SUMMARY
Attorney, conflict resolution expert, with over thirty years experience in the legal, policy, and technical aspects of the licensing and regulation of the use of nuclear materials, as well as with the preparation of environmental reviews for energy and natural resources projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Mr. Cameron has served in a number of senior government management positions, most recently as the Assistant General Counsel for Rulemaking and Fuel Cycle in the Office of General Counsel at the NRC. He has a national reputation in the area of conflict management, community outreach, and interest-based negotiation strategy, developed during his tenure as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Dispute Resolution Specialist and with the management consulting firm, The Zero Gravity Group LLC. Mr. Cameron’s combination of legal and analytical skills, his solid grounding in the requirements of the environmental laws applicable to the use of nuclear materials, and his conflict management skills, bring a unique holistic approach to a wide variety of private sector and government needs and issues. He is currently a partner in the law firm of CameronGray LLC.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CameronGray LLC, Partner
The Zero Gravity Group LLC, President (a conflict resolution consulting firm)
Assistant General Counsel for Rulemaking and Fuel Cycle, Office of the General Counsel, U. S Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Senior Executive Service
Alternative Dispute Resolution Specialist, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Associate Professor (tenured), environmental law and policy, University of Rhode Island.
RECENT PROJECTS
Representation of a rebar supplier, for the MOX facility, before the Department of Justice on a potential False Claims Act prosecution in regard to commercial grade dedication under 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR Part 21, and EPRI guidance (2014)
Guidance to the Prairie Island Indian Community on the NRC adjudicatory process under 10 CFR Part 2 (2014)
Facilitation of a collaborative process roundtable on new licensing strategies for non-light water reactor new reactor technologies (Nuclear Alliance Initiative, 2014)
Skills training on negotiation for the economic development team of Arlington County, Virginia (Leadership Arlington, 2014)
Design and implementation of a communications strategy for the public EIS scoping meetings on the siting of interceptor missile facilities (US Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency, 2014)
Design and facilitation of a strategic planning retreat on the implications of emerging issues in health care for the medical physicists profession (American Association of Physicists in Medicine, 2014)
Design, convening, and facilitation of regional public forums on the scope of the NRC waste confidence rulemaking (Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2013)
Facilitation of negotiated rulemakings on educational policy issues, e.g., violence against women; gainful employment; teacher education (Department of Education, 2010 – 2014)
Facilitation of a strategic assessment workshop on the deployment of small modular reactors (Nuclear Energy Institute, 2014)
Facilitation of strategic planning sessions on emerging environmental issues from offshore oil and gas development (Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (Department of Interior, 2013)
Convening and facilitation of a collaborative process on the potential needs of state, local, and tribal governments relative to the siting of an interim storage facility for radioactive waste (Nuclear Energy Institute, 2013)
Design and facilitation of a public engagement process for educating the public and soliciting public views on the disposal of radioactive waste at a site in the State of Utah (Utah Department of Environmental Quality, 2013, 2014)
Facilitation of a communications retreat for improving working relationships between program offices of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Office of the General Counsel (Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2013)
Facilitation of public forums on the DOE Uranium Leasing Program
(Argonne National Lab, Department of Energy Legacy Program, 2013)
Facilitation of a public forum on issues associated with the decommissioning of the San Onofre nuclear power plant (Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2013, 2014)
Curriculum design and Instructor, “The Law of the National Environmental Policy Act” for federal and state agency project managers, Duke University, Environmental Leadership Program; “Public Participation Strategies for the NEPA Process”; “Cumulative Impacts Analysis: Climate Change” (2010 – 2014)
Facilitation of public meetings on the environmental review for proposed new reactor sites (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2008 through 2014)
Facilitation of the public meetings on the Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the licensing of uranium recovery facilities (NRC, 2009)
EDUCATION
M.M.A., Natural Resources, University of Rhode Island
J.D., University of Pittsburgh
B.A., Political Science and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
HONORS
Fulbright Scholar, Uruguay
Meritorious Service Award for Legal Excellence, U. S Nuclear Regulatory Commission