2019.01.14_CCO.p27_Michaye McMaster CV

Michaye L. McMaster project delivery
Senior Principal full-scale technology application
technology development/demonstration
bioremediation, bioaugmentation & natural attenuation
EDUCATION
M.Sc., Earth Science (Hydrogeology Option), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada, 1996
B.Sc., Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1991
CAREER SUMMARY
Ms. McMaster is a Senior Principal Scientist with over 20 years of experience in
groundwater remediation. She is currently managing director of Canadian and
Australian consulting operations. Ms. McMaster is a member of Geosyntec’s Board of
Directors (2018-2020) and sits on several committees within Geosyntec. Ms. McMaster
is the project director for several large multi-disciplinary teams for the design and
implementation of full-scale soil and groundwater remediation projects for
multinational clients in North America, Latin America and Australia. Her area of
expertise includes source zone remediation of DNAPLs, monitored natural attenuation
(MNA) and enhanced in situ bioremediation (EISB) of chlorinated solvents and other
recalcitrant compounds. She is a technical lead for complex emerging contaminant
investigation for confidential clients. She is the project director for first full-scale
applications of innovative technologies for challenging sites, including partitioning
electron donors for TCE source treatment and self-sustaining treatment for active
remediation (STAR) for coal-tar impacted sites.

Full-Scale Technology Applications
Confidential Client Project Director for detailed site investigation for emerging
contaminants in soil and groundwater. Conceptual site model development including
fate and transport assessment.
E.I du Pont Nemours Technical Expert for two sites in Brazil. Provide technical
support and oversight for in-country consultants for bioremediation and assessing
degradation potential for a range of compounds in soil and groundwater.
E.I du Pont Nemours Project Director for a full scale soil and groundwater remediation
program is being implemented at a former coal tar manufacturing facility that produced road
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tars, phenols, cresol (methyl phenol), and cresylic acid. Detailed site investigation and
development of a 3D EVS model allowed for a targeted remediation approach. Soil remedy
selected is Self-Sustaining Treatment for Active Remediation (STAR) which is an innovative in
situ smoldering method which is cost-competitive to conventional technologies (ISS and
excavation). First full-scale field application of STAR. In addition to the soil remediation and
design, Geosyntec is completing the long term groundwater remediation strategy for this site.
Including, an evaluated and interpreted sustainability of eight different remedial alternatives for
this large coal tar contaminated site, using SimaPro, a specialized Life Cycle Assessment
software package. This site is under New Jersey’s Licensed State Remediation Professional
(LSRP) program.

Former Manufacturing Facility, Confidential Client, Los Angeles, CA. This project
involved serving as Project Director for a full-scale application of EISB, to treat TCE
and 1, 2-DCA in a multi-layer aquifer. Pilot results and comprehensive modeling
assessments were used to develop the full scale design for the site. This remedy also
includes a natural attenuation component for parts of the site where remediation is
sufficient to contain the 1, 2-DCA.
Former Manufacturing Facility, Confidential Client, NJ. In this multi-disciplinary
team Ms. McMaster serves as a technical specialist for full-scale applications of
remedial options for a large dispersed PCE plume. The operating extraction, treatment
and re-injection system is ineffective at controlling vapor intrusion issues. Alternative
strategies are being evaluated as well as detailed off-site characterizations to understand
site conditions. A pilot test will be completed to evaluate EISB for an isolated hot spot.
Manufacturing Facility, DuPont, Deep Water, NJ. Development and application of a
novel remedial options selection tool for ranking remedial alternatives. This project
involved the translating of the 14-Compartment Model into a spreadsheet tool to
evaluate a complex site for a corrective measures study. This work is being expanded
to develop a tool that can be used by the DOD as a web-based evaluation tool for
RPMs.
Manufacturing Facility, DuPont, Brazil. In this multi-disciplinary team Ms.
McMaster serves as a technical specialist for evaluating the performance success of a
full-scale application of EISB to treat a complex plume of chlorinated ethanes.
Activities include review, technical oversight and providing guidance to in country
consultants and field staff. Additional site characterization is planned to further
understand the current site conditions.
Former Industrial Facility, Confidential Client, CA. This project involves developing
a combined remedy approach to treat a mixed VOC source zone. Ms. McMaster serves
as the Senior Scientist and is responsible for groundwater remediation activities. The
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adaptive management strategy will involve sequential application of technologies
including enhanced in situ bioremediation and conventional containment. This project
involves working with a large multi-group team.
