Subijoy Dutta

Biography

Mr. Subijoy Dutta, a registered professional engineer (P.E.), worked on numerous environmental projects for 20+ years involving waste management, assessments, and remediation of hazardous, non-hazardous, medical, and municipal wastes. His area of expertise also span the oil and gas operations with emphasis on protection of water and air resources during drilling and production. A few highlights of his professional experience include:
• Design of an innovative well interception plan to successfully kill the 1.4M gal/day Deepwater Horizon oil spill (Macondo Well) in August 2010, while with US EPA.
• Design of a cleanup system for the B3001 superfund site to successfully treat groundwater containing high levels of TCE and Cr+6 , Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City.
• Technical management of oil and gas operations for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), US Dept. of Interior (DOI) for eight years. Led a team of 80 engineers from 39 field offices.
• Authored the following books-
o Environmental Treatment Technologies for Municipal, Industrial and Medical Wastes – Remedial Scope and Efficacy, 2nd edition. Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), available September 2021.
o Sustainable Mining Practices – A Global Perspective, published July 2005 by Balkema Publishers (now a subsidiary of Taylor and Francis Group, UK) co-author.
SKILLS
• Led a team of scientists and engineers from the EPA, Industries, and the States to develop a national guidance on BMPs for environmental treatment technologies.
• Worked closely with an international team in India and the local authorities to develop a wetland-based treatment system for removing pollutants from drains discharging into the Yamuna river.
• Designed and supervised installation of a modified landfill cover system for a waste site in Oklahoma. Saved 20% cost by identifying an innovative approach for the cover.
• Provided training seminars (CEU/PDH credits) in environmental treatment technologies for waste management at various locations in US, India, and Philippines.
EXPERIENCE
1. Managing Director, S&M Engineering, LLC  (Nov 2015 to Present):
• Design and implementation of low-cost wastewater treatment systems-
o Deep pond waste water treatment system, Hyderabad, India. – Used an innovative, energy efficient, low-maintenance, treatment system at 25% cost of a standard treatment plant.
o Wetland-based treatment system design to remove contaminants from drains discharging to rivers and streams. Designed a wetland-based system in Agra, India to remove over 80% pollutants from the Kakhretta drain discharging into the Yamuna river.
• Provide training seminars (for CEU/PDH credits) in environmental treatment technologies for waste management at various locations in US, India and virtually.
• Evaluate groundwater quality for various watershed basins to determine impacts on usable water. Resolved a major groundwater pollution problem affecting residents in Ponca city, Oklahoma by identifying the source and providing a remediation approach.
• Develop municipal solid waste management (MSW) plans emphasizing recycling, reuse, and composting of yard waste. Assisted Balikpapan city, Indonesia, and Gangtok, Sikkim, India with their MSW management.
2. Lead Petroleum Engineer, BLM /DOI  (Jun 2012 to Jun 2020):  
• Project manager/primary author of a number of oil and gas regulations and guidance by BLM/DOI
o Led a team of engineers, scientists, and economists to develop and publish the BLM 2015 Hydraulic Fracturing Rule focusing on protection of water resources and other impacts. Despite the stay order on the rule by court, many states (CO, CA, IL, LA and others) adopted the major components of the rule.
o Authored the BLM oil and gas operations safety bulletin in 2014 to address worker safety. This helped field operation with a reduction in fatalities from six in 2014 to zero by 2019.
• Managed exploration, development and production of the nation’s onshore resources.
o Conducted monthly national operations calls with over 80 people including engineers and other
• Respond to Congressional enquiries on oil and gas operations.
o Frequently responded to enquiries involving issues related to – hydraulic fracturing, operation on tribal lands, economic development, energy independence, and environmental protection.
• Authored BLM’s instruction memorandum (IM) on oil and gas bond requirements, and major undesirable events (MUE) involving spills/incidents IM in 2018-2019.
o The bond IM helped 39 field offices with automated sheet and provided accuracy and clarity.
o New requirements in the MUE IM called for Lat/Lon for the incidents and pictures. It improved the timely management of spills and incidents.
3. Senior Environmental Engineer, US EPA   (Jan 1992 to May 2012):
• Led a team of 12 Scientists and Engineers from the EPA, Industries, and the States to develop a National guidance on best management practices (BMP) for soils treatment technologies. The focus of this guidance was on controlling contaminant migrations during waste remediation. The BMPs developed were found to be effective and viable in 92% of the sites when used nationally.
• Designed an innovative sidetracking well intercepting plan to successfully kill the Deepwater Horizon (Macondo well) oil Spill in August 2010. The well blew out on April 20, 2010 causing fatalities of 11 rig workers, injuring many others and it continued the massive spill. Many attempts failed to kill the well. About 3½ months later this innovative design and plan was used to kill the well.
• Assisted in the development of a database for fate and ecological studies involving pesticide registration.
o Developed a document search engine and research tool for selectively pick study reports and files for pesticide study reviews by the scientists. Used Javascripts, Ajax, and html to develop the desktop ‘EFED Gateway’. This tool is still actively used by EPA scientists.
• Provided EPA training on Hazardous and medical waste management in India.
• Conducted GIS/Geospatial data analysis for the Loudoun Environmental Indicator Project (LEIP).
o Used 15 Environmental Indicators including remote sensing to evaluate the impacts of fast growth and deforestation. Coordinated with NGOs and community groups.
4. Environmental Engineer, US Air Force, Tinker Air Force Base, OK    (Sep 1989 to Jan 1992)
• Designed and Developed groundwater treatment and monitoring systems for a superfund site and three other waste sites within two years. The superfund site involved -
o A groundwater cleanup system design for the B3001 superfund site to remove contaminants involving high levels of TCE and Cr+6 . Use of  horizontal wells to extract groundwater.
o Saved more than $800,000 in cleanup cost by using innovative treatment system for the cleanup.  Used latest technologies by reaching out to industries and visiting sites for validating the workability of the technologies within three months.
• Planning and exhumation of a buried Radioactive waste. Completed remediation of two Radioactive waste disposal sites within a period of 4 months.
• Designed and supervised installation of a modified landfill cover system for a waste site.
o Saved over 20% cost by identifying a highly impermeable clay soil within the base property, avoiding purchase and transportation of low permeability clay for the 1.5-acre landfill cap.
5. Technical Director, US EPS Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (Aug 1987 to Aug 1989)
• Worked as a project manager on a number of sites in Oklahoma. Supervised three engineers and one environmental analyst (hydrogeologist).
• Developed plans for cleaning up oil-contaminated sites.
EDUCATION
M.S. Petroleum and Geological Engineering; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK  United States 1982-1984; Major: Petroleum & Geological Engineering , Minor: Environmental Engineering and Computer Science.
M.S. Mech. Engineering; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK  United States, 1979-81 Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Heat Transfer and Computer Science
B.S., Mechanical Engineering: Guwahati  University, Jhalukbari, India, 1967 – 1972  Major: Mechanical Engineering , Minor: Civil Engineering, 5-yr. integrated course.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS/VOLUNTEER WORK
Major Awards:
• Special Achievement Award for hydraulic Fracturing Rescission Rule Development, 2018
• Unsung Hero Award by EPA(Carol Browner)- 1997
• National Award For Individual Excellence in Environmental Restoration from U.S. Air Force._ 1992 (from USAF - Chief of Staff in Washington, DC)
Language Skills: English, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, Khasi (India), Nepalese, and Español,

