STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
MAY 2017
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 740 San Francisco, CA 94111 650-373-1200 www.panoramaenv.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Company Profile ...... 1
Representative Clients ...... 4
Services ...... 5
Project Experience ...... 12
Staff Biographies ...... 17
Testimonials ...... 23
COMPANY PROFILE
Panorama Environmental, Inc. (Panorama) is a San Francisco-based environmental consulting firm that specializes in helping companies and agencies resolve complex environmental issues that arise from planned or current development projects. For over 30 years, Panorama’s highly qualified professionals have collaborated closely with our clients to create solutions that are as economically savvy as they are environmentally sound.
Company History CERTIFICATIONS Panorama was established in 1983 as MHA Environmental California Department of Consulting, Inc. In 2007, RMT, Inc. (RMT) acquired MHA to General Services – Small expedite growth of its west coast operations and to expand the Business (SB) California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National San Francisco Municipal Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), renewable energy, and Transportation Agency – Disadvantaged Business permitting capabilities of the company. The successful merger Enterprise (DBE) resulted in a strengthened west coast presence for RMT. CPUC Supplier Clearinghouse – Women-owned Business In 2011, RMT decided to focus its efforts on construction of Enterprise (WBE) renewable energy projects and RMT was sold by parent Alliant City and County of San Energy. The San Mateo office of RMT became Panorama and Francisco – Local Business Enterprise (LBE) moved to San Francisco. Federal Small Business Administration – Premier Organization Disadvantaged Women- owned Small Business For over 30 years, the Panorama team has fostered enduring (DWOSB) relationships focused on meeting and exceeding the needs of each individual client. Our staff understands the financial and business impacts of environmental compliance. We continually
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 1 provide value to our clients through proactive, early identification of issues and providing timely, cost‐effective compliance solutions. Panorama’s unique approach to environmental consulting involves several key aspects:
Strategic planning for project definition and permitting. Early and thorough definition of a project reduces costs and schedules. At Panorama, we think strategically and plan ahead, identifying what needs to be accomplished over time and the potential impacts of planning decisions. Integration of CEQA, NEPA, and environmental permitting. Panorama encourages clients to integrate the CEQA, NEPA, and permitting processes. Panorama looks ahead to the permitting requirements of a project to ensure that issues are addressed early in the environmental review. This approach avoids surprises and delays in the permitting process. Tailored teams of local resource experts. Panorama has an extensive network of environmental specialists (in fields such as biology, hydrology, cultural resources, traffic) throughout the United States (and in several countries). We tailor each project team to meet the geographic and resource‐specific needs of the project. Early and frequent public and agency outreach. Consultation with involved agencies and the public is crucial on projects of public interest. Panorama seeks input and addresses issues early to reduce costs and shorten schedules. Flexible and responsive project managers and team members. Team members understand our role as service providers. We respond promptly to client and agency requests and understand the urgency of projects. We are here to help our clients reach their goals in a cost‐effective and timely manner. Creative problem solving. Panorama team members know how to solve problems. We do not stop at obstacles, but develop innovative approaches to meet goals, schedules, and budgets.
How are We Different from other Firms? Quality. All projects have Principal oversight and senior review
Critical Thinking. We critically assess all input—from scientists, agencies, and engineers
Fast-track Schedules. We know how to move your project through the process to meet your schedule
Effective Tools. We use state of the art software tools to minimize our overhead and streamline our workflow. Our proprietary CEQA document database and the Panorama in‐house training program accelerate our projects.
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 2 Panorama’s success has been based on a creative and team approach to consulting that is inclusive of agency staff, applicants, and consultants.
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REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
Panorama provides service to government agencies and private companies. Panorama’s reputation for excellence and quality services is demonstrated by our long- standing, repeat client base shown below.
Local Government/Special Districts Private City and County of San Francisco* Anadarko Petroleum Corporation City of Burlingame* Bechtel Enterprises* City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Water CalEnergy, Inc.* and Power* Calpine Corporation* City of Redwood City* Gradient Resources* City of San Mateo* Mainstream Renewable Power* County of Inyo* Quincy Engineering* City of Palo Alto* Ormat* County of San Mateo* Pacific Gas and Electric Company* Marin Municipal Water District* Southern California Edison* Santa Clara Valley Water District* Vulcan Chemicals* Town of Los Altos Hills* Associations Tri‐Valley Groundwater Management District California Geothermal Energy Collaborative* State Government Geothermal Energy Association* California Public Utilities Commission* Geothermal Resources Council* Oregon Institute of Technology* International Geothermal Association* Federal Government National Geothermal Collaborative* U.S. Department of Defense‐Navy, Army* International U.S. Bureau of Land Management* Geologica Geothermal /Electricité de Djibouti* U.S. Department of Energy* GreenMax/GDC* U.S. Forest Service* Kenya Electricity Generating Company* * Indicates multiple contracts U.S.‐East Africa Geothermal Partnership
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SERVICES
Experience has proven that early attention to environmental issues reduces costs and advances permitting schedules. Our services facilitate environmentally sound development for project proponents, government agencies, and public interest groups, and are designed to move your project through the regulatory process to construction. The services we provide are described below.
