Employee reviews permits, environmental assessments, environmental impact statements and the associated mitigation plans for impacts to waters of the United States and/or other natural resources for submission to the appropriate regulatory agency in a timely manner, meeting deadlines. The employee participates in the Interagency Review Team for the development of mitigation banks under the Clean Water Act Compensatory Mitigation Program.  

This employee should have a thorough understanding of: 1) ecological principles and fish/wildlife biology as applied to impact assessments and protected species' habitat requirements; 2) potential ecological responses to habitat as a result of physical alterations of the landscape; 3) human natural resource recreation needs; 4) regulatory processes and environmental laws and regulations in South Carolina involving the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Mitigation Rule and the Charleston District Guidelines for Compensatory Mitigation, SC Mining Act, SC Coastal Tidelands and Wetlands Act; State Navigable Waters; 5) hydrology, wetlands and fluvial processes; 6) current field sampling techniques, data analysis and environmental study design; In addition the employee must have the ability to use: 1) Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); 2) LIDAR and ArcGIS; 3) effective oral and written communication skills in order to present technical information to peers and supervisors and regulators; The employee should be efficient and well-organized.