Volunteer Work: providing voluntary help in cleaning up streams and rivers since January 1993.
Founding Director, Rivers of the World(ROW) Foundation (Jul 2007 to Present):
(protection and cleanup efforts for rivers and streams for the (501 (c) 3) charitable organization)

• Manage various teams and coordinate with more than 100 volunteers all over the world to carry out local water/stream protection and awareness projects.
• Work with team members to develop and update the ROW website
         ( https://rowfoundation.org )  using Javascripts, php, and html languages.

Education

M.S. Petroleum & Geol. Engineering, OU, Norman, OK USA 1984
M.S. Mech. Engineering, Univ. of OK (OU), Norman, USA 1981
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Guwahati, India 1972

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Safe Management of Municipal, Industrial and Medical Waste. Groundwater pollution control and treatment, Clean/Renewable Energy, Water and wastewater protection, treatment, and monitoring. Rivers, streams and Lakes monitoring, analysis and protection. Climate change issues, analysis and education to students and communities. Using remote sensing technologies for watershed analysis. Providing technical help and support to developing countries and underserved communities.

Personal Interests

Hiking, music, visiting and learning from well balanced natural systems in various parts of the world. Like to speak in various languages including Bengali, English, Hindi, Assamese, Nepalese, Español, and Khasi (India).

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• Facebook page S&M Engineering

• S&M Engineering

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