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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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Name Background Project Role
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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Name Background Project Role
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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Name Background Project Role
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
Comment Response Analyst
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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Name Background Project Role
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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Name Background Project Role
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
Comment Response Analyst
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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Name Background Project Role
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
response and land use planning
Comment Response Analyst
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Name Background Project Role
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
Comment Response Analyst
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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Name Background Project Role
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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Name Background Project Role
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
Comment Response Analyst
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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