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Kenneth E. Carlson, CPSS
<br />Principal Soil Scientist
<br />Habitat Management, Inc.
<br />EXPERIENCE
<br />WORK HISTORY
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<br />Principal Soil Scientist, Secretary/Treasurer: Habitat Management, Inc., Littleton, CO: 1995
<br />to present.
<br />Senior Environmental Engineer. The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining, Co., Corporate
<br />Headquarters, Englewood, CO; 1996 -1997
<br />Environmental Engineer. The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining, Co., Corporate
<br />Headquarters, Englewood, CO; 1990 -1995
<br />Senior Reclamation Specialist Central and South West Services, Corporate Headquarters,
<br />Dallas, TX; 1986 -1990
<br />Reclamation Specialist: Central and South West Services, Corporate Headquarters, Dallas,
<br />TX; 1983 -1986
<br />Graduate Research Assistant: Department of Agronomy, Colorado State University, Fort
<br />Collins, CO; 1980 -1983
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<br />Mr. Carlson has 20 years of environmental permitting and operational experience in the mining
<br />and electric utility industries and land development. He has technical and project managerial
<br />expertise in environmental resource issues and projects including baseline data collection and
<br />assessments, EIS, reclamation success evaluations, closed mine management, reclamation
<br />liability releases, noxious weed control, and environmental compliance /audits. He has
<br />completed a large number of baseline soil, vegetation, T &E, alluvial valley floor, and wetland
<br />surveys, topsoil substitution and overburden suitability determinations, acid soil/ overburden
<br />handling plans, and disturbed land reclamation planning and implementation. He has
<br />extensive experience in the development and implementation of cost effective plans to achieve
<br />environmental compliance and has developed surface and underground coal mining, NPDES,
<br />and Army Corps of Engineers permits. As a Certified Professional Soil Scientist, Mr. Carlson
<br />has the experience to map and evaluate soil resources, develop soil handling plans, and
<br />evaluate soil and overburden suitability for revegetation and topsoil substitution. Mr. Carlson
<br />has an excellent knowledge of state and federal regulations pertaining to mining and land
<br />development and has extensive experience interacting and negotiating with regulatory
<br />agencies. He has completed projects in Colorado, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota,
<br />Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
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