Our Leaders

Here at CCI, our greatest asset is our people. Our well-qualified and experienced Senior Associates lead our team with a passion for excellence, uncompromising ethics, and environmental stewardship. 

 

Gail A. Corrigan

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Mission Statement

 

e provide compliance solutions with reliable reports that achieve our clients’ environmental objectives.  Our team enjoys a stable workplace committed to “quality, safety, and service” based on uncompromising ethics, professionalism, and environmental stewardship.

 

Corrigan Consulting, Inc.

an environmental consulting firm

 

Roxie L. Voran

Gilbert M. Long

Sharon L. Crabb

 


Gail A. Corrigan, President

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Environmental Chemist/Regulatory Specialist

With previous experience working as a regulator for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), an environmental manager for an industrial facility, and a project manager for an engineering consulting firm, Gail Corrigan formed Corrigan Consulting, Inc. in May 1986. Ms. Corrigan now has over 20 years of experience and is well known in Texas for her hazardous waste regulatory expertise. Under contract with Texas A&M University Engineering Extension Services, she developed and instructed two Hazardous Waste Management Courses on a monthly basis throughout Texas for five years. Ms. Corrigan has directed the company in completing over 500 projects for a wide variety of clients, providing quality control to ensure client satisfaction and developing a management philosophy that continues to ensure a good work environment for our staff.

 

She has directed a wide variety of site investigations and remedial actions at industrial, commercial and Superfund sites. She has directed and provided litigation support on hundreds of Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) and serves on the ASTM E-50 Committee on developing the ESA Standards. She assisted the City of Houston to develop a specialized ESA standard for infrastructure work and has developed a standard format for conducting ESAs of linear projects for Houston METRO. Ms. Corrigan has also directed NEPA environmental analyses in support of many projects funded by local, state and federal government agencies.

 

In 1985, Ms. Corrigan founded the Texas Hazardous Waste Management Society, and served as the President during the first year, growing the organization to over 400 members. She continued to serve on the Board of Directors from 1986 to 1990. In 1993 to 1994, Ms. Corrigan served on the Professional Certification Task Force for the Hazardous Waste Action Coalition (HWAC), a coalition of the American Consulting Engineers Council (ACEC). She was then nominated to serve as the first small business owner to serve on the HWAC Board of Directors in 1995. Ms. Corrigan is a regular speaker at conferences, professional meetings, universities and civic organizations.

 

Relevant Credentials

1984   M.S. Environmental Management
University of Houston, Clear Lake, Texas.
Thesis:  "Groundwater Contamination from Hazardous Waste Sites in Harris County, Texas"

1977   B.S. Chemistry
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

·       20+ Years RCRA/CERCLA Experience

·       Former TCEQ Representative

·       40-Hour OSHA Training

·       ASTM E-50 Committee on the ESA Standards

·       TxDOT Precertifications (2.1.1, 2.2.1, 2.4.1, 2.5.1, 2.6.1, 2.12.1, 2.13.1, 2.14.1)

·       Qualified EMS Auditor & Implementor

Publications

Ms. Corrigan has published several comprehensive regulatory compliance manuals registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as the “Library of Environmental Compliance”, including “Hazardous Waste Compliance Plan”, and “Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan”.

 


Senior Associate

 


Mr. Voran has over 20 years of experience in environmental consulting, geological consulting, and the petroleum industry, and has been a Senior Associate with CCI since 1991.  Mr. Voran manages the firm’s multi-site task order contracts for the City of Houston, Houston METRO, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the U.S. Postal Service. His personal commitment to and involvement in projects is directly responsible for these clients awarding CCI many repeat contracts.

 

Mr. Voran directs the firm’s work on leaking petroleum storage tank (LPST) sites and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), including site investigations, evaluation of sites, risk assessments, and soil and groundwater remediation. Mr. Voran has managed hazardous waste site investigations and corrective action projects for industrial clients, and established clean-up goals using risk assessment procedures. He has managed Phase I and II ESA projects for single parcel property and roadway rights-of-way acquisitions as well as multi-city block acquisitions to support Houston METRO light rail projects and large corridor projects such as the Kelly Parkway Corridor project that involved analyzing the environmental conditions along 8 different roadway alignments.

 

He has closed sites under the Risk-Based Corrective Action (RBCA) and Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) rules. He has also completed investigations and regulatory closures for Brownfields sites and obtained certificates of completion under the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP). He has served as an expert witness on several cases that had a positive outcome for our clients.

