Resume for Jim Pastorick
Jim Pastorick is an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Technician with over twenty-five
years of active Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and UXO experience. He has served in various missions as an officer in U.S. armed forces EOD including Officer-in-Charge of an EOD unit deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and tasked with providing emergency EOD response to the Sixth Fleet. Since leaving the military he has continued his EOD technical activities as Senior UXO Project Manager for UXB International, Inc. and IT Corporation and as President of the specialty UXO consulting companies Geophex UXO, Ltd. and UXO Pro, Inc.
Mr. Pastorick serves on the National Research Council Standing Committee on Disposal of Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare Material (CWM). This important committee investigates methods to safely handle and dispose of UXO containing CWM in an efficient manner to allow cost-effective cleanup of non-stockpile CWM burial sites. He is also a member of the nterstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) UXO Team where he develops and presents UXO training courses and assists in the development of technical guidance documents related to UXO technical issues of interest to state regulators. He is also a Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE) by the American Society for Quality.
Education
- B.A., Journalism, The University of South Carolina,Columbia, South Carolina; 1980
Additional Training:
- EOD Technician, U.S. Naval School of EOD, Indian Head, Maryland; 1986
- U.S. Navy Diver and Salvage Officer, Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Florida; 1982
- 40-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Operator Training (with annual refreshers)
- 8-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Supervisor Health and Safety Training
- Department of Energy Radiation Worker II
- CPR
Registrations/Certifications
- Certified Surface Blaster, State of Virginia; 1990
- EOD Technician, U.S. Navy, 1986
- Deep Sea Diver, U.S. Navy, 1982
- Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) #8236, 2004, American Society for Quality
Experience and Background
1999 - Present
President, UXO Pro, Inc.., Alexandria, Virginia
Mr. Pastorick is President of this UXO technical consulting company that assists private sector state government regulators in the planning, management, and quality assurance (QA) of UXO investigation and cleanup projects. Specifically, Mr. Pastorick reviews and develops written comments on munitions and explosives of concern (MEC)-related technical documents, attends technical and public meetings to provide technical support to state regulator Project Managers, and performs QA site visits to ensure that work is being performed in accordance with the approved work plan.
As President of UXO Pro, Mr. Pastorick is currently providing UXO technical support to the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, New Jersey, Michigan, Virginia Texas and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Details on the services provided to these state regulators follows:
Mr. Pastorick currently provides technical support (document reviews, meeting attendance, resolution of technical issues, quality assurance inspections) to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) on the characterization and cleanup of Camp Navajo. This active Arizona National Guard site has closed its ordnance disposal ranges and is performing MEC investigation and remediation to convert this property to other training uses. He has also provided these services to ADEQ on FUDS at the Williams Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, the Sahurita Bombing Range and on active ranges at Fort Huachuca. He is also currently supporting ADEQ on the active base closure of Williams Air Force Base including providing environmental technical support through parent company Total Environmental Concepts (TEC).
Jim Pastorick has provided UXO technical support to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) as a subcontractor to TRC Environmental on the current “Technical Support to ADEM” contract since May 2005. Under this contract Mr. Pastorick has worked closely with the ADEM Project Managers to provide technical support on the base closure and site reuse project at the former Fort McClellan, the active facility MEC cleanup at Redstone Arsenal, and on the non-stockpile chemical ordnance live-fire area at the Camp Sibert Formerly Used Defense Site. In this capacity he has:
- Reviewed over forty-five technical documents and provided written comments;
- Attended over forty in-person and telephone meetings;
- Performed fifteen QA oversight visits to active MEC projects.
Highlights of this work for ADEM include assisting ADEM Project Managers in the:
- Review and resolution of technical issues on the Fort McClellan Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Area EE/CA documents;
- Review of technical work plans and performing QA oversight on MEC removal projects in the Fort McClellan Alpha and Bravo Areas;
- Review of the Historical Records Reviews and work plans for MEC removal projects at Redstone Arsenal;
- Identification of Camp Sibert Site 8 as the most hazardous MEC site in Alabama and initiating the multi-year CWM removal project;
- Performance of QA oversight visits to all MEC projects while they are on-going.
Mr. Pastorick is currently serving as the UXO technical consultant to the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) on the cleanup of the former U.S. Naval Base on Adak Island,
the former Fort Glenn on Umnak Island and the former World War II facility on Amchitka Island.
