Kenneth Maxwell HC ** Box ** Iaeger, WV *****

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Summary:

**** ******** **** *** (B.S. Forest Resource Management) Approx. 2 years in Explosive Engineering Consulting Firm (Project Manager) 6 Years WV Department of Environmental Protection Division of Mining & Reclamation (WV DEP) I was an Environmental Specialist III, Environmental Surface Mine Inspector, National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit Writer (Water Control, Sampling, Set Limits, for Mine Area,Surface Water Runoff Analysis (SWROA) & Many Special Projects ( ie E-Permitting Head Team Member) Expert in SMCRA Permitting as well as NPDES Permitting. Maxwell Professional Forestry (Owner Operator from April 2009 - Present) Compile & Certify Commercial Forestry or Forest land Reclamation plans for Surface & Deep Mines, Any & All Forestry Work (Cruising, Putting Land on Management Plan(s), Creating & Running in the Field

& office an entire Logging Operation or a Reclamation Plan Start to Finish, Timber Trespass, etc.). I also do survey's on Hay land & Pasture Lands (Height Survey, Pasture Plate Method, etc.) in order to determine Overall Health, Stocking Density etc. 4 Years Water Specialist/Technician 2 Years Soil Scientist under Dr. Jim Kotson. As well as many other Classes, Conferences & Symposiums I attended as well as Instructed & put together all PowerPoint Presentations as well as Outdoor Presentations for Forestry Training, etc. Please contact me if you have any questions about any Skills I may have written here as well as some I have not written down. More info upon request

Experience:

Registered Professional Forester/Environmental/Permitting Specialist at Maxwell Professional Forestry Services April 2009 - Present (6 years 5 months) Owner/Operator Owner Operator of Professional Forestry Company. Responsible for all Work & Billing for Forestry Company. Compiled & Certified the following: Reclamation Plans as well as Surveys & Studies of Reclaimed Mine Sites, Cruising Timber & Compiling Forest Management Plans for Landowners. Did Any & All Forestry Related Jobs. Such as overseeing all aspects of Logging Operations, Forestland & Commercial Forestland Reclamation Plans as well as other Post mining Land Uses (PMLU's) for Mining Operations, Cruising & Tallying Forest Tracts, Forest Insect & Disease Protection & Prevention in Stands of Timber, as well as Forest Fire Protection & Prevention. Completed some Land Surveying mostly finding Corners for Property Line Surveys. Placing Tracts under Forestry Management Plans, Timber Trespass Surveys, Creating Topographic Maps In-Field as well as Computer Generated Maps utilizing AutoCAD & GIS Systems for Forestry related Mapping, Tract Boundary Surveys (GPS, Compass & Tape as well as Civil Engineering Methods such as utilizing a Total Station), Phase Release Studies for Aid in the Release of Bond(s) for Mining Operations, Strategic Consulting including Business Plans & Planning of Operations, etc. As well as Certified Water, Soil, Article 3 & Article 11 Specialist & Inventor & Master of E-Permitting. Have to many skills to list. More Detailed Info Available Upon Request Env. Inspector/Env. Specialist I,III & III (Article 3)/Permit Writer (NPDES)/Head E-Permitting at WV DEP, April 2003 - April 2009 (6 years 1 month)

Complete & Thorough Inspection & Enforcement of Coal Mining Operations (all Sediment & Pond Control, as well as Dam, Portal, & Hydrology) Writing Article 3 (SMCRA Coal Mining Permits, Writing & Reviewing Article 11

(NPDES) Permits for WV Dept. Of Environmental Protection Division of Mining & Reclamation. Also Invented & Trained all WV Division of Mining & Reclamation Employees how to use the E-Permitting System (First True Electronic Permitting System in US possibly the world). Inspection & Enforcement of Coal Mining Operations, Writing, Reviewing & Correcting (SMCRA Coal Mining Permits), Writing, Reviewing, & Approving Article 11 (NPDES) Permits for WV Dept. Of Environmental Protection Division of Mining & Reclamation. Also Invented & Trained all WV Division of Mining & Reclamation Employees how to use the E-Permitting System (First True Electronic Permitting System in US possibly the world as mentioned earlier). Scheduled & Managed all Pre-Submittal & Pre-Inspections for all New Permits coming into Office. Reviewed all Post mining Land Use Applications as well as Incidental boundary Revisions (IBR's) Revisions

