Sara has more than 10 years of experience with air and water permitting and compliance for manufacturing and sugar-beet processing facilities, ethanol and fertilizer plants, and petroleum refineries. Her assistance to clients includes performing site evaluations and investigations, preparing permit applications, engaging in regulatory negotiations, and providing other types of compliance support. In particular, she compiles reports required by EPCRA and those involving air emissions and greenhouse gases; she also develops plans for compliance monitoring, waste management, and spill prevention.
Sara has conducted more than a dozen NPDES audits at manufacturing facilities nationwide, along with multimedia audits at ethanol facilities, and air-quality and Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) compliance reviews at manufacturing sites.