RESUME GREG F. RAWL, P.G. EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

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1 RESUME GREG F. RAWL, P.G. EXPERIENCE SUMMARY: Mr. Rawl has over 25 years of experience in the fields of water resources, hydrogeology and geology. He has managed projects throughout the North American continent within the realms of these disciplines. He has a broad base of expertise as a result of his background as the Senior Vice President of a specialty underground construction firm, a principal geologist for multi-disciplined engineering firms and a supervising manager for a regulatory agency directly involved with allocating water resources. He is recognized as an expert in the design, simulation and construction of trenched horizontal wells. Mr. Rawl s experience covers large scale analysis of surface water and groundwater systems throughout all the phases of a project: cost estimates, design, regulatory permitting, groundwater flow and solute transport modeling, data evaluation, report preparation, and field supervision. He has also served as a consultant in areas such as water supply, groundwater cleanup, remedial action plans, effluent reuse, landfills, seepage studies, watershed simulation modeling, dewatering and dredge/fill projects. In addition, he has served in both a technical and managerial capacity with a regulatory agency spanning a sixteen-county area of South Florida. He has been used as an expert witness in cases involving groundwater and surface water resources. EXPERIENCE BACKGROUND: Mr. Rawl is currently conducting the Groundwater Recharge and Mining Study for Lee County. The study will be the most comprehensive evaluation of the hydrogeology of Lee County completed to date. As part of the study a detailed database of the hydrogeologic and geologic properties of Lee County will be compiled for incorporation into a County wide groundwater flow model. The database will also be used to define commercial mining deposits throughout the County. Aerially specific recharge rates to the surficial aquifer system will also be determined to define where significant recharge is occurring. The impact of future water uses and potential mining scenarios will also be assessed.

2 2 Mr. Rawl is evaluating the DR/GR land use category for the eastern half of the City of Bonita Springs. Specific emphasis is being placed on the groundwater recharge potential of the DR/GR land use category and the implications of the potential future incorporation of alternative land use categories in the study area. Additionally the surface water impacts of the existing land uses are being analyzed to determine if implementation of alternative land uses with the incorporation of Best Management Practices are feasible in the study area. Evaluation of the impacts of surface water discharges from the area on the downstream receiving water bodies of the Imperial River and Estero Bay are being simulated with surface water models. Ultimately recommendations will be provided to the City pertaining to future growth in the area. Mr. Rawl is providing continuing water supply planning, design, permitting and construction/operational assistance for Shell Point. Shell Point was created in the early 1960 s and is currently undergoing a $750 million expansion with the creation of a new campus. It is located in an area of Lee County, Florida that is severely limited in freshwater resources. Mr. Rawl has designed a water supply system that serves the irrigation needs for the project and the water supply need for the Central Energy Facility (CEF) using the best available water quality from the Floridan Aquifer. The Shell Point CEF when completed will be the largest such facility in the southeastern United States. It provides all of the heating and cooling needs of the project utilizing a hydronics distribution system. Numerous cooling towers are utilized for heat exchange purposes; consequently a significant water supply demand with water quality limitations exists to meet its needs. Mr. Rawl designed and permitted a blowdown reuse system for the project that reuses the blowdown water from the cooling towers as part of the irrigation system for the Golf Course. Mr. Rawl has also been tasked with remedation of bacterial contamination of the closed loop hydronics system. Designed, permitted and provided construction oversight of the water supply system for Bobcat Trail Development located in Charlotte and Sarasota Counties, Florida. The system utilized three shallow trenched horizontal wells installed in a thin low hydraulic conductivity surficial aquifer to meet the demands of a consolidated water supply system serving a 18 hole golf course, the development common areas and the single family residences. The system was designed to minimize on-site drawdown impacts by inducing infiltration from an adjacent surface water drainage feature. The system provides the maximum day irrigation demand of 720,000 gallons from the horizontal wells. The water is discharged to an on-site surface water body for removal of the dissolved iron from the groundwater prior to the application of the water for irrigation. The other water supply option that was considered for the project was the use of the Lower Floridan Aquifer. This option was discounted due to the high cost of deep vertical well construction, low aquifer yield and poor water quality. Designed numerous systems for the development of potable and irrigation water supplies in areas where water resources are limited. Served as Project Manager and provided a value-added design for the most complex funnel and gate installation to date, which consisted of a series of HDPE barrier walls and four permeable reactive iron gates. The project was for Hercules, Inc. in Burlington, VT.

