Professional History

• BL3 Strategies, LLC (2007 to present), President
• Natural Resource Technology, Inc. (1993 to 2007), President / Principal Hydrogeologist
• Simon Hydro-Search, Inc. (1989 to (1993), Dir. of Hydrogeology
• The Mark Group Engineers & Geologists, Inc. (1988 to 1989), Associate/Director of Site Investigation Technology
• Roy F. Weston, Inc. (1983 to 1988), Manager-Northern California Operations
• Warzyn Engineering, Inc. (1977 to 1983), Project Manager

Professional Registrations

• WI Professional Hydrologist - #1
• WI Professional Geologist - #3
• IN Professional Geologist - #248
• IL Professional Geologist – #196-000947
• MN Professional Geologist – #30737
• Certified Professional Geologist (Amer. Institute of Prof. Geologists) #4804

Appointments

Appointed by Governors Thompson and McCallum to serve on the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists. Vice Chair – Hydrology Section (1998 - 2006)

Professional Affiliations

• American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)-Wisconsin Section
  • President, 1995-1996
  • President Elect, 1994
  • Legislative Liaison Committee, 1992-1994
  • Membership Screening Board, WI/MN Section, 1981-1983, Wisconsin Section, 1990-1994
• Wisconsin Groundwater Association - Secretary, 1994-1996
• American Institute of Hydrology - Secretary, California State Section, 1987-1989
• American Society of Testing and Materials
• National Ground Water Association
• Federation of Env. Technologists

Education

• M.S., Geology/ Hydrogeology, UW-Madison, 1977
• M.S., Water Resources Management, UW-Madison, 1977
• B.A., Geology and Geophysics, UW-Madison, 1975

Publications/Presentations

Mr. Karnauskas has over 30 technical publications and presentations on sustainability, groundwater contamination assessment, regulatory policy issues, UST technology assessments and environmental risk management.

Robert J. Karnauskas, PG, PH
President

Summary of Qualifications

Over thirty years of professional environmental consulting experience throughout the United States. Areas of expertise include:

• Environmental risk management / sustainable corporate development
• Property transfers, mergers and acquisitions
• Regulatory agency liaison support and policy negotiation
• Soil, groundwater, surface water and sediment investigation and remediation involving a wide variety of contaminant types
• Litigation technical support and expert testimony

Representative Project Experience

Sustainable Development
Embraced sustainable development principals in corporate governance of Natural Resource Technology. Formed corporate Green Team that contributed to annual energy savings of approximately $1.00/ft2 of office space and reduction of corporate CO2 emissions of almost 10,000 lbs. Developed corporate philanthropic guidelines for Giving Committee to distribute a minimum 2% of gross profits to various community nonprofits. See www.naturalrt.com for further governance details.

Numerous presentations made to service industries increasing awareness of climate change issues and promoting adoption of corporate sustainable development principals.

Business Risk Management
Assisted numerous companies in assessment of environmental business risks related to waste and natural resource management issues, property transfers, business mergers/acquisitions, contaminant releases and migration, regulatory agency liaison and insurance cost recovery.

Water Resources
Project Director for the remedial investigation conducted for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) on the 39-mile Fox River corridor and Green Bay evaluating the magnitude and extent of PCB impacts in sediments.

Property Redevelopment/Brownfields
Provided technical review of environmental issues for numerous property transactions involving commercial and industrial properties throughout Wisconsin, representing buyers, sellers and financial institutions. Provided clients and their legal counsel with visibility to environmental issues and liabilities, evaluated remediation strategies and costs, advised on strategies for allocation of risk among the transaction parties and assisted with regulatory agency liaison.

Contamination Assessments
Managed and/or directed numerous state and Federal enforcement-lead site investigations, feasibility studies and remedial actions across the U.S for sites regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and state programs. Sites included landfills, uncontrolled hazardous waste dump sites, industrial manufacturing facilities, Air Force bases, and Naval Weapons Stations, former manufactured gas plant sites and rivers.

Project Manager for "SESOIL" computer simulations of petroleum hydrocarbon compound migration in the unsaturated zone. Simulation results were used by the WDNR in the development of soil quality standards in Chapter NR720 Wisconsin Admin. Code. Hydrocarbon/Underground Storage Tank (UST) Technical Director for assessment of UST technologies for the Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California. Assessments included reports for the Institute on state regulatory trends, monitoring technologies, tank repair and upgrading, cathodic protection and automatic tank gauging system technologies.

Advisory Committees

Invited participant on regulatory agency code advisory committees including:

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources External Code Advisory Committee member, Chapters NR700-736 Wis. Admin. Code. Investigation and Remediation of Environmental Contamination (1991-1994)
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Risk-Based Corrective Action Advisory Committee (1996)
• Wisconsin Department of Industry Labor and Human Relations Code Advisory Committee member for revision of ILHR 47 Wis. Admin. Code Petroleum Environmental Cleanup Fund Act (1992-1994)

Expert Testimony

Provided deposition testimony and testified in jury trials, regulatory agency administrative hearings, legislative hearings and Wisconsin Public Service Commission hearings on a variety of matters pertaining to natural resource use, contaminant release and migration and professional practice issues.