Focus

Project Management

Air Permitting

Toxic Air Contaminants

Settlement Negotiations

Site Assessment &

Characterization

Auditing

Education

California State

University, Bakersfield,

B.S., Geology

M.S., Geology

University of California, Santa Barbara

Hazardous Materials

   Management Program

Registrations

California Registered Environmental Assessor

  (REA No. 03935)

Certified Air Permitting Professional

  (CAPP No. 1002) 

Associations

Golden Empire Chapter, Air & Waste Management Association (past Chair)

Kathy E. Parker, CAPP REA

Principal, Project Manager

Bakersfield, California

Kathy Parker is a Principal and Project Manager.  She has been certified as an air permitting professional under the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Certified Air Permitting Professional (CAPP) program.  Ms. Parker has over fifteen years of experience in air quality issues dealing with the preparation and negotiation of permits, emission reduction credit banking, environmental compliance auditing, mutual settlement discussions, and all aspects of the Title V Federal Operating Permit Program.

She has extensive interpretive and compliance experience with the rules and regulations adopted by the South Coast AQMD, the San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Joaquin Valley, and Monterey Bay Unified APCDs, the California Air Resources Board, and the U.S. EPA.  She provides environmental compliance assistance to oilfield, agricultural, food processing, governmental and manufacturing operations throughout California. 

She has managed and performed activities required by  California’s AB 2588 air toxic “Hot Spot” legislation since 1989 including the preparation of emission inventory plans and reports, health risk assessments, public notification plans, and risk reduction audits.  She executes air dispersion models and post-processors to determine the potential health risk due to emissions air toxic emissions from various projects.  She also applies these tools to monitor and predict ambient air quality and odor impacts, pursuant to CEQA requirements.

As an REA, Ms. Parker has conducted numerous Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments to identify potential environmental liabilities.

In addition to her contributions at Insight, Ms. Parker is also the current Education Committee Chairman of the Golden Empire Chapter of the Air & Waste Management Association.