Previous projects for ADEC have included the former Gerstle River Expansion Area, near Delta Junction, and former Department of Defense facilities on St. Lawrence Island, Kodiak Island, and at
Dutch Harbor.
The Adak UXO cleanup reached a milestone with the transfer of property from the U.S. Navy to a Native American corporation and additional MEC removal work is continuing. This land transfer required the completion and signing of the first Record of Decision (ROD) for a Superfund MEC
site.
Mr. Pastorick is also providing technical support to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) of Puerto
Ricoon the cleanup of Vieques Island, Culebra Island, Fort Buchanan and Pineros Island,all
former bombing or military training facilities. The former Vieques NavalBombing Range and former Naval Ammunition Support Detachment and the Culebra Island Training Area are closed bombing and ordnance training ranges that are currently being investigated and remediated. Vieques is a base closure and EPA Superfund site, while Culebra is a Formerly Used Defense Site. Pineros Island was a former training area used by Navy Special Warfare personnel and is being investigated under the base closure of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.
On these projects Mr. Pastorick provides technical consulting services (document reviews, meeting
attendance, resolution of technical issues, field quality assurance inspections) directed toward achieving an adequate investigation and cleanup of the property to permit the planned end use of the property by Puerto Rico and the Municipalities of Vieques, Culebra and Ceiba, where the sites are located.
For the Texas state regulators he has provided similar technical consulting services for the Pantex,
Camp Bowie, Camp Fannin, Cabaniss Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Camp Swift and Camp Maxey FUDS and the closing facilities Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and Red River Army
Ammunition Plant.
In support of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Mr. Pastorick supported the NJDEP Brownfields Redevelopment Program providing document review and project oversight on the investigation of the former Millville Bombing Range, which is now reused as an auto race track
and entertainment complex, and the former Palmyra GunneryRange, planned for mixed use
redevelopment. He is providing UXO/DMM support services to NJDEP Project Managers at the former Fort Hancock, Cape May Naval Air Station, and Black Point Bombing Range FUDS and active facilities at Picatinny Arsenal and Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
Mr. Pastorick is providing MEC training and technical support to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on theformer Fort Custer and the former Wurtsmith and Hat Island Bombing Ranges.
He provided MEC training and is currently providing UXO/DMM support services to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) on the Fort Monroe base closure.
1991- 1998
Senior UXO Project Manager, IT Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Responsible for management and supervision of projects concerning investigation and remediation of sites contaminated with explosives and UXO for federal government and industrial clients.
Specific experience includes the following:
UXOTechnical manager for the base closure environmental restoration of Fort
Ord, California performed under the USACOE Sacramento District Total Environmental Restoration
Contract (TERC). UXO was encountered routinely during the environmental restoration work at Fort Ord and Mr. Pastorick was responsible for ensuring the safe detection, removal and disposal of UXO interfering with the restoration work. UXO was encountered and handled safely during site investigations, fence and pipeline installations, and landfill excavations. Mr. Pastorick worked closely with USACE and California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) as he developed the Fort Ord UXO Program Management Plan and individual Site Specific UXO Plans.
UXO
Technical Manager for the environmental restoration field activities performed
under the USACOE Southeast Division TERC at Redstone
Arsenal and Fort
McClellan, Alabama. This work required the development of
an overall UXO Program Plan and Site Specific Plans, including procedures for
handling UXO containing CWM, and periodic monitoring of site workers to ensure
compliance with the plans. UXO
was routinely encountered on these sites during intrusive operations including
well drilling, cutting access roads through wooded areas, and while
excavating.
UXO
Technical Manager during environmental restoration activities on Wake
Island. This work,
performed for the U.S. Navy NAVFAC Pacific Division, required the development of
UXO safety plans for the live U.S.and Japanese ordnance expected to
be encountered on this World War II battle site. U.S.5-in. projectiles, U.S.
bombs and U.S.anti-aircraft rounds were
discovered and marked for later disposal.
Mr. Pastorick also developed and supervised a diving plan for the
underwater inspection of the Peacock
Point debris pile. This
required planning and implementing the work for a five-person SCUBA team to
perform an underwater inspection of the trash pile and to document the
inspection with still and video cameras.