3 3 Developed technologies to address containment and cleanup of hazardous waste sites, utilizing his expertise in groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling to design innovative systems for soil and groundwater remediation. Project Manager for the design and installation of an extraction system and barrier wall at a Texaco oil refinery along the Platte River in Wyoming. Designed a dual-phase horizontal extraction system installed at Miami International Airport working in conjunction with OHM Corp. Served as Project Manager for the extraction system installation at the Fairbanks Superfund Site near Gainesville, FL, where trenched horizontal extraction wells were installed to depths of up to 50 feet below land surface. Provided expert witness services pertaining to a Chapter 120 F.S. hearing for the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) regarding the interaction of surface and groundwater for a proposed agency action over a surface water management system permit. Supervised the groundwater flow modeling, water supply development and water use permitting associated with the Broward County North System Regional Wellfield, Broward County District 2A Wellfield, Martin County Vista Salerno Wellfield, and St. Lucie County Wellfields. Served as a Supervising Professional, Water Use Division, SFWMD, responsible for overseeing technical integrity and managing the staff of regulatory personnel. In this position he was involved with the consumptive use permitting of both groundwater and surface water for a sixteen-county area of south Florida, providing technical reviews, water shortage management policies and long-range planning. Represented the SFWMD through technical conferences and workshops and served on various advisory committees, such as the Technical Advisory Committee for Underground Injection Control for deep injection wells within the District. Worked on the Demand Management Team that developed the SFWMD's Demand Management Guidelines (1990). Served as the Senior Geologist for one of the largest multi-disciplined consulting engineering firms in the State of Florida, focused in the area of groundwater supply development and contamination remediation. Under contract to the SFWMD, Mr. Rawl conducted the first phase of the wellfield siting evaluation in Osceola County to determine the best available water quality to provide Brevard County with an alternative raw water supply. The project, known as the Osceola-Brevard Interdistrict Transfer, was ultimately stopped after the completion of the first phase by legal action taken by Osceola County. Responsible for assessing the contamination, modeling the plume movement using a flow and solute transport model, and development and implementation of the remedial system for the largest single TCE plume in the state of Florida for the City of Vero Beach. Conducted the Water Supply Study for the City of Vero Beach, investigating new well sites, well rehabilitation, Floridan Aquifer sources, and reuse capabilities

4 4 Permitted the 24 MGD Supplemental Wellfield for the City of West Palm Beach, Florida and served as project manager for the design and construction of the wells and associated conveyance facilities. Conducted water resources investigations for both public utilities and private developments in the areas of wellfield design, dewatering, cleanup/remedial actions, hydrologic analyses, field investigations, water use permitting, and watershed simulation modeling. Applied the Hydrologic Simulation Program Fortran (HSPF) to the Lake Manatee Watershed for Manatee County. The model was calibrated to existing land use conditions in the early 1980 s for future utilization as a predictive tool for the evaluation of land use changes. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Greg F. Rawl, P.G., Consultant, Fort Myers, FL 1999 to Present Mr. Rawl has been working as an independent consultant dealing primarily with water resources, industrial and environmental projects. Mr. Rawl has also been involved in the development of a new generation of trenchers for the installation of trenched horizontal wells, barrier walls and other in-situ water treatment technologies. Representative Projects: Shell Point Retirement Community, Ft. Myers, FL Consulting services in development, permitting and construction of water supply facilities for the project s golf course, landscaping and industrial water supply needs. Mr. Rawl was instrumental in the design and permitting of an industrial wastewater reuse system and Aquifer Storage and Recovery of wastewater effluent for the project. Mr. Rawl has been in charge of evaluating and remediation of the contamination of the project s Central Energy Facility (CEF) closed loop systems. The CEF when completed will be the largest energy facility of its type in the southeastern United States. The project, when completed, will be one of the largest life care facilities in the country. Lee Memorial Health System, Ft. Myers, FL Evaluated the potential for developing alternative sources for industrial and emergency water supply facilities.

