Kayleigh Rust Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

• Environmental analysis, permitting, and reporting for Oil & Gas and Transmission industries throughout the Rocky Mountain region specifically for water, soil, air, and noise impacts. • Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA) modeling for the Greater Sage-grouse throughout Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada.• Greater-sage Grouse noise monitoring and impact analysis from mining activities.• SWAT, KINEROS, and RUSLE2 runoff modeling.• Advanced ArcGIS mapping and modeling.• Database management and mapping for BLM oil and gas monitoring.• VBA and Python coding within ArcGIS.

Greater Denver Area

• Located in Austin, Texas from June 2012 - September 2013; Denver, Colorado from September 2013 - February 2014• TNM 2.5 noise modeling – lead modeler• Daily mid-advanced level GIS analysis using ArcInfo/ArcGIS for Desktop including but not limited to creation of shapefiles, conversion of microstation files, manipulation of existing shapefiles, database management, and spatial analysis• AutoCAD and Microstation experience• Right-of-way, noise, socio economic, hazardous materials, water, wetland, soil, geology, and other natural resource analysis• Review of other NEPA transportation issues• Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments, and Environmental Impact Statement preparation and review• Preparation of Interstate Designation reports• Interstate corridor planning• Projects include: US 281 at Premont Relief Route EA (Jim Wells County, Texas); FM 3549 CE (Rockwall, Texas); US 59 Planning and Feasibility Study (Nacogdoches/Angelina Counties, Texas) and ; I-69 Corridor Planning (Texas); I-70 East DEIS (Denver); US 50 Tier I EIS (Southeastern CO); SR 89A EA (Northern Arizona)Certifications:Traffic Noise Model (TNM) 2.5 US Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation

Austin, Texas Area

• FEMA coastal floodplain study analysis • Project Management Plan development and Public Scoping Meeting coordination for the USACE Omaha District on the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study.• Bioassay work for the USACE Galveston District • EIS document preparation and management for a 103 county Habitat Conservation Plan for USFWS.• Preparation of TCEQ industrial waste water and storm water permits.• Writing water quality, sediment quality and disposal site, including ODMDS, sections for Environmental Impact Statements for the USACE Mobile and Galveston Districts.• Development and cost analysis of dredge material management plans for the USACE Jacksonville District.• Preparation of geology, water and soil sections for a FERC Section 7 natural gas pipeline abandonment certificate spanning Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. • Economic analysis preparation for Martin County, FL for annual dredging costs.• Updating of FEMA floodplain maps for the Great Lakes and Washington State including discovery, field verification, and mapping of model results.• Environmental Impact Statement water and sediment quality section preparation for the first off-shore wind project along the Gulf coast.• Regional Sediment Management for West Galveston Bay.• Desktop analysis of real estate impacts for a pipeline reversal spanning east to west across Texas.• Research on developing water quality accounting protocol for the Klamath River Basin.• Research on the economic benefit of carbon sequestration in wetlands.• Proposal preparation and coordination.• Mid level GIS work for various projects.

• Management of coastal restoration projects requiring coordination with and management of A&E services.• Coordination with State and Federal agencies mainly for USACE Section 10/404 permitting of various coastal projects including development of Environmental Assessments and NEPA coordination.• Coordination with City officials concerning public developments, public access, residential development, and zoning codes and their interaction with State and Federal codes/laws.• Projects managed include: Closure of Rollover Pass, McAllis Point Estuarine Habitat Restoration, West Galveston Bay Estuarine Habitat Restoration, Village of Surfside Beach alternative analysis, Texas Coast-wide Erosion Response Plan, and West Galveston Island Beach/Dune Restoration.• Hurricane Ike recovery efforts including on-site fieldwork, providing assistance to hurricane victims, and development of FEMA 406 public assistance claims, project worksheet development claims, and various other coordination efforts for previously engineered beach systems.• Grant writing/development of Federal grants. Awards total $20 million and include: $5.15 million from NOAA through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, $915,000 from USACE/NOAA through the Estuary Restoration Act, and two FEMA HMGP 404 grants for $4.4 and $8.8 million.• Project budget/coordination of funding for $120+ million in ongoing/planned coastal restoration projects.• Representing coastal staff in governmental relation meetings with local, State and Federal Agency personnel and the general public.• Development of reports and projects for the Commissioner of the GLO and State/Federal legislative staff.• Creating basic and assisting with advanced GIS projects.• Contract development and management with A/E firms and project partners.• Fielding public inquiries concerning State developments, projects, and initiatives.

Austin, Texas Area

Intern to the Director of the Energy Resources division within the Texas General Land Office. Work included updating oil and gas/mineral lease agreements on State owned lands; mining research; and basic oil and gas accounting.

Environmental Economics

Biology, Chemistry, Physics

Continuing education.

Business Management