MICHAEL LEWIS CLIPPER

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ECONOMIST/SCIENTIST - PROJECT LEADER

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Award-winning Economist/Scientist with experience briefing the White House and industry executives on: large infrastructure projects that require Federal Authorizations and NEPA Environmental Reviews; state and federal permitting; health care; biomedicine; climate change; coal ash mining; aquaculture; animal feedlot operations; lead pipe issues in Flint, Michigan; Chesapeake Bay pollution; “beneficial use” of waste materials; Positive Train Control (PTC) railroad improvements; hydro power; wind power; solar power; and drinking water and wastewater treatment/security legislative issues. Project Leader for over 20 years with the EPA, NIH, GSA, and the chemical industry managing cross-functional multi-disciplinary teams providing economic/scientific analysis and strategic guidance on a wide variety of issues. Business Intelligence experience includes proficiency in SQL, Tableau, Access, and Excel. Creative, proactive self-starter who thrives in public-facing and highly collaborative environments.

Traits / Abilities:

Effective economist, scientist, and manager with rich experience in leading complex projects and cross-functional multi-disciplinary teams.

Expert technical knowledge of health care and environmental regulations and procedures related to risk assessment, federal permitting, cost-benefit analysis, economics, public policy, and national regulatory rule development.

Thrive in public/community/stakeholder engagement and regulatory facilitation roles.

Outstanding written/verbal communication and presentations skills.

Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, effective time management, and ability to delegate wisely

Dedicated, reliable and results-oriented team player

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SENIOR WHITE HOUSE ANALYST, FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL (FPISC)

2017 – Present

General Services Administration (GSA) – Washington, DC

Miracle Systems – Arlington, VA

Miracle Systems LLC is a Virginia-based, SBA-certified 8(a) business enterprise. Miracle Systems is an ISO 9001-2008 Certified and CMMI-III externally appraised firm. Provide leading edge solutions and outstanding service to our Federal clients, focusing on IT systems, Software applications, and databases with related prime contractor experience in Financial, Budgetary, Grants and Custom IT systems, Operation and Maintenance of Federal IT systems, and life cycle support of all such systems (http://www.miraclesystems.net/).

The principal mission of FPISC is to coordinate with the White House to streamline the permitting process by providing efficient and effective coordination, transparency, management, direction, and support of the Federal permitting process relating to large infrastructure projects that require Federal Authorizations and NEPA Environmental Reviews.

Representative Activities:

Lead cross-functional multi-disciplinary teams providing scientific, economic, public policy, and legal Federal Authorization and NEPA Environmental Review guidance to the White House on a wide variety of federal and state permitting issues.

Coordinate the Federal Authorization and NEPA Environmental Review permitting process between GSA, OMB, FERC, DOE, OGC, CEQ, HUD, DOD, NRC, FWS, USDA, EPA, USACE, USCG, NOAA, and DOI to support the development of large infrastructure projects.

SENIOR ECONOMIST

2016 – 2017

National Institutes of Health (NIH) – Bethesda, MD

Medical Science & Computing – Rockville, MD

Medical Science & Computing, LLC (MSC) is a passionate biomedical, scientific, information technology, project management, and research company committed to long-term customer relationships by providing tailored, agile, diligent and loyal service to NIH and other Federal Agencies (www.mscweb.com).

Provided support for the NIH Regulatory Program to meet requirements set forth by Executive Order 12866, the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, and the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Representative Activities:

Coordinated with the program offices to develop the economic databases needed to support Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs) for NIH rulemaking efforts.

Briefed high-level NIH and White House officials on the economic, biomedical, scientific, legal, and public policy impacts of rulemaking efforts.

DIRECTOR OF DRINKING WATER CHLORINATION

2015 - 2016

American Chemistry Council – Washington, DC

The American Chemistry Council is America’s oldest trade association of its kind, providing scientific research and political engagement to drive ongoing innovation in the environmental, economic, and public health sectors (www.americanchemistry.com).

Monitored national and international chlorine issues, developed chlorine guidelines and regulations, authored reports on nationwide drinking water issues and briefed ACC management on economic, scientific, legal, and public policy impacts of rulemaking efforts.

Representative Activities:

As the lead author and project manager created a 40-page manual on Drinking Water Chlorination that covered drinking water facilities, distribution systems, and premise plumbing within commercial buildings and residential homes. This manual included a summary of state and federal regulations and the current state of science on Disinfection By-Products (DBPs), drinking water facility security issues, Legionella, and other issues associated with drinking water chlorination. Coordinated with CDC, AWWA, IARC, and the World Health Organization to ensure data accuracy. The manual was used as a resource for the general public; briefed high-level ACC officials on drinking water chlorination activities; and provided guidance to member chemical companies on related issues.

