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MICHAEL MCCOY
Senior Environmental Scientist
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, TRAINING & AFFILIATIONS
• FDEP Certified Stormwater, Erosion, and Sedimentation Control Inspector #9360
and Instructor #218
• Advanced Wetland Delineation, Restoration, Plant ID Interagency Training (EPA, USDA)
• Florida UMAM Training, 2005 (FDEP), Florida UMAM 201 Training, 2010 (SFWMD)
• Certified Arborist #MA-4243A (ISA), Certified Landscape Inspector #2008-0057 (LIAF)
• SCUBA Certified, open water, FWC Manatee Observer
South Roosevelt Boulevard Improvements Environmental Permitting, City of Key
West (LAP Project) - Obtaining environmental permit authorizations including, SFWMD,
USACE and FKNMS, for new seawall construction along South Roosevelt Boulevard. Work
includes coordinating conservation measures with design engineers and coordinating with
regulatory agencies, coordinating standards and approach for lighting replacement to
minimize effects on hatchling sea turtles.
US-1 County Shared Use Path Environmental Permitting, Monroe County – Conducting
environmental assessments and obtaining environmental permits for the development of a
new six-mile pedestrian and bicycle path including a bridge over a navigable waterway in
Key Largo. Permits being obtained include SFWMD, USACE and USCG.
Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail Environmental Permitting Oversight, FDEP—
Providing environmental permitting, field ecology, GPS and GIS services for the 106 mile
multi-phase Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail. This project is administered by FDEP’s
Office of Greenways and Trails. Work included providing permitting oversight to multiple
engineering firms including creating ERP application templates, a permitting guidance
document, conducting agency coordination, composing NEPA Class of Action
determinations, identifying potential sensitive, threatened and endangered species habitat
locations, developing a GIS database of resource information and reviewing permit
applications for third party consultants.
Tavernier Creek Marina Seagrass Survey — Performing a seagrass and mangrove
habitat survey in support of a private marina redevelopment project in Tavernier, Monroe
County
Environmental Analysis for Stormwater Program Development, Village of Islamorada
Performing environmental analysis using GIS tools, in support of development of a Villagewide
stormwater program. Work involved categorizing land use types by user group, random
sampling of representative parcels in each category, determination of percent impervious
cover by land use type and developing average percent impervious cover ranges by land
use category. Information was used to develop standards for stormwater allocation of
assessments and infrastructure requirements Village-wide.
Tom's Harbor, Spanish Harbor and Indian Key Bridge Rehabilitation Environmental
Surveys, FDOT D6 - As part of a districtwide CEI contract for the Florida Keys, providing
benthic surveys at these bridge site locations to identify the presence/document the removal
of debris from construction activities, to comply with Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
permit requirements.
EDUCATION:
M.S., Ecological Design,
The Robert Gordon
University, Aberdeen,
Scotland, 1999
B.S. Natural Resources;
Ecosystem Assessment,
North Carolina State
University, 1997
YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE:
12 years
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
As Director of
Environmental Services
for Metric Engineering,
Mr. McCoy focuses on
environmental
assessments, permitting
and monitoring. His key
areas of technical
expertise include wetland
delineation,
assessment, permitting
and mitigation design,
wildlife habitat
assessments, permitting
and relocations,
construction monitoring,
planning assessments
including NEPA/PD&E
studies, marine benthic
assessments and
permitting and urban
forestry. Mr. McCoy is a
skilled communicator and
regularly personally
coordinates with clients
and regulatory staff.
Mr. McCoy’s technology
skills include advanced
use of GPS, ArcGIS, MS
Acess, Microstation CAD,
ETDM and a wide variety
of other tools.
Districtwide Environmental Compliance for Roadway Construction, FDOT D6 (Monroe
and Miami-Dade Counties) – Project Manager for this contract involving environmental
inspections and monitoring on FDOT construction projects including coordinating
compliance activities with regulatory agencies including the SFWMD, FDEP, FKNMS,
USACE and USCG. Ongoing construction compliance projects include North Roosevelt
Boulevard, City of Key West.