Eric A. Stern
Eric spent
24 years in US Government both with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and
the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He served as the Regional Contaminated
Sediment Program Manager for EPA, where he directed the
New
York/New Jersey Harbor Sediment Decontamination Program.
The program was charged to demonstrate the environmental and economic
feasibility of decontaminating dredged materials / contaminated sediments from
the Port of New York/New Jersey with beneficial use end products on a
commercial-scale level.
The EPA’s partnerships with the New Jersey Department of
Transportation Office of Maritime Resources (DOT), the
Department
of Energy - Brookhaven National Laboratory
EPA funded $42
million regionally towards treatment technology development with beneficial use
applications. Eric managed the Cement-Lock technology demonstration for USEPA
Region 2.
Eric’s experience in sediment decontamination treatment has been connected closely with USEPA Superfund and other USEPA Regions nationally as well as USACE Districts on contaminated sediment projects. Projects of significance include the Passaic River, New Jersey, and Gowanus Canal, New York. He continues to work closely with the USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO). He was the Program Manager for the Cement-Lock® -- Ecomelt® beneficial use demonstration on the campus of Montclair State Univeristy. Sediment for this demonstration came from the EPA Passaic River, Superfund site that was decontaminated through the Cement-Lock® full-scale process. |