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Research Scientist
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Fax: (406) 982-3201
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About Bob
Robert Newell left college to begin a diverse career dealing with a wide variety of environmental issues. He returned to school to successfully complete his doctoral dissertation. In the early years of his career he worked on numerous projects primarily as a aquatic field scientist gathering, analyzing and reporting on ecological field measurements. His specialty was aquatic ecology. His training and ability also lead him into company marketing, proposal writing, project and personnel management. His project and personnel management skills were utilized in the mineral and petroleum industries where his experience was broadened with new assignments in areas from the Alaskan Arctic to the Mountains of Chile and disciplines from oceanographic modeling to wildlife ecology to oil spill contingency plans. He participated in reclamation, camp safety, impact assessment, government affairs and other environmental compliance activities. His diverse experience in all facets of environmental impact and assessment, regulatory compliance and management have been utilized in his present position as Manager of Environmental Programs and Integration at Fluor Daniel Northwest (Fluor Federal Services).
Professional Experience
- Fluor Daniel Northwest (Fluor Federal Servicest. In October 1996 Dr. Newell assumed the position of manager of Environmental Programs and Integration (EPI), the environmental compliance department. He transferred to the Facility Evaluation Board and performed environmental compliance assessments for over 2 years. He retired in 2002.
- Washington State University Tri Cities. Dr. Newell has been a member of adjunct faculty for over 10 years. He has taught numerous courses and is active on several graduate committees. He recently taught Field Stream Ecology, and actively pursued a personal research project on the aquatic invertebrates of streams of the Blue Mountains.
- EcoServices Co. Dr. Newell operates a small company, Montana Eco Services that specializes in stream surveys. During 1998 he completed two large aquatic studies in Washington. One study was an investigation of the aquatic invertebrates of Rock Creek in Klickitat County. During this study he discovered two new species of mayflies. He also completed a survey of aquatic invertebrates of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River and two spring streams at Hanford, Washington. Both studies were funded by The Nature Conservancy. He also performed Biological Assessments for recreational sites on the Columbia River. He has worked with Indian tribes in Idaho to identify stream bottom invertebrates. He has also worked with ecologists at Idaho State University to identify aquatic invertebrates.
- ICF Kaiser Hanford Company. Dr. Newell was manager of the Environmental Engineering Department, and managed at staff that included 32 engineers. He has participated in several task forces concerning hazardous waste remediation. He was the Environmental Coordinator for the Engineering and Technical Support Services Division and was responsible for division environmental compliance. He was also the Technical Lead for ensuring all engineering design complied with applicable laws. In addition to his managerial duties, he taught in the evenings. He taught "Environmental Quality Assurance" and "Introduction to Environmental Law." He taught STREAM ECOLOGY at Washington State University-Tri-Cities for several years. In the evenings he taught "Environmental Law and Regulations" and "Waste Minimization" at Columbia Basin College. Also taught at City University. He was a Certified Environmental Trainer (CET).
- Pacific NW Laboratory (PNL). Dr. Newell joined Battelle in 1987 to work on the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP) Site Characterization Program at the U. S. Department of Energy Hanford Reservation at Richland, Washington. His area of responsibility was to implement and document the Environmental Compliance Plan. These activities included the development of procedures to examine all proposed and completed site characterization activities. The examination included the coordination of a team of ecologists, regulatory specialists, and socio-cultural experts to ensure all impacts were mitigated and applicable regulations were followed. He performed and wrote reports for all National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance activities performed by PNNL. He designed and managed a Regulatory Compliance Reporting System for Waste Treatability Testing (RCRA) done at Hanford.
- ARCO Alaska, Inc. Senior Environmental Coordinator (1982-1987). Dr. Newell was responsible for the design, implementation, and management of all environmental studies associated with the proposed Lisburne oil field. These studies included caribou, waterfowl, anadromous fish, oceanography, oceanographic modeling, and impact assessment. These activities supported an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on this new field. He was responsible for presenting environmental study results to resource agency personnel to assist with permit acquisitions
- Anaconda Mineral Co. Senior Project Coordinator and Director of Reclamation and Conservation (1979-1982). Dr. Newell was responsible for all health, safety, and environmental matters associated with mineral exploration in several western states, Alaska, Canada, and foreign countries. He reviewed and commented on proposed legislation and was a member of the American Mining Congress Reclamation Technology Committee and was a chairman of an American Petroleum Institute Task Force. He was a member of a team that successfully permitted a cyanide-leach silver extraction operation in California. He was also a project manager and coordinated consultant studies in several locations
- Stearns-Roger. Environmental Sciences Division, Aquatic Group Leader and Ecologist (1976-1979), Dr. Newell was responsible for all water-related work, including research design, proposal writing, work supervision, regulations and permits, work evaluation, and hiring. Work experience has included power plant baseline studies, transmission line corridor studies, underground solution mining, water intake, and discharge studies including a mixing-diffusion study.
- NALCO Environmental Sciences. Aquatic Biologist (1976). Dr. Newell was responsible for collection, identification, and data analysis for aquatic organisms collected near intake and discharge facilities for nuclear, coal-fired and pumped storage electrical generating facilities. Dr. Newell also assisted in company marketing activities.
- Montana Fish and Game Department. Fisheries Biologist (1974-1976). Dr. Newell was responsible for a two-year investigation of the aquatic invertebrates and forage fish and their flow requirements in the Yellowstone River. He collected aquatic organisms, designed and conducted research, analyzed data, interpreted and presented oral and written results to management. He completed a survey of aquatic invertebrates for over 600 miles of the river.
- Environmental Consultants Inc. Aquatic Biologist (1974). Dr. Newell designed aquatic research, conducted field studies, and interpreted results for environmental studies near nuclear and coal-fired power plants, both proposed and existing, assisted in air quality sampling, steam dredging studies, and a gas turbine power plant impact assessment.
Education
1976 PhD., Biology, Idaho State University
1970 M.S., Wildlife Biology, University of Montana
1968 B. S., Wildlife Technology, University of Montana
Over 20 scientific publications.
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