& New Permits that came into the Office as well as Overseen Public Comment Meetings for Public to voice concerns on the Operations. Organized, Researched, & Put together all information needed for Board Hearing's as well as was a Professional Witness for Board Hearings held for Mining Operations that were involved in Board Hearings, etc. of coal mined lands.

Project Manager at Ground Vibration Consultants, LLC February 2001 - April 2003 (2 years 3 months) In charge of all Mapping In-Field & utilizing Computer Mapping utilizing the AutoCad Program to create & Plot all Maps for the Company, In Charge of Pre-Blast Surveys, Damage Claims, Seismograph Installation, Monitoring

& Reporting, Certified to survey Water Wells, as well as Distributing Blast Notices as well as many other activities within the Company whenever asked to complete any task that needed completed.. If more info is required please ask & I will provide more detailed Information.

Water Technician at Compliance Monitoring March 2002 - December 2002 (10 months) Collected, Treated as well as analyzed Water Samples, Treatment Buffalo Tanks, & Mine Pond Treatment Sites. More Detailed Info Available Upon Request.

Professional Accomplishments

Flood Clean Up June 2001 to 2002

Members: Kenneth Maxwell, Federal State & Private Citizens Operated excavator as well as Chainsaw to clean up Creeks, & River Banks as well as Home & Business Sites, etc. As well as to construct Ditch lines, construct Home Sites, etc. as well as Stream Clean Up & Stream Restoration as an Excavator Operator from the damage the Flood Disaster had caused Southern West Virginia. Tibbs Run Project December 2000 to May 2001

Members: Kenneth Maxwell

A Complete Forest Resource Management Cruise & Tally ( i.e. Age (Via Coring), DBH, Height, Species, Species Health, Amount of Logs per Tree & Tract, Board Footage, defined Grade of Species, etc. all tests were performed per tree as well as Overall Tract). Overall Forest Health Assessment as well as Insect & Disease Identification, Control & Prevention Study conducted as well as Gypsy Moth Tents set up to assess the population of the Species on the Tract. The Project was completed on a Private Tract of Land for the West Virginia University School of Forestry conducted by Myself (Undergraduate) & a Graduate Student who were both hand picked by Dr. Ray Hicks Professor @ WVU & Head of Forestry Dept. @ WVU @ the time of the Project. More info as well as the detailed Study/Project Results available upon request.

Soil Scientist Assistant August 1999 to May 2001

Members: Kenneth Maxwell, Dr. Jim Kotson

Was a Soil Scientist Assistant to the Professor @ WVU under Dr. Jim Kotson (Professor) @ WVU in the Soil Sciences Lab. Some duties were Soil Sampling, Collecting & Labeling Soils, Defining Soil Layers, Defining Soil Types & Subtypes, Created & Utilized Potato Dextrose Auger for the use in the Study of Microorganisms in the Soils), as well as Extracting Nematodes, etc. More Detailed Info Available Upon Request. Development/Implementation & Training on Electronic Permitting for all WV DEP Mining & Reclamation Employees as well as Coal Industry & Environmental Consultants April 2005 to April 2009 Members: Kenneth Maxwell, Steve Legge

Invented with help from 3 other team members & Personally Trained all WV Division of Mining & Reclamation Employees in State of WV as well as Coal Company Representatives & Employees, & Consultants how to utilize & use the E-Permitting System (First True Electronic Permitting System in US possibly the world) to their advantage as well as how to use the system in order to Submit Mining Applications (Permits), Receive Corrections, Return Corrected versions of the Applications (Permits) back to the WV DEP Division of Mining & Reclamation, etc. Eliminated Paper Permitting Applications for the Division of Mining & reclamation as well as Streamlined the Permitting Process.

