A Georgia Tech engineer running active permits in two of the country's most regulated petroleum jurisdictions.

Matt Zambrano is a Georgia Institute of Technology-trained engineer who has spent 15+ years inside the petroleum bulk storage industry — designing fueling facilities, navigating multi-agency permitting, resolving compliance holdups, and representing operators at variance hearings.

He founded Zambrano Enterprises, LLC because the typical engagement model in this industry is broken. Most petroleum compliance work gets handed down: a senior engineer scopes the project, a junior PM runs the day-to-day, and a document mill produces the deliverables. By the time the regulator asks a hard question, the person who answered it is two layers removed from the work.

Zambrano Enterprises operates differently. Matt scopes every engagement, runs every permit, and is the person on the call when SCDHS or VA DEQ has a question. The firm is intentionally small so that level of accountability stays the standard — not the exception.

Why two states

New York and Virginia both have unusually layered petroleum storage regimes — NY because of the overlay between NYSDEC Part 613 and county-level health department codes (SCDHS Article 18, NCDH Article XV, WCDOH Article XXV); Virginia because of the UST Technical Regulation, the Virginia Petroleum Storage Tank Fund (VPSTF), and a brand-new compliance process that took effect October 2025.

Most consultants pick one. Matt runs active engagements in both because the underlying engineering and regulatory craft is the same — and operators who own facilities in both jurisdictions stop having to manage two firms.

What that looks like on a project

Every Zambrano Enterprises engagement starts with a site walk and a working session — not a generic intake form. From there, you get a written strategic plan that names every authority with jurisdiction, the permits required, a realistic schedule, and the cost range. Through design and permitting, Matt is the one drafting drawings and corresponding with reviewers. At close-out, he hands you a clean stack of permits and a Certificate of Occupancy / Completion — not a thank-you email and an invoice.