Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Water, is soliciting proposals for Time and Materials of services. The Contractor shall provide consultation services in support of the Department’s decisions of the May 27, 2021, Commissioner’s decision upholding the Division of Water’s Clean Water Act Section 401, Certificate of Reasonable Assurance for Donlin Gold, LLC’s – Donlin Gold Project (See Attachment 5); and the corresponding Certificate of Reasonable Assurance, dated April 5, 2019, and subsequent appeal (Superior Court Appeal Case No. 3AN-21-06502 CI) in areas of expertise of regulations requiring full protection of existing uses of the water, 18 AAC 70.015(a)(2)(C), water quality standard for chronic exposure to mercury 40 CFR 131.36(b)(1), and temperature standards for fish egg and fry incubation, spawning, migration, and rearing 18 AAC 70.020(b), Tbl. At (10)(A)(iii), (10)(C). The Contractor shall provide a third-party expert review and analysis and provide written recommendations of the materials and information submitted by DEC and Donlin Gold and Osutsararmut Native Council (ONC) regarding the three above mentioned areas of expertise in support of the Department’s decisions. The Contract must interview the following State agency personnel: Director - Randy Bates, Environmental Program Managers - Gene McCabe and James Rypkema, Water Quality Standards - Brock Tabor. Other support documentation that can be provided to the consultant includes The Donlin Gold LLC Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and supporting reference materials. https://dnr.alaska.gov/mlw/mining/large-mines/donlin/