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KELLY W. BROWN Senior Scientist Conducted the assessment work along the corridor and completed numerous MPCA file reviews for sites of potential concern along the proposed SWLRT route. ■ Lake Wobegon Trail,St.Joseph to St. Cloud, MN*—Senior environmental professional for project team retained by the MPCA to perform a Phase I ESA of an approximate 7.5-mile railroad corridor located between County Road 133 in St.Joseph, Minnesota and the Mississippi River in downtown St.Cloud, Minnesota.The property was being considered for potential development as a railroad corridor and a bicycle/pedestrian transportation corridor(an extension of the Lake Wobegon Trail that currently ends in St.Joseph). Completed the assessment work and reporting. ■ Area Wide Groundwater studies, Minneapolis and Bloomington, MN*—Senior Environmental Professional on two area wide groundwater studies completed for Hennepin County and/or the MPCA.The area wide studies were conducted to gather and consolidate information and data related to the extent and source(s)of known plumes of chlorinated volatile organic compounds(VOC) in groundwater that has been identified on several individual properties located within the study areas.The groundwater VOC plume and related soil-gas contamination issues were increasingly becoming issues for the redevelopment of properties within the study areas. It was foreseen that the area wide study results could be used as a development planning tool for individual study area properties and could be used streamline the amount of site-specific environmental data needed to secure liability assurance letters and regulatory approvals related to property acquisitions and redevelopment. ■ Multiple Asbestos and Lead-Paint Assessments, MN*—Conducted asbestos assessment surveying,sampling and abatement managing following Asbestos Hazardous Emergency Response Act(AHERA),OSHA and Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)guidelines and regulations for several Minnesota School Districts and numerous industrial/commercial entities. Conducted numerous lead paint inspections and risk assessments on several large apartment complexes. Conducted numerous predemolition hazardous materials surveys for residential,commercial,and industrial properties and prepared reports presenting survey and sampling results, protocols and recommendations for abatement measures and asbestos management. Project examples include Madison Lofts, Minneapolis, Minnesota;Ames Lake Redevelopment Project,St. Paul, Minnesota;Airport Noise Acquisition/Relocation Project, Richfield, Minnesota; Robbinsdale School Demolition, Robbinsdale, Minnesota;Carleton Place Lofts,St. Paul, Minnesota; Con-Agra, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Delmar Grain Elevators, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Glen Lake Development, Minnetonka, Minnesota; and City of St. Paul Properties,St. Paul, Minnesota. *While employed by another firm.