The documentation of the inspection is being used to determine whether or
not the debris pile should be removed as part of the environmental restoration
of Wake
Island.
UXO
Technical Manager for the remediation of various U.S. Army World War II
encampments in the vicinity of Nome,
Alaska for USACOE.
This project required developing an overall UXO Safety Plan to allow work
to safely be conducted at these remote sites. UXO Specialists were provided, under
Mr. Pastorick’s supervision, to inspect each site prior to work being performed
to determine if UXO was a potential hazard. The UXO Specialists then provided UXO
safety support to those sites determined to potentially contain UXO to ensure
the safety of the field workers.
Project
Manager for the thermal decontamination of an explosively contaminated building
and its associated external wastewater sump for USACOE at the
U.S.
Army Depot Activity, Umatilla, Oregon. This former TNT process building had
been dismantled and gross decontaminated by water washing.
Mr. Pastorick directed a team of UXO Specialists in the restacking and
open burning of the building and components in accordance with the Scope of
Work requirements. The same team
built a remote excavation apparatus, designed by Mr. Pastorick, and used it to
remotely excavate the TNT contaminated sludge from the wastewater sump. Approximately 500-lb. of removed
explosive sludge was transported to the facility burn area and burned. The contaminated sump was then loaded
with charcoal and an air injection system, designed by Mr. Pastorick, and in
accordance with the Scope of Work requirements, and was burned to decontaminate
it for removal and disposal
Project
Manager and onsite supervisor of the geophysical site survey and the removal
and disposal of landmines at the USACOE Fort
Belvoir Engineer Proving Ground,
Virginia.
Project
Manager for the base closure UXO survey of Fort
George G. Meade, Maryland.
Duties included the development of all project plans and coordinating the
survey, location, removal, and disposal of UXO from 1,400 acres of this former
tank training area in support of the DOD Base Closure and Realignment
Program. Mr. Pastorick supervised
all phases of this large UXO remediation project including site mapping using
Global Positioning System (GPS) interfaced with Autocad and a computerized
database.
Project
Manager for the UXO survey of a 50-acre area of the former Fort
Sheridan, Illinoisin support of the USACOE under the
DoD Base Realignment and Closure
Program.
Project
Manager for the explosives investigation at the former Chemical
Insecticide Corporation in Edison, New Jersey.
This USACOE project required development of field sampling and analysis
methods to identify buried deposits of black powder, which had previously caused
two accidental detonations during drilling by another contractor.
The sampling and analysis methods developed by Mr. Pastorick were
successfully implemented and the construction of a landfill cap and venting
system were successfully completed.
UXO
Technical Manager for the UXO removal and disposal of a surface-dumping site at
the U.S.
Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia. This site was used for the disposal of
mixed scrap and UXO and over 4,300 UXO, including 743 large naval mines, were
recovered and disposed of.
UXO
Technical Manager for the UXO removal and disposal of six surface disposal pits
at the U.S.
Department of Energy's (DOE) Tonopah
TestRange in Nevada. UXO and debris were removed and disposed
of from the six pits. UXO
including more than 20,700 antipersonnel bomblets, 2,000-lb., 1,000-lb., and
500-lb. bombs, large artillery projectiles, and missile components were disposed
of by detonation or explosive cutting.
Demilitarized UXO and large amounts of decontaminated scrap were sold by
the DOE to a local scrap dealer for
recycling.
1989-
1991
Senior UXO Project
Manager, UXB International, Inc., Chantilly, VA
Responsible
for management and supervision of UXO and explosive-related projects for prime
contractors working under U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts. Specific project experience includes
the following:
Managing
USACOE explosive waste and UXO remediation projects at the former
Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings,Nebraska
and the former Temecula
PracticeBombing Range,Orange
County, California.
Specific duties performed include conducting site visits, project cost
estimating and accounting, work plan and safety plan development, monitoring
field activities to ensure compliance with requirements, and development of
project final reports.
Managing
investigations to determine the amount and type of UXO contamination remaining
at the USACOE projects at the former
Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, LaPorte, Indiana; the former Pantex
Ammunition Plant, Amarillo, Texas; and the former Sioux
Ammunition Depot, Sidney,
Nebraska.
