NDEQ List of Preparers

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January 2013 Nebraskas Keystone XL Pipeline Evaluation 8-1

Nebraska Department

of Environmental Quality

C H A P T E R 8

LIST OF PREPARERS

8.1 NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYThe following members of NDEQ were responsible for overall project management, technicaldirection, and writing, reviewing, and editing the Final Evaluation Report.

Name Project Role

Michael Linder, Esq. Director

Jay Ringenberg Deputy Director

Pat Rice Project Manager

Doug Barry Mechanical Engineer

John Bender Water Quality

Brian McManus Public Information Officer

David Miesbach, PG Geologist

Linda Rohn Administrative Support

8.2 CONTRACTORSHDR Engineering, Inc., and its subconsultants assisted NDEQ in preparation of the FinalEvaluation Report. The following individuals were key members of the project team:

Name Background Project Role

Project Management

Tim Crockett,

PE

M.S., Civil Engineering B.S.,Mathematics Twenty-three years in project management and in

multiple facets of civil engineering related to solid

waste, water resources, and environmental studiesProject Principal

John Morton, PE

M.S., Engineering Management B.S., Civil Engineering Thirty-eight years in the design, permitting, and

approval of civil engineering structures; NEPA and

other environmental compliance; mitigation design;

public involvement, interagency coordination, and

management of interdisciplinary teams

Project Manager


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Audrey Unger,PMP

M.S., Environmental Planning B.S.,Environmental Sciences/Studies Thirteen years in NEPA compliance, environmental

justice, social conditions, EnvironmentalManagement Systems, sustainability, conceptual

master planning, and brownfields redevelopment,plus experience supervising large groups of

interdisciplinary professionals

Deputy Project Manager

Chapter Manager Air, Noise,Waste Management

Craig Osborn,PE

B.S., Civil Engineering B.S., Conservation/Renewable Natural Resources Thirty-seven years as an environmental specialist,

project engineer, and project manager for

environmental assessments; permit applications;compliance inspection; site restoration; and design

for industrial, hazardous, and radioactive waste

facilities

Quality Control Manager

Technical Analysis

Christopher

Behr

M.S., Civil Engineering M.S., Natural Resources (Natural Resource,

Economics)

B.A., Economics/Finance Twenty-two years in the evaluation of infrastructure

investments and environmental impacts and

application of diverse analytical tools such as cost-

benefit analyses, cost-risk analyses, environmental

valuation, and statistics

Resource Specialist Economics

and Fiscal Impacts

Lucy Bowen

B.A., Technical Journalism Thirty-six years in the management of

environmental regulatory programs, and

multidisciplinary teams, preparation of

environmental impact statements (EISs),environmental assessments, and technical reports

for a wide variety of projects including high-voltage

transmission lines, pipelines, and flood control

facilities

Senior Reviewer

John Cambridge,

PE, CFM

B.S.,Civil Engineering Thirty-four years in a wide range of water resources

projects, including storm water management,

watershed planning, channel stabilization, and flood

control projects, performing hydrologic analysis,hydraulic design, and design of structures

Resource Specialist Surface

Water


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Garson

Carothers

B.S.,Civil Engineering Twenty-four years in environmental studies,

primarily in the oil and mining sector;

environmental data collection; and design andimplementation of innovative remediation

approachesChapter Manager Pipeline

Safety and Potential Spills

Timothy Casey

B.S.,Biology Twenty-three years performing and managing noise

and vibration analyses for projects involvingstationary and mobile sources, including

combustion turbines, wind farms, and other noisesources associated with the power and energy

industriesResource Specialist Noise

Mark Collins

B.A., Government and International Relations B.S., Civil Engineering Thirty years performing and managing

groundwater-related projects, including natural

resource assessments, water supply design,

modeling and environmental remediation.

Reviewer GroundwaterModeling

Jeremy Cook

M.A., Economics/Finance B.A., Economics/Finance Twelve years performing economic and statistical

modeling and fiscal analysis of various waterresources projects; cash flow models and finance

alternatives for public infrastructure; market

analysis of construction materials; and developmentof optimization models

Resource Specialist Employment and Fiscal Impacts

Luca DeAngelis

M.S., Civil Engineering B.S. Geological Engineering Fifteen years of practice as a hydrogeologist in the

environmental and water resources fields.

