Charles Lee, Ph.D., CM, is a principal consultant and manager of Trinity Consultants office located in Irvine, California. Dr. Lee has more than 14 years of extensive air quality monitoring and regulatory compliance and audit experience in local, state and federal environmental regulations. He has held various task-leadership and project management roles in diverse projects, assisting both private industry and government. He has significant experiences in air quality monitoring, air permit and regulatory compliance, permitting, air regulatory/permitting determination analysis, regulatory compliance audit, and preparation of emissions inventories, technical reports, EMS (ISO 14001)/EMIS, environmental due diligence assessment, risk management (CalARP and EPA RMP) and health risk assessment in South Coast AQMD, San Diego APCD, Bay Area AQMD, San Joaquin Valley APCD in California and EPA Region 9. His experience also includes multi-media environmental permitting and compliance assistance, CEQA assistance, CUPA permitting and compliance, spill responses (OSHA certified HAZWOPPER Trained (29 CFR 1910.120)), industrial wastewater permitting and compliance support.
Dr. Lee is an accredited lead verifier by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to perform verification of GHG reporting in all industry sectors including oil and gas, process, transaction and general industry sectors under the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). Dr. Lee is also an accredited lead verifier by ARB for Offset Projects for Livestock and Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) under the AB 32 and an accredited verifier for California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) and for Climate Action Reserve (CAR) for ODS verification. His credentials are valuable to entities seeking mandatory or voluntary verification of GHG emissions for different reporting and offset reduction projects as well as for GHG compliance and regulatory affairs.
Charles holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry with emphasis in atmospheric chemistry from University of California, San Diego and a BS degree in Chemistry from University of California, Irvine.
