Magazine
Energy Pipeline (Contributing Writer)
2018
MagEP1805 Where to find water quality data for produced waters
MagEP1804 Self-charging smart boots have multiple applications in oil field
MagEP1803 Where can I find detailed map of oil and gas flowlines in Colorado?
MagEP1802 Is plasma technology the green answer to treating non-reusable flowback?
MagEP1801 Can 100% of flowback be reused in hydraulic fracturing?
2017
MagEP1712 3D printing will contribute to significant efficiencies in oil company operations
MagEP1711 Could we someday see waterless fracking by use of rocket fuel?
MagEP1710 Are oil-based drill cuttings valuable?
MagEP1709 Is your new idea worth pursuing ? Mining oil/gas patent data\bases
MagEP1708 Could nanosatellite monitor greenhouse emissions from oil, gas facilities in the DJ?
MagEP1707 Real-time ‘’kick” monitoring can help prevent blowouts
MagEP1706 Smart surfaces offer green options for demulsifying produced waters
MagEP1705 Smart controller increases efficiency and lowers costs of small solar systems
MagEP1704 New tool reveals regional patterns in environmental status of reclamation at closed oil, gas wells
MagEP1703 Aliso Canyon gas leak renews pressure on pipeline integrity measures
MagEP1702 Virtual reality training for oil field workers
MagEP1701 Turning to smart birds can sniff out natural gas leaks.
2016
MagEP1612 If an oil formation is fracked, how will it drain? Ask a smart rock.
MagEP1611 Environmental conditions can cause pigments to change colors
MagEP1610 Micro-filtration of produced water with sound waves.
MagEP1609 Converting flared gas to electricity at the tank battery.
MagEP1608 Isn’t produced water too salty for irrigating crops?
MagEP1607 Electrodialysis of produced water for optimal reuse in water flooding.
MagEP1606 Portable safe room for oil field workers during tornadoes.
MagEP1605 Winged reporters of air pollution levels.
MagEP1604 The power on the road.
MagEP1603 Brine processing is green alternative to deep well injection.
MagEP1602 Natural gas AC unit produces electricity.
MagEP1601 The rise of smart truckfill stations.
2015
MagEP1512 Can energy in produced water be used to desalinate produced water?
MagEP1511 Produced water powered LED lantern and USB port.
MagEP1510 Images of chemical concentrations in soils using infrared spectroscopy.
MagEP1509 Internet of things (IOT) – The rise of embedded intelligence.
MagEP1508 Exposure to lightning strikes at injection well facilities.
MagEP1506 Can horizontal wells enhance opportunities for small geothermal power?
MagEP1505 Recycling pine trees using static electricity – Really?
MagEP1504 Unlocking chemical ancestry through stable isotopes.
MagEP1503 The drones are coming to the oilfield.
Greeley Tribune’s Articles on Gary Beers
Greeley Tribune (newspaper – major article in Sunday edition)
February 15, 2014 Recycling expert looks to turn waste from oil and gas operations into driving force for the industry
Greeley Tribune (Energy Pipeline Magazine)
February (2015) Making black gold fit for the road
December (2014) Produced water recycling
Colorado Rural Water Association Magazine
MagCR0404 Preliminary effluent limitations (PEL): Critical input to site approval and permitting processes for domestic wastewater facilities.
American Venture
MagAV9709 Get your Docs in a row and increase your chances for raising financing.
Corporate Life
MagCL8905 Radon in your home(*)
Newpaper
Colorado Real Estate Journal
NewCE9505 Regulation of electromagnetic fields may prove expensive.
NewCE9510 Residential developers of oil fields face environmental issues.
NewCE9410 Arvada ordinances ensure a property’s environmental integrity.
NewCE9406 White-elephant properties turned around with cash and expertise.
Published Articles (*)
PubAR7710 Four developing country waste disposal projects.
PubAR7403 A dynamic feedback model of three-party (industry, regulatory agency, and consultant) interactions in the resolution of environmental issues.
PubAR7309 Role of dredging in the ecosystem management program proposed for the Los Angeles Harbor.
PubAR7208 Formulation of the Ecosystem Parameter index and its role in the development of a
management program for the Los Angeles Harbor.
PubAR6808 Measurement of stream periphyton on paraffin-coated substrates.
