Professional Experience & Qualifications

Jeff Brown, PG
BBA President

Jeff has over 24 years of experience including geologic/hydroeologic expertise that includes ground water modeling, downhole geophysics, investigations and remediation. Jeff has been working in Florida continuously since 1986 and has worked on numerous landfill projects. Because of his extensive experience in Florida, and his prior employment with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), Jeff has a thorough understanding of all FDEP and US EPA regulations, which allows him to provide the best possible solutions for our clients, while meeting regulatory requirements.

Bachelor of Science in Geology, Auburn University, 1983

Professional Registration

• Florida Licensed Professional Geologist No. 1104, 1990
• Alabama Licensed Professional Geologist No. 762, 1997
• Tennessee Licensed Professional Geologist No. 1105, 1989 (idle)
• Florida Certified Environmental Assessor No. 217, 1997 (idle)
• Registered Environmental Property Assessor No. 5880, 1997 (idle)

Continued Education

• Advanced Ground Water Modeling: Waterloo Hydrogeologic, Inc. (Canada)
• Ground Water Modeling Course I & II (T.A. Prickett and National Water Well Association)
• Contemporary Interpretation of Water Quality Data (a geochemical approach using PCs)
• MODFLOW (ground water modeling by Computer Information Systems/FDEP)
• Operation, Application & Interpretation of Borehold Geophysical Logging in Hydrogeology (Mount Sopris Instrument Company)
• Standard Operating procedures for Phase I Site Assessments (UF TREEO Center and Florida Environmental Assessors Association)
• Environmental Site Assessment Due Diligence (EDR, Inc.)
• Arcview-Geographic Information Systems Management (Delta Research)
• Wetlands Delineation and Management (Richard Chinn Environmental Training, Inc.)
• Advanced Geophysical Logging Technologies for Aquifer and Environmental Site Characterization (Petroleum Technology Transfer Council and Mississippi Board of Professional Geologists)
• Chemistry of Landfill Leachate (UF TREEO/FDEP/Sam Upchurch)
• Coal in the Black Warrior Basin with Special Emphasis on the Mary Lee Group (Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, & Ground Water Specialists)
• Third National Conference on Drilling Muds (environmental effects of disposal practices)
• OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Hazwoper) Training (29 CFR 1910.120)

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Richard L. Burdine, PG
BBA Vice President

Richard has over 22 years of experience including cost and project estimating, project and administrative management, and geologic/hydrogeologic expertise. Richard has been working in Florida continuously since 1994 and has managed over $35M of commercial, industrial, and Federal environmental investigation and remediation projects.

Bachelor of Science in Geology, University of Kentucky, 1985

Professional Registration

• Florida Registered Professional Geologist No. 1863, 1996
• Alabama Registered Professional Geologist No. 1016, 2000
• Kentucky Professional Geologist No 22, 1993
• Tennessee Professional Geologist No. TN1255, 1990
• Kansas Registered Professional Geologist No. 543, 2002

Continued Education

• Hydrogeology of Carbonate Aquifers, National Groundwater Association, Clearwater Beach, Florida
• Presented the "Evaluation Of The Hydropunch Tool For the Rapid Assessment of Ground Water Contamination Problems" at the 1991 South Carolina Environmental Conference in Charleston, South Carolina
• Third Conference on Hydrogeology, Ecology, Monitoring, and Management of ground Water in Karst Terrains, National Water Well Association, Nashville, Tennessee
• Karst hydrology, Karst Field Studies at Mammoth Cave, Western Kentucky University
• Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Sinkholes and Karst, Florida Sinkhole Research Institute
• Ground Water Monitoring and Sampling Techniques, Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, Lexington, Kentucky
• Coal in the Black Warrior Basin with Special Emphasis on the Mary Lee Group (Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, & Ground Water Specialists)
• OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Hazwoper) Training (29 CFR 1910.120)

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