Managing
UXO site clearance and safety escort services during soil sampling and well
drilling operations at USACOE UXO projects at Umatilla
Army Depot Activity, Oregon; Fort
Sheridan, Illinois; Savanna Army
Depot Activity, Illinois; Milan
Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee; Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant,
Nebraska; Fort Jackson, South
Carolina; and Sierra Army Depot,
California.
Managing
and supervising field operations on USACOE projects involving hazardous and
toxic materials and requiring Level “B” personal protective equipment including
the decanting and removal of explosive Lead Azide Sludge from 55 gallon storage
drums at the Savanna Army Depot
Activity, Illinois and testing for toxic military chemical agents at Umatilla Army Depot Activity, Oregon;
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland,
and Fort Sheridan,
Illinois.
Conducting
an underwater live firing range clearance at Tuno Knob, Denmark.
Mr. Pastorick provided planning, management, and supervision of eight UXO
Specialist/Divers performing the location, identification, and disposal of UXO
at this former target area. The
removal and disposal of over 500 UXO and the removal and salvaging of two former
Danish Navy warships that were used as targets was
accomplished.
1981-
1989
Naval Officer and EOD Technician/Diver,
U.S. Navy, Various
Commands
Responsibilities
and achievements include managing, directing and supervising personnel assigned
to a variety of units from five-person EOD teams to fifty-person shipboard
divisions, and maintaining all equipment assigned including specialized EOD
tools and diving life-support systems. Completed two Western Pacific
deployments and one Mediterranean deployment as Diving Officer and EOD Team
Officer-In-Charge. Conducted
frequent EOD training and operational deployments, and advanced to final rank of
Lieutenant Commander.
1978-
1981
Photojournalist, The
Columbia Record, Columbia, South
Carolina
Responsibilities
and achievements include reporting on news, sports, and feature stories for a
daily newspaper using photographs supplemented by written articles. 1980 South Carolina Photojournalist of the
Year. Developed exceptional
writing skills under deadline pressure.
1972-
1976
EnlistedService, U.S. Navy Seabees, Various
Commands.
Publications
Ayen, Richard J et
al, 2009, Assessment of Explosive
Destruction Technologies for Specific Munitions at the Blue Grass and Pueblo
Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants, National Research Council Board on
Army Science and Technology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Harmon, William et
al, October 2008, Quality Considerations
for Munitions Response Projects, Interstate Technology Regulatory Council,
Washington, DC.
Ayen, Richard J. et al, 2006, Review
of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical Warfare
Materiel, National Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology,
National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Ayen, Richard J. et. al, 2005, Impact
of Revised Airborne Exposure Limits on Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program
Activities, National Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology,
National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 2004, Assessment
of the Army Plan for the Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility, National
Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology, National Academy Press,
Washington, DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 2002, Systems
and Technologies for the Treatment of Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare
Materiel, National Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology,
National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 2001, Disposal
of Neutralent Wastes, National Research Council Board on Army Science and
Technology, National Academy Press, Washington,
DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 1999, Disposal
of Chemical Agent Identification Sets, National Research Council Board on
Army Science and Technology, National
Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Pastorick,
J. P., 1994, "Ordnance, Explosive Waste, and Unexploded Ordnance," Protecting
Personnel at Hazardous Waste Sites, W. F. Martin and S. P. Levine, ed., 2nd
ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Stoneham, Massachusetts, pp.
404-421.
Pastorick,
J. P., 1993, "Detection, Retrieval, and Disposal of Unexploded Ordnance at U.S.
Military Sites," Handbook:
Approaches for the Remediation of Federal Facility Sites Contaminated
with Explosive or Radioactive Wastes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC
(EPA/625-R-93-013).
Pastorick,
J. P., 1993, "Critical Considerations for Project Sites Containing Unexploded
Ordnance," Remediation Journal, vol.
3, No. 2, pp. 221-232 and Federal
Facilities Environmental Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.
81-92.
Pastorick, J. P., J. Bern, and F. Adeshina, 1992, "Ranking Combined UXO/CSM /HTW Sites
Requiring Restoration: An Initial rotocol," presented at the Annual
Explosive Safety Seminar of the Department of Defense Explosive Safety
Board,Anaheim,
California.
years of active Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and UXO experience. He has served in various missions as an officer in U.S. armed forces EOD including Officer-in-Charge of an EOD unit deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and tasked with providing emergency EOD response to the Sixth Fleet. Since leaving the military he has continued his EOD technical activities as Senior UXO Project Manager for UXB International, Inc. and IT Corporation and as President of the specialty UXO consulting companies Geophex UXO, Ltd. and UXO Pro, Inc.
Mr. Pastorick serves on the National Research Council Standing Committee on Disposal of Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare Material (CWM). This important committee investigates methods to safely handle and dispose of UXO containing CWM in an efficient manner to allow cost-effective cleanup of non-stockpile CWM burial sites. He is also a member of the nterstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) UXO Team where he develops and presents UXO training courses and assists in the development of technical guidance documents related to UXO technical issues of interest to state regulators. He is also a Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence (CQM/OE) by the American Society for Quality.
Education
- B.A., Journalism, The University of South Carolina,Columbia, South Carolina; 1980
Additional Training:
- EOD Technician, U.S. Naval School of EOD, Indian Head, Maryland; 1986
- U.S. Navy Diver and Salvage Officer, Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center, Panama City, Florida; 1982
- 40-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Operator Training (with annual refreshers)
- 8-Hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Supervisor Health and Safety Training
- Department of Energy Radiation Worker II
- CPR
Registrations/Certifications
- Certified Surface Blaster, State of Virginia; 1990
- EOD Technician, U.S. Navy, 1986
- Deep Sea Diver, U.S. Navy, 1982
- Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE) #8236, 2004, American Society for Quality
Experience and Background
1999 - Present
President, UXO Pro, Inc.., Alexandria, Virginia
Mr. Pastorick is President of this UXO technical consulting company that assists private sector state government regulators in the planning, management, and quality assurance (QA) of UXO investigation and cleanup projects. Specifically, Mr. Pastorick reviews and develops written comments on munitions and explosives of concern (MEC)-related technical documents, attends technical and public meetings to provide technical support to state regulator Project Managers, and performs QA site visits to ensure that work is being performed in accordance with the approved work plan.
As President of UXO Pro, Mr. Pastorick is currently providing UXO technical support to the states of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, New Jersey, Michigan, Virginia Texas and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Details on the services provided to these state regulators follows:
Mr. Pastorick currently provides technical support (document reviews, meeting attendance, resolution of technical issues, quality assurance inspections) to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) on the characterization and cleanup of Camp Navajo. This active Arizona National Guard site has closed its ordnance disposal ranges and is performing MEC investigation and remediation to convert this property to other training uses. He has also provided these services to ADEQ on FUDS at the Williams Air Force Base Bombing and Gunnery Range, the Sahurita Bombing Range and on active ranges at Fort Huachuca. He is also currently supporting ADEQ on the active base closure of Williams Air Force Base including providing environmental technical support through parent company Total Environmental Concepts (TEC).
Jim Pastorick has provided UXO technical support to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) as a subcontractor to TRC Environmental on the current “Technical Support to ADEM” contract since May 2005. Under this contract Mr. Pastorick has worked closely with the ADEM Project Managers to provide technical support on the base closure and site reuse project at the former Fort McClellan, the active facility MEC cleanup at Redstone Arsenal, and on the non-stockpile chemical ordnance live-fire area at the Camp Sibert Formerly Used Defense Site. In this capacity he has:
- Reviewed over forty-five technical documents and provided written comments;
- Attended over forty in-person and telephone meetings;
- Performed fifteen QA oversight visits to active MEC projects.
Highlights of this work for ADEM include assisting ADEM Project Managers in the:
- Review and resolution of technical issues on the Fort McClellan Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Area EE/CA documents;
- Review of technical work plans and performing QA oversight on MEC removal projects in the Fort McClellan Alpha and Bravo Areas;
- Review of the Historical Records Reviews and work plans for MEC removal projects at Redstone Arsenal;
- Identification of Camp Sibert Site 8 as the most hazardous MEC site in Alabama and initiating the multi-year CWM removal project;
- Performance of QA oversight visits to all MEC projects while they are on-going.
Mr. Pastorick is currently serving as the UXO technical consultant to the State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) on the cleanup of the former U.S. Naval Base on Adak Island,
the former Fort Glenn on Umnak Island and the former World War II facility on Amchitka Island.