PubAR6605 Some effects of threadfin shad introduction on black crappie diet and condition.
Scientific Reports
Hundreds of scientific reports were prepared for private and public sector clients. These are not posted on website due to length.
Black Canary Murders (March 2019)
During Colorado’s longest coal mine strike (1910-1915), a County Coroner struggles to regain authority to decide on cause of death when a miner is killed underground. Under law, mine owners are not responsible for underground conditions leading to a miner’s death. Union spies and other troublemakers are killed while their murderers escape justice.
Counter-intelligence: Experiences of A Video Rental Store clerk (April 2019)
The mom-and-pop video rental stores were a unique and valuable neighborhood business in the 1980s. With the availability of VCRs and movies on cassettes, all members of a family could enjoy the comfort and freedom of watching a movie at home. Weekly trips to the video rental store rapidly became a routine and enjoyable family activity. Unique features of human behavior developed as customers examined the displays of colorful cassette boxes before selecting a rental. Marketing was local and conformed to the demands of the customers and community. This short book provides a collection of a store clerk’s experiences when dealing with customers in this neighborhood business.
A Toboaba Tail (January 2020)
Many marine species, overharvested for only a body part, are forced to near extinction. The sharks are killed for fins. Whales are killed for oil. Oysters are killed for pearls.
During a 40-year span (1940’s through 1970’s), the totoaba, a large grouper native to the northern waters of the Gulf of Mexico, was essentially slaughtered in large numbers for its bladder. The mainland Chinese exerted a high demand and price for this unique bladder which provided medicinal benefits. Conservation efforts began in the 1960’s with Mexican, International, and United States restrictions on totoaba fishing in the Gulf. The ban on totoaba fishing created a lucrative black market for the bladders which continues to be operated by Chinese and Mexican drug cartels. Today, this illegal trade continues with cartels paying gold-like prices for the bladders. Armed encounters between the local fishermen and the Mexican Navy and environmental groups are common.
“A Totoaba Tail” imagines what it would be like to experience these events as an Arizona fish monger (Mac) who discovers the delicious taste of totoaba meat and develops a successful and highly profitable market within the southwest. His bi-weekly runs to Guaymas to purchase fresh seafood for his market in Tucson expends to include daily runs to Kino Bay, Puerto Penasco, and Santa Clara for totoaba. Mac’s logistics network provides a front-end value service to the local Chinese network for transporting the valuable dried bladders to China.
Mac’s introduction to the world of the totoaba is provided by members of the Seri Indian tribe who inhabit coastal lands north of Kino Bay and have historic claim to the nearby Tiburon Island. The Seri traditions are founded on deep ecology and, thus, adhere to economically sustainable hunting-and-gathering economies that are respectful of the environment. The totoaba is a prime item in their diet and was only fished to provide meat.
Mac’s greed pushes the Seri to increase their fishing efforts and to consider life-style transition from nomadic hunting-and-gathering to a permanent fishing settlement near Kino Bay. Mac and one of the Seri jointly setup commercial businesses in Kino Bay.
While planning for a comfortable retirement in Kino Bay, Mac faces a personal and business crisis when confronted by the Chinese to focus on a lucrative future in the black market supporting the bladder trade. While Mac suffers economic disaster due to his choice, he welcomes the opportunity, with the support of the Seri, contributes to the future of the totoaba.
Department of Energy (Western Biomass Program)
GpDOE9401 Facility for Producing Pellets from Waste Shingles.
GpDOE9301 Use of Briquetted Waste Straw as Fuel.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
GpEPA0801 Permit Writer Proficiency Evaluation Tool (2008)
GpEPA0701 Improving Permit Decision Making Using GIS (2007)
GpEPA7201 Reuse of Stormwater Runoff in Suburban Environments (1972)
GpEPA6701 Algal and Bacterial Energetics in a Stream (1967)
Brochures
- Industrial Water Permitting and Recycling Consultants
TcBRO1201 Having difficulties…We can help (trifold)
TcBRO1202 Qualifications. Oil and Gas industry (bifold)
Websites (On internet)
Newsletter
- Thorne Ecological Institute
TcNew8612 UPDATE December 1986
Regulatory Policy
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (See agency website)
Implementing Narrative Standards in Discharge Permits for the Protection of Irrigated Crops.
