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Sarah Albano, P.E.

Sarah Albano, P.E.
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Sarah Albano, P.E.
Senior Consultant

Sarah Albano, P.E.

Senior Consultant (385) 955-5177 Salt Lake City, UT salbano@integral-corp.com

Ms. Sarah Albano is a professional engineer and project manager with more than 20 years of consulting experience working with attorneys, industrial clients, environmental trustee stakeholders, PRP groups, municipalities, and public utilities. Her clients rely on her strong project management skills, her understanding of internal client requirements and missions, and her ability to manage external stakeholder priorities to cost-effectively address environmental liabilities. Ms. Albano helps her clients get things accomplished as a trusted advisor and project manager for sites with human health risks and complex environmental factors. From investigation through remediation, she works closely with her remediation clients and project teams to achieve regulatory site closure and site redevelopment. For her litigation clients, she works to prepare factual and comprehensive expert reports to attain favorable allocation decisions.

Ms. Albano served as Integral’s corporate quality assurance officer from 2017 through 2023.  She ensured staff were trained and appropriately updated on the policies set forth in Integral’s Quality Management Program.  She also oversaw project quality assurance assessments, predeployment assessments for fieldwork, and development of protocols and tools for quality assurance documentation.  She brings this commitment to quality to her projects through the delivery of high-quality reports and presentation materials her clients and other stakeholders can understand.

Project Management

Former Asphalt Shingle Manufacturing CERCLA Facility, Seattle, Washington Project manager for non-time-critical removal action design and $5.8 million construction to address PCB-impacted soils in rights-of-way within a residential neighborhood adjacent to a Superfund site. Project included stormwater drainage design, outfall design, and landscaping by other design firms. Responsible for coordination of multidisciplinary design team, communications with EPA oversight team, and coordination between municipal departments during design and construction. Coordinated with community outreach and construction quality assurance team to ensure timely, technically accurate communications to the community. Provided office support to construction quality assurance team communicating daily with the onsite engineer of record/quality assurance manager to ensure appropriate communications with the client and oversight agency. Worked with client’s project coordinator to ensure that administrative settlement orders on consent obligations were met. Supported long-term monitoring and maintenance negotiations.
Former Pesticides Formulation Facility and Petroleum Distributor, Yakima, Washington Project manager for groundwater monitoring of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the gasoline and diesel/motor oil ranges, benzene, tetrachloroethene, pesticides, and arsenic as required by the consent decree. Managed groundwater sampling program and responsible for compliance monitoring plan modifications. Responsible for communication with the regulatory agency (Washington State Department of Ecology) and coordination with remedial actions on an adjacent third-party property.
Former Wood Treatment Site Remediation, North Plains, Oregon Served as project manager for groundwater monitoring at a former wood treatment site. Managed monitoring, data management, and annual reporting to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Contaminants of concern at the site included naphthalene, pentachlorophenol, arsenic, copper, and chromium.
Former Railroad Maintenance and Fueling Facility, Skykomish, Washington Project manager for consent decree required multiyear remediation of a former railroad maintenance and fueling facility impacted by total petroleum hydrocarbons (diesel and Bunker C) in soil and groundwater that had migrated to nearby surface water, wetlands, and offsite residential properties. Responsible for communications with regulatory agency (Washington State Department of Ecology) and stakeholder communication through third-party public outreach firm. Coordinated multidisciplinary member project design and construction oversight team from multiple offices. Supported local program manager by ensuring compliance with client contract and client account protocol. Reviewed documents to ensure compliance with consent decree governing site cleanup. Developed tracking system for client costs that allowed for easy identification of account errors. Reviewed NPDES permit applications, 401 Water Quality Certification, and Joint Aquatic Resources Permit applications submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for Nationwide 38 permit and Hydraulic Project Approval for compliance with consent decree and consistency with design documents.
Former Wood Treating CERCLA Facility, Columbus, Mississippi Project manager for preparation of a human health risk assessment, three feasibility studies for operable units at the site, remedial action work plans for Operable Units 1 and 2, and a work plan amendment for a time-critical removal action and construction oversight. Environmental impacts are associated with wood treating processes including dense, nonaqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL) contamination and contaminated soil, groundwater, and off-facility stormwater ditch sediments. Responsible for coordinating client consultant team (including local consultants and contractors), assisting community outreach efforts in an environmental justice neighborhood (including construction progress newsletters and fact sheets), managing ongoing site investigations and access, and supporting the construction quality assurance oversight team. The Operable Unit 1 (wood storage area) remedial action involved removal of 53,000 cubic yards of creosote-impacted surface soils in a portion of the Superfund site. The time-critical removal action involved removal of 3,000 cubic yards of storm drain ditch sediments in 1,200-ft offsite ditches and restoration with a concrete liner. The Operable Unit 2 (offsite properties) remedial action involved 7,500 cubic yards of impacted surface soils from 10 residential and commercial properties in the vicinity of the Superfund site.
Former Wood Treating RCRA Facility, Meridian, Mississippi Project manager during preparation of the Phase II RCRA investigation report for a former wood treating facility.  Environmental impacts are associated with wood treating processes including DNAPL.  Coordinated with client consultant team including local consultants and contractors.  Maintained project schedule and milestones.
Watershed-Based Superfund Site, New Jersey Deputy project manager for the remedial investigation of a site encompassing six boroughs in New Jersey.  Provided administrative support to project manager by preparing, revising, and tracking contract change order requests; tracking authorizations and budgets; preparing invoices in compliance with the contract, and conducting routine communications.
Superfund Site, Portland, Oregon Project manager for multi-parcel owner within the Portland Harbor Superfund Site.  Supporting legal team in review and preparation of documents for allocation, including preliminary party site summaries, responses to third-party allegations of historical practices resulting in contamination of downgradient properties, and expert opinions.  Responsible for financial reporting to client, estimates of liability, and compliance with client company protocols.

