Richard L. Poirot
Mr. Richard L. Poirot has worked as an environmental analyst in the Air Quality Planning section of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation since 1978. His responsibilities include developing the technical support for State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to ensure attainment and maintenance of Federal and State standards for ozone, particulate matter, and regional haze. Mr. Poirot has also developed interests in drawing inference on the nature of pollution sources from analysis of ambient measurement data, and in working in collaborative regional scientific of science/policy forums. For example, he is or has been a participant on Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Committee for the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, the Data Analysis workgroup for the Ozone Transport Assessment Group, the Science and Technical Support Workgroup for the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Subcommittee on Ozone, Particulate Matter and Regional Haze, the Monitoring and Data Analysis Workgroup for the Mid Atlantic/Northeast Visibility Union (MANE-VU), the EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, the Steering Committee for the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments, and the US/Canada (Air Quality Agreement) Subcommittee on Scientific Cooperation. Mr. Poirot holds a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College, where he majored in geography and environmental studies.