District counselors recognized
Greg Fuderer
LOS ANGELES – The Chief Counsel of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
recognized Elizabeth Moriarty and
John Bazan of the Los Angeles District’s
Office of Counsel for outstanding performance. Col. Kim Colloton, commander of the LA District, presented
the awards during a Nov. 7 ceremony
held at District headquarters in Los
Angeles.
Moriarty receives Joseph W. Kimbel
Award
Elizabeth Moriarty joined the
Corps in 2006 through the Chief Counsel’s Honors Program. The justification
for the award states, “From the very
start of her career, Elizabeth has displayed exceptional ability as a lawyer,
as well as an aptitude for leading and
mentoring fellow attorneys and project
delivery teams for a variety of significant civil works programs.”
Moriarty received the Joseph W.
Kimbel Award, which recognizes a
Corps attorney who has demonstrated
the highest potential for future legal
achievement in the Corps of Engineers
Legal Services Community. The award
symbolizes the continuing tradition of
extraordinary professionalism and performance exemplified by Kimbel, who
served with distinction from 1913 until
his retirement in 1956.
Moriarty advises project delivery
teams and District leadership on the
District’s most high profile civil works
projects.
She is the District’s principal attorney for the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Study, which is being
completed under an expedited schedule, and was a major contributor on the
non-motorized boating program for the
Los Angeles River, which has garnered
very positive attention in national
publications. Her work to facilitate
correction of design deficiencies of the
Santa Maria River levees contributed to
the success of the highly visible project
to reduce flood risk in a rapidly growing
area of California. She also worked with
resource agencies on the San Luis Rey
River Flood Risk Reduction Project to
allow maintenance of levees on a proj-
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Los Angeles District Commander Col. Kimberly Colloton (left) and Larry Minch, chief district counsel (right), present John Bazan, an attorney for the District office of counsel (center) with the E.
Manning Seltzer Award during a ceremony in the District headquarters Nov. 7. (Photo by Richard
Rivera)
ect that had been plagued by delays for
several decades.
Moriarty garnered expertise on
environmental law through hands-on
experience as well as training in all
of the major environmental laws the
Corps regularly encounters, including
the National Environmental Policy Act,
the Clean Water Act, the Endangered
Species Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
& Liability Act of 1980 (better known
as the “SuperFund Act), the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act and the
Clean Air Act.
The award citation said Moriarty
worked hand-in-hand with the Planning Division’s Environmental Resources Branch to review and provide
advice concerning the adequacy and
scope of environmental assessments
and environmental impact statements.“She has developed significant
expertise on the policies and procedures
that the Regulatory Program follows, as
well as having expertise on the broader
environmental laws that the NEPA
analysis required for the issuance of an
individual permit always brings into
play,” the justification states.
Moriarty also has demonstrated
abilities in the area of real estate law by
authoring a complex opinion of compensability for the multi-million dollar
relocation of the Santa Ana Regional
Interceptor sewer line at the Santa
Ana River and by revising real estate
plans for several important civil works
projects.
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