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JAMES E. HUFF, P.E.

Educational Experience
1966-1970
B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

1970-1971
M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

1974-1976
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business,
Part time

Honors
Omega Chi Epsilon (Chemical Engineering Honorary) 
President's Academic Award
Graduated with Distinction
Fellowship from the Federal Water Quality Administration

Thesis
"Destabilizing Soluble Oil Emulsions Using Polymers with Activated Carbon," Major Professor, Dr. James E. Etzel

Experience
Since 1980, Mr. Huff has been vice president of Huff & Huff, Inc. and has been responsible for projects pertaining to wastewater treatment, hazardous waste management, ground water and soil remediation, and compliance assessments. A significant portion of his time has been devoted to assisting clients on day-to-day environmental issues from permitting training, to setting up programs for compliance and ISO 14000. Mr. Huff has designed industrial wastewater treatment plants ranging in size from less than one thousand gallons per day to eight million gallons per day. These designs have applied to a variety of industrial sources, such as foundries, plating, printed circuit boards, organic chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Mr. Huff has also directed twelve municipal wastewater treatment design projects and five site cluster septic systems for smaller developments over the past twenty years. Two novel in-stream aeration systems, using high-purity oxygen on a shallow Illinois stream were designed and installed. Mr. Huff was retained by a community to direct (contract O&M) the operations of a new 1.5 mgd tertiary treatment plant until the system was lined out and a superintendent hired.

In the area of Water Quality Analysis, Mr. Huff has completed a variety of projects, including both biological and chemical assessments. Antidegradation analysis studies have been completed for six wastewater projects by Mr. Huff. Mr. Huff has directed studies for two of the Quad Cities and one oil refinery to assess the environmental impact of water treatment plant discharges on the Mississippi River. These studies included evaluating various locations along the Mississippi for the presence of mussel beds, the potential presence of endangered species, primarily the Lampsilis higginsi, and whether the areas were important for fish spawning. On the Fox River, Mr. Huff was project manager for a group of municipal dischargers on a project to collect and analyze weekly water quality samples along the river, its tributaries, and outfalls at over 30 locations to establish a better database on un-ionized ammonia levels. Mr. Huff is currently evaluating in-stream rations on Salt Creek, the East Branch of the DuPage River.  Mr. Huff has directed fish and benthic surveys for industrial, storm water, and municipal wastewater discharges located on the following waterways: Cedar Creek, Deep Run, Flint Creek, Thorn Creek, North Kent Creek, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Casey Fork Creek, and Kishwaukee River.

In the hazardous waste field, over sixty industrial plants have relied on Mr. Huffs expertise for complying with the regulations. Mr. Huff has provided the required RCRA and DOT training, prepared DOT security plans, inspection plans, contingency plans, training plans, and waste minimization plans. Mr. Huff directs H&H's underground storage tank (UST) closure and remediation projects for a variety of clients, including former manufactured gas plants and chlorinated solvent and petroleum releases.  He is the firm’s Project Manager for Emulsified Zero Valent Iron (EZVI), a NASA technology for remediating chlorinated solvents.  The firm has applied EZVI at six sites through 2007 with great success.

Remediation designs, many associated with underground storage tank releases, are a major portion of Mr. Huff's activities. He has designed and implemented landfarming, soil vapor extraction, air sparging, enhanced in situ biological treatment, groundwater pump and treat systems utilizing batch biological reactors, activated carbon, air strippers, and in situ enhanced bioremediation. Mr. Huff has completed treatability studies at a Federal Superfund site for cyanide and thiocyanate destruction in ground water, including operation of a 4,000 gpd pilot reactor at the site and has conducted a Feasibility Study (FS) for a major chlorinated solvent release at a State Superfund site. The selected remedy for this state site was the first in Ohio that recognized intrinsic bioremediation as part of the remedy. Mr. Huff has directed over fifteen hazardous waste closures of TSD facilities, ranging from drum storage areas to the complete clean-up of a 27-acre abandoned manufacturing facility. This abandoned manufacturing site included plating solutions, cyanide bearing sludges, oils, and over 20,000 gallons of virgin chemicals requiring placement. Mr. Huff has also been the project manager on the site investigation at four former manufactured gas plants. He completed a comprehensive No Further Remediation Letter for one MGP site that included taking the coal tar to a hot-mix asphalt plant for conversion to asphalt.

