kevin j. mathews

KEVIN J. MATHEWS 310 S. 38th Street Boulder, Colorado 80305 [email protected] 720-470-8999 General Qualifications:  25+ years as environmental professional  8 years in the upstream oil & gas sector  10 years as independent consultant  International work experience  Languages: English and Spanish  MS - Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado  BS - Geology & Geophysics, University of Hawaii Professional Experience: Fidelity Exploration and Production Company - Denver, CO January 2007 – November 2014 Served as Senior Environmental Engineer on a team managing environmental compliance issues for a growing, mid-size oil and gas producer operating in the Rocky Mountain West and Gulf Coast. Responsible for the procurement and maintenance of various State and Federal environmental permits, as well as the development of effective strategies for regulatory compliance. Typical projects involved storm water pollution prevention issues, SPCC Plan development and management, produced water management, site reclamation, air quality permitting, emissions inventories, GHG inventory and reporting, Quad O air regulations compliance planning, NEPA planning, mitigation to impacts on wildlife, landowner concerns, sustainability reporting, and special projects. Job involved internal consulting on regulatory process, obligations, liabilities, and constraints on operations. Required coordinating the efforts of consultants, senior management, operations personnel, legal advisors, environmental department colleagues, administrative and support staff, regulators, landowners, and contractors on multiple projects in several locations. Rio Consultants, Inc. – Boulder, CO January 1997 – January 2007 Operated as an independent environmental consultant for 10 years, managing a wide variety of environmental projects globally for clients in oil and gas, mining, the military, and the power generation industry. Representative clients are listed below. Project briefs are available upon request.           

Buscher Soils & Rivers / Western Ecological Resources Loveland, Colorado Golder Associates Lakewood and Telluride, Colorado The Harris Group Colorado, North Carolina, Puebla, Mexico Waterstone Environmental Scientists Boulder, Colorado Kauai Environmental Kaneohe, Hawaii BTC Company / British Petroleum Eastern Turkey Parsons Overseas Company Kazakhstan Atyrau and Tengiz, Kazakhstan Emergency Response Solutions / Barrick Gold Veladero Mine, Argentina Ecology & Environment / Tepe-Altyapi / British Petroleum Eastern Turkey Earth Tech / US Air Force / US Army / Raytheon USA various SeaCrest Group / Occidental Petroleum NE Peruvian Amazon

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Additional Experience: Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers, Inc. - Boulder, Colorado Environmental Engineer on various projects for petroleum industry clients in Peru and Colombia. Managed a variety of hydrogeologic studies, Phase II environmental site assessments, audits, and remediation projects for industrial and governmental clients throughout the western US. Harding Lawson Associates - Denver, Colorado Environmental Engineer on a variety of site assessment and remediation tasks at numerous Superfund sites and military bases. Dames and Moore - Honolulu, Hawaii Geologist providing construction inspection services during development of the Wailea Resort on Maui. R & M Consultants / Northwest Pipeline Company - Central Alaska Geologist conducting geotechnical field assessment of the proposed route of a major natural gas pipeline crossing central Alaska. Also: Completed Levels I, II, and III training in Applied Fluvial Geomorphology, Stream Classification, Assessment, and Reclamation techniques conducted by Dave Rosgen of Wildland Hydrology in Pagosa Springs, CO. Served as interim manager of the University of Colorado's Limnology Laboratory on the Orinoco River near Ciudad Bolivar in Southern Venezuela. Collected field data related to phosphorus loading in Colorado mountain lakes, including stream flow measurements, effluent sampling, depth-integrated water sampling, and temperature-turbidity-dissolved oxygen profiles. Conducted geotechnical investigations and ASTM testing of soils, concrete, and asphalt on local Colorado construction projects while completing graduate studies. Served as member of scientific party aboard NORPAX/FGGE Hawaii-Tahiti research cruise. Gathered physical oceanographic data in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Awarded NASA-sponsored Planetary Geology Internship at Arizona State University. Interned at the Water Resource Research Institute in Guam.