Biography

PAUL J. MUTHIG, P.G.

POSITION
President
Muthig Environmental, Inc.

EDUCATION
1979 B.S. in Geology,
University of South Carolina

1982 M.S. in Geology,
University of Kentucky

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
May 2001 - Present
President and Founder
Muthig Environmental, Inc.
Columbia, SC

1988 - April 2001
President and Founder
Earth Management Systems, Inc.
Columbia, SC

1986 - 1988
Director of Marketing
Senior Hydrogeologist
Westinghouse Ground Water Recovery

1985 - 1986
Hydrogeologist
Ground-Water Protection Division
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control,
Columbia, SC

1984 - 1985
Exploration Manger,
T.L.B. Oil Company
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1982 - 1984
Staff Geologist
Union Oil Company of California
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Evaluation of industrial sites regarding current and historical operational practices, including source and fate of releases impacting soil and groundwater.
Evaluation of former manufactured gas plants regarding historical operational practices, including source and fate of releases impacting soil and groundwater.
Evaluation of hydrocarbon related assessments and remediation; cost analysis and control of long term expenditures. Field experience includes assessment and remediation at bulk storage, gas stations, trucking terminals, airports and the oil & gas exploration industry. Regulatory liaison.
Stratagraphic modeling with respect to depositional environments.
Environmental and Hydrogeologic assessment of hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal and spill sites.
Application of borehole geophysics in ground-water resource evaluation.
Ground-water resource evaluation.
Preparation of Permit Applications for monitoring wells, water wells, extraction (recovery) well, and preparation of Ground-Water Quality Assessment Reports.

President, Earth Management Systems, Inc.
Taking Private Spanish Course Jan. 2000 to 2003
Director of National Marketing and Business Development for Westinghouse Ground Water Recovery
Coordination and Implementation of Seminars for the Environmental Industry including topics on landfills, hydrocarbons, insurance and environmental assessments and remediation.
Drafted preliminary document for the formation of the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Geologist and lead the effort for passage at the South Carolina General Assembly.
Interim Section Manger, SCDHEC, Underground Storage Tank Program
Project Hydrogeologist, SCDHEC, supervisor of geophysical logging and monitor well approval programs. Evaluation and approval of mixing zone variance requests. Investigator for domestic water well complaints.
Exploration Manager, T.L.B. Oil Co., supervision of geological exploration activities.
Research Associate, University of Kentucky, project manager for a study to analyze the total coal resources of the United States.

Association of Ground-Water Scientists and Engineers (NGWA) Chairman
National Board of Advisors, University of South Carolina School of the Environment
Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI)

Muthig, Paul J., 1996, Evaluating Environmental Claims - Pieces of the Puzzle: Seminar presented to the Environmental Claims Managers Association, Reno, Nevada, October 23-25, 1996.
Muthig, Paul J., 1989, Environmental Pre-Buy Assessments and Real Estate Stories: Proceedings from the 1989 Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Bar Association. June 29 - July 2, 1989.
Muthig, Paul J.; Pennington, D,: Underground Storage Tank Systems; Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute. Proceedings for the 5th National RCRA/SUPERFUND Conference and Exhibition, Las Vegas, Nevada. (unpublished)
Muthig, Paul J.; Jeffcoat, O.A., 1988. Environmental Issues Affecting Real Estate Transactions: Proceedings from the 1988 Palmetto Land Title Association Annual Convention, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Muthig, Paul J., 1988. The Impact of CERCLA and SARA on Real Estate: The "Pre-Buy" or Environmental Assessment: Proceedings from the 1988 Mid-Year Meeting of the South Carolina Bar, Jan 21-24, 1988.
Assistant Field Instructor and Coordinator, AAPG field trip "Ancient Classics in the Eastern Kentucky Area:, 1980-82". Field trip was run two to three times a year.
Ferm, John C.; Muthig, Paul J., 1982. A study of the United States Coal Resources; Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL Publications, 82-14, Pasadena, Ca 207 pgs.