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Senior Technical Advisors
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Edward A. (Andy) Altemos is Senior Technical Adviser to HAZMAT Packager & Shipper, and is a partner in the firm, HMT Associates, L.L.C., Alexandria, VA. Mr. Altemos was formerly Secretariat to the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel. Prior to that assignment he was International Standards Coordinator in the U.S. DOT Research & Special Programs Administration, in which expert capacity he represented the United States at the meetings of the United Nations (UN) Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and its subsidiary bodies, the International Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and served as the United States' member on the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel. Mr. Altemos is widely renown for his expertise in both U.S. and international dangerous goods regulations in both U.S. and in Europe.
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| Gordon Rousseau, expert in dangerous goods regulations, is Special Adviser to HAZMAT Packager & Shipper and was formerly President of HMT Associates, LLC. He has held key positions in the U.S. Coast Guard, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the U.S. Department of Transportation where he managed these agencies' hazardous materials regulations development and waiver issuance programs. Mr. Rousseau was Executive Director of the Rigid Intermediate Bulk Container Association, where he was instrumental in developing key provisions for incorporation into DOT's final rulemaking HM-181E: Intermediate Bulk Containers for Hazardous Materials. |
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| Frits Wybenga has served with distinction as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety in DOT. He represented the United States at the UN Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and its Sub-Committee for fifteen years and was its Vice Chairman for eight years. He also served as the U.S. Member and Panel Vice Chairman for the ICAO Dangerous Goods Panel. He may be reached at (301) 929-1668 (phone); or f.wybenga@comcast.net. |
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Legal and Regulatory Specialists
| Glenn P. Wicks, Esq. is President of the Wicks Group, PLLC. a
Washington, D.C. firm that provides legal and consulting services to
transportation interests on regulatory and commercial matters. He also
advises HAZMAT Packager & Shipper on legal issues relative to the
transportation of dangerous goods by air. Mr. Wicks has advised and
represented clients in transportation matters for 14 years. He has
successfully handled numerous hazardous materials related enforcement
actions on behalf of air, ground, and other shippers and has the
presented to the Virginia Bar Association on related topics. Mr. Wicks
is an honors graduate of the George Washington University Law Center
where he served on the editorial board of the Journal of International
Law and Economics. He is currently a member of the Governing Committee
of the American Bar Association forum on Air and Space Law. He may be
reached at (202) 457-7790 or via fax at (202) 457-7799 or gpwicks@wicks-group.com. |
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| Lindsay W. McGuire Esq. is an associate with The Wicks Group, focusing primarily on regulatory matters. She has also worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the American Prosecutors Research Institute, and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. She earned her JD from the Duke University School of Law in 2007. |
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| Earl V. Lind is a Independent Consultant on Hazardous Materials Packaging and plastics materials properties and processing. He retired on December 31, 2006 from Mauser Corp. He has over 30 years experience in packaging of hazardous materials working for CCA, SPPI, Russell-Stanley and Mauser Corp. He is a regular contributor to HAZMAT Packager & Shipper. Mr. Lind is a member of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Mr. Lind may be contacted at 48 Briarwood Drive, Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087, 609-296-4431, 609-296-4451 (fax), email: moosque1@verizon.net . |
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| Robert Bunn is a hazardous materials consultant specializing in compliance audits, training and research. Formerly a U.S. Department of Transportation enforcement officer, he has also served as federal liaison in the Virgin Islands and Saipan. Mr. Bunn may be reached at 404-667-7149 or www.hazmatinspector.com. |
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| Lawrence W. Bierlein, Esq.
is a partner in the Washington law firm of McCarthy, Sweeney, and
Harkaway. He is an internationally renowned expert on the subject of
hazardous materials transportation regulation and law to which he
devotes his practice. Mr. Bierlein may be contacted at tel: (202)
775-5560, fax (202) 775-5574 or by e-mail: lwbierlein@mshpc.com. |
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