Project Definition and Engineering Support Panorama routinely assists project proponents early in the engineering phase to fully define projects using our project definition checklist. Panorama team members have worked closely with engineers to enhance projects and define feasible alternatives. Early and thorough project definition streamlines the CEQA, NEPA, and permitting review processes and avoids delays during construction. Our team includes experts in energy infrastructure in the west.
Project and Environmental Feasibility Studies Environmental and permitting feasibility studies are increasingly critical in project planning. Panorama identifies constraints (including “fatal flaws”) and major cost items in permitting proposed development projects. Feasibility studies have included reconnaissance‐level resource surveys, agency consultations, detailed cost estimates, and permitting schedules and strategies.
Project Siting Studies Preliminary studies are conducted for screening large areas for facility siting. Panorama performs preliminary and/or detailed site assessments, which identify constraints and alternative site rankings (qualitative and quantitative).
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 5 Project Design Review Panorama works with project proponents and regulatory review agencies to ensure that environmental requirements and constraints are addressed in the early stages of engineering design and economic analysis. We assist clients in preparing project descriptions and environmental components of operation for submittal to regulatory agencies. This work avoids costly re‐design and reduced mitigation costs.
Public Engagement Panorama develops and implements comprehensive public engagement programs tailored to the needs of individual projects and clients to achieve informed consent from the community. Laurie Hietter and Tania Treis have authored two publications on public engagement (Geothermal Outreach Principles and Comment Analysis Report and Geothermal Education and Outreach).
Services for public engagement programs include: Identifying stakeholders Outreach to interested citizens, agencies, and special interest groups Coordinating, developing, and conducting public and agency scoping meetings, workshops, seminars, and hearings Preparing Scoping Reports Conducting one‐on‐one interviews Developing and hosting websites Writing and distributing newsletters Developing and managing social media campaigns
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Panorama provides GIS services throughout the continuum of environmental analysis and project development. Typical services include the following: Developing and maintaining project‐specific geospatial databases Developing mailing lists from assessor parcel data Preparing facility layout maps for project features, pipeline, transmission line, and access road easements Conducting viewshed analyses Analyzing data and preparing graphics to facilitate stakeholder outreach and public meetings and hearings, feasibility studies, parcel priority rankings, route selection, resource management, environmental review and permitting, and tracking environmental compliance during construction
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CEQA/NEPA Compliance Panorama prepares federal and state environmental reports under CEQA and NEPA including: CEQA NEPA Categorical Exemptions Categorical Exclusions Initial Studies (ISs) Environmental Assessments (EAs) Negative Declarations (NDs) and Findings of No Significant Impact Mitigated Negative Declarations (FONSIs) (MNDs) Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)
Panorama is especially adept at preparing joint federal/state environmental documents with multiple‐agency jurisdictions, including joint EIR/EISs, EIR/EAs, and IS/EAs.
Panorama provides clients with services that include: Assisting agencies in determining the appropriate type of environmental documentation required under CEQA and NEPA (e.g., IS/MND vs. EIR) Identifying lead, cooperating, and responsible agencies Defining significance thresholds Identifying appropriate tasks and schedules for CEQA/NEPA compliance Preparing and distributing agency notices Conducting baseline resource studies Conducting public hearings and leading public engagement programs Developing and maintaining project websites and social media programs Defining and implementing mitigation monitoring and reporting programs Performing all aspects of document production including graphics, printing, and distribution Defining and implementing Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Programs
Resource Surveys and Monitoring Panorama designs and performs surveys for baseline data collection, monitoring, and fulfillment of mitigation requirements. We conduct surveys and studies for: Vegetation, fish, invertebrates, and Wetlands wildlife Air quality monitoring and modeling Threatened, rare, endangered, and special‐ Ambient noise measurement and impact status species modeling Surface water evaluation and monitoring Aesthetics, visual evaluations, and Groundwater resource evaluation and simulations monitoring Transportation and traffic Hydrologic evaluation and monitoring Land use, growth impacts, and Cultural resources (archaeological, socioeconomics historical, and ethnographic) Geology and soils Paleontological resources
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 7 Data collection is conducted using state of the art methods following existing or negotiated protocols. GIS tools are used for data analysis and manipulation for graphical display of results.
Data Collection and Research Panorama provides specialized technical expertise in a wide variety of fields including air quality, archaeology, biogeochemistry, biology, botany, ecology, entomology, ethnography, forestry, geology, groundwater, herpetology, hydrology, ichthyology, mammalogy, noise, ornithology, population biology, transportation, visual resources, and water quality. We tailor our research team to match the geographic, resource, and project issues, and draw upon our wide network of technical specialists located throughout the west. Panorama has built an extensive network of highly qualified experts over the last 30 years.
Panorama offers a wide array of services for short‐ and long‐term scientific research to address practical questions in resource management. Such research services include cost‐effective study design, field data collection and data management, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, technical writing and editing, and presentation and interpretation of results to a diverse audience. Our project managers are particularly skilled in explaining complex scientific issues to decision‐makers on boards and commissions.
Wetland Delineation and Habitat Mitigation Panorama provides wetland delineation services to identify waters of the State and waters of the United States in compliance with Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act. Panorama consults with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to verify wetland delineations and obtain permits for effects to wetlands. Panorama develops habitat mitigation and monitoring plans and 404(b)(1) alternatives analyses. We also prepare, implement, and monitor habitat restoration and mitigation plans for arid lands, and for wetland, riparian, and upland habitats.
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Endangered, Threatened, Rare, and Special-status Species Panorama designs and implements survey protocols for threatened, rare, endangered, and special‐status species as part of almost every project. Our experience includes writing and implementing habitat and species management plans, as well as federal 10(a) permit applications, Habitat Conservation Plans, and Incidental Take Permits. Panorama assists clients in obtaining state and federal endangered species permits and conducting consultations with CDFW and USFWS (2090, 2081, Section 7, and Section 10a) through preparing Biological Assessments and Biological Evaluations. Our team provides assistance for state and federal biological opinions, mitigation banking, and training on Habitat Conservation Plans and protocols.
Environmental Permits and Supporting Information Panorama performs permit feasibility analyses, collects data, prepares permit applications, and assists with obtaining coverage for a wide range of state and federal permits including air, water, waste discharge, and stream and lake alteration.
The permits and supporting information we obtain or provide include, but are not limited to: Land Use Biology Conditional Use Permits Incidental Take Permits Special Use Permits Biological Opinions Consistency Determination Caltrans Orders of Waste Discharge Encroachment National Pollutant Discharge Preliminary Environmental Study Elimination System (NPDES) permits Preliminary Environmental Analysis Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Report Quality Certification Natural Environment Study Clean Water Act Section 404 discharge Categorical Exclusion with Studies permits (individual and nationwide) Archaeological Survey Reports Joint Aquatic Resources Permit Historic Properties Survey Reports Applications (JARPAs) Historic Resources Evaluation Report Construction Stormwater Discharge Permits (i.e., Stormwater Pollution Air Prevention Plans [SWPPPs]) Clean Air Act Prevention of Significant Streambed Alteration Agreements Deterioration (PSD) permits (California Fish and Game Code Authority to Construct Sections 1601 and 1603) Permit to Operate
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 9 Environmental Impact Mitigation Plans Panorama provides practical, creative solutions for mitigating impacts for a full range of environmental parameters (as a separate service or as part of the environmental analysis process). Mitigation plans include game and non‐game species mitigation, revegetation, noise attenuation, cultural resources evaluation and data recovery programs, and fisheries habitat protection and enhancement. The plans are designed to provide clear and cost‐effective mitigation and compliance measures to reduce or avoid adverse effects.
Environmental Compliance Monitoring Effective environmental compliance begins with well‐written mitigation measures and permit conditions. Panorama assesses the effectiveness of and compliance with construction and post‐ construction permit requirements. Our services include construction monitoring, audits, and verification of compliance
with mitigation measures and permit conditions.
Panorama teaches corporate and agency staff procedures for implementation of environmental regulations, including permit and environmental reporting requirements. Panorama also trains construction and field personnel on field procedures and safety using video presentations, brochures, tailgate lectures, and on‐site training.
Habitat Restoration Panorama provides habitat restoration and vegetation enhancement plans that increase the ecological functions and value of the habitat on a project site to meet regulatory agency requirements. Panorama understands what habitat components are important for restoration, based on years of field experience and decades of working with regulatory agencies. Panorama has experience with a wide variety of habitat enhancement techniques, and uses the state of the art management tools and monitoring methods. Our successful restoration and mitigation projects result from a collaboration of hydrologists, engineers, landscape architects, agency staff, and the public. We have worked on projects on federal, state, and land owned by local jurisdictions, such as cities, irrigation and water districts. We have also worked to restore and enhance wildlife habitat in suburban and urban landscaping for a wide variety of clients, including private landowners.
Establishing project mitigation objectives with successful monitoring criteria are essential parts of any habitat restoration plan. Our habitat restoration goals ensure that any restoration project is self‐sustaining and supports a diversity of plant and animal species. Panorama also monitors restoration sites and prepares monitoring reports required by federal, state or local permits. Our
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habitat management plans incorporate adaptive management strategies to allow for early and successful adjustments to habitat restoration efforts.
