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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I AYRES ASSOCIATES PAUL E. CLOPPER, P.E. Water Resource Engineer Education B.S. Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1978 M.S. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 1980 Professional Registration Registered Professional Engineer, Colorado and Hawaii Professional Societies American Society of Civil Engineers National Society of Professional Engineers National Water Well Association Journal of Groundwater, Technical Review Board President, City of Fort Collins Water Board Experience Mr. Clopper has 16 years of experience in conducting and managing projects involving water resources and environmental studies. Prior to joining Ayres Associates in 1992, he worked for 10 years as a project manager for Simons, Li & Associates, Inc., where he managed multidisciplinary teams in conducing NEPA compliance studies for reservoir management, surface and underground mining, and river resource development projects. Mr. Clopper is responsible for hydrologic and hydrogeologic data collection, interpretation, analysis, and design of Ayres mining and reclamation projects. He has directed three Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment (CHIA) studies for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining, for the evaluation of potential surface- and groundwater impacts associated with basinwide coal resource development and permitting. In addition, he is responsible for the technical performance of all aspects of hydrologic studies for projects requiring environmental studies and reports under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Mr. Clopper's training and experience are in the field of hydrology, water balance, and surface- and groundwater interaction. He has managed the following multidisciplinary teams in the conduct of environmental permitting studies: