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EDUCATION
B.S. - University of California, Los Angeles, 1969 Engineering
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Registered Civil Engineer - California (C 22879), Texas (60507)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Civil Engineers
Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Board of Directors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Beizer has 30 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering, the last 20 of which have been in the solid waste management field. He currently directs all solid waste management and engineering projects out of the SCS Long Beach office.
Mr. Beizer’s experience ranges from hands-on participation in field and design work to direction of large solid waste management projects. This work has included literally hundreds of projects in the landfill and landfill gas (LFG) fields, involving landfill siting, permitting, design and operations planning, and the design, field testing, and operation of LFG migration control, collection, and recovery systems. He has also provided expert testimony on landfill-related litigation, and regularly makes presentations at public hearings and before regulatory agencies. Project work is summarized below.
Landfill, Transfer Station, and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) Siting--
Siting studies for the cities of Phoenix and Yuma, Arizona, and the counties of San Diego, Kern (Bakersfield), and Shasta, California. Analyses for City of Orange, Oceanside, and Mammoth Lakes, California.
Transfer station/MRF siting and design for the cities of Pasadena, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Newport Beach, California; private transfer station designs in Long Beach, East Los Angeles, and Gardena, California.
Preparation of Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) for new or expanded landfills in the City of Los Angeles (Potrero Canyon), Fresno (American Avenue), Burbank, and Ventura County (Simi Valley), California.
AB 939 and Integrated Waste Management Planning--
Waste characterizations/diversion studies for Palmdale, Redondo Beach, San Luis Obispo, Long Beach, and Santa Fe Springs.
Source Reduction and Recycling (SRR) Element for San Bernardino County, Chino, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, Culver City, and Inglewood.
Landfill Design, Operations, and Permitting--
Conceptual planning, site investigations, and environmental analyses for Eagle Mountain waste-by-rail landfill (Riverside County, California).
Design, operations/staging plans, and permitting for municipal landfills in San Diego (West Miramar), Imperial (MALS), Sacramento (Kiefer Road) Counties; Boulder, Colorado; and Olympia, Washington).
Conceptual designs and long-range planning for landfills in Orange County (Prima Deshecha), San Bernardino County (Fontana), and Clovis, California.
Landfill Closure--
Closure plans for landfills in San Diego (South Miramar), Los Angeles (Harbor, Bishops), Oceanside, Fontana, and Riverside, California.
Design and construction management of excavation and redisposal of 400,000-cubic-yard Avondale Landfill (Phoenix, Arizona); the project included design of double liner and leachate collection system.
LFG Projects--
Direction of over 200 projects related to the control or recovery of LFG in California and throughout the western United States.
Design, construction oversight, and ongoing operation of LFG collection/flaring systems at sites in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino, Oceanside, and Carson, California.
Implementation of LFG control via air injection systems in Modesto, San Diego, Long Beach, Burbank, and Commerce, California.
Prior to joining SCS, Mr. Beizer spent 8 years with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works performing general civil engineering work, including surveying and highway and flood control facilities design and management. |
