2024-06-20 PL-INT-2024-008036 AECOS, Inc. Category PL.13

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i )0001 ditA ERIC B. GUINTHER Eric B. Guinther is an ecologist/botanist and aquatic biologist with 50 years of experience conducting environmental studies throughout the central Pacific Basin. His responsibilities at AECOS include corporate and project management, as well as the production of environmental survey reports, water quality assessments, and plant and animal identifications. Mr. Guinther does the final review of all AECOS reports prior to sending to clients. His educational background encompasses geology and botany in addition to his major area of study in invertebrate zoology. In recent years, Mr. Guinther has been involved mostly with conducting plant surveys to document potentially sensitive species (native or listed species) as well as invasive and potentially invasive species, conducting surveys assessing the distribution of aquatic biota, and interpreting water quality data to assess the impact of projects on the natural environment. Mr. Guinther has conducted marine,terrestrial, and coastal zone surveys for AECOS throughout the Hawaiian Islands and the western and central Pacific, including Guam, American Samoa, Kwajalein Atoll, Canton Atoll, Fanning Atoll, Christmas Island, Yap, Saipan,Tinian, Palau, and Japan. He has completed numerous terrestrial botanical resource and aquatic resource (streams and wetlands) surveys in the Hawaiian Islands. His work in Guam included field and literature wetland resource surveys for Navy lands. Mr. Guinther is exceptional at field identification and the use of taxonomic keys. He has authored or has been lead author on hundreds of reports. He has prepared biological and impact analyses sections for numerous EAs and EISs. He has participated in ESA botanical species consultations with resource agencies on behalf of clients. Recent projects underway or completed include numerous botanical surveys for private and public clients on Kaua'i, Lanai, Maui, Hawai'i, O'ahu, and. He was a technical advisor to the TMDL studies for Kawa, Kaneohe, and Waikele streams funded by the State of Hawaii, Dept. of Health, and is recently served as botanist for stream improvements under an Army Corps project involving Honolulu urban stream (Manoa and Pablo streams) and an assessment of the impacts of invasive plants on Kawai Nui Marsh on windward O'ahu. Mr. Guinther has completed the 40-hour basic health and safety training required for hazardous waste workers under OSHA 1910.120 and continues to maintain his certification through the annual refresher courses. He is also certified in Standard First Aid, CPR/AED and Wilderness First Aid. Mr. Guinther is an active participant at Na Pohaku o Hauwahine in Kailua, a community project to restore native vegetation and marsh habitat in Kawai Nui Marsh.