Regional Director, Appalachian
Nicole Saniti, PE, is based in Trinity’s Washington, D.C. office and serves as a Regional Directo for Trinity’s Appalachian region. Since 2005, she has been dedicated to delivering top-notch environmental consulting services to a diverse array of clients throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Her extensive professional background spans various industries, including chemical, power generation, automotive assembly, building products, glass manufacturing, and other general manufacturing sectors.
Nicole’s expertise lies in environmental project strategy development and environmental project management. She has significant experience in air quality permitting, including Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), Plantwide Applicability Limits (PAL), state New Source Review (NSR), Title V operating permits, and state operating permits. She also guides clients through regulatory applicability analyses, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) compliance, air quality compliance reporting, dispersion modeling, emission inventories, and stack test facilitation. In addition to her air quality expertise, Nicole supports Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting, Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)/ Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) development, and environmental audits.
Throughout her career, Nicole has been a strategic advisor to clients, devising permitting and regulatory strategies that align environmental compliance with business needs. Her success as a liaison between clients and state and local agency personnel have yielded flexible permits tailored to optimize facility operations. Further, Nicole collaborates closely with senior client leadership to navigate the dynamic landscape of regulatory changes, ensuring ongoing environmental compliance.
Nicole has earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an M.B.A from Wake Forest University. She is a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas.