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Margaret A. Panatera, P.E.

Margaret Panatera, P.E.

Principal
Oak Brook, IL

"GZA’s interdisciplinary team is our greatest resource; our clients and their needs drive our business. We strive to deliver creative, efficient solutions and value through active client partnerships. We are motivated by earning and maintaining trust.”

About Margaret

Margaret is a Principal and District Office Manager based in GZA's Chicago office. She has worked in environmental engineering since 2001, with a focus on regulatory compliance and site investigation/remediation applications. She holds a degree in Civil Engineering with Environmental Emphasis from Bradley University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. Her client base varies across architecture and engineering, industrial, institutional, municipal, and state government sectors.

Margaret has drafted and reviewed multiple wastewater construction and NPDES permit applications and assisted clients in fulfilling permit special conditions through modeling, sampling, and reporting. She has written and reviewed dozens of SPCC and SWPPP plans, and she assists industrial and institutional clients with routine environmental and community-right-to-know compliance reporting. She has prepared, reviewed, and executed site investigation plans and remediation plans for soil and groundwater contamination through voluntary and mandated programs in multiple states.

Her professional affiliations include the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois and the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois (CICI).