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NEW COURSE! A deep dive into the petroleum contamination lifecycle, from release to clean-up goals. This course is geared toward LSRPs and other environmental professionals.

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Course Details
Course Name: Evaluation of Petroleum-Related Hydrocarbons in ESNRs
Course Code: EN0533WA27
Date of Most Recent Offering: October 27 & 28, 2026
Course Overview
This new class is geared toward Licensed Site Remediation Professionals and others involved in investigating how historical petroleum hydrocarbon contamination has impacted environmentally sensitive natural resources. It starts with a regulatory approach and focuses on the entire life cycle of when petroleum is released to arriving at ultimate clean-up goals. Your instructors will be a team of professionals with decades of experience in environmental investigations and remedial action experience.
Featured Topics
- Overall Regulatory Framework
- Behavior of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Environment
- Management of Larger Spills
- Ecological Evaluation and Risk Assessment
- Assessment Methods for Product and Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Sediment
- Evaluation of Groundwater to Surface Water Pathway at Impacted Sites
Who Should Attend?
While the focus will be on New Jersey sites, the material covered should prove useful for environmental professionals and other practitioners throughout the Northeast.
- Attorneys
- Consultants
- Ecological Risk Assessors
- Engineers
- Environmental Consultants
- Environmental Scientists
- Environmental Specialists
- Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs)
- Plant Managers
- Project Managers
Meet Your Instructors
Paul Bovitz, Kleinfelder

Paul Bovitz is a Senior Project Manager at Kleinfelder. His core knowledge and skill areas include: Wetlands Restoration, Ecological Risk Assessment, Remedial Investigations, NEPA, Green Ports, Strategic Planning, Operations, Federal Contracting, Natural Resources Management, and Financial Analysis. He is a member of the Licensed Site Remediation Professional Association of New Jersey, Society of Wetland Scientists, Association of Energy Engineers, and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He serves as an acting member of the New Jersey Governor’s Science Advisory Board, Ecological Sciences Committee and formerly served on the Comparative Risk Analysis Panel of the NJDEP. His educational background includes a BS in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University, an MS in Ecology from Rutgers University, and an MBA from Rutgers Business School.
Continuing Education Credits
The most recent offering of Evaluation of Petroleum-Related Hydrocarbons in ESNRs was approved for 0.7 Rutgers CEUs (7 contact hours), as well as the following credits from professional organizations. We will reapply for similar credits the next time the course runs, but we cannot guarantee credit approval for future offerings.
New Jersey
NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): Pending
NJ Continuing Legal Education: 7.0 CLEs
NJ Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators: 6.25 TCHs
NJ Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists (HO/REHS): Rutgers University, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Credits are pending.
NJ Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRP): 3.5 Regulatory, 3.5 Technical CECs
NJ Professional Engineers: 7.0 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) credits.
Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!
If you have any questions about the Evaluation of Petroleum-Related Hydrocarbons in ESNRs, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Senior Program Coordinator: Pamela Springard-Mayer
848-932-7463
pam.mayer@rutgers.edu
For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.



