Colorado Springs CO Phone: (719) 359-8467

Los Angeles CA Phone: (213) 787-6800

5351 Setters Way Central Facsimile Number: (310) 844-7240

Colorado Springs, CO 80919 http://www.trconsultinggroup.com

Updated 04/2024

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 Prevention Association 1989-97

* Pres./CEO of T.R. Consulting 1991-present

* Partner at Poly Lining Systems, Inc. 2012 - 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 cathodic protection of buried steel structures 1989 - 1991

* National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1990 - 1991

- NFPA 326 - safe entry into tanks

- NFPA 327 - cleaning of tanks

- NFPA 328 - sewers and manholes

- NFPA 329 - remedial investigation

* MI Ad Hoc Com. on Flammable & Combustible Liquids 1989 - 1990

* ASTM ES40 and G158 Committees - tank inspection 1992 - 1998

* EPA 09/1993 Above Ground Storage Tank Forum

* NLPA/KWA Committee Chairperson 823 Sump Standard Committee 2019-2020

* NLPA/KWA Chairperson 823 Sump Standard Review Committee 2024 to present

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

* Colorado School of Mines 1989-91

* Ohio Fire Marshal Courses 1991, 93-95

* Hocking College UST Course 1995

* FL Tank Inspector Seminar 1991

* MI Hazardous Materials Training Center 1991

* T.R. Consulting HAZWOPER 1991-present

- also Confined Space Safety, Lock Out/Tag Out, Hazard Communication (HAZCOM), and Excavation Safety

* NLPA Special Inspector UST/AST Evaluation Course 1992 - present

* Riverside Community College (MN) 1995-98

* Univ. CA- Riverside 1997-98

* Univ. CA – Fresno 1999

* Univ. CA- Sacramento 1999

PUBLISHED MATERIALS

* NLPA Standard 631, Entry, Cleaning, Interior Inspection, Repair and Lining of Underground Storage Tanks – draft coauthor, editor (1988), Committee Chairperson 1991.

* NLPA Standard 632 – draft coauthor, editor (1987) Committee Co-Chairperson (1988)

* NLPA Standard 635, Retrofit Double Walled Containment For Existing Single Wall Steel and Fiberglass Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) Steel Double Wall Tank Repair - draft coauthor, editor (1991 - 2019)

* Air & Waste Management Association - secondary containment (1991)

* Iowa study on video inspection (1995)

* NLPA/KWA RP 1-2009, Recommended Practice for Inspecting Buried Lined

Steel Tanks Using a Video Camera, 2^nd Edition – coauthor, editor (2011)

* NLPA/KWA RP 823, Preventative Maintenance, Repair and In-situ Construction of Petroleum Sumps - coauthor, editor (2016)

* Various web-published safety articles

LITIGATION SUPPORT

* Expert Witness- FL Petroleum Marketers challenge of FL storage tank regulations

retained by plaintiff the FL Petroleum Marketers (1991)

* Consulting Expert- Getty v. Natirar v. Lutz (1995)

retained by defendant Lutz – report only

Nowell, Amoroso & Mattia- Susan Lawless

* Expert Witness in Holden v. Mitchell Oil Co. (1996)

retained by defendant Mitchell Oil

Rives & Peterson - Labella Alvis

US Dist Court for N District of AL - CV95-PT-2998-M

* Expert Witness in Taxpayer Case (1997)

retained by plaintiff IRS

Portland, OR Docket # 18301-96

* Expert Witness in Mercer v. MDEQ (1998)

retained by plaintiff Mercer

Dawda, Mann, Mulcahy & Sadler - Tyler Tennent

* Expert Witness in Meeks v. C&T Tank Lining (1999)

retained by defendant C&T Tank Lining

Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson - Bastiaan Coebergh

Dist Court of the 4th Judicial Dist - Utah County, UT Civil # 980403769

* Expert Witness Iowa Tank Fund Board v. Midwest Liquid Systems (2001)

retained by defendant Midwest Liquid Systems

Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey - David Larson

Marshall County, IA - Docket # LA C 13283-0400

* Expert Witness in Busby et al v. Toms Sierra et al (2001)

retained by defendant Sessions Tank Liners

Thomas Kristoff

CA Superior Court County of Sacramento – Case # 98 AS 06071

* Consulting Expert in Armor Shield et al v. Corrpro et al (2001)

retained by plaintiff Armor Shield

Dinsmore & Shohl - Vince Stamp

Cleveland District (OH)

* Expert Witness in Speedway SuperAmerica LLC v. Emery Transportation

retained by defendant Emery Transportation (2002)

