8.0 LIST OF PREPARERS
This section describes the persons responsible for preparing and reviewing the Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Su pport for preparing the EIS was provided to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Richland Operations Office. The EIS was prepared with assistance from Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and its subcontractors, Advanced Science, Inc. and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Inc. The environmental analyses were based largely on engineering data prepared by the Hanford Site Management and Operations contractor and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and reviewed by DOE. The DOE, Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology), and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. staff and its subcontractor staff who contributed to preparing the EIS are listed in Table 8.1.1. Table 8.1.2 provides brief biographic sketches of preparers from DOE, Ecology, and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and its subcontractors.
| Table 8.1.1 List of EIS Preparers | |
|
Volume and Section |
Preparers |
| EIS NEPA Document Manager | Carolyn Haass (DOE) |
| EIS Ecology Project Manager | Geoff Tallent (Ecology) |
| EIS Project Manager | Marc Nelson |
| EIS Summary | Dave Nichols and Marc Nelson |
| Volume One | |
| 1.0 Introduction | Dave Nichols |
| 2.0 Purpose and Need for Action | Carolyn Haass (DOE) and Geoff Tallent (Ecology) |
| 3.0 Description and Comparison of Alternatives | David Murray, Colin Henderson, Marc Nelson, and Larry Selby |
| 4.0 Affected Environment | Arrie Bachrach |
| Geology | Phillip Rogers |
| Water Resources | Phillip Rogers, Charlene Regenhardt, Keith Fuchser, and Eileen Poeter |
| Meteorology and Air Quality | John Shrock and John Kuhn |
| Biological and Ecological Resources | Larry Dean and Clifford Duke |
| Cultural Resources | Tirzo Gonzales |
| Socioeconomics | David Serot, Keith Lusk, Arrie Bachrach, and Dave Nichols |
| Land Use | Ray Hrenko |
| Visual Resources | Keith Lusk and Arrie Bachrach |
| Noise | William Elzinga |
| Transportation | Keith Lusk and Arrie Bachrach |
| 5.0 Environmental Consequences | Marc Nelson and Arrie Bachrach |
| Geology | Phillip Rogers |
| Water Resources | Phillip Rogers, Charlene Regenhardt, Keith Fuchser, Eileen Poeter, and Marc Nelson |
| Meteorology and Air Quality | John Shrock, John Kuhn, and William Glover |
| Biological and Ecological Resources | Larry Dean, Bill Bosan, and Clifford Duke |
| Cultural Resources | Tirzo Gonzales |
| 5.0 Socioeconomics | David Serot, Arrie Bachrach, and Keith Lusk |
| Land Use | Ray Hrenko and Arrie Bachrach |
| Visual Resources | Keith Lusk and Arrie Bachrach |
| Noise | William Elzinga |
| Transportation | Arrie Bachrach |
| Anticipated Health Effects | Alex Nazarali, Michael Harker, Bill Bosan, Doug Evans, and Andy Stanley |
| Accidents | Michael Harker and Bill Bosan |
| Cumulative Impacts | Phil Bramson and William Glover |
| Unavoidable Adverse Environmental Impacts | Arrie Bachrach and Dave Nichols |
| Relationship Between Short-term Uses of the Environmental and Long-term Productivity | Arrie Bachrach |
| Irreversible and Irretrievable Commitments of Resources | Arrie Bachrach, William Glover, and Colin Henderson |
| Conflicts Between the Proposed Plan and Land-Use Plans or Controls | Ray Hrenko |
| Pollution Prevention | Arrie Bachrach and David Murray |
| Environmental Justice | Dave Nichols |
| Mitigation Measures | Marc Nelson |
| 6.0 Statutory and Regulatory Requirements | Phil Bramson, Marc Nelson, William Glover, and Barbara Morson |
| 7.0 Scoping, Public Participation, and Consultations | Dave Nichols and Doug Brown |
| 8.0 List of Preparers | Maura Oldfield |
| Volume Two | |
| A. TWRS EIS Waste Inventory Data | Colin Henderson and David Murray |
| B. Description of Alternatives | David Murray, Jim Goodwin, Colin Henderson, Dave Stein, Joseph
Scott,
Ronald Weed, and Larry Selby |
| C. Alternatives Considered but Rejected from Further Evaluation | David Murray |
| Volume Three | |
| D. Anticipated Risks | Alex Nazarali, Clifford Duke, Andy Stanley, Mitch Pelton,
Joan Young,
Doug Evans, Bill Bosan, and Loretta Crow |
| Volume Four | |
| E. Risk from Accidents | Michael Harker |
