Education
Ph.D. (candidate), Bioclimatology/Earth Resources,
Colorado State University, CO.
M.S., 1979, Bioclimatology/Earth Resources, Colorado
State University. CO.
B.S., 1974, Biology, Bucknell University.
Professional
Registrations/Certifications
Experience
Project
Manager/Principal Scientist, Wind River Environmental Group LLC, September
2000–Present.
Project
Manager, Radian Corporation/Radian International/URS, Denver, CO,
1994-2000.
Section
Head/Office Manager/Senior Staff Scientist, Radian Corporation, Santa
Barbara, CA, Sacramento, CA, and Denver, CO, 1985-1996.
Adjunct
Faculty, Regis College, Denver, CO and Larimer County Voc-Tech Center, Fort
Collins, CO, 1984-1985.
Environmental
Consultant, Marlatt and Associates, Fort Collins, CO, 1976-1983.
Senior
Chemist, Department of Public Utilities, Division of Heat and Water,
Cleveland, OH, 1975-1976.
Ms. Hyder manages projects involving turnkey air quality
support, environmental permitting, air quality inventories, regulatory
analysis and compliance support, dispersion modeling, air monitoring,
environmental audits, and actinide migration research. Ms. Hyder has over 24 years of
experience as an environmental consultant, and air quality regulatory
specialist and modeler.
Air Permitting and Modeling
4
Directed air quality impact analyses and dispersion
modeling for combined PSD and Title V operating permit applications for
several large, natural gas-fired power plants in Arizona. Projects included modeling protocol
preparation and negotiation, permitting strategy development based on
preliminary modeling results, NAAQS and increment analyses using ISCST3;
Class I area visibility and deposition analyses using CALPUFF in both
screening and full analysis modes, VISCREEN, and PLUVUE; HAPs modeling;
additional impact analyses; and document preparation.
4
Directed dispersion analysis project for a Montana
refiner. Modeling focused on
development of permitting strategies for refinery modification project, in
light of contemporaneous SIP call as well as projected future cogeneration
project.
4
Directed air permitting program for phased major
modifications at a Wyoming refinery.
Prepared two PSD applications, including regulatory analysis,
emission estimation, BACT review, dispersion modeling, and additional
impact analyses. Worked with
refinery staff to jointly develop comprehensive applicable requirements
analysis and Title V permit application.
4
Prepared Title V operating permit strategy for
Colorado brewery, can plant, and glass bottle manufacturing
facilities. Project included directing
regulatory research and SIP analysis, as well as designing worksheets and
presentation formats for application materials necessary for 200+ emission
units. Prepared and submitted six
Title V application for various component facilities.
4
Directed preparation of regulatory history for
federal and Colorado new source review, PSD, ozone ambient air quality
standards, and VOC definitions from 1970 to 1990s. Review focused on the timing of
regulatory changes in parallel with emissions history of a Colorado
manufacturer. Product was used by
client in resolution of permitting issues.
4
Directed preparation of applicable requirements
analyses and emission inventories for several mid- western grain elevators
for Title V compliance.
4
Directed preparation of emission forecasts for
Colorado utility company for use in future planning activities.
4
Acted as dispersion modeling task leader for
environmental assessment of two San Francisco Bay area chemical
complexes. Prepared modeling
analyses for health risk assessment, accident analyses, odor impacts,
regulatory compliance, and biological effects studies.
4
Prepared dispersion modeling analyses for several
large oil and gas development projects proposed off the Santa Barbara,
California coast. Prepared
completeness reviews for the county air regulatory agency. Contributed to development of a hybrid
offshore/onshore dispersion model based on OCD and wrote county guidance
document regarding its use.
4
Evaluated air quality siting requirements for a
proposed power plant east of Pueblo, Colorado. Project involved assessments
of several proposed sites based on wind flow and pollution potential
analyses and modeling.
4
Prepared climate and air quality baseline analyses
for existing and proposed ski resorts in Colorado (Vail, Telluride, Rifle,
and Adam’s Rib). Prepared air
quality impact assessments including emission estimates for spaceheating,
recreational woodburning, and traffic sources. Acted as air quality representative for EPA team at public
hearings in Vail.
