Personal Biography - Bob Dundas
A.S. Geology - Casper College
B.S. Geology - Utah State University
Registered Professional Geologist - State of Wyoming
Bob has over 35 years of diverse experience working in the oil and gas, regulatory and environmental fields. For the past 23 years he has worked for the True companies a family owned group of businesses serving the oil and gas, pipeline, trucking and agriculture sectors. As Environmental Coordinator he has responsibility for all environmental related matters including air permitting, spill reporting and response, planning and preparedness, regulatory interpretation and compliance, remediation, stormwater construction, SPCC and preparation of miscellaneous environmental related permits. Bob serves as the environmental regulatory liaison with multiple local state and federal agencies. He has also served as the Environmental Unit Leader on two major oil spills.

I born and raised in Anaconda, MT and grew up fly fishing the states blue ribbon trout streams. I graduated from Montana Tech in Butte with bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering. I have over 17 years of experience in environmental consulting, compliance, and emergency response. I live in Helena, MT with my wife and two kids and we enjoy fishing, hunting and spending time outdoors.

Harry Fujii has over 2 decades of experience in spill response, including post-hurricane response and logistical support. Harry started in the industry as a field responder and worked through the command structure up to his current position as Regional Response Manager in MSRC's Pacific Region. Harry has responded in the field as well as in the command post for large-scale events such as the Deepwater Horizon and Cosco Busan oil spills.

Annually, Harry attends dozens of California State required tabletop exercises and their planning/preparation meetings to develop scenarios and objectives.

Mr. Cobb is an experienced senior project manger within our Toxicology Emergency Response Personnel (TERP®) team responding to over 186 projects to date. He has direct involvement in train derailments, chemical spills, well control events and chemical plant fires. Experience includes project management on 41 hazardous materials incidents utilizing air monitoring expertise to provide accurate air monitoring solutions to various levels of emergency response. Incidents include chemical spills, train derailments, chemical plant fires, oil refinery turnaround projects, and specialty sampling. Familiarity working within and directly with Incident Command. Experienced member of the CTEH® Industrial Hygiene
Strike Team.

Chris is the Director of PHMSA's Accident Investigation Division. His team is responsible for conducting investigations of federally regulated pipeline failures across the country. His team works closely with States that administer investigations under their jurisdiction. Chris's team strives to identify emerging trends and lessons learned that can improve pipeline safety. Prior to joining PHMSA, Chris led EPA's Region 6 emergency response program, oil spill prevention program and was an Federal On Scene Coordinator.

Aaryn Jones serves as the Emerging Contaminants Coordinator for EPA Region 4 in Atlanta, GA. In this capacity, she advises senior leadership and leads stakeholder engagement on emerging contaminant issues. She is the regional point of contact for multimedia PFAS issues and leads a Regional PFAS workgroup.

Aaryn has been with EPA Region 4 for 15 years and most recently served as the Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator. Prior to that, she served as a physical scientist and enforcement officer in Region 4, working directly with states, tribes, local governments, nonprofit organizations, and regulated entities on Underground Storage Tank enforcement and corrective action, Brownfields project management, and RCRA hazardous waste enforcement and corrective action.

Prior to coming to EPA, she obtained her BS in Chemistry and MS in Analytical Chemistry from East Carolina University, and an MS in Environmental Chemistry from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Her educational and research background has included novel green chemistry analytical method development, studying environmental fate, transport, and treatment of persistent halogenated contaminants in soil and groundwater, and fluoropolymer chemistry.

Mr. Joel Block has worked for over 15 years in the oil and gas industry in Canada. He has held a variety of Emergency Management and Environmental positions with oil and gas companies and private consulting firms. He has worked extensively in all areas of spill response management and planning.

N/A I have developed and co-chaired several previous CWW sessions. Myself and my colleague, Dan Barghshoon also with the CER, would develop and co-chair the proposed session which we envision as a panel discussion comprised of Indigenous/Tribal representatives from the US and Canada with experience in the area. We would use recently CER-developed best practices to inform the discussion. Panelists yet to be determined.

Craig has been a Federal On-Scene Coordinator with the US EPA for the last 20 years. During this time, he has responded to over 10 major oil spills and conducted numerous emergency responses and time critical removal actions under CERCLA. When responding to emergencies, Craig is responsible for conducting emergency responses, environmental assessments, and subsequent cleanups under the National Contingency Plan. In addition to leading the assessment and cleanup, this also includes providing local and state health departments with advice and information to inform public health decisions and keeping the public informed about response activities.

Craig has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a certified Operations Section Chief and Incident Commander for the US EPA.

Brian Meier is a Senior Exercise and Response Advisor for The Response Group (TRG). Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he has been representing TRG and its clients in the Pacific Northwest since 2019. During the pandemic, he responded to six actual incidents, and facilitated or participated in twenty-four exercises. Brian served 27 years in the US Coast Guard, where his career areas of emphasis included pollution response, law enforcement, search and rescue, crisis management, and human performance technology. He is a Qualified Type I Incident Commander and is currently a Master Exercise Practitioner Candidate. He has earned a MS in Environmental Health from the University of Cincinnati and a BS in Marine & Environmental Science from the US Coast Guard Academy.

I oversee the safe development and operation of pipeline related activities on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, which lies in the heart of the Bakken oil field. By developing our own standards we have significantly reduced pipeline release volumes and established one, if not the best, pipeline programs in the Nation.

My background includes over 40 years of Operational and Emergency Response experience. Both as a Hazardous Materials Instructor and as an Operations Technician, my views are to prepare for the unexpected and being proactive.

Nick is an experienced program director with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental response industry. Nick has a bachelor's degree in biology from Creighton University and is a leader of the USA GHD FIRST Emergency Spill Response Team. The GHD FIRST team provides emergency response and preparedness services throughout North America for clients in various industries including railroad, pipeline, oil and gas, insurance, trucking, among others. Nick's focus is on developing key client relationships and delivering exceptional service and leads multiple multidisciplinary teams of professionals with extensive spill response and preparedness experience. Nick has significant experience managing site remediation, risk assessment and toxicology, industrial hygiene and air monitoring, storm water and wastewater, wildlife response management, and site restoration projects.

Bradley is an experienced program director with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental engineering industry. With strong program and project management professional with a Bachelor focused in Water Resources Engineering from University of Guelph, Bradley is the leader of the USA GHD FIRST Emergency Spill Response Team which provides emergency response and preparedness services throughout North America for insurance clients, trucking clients, and class I railroad clients, among others. Bradley focus is on developing key client relationships and delivering exceptional service and leads multiple multidisciplinary team of professionals with extensive spill response and preparedness experience. Bradley has significant experience managing environmental due diligence projects, site remediation, risk assessment and toxicology, industrial hygiene and air monitoring, storm water and wastewater, wildlife management, site restoration, and environmental litigation support projects.

Paul Hester is the Manager of Hazardous Materials Field Operations and Emergency Response for BNSF Railway. His territory covers the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota. He has been working in the Hazardous Materials industry and on Railroad projects and Derailments as a consultant and a contractor for 20 years prior to the BNSF. He is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and Professional Geologist in the state of Minnesota and has been with BNSF since 2015. He has also trained extensively with the Chlorine Institute, Short Line Railroad Safety Council, Illinois Fire Safety Institute (IFSI), Security and Emergency Response Training Center (SERTC) and the State Hazmat teams in his territory (ND, MN, WI).