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APRIL 2009 GASTON EAST-WEST CONNECTOR DEIS
10-1
CH. 10 LIST OF PREPARERS
10.1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
George Hoops, PE
Major Projects Engineer
MS in Transportation Engineering, BS in Civil Engineering
with 18 years of experience in NEPA documentation, design,
and construction.
10.2 NORTH CAROLINA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY
Steve DeWitt, PE
Chief Engineer
BS in Civil Engineering with 24 years of experience in project
development, environmental evaluations and processes,
design-build program and project development, contract
procurement and administration, and construction processes.
Jennifer Harris, PE
Staff Engineer
BS in Civil Engineering with 8 years experience in
transportation, project development, impact analysis, public
involvement, and NEPA analysis.
10.3 NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Geotechnical Engineering Unit / GeoEnvironmental Section
Terry W. Fox, LG
GeoEnvironmental Project
Manager
Prepared the GeoEnvironmental Impact Evaluation Memos –
1/28/08 and 10/10/07.
Richard S. Johnson, LG
GeoEnvironmental
Project Manager
Prepared the GeoEnvironmental Impact Study Hazardous
Materials Evaluation Memo, 3/19/04.
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch - Office of Natural
Environment (Mussel Surveys)
Jared Gray BS in Environmental Science with 14 years experience in T/E
species surveys, benthic macroinvertebrates, wetland
delineation, soils and water quality analysis, and permitting.
Matt Haney
Environmental Specialist
BS in Natural Resources with 11 years experience in
permitting, wetland delineations, T/E species surveys, benthic
macroinvertebrates.
Kathy Herring
Environmental Supervisor
BS in Biology with 13 years experience in freshwater fish and
benthic macroinvertebrates; aquatic habitat evaluations and
function; biocriteria and biotic indices evaluations; and T/E
species surveys.
Chapter 10 is a list of the principal participants in the preparation of this Draft EIS and supporting documentation.
LIST OF PREPARERS Chapter 10
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Neil Medlin
Environmental Supervisor
MA in Biology, BS in Biology with 22 years experience in
freshwater fish and benthic macroinvertebrate collection and
identification; aquatic habitat evaluations and function;
biocriteria and biotic indices evaluations; T/E species surveys.
Jason Mays
Environmental Specialist
BS in Biological Sciences minor Chemistry with 6 years
experience in Section 7 field investigations and protected
species surveys.
Michael Sanderson
Environmental Specialist
BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Science with 13 years experience
in bird surveys, behavioral analysis, habitat use/evaluation,
Section 7 field investigations, protected species surveys, and
wetland delineation/determination.
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
Kristina L. Solberg, PE
Project Development
Engineer
BS in Biological Sciences, BS in Civil Engineering, Masters of
International Studies - Environmental Law and Policy &
Sustainable Development. 13 years experience in project
management of NEPA studies for transportation projects.
Responsible for NCDOT review of the EIS.
10.4 PRIVATE CONSULTING FIRMS
HNTB (NCTA General Engineering Consultant)
James Byrd, PE
Hydraulics
Project Manager
BS in Civil Engineering with 24 years of experience in
highway drainage design, bridge and culvert analysis and
design, FEMA revisions and stormwater management.
Jeffrey Dayton, PE
Transportation Engineer
BS in Civil Engineering with 6 years of experience in NEPA
studies, transportation planning, and traffic engineering.
Responsible for project oversight.
Spencer Franklin, PE
Traffic Engineering
Project Manager
BS in Civil Engineering with 12 years of experience in signal
design, ITS design, traffic analysis, access management and
traffic control design.
Donna Keener, PE
Senior Design Engineer
BS in Civil Engineering with 20 years of experience in
transportation engineering, including roadway and drainage
design, highway capacity analysis, and traffic control design.
Tracy Roberts, AICP
Senior Transportation
Planner
MS in Public Administration, BS in Urban and Regional
Planning with 13 years experience in NEPA studies and
municipal planning, and air quality and noise analysis.
Christy Shumate, AICP
Senior Transportation
Planner
MS in Environmental Management and BS in Natural
Sciences and Mathematics with 7 years of experience in
NEPA studies and documentation.
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PBS&J (EIS Preparation, Roadway Design, Technical Analysis)
David W. Bass, PE
Senior Project Manager
BS in Civil Engineering with 19 years of roadway design
experience. Responsible for the preliminary designs and the
construction quantities for cost estimates.
Kimberly D. Bereis, AICP
Senior Planner
MSP in Urban & Regional Planning, BS in Environmental
Studies with 12 years of experience. Responsible for community
characteristics report and community impact assessment, noise
measurements, assistance with overall management, and public
involvement program.
J. Todd Brooks, PE
Group Manager, General
Transportation
BS in Civil Engineering with 22 year experience in
transportation planning. Responsible for constructability
reviews and construction staging concepts.
