Lee Carolan, Ces Email & Phone Number

United States

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Winchester And Lexington, Ky

Senior Environmental Scientist/Project Manager; serves as the environmental compliance coordinator with responsibility for Due diligence; Prepares Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Water Quality Certification 401 permitting; Responsible for Section 7, 9 and 10 consultations with the USFWS. Provides environmental compliance oversight; NEPA (EIS, EAs, CEs, FONSI, FEIS, Public Meetings) documentation pertaining to federal agency projects; Serves as prime coordinator with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), United States Forest Service (USFS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), State Historic Preservation Offices(SHPO),Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and various state agencies. Provides oversight and environmental performance (NEPA, cultural/historic surveys, archaeological oversight, wetland and stream delineations, Phase I and II ESA reports) on utility projects, linear projects, development projects, and state and federal projects. Provides oversight for environmental portions of project budgets. Currently the authoring four Environmental Assessments with approved Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Programs in three counties in Kentucky. Conducts Public meetings, public involvement and resource coordination.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Project Supervisor on NEPA documents for the US Army Corps of Engineers for a variety of state agencies and military installations, Fort Campbell Military Reservation, and local municipalities; performed terrestrial, aquatic, plant, and threatened and endangered species and critical habitat surveys, Phase I ESA surveys, Section 106 project oversight, and stream assessments for water quality, fish, freshwater mussels and aquatic macroinvertebrate species. Duties also included wetland delineation to determine jurisdictional status and potential impacts for mitigation purposes, all of which were conducted in accordance with state and federal regulations and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual.Authored various NEPA documents: Biological Assessments; Environmental Baseline Surveys; and Environmental Assessments such as; • Final Environmental Site Assessment for Bi-County Solid Waste Management System/Fort Campbell Military Reservation Land Transfer including the Biological Assessment (approximately 1.5 years)• Finding of No Significant Impact for Bi-County Solid Waste Management System/Fort Campbell Military Reservation Land Transfer (approximately 2 months)• Environmental Baseline Survey for Bi-County Solid Waste Management System/Fort Campbell Military Reservation Land Transfer (approximately 3 months)• Final Environmental Site Assessment including the Biological Assessment for Armed Forces Reserve Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota (approximately 4 months)• Numerous Phase I Site Assessments with threatened and endangered species and critical habitat research and wetlands delineation in Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Virginia. (Approximately 6 months spent on various projects combined).

Frankfort, Kentucky

Served as the Division Director of Information and Education and a Public Relations Manager for a 500-employee agency working directly with Kentucky Tourism Cabinet. Public meetings, resource coordination and public involvement on projects and managed million dollar budgets.

Arkansas,Texas And Louisiana

District Biologist; working knowledge of NFMA and RPA as well as NEPA; provided information during appeals process for the forest; managed T&E, wildlife and educational programs; performed threatened and endangered species surveys, including terrestrial (bat, bear, birds, and otters), aquatic macroinvertebrate, fish, freshwater mussels, botanical, wetland, and stream surveys for the states of Texas and Louisiana; wrote Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments, Biological Evaluations and Assessments on over 50 projects including wildlife, recreational, timber, oil and gas and transportation projects for the states of Texas and Louisiana. Provided information for Appeals process Performed Section 7 Consultation on all of the above projects; responsible for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker Translocation program on the Forest; member of the Southeastern RCW Translocation team in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas; performed annual Partners in Flight Migratory Bird surveys; team member of the 1998 Storm Damage project on the National Forests and Grasslands of Texas; red-card firefighter and disaster relief team member .Detailed to Kisatchie NF in 1999 to write EA’s for timber projects.

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

Activities and Societies: Wildlife Society, National Association of Interpretation, and Hunter Education Instructor

Hs Diploma