Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality

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LIST OF PREPARERS
8.1 NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
The following members of NDEQ were responsible for overall project management, technical direction, and writing, reviewing, and editing the Final Evaluation Report.
Name
Michael Linder, Esq. Jay Ringenberg Pat Rice Doug Barry John Bender Brian McManus David Miesbach, PG Linda Rohn Director Deputy Director Project Manager Mechanical Engineer Water Quality Public Information Officer Geologist Administrative Support

Project Role

8.2 CONTRACTORS
HDR Engineering, Inc., and its subconsultants assisted NDEQ in preparation of the Final Evaluation Report. The following individuals were key members of the project team:
Name Background Project Management
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 studies 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 Role

Tim Crockett, PE

Project Principal

John Morton, PE

Project Manager

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Background Project Role

Audrey Unger, PMP

M.S., Environmental Planning B.S., Environmental Sciences/Studies Thirteen years in NEPA compliance, environmental justice, social conditions, Environmental Management Systems, sustainability, conceptual master planning, and brownfields redevelopment, plus experience supervising large groups of interdisciplinary professionals 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

Deputy Project Manager Chapter Manager Air, Noise, Waste Management

Craig Osborn, PE

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 costbenefit analyses, cost-risk analyses, environmental valuation, and statistics 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 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 Economics and Fiscal Impacts

Lucy Bowen

Senior Reviewer

John Cambridge, PE, CFM

Resource Specialist Surface Water

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Name

Final Evaluation Report

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 and implementation of innovative remediation approaches B.S., Biology Twenty-three years performing and managing noise and vibration analyses for projects involving stationary and mobile sources, including combustion turbines, wind farms, and other noise sources associated with the power and energy industries 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. M.A., Economics/Finance B.A., Economics/Finance Twelve years performing economic and statistical modeling and fiscal analysis of various water resources projects; cash flow models and finance alternatives for public infrastructure; market analysis of construction materials; and development of optimization models 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 water supply field investigations, developing groundwater flow models, and developing designs for water supply wells. Field investigation and study experience in most of Nebraskas primary and secondary aquifers. 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 control

Chapter Manager Pipeline Safety and Potential Spills

Timothy Casey

Resource Specialist Noise

Mark Collins

Reviewer Groundwater Modeling

Jeremy Cook

Resource Specialist Employment and Fiscal Impacts

Luca DeAngelis

Hydrogeology Dissolved phase fate and transport analysis

Jeff Franco

Resource Specialist Recreation and Visual Resources

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Name
Fiona Goodson

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Background Project Role
Chapter Manager Wetlands, Terrestrial Vegetation, Wildlife, Fisheries, Threatened and Endangered Species and Species of Conservation Concern

B.S., Ecology Seventeen years in the environmental field including wildlife, biology, wetlands, speciesspecific surveys; project management; and environmental regulatory compliance with NEPA, Sections 404 and 401 of the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act 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 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 M.S., Environmental Planning B.A., Environmental Studies Nine years in environmental project management, environmental permitting, NEPA documents, biological evaluations, and biological and archaeological field and survey work B.S., Geomechanics Twenty-eight years of experience in the pipeline and utility construction industries, including project management, permit acquisition, environmental inspection, and construction foreman 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 water and groundwater 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 system design, feasibility studies, groundwater modeling and remediation

Rosemary Hargrave

Senior Reviewer

Erin Hatchett

Resource Specialist Wildlife Comment Response Analyst

Eric Herman

Comment Response Analyst Field Observation

Tom Hess

Senior Pipeline Advisor

Larry Land, PE

Senior Reviewer Geology, Surface Water, Groundwater

Bruce Larsen, PE

Senior Reviewer Hazardous Sites and Materials Fate & Transport Technical Memo

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Name
Samuel Less

Final Evaluation Report

Background Project Role

M.S., Environmental Planning B.A., Philosophy Thirty years in the preparation of NEPA documentation using guidance issued by 10 different federal agencies, including FTA, FHWA, USACE, USDA, FAA, USDOE, USCG, GSA, EDA, and FRA; co-author of Chapter 1, Highway Engineering Handbook, McGraw Hill (Third Edition), 2009 M.S., Meteorology B.A., Earth Science/Chemistry Thirty-two years as an air quality specialist, project manager, and group leader for air quality impact analysis and permitting, including dispersion modeling of air pollution, regulatory evaluations, and air quality analyses under NEPA and state environmental review programs 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 M.S., Water Resources B.S., Environmental Engineering Twenty-four years in water resources planning and hydrology, water quality, water rights, NEPA permitting and analysis, land use planning, stream restoration, property acquisitions/transactions and redevelopment, and soil and groundwater investigation and remediation 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 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