Eric C. Coughlin,
GISP, CIFM
GIS Coordinator
BA in Geography with 9 years of experience in GIS. Responsible
for collecting, developing, editing, maintaining and analyzing
project GIS data and producing cartographic products.
Kiersten R. Giugno
Senior Planner
BA in Environmental Studies with 15 years of experience in
environmental planning and analyses. Responsible for
preparation of various EIS sections.
Jill S. Gurak, PE, AICP
Senior Project Manager
BS in Mechanical Engineering with 19 years of experience in
NEPA studies. Responsible for overall management and
development of the EIS and quality control for air quality and
noise impact assessments.
Calista R. Hall, PE
Senior Engineer
BS in Civil Engineering with 8 years of experience. Responsible
for roadway and interchange designs.
Richard Hiner, PE, CPESC BS in Civil Engineering with 18 years of experience in hydrologic
and hydraulic design and analysis. Responsible for preliminary
drainage analysis and culvert/bridge selection and preparation of
the Hydraulic Technical Memorandum.
Tom D. Kelly, PE
Senior Engineer
BS in Civil Engineering with 5 years experience. Responsible for
traffic operations analysis.
William B. Kerr, Jr. AICP
Senior Planner
MUP in Urban and Regional Planning with 20 years of
experience in NEPA studies, environmental planning and
analysis. Responsible for noise modeling, impact analysis, and
development of mitigation measures.
Thirulokesh Krishnan, EIT
Engineer III
MS in Civil Engineering with 3 years of experience. Responsible
for traffic operations analysis.
James N. Lawson
Technical Coordinator II
BA in Psychology, AA in Civil Engineering with 20 years of
experience. Responsible for graphics coordination, preparation
of graphics and exhibits, and impact calculations.
Andrew R. Lelewski, PE
Senior Engineer II
BS in Civil Engineering with 11 years of experience in providing
project development and environmental studies; traffic analysis
for modeling complex roadway networks. Responsible for traffic
operations analysis.
Clinton J. Morgan
Senior Engineer II
BS in Civil Engineering with 15 years of roadway design
experience. Responsible for the preliminary designs and the
construction cost preparation.
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CATENA GROUP (Wetland and Stream Delineations)
Shay Garriock
Biologist
BS in Wildlife Resources with 7 years experience in natural
systems investigations, protected species surveys, environmental
permitting, water quality monitoring, nutrient loading analysis,
mitigation site searches, and mitigation site monitoring.
Chris Sheats
Biologist
BS in Botany with 4 years of experience with natural resource
investigations including wetland and stream mitigation,
jurisdictional wetland and stream delineations and
classifications, environmental permitting, and T/E species
surveys.
COASTAL CAROLINA RESEARCH, INC. (Archaeological Resources)
Susan E. Bamann, RPA
Principal Investigator
PhD in Anthropology with 21 years of experience in
archaeological research and 13 years of experience in cultural
resource management. Responsible for field work,
archaeological resources and overall analysis.
Dawn M. Bradley, RPA
Archaeologist
MA in Geology, BA in Anthropology with 4 years of experience
as an archaeological supervisor. Responsible for
geomorphological reconnaissance of floodplains to assess
potential for buried archaeological sites.
Bill Hall
Historian
BA in History with 10 years of experience in development of
historic contexts for cultural resources management. Project
historian responsible for background research and compilation of
information on previously recorded sites.
Loretta Lautzenheiser, RPA
Project Manager
MA in Anthropology with 31 years of experience in archaeology.
Responsible for development of project scope and coordination of
work.
EARTH TECH OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. (Natural Communities,
Endangered Plants, Bald Eagles)
Ron Johnson MS in Biological Sciences with 20 years experience in natural
resources surveys, wetland and stream mitigation. Responsible
for preparation of NRTR.
Kevin Lapp
Biologist
MS in Biological Sciences with 2 years experience in
conservation and natural resources management.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. (Endangered Plants)
Gail Tyner BS with 8 years of experience in natural resource investigations,
wetlands delineation, wetland mitigation monitoring, and T/E
species surveys.
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GIBSON ENGINEERING (Roadway Design)
Glenda Gibson, PE
BS in Civil Engineering with 20 years of roadway design
experience. Responsible for the preliminary designs and the
construction cost preparation.
Mike Pekarek, PE
BS in Civil Engineering with 10 years of roadway design
experience. Responsible for the preliminary designs and the
construction cost preparation.
Kathy Lassiter, PE
BS in Civil Engineering with 40 years of roadway design
experience. Responsible for the quality review of preliminary
designs and the construction cost preparation.
