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February 07, 2007
Tracy Mehan, Principal, The Cadmus Group, 2-8-07
G. Tracy Mehan, III, is Principal with The Cadmus Group, an environmental consulting firm, with offices in Arlington, VA.
Mr. Mehan served as Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2001-2003 pursuant to presidential nomination and senate confirmation. In that capacity he directed both the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts programs including permitting, infrastructure finance, wetlands regulation, standards and watershed management. During his tenure as Assistant Administrator, Mr. Mehan developed new policies and guidances on watershed-based permitting and water quality trading. He also promoted expanded ambient water quality monitoring and innovative approaches to meeting the challenge of the infrastructure financing gap. He served as Environmental Stewardship Counselor to the 2004 G-8 Summit Planning Organization (2004).
Mr. Mehan also served as director of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes and a member of then Governor John Engler’s Cabinet (1993-2001). He represented the State of Michigan in all matters relating to Great Lakes Water diversions under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Great Lakes Charter, and led the Michigan negotiating team during the mediation of disputes relating to exceedances of Supreme Court mandated limits on the Chicago Diversion of Lake Michigan water. He also was Michigan’s representative on the Great Lakes Commission and the Water Quality Board of the International Joint Commission established under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 between the U.S. and Canada. In addition, he chaired the Michigan Mercury Pollution Prevention Task Force which, among other things, negotiated a phase out of 9.8 metric tons of mercury used in auto switches, annually, by the Big Three auto companies.
Mr. Mehan also served, briefly, as Associate Deputy Administrator of EPA in 1992. He served as director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and member of the Cabinet of then Governor John Ashcroft from 1989 to 1992. In that capacity he managed the state’s environmental, parks, historic preservation, geology and other programs. He represented the State of Missouri in all negotiations over the management of the Missouri River and the development of a proposed Master Manual as well as matters pertaining to water diversions including tribal reserved water rights potentially impacting main stem flows downstream. He negotiated the Times Beach cleanup settlement and implemented what was then the largest rails-to-trails conversion in the country, the 200 mile long KATY Trail.
He is the recipient of the 2004 Environment Award from the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA) and the 2003 Elizabeth Jester Fellows Environmental Partnership Award from the Association of State & Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASWIPCA). Presently, Mr. Mehan is serving on the Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act for the National Research Council of the National Academies.
Mr. Mehan is a graduate of Saint Louis University and its School of Law. He is an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Law at George Mason University School of Law. He is a member of the Water Environment Federation and the Environmental Law Institute.
Founded in 1983, employee-owned The Cadmus Group helps government, nonprofit, and corporate clients address critical challenges in the environmental and energy sectors. Cadmus provides an array of research and analytical services in the United States and abroad, specializing in solving complex problems that demand innovative, multidisciplinary thinking. Among Cadmus’ major practice areas are Drinking Water and Water Quality, Communications and Social Marketing, Energy Services (including energy efficiency and renewable energy), Risk Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmentally Sound Design, and Environmental Management.
The Cadmus staff includes scientists; engineers; statisticians; economists; MBAs; marketing, public relations, and communications professionals; attorneys; information technology specialists; and public policy analysts. Many of our senior consultants are nationally recognized experts in their fields and several serve on high-level U.S. government science advisory boards.
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