Compliance assessment is a significant part of Mr. Huff's work. Over 100 environmental audits of manufacturing firms have been conducted by Mr. Huff over the last twenty years. These audits have included potential acquisitions as well as on-going industrial operations. Mr. Huff has also been involved in siting and permitting of new industrial facilities, including a mining operation.

From 1987 through 1990, Mr. Huff was a part-time faculty member, teaching the senior level environmental courses in the Civil Engineering Department at lIT - West in Wheaton, Illinois.

From 1976 to 1980, Mr. Huff was Manager of Environmental Affairs for the Armak Company (now Akzo Nobel Chemicals), a diversified industrial chemical manufacturer. At Armak, Mr. Huff was responsible for all environmental activities at eight plants located throughout the United States and Canada. Technical work included extensive biological and chemical treatability studies as well as designing new facilities, including two wastewater pretreatment facilities, a land application system, and an incinerator system.

Previously, Mr. Huff was an Associate Environmental Engineer in the Chemical Engineering Section at IIT Research Institute (lITRI). The work included extensive testing of wet scrubbers for odor control in the rendering industry as well as carbon adsorption evaluations. Also, Ozone/UV was tested as a treatment method for cyanide, PCB's, RDX, HMX, and TNT. At Mobil Oil's Joliet refinery, Mr. Huff was employed as an Advanced Environmental Engineer during the construction and start-up of the largest grassroots refinery ever constructed. Mr. Huff was responsible for wastewater, water supply, solid waste, and noise abatement issues at the refinery from 1971 to 1973.

Professional Registration/Affiliations
Water Environment Federation Member
Illinois Water Environment Federation
National Water Well Association 
Certified Class 2 and Class K Sewage Treatment Works Operator in Illinois
Consulting Engineering Council of Illinois, Past Chair, IEPA Liaison Committee (3 years)
Registered Professional Engineer - Illinois
Registered Professional Engineer - New Jersey

Papers
"Ozone-U.V. Treatment of TNT Wastewater," E.G. Fochtman and J.E. Huff, International Ozone Institute Conference, Montreal, May 1975.

"Characterization of Sensory Properties" Qualitative, Threshold, and Supra- Threshold," J .E. Huff and A. Dravnieks, American Water Works Assoc. Seminar, Minneapolis, MN, June 1975.

"Optimizing Wet Scrubber Systems for Odor Control in the Rendering Industry," R.H. Snow, J.E. Huff, and W. Boehme, Purdue Air Quality Conference, Lafayette, IN, November 1975.

"Control of Rendering Plant Odors by Wet Scrubbers: Results of Plant Tests," R.H. Snow, J.E. Huff, and W. Boehme, APCA Conference Boston, MA, June 1975.

"Asbestos Manufacturing Waste Disposal and Utilization," P. Ase, J.E. Huff, L.L. Huff, C.F. Harwood, and D. Oestreich, Mineral Waste Utilization Symposium, Chicago, IL, April, 1976.

" Alternative Cyanide Standards in Illinois, a Cost-Benefit Analysis," L.L. Huff and J.E. Huff, 31 st Annual Purdue Industrial Waste Conference, Lafayette, IN, May 1976.

"Cyanide Removal from Refinery Wastewaters Using Powdered Activated Carbon," J.E. Huff, J.M. Bigger, and E.G. Fochtman, American Chemical Society Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 1977. Published in Carbon Adsorption Handbook, P .N . Cheremisinoff and F. Ellerbusch, Eds., Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Inc., 1978.

"Industrial Discharge and/or Pretreatment of Fats, Oils and Grease," J.E. Huff and E.F. Harp, Eighth Engineering Foundation Conference on Environmental Engineering, Pacific Grove, CA, February, 1978.

"A Review of Cyanide of Refinery Wastewaters," R.G. Kunz, J.E. Huff, and J.P. Casey, Third Annual Conference of Treatment and Disposal of Industrial Wastewater and Residues, Houston, TX, April 1, 1978.
Published as: "Refinery Cyanides: A Regulatory Dilemma," Hydrocarbon Processing, pp 98-102, January, 1978.

"Treatment of High Strength Fatty Amines Wastewater - A Case History ," J .E. Huff and C.M. Muchmore, 52nd Conference - Water Pollution Control Federation, Houston, TX, October 1979. Published JWPCF, Vol. 54, No.1, pp 94-102, January, 1982.

" An Overview of Environmental Regulations," E.F. Harp and J .E. Huff, Soap & Detergent Association Annual Meeting, Boca Raton, FL, January 1980.