Registered professional environmental engineer and

professional geologist in Nebraska. Experience

includes performing environmental and watersupply field investigations, developing groundwater

flow models, and developing designs for water

supply wells. Field investigation and studyexperience in most of Nebraskas primary and

secondary aquifers.

Hydrogeology Dissolved phase

fate and transport analysis

Jeff Franco

M.S., Biosciences Management B.S.,Environmental Sciences Seven years conducting environmental site

assessments and EISs, wetland delineation, Section

404 permitting, prairie ecology and restoration, and

invasive species monitoring and controlResource Specialist Recreation

and Visual Resources


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Fiona Goodson

B.S.,Ecology Seventeen years in the environmental field

including wildlife, biology, wetlands, species-

specific surveys; project management; andenvironmental regulatory compliance with NEPA,

Sections 404 and 401 of the Clean Water Act, andthe Endangered Species Act

Chapter Manager Wetlands,

Terrestrial Vegetation, Wildlife,

Fisheries, Threatened and

Endangered Species and Species

of Conservation Concern

RosemaryHargrave

M.S., Biology B.S., Biology Thirty-five years in the management of

environmental regulatory programs, and

multidisciplinary teams, preparation of EISs,environmental assessments, and technical reports

for a wide variety of projects

Senior Reviewer

Erin Hatchett

M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences B.S.,Wildlife Biology Fifteen years in wildlife biology, threatened and

endangered species habitat assessment, and

presence/absence surveys; environmental site

assessment; hazardous materials investigations;NEPA documentation; and wetland delineation and

permitting

Resource Specialist Wildlife

Comment Response Analyst

Eric Herman

M.S., Environmental Planning B.A., Environmental Studies Nine years in environmental project management,

environmental permitting, NEPA documents,

biological evaluations, and biological andarchaeological field and survey work


Field Observation

Tom Hess

B.S., Geomechanics Twenty-eight years of experience in the pipeline

and utility construction industries, including project

management, permit acquisition, environmental

inspection, and construction foremanSenior Pipeline Advisor

Larry Land, PE

M.S.,Agricultural Engineering B.S.,Agricultural Engineering Forty-seven years in water resource planning,

development, monitoring, well design, well field

evaluation, and conjunctive use of surface waterand groundwaterSenior Reviewer Geology,

Surface Water, Groundwater

Bruce Larsen,PE

B.S.,Civil Engineering Thirty-three years in environmental compliance,

analysis and design of water and wastewater

treatment facilities, soil and groundwater

investigations, groundwater monitoring systemdesign, feasibility studies, groundwater modeling

and remediation

Senior Reviewer Hazardous

Sites and MaterialsFate & Transport Technical

Memo


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Samuel Less

M.S.,Environmental Planning B.A.,Philosophy Thirty years in the preparation of NEPA

documentation using guidance issued by 10different federal agencies, including FTA, FHWA,

USACE, USDA, FAA, USDOE, USCG, GSA,EDA, and FRA; co-author of Chapter 1,Highway

Engineering Handbook, McGraw Hill (ThirdEdition), 2009

Senior Reviewer AffectedEnvironment and Environmental

Consequences Chapter

Edward Liebsch

M.S.,Meteorology B.A.,Earth Science/Chemistry Thirty-two years as an air quality specialist, project

manager, and group leader for air quality impactanalysis and permitting, including dispersion

modeling of air pollution, regulatory evaluations,

and air quality analyses under NEPA and stateenvironmental review programs

Senior Reviewer Air Quality

ChristineMagers

M.S., Environmental Management B.S., Wildlife and Fishery Science Seven years in environmental analysis and

documentation, surveys of rangeland and wildlife

systems, Section 404/401 permitting, feasibility

studies, and wetland delineations

Resource Specialist Wetlands,Terrestrial Vegetation

Scott Mars, PE

M.S.,Water Resources B.S.,Environmental Engineering Twenty-four years in water resources planning and

hydrology, water quality, water rights, NEPApermitting and analysis, land use planning, streamrestoration, property acquisitions/transactions and

redevelopment, and soil and groundwater

investigation and remediation

Chapter Manager Geology,

Soils and Sediment,Groundwater, Surface Water

Randall McCart

M.A. and B.S., Geography B.S., Education Thirty-one years in NEPA studies evaluating a wide

range of projects including radioactive waste

facilities and natural resource management. Mr.

