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Daniel T. Sicular, PhD. Page 2 Relevant Experience (Continued) long as the landfill continues to produce gas; and additional on -site and off -site off -sets. With mitigation, future emissions can be reduced to below 1990 levels. Hanson Sand Mining EIR, San Francisco, CA. Project Manager. Dan is working with the Califomia State Lands Commission to prepare an EIR for the proposed 10 -year extension of mining leases in San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento -San Joaquin Delta. Sand mining has occurred in the Bay and Delta for decades, using dredge techniques to recover coarse sand for use as construction material. The floor of the Bay and Delta are held in trust for the People of California by the State Lands Commission, and leased to private parties for resource extraction. Other responsible agencies for the project include the Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the Department of Fish and Game. Of primary concern for the environmental review are potential impacts to benthic and pelagic biological resources, as well as water quality. The Draft EIR is scheduled for publication in early 2009. California Department of Fish and Game Shasta and Scott Watersheds Permitting Programs EIRs, Yreka, CA. Project Manager. Dan is managing the preparation of two separate EIRs for permitting programs aimed at reducing the impacts of farming and ranching activities on coho salmon in two major Klamath River tributaries within California: The Scott River and the Shasta River. The aim of the programs is to reduce individual and cumulative effects of water diversions, grazing, and crop production on water quantity, watery quality, fish passage, and spawning and rearing habitat. Dan worked with ESA's air quality specialists to produce detailed projections of GHG emissions from program activities, including construction of stream habitat improvements and operation of pumps. He also quantified sequestration of carbon that will result from the program's requirements to reforest riparian corridors. The EIRs conclude that, between conservation measures to reduce program - related emissions and the internal sequestration offsets, there will be a net benefit for GHG emissions — that is, the programs are essentially carbon neutral. San Rafael Rock Quarry EIR, San Rafael, CA. Project Manager. Dan is managing the preparation of an EIR for proposed amendments to the San Rafael Rock Quarry's Reclamation Plan and Surface Mining and Quarrying Permit. Continued operation of the quarry has become a matter of considerable controversy, due to ongoing impacts on the residential neighborhood that adjoins the quarry property. This would include cutting a channel between the 350 -foot deep main quarry bowl and San Pablo Bay in order to create a marina. A mixed commercial, residential, and marina development is planned for the site. As part of the EIR analysis, Dan worked with ESA's air quality analysts to produce a detailed inventory of GHG emissions associated with future quarry operations, and with the planned post - reclamation use of the site. Consistent with the Marin County Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan, the EIR identifies mitigation measures to reduce future GHG emissions below estimated 1990 levels, through a combination of use of low - carbon fuels, energy conservation measures, development of renewable energy generation facilities, and carbon off -sets. The Draft EIR was published in February, 2008-