For the past 25 years, Mr. Slavin has provided professional hydrogeologic and environmental consulting services to public and private sector clients throughout the United States and internationally. During that period Mr. Slavin has designed, managed and conducted a wide variety of projects ranging from the assessment and remediation of soil and water contamination resulting from petroleum hydrocarbon and hazardous waste releases; environmental assessments of properties for real estate transactions and financing; determinations of the impacts of existing and proposed development on groundwater resources; and, the development of clean drinking water and irrigation supplies from groundwater resources. Mr. Slavin has been certified and testified as an expert in the field of geology and hydrogeology before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the Lebanon County and Northampton County Courts in Pennsylvania and the Sullivan County Court in New Hampshire, in matters dealing with surface and groundwater allocation, flooding and stream diversion, interpretation of historical land use and water level data and groundwater well construction. Additionally, Mr. Slavin has testified as an expert in the field of geology and hydrogeology before the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and several zoning boards, including Silver Springs Township, Cornwall Borough, North Cornwall Borough, Union Township and Shippensburg Township in Pennsylvania, and Washington County in Maryland in matters dealing with proposed groundwater uses, groundwater withdrawal impacts and stream encroachments. Education: -- B.S. Geology (1974)        Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York -- M.S. Geology (1977)        University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Continuing Education: Continuing education courses, seminars and conferences dealing with groundwater pollution and hydrology, groundwater modeling, and the assessment and remediation of contaminated soils and groundwater including the following. -- DNAPLS in Fractured Geologic Media        Monitoring, Remediation and        Natural Attenuation        (Toronto, CN) -- Fracture Trace and Lineament Analysis        Appplication to Groundwater Resources        Characterization and Protection Course        (State College, PA) -- PBI 5th Annual Environmental Law Forum        (Harrisburg, PA) -- The Princeton Groundwater Pollution        and Hydrology Course        (Orlando, FL) -- The Princeton Remediation Course        (Las Vegas, NV) -- Pennsylvania's Act 2        A Client Workshop        (Harrisburg, PA) -- National Groundwater Association        Outdoor Action Conference        (Las Vegas, NV) -- National Groundwater Association Petroleum        Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in        Groundwater: Prevention, Detection and        Restoration Conferences        (Houston, TX) -- The SUPERFUND Conferences        (Washington, DC) -- IEU Intrinsic Bioremediation Course        (Washington, DC) Professional Registrations and Certifications: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania        Registered Professional Geologist #319 Commonwealth of Virginia        Certified Professional Geologist #169 American Institute of Professional Geologists        Certified Professional Geological Scientist #5154 Environmental Assessment Association        Certified Environmental and Remediation Specialist Member of: National Ground Water Association American Institute of Professional Geologists Environmental Assessment Association Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys Approved Expert Witness Pool Cornwall Borough Planning and Zoning Commission Experience: 1988-Present    President/Senior Consultant    Earth Resource Associates, Inc.    (Lebanon, PA) 1984-1988    Group Manager    R.E. Wright Associates, Inc.    (Middletown, PA) 1981-1984    Project Geologist    R. E. Wright Associates, Inc.    (Middletown, PA) 1977 - 1981    Hydrologist/Geologist    Dufresne Henry Engineering    (North Springfield, VT)