Biographies
Mark St.Germain
President & Principal Scientist
207-591-7000 x17 | marks@stgermaincollins.com | printable version
Mark St.Germain is President of St.Germain Collins, responsible for quality control, human resources and client satisfaction. Mark has extensive expertise managing multi-disciplined projects requiring environmental investigation, remediation and redevelopment. He has been designing and permitting waste management and material recovery facilities since the early 1990s and has served the petroleum industry since the late 1980s.
Prior to starting St.Germain in 1992, Mr. St.Germain opened and managed two environmental consulting offices, and worked at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Bath Iron Works.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies, University of Maine at Presque Isle, 1982
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Maine Energy Marketers Association – Board of Directors
Solid Waste Association of North America – President, Northern New England Chapter
Geologic Society of Maine
The Nature Conservancy, Corporate Environmental Council – Steering Committee
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF PRACTICE
Project Management
Waste Facility Operations, Permitting & Design
Energy & Petroleum Management
Site Investigation & Remediation
Real Estate Assessment & Redevelopment
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Commercial Paving & Recycling, Scarborough, ME
Principal consultant and project manager responsible for strategic planning, project oversight, and permitting at a multi-media special waste transfer and processing facility, including brownfields redevelopment under the Maine DEP VRAP program, wetland mitigation and multi-state licensing for the beneficial use of processed special wastes.
Casella Waste Systems, Westbrook, ME
Principal consultant and project manager for the design and permitting of a 40± acre 1,000 ton per day solid waste transfer facility and processing facility, including siting and due diligence assistance, facility design/engineering, storm water management, remedial investigation and local, wetlands and solid waste permitting.
Ridgewood Power Corporation, Various, US
Due diligence environmental site assessments and technical consulting prior to the transfer of 58 hydroelectric dam properties located throughout the US.
The Shipyard Brewery, Portland, ME
Site investigation, clean-up and regulatory closure of brownfields site and former manufacturing facility, enabling development of a modern brewery.
Global Companies, LLC, South Portland, ME
Due diligence environmental investigation, technical consulting and regulatory negotiation enabling the ownership transfer and re-opening of a 100 year old marine oil terminal. Ongoing compliance assistance and site monitoring.
Alliance Energy Corp., Various, Northern New England
Lead technical consultant and project manager for due diligence associated with the ownership transfer of 40+ gasoline stations, including environmental site assessments and compliance, planning and technical consulting.
Boralex, Chateaugay, NY
Program development and local and state permitting for the use of creosote treated wood as an alternative fuel at a biofuels combustion facility, including a beneficial use determination and air quality permit amendment.