Panorama scientists have expertise in preparing restoration and mitigation plans for: Arid environments including desert/desert riparian Wetland habitats including tidal areas, freshwater marshes, and seasonal wetlands Riparian habitats including salmonid (cold water) streams
International Environmental and Social Impact Analysis Panorama provides project applicants and governmental agencies with assistance in meeting environmental and social analysis requirements to support geothermal and other energy development. Team members have conducted environmental and social analysis in Kenya, Djibouti, Trinidad, Colombia, and other locations.
Panorama staff team with local experts to provide the broad experience of our team combined with local knowledge of site‐specific resources. Several Panorama team members are fluent in Spanish, and Panorama has prepared documents in multiple languages.
Panorama provides compliance services to meet national and international requirements such as National Environmental Management Acts and environmental and social safeguard policies. Panorama has prepared environmental and social documents that comply with requirements of various donor and funding entities such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and French Development Bank.
Services have included: Environmental and social issue overview Environmental and social regulation summaries Health and safety analysis Preliminary Environmental and Social Impact Assessments Environmental and Social Impact Assessments Environmental and Social Management Plans Social engagement (national and local) Environmental and social impact mitigation and safeguard measures Environmental, regulatory, social, and climate change training and capacity building
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PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Panorama has managed and prepared CEQA and NEPA environmental documents, regulatory permit applications, natural resource surveys, mitigation programs, and federal and state environmental compliance programs for a variety of industries and agencies. Our projects range from complete environmental services for large-scale, complex industrial projects (energy, infrastructure, mineral processing) to simple, small- scale development projects (redevelopment housing, water wells, road and bridge improvements).
ENERGY: TRANSMISSION ENERGY: GEOTHERMAL
PG&E Cabrillo to Santa Ynez 115-kV Olkaria Geothermal Field Environmental Reconductoring IS/MND Oversight PG&E Atascadero to San Luis Obispo 115-kV Djibouti Geothermal Exploration ESMP Reconductoring IS/MND Bottle Rock Power Geothermal Expansion Project PG&E On-call Environmental and Biological Gradient Resources, Inc., Patua Phases I & II Services Geothermal Power Plant EAs PG&E Fulton to Fitch Transmission IS/MND U.S. Navy Geothermal Resources and Energy Southern California Edison El Casco System Project EIS Proponent’s Environmental Assessment (PEA) and Calpine Fourmile Hill Geothermal Development monitoring Project EIS/EIR
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ENERGY: TRANSMISSION ENERGY: GEOTHERMAL Southern California Edison Valley to Ivyglen CalEnergy Coso Geothermal Development Transmission Siting and PEA Environmental Documents (EIS, EA/EIR, and EAs) Southern California Edison Ritter Ranch Substation Coso Hay Ranch Water Extraction and Delivery and Telecommunications (PEA) System EIR San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) Salt Creek Ormat Carson Lake Exploration EA and Plan of Substation and Transmission EIR Development SDG&E Sycamore-Peñasquitos Transmission EIR CalEnergy Newberry Geothermal Pilot Plant Project EIS Fourmile Hill Transmission Line EIS/EIR Oregon Institute of Technology Geothermal Coso Geothermal Development 115 and 230 kV Project EA Transmission Lines EA and EA/EIR Town of Lakeview Geothermal Project EA
Canby Cascaded Geothermal Project EA National Geothermal Collaborative Outreach Report California Geothermal Energy Collaborative/CEC Public Outreach Guide
ENERGY: SOLAR ENERGY: WIND
Caithness/Bechtel Soda Mountain 350-MW Solar Pattern Energy Santa Isabel Wind Development Project Environmental, Engineering, and Permitting EIS, Puerto Rico Support Helo Sand Canyon Wind Development SunCal Barstow and Jacumba Applications for Engineering and Permitting Certification Western Wind Windstar Construction Monitoring Confidential Client Environmental and Transmission Confidential Client GIS Constraints Analysis for Review for Multiple Solar Installations Wind Development in California SoloPower Production Facility Categorical Graham Pass Wind Project Feasibility Study Exclusion and Studies Duke Energy Confidential Project Due Diligence
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 13 ENERGY: UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE AND WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES GAS/OIL PIPELINES
Gill Ranch Gas Storage, Pipeline, and Transmission Marin Municipal Water District Wildfire Line IS/MND Protection and Habitat Improvement Plan EIR Wild Goose Natural Gas Storage Expansion and Inyo County Public Works Habitat Restoration Pipeline EIR Plans for Sabrina and Trona Wildrose Areas Decommissioning and Sale of the Montebello Gas Santa Clara Valley Water District Dam Field IS/MND Maintenance Program and Program EIR Wyoming-California Pipeline Company WyCal Santa Clara Valley Water District Pipeline Natural Gas Pipeline Resource Surveys and Maintenance Program and Program EIR/EA Environmental Reviews Montara Water and Sanitary District Master Plan CPUC Valuation and Sale of Southern California Phase I EIR Edison Fuel Oil Pipeline Environmental Review Western Water Company Olancha Water Shell Marsh Creek Oil Pipeline Replacement Project CUP and Environmental Review Mitigation Monitoring Tri-Valley Ground Water Management District/U.S. Filter Tri-Valley Surplus Groundwater Project Studies and Initial Study Soda Mountain Solar Groundwater Modeling, Drilling, and Well Test
INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE: WASTEWATER
Half Moon Bay Highway 1/Terrace Avenue Ione Wastewater Treatment Plant Signalization EIR Master Plan EIR City of Bishop Grove Street Sidewalks Project Grass Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant IS/MND Upgrades IS/MND
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INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE: WASTEWATER Inyo County Emergency Road Repair Tecopa Sewage Lagoon Repair Project EA/IS Environmental Studies, CEQA/NEPA compliance, and Monitoring and Permitting Los Altos Hills Sewer Replacement Project Colusa Road Improvement Project Initial Study IS/MND Owens Lake Soda Ash Mining and Railroad Rehab Jamestown Effluent Pipeline EIR EIS/EIR
INFRASTRUCTURE: TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE: LANDFILLS
Channel Islands Telephone Company for the Cortina Landfill Road Improvements Project Channel Islands Telecommunication Infrastructure Initial Study IS/EA Yreka Landfill Project EIR ExteNet Systems, LLC, State Route 35 Distributed Antenna System IS/MND East Third Avenue Landfill Closure Project Initial Study El Casco System Transmission and Telecom PEA
INFRASTRUCTURE: BRIDGES MINING AND PROCESSING
Sabrina Road Bridge Replacement Studies and CariSal Calcium Chloride Project Application Initial Study, NES and Certificate of Environmental Clearance, Trinidad and Tobago Riverside Road Bridge Replacement NES, Cat Ex with Studies Owens Lake Soda Ash Company Mining and Processing and Railroad EIR/EIS Norfolk Street Bridge Rehabilitation Project NES U.S. Borax Trona Upgrade Project Conditional Walker Creek Bridge Replacement Initial Study and Use Permit Application and Initial Study Cat Ex with Studies Briggs Gold Mine Studies, Panamint Valley Topaz Bridge Maintenance Permitting
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PARKS AND RECREATION URBAN DEVELOPMENT/PLANNING
City of Bishop Pine to Park Path Project IS/MND On-call Services for the San Mateo County Planning Department Dehy Park Improvements Project IS/MND On-call CEQA Assistance for the Santa Clara Laws Railroad Restoration Project IS/EA County Planning Department Berkeley Bay Trail Extension around the Berkeley On-call CEQA Assistance for the City of Marina IS/MND Burlingame County of San Mateo Trails Plan Program Update On-call CEQA Assistance for the City of and Program EIR Redwood City Bair Island Bay Trail Improvement Project IS/EA Alhambra Valley Estates EIR San Mateo Shoreline Parks Master Plan IS/MND Laurel Way Planned Development EIR DeLaveaga Park Vegetation Management Plan Sand Hill Estates Lawler Ranch Road EIR IS/MND Sunrise Assisted Living Facility EIR Beresford Park Master Plan IS/MND Bowden Ranch Development EIR Santa Cruz Skate Track EIR Terrace Point Specific Plan EIR Neary Lagoon Skate Park EIR City of Palo Alto High-Speed Rail Assistance
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STAFF BIOGRAPHIES
Panorama maintains an interdisciplinary team of scientists, environmental planners, GIS specialists, and graphic designers. Our in-house team is supported by noted experts throughout the western U.S. Panorama team members are extraordinary and forward thinking. Each team member is an expert in environmental regulations and CEQA compliance. Team members focus on identifying and meeting client needs, planning ahead to avoid surprises, and moving projects forward to construction.
Laurie Hietter, Tania Treis, Principal Principal Laurie has over 30 years of Tania’s over 15 years of program and experience in preparing and project management experience leading preparation of complex includes establishing collaborative CEQA/NEPA environmental team environments across multiple documents and project permitting. companies; managing task orders, She is a leader in the environmental schedules, budgets, and field, and is routinely solicited by administrative records; and serving agency staff and project as the liaison between the client, the proponents to provide training and technical team, and the agencies. advice on environmental impacts and permitting She has managed the preparation of over 50 strategies. Laurie has a deep understanding of environmental studies including permitting due water management and power generation diligence, environmental programs, and CEQA and (especially solar and geothermal), transmission, and NEPA documents. She has focused on the permitting gas storage and transmission issues. Her technical of complex water, energy, and infrastructure projects experience has focused on project definition, over the last 15 years. Tania excels at the definition of strategic planning for permitting, CEQA and NEPA projects for the permitting process and at proactive compliance, and resource studies. She also engagement with team members, including project developed comprehensive public involvement engineers and agency staff. Her approach is framed plans for highly controversial projects, working with by a keen awareness of project implementation and nationally renowned facilitators from MIT, and co- mitigation feasibility. Her technical understanding authored public engagement publications. Laurie’s includes disciplines such as biology, geology, international work includes preparing and reviewing hydrology, and cultural resources. Tania co-authored ESIAs and ESMPs for geothermal projects in Kenya, a CEC publication on public engagement. Djibouti, and St. Lucia.