Previous projects for ADEC have included the former Gerstle River Expansion Area, near Delta Junction, and former Department of Defense facilities on St. Lawrence Island, Kodiak Island, and at
Dutch Harbor.
The Adak UXO cleanup reached a milestone with the transfer of property from the U.S. Navy to a Native American corporation and additional MEC removal work is continuing. This land transfer required the completion and signing of the first Record of Decision (ROD) for a Superfund MEC
site.
Mr. Pastorick is also providing technical support to the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) of Puerto
Ricoon the cleanup of Vieques Island, Culebra Island, Fort Buchanan and Pineros Island,all
former bombing or military training facilities. The former Vieques NavalBombing Range and former Naval Ammunition Support Detachment and the Culebra Island Training Area are closed bombing and ordnance training ranges that are currently being investigated and remediated. Vieques is a base closure and EPA Superfund site, while Culebra is a Formerly Used Defense Site. Pineros Island was a former training area used by Navy Special Warfare personnel and is being investigated under the base closure of the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.
On these projects Mr. Pastorick provides technical consulting services (document reviews, meeting
attendance, resolution of technical issues, field quality assurance inspections) directed toward achieving an adequate investigation and cleanup of the property to permit the planned end use of the property by Puerto Rico and the Municipalities of Vieques, Culebra and Ceiba, where the sites are located.
For the Texas state regulators he has provided similar technical consulting services for the Pantex,
Camp Bowie, Camp Fannin, Cabaniss Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Camp Swift and Camp Maxey FUDS and the closing facilities Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and Red River Army
Ammunition Plant.
In support of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Mr. Pastorick supported the NJDEP Brownfields Redevelopment Program providing document review and project oversight on the investigation of the former Millville Bombing Range, which is now reused as an auto race track
and entertainment complex, and the former Palmyra GunneryRange, planned for mixed use
redevelopment. He is providing UXO/DMM support services to NJDEP Project Managers at the former Fort Hancock, Cape May Naval Air Station, and Black Point Bombing Range FUDS and active facilities at Picatinny Arsenal and Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
Mr. Pastorick is providing MEC training and technical support to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on theformer Fort Custer and the former Wurtsmith and Hat Island Bombing Ranges.
He provided MEC training and is currently providing UXO/DMM support services to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) on the Fort Monroe base closure.
1991- 1998
Senior UXO Project Manager, IT Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Responsible for management and supervision of projects concerning investigation and remediation of sites contaminated with explosives and UXO for federal government and industrial clients.
Specific experience includes the following:
UXOTechnical manager for the base closure environmental restoration of Fort
Ord, California performed under the USACOE Sacramento District Total Environmental Restoration
Contract (TERC). UXO was encountered routinely during the environmental restoration work at Fort Ord and Mr. Pastorick was responsible for ensuring the safe detection, removal and disposal of UXO interfering with the restoration work. UXO was encountered and handled safely during site investigations, fence and pipeline installations, and landfill excavations. Mr. Pastorick worked closely with USACE and California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) as he developed the Fort Ord UXO Program Management Plan and individual Site Specific UXO Plans.
UXO
Technical Manager for the environmental restoration field activities performed
under the USACOE Southeast Division TERC at Redstone
Arsenal and Fort
McClellan, Alabama. This work required the development of
an overall UXO Program Plan and Site Specific Plans, including procedures for
handling UXO containing CWM, and periodic monitoring of site workers to ensure
compliance with the plans. UXO
was routinely encountered on these sites during intrusive operations including
well drilling, cutting access roads through wooded areas, and while
excavating.
UXO
Technical Manager during environmental restoration activities on Wake
Island. This work,
performed for the U.S. Navy NAVFAC Pacific Division, required the development of
UXO safety plans for the live U.S.and Japanese ordnance expected to
be encountered on this World War II battle site. U.S.5-in. projectiles, U.S.
bombs and U.S.anti-aircraft rounds were
discovered and marked for later disposal.
Mr. Pastorick also developed and supervised a diving plan for the
underwater inspection of the Peacock
Point debris pile. This
required planning and implementing the work for a five-person SCUBA team to
perform an underwater inspection of the trash pile and to document the
inspection with still and video cameras.