Feasibility Studies

Feasibility Studies for Wood Treating CERCLA Facility, Columbus, Mississippi Project manager and technical reviewer of three feasibility studies for four operable units at the site. The operable units included a 45-acre wood storage area, offsite residential and commercial properties, and the former main plant of the wood treating facility. Chemicals of concern included arsenic, semivolatile organic compounds, and dioxins and furans.
Feasibility Study at a Former Railroad Maintenance and Fueling Facility, Skykomish, Washington Staff engineer for feasibility study at former railroad maintenance and fueling facility impacted by total petroleum hydrocarbons (diesel and Bunker C) in soil and groundwater that had migrated to nearby surface water, wetlands, and offsite residential properties. Researched technologies, prepared cost estimates, supported bench scale study for construction water treatment system, and drafted alternatives and analysis under direction of the lead engineer.
Feasibility Study for Active Railyards and Surrounding Community, Montana Project engineer responsible for feasibility study–level cost estimates for a range of remedial actions for remediation of several railyard sites and communities contaminated with total petroleum hydrocarbons and heavy metals to assist in client negotiations.  Analyzed site data, estimated excavation volumes, and contacted local contractors to determine unit costs.

Remedial Design

Remedial Action at a Wood Treating CERCLA Facility, Columbus, Mississippi Engineer of record for the implementation of the Operable Unit 1 remedial action. The remedial action (approximately $20 million construction) involved removal of 53,000 cubic yards of creosote-impacted surface soils in a portion of the Superfund site. Served as technical reviewer of the Operable Unit 1 (wood storage area) and Operable Unit 2 (offsite properties) remedial action work plans and the work plan amendment for a time-critical removal action in stormwater ditches in the vicinity of the site.
Early Action at Former Asphalt Shingle Manufacturing CERCLA Facility, Seattle, Washington Senior staff engineer for the design of early action area of a non-time-critical removal action and $5.8 million construction to address PCB-impacted soils in rights-of-way within a residential neighborhood adjacent to a Superfund site. Design included preparation of construction contract documents (i.e., drawings and specifications), engineer’s estimate, and agency-required documentation (e.g., removal action design report, construction quality assurance plan, community health, and safety plan, and removal action work plan).
Design Reports for Former Railroad Maintenance and Fueling Facility, Skykomish, Washington Project engineer for engineering design reports required under consent decree for multiyear remediation of area surrounding a former railroad maintenance and fueling facility impacted by total petroleum hydrocarbons (diesel and Bunker C) in soil and groundwater that had migrated to nearby surface water, wetlands, and offsite residential properties. Helped prepare drawings and specifications for construction and reviewed NPDES permit applications, 401 Water Quality Certification, and Joint Aquatic Resources Permit applications submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for Nationwide 38 permit and Hydraulic Project Approval for consistency with design.
Design Report for Former Pesticides Formulation Facility and Petroleum Distributor, Yakima, Washington Staff engineer for engineering design report of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the gasoline and diesel/motor oil ranges, benzene, tetrachloroethylene, pesticides, and arsenic as required by the consent decree.
Upland Source Control at Electric Power Generating Station, Hawai'i Quality assurance reviewer of engineering deliverables for upland source control in association with the U.S. Navy’s planned Superfund cleanup of PCB-impacted sediments in Pearl Harbor.  Ensured consistency across multiple design basis documents and work plans, engineering plans, and specifications.

