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December 2015 6-1 Encina MOT DecommissioningProject MND

6.0 MND PREPARATION SOURCES AND REFERENCES1

This Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) was prepared by the staff of the California2

State Lands Commission’s (CSLC) Division of Environmental Planning and3

Management (DEPM), with the assistance of Padre Associates, Inc. The analysis in the4

MND is based on information identified, acquired, reviewed, and synthesized based on5

DEPM guidance and recommendations.6

6.1 CSLC STAFF7

Project Manager: Kelly Keen, Environmental Scientist, DEPM8

Other: Eric Gillies, Assistant Chief, DEPM9

Cy R. Oggins, Chief, DEPM10

6.2 SECTION AUTHORS AND/OR REVIEWERS

Name and Title Affiliation MND Sections

Simon Poulter, Principal Padre AllDonna Hebert, Project Manager Padre All

Matthew Ingamells, Senior Biologist PadreTerrestrial Biology, Air

Quality, Greenhouse Gases

Ray de Wit, Senior Marine Scientist PadreMarine Biology, Commercial

FisheriesJennifer Leighton, Environmental Specialist Padre Environmental Justice

Patrick Crooks, Environmental Specialist PadreAir Quality, Greenhouse

Gases, Commercial Fisheries

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