About

This is a little about me and the Swamp School

Marc Seelinger, PWS (Professional Wetland Scientist)

22 years in the environmental business.

Originally from New Jersey.  I now live in North Carolina.

Haz Mat Career

I spent the first half of my career working mainly with Haz Mat.  I worked as an environmental scientist and specialized in PCB remediation.  This included developing sampling plans, chasing hot spots and ultimately cleaning the mess up.  I have worked in level “A” exclusion zones on supplied air and wearing a moon suit.  Some of my clients included:

• Revlon
• McGraw Hill
• Prudential
• Texas Eastern
• US Pipe
• Many small mom and pop PRP’s

The other half of my life, I spent in the swamp.  At some point I noticed that much of the clean-up work was in wetlands.  This was something I wished to pursue so I jumped into wetland design and wetland delineation.  Sadly, most of my work was still Haz Mat as the swamp was everyone seemed to be dumping all of the nasties.  I ended up working on some huge Superfund Projects including:

• Marathon Battery Superfund Site (NY)
• Lapari Landfill Superfund Site (NJ)
• Bristol Landfill Superfund Site (PA)
• Christiana Superfund Site (DE)

I ended up in North Carolina doing wetland mitigation banking projects, mostly for NCDOT projects.  This kept me busy for the last 10 years.  For the past 5 years I have been teaching a number of wetland classes and running a wetland plant nursery with my wife and six kids.  This is where the Swamp School and Cill Ide Naitve Plant Nursery fit in.  I still do some consulting for a few engineering companies that includes DOT and DoD work.

In summary I have 22 years experience in wetlands and hazardous materials.  I have worked in some pretty scary places and some amazing places.  All in all it has been quite a ride.  Stop in the breakroom after you decon and share some of your stories.

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