Former Industrial Facility, Confidential Client, CA. Project Manager for an enhanced
in situ bioaugmentation. This included using a passive in situ biobarrier (injection of
emulsified vegetable oil) to treat TCE and other chlorinated VOCs in several
groundwater plumes. The tests were one of the first successful applications of
emulsified oil and bioaugmentation. Pre-design evaluations required integration of
redevelopment. At one of the plumes a “No Further Remediation” approval was
obtained less than three years after amendment of edible oil. The other two sites were
expanded to full scale (over more than 17,000 square feet of treatment area) and are
currently in progress. These applications were completed in a low permeability layer
and effectively demonstrated that the emulsified vegetable oil could be injected and
sustained in the area for more than 18 months. This project involved working with a
large multi-group team.
Former Industrial Facility, Confidential Client, Greater Los Angeles, CA. Project
Manager for an enhanced in situ bioaugmentation using a passive in situ biobarrier
(injection of emulsified vegetable oil) to treat TCE in groundwater. An in situ biobarrier
was created using subsurface well vaults for access due to site redevelopment. The
barrier will be monitored for a three year period. The design allows for repeat
applications of electron donor if necessary.
Former Industrial Facility, North Eastern US. Project Scientist for the evaluation of
treatment of both hexavalent chromium and chromium ore process residue in soils and
groundwater using innovative remedial approaches. Tasks included developing a white
paper on speciation and developing remedial designs and treatability tests using
biological and chemical treatment approaches.
Aerospace Manufacturing Facility, Ontario, Canada. Project Director for installation
and operation of a large EISB (> 100 gpm) recirculation system in fractured bedrock.
Including, ongoing site investigation, regulatory and public consultation support. The
EISB system aims to limit off-site migration of chlorinated solvents and reduce system
operation by promoting source reduction through the application of electron donors in
suspected source areas.
Active Manufacturing Facility, Confidential Client, Bulle, Switzerland. Project
Scientist for the design and operation of an in situ passive EISB system to treat TCE
and associated dechlorination products.
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Technology Development/Demonstration

E.I du Pont Nemours Technical Expert for two sites in Brazil. Provide technical
support and oversight for in-country consultants for bioremediation and assessing
degradation potential for a range of compounds in soil and groundwater.
Confidential Client. Project Manager to conduct extensive laboratory treatability tests
to assess threshold minimum degradation for ethylene dibromide and dichloride (anti-
knock agents) in residual petroleum hydrocarbon plumes. Research will investigate if
there is inhibition of degradation of the anti-knock agents with and without BTEX
compounds, electron donors, electron acceptors and bioaugmentation cultures.
Navy Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC), Port Hueneme, CA. Project
Director for a pilot test to evaluated novel electron donors as a means to enhance the
dissolution of DNAPLs by using targeted electron donors tailored to partition into a
DNAPL. This pilot test demonstration is funded by ESTCP and is being completed at
the NAS North Island, San Diego, CA.
Navy Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC), Port Hueneme, CA. Project
Manager for a pilot test of in situ bioaugmentation, as a means to enhance the
dissolution of a PCE DNAPL. This pilot test demonstration was funded by ESTCP and
was being completed at the Dover National Test Site at Dover AFB, DE. The
demonstration validated that source areas can be treated with bioaugmentation.
Kelly Air Force Base, Science Applications International Corporation, San Antonio,
TX. Project Manager for a pilot test of in situ bioaugmentation of PCE and related
degradation products in groundwater. This site was one of the first sites to be
bioaugmented with an anaerobic dechlorinating consortium (KB-1).
Groundwater Remediation Demonstration, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON,
Canada. This project involved serving as Project Manager for a demonstration of
innovative passive and semi-passive techniques for groundwater remediation. It
evaluated anaerobic-aerobic treatment trains to remove selected chlorinated solvents
and petroleum hydrocarbons from groundwater. Funding for this research is from the
U.S. Department of Defense to the University of Waterloo through the non-profit
Advanced Alternative Treatment Design Facilities (AATDF) of Rice University in
Texas.
