New Job Environmental Protection Specialist I-1382100 In Illinois

Job Overview

The EPA, BOW, Water Pollution Control, Compliance Section, and Environmental Protection Specialist II positions are responsible for the initial professional duties associated with monitoring, participating in, or carrying out compliance or enforcement actions under Section 31 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Law.

The benefits of working at the EPA include a 37 ½ hour work week, a generous salary and benefits package (paid time off for vacation, sick or personal leave, holidays) pension and other retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, and insurance eligibility on day one (medical, dental, vision, and life).

Job Responsibilities

Assist in observing, assessing and managing the Compliance Section of the Division of Water Pollution Control within the Bureau of Water, as well as monitoring compliance and enforcement measures under Section 31 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Law; 30. Additionally, employees are required to observe, support and manage the compliance section of the Water Division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

• EDC file summaries, Decision Memos, Compliance Certificates (CCA), and VN. What are these documents?...

Participates in the operation and maintenance of relevant state and federal compliance and enforcement databases, including:

• The list of options includes VN Tracking, ICIS, ECHO (End User Credentials Portal), ATHENA, NDN, and more.
• Track compliance/enforcement and target violations.'
• Integrates essential information, such as permit schedules and reports, single event violations, enforcement actions and links to them, permit tracking events, general permit renewal information (including the uploading of CCA's to the IEPA website). "
• Conducts routine investigations, generates reports to identify non-compliance and suggest the most appropriate solution for the noncompliance situation.
• Provide outreach, training and support services for electronic reporting tools such as NetDMR and Net, among others.

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25 is responsible for monitoring, assisting, and participating in routine compliance program activities.including:

• Manages tasks, extending aid, answering queries, and verifying compliance with established standards.'
• Instructs divisional staff and research into Agency files to aid in the investigation of compliance with regulations, evidence collection efforts, and summarizing past violations as well as enforcement actions.
• Keeps records of complaints, ensures that they are amended to contain more violations, scrutinizes the accuracy and confidentiality of reports submitted to the authorities, and provides testimony at hearings.
• Interpret and clarify routine state and federal laws, respond to prompt questions on issues related to NPDDS, and provide guidance to facility operators, city officials, industry representatives, engineers, legal experts, and private individuals. "National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System" (NPDES).

10% 4. Keeps track of events, and helps with daily work to generate routine inputs for meetings and develops compliance plans or programs;

• Takes measures to ensure compliance or prevent future breaches.'
• To help resolve non-compliance and mitigate environmental consequences, the person attends NIPLA meetings to participate in their activities.
• Journeys in the execution of tasks.

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5. Views, aids and participates in the creation of regular management summary. Additionally,Standard The management of a program consists of using Operating Procedures (Operating Procedures) and project status reports to manage the work.oversite.

Attain 92 marks on the resulting score and carry out other tasks that are reasonably connected to the duties mentioned above. 6.

Minimum Qualifications

Must possess the same level of knowledge, talent, and intelligence as four years of college with coursework in physical, life, or environmental sciences and must:

• One year of work experience in the area of pollution control or related fields, or any other similar position.
• Obtaining the necessary skills through a training program approved by the government.

OR

Must hold a master's degree in either physical, life, or environmental sciences. 2.

"The Crucial Experiences (In Right Order)"

• Desires proficiency in current inspection and investigation methods and procedures.'
• Appears to have a working understanding of contemporary environmental control mechanisms, facilities, techniques, and procedures.
• Elects to possess practical knowledge of state statutes, regulations, and ordinances concerning environmental protection and pollution control.
• Appears to possess the skill to create comprehensive, technical, and scientific reports of fieldwork and/or assessments.
• Prefers the aptitude to analyse and explain scientific data in facilities, installations, and equipment plans.'
• Desires to establish and maintain contact with municipal officials, facility operators, owners, managers, or representatives of plants, as well as the general public.
• The agency's ability to interpret state laws, rules, regulations, or policy is favored by individuals and municipal bodies.
• Appears to be proficient in using field tools, including a camera, a dissolved oxygen testing and monitoring equipment, a Hawthorne field kit, a real-time analyzer, hand-held gas detectors, sound level meters, and drilling, sampling, or drilling equipment.
• Desires proficiency in meeting safety criteria established by state and federal regulations.
• Elects to possess the skill of using a personal computer and proficiency in software.

Conditions of Employment

• Can not work alone and must be able to travel, with the option of spending an overnight'".
• Must possess a valid driver's license that is appropriate.
• Must pass a background check using one's name.