Honors and Awards: WV Registered Professional Forester WV Board of Professional Foresters April 2003- Present

Have to have at least 2 years in the Field Forestry Experience & then the Board of Professional Foresters each vote on whether you have the Experience, Knowledge, etc. to be a WV Professional Forester. Must be a WV Registered Professional Forester in order to compile & Certify any Forestland or Commercial Forestland Post Mining Land Use

(Reclamation Plan) for the WV Dept. of Environmental Protection's Division of Mining & Reclamation. Electronic Permitting System (E-Permitting) WV DEP April 2005 Invented with help from 3 other team members & Personally Trained all WV Division of Mining & Reclamation Employees in State of WV as well as Coal Company Representatives & Employees, & Consultants how to utilize & use the E-Permitting System (First True Electronic Permitting System in US possibly the world) to their advantage as well as how to use the system in order to Submit Mining Applications (Permits), Receive Corrections, Return Corrected versions of the Applications (Permits) back to the WV DEP Division of Mining & Reclamation, etc. More info available upon request.

Skills & Expertise: Excavator Operator (4 years),WV Prof. Forester #667 (Society of American Foresters Member Since 1997), Forestry Sustainable Forest Management, Compilation/Review/ Correction/Final Approval of Logging Operations, Compilation/Review/ Correction/Final Approval of Mining & Reclamation Plans, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Consulting, Environmental Permitting, Surveying, Project Management, Water Permitting/ /Compilation/Review/Correction/Final Approval of Mining (NPDES) Permit,Water Sampling, Coal Mining Inspector/Permitting/Project Manager/Final Approval of Mining & Reclamation Plans, Environmental Specialist III, GPS Operator (In-Field & in Office-Computer), AutoCad/GIS/Remote Sensing & In-Field Mapping

(10+ years), Minerals Specialist (Coal/Earthen Material/Soils/Professional, Field Work Professional (Mapping, Inspection, Soil & Water Sampling, etc.), Land Management, Leadership Skills, Landscape Management, Owner

/Operator of Landscaping Company, Employee Training for the Government /Training as well as Instructor for Office of Surface Mining & WV DEP Classes, Microsoft Office/Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint Expert, Explosives Knowledge (Seismograph Expert) (Installation/ Reading/ Reporting/etc. More info available upon request.), Heavy Equipment Operator (Excavator/Backhoe/etc./More info available upon request.), Coordinate Meetings for Clients Government/Industry/Citizens,/etc.), Mitigation, Benthic Surveying, Soil Science, Soil Sampling, Water Treatment

& Water Quality Expert. More info available upon request. Education/Achievements: West Virginia University Forest Resource Management, Forest Management/Forest Resources Management, 1997 - 2001 Grade: 3.2 Activities and Societies: Society of American Foresters Soil Science Dept. Iaeger High School/ West Virginia University Bachelor's Degree, Forest Resource Management, 1993

- 2001 Grade: 3.76 GPA in High School / 3.2 GPA in College Activities and Societies: In High school I was a 4 Sport Varsity Letterman. Broke all Records in every category for Wrestling in School's history. Only Student to go to the state Tournament 4 years in a row, Placed 3rd Junior Year & Number 1 seed senior Year. As well as having great success in Football & Track as well as Baseball. In College a member of The Society of American Foresters. Soil Scientist In-Training for Dr. Jim Kotson for 2 years, Member of Tibbs Run Project. Certifications: WV Professional Forester WV Board of Professional Foresters License #667 (April 2003-Present) WV SSEC Coaching Certificate WV SSEC. Trained to utilize CPR & First Aid as well as a Automated Defibrillator Unit by the American Red Cross. (January 2005-Present) Continuing Education Classes (100 hours per year) Approximately 4+ different Courses were taken through State & Federal Government. I was an Instructor/Trainer for several of the Courses (Individual Classes attended as well as Courses I Instructed can be acquired upon request.) U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining / WV Department of Environmental Protection/ Conferences & Symposiums Planned, Development & Performed by Forestry, Mining, & Environmental Companies.(April 2003-April 2009) Certified for Seismograph Installation/Monitoring & Reporting, Pre-Blast Survey, Blasting Damage Claim Ground Vibration Consultants thru the Office of Explosives & Blasting.

