About IST :: Staff Profiles :: H. JAMES REISINGER, II, M.S., CHMM
Principal Scientist and President

Mr. Reisinger founded IST and has more than 30 years of environmental experience, including integrated multi-dimensional environmental problem solving, laboratory design, development of procedural practices, and management, as well as the design and implementation of field data collection methods, data analysis and modeling, and the evaluation and design of alternatives for mitigative action for contaminated site cleanup. He has designed, permitted, and operated remediation systems and served as an expert witness.

Mr. Reisinger is an internationally recognized expert in the environmental science and engineering field. He has worked with major petroleum companies for the past 17 years, providing support on projects ranging from tank excavation and replacements through site assessments, risk assessments, remediation design, and system installation. The facilities served have ranged from small retail facilities to bulk terminals and refineries. Mr. Reisinger has developed and conducted environmental engineering and science training courses for major oil companies and served as the lead regulatory interface on projects throughout the United States. He has been an invited speaker at US EPA conferences. He has interfaced extensively with regulatory agencies and has provided expert instruction to their staffs. Mr. Reisinger is also an internationally recognized expert in bioremediation. He served as the technical director of the AGIP Petroleum, Trecate, Italy bioremediation project, which was the largest project of its type in the world. Mr. Reisinger has published extensively on petroleum hydrocarbon fate and transport, assessment, and remediation, and has served as an expert witness on petroleum-related projects. Mr. Reisinger also has many years of experience assisting the nuclear and coal power industry with surface water permitting and other environmental issues. In addition, he is highly experienced with manufactured gas plant sites.