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Environmental Impact Assessment
<br /> ContinuingHonolulu Seawater Air Conditioning, HI. Developed and facilitated the approval
<br /> and processing of the project's Special Management Area, Shoreline Variance,
<br /> Easements in Hawaii Community Development and Conservation District Use permits, and supporting
<br /> (The Seminar • • environmental assessment through public hearings, discourse, and engaging
<br /> decision makers. Co-authored and completed Coastal Zone Consistency
<br /> . . ; Section 7 Determinations and State and Federal Environmental Impact Statements for the
<br /> ••- _ project. This innovative, private utility-scale, energy conservation project uses cold
<br /> seawater to cool a closed-loop air-conditioning system that will serve up to 65 high-
<br /> • rise buildings in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, substantially reducing potable water
<br /> Water Quality _ • use and wastewater generation, as well as saving considerable energy.
<br /> (USCOE)
<br /> Hawaii Environmental Assessment (HEPA) — Marine Research Center
<br /> PlanningEthics in Relocation Pier 34135, Oahu, HI. Managed agency and public comments,
<br /> responses, revisions of the Draft EA, public notification, dissemination and
<br /> distribution of the Final EA, and issuance of the FONSI by the Hawaii Department of
<br /> Watershed Planning Transportation in order to relocate and expand the University of Hawaii's Marine
<br /> Research Center in Honolulu Harbor, Oahu, HI.
<br /> Comprehensive Hawaii Environmental Assessment (HEPA) - Barber's Point Redevelopment,
<br /> Conservation Plans Kapolei, HI. Assisted the Hawaii Army National Guard with relocating troops,
<br /> equipment and personnel to Kalaeloa as part of the Barber's Point redevelopment
<br /> Community Profiling ; efforts. Served as the contributing author to the federal and state environmental
<br /> Identityassessment (EA) for which a Finding of No Significant Impact was issued.
<br /> Additionally, I wrote a traffic assessment in support of the EA, which was accepted
<br /> PresentationEffective by local and state transportation agencies, as well as the National Guard Bureau in
<br /> Skills (AMA) Alexandria, VA. I arranged and facilitated public outreach, Neighborhood Board and
<br /> Negotiation ; Mediation agencies meetings, was responsible for the publication and production of the EA,
<br /> Techniques gathering and responding to public / agency comments and coordination with the
<br /> National Guard personnel.
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<br /> (George NEPA-Federal EIS-Guam and CNMI Military Relocation from Okinawa,Japan.
<br /> Facilitated the development of specific mitigation measures and best management
<br /> East West Center practices for the EIS. Ensured that each measure was consistent between the four
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<br /> separate proposed actions and internally consistent between and across resources.
<br /> Internal and intra-resource consistency was of critical importance since the
<br /> measures became part of the Record of Decision and are legally enforceable.
<br /> NEPA — Federal Supplemental EIS (SEIS) — Department of Defense (DOD)
<br /> Military Relocation from Okinawa, Japan to Guam. Contributing team author for
<br /> the cumulative impact section. The SEIS evaluated the proposed action in light of
<br /> past, present and reasonably foreseeable actions. Evaluated the potential impacts
<br /> of collective actions by DOD and non-DOD parties and their additive effects relative
<br /> to each of 13 alternatives considered in the SEIS. Required evaluating all currently
<br /> permitted and proposed projects, their location and effect, and cumulative effect on
<br /> natural, coastal, recreational, and environmental resources and public infrastructure.
<br /> NEPA - Federal Overseas EIS - Marine Corps Live Fire Training, CNMI.
<br /> Socioeconomic analysis of the proposed action including developing questionnaires,
<br /> lists of interviewees, and creating primary and secondary data sources. Facilitated
<br /> stakeholder, agency, political actors, and decision maker interviews, topical
<br /> research, and assessments of the potential impact of the proposed action and its
<br /> alternatives on social and economic viability, environmental justice, public health,
<br /> welfare and growth, particularly on the islands of Pagan, Tinian and Saipan.
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