“I really enjoy the energy and collaborative spirit for sound science and creative solutions that protect the environment here at Kleinschmidt.”
Steven Layman has over 35 years of hydropower-specific experience and is Kleinschmidt’s Southeast Region Vice President. Steve is a senior aquatic ecologist and fisheries biologist who specializes in leading ecological assessments and managing project delivery for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydropower licensing, Clean Water Act permitting, National Environmental Policy Act review, facility siting and permitting, and Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance. His diverse experience evaluating aquatic resource issues includes point and non-point source discharge impacts, surface water quality, environmental flows, impingement and entrainment at cooling water intake structures, upstream and downstream passage of migratory fish species, and ESA Section 7 consultation.
Steven is a member of the National Hydropower Association and is serving as Track Co-Chair for Policies and Regulations at the 2019 HydroVision International Conference; he is also a member of the American Fisheries Society, and the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. He has a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Alabama, an M.S. in Ecology from the University of Tennessee, and a B.S. in Biology from Bucknell University.