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Bioremediation, Bioaugmentation & Natural Attenuation
Technical Guidance/Review, USGS and AFCEE. The USGS requested review and
support for application of bioaugmentation into wetlands and seeps. The AFCEE
requested review of technical protocols for application of emulsified oils.
Superfund Site, PRP Group, CT. Project Scientist for a PRP Group to evaluate
remedial options at a former solvent recycling facility. Working in a multidisciplinary
team to evaluate remedial options with a focus on enhanced bioremediation following
DNAPL treatment.
Aerojet Superfund Site, Sacramento, CA. Project Manager for a pilot test of in situ
biodegradation (using bioaugmentation) of perchlorate and chlorinated solvents in
groundwater and also for a pilot test of in situ biodegradation of perchlorate in recharge
water. Project Scientist for a pilot test of cometabolic bioventing of chlorinated
solvents in the vadose zone at a former septic waste lagoon. Project Scientist for an
investigation of intrinsic bioremediation of 1, 2-dichloroethane and chloroform.
Laboratory Treatability Testing, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Colorado, Florida,
Tennessee, and Botany Bay, Australia. Project Scientist for laboratory treatability tests
of enhanced bioremediation, ISCO, and microscale/nanoscale zero valent iron of
chlorinated solvents (ethenes, methanes, ethanes) in porous media and fractured
bedrock groundwater at various industrial sites.
Former Manufacturing Facility, Confidential Client, WV. Project Scientist for a
laboratory treatability test of natural and/or enhanced bioremediation of chlorinated
solvents (carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, dichloromethane and chloromethane) and
other recalcitrant compounds (nitrobenzene, aniline, 2,4-dinitrotoluene,
dichlorobenzenes).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Geosyntec Consultants, Guelph, Ontario, 1998 - Present
BEAK International, Guelph, Ontario, 1996 - 1998
University of Waterloo, Research Hydrogeologist, Department of Earth Science, 1995-
1996
University of Waterloo, Microbiologist, Department of Earth Science, 1991-1993
AFFILIATIONS
National Groundwater Association (1996 to present)
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International Association of Hydrogeologists (2011 to present)
Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF) – (2011 to present)
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATION
14-01 Perez-de-Mora, A. A. Zila, M.L. McMaster and E. A. Edwards. 2014.
Bioremediation of Chlorinated Ethenes in Fractured Bedrock and Associated
Changed in Dechlorinating and Nondechlorinating Microbial Populations.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 48: 5770-5779
14-02 Vanderkooy, M., McMaster, M., Wealthall, G., Vidumsky, J. Sustainability
Helps Tip the Balance for Selecting Novel Technologies: A Case Study
Selecting STAR for a Coal Tar DNAPL Site. Battelle Ninth International
Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. May
2014. Platform Presentation.
14-03 McMaster, M.L. Short Course on Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation. Ekos
Brazil. Sao Paulo. October 5 2014.
14-04 McMaster, M.L. Short Course on Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation. Ecoforum.
Gold Coast. October 24 2014.
13-01 Wealthall, G. P., M. Ford, M. McMaster, M. Vanderkooy and J. Vidumsky.
Including Probability and Optimization to Enhance Sustainability Evaluations.
NICOLE Lisbon, Portugal, 15 June 2013.
13-02 Vanderkooy, M., McMaster, M. Evaluating Remediation Sustainability: Does it
Matter Which Tool You Choose? Sustainable Remediation Forum Meeting 24.
November 2013.
13-03 Vanderkooy, M., McMaster, M., Wealthall, G., Vidumsky, J. Generating
Meaningful and Easy-To-Interpret Sustainability Data to Support Decision
Making: A Method and A Case Study. GeoMontreal 2013, Geoscience for
Sustainability. September 2013. Platform Presentation.
13-04 Vanderkooy, M., McMaster, M., Wealthall, W., Daprato, R., Bartlett, J.
Evaluating Remediation Sustainability: Does it Matter Which Tool You
Choose? Battelle Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable
Environmental Technologies. June 2013. Platform Presentation.
13-05 Vanderkooy, M. G. Wealthall, M. McMaster and J. Vidumsky. 2013. Generating
Meaningful and Easy to Interpret Sustainability Data to Support Decision
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Making: A Method and A Case Study. GeoMontreal Paper Proceedings
September 29 to October 3 2013 Montreal Canada.