4
Sited and analyzed data from air quality and
meteorological monitors for coal, titanium, platinum, and molybdenum mines
in Colorado, Utah, and Montana.
Performed air quality impact analyses for several proposed or
operating coal mines in Colorado.
Wrote air quality portion of BLM Environmental Assessment for
underground coal mine near Paonia, Colorado.
On-Site
Air Quality Support
4
Directed staff of 10 providing on-site air
compliance and monitoring support at DOE site in Colorado. Scope of work included review of all
projects and processes at the site for air regulatory requirements;
preparation of permit applications (NSR and Title V); guidance to site
staff on compliance with state and federal air regulations, including
radionuclide NESHAP requirements; dispersion and dose modeling; preparation
of reports, presentations, and programmatic documents; compliance audits;
coordination, oversight, and data analysis/presentation for air effluent,
ambient, and meteorological monitoring (including radionuclide monitoring),
and database design/maintenance.
4
Managed project providing on-site air quality
support for Colorado beverage manufacturer. Scope included review of regulations, preparation of
regulatory review tools and permit applications, managing compliance data,
stack and emission inventory for criteria pollutants and hazardous air
pollutants, and guidance to plant staff regarding compliance with state and
federal air regulations.
Multidisciplinary Environmental Studies
4
Air quality task leader on Environmental Impact
Report for modernization of Class I hazardous waste landfill in southern
California. Estimated fugitive
dust, organic vapor, and combustion contaminant emissions from construction
equipment, waste oil and fuel storage tanks, wind erosion, stockpile
erosion, water treatment, and solidification process equipment. Modeled to determine regulatory
compliance and health risk.
Prepared mitigation recommendations.
4
Directed preparation of Environmental Impact Reports
or Environmental Assessments for coal-, biomass-, and natural gas-fired
cogeneration projects in central California. Prepared air permit applications for two of the
projects. Acted as an intermediary
for developer and regulatory agency.
Represented lead agency in public hearings and provided litigation
support to applicant.
4
Prepared a Negative Declaration for a coal terminal
in Wasco, California. Represented
the lead agency in public hearings.
4
Prepared regional background air quality analyses for
federal oil shale leasing and management Environmental Impact Statements.
Environmental Audits/Assessments
4
Directed environmental audit/compliance assessment
for a sugar beet refinery in Nebraska.
4
Directed multidisciplinary environmental/health and
safety management systems audit program for major food and beverage
manufacturer and subsidiaries.
Program included approximately 55 separate audits, including field
inspection, regulatory review, report preparation, and facility and
management debriefings. Designed
audit software to prepare questionnaires for use in audit program, to
manage data collected, and to aid response tracking.
4
Assisted Colorado manufacturer with preparation for
RCRA generator compliance audit.
Air Quality Research and Model Development
4
Designed and implemented fugitive dust deposition
study at surface coal mine near Craig, Colorado.
4
Directed multi-year analysis of actinide migration
through the air pathway from a DOE facility in Colorado. Scope included development of
resuspension estimating methods, and preparation of dispersion modeling
analyses for remediation, fire and post-fire resuspension, and chronic
resuspension scenarios. Coordinated
on-site wind tunnel studies of resuspension following prescribed burns and
wildfires.
4
Helped design and participated in field data
collection for Gunnison, Colorado, air pollution capacity analysis. Intensive three-day data collection
effort studied shape and extent of wintertime inversion "cap" over
valley.
4
Prepared air quality sections of a state-sponsored
study of residential woodburning in Colorado in early 1980s.
4
Evaluated the performance of the U.S. Forest
Service’s Topographic Air Pollution Analysis System in determining the air
pollution "carrying capacity" of Puget Sound, Washington, an area
slated for potential refinery expansion and supertanker facilities.
4
Performed a modeling study for the BLM and U.S.
Forest Service to evaluate air quality constraints to energy development
and mining in northwestern Colorado.
Health Risk Assessment/Air Toxics
4
Directed dispersion modeling analyses for health risk
assessment of two pulp mills in northern California. Wrote computer software to combine
output from two models based on individual source/receptor height relationships
for input to risk assessment model.