 

Relevant Credentials

1991   M.B.A. Finance
University of Houston, Houston, Texas,
Dean's Award for Academic Excellence

1977   M.S. Geology
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

1975   B.S. Geology
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

·        20+ Years of Experience

·        Licensed Professional Geologist
State of Texas (#1788)

·        Registered Corrective Action Project Manager
(CAPM #00266)

·        40-Hour OSHA Training, 1991
8-Hour Updates Annually

·        Houston Geological Society

·        National Groundwater Association


 

Gilbert M. Long, P.E., CAPM

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Senior Associate, Engineering Services

Mr. Long has over 38 years of experience in the chemical and environmental engineering field; 16 years of diversified experience in plant, process, and project engineering in the petroleum, petrochemical, precious metals, cosmetic, fermentation and lubricant industries; and 22 years experience in the application of remediation technologies, environmental process engineering, environmental transaction support, and environmental project management.  His experience includes regulatory compliance, permit negotiation, project engineering, waste treatment design and startup, including cost estimating, field installation, operations, maintenance, negotiating cleanup criteria, and documenting remediation effectiveness.  He has used a wide variety of remediation technologies to close sites under EPA and state lead programs for industrial and government clients.

Mr. Long has managed the development and implementation of SPCC plans at manufacturing facilities and remote tower locations containing diesel generators, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans for manufacturing facilities and remote wind generating locations, Responsible Care® Gap analysis for a chemical manufacturing plant, development of EMS systems intended to lead to ISO 14001 certification for an oil field services company, and implementation of compliance calendars for a multi-state manufacturing company and a petroleum refinery.

Mr. Long has managed the Merger & Acquisition environmental assessment activities for several large transactions, including two separate multiple power plant acquisitions in Texas, three petroleum refineries in Louisiana, a refinery/pipeline and terminal system acquisition in west Texas, and 19 hazardous waste processing facilities.  He has also conducted well over 100 Phase 1 Site Assessments under ASTM Guidelines.

Mr. Long was a co-author of the Engineering Manual for Soil Vapor Extraction for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  He also developed and taught portions of the USACE PROSPECT course for vapor extraction to design engineers.

Relevant Credentials

1973   M.S. Chemical Engineering
Lafayette College, Easton, PA

1970   B.S. Chemical Engineering (with Honors)

                                    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

·               30+ Years of Experience

·               Licensed Professional Engineer
State of Texas (# 86475)

·               TCEQ Corrective Action Project Manager (#1561)

·               40-Hour OSHA Training, 1990
8-hour Updates Annually

·               Hazardous Waste Supervisor Certified

·               American Institute of Chemical Engineers

·               Society of American Military Engineers

 


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Sharon Crabb

Senior Associate

Sharon Crabb’s experience encompasses 10 years corporate and plant multi-media environmental compliance experience, as well as 22 years as an environmental consultant to both industry and local government.  She has developed hazardous waste, air, stormwater, and wastewater permit applications, as well as supporting plans and analyses.  With her practical experience in plant operations, she has assisted the regulated community by assessing compliance, and by developing site-specific and corporate-wide environmental procedures, inventories, and other records and training programs. 

Ms. Crabb has provided regulatory analysis and drafted comments to proposed environmental regulations and permits for clients.  She has provided assessment and strategic planning advice regarding environmental regulatory implications to acquisitions, mergers and expansions. 

She has managed large inter-agency environmental programs including TMDL studies and industrial, and construction/development planning for the joint stormwater task force that included the City of Houston, Harris County and TxDOT.  She has also managed NEPA document (EIS, EA and CE) preparation for transportation and energy projects.

Ms. Crabb participated in the annual symposium planning committee for the Houston Bayou Preservation Association that developed 3 conferences on: Low Impact Development, Bacteria in Our Bayous (TMDL), and Sustainable Water Resources.  She also served on the Advisory Board for the Environmental Institute of Houston (U of H -Clear Lake).

Text Box: RELEVANT CREDENTIALS
1995	J. D., University of Houston, Houston, Texas
1978	B.S., Bio-Environmental Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

•	10 years industrial experience
•	22 years multi-media environmental consulting experience
•	Air, Stormwater, Wastewater, Hazardous Waste Permit Applications, Compliance Assessments, TRI Inventories, SPCC Plans, TMDL analyses
•	NEPA assessments and document development transportation

 

 


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