SOILS1® Soil Science Experts

“A Soil Science Network™”

 

• SOILS1®Soil Science Experts is “A Soil Science Network™” founded in September 2009 by Mark S. McClain to support legal professionals by providing diverse legal litigation consulting services and expert witness testimony.

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• SOILS1®Soil Science Experts specializes in providing a wide-range of services focusing on soil science, ecology, and many complex environmental matters.

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

 

• The SOILS1®Soil Science Experts team is composed of consulting soil scientists, wetland scientists, and other professionals such as engineers, landscape architects, geologists, biologists, archaeologists, GIS specialists, and other experts.

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

 

• The SOILS1®Soil Science Experts team of professionals spans the entire US with broad-based expertise and experience in all of the major geographic regions and metropolitan areas of the country.

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

Expert Witness Testimony & Litigation Support Specializing in:

• Environmental  Forensics • Wetland and Stream Evaluations: – Banking, Delineation, Mitigation, Permitting, and Restoration 

• Environmental Project Management    • Environmental Permitting   • Threatened and Endangered Species Surveys & Biological Assessments

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

Expert Witness Testimony & Litigation Support Specializing in:

• Soft Engineering:  – Ecological Engineering    – Biological Engineering    – Natural Resource Engineering 

• Soil Investigations    • Soil Mapping    • Soil Erosion and Sediment Control 

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

Expert Witness Testimony & Litigation Support Specializing in:

• NEPA Planning– Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) – Environmental Assessments (EA)– Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

Expert Witness Testimony & Litigation Support Specializing in:

• Biochar Use and Management

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

Principal Scientist

• Mark S. McClain is the Principal Scientist for SOILS1®Soil Science Experts and has over 30 years experience as a soil scientist, soil classifier, wetland scientist, ecologist, and environmental scientist working on various environmental and ecological projects including many private, commercial, industrial, municipal, communications, airport, military, and transportation projects.

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

• These responsibilities include the management of SOILS1®Soil Science Experts and the environmental and ecological phases of project development. This includes the analysis of environmental impacts to cultural resources, land use, threatened and endangered species, waters of the U.S., State waters, as well as other social and environmental impacts.

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

• The SOILS1®Soil Science Experts professionals are directly involved in the preparation of environmental documentation as required by the NEPA and the environmental legislation enacted by individual states such as the Georgia Environmental Policy Act (GEPA).

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

• They have extensive experience with the potential impacts to neotropical/migratory bird species under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1996; Protected Species Assessments and the Endangered Species Act; Wildlife Coordination Act; Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act;

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

• Invasive and Exotic Plant Species (Executive Order 13112); Georgia Standard Specifications Section 201, Clearing and Grubbing of Right-of-Way;

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

• Sections 401 and 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act); Georgia Erosion and Sedimentation Act of 1975, as amended; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program;

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; Coastal Zone Management Act; Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; and Section 103 of the Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act (Ocean Dumping Act).

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain

• SOILS1® Soil Science Experts“A Soil Science Network™”

• Mark S. McClain, Principal Scientist204 Hunters RidgeCanton, Georgia 30114-8278

• 765.212.7645 (SOIL)

• E-mail: mmcclain1313@comcast.net • Website: www.soils1.com

SOILS1®Soil Science Experts ©2010 by Mark S. McClain