Freund, Freeze & Arnold

Clark County (OH) Court of Common Pleas – Case # 01-CV-0344

* Expert Witness in Hamilton et al v. MVM et al (2004)

retained by defendant MVM

Reminger & Reminger - Rick Weil

Hamilton County (OH) Common Pleas - Case # A0305058

* Expert Witness in Loudermilk, et al v. Marathon Petroleum Co., et al (2004 to 2009)

retained by plaintiff Loudermilk

Goodwin & Goodwin – Richard Rowe

Cunningham, Brown, Crowder, Brown & Breedlove – Greg Breedlove

James M. Cawley, Jr. PLLC – Jay Cawley

U.S. District Court, WV Southern District – Civil Action # 3:04-0966

* Expert Witness in Sapp, et al v. Morrison Brothers, et al (2005 to 2008)

retained by plaintiff Sapp

Langdon & Emison – J. Kent Emison

Steelman, Gaunt & Horsefield – David L. Steelman

Circuit Court of Jackson, MO 0516-CV22177, Div 2

* Expert Witness in Kuczka v. Olin v. Walters (2006 – 2007)

retained by defendant Olin

Husch & Eppenberger, LLC – Daniel Jaffe

Third Judicial Circuit, Madison County, IL Case # 05-L-274

* Expert Witness in Tank Tech v. Lad Neal (2007)

retained by plaintiff Tank Tech

Dement & Dolan – Kenneth Dement, Jr.

US District Court, Eastern District of MO, Southeastern Div. 1:07CV00020

* Expert Witness in Larry Bowens, et al v. 7-Eleven, Inc, et al (2007 to 2008)

retained by defendant 7-Eleven

Kirkland & Ellis – Gabor Balassa

Elkhart, IN Superior Court Civil Action # 20D3-0209-CT-48

* Expert Witness in Joyce Marie Thomas Gatlin, et al v. Tnemec Co., Inc. (2007 to 2008)

retained by plaintiff Gatlin

Pigott Reeves & Johnson – J. Brad Pigott

U.S. Dist. Court So. District MS Jackson Div. Civil Action #3:07cv651 TSL-JLS

* Expert Witness in Lazcano v. Bonanza Creek Energy Company (2008 to 2009)

retained by plaintiff Lazcano

The Heller Law Firm – Stephen Heller

CA Superior Court Kern County # S-1500-CV-264354

* Expert Witness in Lazcano v. Bonanza Creek Energy Company (2008 to 2010)

retained by plaintiff Gomez Brothers

Estey & Bomberger – Ljubisa Kostic

CA Superior Court Kern County # S-1500-CV-264354

* Expert Witness in Meneghin v Exxon et al (2009 to 2011)

retained by co-defendant Spark Electric

Connell Foley LLP – Angela Iuso

NJ Docket No. OCN-L-002696-07

* Expert Witness in Thor Grysko v Berry Petroleum (2010 to 2013)

retained by plaintiff Grysco

Young Wooldridge LLP – Scott Howry

Kern County CA Case # S1500CV27665

* Expert Witness in Barber Equipment Co v BuildExpress (2010 to 2015)

retained by defendant BuildExpress

Paul S. Weiner Attorney at Law

GA Civil Action No. 09CV1250A

* Expert Witness in Min Ja Huh d/b/a Jack Rabbit Quick Stop v Spencer Distr. et al (2011)

retained by plaintiff Min Ja Huh

Tom Jacks – Chalker Flores LLP

N District of TX, Dallas Div., Civil No 3:10-CV-1494-L

* Expert Witness in Varis v. Urbieta Oil (2010 to 2012)

retained by defendant Urbieta Oil

Efrain Carlos – Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC

11^th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County Case No 2009-94574-CA-02

* Expert Witness in Duke Beemer v. Palm Express (2011)

retained by plaintiff Beemer

Peter Diamond – Rudd and Diamond, PA

Broward County Judicial Circuit Case N0 11-10621 02

* Expert Witness in Niemi Oil Company v. Exxon Mobil Corporation (2011- 2012)

retained by plaintiff Niemi

Allan Bakalian – Zeno Drake Bakalian P.S.

US Dist. Court, Oregon Dist., Portland Div. Case No. 3:11-cv-00214-MO

* Expert Witness in Tank Tech, Inc. v. Bradley Petroleum, Inc. (2012)

Retained by plaintiff Tank Tech

Sarah Young - Miller & Cohen, P.C.