4
Wrote computer program to analyze acute,
noncarcinogenic health effects associated with expansion of a motor vehicle
manufacturing complex in the San Francisco Bay area.
4
Acted as Risk Assessment Task Leader for site investigation
and remediation project involving a former manufactured gas plant site in
Pueblo, Colorado. Performed air
pathway exposure assessment and supervised toxicological screening.
4
Directed dispersion modeling analysis for health risk
assessment at Colorado pharmaceutical plant. Provided expert testimony at public hearings.
4
Directed preparation of air toxics emission inventory
for airline maintenance facility in Oklahoma.
Presentations and Courses Taught
"Modeling Wind Erosion
Impacts Following a Grassland Fire" Presented at the 95th
Annual Conference and Exhibition, Air and Waste Management Association,
Baltimore, Maryland, June 2002.
“Effects of Prescribed
Grass Fire on Wind Erosion Rates from Surface Soils at Rocky Flats,
Colorado” Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Emissions
Inventory Conference, Denver, Colorado, May 2001.
"Colorado
Clean Air Act and Permitting Requirements", Fundamentals of Colorado
Environmental Law Compliance, Denver, Colorado. Sponsored by Government
Institutes. 24 February 1997; 11 June 1998.
Environmental
Permitting and Regulatory Analysis, ESGN 593, Colorado School of Mines,
Golden, Colorado. Fall 1995; Fall 1996; Spring 1998, Fall 1999.
"Benchmarking Environmental, Health, and Safety
Organizations" Presented at the 28th Annual Conference, Environmental
Engineering in the Food Processing Industry, San Diego, California. March
1998.
"Trends in Title V
Permitting" Presented at NPRA Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
September 1996.
"Assessing the Air
Pollution Carrying Capacity of Northern Puget Sound: An Application of
TAPAS". Presented at the 14th Conference on Agriculture and Forest
Meteorology and Fourth Conference on Biometeorology, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. 1979.
Publications
Hyder, M. and P. Haines,
“Modeling Wind Erosion Impacts Following a Grassland Fire,” Accepted for
publication, 95th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Air and
Waste Management Association, June 2002.
Haines, P., C. Cowherd, M.
Grelinger, C. Kies, R. Nininger, and M. Hyder, 2001, “Correlating Plutonium
Activity in Fugitive Dust to Plutonium Concentration in Surface Soils at
Rocky Flats, Colorado,” 94th Annual Conference and Exhibition,
Air and Waste Management Association, June 2001.
Haines, P., S. Templeman, M.
Hyder, C. Cowherd, and M. Grelinger, 2001, “Effects of Prescribed Grass
Fire on Wind Erosion Rates from Surface Soils at Rocky Flats, Colorado,”
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Emissions Inventory Conference,
Denver, CO, May 2001.
Larsen, E., V. Dean, J. Clouse, M. Hyder, K. McDonnell, 2001, Guide
to MACT Recordkeeping and Reporting, Gaithersburg, New York.
Hyder, M., K. McDonnell, and
J. Clouse, 1997, "Title V—Moving From Theory to Reality," 1997
AiCHE Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas.
Hyder, M., K. McDonnell, and
J. Clouse, 1996, "Trends in Title V Permitting," NPRA Conference,
San Antonio, Texas.
Childs, J., M. Wood (Hyder),
W. Marlatt, and D. Fox, 1979, "TAPAS: A System for Assessing the
Impact of Land Use Change on Air Quality," Conference Proceedings,
14th Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology and Fourth Conference
on Biometeorology, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Wood (Hyder), M., J. Childs,
W. Marlatt, and D. Renne, 1979, "Assessing the Air Pollution Carrying
Capacity of Northern Puget Sound: An Application of TAPAS," Conference
Proceedings, 14th Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology and
Fourth Conference on Biometeorology, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Marlatt, W. E. and M. C. Wood
(Hyder), 1977, "Airflow Pattern Analysis and Dispersion Over Complex
Terrain," Presented at Meeting of Joint Technical Coordinating
Committee, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.
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