JIM TARR
President
STONE LIONS ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
More than thirty-three years experience as an environmental engineer in the areas of air pollution evaluation and control; hazardous waste evaluation, management, and remediation; and toxic chemical exposure assessment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Stone Lions Environmental Corporation, (1993-Present) - President
Simon Hydro-Search, (1990-1992) - Vice President
Toxcon Engineering Company, Inc., (1978-1990) - President
Texas Air Control Board, (1972-1978) - Engineer
Monsanto Company, (1969-1972) - Process Engineer
EDUCATION:
Master of Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX - 1976
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX - 1969
REGISTRATION:
Professional Engineer, Texas - Number 35507
CERTIFICATIONS:
Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Certified Hazardous Material Manager at the Masters Level (inactive)
ITEMS OF NOTE:
Volunteer on Pediatrics Floor at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Recipient of the 1977 Ecology Award presented by the San Jacinto Lung Association for "Outstanding Leadership in the Field of Environmental Health”.
Member of the Advisory Council of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2001-2005).
Member of the Palos Verdes Landfill Citizens Advisory Board, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (2004-2006).
PROJECT EXPERIENCE:
Performed technical evaluations of proposed commercial incinerator facilities for the cities of
Corpus Christi, Texas City, La Porte, and Houston, Texas.
Conducted air quality evaluations for proposed municipal landfills in Garland, College Station,
and Houston, Texas; Pindall, Arkansas; and Santa Clarita, California.
Conducted a complete environmental engineering evaluation of a commercial industrial waste
incineration facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Conducted air emission evaluations of commercial municipal landfills in Rolling Hills Estates, West Covina, and
Granada Hills, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Sinton, Texas.
Conducted environmental audits at industrial sites in Texas, Louisiana, Colorado, California,
Illinois, New Mexico, and North Dakota.
Designed and implemented PCB and hazardous waste site remediation projects in Texas,
California, Missouri, New Mexico, Colorado, and North Dakota.
Developed an air emission inventory for approximately fifty maquiladora facilities in
Matamoros, Mexico.
Conducted air dispersion modeling studies for refining operations, chemical manufacturing
plants, wood treatment facilities, and industrial waste disposal sites.
Worked on behalf of citizens' groups in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Michigan, Hawaii, California, and Alabama.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:
Jim Tarr, "The Toxic Chemical Cloud Over East Harris County, Texas," University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, April 2000.
Jim Tarr, "Ethics, Threshold Limit Values, and Community Air Pollution Exposures," in
Sacrificing Science for Convenience: A Technical and Ethical Evaluation of Texas' Risk
Assessment Process, Downwinders at Risk Education Fund, Cedar Hill, Texas, October 1996.
Jim Tarr, "The Practical Aspects of Assessing Community Air Pollution Exposures with Air
Dispersion Modeling Techniques," National Bar Association, 69th Annual Convention, Seattle,
Washington, August 1994.
Jim Tarr, "Siting Criteria for Industrial Waste Incinerators - An Air Pollution Perspective," The
1989 Incineration Conference sponsored by the University of California, Irvine, CA, at
Knoxville, Tennessee, 1989.
Jim Tarr and J.R. McMurry, "The Control of Vinyl Chloride Emissions in Texas," 71st Annual
Meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, Houston, Texas, 1978.
Jim Tarr and Catherine Damme, "Toxicology, Toxic Substances, and the Chemical Engineer:
The Special Relevance of Cancer," Chemical Engineering, p. 86, April 24, 1978.
June 1, 2006
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