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Pace Analytical Services, Inc. ® 8 East Tower Circle we Analytical Ormond Beach, FL 32174 www.pacelabs.com Phone: 386.672.5668 Fax:386.673.4001 JEFF BAYLOR PROJECT MANAGER I CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER EDUCATION B.S., Biology (Pennsylvania State University, 1996) REGISTRATIONS American Chemical Society RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Mr. Baylor has been a project manager for the laboratory since 2001 specializing in landfills, NPDES, drinking water, solid waste, and other State programs. His many years of service with the laboratory have given him a background that allows him to help clients with their site- specific work plans, applicable methodologies, turnaround time requirements, and project data quality objectives. In the capacity as Project Manager, Mr. Baylor provides his Clients as the one point of contact for all their production and technical needs. He serves as a liaison between the Client and the laboratory operations and currently serves a diverse group of Clients, including many cities, counties, utilities, and consultants. ® Prior to assuming the position of Project Manager, Mr. Baylor was the Supervisor of the laboratory's Biology Laboratory. He oversaw all areas of the department including the Microbiology and Toxicity sections. For the Microbiology section, he was in charge of the following: media preparation; quality control; detection and enumeration of densities of Fecal and total Coliforms, Fecal Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and heterotrophic bacteria. In 2002, he led the effort for ELAB to become EPA certified for testing for Aeromonas bacteria in drinking water under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) program. For the toxicity section, he was responsible for organism breeding, quality control, freshwater and saltwater bioassays using EPA certified methods for both Acute and Chronic tests, and statistical evaluation of toxicity tests performed for client's NPDES permits. Prior to this, Mr. Baylor supervised the Inorganic Department for several years after working as an analyst in the Metals and General Chemistry departments for six years. While in the General Chemistry department, he utilized gravimetric, potentiometric, titrimetric, and colormetric approved methodologies to test samples of varied matrices including drinking water, ground water, surface water, waste water, solids, and sludges. He used a wide variety of instrumentation including manual and automated colorimetric analyzers, Ion Chromatograph, IR Chromatograph, and digestion/distillation apparatus. In the Metals department, he was responsible for all aspects of testing including digestion, analytical, and quality control. He is proficient with the instrumentation used for the quantification of metallic elements such as flame and graphite furnace AA and cold vapor analysis of mercury. During his tenure, Mr. Baylor help set up the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure methods ® now used by the laboratory for testing materials for clients under the RCRA program. He also supervised and conducted the setup and incubation of samples for Simulated Distribution Systems (SDS) and Biodegradable Organic Carbon (BDOC) analysis, which is related to the Information Collection Rule program.