(2001-Present) Certified Water Technician as well as a Well Surveyor for Pre-Blast survey's (Collection, Sampling,

& Analysis of Samples) thru Compliance Monitoring, Inc. (2001-Present) Publications: Tibbs Run Project West Virginia University (Hand Picked by the President of The School of Forestry @ West Virginia University with 1 other person to complete Project). A Complete Forest Resource Management Cruise or also called Tally & Overall Forest Health, Insect & Disease Control & Prevention Study was conducted on a Tract of Land for the School of Forestry @ West Virginia University. The Complete Forest Resource Management Cruise & Tally was accomplished by utilizing the following methods ( i.e. Age (Via Coring), DBH, Height, Species, Species Health, Amount of Logs per Tree & Tract, Board Footage, defined Grade of Species, etc. all tests were performed per tree as well as Overall Tract). Overall Forest Health Assessment as well as Insect & Disease Identification, Control & Prevention Study conducted as well as Gypsy Moth Tents set up to assess the population of the Species on the Tract. The Project was completed on a Private Tract of Land for the West Virginia University School of Forestry conducted by Myself

(Undergraduate) & a Graduate Student who were both hand picked by Dr. Ray Hicks Professor @ WVU & Head of Forestry Dept. @ WVU @ the time of the Project. More info as well as the detailed Study/Project Results available upon request. Authors: Kenneth Maxwell, Dr. Ray Hicks Revised & Updated the Forestland & Commercial Forestland Regulations for WV Office of Surface Mining Regulations (Federal Guidelines) in WV per Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI) By utilizing a technique known as the Forestry Reclamation Approach, or FRA, to plant trees on reclaimed coal mined lands. Highly productive forestland can be created on reclaimed mine lands under the laws and regulations by using the Forestry Reclamation Approach utilized as well as other changes made to the Regs. specifically for the Mined Areas in the WV Forests. REMOVE EXISTING BARRIERS as follows: ARRI seeks to change the existing Cultural, Technical, and Regulatory barriers surrounding the forestry reclamation of coal mined lands. By changing the perception that tree planting is more expensive and risky than conventional reclamation, provide education on the impacts of compaction and change the perception of what good forestry reclamation should look like Rewrote the Office of Surface Mining Regulations in order To Change the Cultural outlook we changed the perception that tree planting is more expensive and risky than conventional reclamation, provide education on the impacts of compaction and change the perception of what good forestry reclamation should look like. On the Technical side we utilized the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI) System of Reclamation which eliminate excessive surface compaction, ground cover competition, and inappropriate growth medium; planted high value hardwood trees. On the Regulatory side we changed the perception that regulations impede effective reforestation techniques and interfere with bond release GOALS OF THE INITIATIVE which are as follows: •Technical – eliminate excessive surface compaction, ground cover competition, and inappropriate growth medium; plant high value hardwood trees •Regulatory – change the perception that regulations impede effective reforestation techniques and interfere with bond release & get the following from utilizing the ARRI Aporioach which is as follows: •Plant more high-value hardwood trees on reclaimed coal mined lands in Appalachia; •Increase the survival rates and growth rates of planted trees; •Expedite the establishment of forest habitat through natural succession. Volunteer Experience:

Wrestling Coach at Iaeger High School September 1993 - February 2002 (8 years 6 months)

Coached a High School Wrestling Team as well as put on Wrestling Camps & Tournaments for Elementary, Intermediate & High School Students.

Organizations Society of American Foresters August 1999 to Present SSEC Member March 1995 to Present

Languages:

English (Native or bilingual proficiency) Spanish (Elementary proficiency)

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