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Company
Profile
Principals
Stephen
Svete
Michael
Gialketsis
Walt
Hamann
Duane
Vander Pluym
Joseph
Power
John
Rickenbach
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Vice-President,
Environmental Science
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Dr.
Vander Pluym is a Senior Environmental Professional responsible
for the management and preparation of major complex environmental
studies. He is also responsible for the coordination of
the Quality Control/Quality Assurance program, including
providing technical review and oversight of projects, and
training and management of environmental professionals.
His primary expertise is in general environmental analysis,
biology, and ecosystem analysis, with extended knowledge
in the fields of noise, air quality, traffic and circulation,
hydrology, aesthetics, risk analysis, and water quality.
He is familiar with CEQA and NEPA regulations, state and
federal Endangered Species Acts requirements, Army Corps
of Engineers 404 jurisdictional wetlands analysis, California
Fish and Game regulations, the preparation and implementation
of Mitigation Monitoring Programs, and Health Risk Assessment
protocols. He has over 20 years of experience in the biological
and environmental profession.
TECHNICAL
CAPABILITIES
Dr.
Vander Pluym has served as a project manager and primary
technical investigator for hundreds of reports performed
for public and private agencies. Dr. Vander Pluym has created
in-house computer spreadsheet programs for computation of
health risk associated with toxic materials, railroad and
highway traffic noise, construction noise, highway intersection
capacity utilization, shadow analysis, air pollutant emissions,
and small watershed hydrology, among others. He also conducts
computer simulation models using a variety of published
biological, air quality, and noise models to aid in the
determination of environmental effects. He is also knowledgeable
in the use of GIS software.
Dr.
Vander Pluym has considerable experience working with many
public agencies, providing public testimony, leading public
hearings and meetings, and has served as an expert witness
during litigation. He has also prepared numerous Mitigation
Monitoring Plans and Programs, supervised in-field mitigation
efforts, and conducted construction monitoring.
EDUCATION,
REGISTRATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Doctorate,
Environmental Science and Engineering, University of California,
Los Angeles
M.A., Biology, University of California, Riverside
B.Sc., Biology, University of California, Riverside
California Community College Instructor, Biological Sciences
and Ecology Member of Citizens Advisory Committee, Ventura
County APCD
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