Dr. Charles L. Morgan is an Environmental Planner with Planning Solutions and has been with the firm since March, 2000. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Ocean Engineering at the University of Hawai‘i and the author of numerous professional publications.

• The American Chemical Society
• Sigma Xi
• American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
• International Marine Minerals Society

• Environmental Analysis and Permitting
• General Oceanography and Aquatic Geochemistry
• Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Mapping and Quantitative Spatial Analysis

• PhD in Limnology and Oceanography, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• B.A. Chemistry, University of California, San Diego
• Advanced GIS certification in ArcView through ESRI, Inc.

• Environmental Planner, Planning Solutions, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai’i
• Associate Researcher, Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii
• Senior Scientist, Lockheed Ocean Systems, Sunnyvale and San Diego, California

• Environmental and Permitting assistance for OTEC development in Hawai‘i for Lockheed Martin Corp.
• Environmental Impact Statement for Gray’s Beach Restoration, Waikīkī, O‘ahu
• Review of EIS and master plan documents for the Office of Mauna Kea Management, related to the installation of new research telescopes, Mauna Kea, Island of Hawai‘i
• Land Use permitting and environmental assessment planning for new distributed power generation for Hawaiian Electric Company, Island of O‘ahu.
• Environmental Assessment for Oceanlinx Wave Energy Project, Maui, Hawai‘i
• Environmental Impact Assessment for Kaheawa Wind Farm Expansion, Maui, Hawai‘i
• Environmental Impact Statement, Hawaiian Electric Company CIP 100 MWe Generating Station, ‘Ewa, O‘ahu
• Environmental Impact Statement and land use permitting for Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon Restoration, Waikīkī, O‘ahu
• Stream Channel Alteration and Department of Army Permits for construction of the Wai‘ula‘ula Stream Ford, Island of Hawai‘i.
• Environmental Assessment for Additions to Kahe Generating Station, Kahe, O‘ahu
• Islandwide Electric Power Line Habitat Conservation Plan, Kaua‘i; responsible for statistical analysis of the effectiveness a >20-yr program of rescuing endangered birds and returning them to the wild
• Zoning & State Land Use District Boundary Amendments, Maunaloa, Moloka‘i; responsible for developing permit applications
• Environmental Impact Statement & permitting for the 13-mile Waiau Fuel Line Project, O‘ahu; worked with others to draft EIS and associated land use permit applications
• Environmental Assessment for the several potable water wells in Hawai‘i County for the County Department of Water Supply
• Drafting NPDES application packages for numerous construction projects (State Dept. of Health, NOI-C permit coverage), Islands of O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Kaua‘i, and Hawai‘i
• Environmental Planning for the Kahe Power Plant Discharge Structure Repair, Kahe Point, O‘ahu; worked on permit and GIS analysis for development of permitting strategy
• Special Management Area Permit, Kahului Airport Improvements, Kahului, Maui; responsible for permit drafting and GIS analysis
• Relational Database for the United Nations International Seabed Authority Central Data Repository on Mineral Resources System; primary responsibility for data assembly and reduction for development of public database.
• Geological Modeling of the Clarion-Clipperton Deep Seabed Mineral Deposits; project manager for United Nations International Seabed Authority, responsible for basic statistical analysis (kriging) and GIS spatial analysis as well as overall project management and report assembly.
• Special Management Area Permit and Environmental Assessment, Park Improvements for Haleiwa Ali‘i Beach Park, O‘ahu; primary responsibility for EA and permit application drafting
• HASEKO (Ewa), Ewa Marina Development Planning and Permitting, O‘ahu; primary responsibility for construction inspections and water quality and biological monitoring, to ensure compliance with Army and other permits required for marina construction.
• Kaua‘i Electric Company ‘Ahukini Substation, Land Use Permit Application, Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i; primary author for environmental assessment and permit applications
• Kaua‘i Power Partners, community information studies on power plant site selection, Kaua‘i; contributing author for power plant site assessment
• Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine Minerals Development, Exclusive Economic Zone of Hawai‘i and Johnston Island, Project Manager for the U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Kaho‘olawe Ocean Management Plan for the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve Commission, State of Hawai‘i; Dames & Moore, Contributing Author.