ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST

Cultural Resources Specialist

Under close supervision of the Senior Environmental Scientist, the incumbent serves as one of the Division's Cultural Resources Specialists (CRS). The CRS reviews historic property identification reports submitted by applicants and works with applicants to correct deficiencies, drafts consultation letters to the State Historic Preservation Officer, tribes and other consulting parties for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (Section 106) compliance and to tribes for California Environmental Protection Act (CEQA) compliance. The CRS provides professional guidance to applicants/consultants to assure compliance with laws and regulations regarding cultural resources (Section 106, the Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act, and CEQA) for a variety of wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects. May conduct pre-field research such as creating geographic information system maps, orders record searches from the California Historical Resources Information System, requests Sacred lands File Searches from the Native American Heritage Commission and conducts Native American tribal consultation. Evaluates potential historical resources/historic properties for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources and National Register of Historic Places and assesses impact/effect on those properties. Write quality cultural resources technical documents to support CEQA and Section 106 findings. The incumbent may also perform limited archaeological fieldwork and write cultural resources technical reports and draft monitoring and discovery plans. The incumbent is responsible for reviewing and writing sections of environmental documents prepared for CEQA compliance, and drafting mitigation measures to reduce impacts on historical, archaeological, and tribal cultural resources when the State Water Board is CEQA lead agency. Briefs the State Water Board staff and management and attends meetings related to environmental project review for an array of drinking water and water quality projects.

May travel to project sites and meetings, perform field visits to confirm project compliance with environmental conditions, as necessary.

Additional information:

Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class.

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