County Court, Arapaho County, CO, Case No. 2011C312876

* Expert Witness in State of Colorado v. ConocoPhillips Company (2012 – 2013)

Retained by defendant ConocoPhillips Company

Greenberg Traurig

District Court, City and County of Denver, CO Case No. 12CV451

* Expert Witness in Fernandez v. Del Mar Venture II et al (2013 to 2015)

Retained by defendant Cliff Berry

Heather Calhoun – Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo & Jones

Miami Dade County FL Circuit Court Civil Div. Case No. 10-18121 CA 15

* Expert Witness Mosbrucker and Doubek v. Halcon Resources et al (2013 to 2015)

Retained by defendant Halcon Resources

Steven Storeslee – Storeslee Law Firm

U.S. District Court, North Dakota Northwestern District Case No. 4:13-CV-086

* Expert Witness MacPherson Oil Company vs. Accelerated Environmental Services (2014)

Retained by defendant Accelerated Environmental Services

Larry Peake – Wall, Wall and Peak.

* Expert Witness in Fernandez v. Del Mar Venture II et al (2015 to 2015)

Retained by plaintiff Fernandez

Ralph Patino – Patino and Associates

Miami Dade County FL Circuit Court Civil Div. Case No. 10-18121 CA 15

* Expert Witness in Taylor v. Michigan Petroleum Technologies (2015 to 2015)

Retained by defendant Michigan Petroleum Technologies

Christopher Terry

Rutledge, Manion, Rabout, Terry, Thomas

Genesee Circuit Court LC No. 12-098397-NI

* Expert Witness in Kacey Hough v. Herzog Contracting (2015 to 2016)

Retained by plaintiff Casey Hough

Jeffery Hanna – Hanna Law Offices

Lafayette County, MO Circuit Court Case No. 15LF-CV00242

* Consulting Expert in Snow v. Aranosian Oil v. Tank Tech (2016 to 2018)

Retained by defendant Tank Tech

Thomas Quarles – Devine Millimet

NH Superior Court, Hillsborough County, Northern District Case No. 216-2015-CV-00854

* Expert Witness in New Jersey DEP v. Lippmann v. Salomone Bros (2017 to 2018)

Retained by defendant and 3^rd party plaintiff Lippmann

Michael Shapanka, Esq. – Law Offices of Michael Shapanka

Superior Court of NJ, Law Division – Morris County Docket No. MRS-L-000061-16

* Expert Witness in Ruiz v. AMPC (2017 to 2019)

Retained by plaintiff Ruiz

Jamie Cook – Dutton, Braun, Staack & Hellman

US Dist. Court, Southern District of Iowa, Central Division Case No. 4:17-cv-00023

* Consulting Expert – Cairo Travel Stop v

Sara Alexandre – Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers

* Expert Witness in Littleton My Mart v Tank Tech (2020-2021)

Retained by plaintiff Littleton My Mart

Mark Herber – Flanders, Elsberg, Herber & Dunn

* Consulting Expert – Metalex Thermal Specialties (2021)

Mark Herber – Flanders, Elsberg, Herber & Dunn

* Consulting Expert – Ohio Mutual Insurance Group/Loveland Shell

David Matejczyk – Roberts, Matejczyk, & Ita

MISCELLANEOUS

* Speaker at MI UST Expo in 1990

* Speaker at CA WRCB 1994 Annual Conferences

* Speaker CA Environmental Health Symposium - 1994

* 1994 - EPA Region 8 UST presentations to states

* Lobbied the US Senate on behalf of the Steel Tank Institute (STI) and STI member company Fiberglass Jacketed Tanks - 1994

* Speaker at 1995 ID Western Petroleum Marketer Conference

* NDT (Non-Destructive Testing) Level II Visual Testing

* NDT Level III Ultrasonic Testing

* NDT Level II Liquid Penetrant Testing

* Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Air certification (IATA) - 2005-2011

* Speaker at MO Waste Control Coalition Conference June 2011

* BNSF Railroad Contractor Safety Certification 2014-2015

* Oversight of Sprint/Eriksson Non-point discharge elimination systems – 2011 to 2016

* Petroleum Safety Training in Johannesburg, South Africa - 2012

* Presenter to National Work Group on Leak Detection - March 2012

* Presenter to Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy Conference October 2012

* Consultant to Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Risk Management – Tokyo, Japan – 2013 to 2016

* Provided Technology Training for Total France, Caltex (Chevron) and Shell petroleum companies – Cairo, Egypt – 2014

* Engaged by MICE Global to provide AST and UST inspection classes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 2014

* Petroleum Safety Training in Taipei, Taiwan – 2015

* Presentation of Retrofit Secondary Containment Technologies to the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) in Dalian, Nanjing and Shanghai, China – 2016

* Presentation to North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality on petroleum sumps – 2019

* NEIWPCC Webinar presenter on sump technologies – 2020

* CA Designated Operator (ICC #10192987) - 2022-2024

* Petroleum Safety Training in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - 2022

* CA Designated Operator (ICC #10192982) - 2024-present