Consulted with national experts and White House officials to become a knowledge resource on Legionella bacteria and the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Briefed high-level ACC and White House officials on these issues to assist in policy decisions.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST/ECONOMIST/BUDGET ANALYST/SOIL SCIENTIST 1998 – 2015

Environmental Protection Agency – Washington, DC

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency seeks to protect human health and the environment throughout the nation by developing and enforcing regulations, giving grants, studying environmental issues, and providing education to governmental agencies, private business, and the public (www.epa.gov).

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST/ECONOMIST/BUDGET ANALYST 2011 – 2015

Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery

Level: GS-13

Performed utilization evaluations and tracked, investigated, and analyzed the economic, environmental, public policy, and federal permitting impacts of using a wide variety of landfill and surface impoundment wastes on or within agricultural fields, neighborhood communities, and roadway embankments. Coordinated with USDA, DOT, and other stakeholders throughout the process. Analyzed and prepared reports and other statistical materials for use by top-level management. Coordinated budget planning with stakeholders to produce budget submissions for approval.

Conducted several cost-benefit analyses of existing and proposed federal permitting rules and policies to determine the national cost (or burden) placed on the United States due to rulemaking efforts. This cost could then be compared to the environmental benefit of the rulemaking as described in Executive Order 12866 and Executive Order 13563. This cost-benefit analysis is a critical component of regulatory review by the White House, and the EPA Administrator.

Provided economic analytical support for the CERCLA 108b rulemaking effort that required hard rock mining facilities (not taxpayers) to pay the cost of environmental cleanup required by their activities. Coordinated with Office of Surface Mining (OSM), the White House, and other stakeholders to ensure that economic assumptions and calculations matched up with federal permitting industry standards. According to the rulemaking effort, hard rock mining facilities would be required to have financial assurance in place for clean-up efforts, saving taxpayers billions of dollars in the future.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST/ECONOMIST 2001 - 2011

Office of Solid Waste

Level: GS 13-14

Served as a Lead Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessor. Managed multiple ongoing risk assessments, authoring reports and briefing the White House on findings and proposed federal permitting rules. Led teams on several projects including coal combustion waste, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Environmental Justice, and the Probabilistic Human Health and Ecological Risk Analysis.

Produced risk assessments that characterize surface water runoff, ground water leaching, and air emission pollutants for rulemakings.

Principal Author on a risk assessment report that described the human health and ecological impacts of coal combustion waste landfills and surface impoundments on nearby agricultural fields and neighborhood communities. Coordinated with the White House, American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), USDA, and other stakeholders throughout the process.

Briefed White House officials on the human health risks of federally permitted coal ash facilities based on these risk assessment findings.

Conducted more than 60 nationwide site visits of federally permitted coal combustion waste generators, evaluating waste disposal methods, groundwater monitoring practices, stream restoration designs, industry demographics, trends, and economic data, and human health and environmental management practices. Coordinated with the White House, ACAA, and other stakeholders to ensure that we were visiting the most representative sites to support rulemaking efforts.

Conducted site assessment reviews to ensure compliance with federal and state federally permits and Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations. Reviewed California Hazardous Materials Management and Emergency Response Plans to ensure that Underground Storage Tank (UST) and Above Ground Storage Tank (AST) closures were in compliance with federal and state requirements and that remediation activities were taking place where needed.

Reviewed the following regulations and guidance: Coastal Zone Management Act, Endangered Species Act, Water Quality Standards, Wetlands, Environmental Justice, National Environmental Policy Act, Scenic Rivers, Endangered Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Clean Air Act, and National Historic Preservation Act and other national and international regulations to determine the environmental impact associated with the federal artificial reefing program that allowed the scuttling of old ships for so-called “artificial reefs” through the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). Losing millions of dollars worth of steel and non-ferrous metal resources for recycling purposes as well as the findings (supported by my review) that PCBs and heavy metals from these ships had a detrimental impact on water quality eventually led to the termination of the program.

SOIL SCIENTIST/ECONOMIST 1998 - 2001

Office of Water – Washington, DC

Level: GS 11-12

Served as a Soil Scientist on the Effluent Guideline Regulatory Development Team for the Office of Water. Conducted more than 100 site visits of federally permitted agricultural feedlot and aquaculture operations throughout the country, evaluating sites for designs and methods related to water and solid waste collection, storage, and treatment. Coordinated with the White House, USDA, and other stakeholders to ensure that we were visiting the most representative sites to support rulemaking efforts. Led the development of Nutrient Management Plan regulations being included in the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) effluent guideline regulatory development process.

Led the effort to develop CAFO and Aquaculture Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) pollutant load estimates.

Developed White House Regulatory Options for including nutrient management plans in NPDES Permits.

Led a question and answer session with 400 Aquaculture industry representatives following the announcement that EPA was developing regulations for their industry. Quelled concerns and fears by ensuring all industry representatives that EPA would work with them throughout the entire regulatory process and that it would be possible that some sectors would not be regulated if they did not pose harm to human health and the environment.

