The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, located in Chicago, Illinois, seeks the part-time volunteer services of a geology, engineering, or environmental science student for the summer of 2016.
The selected candidate will protect drinking water from unsafe fluid injection underground. Specifically, the candidate will enter information on inspection of motor vehicle maintenance facilities and sanitary waste cesspools into a management database, organize and file inspection reports, and catalog and organize references used by career EPA staff.
The candidate will also complete special projects such as mapping and analyzing geologic fracture gradients and determining whether patterns exist in pressure fall-off tests performed by owners or operators of fluid injection wells.
Interested students should send a resume and cover electronic mail message to Stephen Jann, Chief, Underground Injection Control Branch, EPA, Region 5 at: jann.stephen@epa.gov.