Educational and Professional Background:
Program of Instruction for Lawyers, Harvard University, 1986
J.D. University of La Verne, 1985
B.S. Engineering, Materials Science/Environmental, UCLA 1973
Professor Eugene Tseng is an environmental engineer and a licensed California attorney specializing in environmental law. He has over 33 years of engineering experience in the municipal solid waste and hazardous waste management field. Dr. Tseng has extensive mechanical process design and site layout experience for materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and refuse-derived-fuel facilities as well as densification plants and composting plants. Dr. Tseng was selected by the United Nations Development Programme to be their international specialist in municipal solid waste and hazardous waste management to assist developing countries in organizing their integrated environmental regulatory, industry, and educational programs. Dr. Tseng is also an Adjunct Law Professor for Environmental Law at the University of West Los Angeles School of Law, and is the Director of the Environmental Justice Center.
E. Tseng and Associates provided technical oversight and management for the City of Los Angeles' AB 939 Solid Waste Generation Study. E. Tseng and Associates designed the technical methodology and format of the AB 939 generator-based study. The firm is also under contract to the Department of Environmental Affairs to provide technical and regulatory/legal services to the Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) effort for the City of Los Angeles.
As a member of the U.S. EPA's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, Dr. Tseng works with the Environmental Protection Agency Region IX office to develop integrated solid waste management training programs, and to effectuate technology transfer of best management practices. Dr. Tseng serves as the Program Director and as instructor at UCLA's Municipal Solid Waste Management and Recycling Program. Dr. Tseng taught a national model course on MSW Management Technology at both UCLA and UC Davis. The course covers materials recovery facility and waste-to-energy facility (and other conversion technology) design/operations. Dr. Tseng serves as faculty advisor to university joint intern research projects done with regulatory agencies and municipalities.
Dr. Tseng has extensive experience in developing and implementing solid waste and recycling programs for “Large Business in Campus Settings”. His firm has worked with Walt Disney Company, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Raytheon/Hughes, Magic Mountain, Universal Studios, Port of Los Angeles, various Universities, Los Angeles Unified School District, and San Diego International Airport in conducting waste characterization studies to full blown solid waste / recycling program design and implementation.
Professional Memberships and Activities:
- Awarded the U.S. EPA’s Environmental Lifetime Achievement Award in April 2006.
- Served as the technical consultant to the City of Los Angeles Environmental Affairs Departments to assist in briefing Council / Mayor’s offices on conversion technologies.
- Currently serves on the Los Angeles County Alternative Technology Task Force, and has conducted conversion technology evaluations for over 30 years.
- Assisted the City of Los Angeles develop its Local Enforcement Agency's Enforcement Program Plan for solid waste facility permitting, inspection, enforcement, and corrective action.
- Currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of MSW Management magazine.
- He served on the EPA's technology peer review committee for a manual titled "Summary of Treatment Technology " Effectiveness for Contaminated Soil."
- Served on the UCLA Hazardous and Toxic Materials Management Certificate Advisory Board at UCLA and was an instructor for its Hazardous Waste Management Technology course as well as the Regulatory Framework and Environmental Law courses.
Past Vice President of Environmental Affairs of American Ecology Corporation, was responsible for obtaining hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF) permits and other permits for various hazardous waste projects. |