Eric J. Tuppan
Eric is the principal owner of Tuppan Consultants LLC.
He manages the primary responsibility of overseeing assessment, characterization and remediation of large scale projects such as industrial plants, manufacturing sites, commercial properties, landfills, and wood-products facilities. Eric designs, coordinates, and supervises Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies (RI/FS), including work plans and quality assurance documents, water quality monitoring programs, data analysis, and technical report preparation. He conducts Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDAs). Other areas of practice include stormwater, ecological restoration, wetland mitigation, mining, and tribal water resources.
The technical reports authored by Eric stand as comprehensive key plans for all concerned parties, in particular federal, state, and local regulatory agencies who time and time again rely heavily on Eric's analysis, conclusions and recommendations.
Eric provides expert witness opinion and testimony. His effectiveness in resolving issues comes from his seasoned practical experience, science acumen, and humility. Eric's clients benefit from the millions of dollars he saves them with defensible and sustainable outcomes. Typical examples are that primary responsibility for environmental contamination can be assigned to adjacent property holders or that costs of remedial cleanup can be allocated to other parties.
Beginning his professional career as a petroleum exploration geologist in 1983, Eric quickly expanded to environmental science in its grassroots era. Eric's early work at environmental companies included project management and coordinating office and company resources for geology and solid waste divisions. Eric has presented at national technical conferences. Future goals involve international efforts to enhance water quality and resources for developing communities.
Together with his wife, Sheree Tuppan, who serves as the company's in house counsel, Eric enjoys family adventures with their sons Max and Sam, playing classical guitar, travel by road cycling, slow cooking, Rick Bass novels, and quiet waterways.
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
40-hour HAZWOPER/HAZMAT Training
Environmental Site Assessments, NGWA
Principles of Subsurface Contaminant Fate and Transport Modeling, NGWA
Introduction to Ground Water Geochemistry, NGWA
Geochemistry II – Applying Geochemistry to Site Characterization, Contaminant Assessment, and Soil and Aquifer Restoration, NGWA
Analysis and Design of Aquifer Tests, NGWA
REGISTRATIONS
Hydrogeologist WA #654, 2002
Geologist OR #G1473, 1993
Geologist CA #4343, 1987
EDUCATION
MS Geology Colorado School of Mines, 1981
AB Geology Occidental College, 1979