EPA INTER-DEPARTMENTAL PROJECT DETAIL ASSIGNMENTS

Environmental Protection Agency – Washington, DC

Throughout tenure at EPA, was called upon to engage in and undertake a number of special project details and assignments in a wide variety of roles and domains.

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE TEAM LEADER 9 Month Detail, 2010 – 2011

Office of Environmental Information

Level: GS 14

Served as the Team Leader for the Enterprise Architecture Team. Managed the team’s efforts to maximize the efficiency of EPA’s Information Technology (IT) Systems through the appropriate use of project management tools during the critical stages of the life cycle.

Led the effort to manage enterprise risks and measure cost savings for IT projects throughout EPA.

Streamlined IT enterprise architecture throughout EPA, removing redundant and outdated content.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST/ ECONOMIST 6 Month Detail, 2010

Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery

Level: GS 13

Managed the Hazardous Waste Manifest Program, utilizing multi-disciplinary experience to contribute to the development of a national E-Manifest rulemaking effort.

Worked with private companies to ensure that their federally permitted hazardous waste shipments were properly registered with EPA and they were in compliance with applicable rules and regulations.

ECONOMIST 18 Month Detail, 2008 – 2009

Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assistance

Level: GS 14

Led economics team on a national rulemaking initiative requiring states to enter their federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitted enforcement and compliance data into the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS).

Utilized knowledge of science, engineering, economic, IT, policy, and legal issues to assist with the development of national environmental data submission system.

Briefed high-level EPA officials on the economic impacts of the proposed rules.

SCIENTIST/REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYST 6 Month Detail, 2005 – 2006

Office of the Administrator - Office of Policy Economics and Innovation

Level: GS 13

Briefed the White House and provided all offices throughout EPA legal, policy, economic, and scientific support for existing and proposed billion dollar national rulemaking efforts.

Briefed the White House on a weekly basis, covering legal, policy, economic, and scientific issues associated with federal permits and national rulemakings. My briefings involved billion dollar national rulemaking efforts and would be used in decisions on whether to send proposed regulations to the EPA Administrator and the White House for signature.

Coordinated with a variety of interdepartmental program offices, including the White House, Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Pesticides Programs (OPP), and Solid Waste (OSW), to identify and integrate necessary changes to proposed rules before they were promulgated.

Supported outside offices and agencies through the regulatory action development process, including the White House, OGC, OCIR, OIG, other federal agencies, and EPA program offices.

Assessed the legal, policy, economic, and scientific impact of the following Clean Air Act rules: NAAQS, global warming, climate change, MACT, Stratospheric Ozone, Ozone Nonattainment Area, Motor Vehicle Emissions, Gasoline Deposit Control Program, Fuel Additives, Title V Operating Permit Exemption, and others rules developed by OAQPS, OTAQ, and OAP.

Developed a report on the changes to the Earth’s climate brought on by increasing concentration of greenhouse (GHG) emissions

Collaborated with the Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) to implement Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act initiatives under the 2005 Energy Policy Act.

Other Experience

WATERSHED MODELING FELLOW 1997 - 1998

EPA, Chesapeake Bay Program – Annapolis, MD

SOILS AND WATER LAB INSTRUCTOR and RESEARCH ASSISTANT 1996 - 1997

Pennsylvania State University – University Park, PA

GIS RESEARCH ASSISTANT 1994 - 1996

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – University Park, PA

WATERSHED TEACHER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM ASSISTANT 1993 - 1994

National Science Foundation – Dearborn, MI

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COORDINATOR 1992 - 1993

University of Michigan - Dearborn – Dearborn, MI

EDUCATION

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY – University Park, Pennsylvania 1998

Master’s of Science – Soil Science

Thesis Topic: Application of the Generalized Watershed Loading Function Model in a Ridge and Valley Subwatershed of Central Pennsylvania

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY – University Park, Pennsylvania 1996

Master’s of Environmental Pollution Control

Paper Topic: Analysis of the Nutrient Management Programs of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

ROWAN UNIVERSITY – Glassboro, New Jersey 1992

Bachelor’s Degree – Economics

Paper Topic: Rethinking Economics Through An Environmental Viewpoint

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Assistance Agreement Project Officer Training CAFO Inspector Training Stream Restoration Design Confidential Business Information Certification Contract Administration Training for Project Officers, Work Assignment Managers, and Delivery Order Officers EPA Regulation Development Course Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations Certified Intermediate Microsoft Access Training Introductory Microsoft Access Training NPDES Permit Writer’s Training OPM’s Leadership Potential Seminar OPM’s Seminar for New Managers: Leading People OPM’s Team Building and Team Leadership Seminar Probabilistic Risk Analysis Training - Harvard School of Public Health U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Training Water Quality Standards Academy Training

COMPUTER SKILLS

Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Arc Info, Arc Edit, Arc Plot, and Arc View

Statistical Software: SAS, Matlab, and Minitab

Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, Access, Power Point)

SQL

Tableau

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Available Upon Request

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