Wayne McCoy is the Founder and President of Mid Atlantic Environmental, which serves clients in Hampton Roads, Eastern Shore, Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina from its headquarters in Virginia Beach.

McCoy brings 25 years of environmental sciences experience and success to his clients, which include federal, state and municipal entities, as well as private sector clients.

Today, he leads a highly specialized team of environmental professionals who focus on:

Wetland Delineation and Creation
Perennial Stream Delineations
CBPA Determinations
Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessments
Environmental Impact Reviews
PCS Tower Site Reviews
NEPA/SEPA Studies
Environmental Third Party Reviews
Transmission Line Routing Reviews
Waterfront Permitting
Expert Witness Testimony & Environmental Support

McCoy is an expert at analyzing and developing regulatory permit application strategies and successfully working with the following federal, state and local wetland boards:

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Virginia Game & Inland Fisheries Commission
• Federal Communications Commission
• North Carolina Department of Environment
• Health & Natural Resources
• CAMA

He is frequently sought out to provide expert witness testimony in litigation involving dispute of delineated wetland and upland areas. McCoy's testimony is often influential in facilitating higher sales prices and increased development for lands under dispute. He has assisted clients in maximizing their developable land through off-site mitigation strategies, including wetland banking.

Professional Registration
• Certified Environmental Specialist (#10119), 1993

Education
• B.S., Biology, Heidelberg College, 1973
• Graduate Studies Old Dominion University

Professional Memberships/Committees
• Environmental Assessment Association
• National Association of Environmental Professionals
• Professional Ethics Committee: Member
• Society of Wetland Scientists
• Virginia Association of Wetland Professionals
• Virginia Beach Chesapeake Bay Preservation Board

- Member 2001 – Present
- Chair 2005/6

- Member, Chairman – Natural Resources Sub Committee

Work of Distinction
• Served as the Project Manager for two separate 2-year Indefinite Quantity (IQ) contracts with the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard Facilities Design and Construction Center (Atlantic) in Norfolk, Virginia. These contracts involved a variety of environmental services for assessment, permitting, design, compliance and construction of Coast Guard facilities east of the Rocky Mountains from Maine to Florida and in Puerto Rico. He also managed a similar Indefinite Quantity contract for services at the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Training Center, Yorktown, Virginia.

• Managed four Indefinite Quantity contracts for the Virginia Department of Transportation. Over a period of 10 years, the VDOT contracts encompassed environmental site assessments, Phase II Investigations, more than 50 Environmental Impact Reports, wetlands delineations, and Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act consulting for a variety of VDOT facilities throughout Virginia.

• Served as the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) environmental consultant for the Meadowbrook – Loudon 500kV Transmission Line Application. His responsibility as the environmental reviewer involved reviewing all environmental documentation, performing field analysis, attending all the public hearings, preparing a report to Commission Staff, and testifying at the Final Public Hearing. McCoy also made himself available for cross examination by counsel for the interveners in the case.

• Served as the environmental consultant to the Virginia SCC on an application to install a 765 kV transmission line from Wyoming, West Virginia to Cloverdale, Virginia. His review was instrumental in reducing the environmental impact of the line on lands situated in Virginia, removing approximately 30 miles of transmission area and right-of-way. More than 200 transmission lines and towers were involved in this $260 million project. McCoy examined endangered species, wetlands, cultural and historical assets, karst, and other environment issues. The alternate alignment he proposed was Certificated by the Commission and extended from Wyoming, West Virginia to Jackson’s Ferry, Virginia.

• Served Virginia Natural Gas as the environmental consultant for five separate natural gas pipeline construction projects. McCoy was instrumental in selecting an alignment that minimized or avoided impact to wetlands and other natural resources, then filed the appropriate permit applications. He also monitored construction activities for compliance with environmental regulations.

• Oversaw FCC Submissions for communications towers throughout Virginia and North Carolina. In excess of 150 towers sites were reviewed, submitted and approved under his guidance. Tasking included field work and identification of environmental issues on the regulatory databases.

Community Service
• Virginia Special Olympics

- Chair, Area 2, 1983-94
- Area Leadership Committee, Southeast Section Representative, 1990-93
- Area Leadership Committee-Chair, 1992-94 (elected by Area Leadership to represent 25 Areas in Virginia)
- Board of Directors, Member, 1992-94
- Coach/State Games Tennis Director
- Special Olympics International Games- USA/Virginia; 1999- Head Coach, Soccer
- Special Olympics North America Tennis Coaches’ Development Committee- Member

• USTA/Virginia Tennis Association

- President 2009-2010
- Delegate to Mid-Atlantic 2007-2008
- Member BOD 1994-2000

- USTA/Adaptive Tennis Committee (Chairman, Two Terms)
- Tennis Innovations Committee- Member
- Coordinator-Virginia Beach, 1996-1998
- Special Populations/ Adaptive Tennis- National Trainer
- Coaching Certifications in Tennis, Soccer, Athletics, and Coach Training

• Virginia Beach Rotary Club

- Assistant Governor - present
- President, 2007-2008
- Secretary, 2005-2006
- Rotarian of the Year, 2006
- Chairman, Community Development Committee
- Chairman, Brickell Scholarship Committee
- Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2009

• Virginia Beach Police Department

- Senior Flight Officer
- Special Operations Aviation Unit

About Mid Atlantic Environmental
Mid Atlantic Environmental is a full service environmental consulting firm specializing in wetland delineation and creation, perennial stream delineations, CBPA determinations, Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments, environmental impact reviews, PCS tower site reviews, environmental permitting, environmental third party reviews, transmission line routing reviews, waterfront permitting, and expert witness testimony. We serve clients in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Hampton Roads, Eastern Shore, Virginia, Moyock, Currituck, Elizabeth City, and North Carolina.