Remediation Construction Oversight

Construction Oversight at a Wood Treating CERCLA Facility, Columbus, Mississippi Provided relief construction oversight for Operable Unit 1remediation construction. The remedial action (approximately $20 million construction) involved removal of 53,000 cubic yards of creosote-impacted surface soils in a portion of the Superfund site. Provided office support for Operable Units 1 and 2 remedial actions. The time-critical removal action (approximately $5 million construction) involves removal of storm drain ditch sediments in 1,200-ft offsite ditches and restoration with a concrete liner.
Construction Oversight at a Former Asphalt Shingle Manufacturing CERCLA Facility, Seattle, Washington Provided office support to construction quality assurance team during $5.8 million early action non-time-critical removal action construction to address PCB-impacted soils in rights-of way within a residential environmental justice neighborhood adjacent to a Superfund site. Communicated daily with the onsite engineer of record/quality assurance manager to ensure appropriate communications with the client and oversight agency. Periodically provided field coverage during construction.
Construction Oversight at Former Railroad Maintenance and Fueling Facility, Skykomish, Washington Served as onsite project engineer overseeing field implementation of soil and sediment confirmation sampling program during 70,000-cubic yard source removal interim action at a former railroad maintenance and fueling facility impacted by total petroleum hydrocarbons (diesel and Bunker C) in soil and groundwater that had migrated to nearby surface water, wetlands, and offsite residential properties. Coordinated documentation of structures on the National Register of Historic Places and archaeological monitoring during construction. Managed field data and served as primary field contact with Washington State Department of Ecology. Assisted lead engineer with contractor management.
Construction Oversight at Former Pesticides Formulation Facility and Petroleum Distributor, Yakima, Washington Provided oversight for consent decree construction project, which included asbestos and lead inspection, removal of two 4,000-gallon underground storage tanks, soil excavation, screening of excavated materials, excavated materials characterization disposal and backfill, and monitoring well installation. Responsible for communication with the regulatory agency and coordination with remedial actions on an adjacent third-party property. Oversaw and documented monitoring well installations following remediation.
Former Gasoline Service Station Site Remediation, Seattle, Washington Onsite project engineer for construction oversight of removal of 9,000 tons of impacted material, backfilling, grading, and restoration for residential redevelopment.  Project scope included Geoprobe investigation, demolition of existing structures, removal of three underground storage tanks, temporary shoring along city right-of-way to facilitate excavation, and dewatering.  Was responsible for overseeing the implementation of the specifications, executing the sampling plan, and air monitoring. Following completion of the remedial action work, the property was developed for residential use.

Groundwater Monitoring

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons at a Former Pesticides Formulation Facility and Petroleum Distributor, Yakima, Washington Performed groundwater monitoring of total petroleum hydrocarbons in the gasoline and diesel/motor oil ranges, benzene, tetrachloroethene, pesticides, and arsenic as required by the consent decree. Managed groundwater sampling program and responsible for compliance monitoring plan modifications and reporting.
Long-Term Monitoring at Former Wood Treatment Site Remediation, North Plains, Oregon Performed and managed groundwater monitoring at a former wood treatment site as required in the record of decision. Conducted long-term monitoring for natural attenuation of a DNAPL plume and monitoring of a land treatment facility cap (inspections and groundwater monitoring). Contaminants of concern at the site included naphthalene, pentachlorophenol, arsenic, copper, and chromium.

Albano, S., and M. Henning. 2022. Environmental racism, environmental justice, and how civil engineers can help. Civil Source, ASCE Utah Section Newsletter. 3(2).

Albano, S., and A. Luz.  2019.  What are per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), why is there concern about them, and how can civil engineering help?  Technical article in October 2019 newsletter.  Available at:  https://asceutah.com/news.php?id=33#.  American Society of Civil Engineers, Utah Section.

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