5 5 Groundwater Control Incorporated / Environmental Corporation of America, Jacksonville, FL 1998 to 1999 Mr. Rawl worked with these firms as a Project and Client Manager and as the Technology and Business Development Manager to develop new markets for the companies in the areas of environmental remediation, dewatering, and water supply. Groundwater Control Incorporated and its parent company, Environmental Corporation of America (ECOA), specialize in innovative groundwater management systems and emergent water treatment technologies. Representative Project: Hercules, Colchester, VT served as Project Manager and provided a value added design for the most complex funnel and gate installation. The project consisted of a series of HDPE barrier walls and four permeable reactive iron gates. Horizontal Technologies, Incorporated, Matlacha, FL 1993 to 1998 Mr. Rawl joined the company as Vice President, with the main focus of his talents to be directed toward development of innovative technologies to address containment and cleanup of hazardous waste sites and the development of potable and irrigation water supplies in areas where water resources are limited. He utilized his expertise in groundwater flow and contaminant transport modeling to design and determine the effectiveness of trenched horizontal wells on soil and groundwater remediation. He worked with environmental professionals throughout the continent to design innovative remedial systems. Mr. Rawl was promoted to Senior Vice President in Representative Projects include: Texaco Refinery, Casper, WY installation of a barrier wall along a river downgradient of a contaminant plume and design of extraction system Miami International Airport, Miami, FL design of dual-phase extraction system installed under the taxiway Montgomery Watson, Incorporated, Lake Worth, FL 1991 to 1993 Mr. Rawl joined the firm as a Supervising Hydrogeologist/Supervisor in the firm's Water Resources Technology Center. He supervised the groundwater flow modeling, water supply development and water use permitting associated with the Broward County North System Regional Wellfield, Broward County District 2A Wellfield, Martin County Vista Salerno Wellfield, and St. Lucie County Wellfield.

6 6 South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, FL 1989 to 1991 Mr. Rawl served as a Supervising Professional, Water Use Division, SFWMD, for two years. He was responsible for overseeing the Division's technical integrity and managing the staff of regulatory personnel. He was involved with the consumptive use permitting of both groundwater and surface water for a sixteen-county area of south Florida. In addition, he provided technical reviews, water shortage management policies and long-range planning. He represented the District through technical conferences and workshops. He also served on various advisory committees, such as the Technical Advisory Committee for Underground Injection Control for deep injection wells within the District. He worked on the Demand Management Team that developed the SFWMD's Demand Management Guidelines, which was published in Gee and Jenson Engineers-Architects-Planners, Incorporated, West Palm Beach, FL 1980 to 1989 Mr. Rawl served as an Associate in the capacity of the Senior Geologist for one of the largest consulting engineering firms in the state. His work was primarily focused in the area of groundwater supply development and contamination remediation. While at Gee & Jenson, he was responsible for assessing the contamination and development of the remedial system design and implementation of the largest TCE plume in the state of Florida. He conducted water resources investigations for both public utilities and private developments in the areas of wellfield design, dewatering, cleanup/remedial actions, hydrologic analyses, field investigations, water use permitting, and watershed simulation modeling. EDUCATION: B.S., Geology, Florida Atlantic University, 1980 PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION: Professional Geologist, State of Florida, 1989

7 7 PUBLICATIONS: Rawl, G.F., P.G., New Alternative in Vertical Barrier Wall Construction, International Containment Conference, Rawl, G.F., P.G., Polywall: A New Alternative to Vertical Barrier Wall Construction, Environmental Management and Technology Conference International, 1996 Snyder, Warren S., P.E. and Rawl, Greg F., P.G., Case Study: Design and Installation of a Groundwater Recovery System Using Trenched Horizontal Wells, Florida Environmental Expo, Song, J.A.,P.E., Rawl, G.F., and Howard, W.R., P.E., Lake Manatee Watershed Water Resource Evaluation Using Hydrologic Simulation Program Fortran (HSPF), Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, 1982.

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