Water Quality Policy #24 (2008)
Editing (*)
- 3rd Biennial Wildlife Symposium: Issues and Technology in the Management of Impacted Western Wildlife (1987).
Edited proceedings – 177 pages
(funded by Water Program Grant, EPA Region 8)
An online, self-testing program was designed and developed to evaluate the proficiency of the State of Colorado’s water-discharge permit writers. The knowledge base of entry-level and three advanced levels of personnel classifications was tested by requesting answers to a series of randomly-selected questions in an array of technical categories. The various testing modules are:
Module A: Comprehension of Fundamentals
Basic Science
Terminology and Acronyms
Clean Water Act and NPDES Program Overview
Permit Application and Permit Types
Administrative Processes
Module B: Understanding of Training Courses
NPDES Permit Writers Course
EPA Basic Environmental Inspector Course
EPA Basic WWTF Operator Course
WQCC Rulemaking Process Training
Module C: Proficiency in Colorado’s Permitting Processes
Regulation 31 Water Quality Standards for Surface Waters
Regulations 41, 42, 61 and 62 Groundwater Standards
Technology-based Limits: E. Coli Policy, Regulations 61 and 62
Technology-based Limits: Coal Mining
Technology –Basic Implementation of Standards into Surface Water Permits Policy
Antidegradation
Standard Conditions and Special Conditions
Monitoring and Reporting
Policy: WET
Policy: Mixing Zone
Policy: TMDL and Impaired Water Permitting
Policy: Threatened and Endangered Species
Salinity Control Regulations
Phosphorus Control Regulations
Module D: Proficiency with Colorado’s Permitting Tools
Permit Builder Tool: Basics through WQBELs
Permit Builder Tool: Antidegradation
Permit Builder Tool: Reasonable Potential
Permit Builder Tool: Permit Limits
AMMTOX Model
Schematic of Permit Writer Proficiency Evaluation Tool
Education Audiences
- University of Colorado (Denver). Prepared and co-taught graduate-level course on Western Environmental Management (1990)
- Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles). Prepared and taught graduate-level course on NEPA Process and EIS Statements (1976)
- Venezuelan Oil Company. Prepared and taught week-long workshop for ESL engineers on “How to Make Environmental Decisions. (1975)
- University of California at Berkeley. Engineering Department. Delivered environmental talk on “First Earth Day” (1970)
Technical Audiences
(Prepared and presented power-point presentations at numerous Conferences.) (*)
- 28th Annual WateReuse Symposium
(September 2013) Examples of Industrial-Water Recycling and Beneficial Use in Colorado
- Colorado Bar Association Workshop – Water Oil and Gas 101 (April 2013)
Permitting Disposal Or Reuse Of Produced Water
- 6th Annual Industrial Wastewater Treatment Seminar – Rocky Mountain Environmental Association
(March 2013) Industrial Water and Wastewater Permitting in Colorado
- Road Dust Best Management Practices Conference (November 2011)
Examples of Dust Control in Colorado Using Industrial Wastewaters.
- Colorado School of Mines – A Biofuels Conference (June 2007)
Permitting of Wastewater Discharges from Biodiesel Production Facilities in Colorado
- Colorado Association of Conservation Districts – Annual Conference (November 2006)
Emerging Wastewater Permitting Issue: Additional Protection of Downstream Agricultural Uses.
- 4th Annual Environmental Engineering and Science Conference – University of Louisville, KY (March 1974)
A Dynamic Feedback Model of Three-Party (Industry, Regulatory Agency, and Consultant)
Interactions in the Resolution of Environmental Problems.
- 2nd Annual Environmental Engineering and Science Conference – University of Louisville, KY (March 1973)
Role of Dredging in Ecosystem Management Program Proposed for the Los Angeles Harbor.
- 6th International Conference of Association of Water Pollution Research (1972)
Formulation of the Ecosystem Parameter Index and Its Role in the Development of a Management program for the Los Angeles Harbor.
- American Society of Civil Engineers – Conference on Environmental Impacts of International Civil Engineering Projects and Practices (October 1997)
Four Developing Country Waste Disposal Projects.
- Annual Meeting of Colorado Homebuilders Association and Colorado Society of Geotechnical Engineers (1989)
Subsurface Chemical Contamination and Property Assessments.
Note: *These examples are not posted on website; however, hard copies may be obtained upon request.