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Confined Space/Petroleum Storage/Service Expert Witness Testimony
Tony Rieck combines over 20 years experience in the petroleum service industry with years of experience instructing at high profile courses on petroleum storage and an extensive background on committees developing standards for the petroleum service industry. He is a nationally recognized expert on tank upgrade, confined spaces and petroleum safety/OSHA compliance.T.R. Consulting, Inc.
Employee Profile
Tony Rieck - CEO/President
EMPLOYMENT
* Began work in petroleum industry 10/78 at Armor Shield
* Exec. VP of Armor Shield 12/89-92
* Exec. Dir. of National Leak Prev. Assn. 1989-97
* Pres./CEO of T.R. Consulting 1991-present
COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION
* 1991 ANSI review committee on:
-API 1604 on tank (UST) removal
-API 1615 on UST installation
-API 1631 on UST lining
-API 1632 on cathodic protection of USTs
* API/NACE Joint Steering Committee to the EPA
-federal UST regulatory development
* NACE RP0285 cath. prot. of buried steel structures
* National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- NFPA 326 - safe entry into USTs
- NFPA 327 - cleaning of tanks
- NFPA 328 - sewers and manholes
- NFPA 329 - remedial investigation
* MI Ad Hoc Com. on Flammable & Combustible Liquids
* ASTM ES40 and G158 Committees - UST inspection
* EPA 9/93 Above Ground Storage Tank Forum
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Colorado School of Mines 1989-91- USTs
* Ohio Fire Marshal Courses 1991, 93-95
* FL UST Inspector Seminar 1991
* MI Hazardous Materials Training Center 1991
* T.R. Consulting HAZWOPER 1991-present
* Riverside Community College (MN) 1995-98
* Univ. CA- Riverside 1997-98
* Univ. CA- Sacramento 1999
PUBLISHED MATERIALS
* NLPA Standard 631 - coauthor* NLPA Standard 632 - coauthor
* NLPA Standard 635
* Air & Waste Mgmnt Assn - secondary containment
* Iowa study on video inspection
MISCELLANEOUS
* Speaker at MI UST Expo in 1990* Expert Witness- FLPetroleum Marketers challenge of FL regs
* Speaker at CA WRCB 1994 Annual Conference
* 1994 - EPAReg. 8 UST presentations to states
* Consultant- Nowell, Amoroso & Mattia- Getty v. Natirar v. Lutz
* Speaker at 1995 ID Western Petr. Marketer Conference
* Expert Witness in Holden v. Mitchell Oil Co.
* Expert Witness in Mercer v. MDEQ (current)
* Expert Witness in Meeks v. C&T Tank Lining (current)