Senior Reviewer Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences Chapter

Edward Liebsch

Senior Reviewer Air Quality

Christine Magers

Resource Specialist Wetlands, Terrestrial Vegetation

Scott Mars, PE

Chapter Manager Geology, Soils and Sediment, Groundwater, Surface Water

Randall McCart

Resource Specialist Agriculture and Land Use, Population and Environmental Justice, Energy

Craig McColloch, PE

Comment/Response Coordinator

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Name
Carrie Minnich

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Background Project Role

M.S., Geology B.S., Geology Eight years in preparation and management of Phases I and II environmental site assessments, soil and groundwater remediation, installation and sampling of groundwater monitoring wells, soil borings and test pits; processing and analysis of field and laboratory data; preparation of sitespecific maps with posted analytical data using ArcGIS; and investigative and remedial report writing 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 geologic hazards, geotechnical constraints, and engineering mitigations 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 as environmental 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 M.S., Natural Resources Management (degree not complete) B.S., Biology and Environmental Science Thirteen years in environmental restoration, development of Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans and NEPA documents, conducting compliance assessments, sampling and remediation, and wetland delineation M.S., Plan Sciences (Community and Regional Planning) B.S., Natural Resources Nineteen years in technical development of environmental assessments, EISs, and environmental permitting; Section 404 of the Clean Water Act; and environmental resource planning and management

Resource Specialist Geology, Soils and Sediments, Groundwater

Gregg Mitchell, PG

Senior Reviewer Soils and Sediment

Jim Pavlik, PE

Resource Specialist Air Quality

Amanda Peyton

Comment Response Analyst

Matt Pillard

Resource Specialist Fisheries, Threatened and Endangered Species and Species of Conservation Concern

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Name

Final Evaluation Report

Background Project Role

Steve Rowe

M.S., Environmental Sciences B.A., Biology Twenty-one years in preparation and review of environmental assessments and EISs; development and implementation of permitting strategy and technical plans for pipelines, gas storage fields, and other energy projects 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 resource technical procedures, cultural resources project lead, cultural resources group lead, and cultural resources field supervisor 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 B.S., Biology Ten years in biological sciences, threatened and endangered species, wetland delineations, and NEPA studies Associate of Science, Geographic Information Systems 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 M.A., Political Science/Environmental Studies B.A., Biology and Anthropology Nine years in environmental planning and analysis, NEPA documentation, permitting and regulatory compliance, water resource planning, water rights analysis, hazard mitigation, and emergency response and land use planning

Senior Pipeline Advisor

Steve Sabatke

Resource Specialist Cultural Resources

Cheryl Schmidt

Senior Reviewer Wetlands, Terrestrial Vegetation, Wildlife, Threatened and Endangered Species and Species of Conservation Concern

Meagan Schnoor

Technical Lead Executive Summary, Introduction and Background, Project Regulatory Requirements, Mitigation

Amy Sorensen

GIS Coordinator

Rona Spellecacy

Comment Response Analyst

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Name
Alan Stanfill

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Background Project Role

M.A., Anthropology B.A., Anthropology Thirty-nine years as an archaeologist and cultural resource manager; negotiation of programmatic and memoranda of agreement to resolve conflicts under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act; design of procedural mechanisms to complete the steps of the Section 106 process B.S., Chemistry Twenty-eight years in chemistry and environmental science, including environmental assessments, EISs, and environmental permitting for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and NEPA projects including natural gas pipelines and storage fields 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 M.A., Geography B.S., Natural Resources Nine years in biological surveys, wetland delineations, Section 404 permitting, GIS, and environmental documentation 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, and environmental project management M.S., Geology B.S., Geological and Related Sciences (Earth Science) Twenty-nine years in preparation of documents supporting NEPA compliance for energy projects, Phases I and II site assessments, hydrogeologic investigations, remedial investigations and feasibility studies associated with landfills, hazardous waste sites, and chemical and petroleum spills

