NEPA, Music, and the Art of Compromise with David Boyes

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On today’s episode, we talk with David Boyes about NEPA, Music, and the Art of Compromise.  Read his full bio below.

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Showtimes: 
1:38  Nic & Sam try to talk about video games
4:58  Interview with David Boyes starts
6:54   Music
14:38  NEPA
27:48  Field Notes
30:56  The art of compromise

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Guest Bio:
Mr. David Boyes is a semi-retired Program Manager with over 45 years of experience managing and performing oversight for all aspects of environmental programs to include NEPA, Natural and Cultural Resources, RCRA, CERCLA, P2, EPCRA, SPCC and SWPP planning. Established GIS Enterprise for Rhode Island ARNG and guided the leadership in Sustainability initiatives. Mr. Boyes served on the Environmental Advisory Council for the National Guard Bureau and in that capacity also served as the Chairman of the ARNG NEPA Committee. Following his Guard career Mr. Boyes has provided general Conservation and Planning services for multiple Federal agencies as an environmental consultant initially for HDR and currently for the Native Hawaiian Company DAWSON.    Recently Mr. Boyes has expanded on his wealth of NEPA expertise by attending International Impact Assessment workshops where he has focused on Cumulative impacts at the Strategic level as well as providing for the true integration of Social, Economic and Health concerns into the Impact analysis process. He has actively engaged with representatives of the major lending Banks as they seek to meet the mounting challenges of performing impact analysis in the highly informed societies of the digital age. He assisted the World Bank in a capacity building exercise in Latin America for the off-shore oil and gas industry where US consultants instructed Uruguayan officials in offshore emergency response measures and the U. S regulatory framework. Mr. Boyes has received training from the International Center for Hydropower, the International Hydropower Association, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and the IFC on Social Impact Analysis and the sustainable development of Hydropower and Mega Infrastructure in Latin America.  Most recently he presented on Dam Safety requirements in the United States and Strategic Alliances & Investing for Success in the Latin American hydropower industry to a group of International practitioners attending an ICH workshop in Argentina. Mr. Boyes currently provides management oversight for DAWSON’s 8a Set aside Delivery Orders with CBP which provide for biological, cultural, archeological, and environmental planning technical expertise services required for planning, and construction of projects in support of the Border Wall Program within the Program Management Office Directorate (PMOD) of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) The

Chapters

• 1:38 Nic & Sam try to talk about video games
• 4:58 Interview with David Boyes starts
• 6:54 Music
• 14:38 NEPA
• 27:48 Field Notes
• 30:56 The art of compromise