Environmental Analyst

Mr. Dugan recently joined TRA as a CEQA Analyst with expertise in managing and preparing CEQA and NEPA documentation. He has authored numerous CEQA and NEPA analyses with particular expertise in quantifying and mitigating potential air quality, climate change, geology, hydrology, and traffic impacts associated with brownfield and greenfield development projects. He is adept at transforming process, engineering, and other technical project information into formats appropriate for review by regulators and the general public. He has managed all or portions of a variety of CEQA and NEPA documents for federal, state, and local clients.

Mr. Dugan is skilled in consulting with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies and preparing the permit applications and other technical economic and environmental analyses necessary to obtain discretionary and/or regulatory approvals from these agencies. He has developed criteria and greenhouse gas source test plans, obtained operating permits, and performed construction monitoring services for over 200 megawatts of renewable energy. In addition, he has prepared other technical plans and reports required by the Clean Air Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Mr. Dugan also has experience conducting public outreach efforts and representing both individual projects and general industry at government meetings and hearings. He will support TRA’ s Environmental Analysis Division and provide general CEQA, NEPA, and other technical consulting services.

Highlights

Assisting with Edgewood Canyon Supplemental EIR for San Mateo County. Project involves 18,800 cubic yards of cut and importation of 50,885 cubic yards of fill creating geotechnical and visual impact concerns and inconsistency with San Mateo County Design Review Guidelines.

Assisting with an IS/MND for the Sequoia Union High School District involving the installation of stadium lights at a Menlo Park/Atherton school site.

Assisted with Maple Street Replacement Facility IS/MND for San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The Project involved relocating the existing Men’s Minimum Security Transitional Facility, Women’s Transitional Facility, and Women’s Correctional Center from their existing location in Redwood City to a new facility.

Assisted with the assessment of air quality and greenhouse gas impact analysis for the Over Snow Vehicle Program EIR, Program Years 2010 – 2020 for California State Parks. Project involves direct emissions from equipment operations to groom 1761 miles of winter trail and plow 97 miles of access road and 34 trailheads and indirect emissions from snowmobile use and passenger vehicle travel facilitated by the project. Project area encompasses 11 national forests throughout California.

Deputy Project Manager for the Inland Cold Storage Stockton EIR, a 400,000 square foot, multi-phase cold-storage facility at the Port of Stockton that would emit methyl bromide, an ozone-depleting substance and known carcinogen.

Managed the Port of Stockton’s Updated West Complex Development Plan Air Quality Analysis. This project updated the Port’s build-out emissions of criteria air pollutants and diesel particulate matter from motor vehicles, yard equipment, rail, harbor craft, and ocean-going vessels associated with the Port’s West Complex Development Plan and modeled the health risks associated with the Plan’s DPM emissions.

Managed IS/MND for several bulk terminal expansion projects at the Port of Stockton, including one cement and one petroleum terminal expansion project.

Managed construction monitoring services for the Shiloh I, Shiloh II, and Montezuma Wind.

Prepared Clean Air Act compliance monitoring reports for multiple Title V facilities.

Prepared Risk Management and Process Safety Management Plans for two, 30-MW geothermal facilities.

Assisted in preparation of the West Indies Power Plant Project EIS, a 10-MW geothermal project on the island of Nevis that was subject to Export-Import Bank of the U.S. environmental review.

Educational Background

Cook College, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Bachelor of Science, Natural Resource Management
Professional Certification in Environmental Geomatics (GIS)