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 17 Curtis Williams, AICP, Susanne Heim, Director Principal Planner Susanne has 10 years of professional Curtis has extensive planning experience in environmental experience, with over 25 years at a planning, management, and management level, and hydrology. Her expertise includes specialized expertise in planning for preparation and management of environmentally sensitive areas, environmental documents under zoning ordinances, and regional, state, and federal environmental review. He has a environmental regulations including particular expertise in planning for CEQA, NEPA, federal and California transportation improvements. Curtis Endangered Species Acts, National Historic served as Director of Planning for City of Palo Alto Preservation Act, and Clean Water Act. Susanne from 2008 through 2013 and previously as Director has also developed mitigation measures through of Planning for City of Woodside and Town of Los coordination with agencies and managed Altos Hills. He has also worked as a consultant for mitigation monitoring programs. Susanne has many years, including leading preparation of CEQA experience working in the Lake Tahoe Basin, documents for development in local cities and Nevada, California, and Djibouti and has managed counties. Curtis is a certified mediator for conflict over 40 contracting actions for the U.S. Army Corps management and certified in alternative dispute of Engineers including projects related to watershed resolution. sustainability, web-database development, environmental restoration, and NEPA compliance. Susanne also has been trained in Six Sigma quality management and World Bank environmental compliance.
Jeff Thomas, Sheila Hoyer, Senior Manager/Regulatory Specialist Project Manager Jeff Thomas has over 20 years Sheila has over 4 years combined combined of consulting and city environmental experience, government experience in including regulating and enforcing environmental and land use Clean Air Act Title I sources, planning, regulatory compliance reviewing EIRs for CEQA strategy and permitting, and compliance, and construction biological resources management. compliance monitoring. Her air His experience includes complex quality experience includes environmental planning projects, reviewing construction and providing technical direction, QA/QC, client compliance plan applications and issuing permits, interface, and representation at public and inspecting sites for erosion and fugitive dust stakeholder meetings. Jeff has directed and mitigation, complaint investigation and resolution, participated in the preparation of numerous and issuing citations. She has analyzed ambient air environmental documents and resource quality data, developed air quality emission evaluations supporting NEPA, CEQA, NHPA Section inventories and maintained data bases utilizing GIS 10, Clean Water Act Sections 401 and 404, Rivers and GPS while providing technical assistance to the and Harbors Act Section 10, California Fish and Air Quality Board, governing bodies, the public and Game Code Section 1600, federal ESA (USFWS and other agencies. Sheila has advocated and NMFS Section 7), California ESA (CESA Section 2081), implemented standards, policies and ordinances by and Marine Mammal Protection Act, environmental oral and written presentations, including the compliance monitoring, habitat restoration production of Public Service Announcements and planning and implementation, and conservation the publication of brochures and pamphlets. She planning (ESA Section 10, Natural Community rewrote, and the agencies adopted, the air quality Conservation Planning Program). sections of the Rapid City, South Dakota Municipal Code and the Pennington County, South Dakota Ordinance.
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Aaron Lui, Rita Wilke, Project Manager/GIS Specialist Project Manager Aaron has over 7 years of Rita has 5 years of consulting experience working in the experience and 8 years of environmental consulting field on experience in the environmental energy, infrastructure, field. She has managed public transportation, and housing works infrastructure projects development projects. He has including road and bridge managed agency responsibilities construction projects and culvert for utility clients, preparation of extensions. She also has environmental documents, and experience preparing CEQA implementation of mitigation monitoring programs analyses for a variety of resource topics, including for multi-year construction projects. Aaron has also noise, hazards, utilities and public services, managed communication responsibilities between recreation, and visual resources. Rita has prepared agencies, project developers, contractors, and the permit applications for Regional Water Quality public. Aaron has extensive experience preparing Control Boards and CDFW, and has extensive and editing project descriptions and CEQA experience coordinating with State and federal analyses topics, as well as developing geographic agencies. Rita has experience managing mitigation information systems (GIS), cartography, and compliance efforts and conducting mitigation graphic design. Aaron is currently the Project monitoring at project sites across California. Rita is Manager for a transmission project in Sonoma currently managing a variety of public works project County and co-managing a multi-phase in Inyo County and is acting as Deputy Project cartography project for an urban transportation Manager for a 10-mile transmission project in agency. Riverside County.
Caitlin Gilleran, Okorie Puryear, Project Manager Project Manager Caitlin has over 6 years of Okorie Puryear has ten years of environmental planner and professional experience technical analysis experience. In her conducting environmental review work, Caitlin has assisted in the and mitigaiton monitoring of large preparation of environmental infrastructure projects in documentation for an array of compliance with CEQA and NEPA. mixed-use, residential, institutional, Okorie has substantial experience transportation, mitigation, and obtaining permitting approval for infrastructure projects. Caitlin has water resource impacts and was experience in preparation of CEQA and NEPA the Project Manager and lead permitting specialist documentation including writing environmental for decommissioning of the San Francisco-Oakland impact analyses, reviewing technical studies, and Bay Bridge. He has experience negotiating permit research. Caitlin also has experience with crucial conditions and obtaining approvals from CDFW, administrative tasks, such as tracking and USFWS, and NMFS for impacts to threatened and maintaining budgets, client relationships, and endangered species and marine mammals. He also technical expert management. Caitlin is especially has substantial experience obtaining water qualtiy effective in achieving deadlines by meeting certification and implementing mitigaiton strategies deliverable targets with efficient workload in accordance with Section 10 of the Rivers and management. She has technical expertise in Harbors Act and Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean modeling air quality and greenhouse gas emissions Water Act. using CalEEMod and analyzing the results. Caitlin Okorie has a diverse range of skills, including has experience with local and federal agencies biological studies, field sampling, species from her time as an intern. identification, and research and report writing in support of compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and other permitting needs.
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 19 Kara Dewhurst, Ph.D. Corey Fong, Environmental Planner Cartographer/GIS Specialist Kara has over 4 years of experience Corey has over 10 years of as an environmental consultant experience with a range of with a focus on the social and expertise including Environmental environmental impacts of large Science, Geography, and power projects. She conducted a computer aided cartography. He social impact assessment and uses ArcGIS software from ESRI to implemented community create and maintain GIS data and development initiatives for the geodatabases. He has experience proposed Nevado Del Ruiz with the Spatial Analyst and 3D geothermal project in Colombia as the Director of Analyst extensions for viewshed and slope analysis Social Programs at the Dewhurst Group, LLC. and modelling. Corey uses Adobe Illustrator, As an environmental planner at Panorama, Kara Photoshop, and Acrobat to edit maps and figures prepares environmental analyses for transmission, for environmental documents. TerraSync and energy, and conservation planning projects. She Pathfinder Office software are used to integrate also assists with the public scoping and stakeholder biological survey GPS data into project specific GIS. engagement processes. She recently completed He has also generated project models using Google her Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Virginia SketchUp 7 for placement in computer generated with a concentration in renewable energy 3D virtual tours of proposed projects. Corey has also development, where she received her M.A. in 2012. worked as a backcountry ranger for the U.S. Forest She holds a B.A., also in sociology, from the Service in the Emigrant Wilderness of California. University of Pennsylvania.
Kimi Worrell, Naomi Takahashi, Environmental Planner Environmental Planner Kimi has 4 years of experience in Naomi has 2 years of environmental the environmental field. As an consulting experience in energy, Environmental Planner with transmission, transportation, Panorama, Kimi prepares planning, and water projects in environmental documents and California. She conducts manages document production background research for for various transmission, documents necessary to comply infrastructure, energy, with the California Environmental development, and land Quality Act (CEQA) and National management projects under CEQA and various Environmental Policy Act, drafts sections of CEQA international regulations, including the social and documents, and manages document production environmental frameworks from the World Bank, and distribution. With over 8 years of experience in IFC, and African Development Bank. Kimi has technical editing and data presentation geared focused on identifying project impacts on towards the public and the scientific community, aesthetics, cultural resources, air quality, and Naomi also provides editorial support and recreation; developing feasible and verifiable coordinates public outreach efforts. Naomi has a mitigation; and reviewing documents for Master’s of Science in Environmental Management completeness and consistency. She also has from the University of San Francisco where her experience with vital administrative tasks, including coursework focused on Environmental Health and managing technical experts and invoicing. Kimi’s Hazards. prior experience includes GIS analysis, forestry, and developing forest management plans.
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Sean Pagnon, Dave Jorns, Office Manager/ Environmental Scientist Creative Services Manager Sean has five months of experience Dave is an administrative and performing environmental field creative services professional with work through his Conservation and over 24 years of experience. He Land Management Internship with brings a valuable blend of the Bureau of Land Management creativity, technical knowledge, (BLM). Under the direction of BLM’s and leadership to each project. Field Botanist, Sean monitored and Dave has a special interest in maintained ecological restoration document design and visual sites, collected field GPS data, branding. During his career he created maps with ArcGIS, collected native plant supervised the formatting and production of seed, and used R to analyze a dataset studying the document and design deliverables for a variety of effects of sheep grazing. He gained a working clients, including regulatory agencies, transit knowledge of California flora, fauna, and agencies, cities, universities, hospitals, and ecosystems, as well as experience using Trimble consulting firms. Dave is an expert-level user of Juno units. He also worked with several students, Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite. He has volunteer groups, and BLM partner organizations extensive experience building documents with text leading outdoor education classes, mentoring styles, color palettes, macros and libraries. undergraduate students for capstone projects, and working with local consulting and greenhouse organizations to coordinate native plant seed collection and storage.