McCart has specialized in impacts on air and water

quality, hazardous material, energy, geology and

soils, farmland, and environmental justice

Resource Specialist Agriculture and Land Use,

Population and Environmental

Justice, Energy

CraigMcColloch, PE

B.S., Civil Engineering Thirty-four years in public involvement,

preparation and management of NEPA documents,Phases I and II environmental site assessments, soil

and groundwater remediation, and construction

oversight of environmental remediation and

hazardous waste disposal

Comment/Response Coordinator


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Carrie Minnich

M.S., Geology B.S.,Geology Eight years in preparation and management of

Phases I and II environmental site assessments, soiland groundwater remediation, installation and

sampling of groundwater monitoring wells, soilborings and test pits; processing and analysis of

field and laboratory data; preparation of site-specific maps with posted analytical data using

ArcGIS; and investigative and remedial report

writing

Resource Specialist Geology,

Soils and Sediments,Groundwater

Gregg Mitchell,

PG

B.S., Environmental Technology Twenty-four years in the preparation of EISs and

critical issues analyses on a number of alternative

energy planning projects; assessment of soil,

surface geologic, groundwater, and mining

resources; and identification of potential geologichazards, geotechnical constraints, and engineering

mitigations

Senior Reviewer Soils and

Sediment

Jim Pavlik, PE

B.S., Civil Engineering Twenty-three years in air quality permitting and

compliance of complex Prevention of Significant

Deterioration, Title V and NEPA projects as well asenvironmental site assessments and investigations,

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,

industrial stormwater pollution prevention plans,

spill prevention control and countermeasures plans,and Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization

Act, Title III

Resource Specialist Air

Quality

Amanda Peyton

M.S., Natural Resources Management (degree notcomplete)

B.S., Biology and Environmental Science Thirteen years in environmental restoration,

development of Integrated Natural ResourcesManagement Plans and NEPA documents,

conducting compliance assessments, sampling and

remediation, and wetland delineation


Matt Pillard

M.S.,Plan Sciences (Community and RegionalPlanning)

B.S.,Natural Resources Nineteen years in technical development of

environmental assessments, EISs, andenvironmental permitting; Section 404 of the Clean

Water Act; and environmental resource planning

and management

Resource Specialist Fisheries,Threatened and EndangeredSpecies and Species of

Conservation Concern


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Steve Rowe

M.S.,Environmental Sciences B.A.,Biology Twenty-one years in preparation and review of

environmental assessments and EISs; developmentand implementation of permitting strategy and

technical plans for pipelines, gas storage fields, andother energy projects

Senior Pipeline Advisor

Steve Sabatke

M.A.,Anthropology/Archaeology B.A.,Anthropology/Archaeology Thirteen years in cultural resources management of

federal and nonfederal projects; development of

cultural resources project permitting strategies and

development of project-specific cultural resourcetechnical procedures, cultural resources project

lead, cultural resources group lead, and cultural

resources field supervisor

Resource Specialist CulturalResources

Cheryl Schmidt

Ph.D., Biology M.S.,Biology B.S.,Biology Twenty-eight years in ecological resources, habitat

management, multitaxonomic field work in a wide

variety of localities, and environmental planning

and monitoring

Senior Reviewer Wetlands,

Terrestrial Vegetation, Wildlife,

Threatened and EndangeredSpecies and Species of

Conservation Concern

Meagan Schnoor

B.S.,Biology Ten years in biological sciences, threatened and

endangered species, wetland delineations, and

NEPA studies

Technical Lead Executive

Summary, Introduction and

Background, Project Regulatory

Requirements, Mitigation

Amy Sorensen

Associate of Science, Geographic InformationSystems

Associate of Science, Education Eight years in GIS including reading, interpreting

and understanding legal descriptions, maps, plats,

aerial photographs and other GIS-related source

information

GIS Coordinator

Rona Spellecacy

M.A., Political Science/Environmental Studies B.A., Biology and Anthropology Nine years in environmental planning and analysis,

NEPA documentation, permitting and regulatorycompliance, water resource planning, water rights

analysis, hazard mitigation, and emergency

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Alan Stanfill

M.A., Anthropology B.A.,Anthropology Thirty-nine years as an archaeologist and cultural

resource manager; negotiation of programmatic andmemoranda of agreement to resolve conflicts under

Section 106 of the National Historic PreservationAct; design of procedural mechanisms to complete

the steps of the Section 106 process

Senior Reviewer CulturalResources

Catherine Storey

B.S.,Chemistry Twenty-eight years in chemistry and environmental

science, including environmental assessments,

EISs, and environmental permitting for FederalEnergy Regulatory Commission and NEPA

projects including natural gas pipelines and storage

fields

Technical Lead Pipeline Safety

and Potential Spills

Scott Stuewe

B.S., Fishery Sciences Thirty-five years in aquatic management,

ecosystem restoration, water quality and supply,

interjurisdictional species management, and control

of aquatic nuisance species

Senior Reviewer Fisheries

Travis Talbitzer,

GISP

M.A., Geography B.S., Natural Resources Nine years in biological surveys, wetland

delineations, Section 404 permitting, GIS, and

environmental documentation

GIS Coordinator

Susan Talbot

Bachelor of Arts Biology Associate of Arts, Forest Technology Twenty nine years in stream restoration, water

quality, fisheries, habitat analysis, ecological risk

assessment, NEPA documentation, andenvironmental project management


Patricia

Terhaar, PG

M.S., Geology B.S.,Geological and Related Sciences (Earth

Science)

Twenty-nine years in preparation of documentssupporting NEPA compliance for energy projects,

Phases I and II site assessments, hydrogeologic

investigations, remedial investigations andfeasibility studies associated with landfills,

hazardous waste sites, and chemical and petroleum

spills

Technical Lead Project

Description


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Cindy Veys

M.A., Environmental Management B.S., Geography Thirty-six years in environmental resource planning

and management, preparation and review of NEPAdocuments, including Categorical Exclusion

reviews, Environmental Assessments, and EISs forpublic projects in transportation, utilities, pipelines

and water. Ms. Veys also is experienced inmanaging a large interdisciplinary staff in the

preparation of environmental documents and

permits

Senior Reviewer Agricultureand Land Use, Recreation and

Visual Resources, Populationand Environmental Justice,

Energy

Todd Wilson

M.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences B.S.,Chemistry Twenty-one years in management of hazardous

toxic and radioactive waste sites; chemical

sampling, testing, and analysis of wastes; fieldaudits and review of laboratory Chemical QualityAssurance and Health and Safety requirements; and

evaluation of innovative technologies for

applications in the remediation of hazardous toxicand radioactive waste sites

Resource Specialist Hazardous

Sites and Materials

Mark

Wollschlager,

JD

J.D. B.S., Biological/Life Sciences Thirty-two years in environmental law, impact

analysis, permitting, and quality control; strategy,coordination, guidance, review, analysis, and

interpretation of federal and state environmental

and energy laws and regulations affecting varioustypes of projects and facilities

Affected Environment and

Environmental ConsequencesChapter Manager

Senior Reviewer Agriculture

and Land Use, Recreation and

Visual Resources, Population

and Environmental Justice,Employment and Fiscal Impacts,

Energy

Leanne Ziettlow,

PE

M.S., Civil Engineering B.S., Civil Engineering Twenty-seven years in the planning, design, and

implementation of transportation, trafficengineering, and public involvement projects

including preparation of project reports and

documents

Resource Specialist Public

Services


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Outreach and Agency Coordination

