Las Vegas-based Energy Department subcontractor Longenecker & Associates this week hired a former regulator with the Washington state Department of Ecology.
The newly-hired associate, Ron Skinnarland, will work out of Richland, Wash., and report to Longenecker Senior Vice President for Operations Christine Gelles. He joins the company’s regulatory team, which assists with compliance issues on the firm’s subcontracts.
Skinnarland spent 30 years with the state Ecology Department, including two decades as a manager in the branch that regulates DOE’s Hanford Site. In his state role, Skinnarland was responsible for regulatory oversight of solid and liquid waste treatment, storage, and disposal at Hanford, along with the site’s PUREX and Plutonium Finishing plants.
A woman-owned small business, Longenecker was founded in 1989 and holds several subcontracts around the DOE weapons complex. This includes work at the Hanford Site, the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee, according to its website. It assists Energy Department contractors with issues such as risk management, regulatory compliance, startup and commission, safety, and quality assurance.
