Greg Meier

About Greg Meier

Mr. Meier is a CRM professional with over 25 years experience in survey archaeology…

Experience

1. Historic Preservation Specialist (Fema-14-dlh-087-rsv)

   Fema

   Jul 2014 — Present

   Historic Preservation Specialist in the Environmental & Historic Preservation Cadre with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”). This position is a temporary excepted service appointment in the Reservist Program and is based on an intermittent, on-call work schedule during declared disasters. As a Reservist, you will be called to deploy out from your home, as needed, to respond to federally declared disasters.Duties include: Collect data on historic preservation considerations related to potential impact; Synthesize information using Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation(EHP)-related computer applications; Make determinations for National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 compliance; Complete historic preservation reviews for the potential presence of, and impact to, historic properties; Coordinate the integration of historic reviews with concurrent environmental and floodplain reviews; Provide technical assistance on historic preservation considerations to the incident management organization and external stakeholders; Prepare and submit written EHP reports and other documents through proper channels; and manage documentation according to the EHP Management Plan. Duties also include being a compliance specialist reviewing project under all the laws such as Clean Water Act, Army Corp of Engineers regulations, environmental laws, migratory bird treaty act, farmland protection act, plus many other environmental laws, state and federal regulations. I also am a certified Environmental Historic Preservation Specialist (HSSP) with a SOI in history and currently training to be certified as a Environmental Specialist (ENSP) and a Flood Plain Specialist (EFSP) with FEMA.As a FEMA reservist I have been deployed to DR-4197/99 New Mexico 01/07/2014 to 05/08/2015 and 09/07/2015 to 11/17/2015 to DR-4234 in Iowa. Transferred to Missouri DR-4238 starting 11/18/2015 doing EHP reviews, applicant kick off meetings and site visits.

Education

• Colorado State University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology and Social Science

  1985 — 1989

• Aims Community College

  One year Certificate, Geographic Information Science and Engineering Computer Aided Drafting

  2001 — 2002

• Colorado State University

  Some Post Graduate Credits, Forensic Science

  1993

Skills

• Environmental Planning
• Environmental Policy
• Environmental Science
• Public Speaking
• Gps
• Remediation
• Editing
• Archival Research
• Historical Archaeology
• Technical Writing
• Databases
• Proposal Writing
• Field Work
• Excavation
• Mitigation
• Arcgis
• Cartography
• Nagpra
• Microsoft Office
• Section 106
• Environmental Consulting
• Project Management
• Artifact Analysis
• Report Writing
• Lithic Analysis
• Spatial Analysis
• Architectural History
• Spatial Modeling
• Surveying
• Soil Sampling
• Data Collection
• Prehistoric Archaeology
• Ceqa
• Environmental Impact Statements
• Global Positioning System (Gps)
• Testing
• Nhpa
• Ceramic Analysis
• Historic Preservation