RICHARD E. SHELTON3307 W. 125TH St.

Cleveland, Ohio 44111(216) 704-4336

RichardEShelton@gmail.com

Environmental Compliance and Mitigation Specialist

Education and Areas of Proficiency

Bachelor of Science in Zoology, The Ohio State University (1998)

NEPA, ESA, Erosion and Sediment control, FERC plans and procedures, Wetland Delineation, NRCS restoration practices, PHMSA certified in multiple tasks, Migratory Bird Act, ACOE 404 permit, Clean Water Act (401 permit), Asbestos coated pipe removal/ handling procedures

Professional Experience

Environmental Inspector, AK Environmental LLC. (Feb 2015-Apr 2015) Columbia Gas’s 10345 expansion loop, New Jersey.

Environmental Inspector, EMS Inc. (Mar 2013-Nov 2014)Access-Midstream gathering lines, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Environmental Inspector, McDaniel Technical Inc. (Jun 2012-Nov 2012) Chesapeake Energy gathering lines, West Virginia.

Environmental Coordinator, AK Environmental LLC. (May 2011-Dec 2011) Columbia Gas’s 1278 replacement Pipeline, New York and Pennsylvania.

Lead Environmental Inspector, McDaniel Technical Inc. (Jan 2010-Jan 2011)

Energy Transfer’s Fayetteville Express Pipeline, Arkansas.

Environmental Inspector, AECOM Inc. (Mar 2009-Oct 2009)TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline, South Dakota.

Lead Environmental Inspector, AK Environmental LLC. (Apr 2008-Oct 2008) Kinder Morgan’s Rockies Express East Pipeline, Ohio and Indiana.

Environmental Inspector, TRC Inc. (May 2007-Mar 2008)

Kinder Morgan’s Rockies Express West, Missouri.

Utility Forester, ACRT Inc. (Apr 2005-Jun 2006)First Energy Inc., Northeast Ohio.

Marine Endangered Species Biologist, REMSA Inc. (Feb 2004-Jan 2005)National Marine Fisheries Service., Eastern Seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico

Conservation Worker, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife, Fisheries Research Unit (Mar 2003-Oct 2003)

Biological Monitor/Desert Tortoise Biologist, Garcia and Associates, Inc. (Sep 2002-Jan 2003) Kern River Pipeline, California.

Logistics Center Relocation Coordinator, University Hospitals of Cleveland (Apr 2002-Aug 2002)

Endangered Species Biologist, Onsite Environmental, Inc. (Apr 2001-Sep 2001)

Colonial Pipeline, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.

Environmental Inspector, HDR Engineering, Inc. (Oct 2000-Feb 2001)Level-3 Communications, San Diego and Imperial Counties, California.

Fisheries Observer Biologist, NWO Inc. (Jan 1999-Oct 2000)National Marine Fisheries Service, Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska