Amit Bhargava, M.Sc., P. Eng.

Manager, Environment & Regulatory Approvals at ATCO Energy Solutions
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(386) 825-5501
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada, CA

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Credentials

  • ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor (TPECS)
    RABQSA
    Jan, 2013
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Manager, Environment & Regulatory Approvals
      • Oct 2019 - Present

      - Supporting the hydrocarbon and natural gas storage operations with Environmental/ Regulatory compliance- Supporting the power development team with regulatory approval application - Supporting the hydrocarbon and natural gas storage operations with Environmental/ Regulatory compliance- Supporting the power development team with regulatory approval application

    • Canada
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • Co-founder
      • Jun 2016 - Present

    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Manager, Environment & Regulatory Approvals
      • Sep 2015 - Oct 2019

      • Accountable for formulating regulatory strategy and obtaining approvals for various development projects, including liaison with internal stakeholders and federal, provincial and municipal regulators. Identify and execute on opportunities to streamline processes to obtain expedited approvals while mitigating re-work and manage costs. Striving to obtain the most reasonable and clear approval conditions within Approvals.• Accountable for ensuring Environmental Compliance for all ATCO owned power generation facilities. Since assuming this additional responsibility, sought opportunities to reduce environmental operating and reclamation costs and have achieved more than $3 million in savings, in less than a year.• Preparation of Environmental Management Plans for Construction and due-diligence for potential acquisitions.• Identify potential opportunities for the Business Development Team utilizing leads from Industry peers.• Pursued Low Carbon Economy Challenge application for Solar on Canals and cleared the screening (top 200 among more than 600 applications). Secured a $1.5 Million grant from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry by collaborating with various stakeholders (Alberta Irrigation Districts Association, Irrigation Districts and Alberta Agriculture) for the Project.• Representing ATCO Industry stakeholder groups providing input into the Policy development processes. Member of the Board of Directors and Environmental Committee (2016-17), Northeast Capital Industrial Association.

    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director, Environmental Approvals & Compliance
      • Apr 2008 - Sep 2015

      • Accountable for ensuring Environmental Compliance for all Veresen Inc. owned natural gas-processing (in Alberta & British Columbia) and power generation projects across North America. The operating facilities include a mix of sour natural gas-processing and power generation technologies (natural gas fired co-generation; district energy systems; hydro and waste heat recovery) diversified geographically and located in multiple jurisdictions. Veresen was a publicly traded company on TSX – Market Cap ~ $ 4.5 Billion.• Responsible for Planning, Development and Implementation of a corporate Environmental Management System (EMS) including policies, plans and procedures for all Veresen owned facilities, including those in construction and development, thereby mitigating major risk for the organization.• Obtaining appropriate approvals, renewals and amendments as required, including liaison with respective Regulators.• Involved in on-going and periodic review of existing and proposed environmental legislation in each applicable jurisdiction. • Representing Veresen in various Industry stakeholder groups providing input into the Policy development processes.• Provide Environmental Management System training to employees and contractors as required.• Accountable for preparation and submission of all internal and external reports to be submitted to regulatory agencies in order to meet the stipulated environmental reporting requirements of various permits and approvals.• Accountable for Planning, Coordination and facilitation of Environmental Compliance and Environmental Management Systems auditing as required. • Responsible for Implementation and Maintenance of an electronic environmental compliance database which includes Incident Reporting; EHS document repository and Task Management. • Coordination and collaboration with Facility Managers and other personnel to ensure timely completion of facility’s environmental compliance and reporting obligations.

    • Lead, Environment & Regulatory
      • Apr 2004 - Apr 2008

      Leading and managing the Environmental & Regulatory group, a multi-disciplinary group of 8-15 professionals in a technical and administrative capacity; preparing scope and man-hour estimates for the Environmental & Regulatory aspects of various Engineering projects; resource management for the group and project management for stand-alone projects. Provided input at the design and construction stages of Engineering Projects for the Oil & Gas Sector to ensure they meet all the applicable Regulatory requirements. Identifying environmental constraints for the project and other miscellaneous regulatory tasks. Coordinating with Regulatory agencies; preparing regulatory applications for license renewals and amendments; answering questions/ providing clarifications or additional information to the regulatory agencies; conducting Air Quality Assessments in support of Regulatory applications (License applications/ renewals/amendments); emission estimation & reporting; and conducting Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) determinations for potential accidental releases.

    • Intermediate Air Quality Engineer
      • 2004 - 2004

    • Environmental Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Intermediate Air Quality Engineer
      • 2000 - 2003

      Diverse experience included emission estimation & reporting; air quality assessments for EIAs; regulatory applications, license applications, amendments & renewals; sour gas well risk assessments; Emergency Planning Zone determinations; and well test/well clean-up flaring assessments. Specialized in emission estimation, air quality impact analysis and assessment for criteria pollutants, toxic pollutants and volatile organic compounds. Conducted numerous dispersion model simulations assessing the effects of air emissions from a wide range of industries including upstream oil and gas, oil sands, petrochemical, chemical manufacturing, electric utilities, cement, forest products and gravel processing. Applied air dispersion modelling to aid in technology selection, ambient air monitoring station site selection and exposure assessment for personnel working in a plant. Conducted numerous well test and well clean-up flaring assessments. Prepared submissions to the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) for more than 6 years. Prepared annual air and wastewater summary reports for oil and gas, forest products and manufacturing sectors. Extensive experience in emissions estimation and conducting air quality assessments for all the major sand and gravel processing operators.

    • Air Quality Engineer
      • 2000 - 2000

Education

  • University of Calgary
    1997 - 2000
  • Asian Institute of Technology
    M.Tech, Environmental Technology & Management
    1996 - 1997
  • National Institute of Technology Rourkela
    B.E., Chemical Engineering
    1990 - 1994
  • St. Xavier's School, Jaipur
    1980 - 1989

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