Mr.
Mason is a Principal Scientist and President of Mason & Associates,
Inc. He has demonstrated expertise in the areas of wetlands and
water resources, environmental impact studies, hazardous waste,
litigation support and regulatory compliance. Mr. Mason has over
twenty years of experience managing a wide variety of large, multidisciplinary
environmental projects for both private and public sector clients.
He has provided on-call technical and management services to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Regions I and II, for the
preparation of environmental impact statements (EISs), wetlands
studies, public participation programs, and staff training. He
has participated in numerous hazardous waste site investigations
including project management of a federal Superfund site remedial
investigation and feasibility study, and a federal Superfund site
wetland mitigation study.
Mr.
Mason has conducted hundreds of wetland and water resource studies
from New England to the Caribbean. These studies have included
tasks such as wetland delineation, functional assessment, creation,
remediation and restoration, hydrographic analysis, pollutant
modeling, permitting, and compliance monitoring. He has developed
and executed over 100 sampling plans for various environmental
media pursuant to state and federal regulatory protocols. He has
also served as Quality Assurance Officer for environmental sampling
pursuant to EPA Superfund regulations and directives. Mr. Mason
recently served on the RI Department of Environmental Management
Director’s Wetlands Task Force to improve the state’s
wetland regulations. He chaired the Task Force’s Watershed
Approach subcommittee, drafting proposals for RIDEM to help integrate
wetlands and water resource management into watershed planning.
Mr. Mason is also certified as a Professional Wetland Scientist
(PWS) by the national Society of Wetland Scientists. He began
Mason & Associates in 1996, serving southern New England with
offices in Scituate, RI, New Britain, CT, and Milford, MA.
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