Stillwater Environmental Engineering, Inc.

Philip Ruck has over 30 years of professional experience, including both environmental and civil engineering projects. Environmental engineering projects include water quality monitoring and assessment, stormwater and wastewater discharges, solid and hazardous waste, and pollution prevention and response planning. Civil engineering projects include general site design, stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, phosphorus control, and construction specification manual development. He specializes in assisting clients meet Federal and State NPDES Phase II requirements.

Philip has extensive knowledge of a variety of State and Federal environmental regulatory programs, and has assisted hundreds of clients in maintaining compliance with these regulations. Most notably, he has developed Stormwater Management Plans for 11 out of the 12 regulated MS4 municipal and state-owned facilities in the Bangor area, and has developed Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans for industrial facilities across the northeastern United States. He has served as the technical consultant to the Bangor Area Storm Water Group (BASWG) for the past 11 years. In that role, he has been instrumental in developing cost-saving innovative regional approaches for MS4 Permit compliance in the Bangor area, including a regional database management system and a regional Stormwater Management Plan approach. Philip also provides training programs to educate clients on stormwater and erosion control issues. He is recognized across the State as a leader in the field of stormwater management by his peers.

Philip has also managed field operations for a multi-million dollar EPA funded Watershed Manipulation Project while employed by the University of Maine’s Water Research Institute. He has designed, installed, and maintained a variety of field monitoring equipment to support the projects he was involved with. While at the University, he also was actively involved in many key initiatives focused on water quality assessment across the State.

Jeffry “Jeff” Spaulding is a University of Maine graduate with experience in both surveying and engineering tasks. Jeff is employed by SEE as an assistant project manager and has experience with almost all aspects of MS4 program implementation.

Jeff supervises trained engineering interns on required stormwater infrastructure inspections for our MS4 clients in the Bangor and Lewiston areas. Jeff has prepared annual MS4 reports, as well as summary reports following completion of inspections, providing clients a prioritized maintenance and repair plan necessary for MS4 compliance.

Jeff is also a certified 3rd party post-construction stormwater inspector and has performed those inspections under the direction of licensed engineers in his previous employment in Vermont, as well as with SEE. Jeff has assisted with developing a variety of environmental compliance plans for our clients, including SWPPP, SPCC, IDDE, O&M, LOS, and others. He has trained dozens of municipal and facility staff on the usage of electronic data collection tools for all sorts of compliance inspections and the associated data management.

Jeff has recently been involved with IDDE efforts for many of our clients, including inspections, sampling, data collection, and reporting.

Cara Belanger graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in chemistry. Cara completed undergraduate honors research on impacts of road salt on aquatic life in streams. She is employed with SEE as a project scientist.

Cara conducts stormwater sampling, monitoring, infrastructure inspections, and site inspections. She helps to plan education and outreach events, as well as updating our social media and website. She assists with developing compliance plans including, SWPPP, SPCC, IDDE, O&M, and LOS..

Tiffany is a University of Maine graduate with a master’s degree in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. She has years of experience as an environmental scientist at UMaine, particularly in analytical laboratory settings at the Sawyer Environmental Chemistry Laboratory and with the Civil and Environmental Engineering department.

Tiffany has contributed to a broad array of research projects with an emphasis on characterizing aquatic inorganic pollutants and long-term impacts of watershed disturbances. Her technical expertise encompasses a range of lab- and field-scale procedures for environmental sampling and monitoring.

As a project scientist at SEE, Tiffany specializes in MSGP compliance, helping industrial clients develop pollution prevention plans and meet stormwater monitoring requirements. She also assists with stormwater management plans and annual reports for MS4 clients.  Tiffany supports education and outreach for SEE to help improve public knowledge of water resources and to engage young people in science, engineering, and environmental stewardship.

Kettie Cormier is going into her senior year at the University of Maine studying civil and environmental engineering. As an intern, she conducts stormwater infrastructure inspections. She also assists with outfall monitoring to locate illicit discharges. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, hammocking, and reading. She has previously done research for the University of Maine involving wastewater testing and is currently working on a sanitation project through the university’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter.

James Fahey is a rising sophomore at the University of Maine studying civil engineering. As an intern, he works with MS4 Compliance, which includes infrastructure inspections and stormwater sampling. He is also a member of the Engineers Without Borders chapter at the university. In his free time, he likes to run, listen to music, and play ping pong.

Brennan Dunton is entering his junior year as a Civil Engineering major at The University of Maine. At SEE, he inspects storm water basins, ditches, and outflows to check the infrastructure is still intact and to inspect for any illicit discharges or other kinds of pollutants present. In his free time, he enjoys playing intramural soccer with friends. Brennan also enjoys many outdoor activities such as camping, fishing, water skiing, tubing, hiking, snowboarding, etc.