"A Proposal to Repeal the Illinois Pollution Control Board's Construction Permit Water Regulations," J.H. Russell and J.E. Huff, Chicago Bar Record, Vol. 62, No.3, pp 122-136, Nov.-Dec., 1980.

"Disinfection of Wastewater Effluents in Illinois-A Cost:Benefit Analysis," L.L. Huff and J.E. Huff, Illinois Water Pollution Control Association 2nd Annual Conference, Kankakee, IL, May 20, 1981.

"Measurement of Water Pollution Benefits - Do We Have the Option?" L.L. Huff, J.E. Huff, and N.B. Herlevson, IL Water Pollution Control Assn 3rd Annual Conference, Naperville, IL, May 1983.

"Evaluation of Alternative Methods of Supplementing Oxygen in a Shallow Illinois Stream," J.E. Huff and J.P. Browning, Illinois Water Pollution Control Assn Sixth Annual Meeting, Naperville, IL, May 7, 1985.

"Environmental Audit for Wastewater Compliance," J.E. Huff, Federation of Environmental Technologists Environmental '86 Seminar, Milwaukee, Wl, March 5, 1986.
"Technical and Economic Feasibility" of a Central Recovery Facility for Electroplating Wastes in Cook County, IL," J.E. Huff and L.L. Huff, 1986 Governor's Conference on Science and Technology in Illinois, Rosemont, IL, Sept. 3, 1986.

"Hazardous Waste Closure Procedure," J.E. Huff, Federation of Environmental Technologists Seminar, Rockford, IL, Dec. 17, 1986.

"Training & Contingency Plan Requirements Under the Hazardous Waste/Right- To-Know/OSHA Regulations," J.E. Huff, Federation of Environmental Technologists Environment '88, Milwaukee, WI, March 9, 1988.

"Biomonitoring/Bioassay," J.E. Huff, Federation of Environmental Technologists Seminar, Harvey, IL, December 11,1989.

"Storm Water Discharges," J.E. Huff, Federation of Environmental Technologists Environment '90 Seminar, Milwaukee, WI, March 7,1990.

"Cleanup Standards-Past, Present and Future," J.E. Huff and D.O'Neill, Chicago Bar Association's Environmental Law Seminar "Underground Tanks: Down and Dirty," Chicago, IL, June 8, 1993.

"Engineering Aspects of Individual Wastewater System Design," J.E. Huff, 22nd Annual Northern Illinois Onsite Wastewater Contractors Workshop, St. Charles, lL, February 27, 1995.

"Illinois Site Remediation Program," J.E. Huff, Institutional Lenders Environmental Focus Group, Chicago, IL, March 14, 1997

"Cleaning Up Contaminated Property in Illinois," J.W. Watson and J.E. Huff, Midwest Environmental Corporate Counsel Association, September 18, 1997.

"Total Maximum Daily Loadings (TMDL) and Ammonia Conditions in the Fox River Waterway," J. E.
Huff and S. D. LaDieu, Illinois Water '98 Conference, Urbana, IL, Nov. 16,1998.

"The Illinois Ammonia Water Quality Standards: Effluent Implications & Strategies for Compliance," L.R. Cunningham & J. E. Huff, Illinois Water '98 Conference, Urbana, IL, Nov. 16,1998.

"Beneficial Reuse of Coal Tar Impacted Material in Recycled Asphalt-LaGrange Illinois Case Study," J.E. Huff, Midwest Energy Association's Environmental Management Conference, Denver, CO, October 5, 2000 and at the Site Remediation Technologies & Environmental Management Practices in the Utility Industry, Orlando, FL, December 4-7,2000.

"Impact of a High Sulfate and TDS industrial Discharge on Municipal Wastewater Treatment," J.L. Daugherty, J.E. Huff, S.D. LaDieu, and D. Martch, WEFTEC 2000, Anaheim, CA, October 17, 2000.

"Remediation of MGP Source Material Below the Water Table & On-Site Water Treatment," J.E. Huff, M. Matuck, and L.M. Paulson, Midwest Energy Association Environmental Management Conference, Itasca, IL, October 28, 2002.

"Phase II Storm Water Regulations - Compliance Strategies For The Gas Transmission/Distribution Industry," J.E. Huff, American Gas Association 2003 Operations Conference, Orlando, Florida April 28, 2003.

"Endocrine Disruptors or Better Living Through Chemistry" J. E. Huff, Illinois Association of Wastewater Agencies, Fall Meeting, Bloomington, IL, November 14, 2003