Stephanie White

M.B.A., Business Administration/Management B.A., Sociology Sixteen years in leading local, regional, and

statewide communications and outreach activities;

training; strategic planning; economic analysis;marketing; and public relations strategy

Senior Reviewer Outreach andAgency Coordination Chapter

Katie Hatfield-Edstrom

Ph.D., Communications M.A., Communications B.A., Communications Eleven years in message construction, audience

analysis, and group facilitation, including small

group communication, mass media and culture,

public communication, persuasion, social

movements, interpersonal communication, andargumentation and debate

Resource Specialist Outreach

and Agency Coordination

Chapter

Adriana

Servinsky

B.S., Civil Engineering Nine years in public involvement and transportation

planning including the preparation of project

development reports and environmental studies

Chapter Manager Outreach and

Agency Coordination Chapter

Document Production

Barry

Butterfield

M.S., Water Resources/Civil Engineering B.S.,Civil Engineering Thirty-eight years as a project engineer and project

manager for a wide variety of water resources,

transportation, energy, and waste managementprojects; NEPA studies; contract negotiations; and

technical productionDocument Production Manager

Molly Brown

B.S.,Environmental Studies Seventeen years in the preparation of NEPA

projects and environmental permitting, publicinvolvement, scheduling, progress reporting, and

quality assuranceTechnical Lead GIS and

Graphics

Chapter Manager Mitigation

Lori Buffington

B.S., Business Administration (degree notcomplete)

Thirty-five years in editorial review of technicaldocuments, and preparation and review ofenvironmental impact studies, biological

assessments, and environmental assessmentsTechnical and Copy Editor


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Dorothy

Bungert

B.F.A., Graphic Design Thirty-one years in creation and management of

graphic, marketing, and public outreach

communications, design briefs, textbooks, andenvironmental documents; experienced in full-

service art direction and document management intraditional and digital print processes

Resource Specialist Graphics

Ruth EllenHughes

B.A., English and Journalism Two years in copyediting, development of

templates and style guidelines, and formatting and

preparation of documents for publication

Technical Writer References

BrittonMarchese

M.S., Environmental Sciences B.S., Psychology Fifteen years in technical writing and editing;

NEPA documentation and coordination; andsocioeconomic, cultural, visual, and hazardous

waste analyses

Technical Editor

Sara MerchnPaniagua

M.S., Environmental Sciences B.S.,Environmental Biology Six years in NEPA compliance, Sections 404/401

permitting, wetland delineations, editing, and

document production

Affected Environment and

Environmental Consequences

Chapter Coordinator

Resource Specialist Mitigation


Michele Myers B.S., Graphic Design/Artist Thirteen years in graphic design Resource Specialist Graphics

Carl Petrich

M.B.A. M.L.A., Landscape Architecture B.S.,Botany Forty-three years leading the editing of major

environmental projects; experienced in scenarioplanning, strategic thinking, organizational

development aesthetic analysis, and international

energy and environmental planning

Senior Technical Editor

Wendy

Thompson

B.S.,Nursing (degree not complete) Eleven years in public involvement and outreach

activities, and project assistance including

development of project-specific outreach plans,

newsletters, proposals, presentations, andpreparation of environmental studies

Document Coordinator

Project Administrative Assistant

Carrie Ulrich M.S., English B.S.,Environmental Studies Nineteen years in technical writing, editing, and

document productionTechnical Editor


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Name and Firm Background Project Role

Subconsultants

Charles Butterfield

Chadron State

College

Ph.D., Rangeland Ecology M.S., Grazing Management B.S., Range Ecology

Rangeland ManagementConsultant

Robert Perla, PE

RPMS Consulting

Engineers

B.S. Pipeline Design andConstruction

David Seep

DCS and

Associates, LLC

B.S. Assessment and DocumentReviewer

Amy Smith

Northeastern

Oklahoma State

University and TetraTech, Inc.

Ph.D., Biology

B.S., Biology American Burying BeetleConsultant

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