Environmental Compliance Handbook, Third Edition

In 1970, Robert D. Edell, Jr., was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army and entered active duty as the Viet Nam combat began to wind down. This initial active duty stint was the beginning of 28 years of service in the U.S. Army Reserve. Upon completion of his military entry-level officer training, Edell relocated to the Boston, MA, area, where he began to teach high school science and math. His interest in environmental issues was piqued during a National Science Foundation grant to study nuclear engineering at Penn State. The resident program took place while the Three Mile Island incident was unraveling and the instructors would bring in videotapes that had been filmed by robots entering the nuclear power plant. Edell continued teaching in upstate New York, where he was elected president of the local teachers' association, steering the collective bargaining efforts with the Board of Education, and served on the New York State Science Teachers Association. He wrote and supervised the evaluation of statewide science final exam questions on behalf of the New York State Board of Regents. During that time, he also completed his Master's degree. A career change brought him to the Metropolitan Washington, D.C., area where he became an environmental program manager for the U.S. Army and Army Reserve. Edell currently holds the position of president and chief executive officer of a highly successful environmental consulting company, BREGMAN & COMPANY, Inc., recently selected by Inc. magazine as one of its 500 fastest growing private companies He also serves as a member of the company's board of directors Edell and his wife Melanie