattan College as well as a
Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from New York University.
Representative Experience
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Performed Solid waste
projects in the Towns of Southampton, East Hampton, and Oyster Bay, New
York; Otsego County, Ulster County, and Westchester County, New York.
Quality Resource
Corporation
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Served as Chief
Operating Officer. Responsible for a concrete crushing/recycling
operation, waste wood shredding equipment and a municipal yard waste
hauling contract. Also administered the operation and maintenance of a
waste wood fuel, electric generating facility.
Town of Brookhaven,
Department of Waste Management, Medford, New York
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Commissioner of Waste
Management. Administered a Department with a staff of 140. Operated an
1800 ton per day landfill, a waste recycling program, waste collection
program, code enforcement, and public education.
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Procured and monitored
the construction of a Materials Recycling Facility, a Solid Waste
Transfer Station, landfill capping projects, and a landfill expansion
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Completed the Town
Solid Waste Management Plan and chaired public hearings.
Town of Brookhaven,
Division of Sanitation, Patchogue, New York
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Acting Division
Director. Administered the operation of a 1200 ton per day landfill,
including surveying, leachate and gas management, environmental
monitoring, and truck scale facility.
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Operated a 50,000
gallon per day scavenger waste treatment facility and a yard waste
composting project.
Town of Hempstead,
Hempstead, New York
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Commissioner of
Sanitation. Charged with the collection of solid waste/recyclables,
solid waste disposal, and code enforcement.
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Operated a 2000 ton per
day landfill, including personnel equipment maintenance, environmental
monitoring, landfill gas extraction/flare system, and landfill capping.
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Implemented a curbside
recycling program for 27,000 homes. Acquired specialized collection
equipment, resident containers and long term market agreements.
NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation, Long Island Region, Stony Brook, New York
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Regional Solid and
Hazardous Waste Engineer. Administered the Department’s solid and
hazardous waste program in 13 towns and 2 cities.
NYS Environmental
Facilities Corporation, Albany, New York
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Project manager for a
solid waste landfill operation in the Town of Brookhaven for a public
benefit, state agency under contract to the Town.
Suffolk County Department
of Health, Riverhead, New York
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Public Health
Engineer. Responsible for monitoring water quality and operations of 46
water purveyors including water distribution, storage, and treatment
systems.
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Performed public health
engineering functions in areas of water supply, subdivision review,
wastewater treatment and disposal, industrial, and solid waste
treatment.
United States Navy
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Commissioned Line
Officer. Department Head and Division Officer on two ships.
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