PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Coordinates corporate strategic planning, financial management and marketing activities.  Oversees corporate work on state and federal superfund sites and manages education/training services.  Responsible for technical services in areas of pollution prevention, contaminant delineation, and site remediation.  Major recent projects of relevance include:

·        Pollution prevention assessments of two regional hospitals in New York (including medical, radiological, and toxicological laboratories), proposing management and structural changes that are anticipated to result in net annual savings exceeding $50,000 per site.

·        Facility compliance and pollution prevention assessment of all activities at a public school district in New York, including waste oil handling and chemical disposal.

·        Environmental compliance Audit of major (one million + square feet) medical complex in New York City, including assessment of laboratory discharges, radioactive/medical waste storage/disposal practices, and chemical handling procedures.

·        Preparation of medical waste handling procedures (including staff training) for moderate size nursing home in New York City.

·        Preparation of environmental policies for regional lending institution.  Designed all required Bank forms and conducted seminars to train Bank personnel.  Provide ongoing environmental assessment and guidance for Bank ORE and loan applications.

·        Investigation, contamination delineation, and remediation of PCB-contaminated soil at former electronics manufacturing site.  Coordinated remediation with site re-use.

·        Contaminant delineation and soil remediation of commercial property contaminated with PCE.  Coordinated site closure activities, including communication with involved regulatory agencies.  Successfully prevented site’s inclusion onto NYS “Superfund” registry.

·        Integration of site remediation services at former Major Oil Storage Facility (MOSF) with site redevelopment in Dutchess County, New York.  Installation of groundwater remediation system concurrent with site construction activities.

Supervisor for corporate hazardous and solid waste investigatory and remedial services.  Major projects included:

·        Coordination of subsurface investigations at a New York State Superfund site (former industrial facility); project manager in charge of site reclassification (delisted as of January, 1991).

·        Coordination of petroleum storage tank management plan for Dutchess County (NY) Department of Public Works, including an assessment of regulatory compliance, product utilization, and physical conditions of more than 100 tanks at over 20 facilities.

·        Environmental compliance Audit of 42,000-square-foot printing facility with specific remediations for solvent handling/disposal, inks storage, and metal recovery processes.

PRESENTATIONS

• "Environmental Risks in Lending" Training Session for Pawling Savings Bank employees, December 18 and 19, 1989, and July 1, 1993.

• "Identifying Environmental Concerns in Appraisals", Workshops for Lakewood Appraisal Corporation, October, and November, 1989 and April, 1990

• "State and Local Groundwater Protection Strategies", annual meeting of the New York State Association of Towns, February, 1990.

• "Environmental Audits on Orchards and Agricultural Properties", Resource Education Institute, Inc., Real Estate Site Assessment and Environmental Audits Conference, December 4, 1990.

• "Environmental Audits on Orchards and Agricultural Properties", National Water Well Association Annual Conference, July 29-31, 1991.

• "Principles of Environmental Economics for Ground Water Professionals", National Groundwater Association Outdoor Action Conference, May 27, 1993.

• “Impact of Environmental Liabilities on Real Estate Transactions”, a NYS Department of Education approved course for licensed real estate professionals, March 1995; April 1995; May 1995; October 1995.

• “Brownfields Redevelopment in New York:  A Discussion of Two Case Studies”, New England Environmental Conference 1996, March 1996.

• “Quantifying Environmental Liabilities”, a NYS Department of Education approved course for licensed real estate professionals, March 1997.

• “Environmental Assessments in Urban Settings”, Vassar College, Fall 1999 and Fall 2000.

• “Navigating Property Contaminant Problems”, Land Trust Alliance Rally 2001, Oct 2001

ARTICLES

Ciminello, P. 1993.  A Primer on Petroleum Bulk Storage Tanks and Petroleum Contamination of Property, ASHI Technical Journal, Volume 3, No. 1

Ciminello, P. 1991.  Environmental Audits on Orchard and Other Agricultural Properties,

Proceedings of the National Water Well Association Annual Conference

        Ciminello, P. 1991.  Property Managers Should Carefully Examine Current Fuel Storage Practices, NYS Real Estate Journal, Vol. 3, No. 9

        Ciminello, P. 1991.  New DEC Regulations Affect Development of Agricultural Lands,  NYS Real Estate Journal, Vol. 3, No. 6

        Ciminello, P., Hodges-Copple, J. 1986. Managing Toxic Risks From High Tech Manufacturing, Growth and Environmental Management Series (Southern Growth Policies Board)

Ciminello, P. 1986.  State Assistance in Financing Water Treatment Facilities,

Growth and Environmental Management Series (Southern Growth Policies Board)

Ciminello, P. 1985.  Plants Amid Plantings:  The Future Role of Environmental Factors in Business Climate, Ratings, Southern Growth ALERT (Southern Growth Policies Board)

Ciminello, P. J. Baldwin, N. Duhnkrack,1984, An Incentive Approach to Riparian Lands Conservation, Monographs in Environmental Education and Environmental Studies (North

American Association of Environmental Educators)