Ty J. Smith
Ty co-founded Lesair Environmental in 2000 after having been involved in the oil and natural gas industry for more than 25 years. Ty began to specialize in air quality compliance in the early 1990′s with the first Title V requirements for the oil and gas industry. He worked for the State of Wyoming, developing the state’s first permitting standards and guidelines for the oil and gas industry (1997). Since forming Lesair, Ty has been assisting clients with environmental compliance requirements. He conducts air dispersion modeling, New Source Review and Title V permitting, air quality compliance, spill prevention, environmental multi-media audits, Phase I environmental site assessments, and other services specific to exploration and production companies. He is also a certified FLIR thermal imaging consultant. Ty earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming and then moved on to receive a master’s degree in environmental science and engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.