The documentation of the inspection is being used to determine whether or
not the debris pile should be removed as part of the environmental restoration
of Wake
Island.
UXO
Technical Manager for the remediation of various U.S. Army World War II
encampments in the vicinity of Nome,
Alaska for USACOE.
This project required developing an overall UXO Safety Plan to allow work
to safely be conducted at these remote sites. UXO Specialists were provided, under
Mr. Pastorick’s supervision, to inspect each site prior to work being performed
to determine if UXO was a potential hazard. The UXO Specialists then provided UXO
safety support to those sites determined to potentially contain UXO to ensure
the safety of the field workers.
Project
Manager for the thermal decontamination of an explosively contaminated building
and its associated external wastewater sump for USACOE at the
U.S.
Army Depot Activity, Umatilla, Oregon. This former TNT process building had
been dismantled and gross decontaminated by water washing.
Mr. Pastorick directed a team of UXO Specialists in the restacking and
open burning of the building and components in accordance with the Scope of
Work requirements. The same team
built a remote excavation apparatus, designed by Mr. Pastorick, and used it to
remotely excavate the TNT contaminated sludge from the wastewater sump. Approximately 500-lb. of removed
explosive sludge was transported to the facility burn area and burned. The contaminated sump was then loaded
with charcoal and an air injection system, designed by Mr. Pastorick, and in
accordance with the Scope of Work requirements, and was burned to decontaminate
it for removal and disposal
Project
Manager and onsite supervisor of the geophysical site survey and the removal
and disposal of landmines at the USACOE Fort
Belvoir Engineer Proving Ground,
Virginia.
Project
Manager for the base closure UXO survey of Fort
George G. Meade, Maryland.
Duties included the development of all project plans and coordinating the
survey, location, removal, and disposal of UXO from 1,400 acres of this former
tank training area in support of the DOD Base Closure and Realignment
Program. Mr. Pastorick supervised
all phases of this large UXO remediation project including site mapping using
Global Positioning System (GPS) interfaced with Autocad and a computerized
database.
Project
Manager for the UXO survey of a 50-acre area of the former Fort
Sheridan, Illinoisin support of the USACOE under the
DoD Base Realignment and Closure
Program.
Project
Manager for the explosives investigation at the former Chemical
Insecticide Corporation in Edison, New Jersey.
This USACOE project required development of field sampling and analysis
methods to identify buried deposits of black powder, which had previously caused
two accidental detonations during drilling by another contractor.
The sampling and analysis methods developed by Mr. Pastorick were
successfully implemented and the construction of a landfill cap and venting
system were successfully completed.
UXO
Technical Manager for the UXO removal and disposal of a surface-dumping site at
the U.S.
Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown, Virginia. This site was used for the disposal of
mixed scrap and UXO and over 4,300 UXO, including 743 large naval mines, were
recovered and disposed of.
UXO
Technical Manager for the UXO removal and disposal of six surface disposal pits
at the U.S.
Department of Energy's (DOE) Tonopah
TestRange in Nevada. UXO and debris were removed and disposed
of from the six pits. UXO
including more than 20,700 antipersonnel bomblets, 2,000-lb., 1,000-lb., and
500-lb. bombs, large artillery projectiles, and missile components were disposed
of by detonation or explosive cutting.
Demilitarized UXO and large amounts of decontaminated scrap were sold by
the DOE to a local scrap dealer for
recycling.
1989-
1991
Senior UXO Project
Manager, UXB International, Inc., Chantilly, VA
Responsible
for management and supervision of UXO and explosive-related projects for prime
contractors working under U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contracts. Specific project experience includes
the following:
Managing
USACOE explosive waste and UXO remediation projects at the former
Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings,Nebraska
and the former Temecula
PracticeBombing Range,Orange
County, California.
Specific duties performed include conducting site visits, project cost
estimating and accounting, work plan and safety plan development, monitoring
field activities to ensure compliance with requirements, and development of
project final reports.
Managing
investigations to determine the amount and type of UXO contamination remaining
at the USACOE projects at the former
Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, LaPorte, Indiana; the former Pantex
Ammunition Plant, Amarillo, Texas; and the former Sioux
Ammunition Depot, Sidney,
Nebraska.
