Our Team

Jeff Glaser, P.E. became President of CJI in November 2018 and serves on the Board of Directors. He has been providing engineering services for 30 years as a consultant with Cook-Joyce, Inc. and as an engineer for Exxon and for LCRA. He graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor’s in civil engineering and a master’s of business administration. Jeff’s prior experience working for regulated entities gives him a unique understanding of the needs of clients who manage environmental programs and who often do so with limited resources. His areas of expertise include: Regulatory Analysis, Permitting, and Compliance Assistance for Facility Operations and Construction Projects subject to:

• Clean Water Act
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Clean Air Act
• CERCLA/SARA
• Railroad Commission Statewide Rules and Recycling Rules

Stormwater and Wastewater Discharge Permits:

• Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit and Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP) Applications
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (Industrial and Construction)
• Regulatory Liaison and Negotiations

Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans:

• Plan Preparation and Certification
• Training

Hazardous, Solid, and Oil and Gas Waste Management:

• Facility Design and Permitting
• Design Assessments and Installation/Repair Certifications
• Closure Plans, Closure Cost Estimates, and Closure Certifications
• Railroad Commission Recycling Permit Applications

Public Water Systems:

• Preparation of Plans and Specifications
• Regulatory Liaison and Negotiations

Financial Analysis of:

• Compliance Alternatives
• Regulatory Impacts

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Kathy has worked for Cook-Joyce, Inc. since 1983 and in 2013 became its President. As of 2018, she serves as CJI’s CEO and also has a seat on the Board of Directors. Kathy graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in chemical engineering and has over 39 years of experience in the environmental engineering consulting business. As a professional engineer, she has focused on waste management engineering/assessments and regulatory evaluation and liaison projects. Her qualifications include:

Waste Management Engineering and Assessments

• Waste Characterization
• Waste Management Unit/Facility Designs
• Closure Plan Preparation/Certification
• Hazardous/PCB/Solid Waste Permit Application Preparation
• Radioactive Waste Licensing Support
• Contaminant Investigation/Evaluation
• Remedial Options Analysis
• Remedial Design/Implementation
• Environmental Monitoring Program Development
• Environmental Monitoring Data Review/Evaluation

Regulatory Evaluation and Liaison

• Compliance Audits and Assessments
• Regulatory Options Analyses
• Regulatory Interpretations
• Enforcement and Permitting Negotiations/Liaison

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Steve, one of the co-founders of Cook-Joyce, Inc. served as President for 30 years, and now is a Director for CJI and Senior Engineering Advisor. He graduated from the University of Texas with a master’s degree in environmental health engineering and bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Steve’s professional experience includes:

• Multi-Discipline Project Management
• Industrial Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste Management
• Site Investigation and Remediation
• RCRA Permitting and Facility Design
• Trial Burn Design and Management
• Regulatory Liaison
• Facility Construction Oversight and Certification
• Air and Industrial Waste Permitting
• Byproduct Material and Low Level Radioactive Waste Licensing

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Joe Pere began his career in 2005 as a production operator in the Gulf of Mexico, advancing to become a production engineer as he grew his career in the oil and gas industry. In 2011 he transitioned from operations into environmental. He is currently an environmental and regulatory consultant for Cook-Joyce, who has served a variety of industries, including oil and gas, chemicals/petrochemicals, high tech, and manufacturing.

Joe has a bachelors in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Louisiana – Lafayette, with a minor in Mathematics. His technical expertise includes developing effective air quality permitting and greenhouse gas strategies for various industries, designing and implementing federal and state record keeping and compliance programs, and providing regulatory interpretation and guidance for his clients. Joe’s professional background includes:

Regulatory Analysis, Permitting, and Compliance Assistance for Facility Operations subject to:

• Federal Clean Air Act
• State New Source Review Air Permitting in Texas, Louisiana, and North Dakota
• Federal Title V Operating Permits in Texas and Louisiana
• New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
• National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
• Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)
• Analysis of proposed and final rulemaking for affected industries

Greenhouse Gas Reporting:

• Mandatory reporting for greenhouse gases under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), 40 CFR Part 98, Subparts C, W, NN, OO, and UU.

Process Engineering:

• Process simulation analysis using VMGSim for oil and gas facilities
• Control/capture device design and implementation for storage tanks at oil and gas facilities

Field Operations:

• Lead operator and field engineer on various production and well testing programs
• Field auditor during air compliance reviews and data collection for various industries

Due Diligence:

• Desktop analysis of environmental permitting and compliance for various facilities in the oil and gas, fractionation, refining, and lumber industries.

Financial Analysis:

• Compliance Alternatives
• Emissions Controls
• Regulatory Impacts

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Corey holds a degree in civil engineering from the University of Texas. He has over 25 years of experience in the environmental engineering consulting business. As Senior Project Staff for Cook-Joyce, Inc., he has focused on civil and waste management engineering/assessments, and regulatory evaluation and liaison projects. His qualifications include:

• Project Management
• Civil and Waste Management Engineering
• Hazardous and Solid Waste Management Facility Design and Permitting
• RCRA Tank Design Assessments and Installation/Repair Certification
• Regulatory Evaluations and Compliance Support
• Regulatory Negotiations/Liaison
• Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
• Surface and Subsurface Investigations and Evaluations
• Waste Characterization and Disposal Assistance
• Risk Assessments and Evaluations
• TRRP Investigations and Corrective Action
• UST Removals and LPST Investigations/Corrective Action
• Remedial System Design and Implementation
• Closure and Post-Closure Planning, Monitoring, and Certification
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Preparation
• Statistical Analysis of Environmental Data
• Quality Assurance Review and Program Development/Implementation

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Beau Boggs graduated from Purdue University with a bachelors degree in Environmental and Ecological Engineering in May 2018. He has worked with the site development team of an oil and gas engineering firm. Beau’s professional background includes:

Environmental Feasibility Studies

• Compile reports that included affected public lands, wetlands, endangered species and contaminated soils.

Site Design

• Surface modeling and existing survey manipulation in Civil 3D.
• Stormwater drainage and detention modeling.
• Cut-Fill modeling for construction estimations.

Diana has over 20 years of experience in the environmental engineering consulting business. She graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in civil engineering. As a professional engineer, she has focused on municipal and industrial landfill design, permitting and operations, stormwater, drainage and regulatory evaluation projects. Her qualifications include:

• Drainage System Evaluation, Design, and Modeling
• Floodplain Analysis/Modeling
• Landfill Design/Engineering
• RCRA Permitting and Design
• Land Development Design and Permitting
• Storm Water Pollution Prevention
• Leachate Control/Leak Detection Systems
• HELP Modeling
• NQA1 Construction Quality Assurance Program

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Brian graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in civil engineering and from the University of California at Berkeley with master’s degree in civil engineering. He has nearly 40 years of experience in the environmental engineering consulting business.   As a professional engineer, he has focused his talents on municipal and industrial landfill design, permitting and operations, waste management engineering and regulatory evaluation projects. His qualifications include:

• Municipal and Industrial Waste Management
• Waste Permit Applications and Regulator Liaison
• Waste Disposal Option Evaluation
• Landfill Design/Layout and Operations
• Construction Quality Assurance Certification
• Leachate/Methane Control Systems
• Cleanup and Closure Plans for Waste Sites
• Stormwater Control
• Liquid and Greasetrap Waste Processing
• Composting Systems
• Renewable Energy (Bioreactor) Systems
• Tire Processing Facilities

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Karen joined Cook-Joyce, Inc. in 2011 and provides accounting, administrative, document reproduction, project management and technical assistance support for our technical staff.

Since 1991, Steve Berridge has been providing AutoCAD services for CJI. He has helped to create drawings and documents in support of permit applications and reports for landfill design, stormwater, evaporation ponds, drainage ditches, air quality, soil and groundwater remediation and site assessment projects. Steve graduated from the Austin Community College with a degree in Engineering Design Graphics. His qualifications include:

Drafting

• Cross Sections
• Flow Charts
• Landfill Drawings
• Digital Terrain Modeling
• Air Modeling

Database Research

• Aerial Photograph Research
• Groundwater Well Location Research