Senior Reviewer Cultural Resources

Catherine Storey

Technical Lead Pipeline Safety and Potential Spills

Scott Stuewe

Senior Reviewer Fisheries

Travis Talbitzer, GISP

GIS Coordinator

Susan Talbot

Comment Response Analyst

Patricia Terhaar, PG

Technical Lead Project Description

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Name
Cindy Veys

Final Evaluation Report

Background Project Role

M.A., Environmental Management B.S., Geography Thirty-six years in environmental resource planning and management, preparation and review of NEPA documents, including Categorical Exclusion reviews, Environmental Assessments, and EISs for public projects in transportation, utilities, pipelines and water. Ms. Veys also is experienced in managing a large interdisciplinary staff in the preparation of environmental documents and permits 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; field audits and review of laboratory Chemical Quality Assurance and Health and Safety requirements; and evaluation of innovative technologies for applications in the remediation of hazardous toxic and radioactive waste sites 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 various types of projects and facilities M.S., Civil Engineering B.S., Civil Engineering Twenty-seven years in the planning, design, and implementation of transportation, traffic engineering, and public involvement projects including preparation of project reports and documents

Senior Reviewer Agriculture and Land Use, Recreation and Visual Resources, Population and Environmental Justice, Energy

Todd Wilson

Resource Specialist Hazardous Sites and Materials

Mark Wollschlager, JD

Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences Chapter Manager Senior Reviewer Agriculture and Land Use, Recreation and Visual Resources, Population and Environmental Justice, Employment and Fiscal Impacts, Energy

Leanne Ziettlow, PE

Resource Specialist Public Services

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Name Background Outreach and Agency Coordination
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 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, and argumentation and debate B.S., Civil Engineering Nine years in public involvement and transportation planning including the preparation of project development reports and environmental studies

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Project Role

Stephanie White

Senior Reviewer Outreach and Agency Coordination Chapter

Katie HatfieldEdstrom

Resource Specialist Outreach and Agency Coordination Chapter

Adriana Servinsky

Chapter Manager Outreach and Agency Coordination Chapter

Document Production
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 management projects; NEPA studies; contract negotiations; and technical production B.S., Environmental Studies Seventeen years in the preparation of NEPA projects and environmental permitting, public involvement, scheduling, progress reporting, and quality assurance B.S., Business Administration (degree not complete) Thirty-five years in editorial review of technical documents, and preparation and review of environmental impact studies, biological assessments, and environmental assessments

Barry Butterfield

Document Production Manager

Molly Brown

Technical Lead GIS and Graphics Chapter Manager Mitigation

Lori Buffington

Technical and Copy Editor

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Name
Dorothy Bungert

Final Evaluation Report

Background Project Role

B.F.A., Graphic Design Thirty-one years in creation and management of graphic, marketing, and public outreach communications, design briefs, textbooks, and environmental documents; experienced in fullservice art direction and document management in traditional and digital print processes B.A., English and Journalism Two years in copyediting, development of templates and style guidelines, and formatting and preparation of documents for publication M.S., Environmental Sciences B.S., Psychology Fifteen years in technical writing and editing; NEPA documentation and coordination; and socioeconomic, cultural, visual, and hazardous waste analyses M.S., Environmental Sciences B.S., Environmental Biology Six years in NEPA compliance, Sections 404/401 permitting, wetland delineations, editing, and document production B.S., Graphic Design/Artist Thirteen years in graphic design M.B.A. M.L.A., Landscape Architecture B.S., Botany Forty-three years leading the editing of major environmental projects; experienced in scenario planning, strategic thinking, organizational development aesthetic analysis, and international energy and environmental planning 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, and preparation of environmental studies M.S., English B.S., Environmental Studies Nineteen years in technical writing, editing, and document production

Resource Specialist Graphics

Ruth Ellen Hughes

Technical Writer References

Britton Marchese

Technical Editor

Sara Merchn Paniagua

Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences Chapter Coordinator Resource Specialist Mitigation Comment Response Analyst Resource Specialist Graphics

Michele Myers

Carl Petrich

Senior Technical Editor

Wendy Thompson

Document Coordinator Project Administrative Assistant

Carrie Ulrich

Technical Editor

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Name and Firm

Background Subconsultants

Project Role

Charles Butterfield Chadron State College Robert Perla, PE RPMS Consulting Engineers David Seep DCS and Associates, LLC Amy Smith Northeastern Oklahoma State University and Tetra Tech, Inc.

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

Rangeland Management Consultant Pipeline Design and Construction Assessment and Document Reviewer

B.S.

Ph.D., Biology B.S., Biology

American Burying Beetle Consultant

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