Environmental Analyst ; Hybrid EE

The State of Connecticut , Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is currently seeking an Environmental Analyst 2 to join our team within the Bureau of Materials Management & Compliance Assurance's (MMCA) Emergency Response & Spill Prevention Division (ERSPD) located in Hartford, CT.

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• This position is within the ERSPD Prevention, Enforcement and Corrective Action’s, Licensing & Enforcement Unit.
• This position is a 35 hour per week, first shift, full-time position. A flexible schedule is available subject to approval, working Monday to Friday. A hybrid/ telework option is available with this position.

• This Environmental Analyst 2 position will primarily focus on work in support of the newly promulgated Release-Based Cleanup Regulations (RBCRs) and assisting senior level staff as assigned by the Licensing & Enforcement Unit to approve Permitted Environmental Professional (PEP) courses, review and approve PEP applications and training materials, provide public access to up-to-date PEP lists, and approve and process General Permit (GP) applications for PEPs, audit submittals for emergent reportable releases (ERRs) to ensure compliant cleanup of ERRs in order to minimize and prevent environmental damage and public exposure to toxic hazards and taking office-based enforcement.
  
  Enforcement often includes assisting in the drafting and issuing of actions taken pursuant to formal and informal enforcement response policies, tracking enforcement actions to completion, researching and reviewing technical responses to actions issued, creating and tracking key metrics for unit operations, closing out enforcement actions, assisting with unit electronic recordkeeping and reporting needs and performing other similar duties as required.

DEEP is charged with conserving, improving and protecting the natural resources and the environment of the state of Connecticut as well as making cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy available for the people and businesses of the state. The agency is also committed to playing a positive role in rebuilding Connecticut’s economy and creating jobs – and to fostering a sustainable and prosperous economic future for the state.

Within the MMCA, our mission is to work to ensure the proper management - handling, use, and disposal - of materials including water, wastewater, petroleum products, pesticides, mercury, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), and wastes.

• Through a number of different mechanisms - outreach and education, product handling efforts and phase outs, training, and regulatory activity - DEEP is working to develop better stewardship of these materials to protect environmental quality and public safety for Connecticut's current and future generations.
• Nearly every day, despite preventative measures, there are incidents that threaten the environment. The ERSPD is prepared to limit the risks and handle incidents ranging from a spill of a few gallons to a tanker full of petroleum liquids, from abandoned or leaking underground storage tank or unknown drums of chemicals to anthrax or chemical fire.
• Releases, even small ones, can endanger public health or the environment by making the water or air unsafe. Releases of hazardous materials can contaminate surface water, groundwater or soil, impact plants, fish and wildlife and their habitat or create unsafe exposure for the general public or emergency responders. Releases of hazardous materials can contaminate surface water, groundwater or soil, impact plants, fish and wildlife and their habitat or create unsafe exposure for the general public or emergency responders.
  
  The ERSPD responds 24 hours per day to emergencies that result from accidental and deliberate discharges and uncontrolled releases of oil, petroleum, hazardous wastes, and chemicals to the air, land and waterways from roadway incidents, industrials processes, oil and chemical spills, failed tanks/pipes and abandoned drums as well as biological and chemical weapons.

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