Geoff Hornek, Bryan Mori, Air Quality and Noise Specialist Wildlife Biologist Geoff’s technical capabilities Bryan has 24 years of experience in include measuring ambient air the field of biological consulting pollutant and noise levels, throughout Central California. performing computer-based air Bryan has conducted baseline dispersion and noise attenuation inventories; biological assessments, modeling, conducting air toxic impact analysis and development health risk assessments, and of mitigation measures for designing environmentally superior environmental review documents; alternatives to mitigate air pollutant and noise surveys for threatened and problems and their related health impacts. He has a endangered species; preparation of wildlife Master of Science Degree in Engineering/Applied management plans for parks and open space Science and a BS in Physics. He has also completed areas; and development and implementation of coursework towards a Master of Public Health monitoring programs. Bryan is a Certified Wildlife degree in environmental health. Biologist through the Wildlife Society. He possesses a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Permit (TE- 778668-8) and California Department of Fish and Game Scientific Collection Permit and MOU for California tiger salamander, Santa Cruz long-toed salamander and California red-legged frog (SCP 1912).
PANORAMA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 21 Korey Klutz Additional Team Members Biologist/Project Manager Panorama has an exceptional network of technical Korey Klutz has over ten years of experience specialists located throughout the west. Our long conducting biological research in southern experience with local biologists and archaeologists California and more than three years of experience in the project area allows us to bring the best expert as a project manager. His experience includes at the least cost. Our network includes experts in all performing general biological inventories, rare plant areas of environmental analysis, as well as surveys, sensitive wildlife surveys, habitat restoration engineers who are expert in power plants, and habitat conservation planning. Korey also has transmission, water engineering, traffic, and considerable experience managing and infrastructure projects. conducting construction monitoring on mass grading sites, linear pipelines, residential developments, and school construction sites. He also has extensive experience in preparing biological technical reports in support of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and local jurisdictional agency compliance documentation.
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PANORAMA TESTIMONIALS
“Panorama Environmental is working with the “I have had the opportunity to work with Marin Municipal Water District to prepare a Panorama on Inyo County public works projects Programmatic EIR for our Draft Wildfire over the last 8 years…From my experience…, I Protection and Habitat Improvement Plan, have found them to be very proactive and which is designed to address both wildfire risk responsive to the needs of the County. They reduction and invasive species spread on the have worked closely with internal and vast Mt. Tamalpais watershed. Panorama contracted engineers to develop mitigations brought to the project the vast depth of that meet engineering needs and project experience, expertise, and creativity needed to objectives, providing creative input where tackle the challenge of evaluating the potential appropriate. It is also my experience that effects of the Plan, including the potential Panorama prepares documents that are introduction of herbicides as one of many tools complete and that are readily accepted by in the vegetation management toolbox. We agencies. Their communication style, flexibility, have been extremely satisfied with Panorama’s and working relationship with our staff have work to date on this project, especially with the enabled us to complete projects on schedule thoughtful creativity they have demonstrated in and comply with all environmental permits. I addressing complex and emotional issues in a would highly recommend the services of straight-forward, easily understood way.” Panorama Environmental, Inc. They have Dain Anderson, provided the County with excellent customer Marin Municipal Water District service over the years. You can have confidence your projects will be proactively and satisfactorily managed if you hire Panorama.” Lynn Flanigan, P.E., Inyo County Department of Public Works
“In a complex and changing permitting “I have been consistently impressed with how environment like California, having a good knowledgeable the Panorama team is consultant is a competitive advantage. regarding permitting matters, BLM policies, and Panorama has proved efficient, experienced, environmental sciences and how thoughtful organized, and nimble in an industry dominated and resourceful they are in assessing by giants with large overheads. Importantly, environmental issues that arise in the permitting they bring the intangibles of taking pride in the process. Where they do not have in-house project and seeing the project from the expertise in a particular area, they are able to developer’s perspective– they have been bring in another top-quality firm with the consistently pro-active and strategically sound. requisite expertise and manage the work so as It is only a matter of time before Panorama to produce the required product in a timely strings together a number of big successes for manner. They are also a pleasure to work with their clients.” and conduct themselves with a high level of Matthew Casey, professionalism. I have no hesitation in Mainstream Renewable Energy recommending Panorama for environmental consulting services.” Harry Davitian, Entek Power Services
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