Paul B. Looney, CEP, PWS, CSE
 Scalar Consulting Group, Inc.  
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Paul Looney is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and the University of West Florida (Pensacola).  He has 35 years of professional experience as an environmental scientist.  Paul has extensive NEPA experience and is a Certified Environmental Professional, a Certified Senior Ecologist, and a Professional Wetland Scientist.  His professional career has been varied, exciting, and rewarding.

In his first professional incarnation he worked in the oil field.  He was fortunate enough to travel around the world with Schlumberger in their Anadrill subsidiary.  He left the company in Singapore after an experience in Southeast Asia that has formed much of his world view. 

The second incarnation of Paul’s environmental career has been in the consulting and regulatory world.  He has worked for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and several environmental consulting companies.  For the last 14 years he has performed NEPA transportation projects throughout the southeast.  He is also an experienced coastal ecologist who has completed ecosystem restoration, and water quality type projects.. 

Most recently, Paul has entered a new phase of his lifelong love of the environment.  He has accepted the responsibility for establishing an Environmental Practice for a small transportation engineering firm.  While he is still enjoying Pensacola, Florida, he is looking to expand as far west as Louisiana.  In addition to continuing to complete natural resource and transportation projects, he is also anticipating a role in becoming part of “something significant” and having the ability to influence and guide professionals entering the workforce.

As a regulator, he has done wetland enforcement and helped develop the first program for deadhead logging permitting in the state of Florida.  In his consulting experience he has completed NEPA studies for military installations in the Southeast and Puerto Rico. He has also performed hundreds of miles of cross country biological surveys for the proper placement of natural gas pipelines throughout the southeastern United States.  Paul has worked for Federal government clients (US Navy, US Air Force, US Army (USACE), USEPA, and National Park Service), State government (LDOTD, ALDOT, ASPA, ADCNR, FDOT, FDEP, NWFWMD), and local government agencies (ECUA, HCUA, MAWSS, City of Daphne and City of Saraland, Alabama), as well as private clients.

Paul has been a member of NAEP since 1994.  He has held the offices of Secretary, Vice President, President and Immediate Past President in NAEP while serving on the Board of Directors since 2004.  Since becoming part of the Board of Directors in 2004 as the Florida Association representative to the NAEP he has actively contributed to efforts to improve and grow the Association. His contributions have included implementation of the webinar series and establishing the educational partnership with American Public University.  He has served as the Newsletter Editor since 2010.

He helped organize and operate the Northwest Chapter of FAEP which was formed in 1996.  The chapter recently held the Annual Conference for FAEP.  Paul was the Vice President and President (several times) of the Northwest Chapter as well as holding the offices of Secretary, Vice President and President for FAEP.

“I have had a very rewarding experience with NAEP over the last 11 years.  While I am a member of several environmentally oriented associations, I believe that the mission and corporate commitment of NAEP to the practitioners in all aspects of environmental work makes the Association one of the most important and relevant.  I have always enjoyed the multidisciplinary aspects of projects and NAEP is the only association that can and successfully does open its doors to all professionals in the business.  Serving on the Board has been very rewarding, personally and professionally.

“I cannot adequately describe the importance of the networking available to all NAEP members.  You can form life-long professional and personal friendships as part of becoming involved in the Association.  Our members are the best in their fields and they are a true resource for those transitioning in their positions.  Until you need them, you will never know how strong the NAEP bond can be.”