Managing
UXO site clearance and safety escort services during soil sampling and well
drilling operations at USACOE UXO projects at Umatilla
Army Depot Activity, Oregon; Fort
Sheridan, Illinois; Savanna Army
Depot Activity, Illinois; Milan
Army Ammunition Plant, Tennessee; Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant,
Nebraska; Fort Jackson, South
Carolina; and Sierra Army Depot,
California.
Managing
and supervising field operations on USACOE projects involving hazardous and
toxic materials and requiring Level “B” personal protective equipment including
the decanting and removal of explosive Lead Azide Sludge from 55 gallon storage
drums at the Savanna Army Depot
Activity, Illinois and testing for toxic military chemical agents at Umatilla Army Depot Activity, Oregon;
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland,
and Fort Sheridan,
Illinois.
Conducting
an underwater live firing range clearance at Tuno Knob, Denmark.
Mr. Pastorick provided planning, management, and supervision of eight UXO
Specialist/Divers performing the location, identification, and disposal of UXO
at this former target area. The
removal and disposal of over 500 UXO and the removal and salvaging of two former
Danish Navy warships that were used as targets was
accomplished.
1981-
1989
Naval Officer and EOD Technician/Diver,
U.S. Navy, Various
Commands
Responsibilities
and achievements include managing, directing and supervising personnel assigned
to a variety of units from five-person EOD teams to fifty-person shipboard
divisions, and maintaining all equipment assigned including specialized EOD
tools and diving life-support systems. Completed two Western Pacific
deployments and one Mediterranean deployment as Diving Officer and EOD Team
Officer-In-Charge. Conducted
frequent EOD training and operational deployments, and advanced to final rank of
Lieutenant Commander.
1978-
1981
Photojournalist, The
Columbia Record, Columbia, South
Carolina
Responsibilities
and achievements include reporting on news, sports, and feature stories for a
daily newspaper using photographs supplemented by written articles. 1980 South Carolina Photojournalist of the
Year. Developed exceptional
writing skills under deadline pressure.
1972-
1976
EnlistedService, U.S. Navy Seabees, Various
Commands.
Publications
Ayen, Richard J et
al, 2009, Assessment of Explosive
Destruction Technologies for Specific Munitions at the Blue Grass and Pueblo
Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants, National Research Council Board on
Army Science and Technology, National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Harmon, William et
al, October 2008, Quality Considerations
for Munitions Response Projects, Interstate Technology Regulatory Council,
Washington, DC.
Ayen, Richard J. et al, 2006, Review
of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical Warfare
Materiel, National Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology,
National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Ayen, Richard J. et. al, 2005, Impact
of Revised Airborne Exposure Limits on Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program
Activities, National Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology,
National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 2004, Assessment
of the Army Plan for the Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility, National
Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology, National Academy Press,
Washington, DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 2002, Systems
and Technologies for the Treatment of Non-Stockpile Chemical Warfare
Materiel, National Research Council Board on Army Science and Technology,
National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 2001, Disposal
of Neutralent Wastes, National Research Council Board on Army Science and
Technology, National Academy Press, Washington,
DC.
Carberry, John B. et. al., 1999, Disposal
of Chemical Agent Identification Sets, National Research Council Board on
Army Science and Technology, National
Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Pastorick,
J. P., 1994, "Ordnance, Explosive Waste, and Unexploded Ordnance," Protecting
Personnel at Hazardous Waste Sites, W. F. Martin and S. P. Levine, ed., 2nd
ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Stoneham, Massachusetts, pp.
404-421.
Pastorick,
J. P., 1993, "Detection, Retrieval, and Disposal of Unexploded Ordnance at U.S.
Military Sites," Handbook:
Approaches for the Remediation of Federal Facility Sites Contaminated
with Explosive or Radioactive Wastes, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC
(EPA/625-R-93-013).
Pastorick,
J. P., 1993, "Critical Considerations for Project Sites Containing Unexploded
Ordnance," Remediation Journal, vol.
3, No. 2, pp. 221-232 and Federal
Facilities Environmental Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp.
81-92.
Pastorick, J. P., J. Bern, and F. Adeshina, 1992, "Ranking Combined UXO/CSM /HTW Sites
Requiring Restoration: An Initial rotocol," presented at the Annual
Explosive Safety Seminar of the Department of Defense Explosive Safety
Board,Anaheim,
California.