12-01 Mundle, S. O.C., T. Johnson, G. Lacrampe-Couloume, A. Perez-de-Mora, M.
Duhamel, E.A. Edwards, M.L McMaster, E. Cox, K. Revesz, and B. S. Lollar.
2012. Monitoring biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes at a contaminated site
using CSIA. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46(3): 1731-1738
11-01 Capiro, N.L, E.K. Granbery, C. A. Lebron, D. W. Major, M. L. McMaster, M. J.
Pound, F. E. Loffler, and K. D. Pennell. Liquid−Liquid Mass Transfer of
Partitioning Electron Donors in Chlorinated Solvent Source Zones Environ. Sci.
Technol., 2011, 45 (4), pp 1547–1554
09-01 Morrill, P.L, B.E. Sleep, D.J. Seepersad, M.L. McMaster, E.D. Hood, C.
LeBron, D. W. Major, E. A. Edwards and B. Sherwood Lollar, 2009. Variations
in expression of carbon isotope fractionation of chlorinated ethenes during
biologically enhanced PCE dissolution close to a source zone. J. Contam.
Hydrology. 110(1-2):60-71
06-01 Sleep, B.E., D.J. Seepersad, K. Mo, C. M. Heidorn, L. Hrapovic, P. Morrill, M.
L. McMaster, E. D. Hood, C. LeBron, B. Sherwood Lollar. D. W. Major and E.
A. Edwards, 2006, “Biological Enhancement of Tetrachloroethene Dissolution
and Associated Microbial Community Changes,” Environ. Sci. Technol.
40(11):3623-3633
05-01 Morrill, P., G. Lacrampe-Couloume, G. F. Slater, B. E. Sleep, E. A. Edwards,
M. L. McMaster, D. W. Major, B. Sherwood Lollar (2005), “Quantifying
Chlorinated Ethene Degradation during Reductive Dechlorination at Kelly AFB
using Stable Carbon Isotopes,” Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 76:279-293.
04-01 McMaster, M.L., C. LeBron, D. Major, E. Hood and J. Quinn, “Bioremediation
of DNAPL Source areas: Summary of Two Field Scale Applications,” Invited
Speaker. Partners in Environmental Technology Symposium and Workshop.
SERDP/ESTCP. Washington, D.C., 30 November- 2 December 2004.
09-01 Morrill, P., G., B.E. Sleep, D.J. Seepersad, M. McMaster, E.D. Hood, C.
LeBron, D.W. Major, E.A. Edwards, B. Sherwood Lollar (2009), “Variations in
Expression of Carbon Isotope Fractionation of Chlorinated Ethenes During
Biologically Enhanced PCE Dissolution Close to a Source Zone,” Journal of
Contaminant Hydrology. 110:60-71.
04-01 Morrill, P.L., D.J. Seeprsad, G. Lacrampe-Couloume, M. Kaiguo, E.A.
Edwards, B.E. Sleep, M.L. McMaster, D.W. Major, and B. Sherwood Lollar,
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“Biologically Enhanced Dissolution of Tetrachloroethene: A Stable Carbon
Istope Investigation,” In: A.R. Gavaskar and A.S.C. Chen (Eds.), Remediation
of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds— 2004. Proceedings of the Fourth
International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant
Compounds, Monterey, CA, May 2004. Abstract 2E-16
02-01 Major, D. W., M. McMaster, E. Cox, E. A. Edwards, S. Dworatzek, E. E.
Hendrickson, M. G. Starr, J. Payne, and L. Buonamici, (2002) “Successful
Bioaugmentation to Achieve Complete Dechlorination of Chlorinated Ethenes
and Validation through Molecular Monitoring,” Environ. Sci. & Technol.
36(23): 5106-5116.
02-02 Devlin, J.F., McMaster, M., Barker, J.F.,(2002) “Hydrogeologic Assessment of
In Situ Natural Attenuation in a Controlled Field Experiment,” Water Resources
Research 38 (1), 3-1– 3-11.
01-01 Devlin, J.F., McMaster, M., Katic, D., Barker, J.F., “Evaluating Natural
Attenuation in a Controlled Field Experiment by Mass Balances, Flux Fences
and Snapshots: A Comparison of Results,” Papers from the Third International
Conference on Groundwater Quality, IAHS, University of Sheffield, UK, June
18– 21 2001.