Sedona Technologies Government Services

Role Description The Environmental Professional is responsible for making recommendations to the BIA on real property acquisition matters that could result in associated liabilities or potential remediation costs. The role includes the following activities: - Conduct Phase I ESAs and complete associated Phase I ESA documentation, review Phase I ESA documents, and provide recommendations to the BIA Regional Director in situations where landowner liability protections are not sought under the AAI regulations. - Ensure that statutory and regulatory timetables are met, and that guidance is available to BIA regional and agency staff tasked with real estate and environmental activities. - Ensure that the Phase I ESA or Limited Environmental Due Diligence: Transaction Screen Process (LEDD/TSP) is completed with technical accuracy and comprehensiveness. - Use the most current version of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards accepted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to meet the substantive requirements of 40 CFR Part 312, including ASTM E1527 (for commercial real estate) and ASTM E2247 (for forestland or rural property). - Collaborate with the BIA Branch of Environmental Services staff, BIA Regional Environmental Scientists, and other DOI programs for: - Assistance in interpreting and implementing the requirements of this policy. - Seeking additional guidance on land acquisitions (e.g., environmental compliance memoranda). - Receiving updates to ASTM standards consistent with the EPA’s AAI requirements. - In coordination with the COR, consult with the Office of the Solicitor (SOL) for: - Obtaining legal review and guidance for proposed real property acquisition(s), including advice regarding potential legal enforcement by third parties and evaluating whether the Department’s defenses for liability under CERCLA or OPA should be preserved. - Obtaining legal review and guidance to structure the instrument for land acquisition to minimize the Department’s and IA’s exposure to associated liabilities and potential costs of remediation. - Obtaining legal review concerning the applicability of this policy and its requirements to site-specific acquisitions and language in specific agreements (e.g., easements, environmental covenants, deed restrictions, indemnity agreements, and other interests). - Obtaining legal review of acquisitions that require AS-IA approval. Qualifications - Specific education, training, and experience as set forth in 40 CFR 312.10(b) and 33 CFR 137.25. Company Description

Role Description Archaeologist, NEPA support, including Section 106 of the NHPA: - Contractor will provide specific expertise regarding the protection of cultural resources and various laws and regulations, relating to archaeological resources, historic preservation and paleontology. - Reviewing applications for non-collection survey authorizations. - Cultural Resources surveys, monitoring, and report preparation. - Conduct literature reviews, archival searches, field inventories, site identification and recordation, cultural resources overview preparation, research design development, oral history interviews, site monitoring, project implementation and post-implementation monitoring, site condition assessments, develop mitigation recommendations, and treatment plans. Preparation of draft and final report summarizing findings and recommendations. - Complete inventory and catalog of any archaeological collection made in connection with contractor's work (AK specific). - Conduct Historic and Cultural Landscape Analyses. - Conduct literature reviews, archival searches, field inventories, and oral history interviews. Ability to identify and describe various landscape characteristics and the major processes, uses, and physical components visible in the landscape and how they relate to one or more historic context over time. - Serve as expert staff authority regarding cultural resources matters and various laws and regulations, relating to archaeological resources, historic preservation and paleontology. Final determinations will be made by a Federal official. - Reviewing applications and making professional recommendations to the appropriate Federal cultural resources official for non-collection survey authorizations; Archaeological Resources Protection Act Permits (for paleontological investigations), and Antiquities Act Permits. Following additional review and Federal permit approvals, the Contractor will support the Federal cultural resources official by providing a written response to the applicant. - Coordinating with applicants through the review process. - Evaluating the qualifications and proposed research of the applicants and making recommendations for the issuance of these authorizations and permits. - Providing national coordination amongst BIA cultural resources program staff and compiling data for reporting. - Archaeological Resources Protection Act Permits (for paleontological investigations), and Antiquities Act Permits. This may include evaluating the qualifications and proposed research of the applicants and making recommendations for the issuance of these authorizations and permits (CWA 401 and 404). - Archeologist must meet Section 106 the Secretary of the Interior Standards under 36 CFR §800.2 (a)(1). Qualifications - Expertise in cultural resources and related laws and regulations. - Experience in conducting literature reviews, archival searches, and field inventories. - Ability to conduct oral history interviews and site monitoring. - Knowledge of historic preservation and paleontology. - Familiarity with the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and Antiquities Act. Requirements - Must meet Section 106 the Secretary of the Interior Standards under 36 CFR §800.2 (a)(1).

Role Description NEPA Support, including Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act: - Congress in 1973 defined how the Endangered Species Act applies to trust lands and Tribal lands, as defined by the Secretary of the Interior secretarial orders, legal decisions, and policy. - Guidance continues to be implemented accordingly: - January 14-15, 2022: Department of the Interior Office of the Solicitor Memo No. 37063 “Withdrawal of Solicitor Opinion M-36936, ‘Application of Eagle Protection and Migratory Bird Treaty Acts to Reserved Indian Hunting Rights;’ Solicitor Opinion M-36926, ‘Application of the Endangered Species Act to Native Americans with Treaty Hunting and Fishing Rights;’ and Solicitor Opinion M-27690, ‘Migratory Bird Treaty Act’” and “Applicability of the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act to Reserved Tribal Hunting and Fishing Rights” - January 19, 2001: Secretarial Order No. 3225, “Endangered Species Act and Subsistence Uses in Alaska (Supplement to Secretarial Order 3206)” - June 5, 1997: Secretarial Order No. 3206, “American Indian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act” - Compliance with section 7(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act, which charges federal agencies to aid in the conservation of listed species, and section 7(a)(2), which requires the agencies to ensure activities are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of federally listed species or destroy or adversely modify designated critical habitat. - Further guidance will be defined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for each NEPA action and outlined in the respective consultation documentation. - Provide literature reviews. - Ensure that NEPA documentation provides a means to conserve the ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend and provide a program for the conservation of such species. Qualifications Requirements Benefits Company Description