JH CARTER AND ASSOCIATES, INC. (Wetland and Stream Delineations)
Jennifer M. Freeman
Biologist
BS in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Minor: Environmental
Science, AS in Biological Sciences with 5 years experience in
stream identification, wetland delineation and restoration,
species surveys, vegetation monitoring, preparation of Biological
Assessments, monitoring and management of red-cockaded
woodpeckers, forest inventory, and GPS/GIS.
William B. Mullin
Biologist
BT in Wildlife Management, AT in Fisheries and Wildlife
Technologies with 10 years experience in wetland delineation
and restoration, hydric soils, wetland hydrology, vegetation and
groundwater monitoring, species surveys, sampling and
population dynamics, aerial photograph interpretation, and GPS
surveys.
Tracy E. Rush
Biologist
MS in Forest Resources, BS in Biology (Botany Option) with 15
years experience in species surveys, native plant and biotic
community identification, preparation of Biological and
Environmental Assessments, wetland delineation, restoration,
monitoring and permitting, forest management, vegetation
monitoring and GPS/GIS.
HW LOCHNER, INC. (Endangered Plants)
Eric Galamb, PWS
Biologist
BS in Environmental Management and Biogeography with 16
years experience in natural resources surveys, regulatory agency
coordination; wetland and stream permitting, mitigation,
monitoring, determinations, and delineations; linear corridor
studies; environmental constraints mapping, NEPA/SEPA, and
species surveys.
KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES (Endangered Plants)
Norton Webster
Environmental Scientist
BS in Business with 10 years experience in wetland/stream
delineation, permitting, and T/E species surveys.
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LOUIS BERGER GROUP (Indirect and Cumulative Effects)
J. Scott Lane, AICP
Director of Planning
MA in Geography with 13 years experience in urban planning
and indirect and cumulative assessment. Responsible for the
management of the Indirect and Cumulative Effects
Assessment.
Julie Flesch-Pate, LEED
AP
Principal Environmental
Planner
BS in Biochemistry with 10 years experience in NEPA studies,
transportation planning and indirect and cumulative
assessments. Responsible for the Indirect and Cumulative
Effects Assessment.
MACTEC (Icing Study)
Malay Jindal
Senior Environmental
Engineer
MS in Atmospheric Science, BE Civil Engineering with 19 years
of experience in source air permitting, regulatory review and
applicability analyses, regulatory agency coordination, emissions
calculations, atmospheric dispersion modeling, air quality
impact analyses, meteorological data processing, and software
development. Conducted study of potential icing effects from air
pollutions control scrubber stacks.
MARTIN / ALEXIOU / BRYSON (Traffic Forecasting)
Donald Bryson, PE
Principal
MS in Civil Engineering, BS Civil Engineering with 23 years of
transportation planning and engineering experience.
Responsible for overall management and expert advice for model
and forecasting.
Taruna Tayal
Senior Project Manager
MEP Environmental Planning, B. Arch. Architecture with 12
years of transportation planning and architecture experience.
Responsible for management and Metrolina model modification,
analysis and execution for generating ADTs used for forecasting.
John Ponder, PE
Senior Project Manager
MS in Civil Engineering, BS, Civil Engineering with 14 years of
transportation planning and engineering experience.
Responsible for preparing forecasts.
Pam Cook, PE
Senior Associate (former
employee)
BS in Civil Engineering with 14 years of transportation planning
experience. Assisted with alternative network modifications in
the model.
MATTSON, ALEXANDER AND ASSOCIATES (Historic Architecture)
Frances P. Alexander
Architectural Historian
MA in American Civilization-Architectural History, BA in
History with 22 years relevant experience.
Richard L. Mattson, Ph.D.
Historical Geographer
PhD in Geography, MA in Geography, BA in History with 30
years relevant experience.
MULTI-CULTURAL INSIGHTS (Spanish Translations)
Sharon Newman
Project Manager
8 years experience in Spanish translating services.
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S&ME, INC (Wetland and Stream Delineations)
Lisa Beckstrom, CE, CWB
Natural Resources
Department Manager
13 years experience in project management; natural resources;
linear corridor studies; environmental constraints; wetland
determinations, delineations, permitting, and mitigation; agency
coordination; biological assessments; and species surveys.
Suzanne L. Knudsen
Biologist
4 years experience in mitigation monitoring, macrobenthic
monitoring, sediment and erosion control measures, wildlife
management, wetlands ecology, waterfowl surveys, avian
identification, environmental and biological assessments;
wetland determinations and delineations; and permitting.
Joey Lawler, PWS
Natural Resources Project
Manager
12 years experience in wetland determinations and delineations;
stream assessments; coastal wetland delineation; CAMA
permitting; enforcement resolution; species surveys; stream
geomorphological assessment and monitoring; and macrobenthos
monitoring.
SPANISH CONNECTIONS (Hispanic Outreach and Research)
Gisella Steber Responsible for Hispanic outreach and research.