| F. Groundwater Modeling | Phillip Rogers, Charlene Regenhardt, Greg Wroblicky, Keith
Fuchser,
Eileen Poeter, and Kent Bostick |
| Volume Five | |
| G. Air Modeling | John Shrock and John Kuhn |
| H. Socioeconomic Impact Modeling | David Serot |
| I. Affected Environment | Arrie Bachrach (with supporting principals identified for Section 4.0) |
| J. Consultation Letters | Dave Nichols |
| K. Uncertainties Analysis | Alex Nazarali, David Duran, Clifford Duke, Phil Bramson,
Colin Henderson,
Phillip Rogers, Michael Harker, and Marc Nelson |
| Volume Six | |
| L. Draft EIS Comments and Agency Responses | Marc Nelson, Colin Henderson, Alex Nazarali, Phillip Rogers,
David
Murray, Michael Harker, Loretta Crow, Mamie Brouwer, Doug Evans, Ronald Weed, Arrie Bachrach, and Dave Nichols |
| EIS Document Production, Editing, and Graphics | Maura Oldfield, Norma Sanchez, Mig Owens, Michelle Johnson,
Marie
Marquis-Anderson, Claudia Holguin, John Lawrence, Geri Bertelson, Loretta Crow, Mitch Pelton, Ron Allingham, and Carrie Meyer |
| Table 8.1.2 Biographical Sketches of EIS Preparers | ||
| Name | Degree(s), Registrations, and Experience | Years Experience |
| Bachrach, Arrie | MS, BA, Political Science | 22 |
| Managed and prepared over 50 EIRs for Federal, State, and local governments and private industry. Prepared environmental documents for DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project. | ||
| Bosan, Bill | PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology; BS, Biological Sciences; BA, Chemistry. | 12 |
| Managed/prepared human health and environmental risk assessments at CERCLA/RCRA sites for DOD and private clients. | ||
| Bostick, Kent | PHg, CGWP; MS, Groundwater Hydrology; BS, Soil Science | 20 |
| Managed Hydrology Group on Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project preparing NEPA documents for 24 sites. Experience in unsaturated, saturated flow, and contaminant transport modeling; emphasis on waste isolation. Contributed to mixed-waste disposal cell designs for Los Alamos National Laboratory and Parks Shallow Land Disposal Facility. | ||
| Bramson, Phil | BA, Engineering Physics | 36 |
| Managed preparation of NEPA documents including EISs for Hanford Site's TWRS and Defense Waste projects, and DOE Headquarters' New Production Reactor EIS. Managed Battelle's Environmental Protection Department at Pantex Plant. | ||
| Brouwer, Mamie | BA, Botany | 16 |
| Managed environmental information and quality assurance tasks for 25 DOD installations and DOE sites nationwide. Program Manager for environmental information management systems supporting the Navy and Air Force. | ||
| Brown, Doug | BA, Computer Information Systems | 3 |
| Supported stakeholder development, public hearings, and comment period for the Spent Nuclear Fuels Programmatic EIS. Supported development of the data management plan for the public comment period for the Waste Management Plan at INEL. | ||
| Callahan, Mike | BS, Chemical Engineering; BA, Chemistry; PE | 16 |
| Performed air emission analysis and assessed oil and gas production facilities for 5 EIR/EIS projects. Specialist in industrial operations, waste generation, air emission control, off-gas treatment and wastewater associated with remediation activities. | ||
| Crow, Loretta | BA, Biology | 10 |
| Technical editor and document production coordinator for engineering studies, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and work plans including documents for DOD Navy sites. | ||
| Dean, Larry | BS, Wildlife Management | 23 |
| Managed multidisciplinary team preparing NEPA documents including the Preliminary Draft Hanford Remedial Action EIS. Prepared environmental documents for DOE's Hanford and Fernald sites. | ||
| Duke, Clifford | PhD, Botany; MA, Public Policy; BA, Biology and Environmental Sciences | 15 |
| Provided ecological risk assessment support for an RI/FS and an EIS at the DOE Fernald Site. Developed the framework and analytical methodology for the baseline ecological risk and impacts section of the Hanford Remedial Action EIS. | ||
| Duran, David | PhD, MS, BS, Chemistry | 10 |
| Senior toxicologist in support of CERCLA/RCRA RI/FSs. Managed and authored four human health and ecological risk assessments under the NAVY CLEAN for DOD. Performed Monte Carlo uncertainty analysis at the Hanford Site. | ||
| Elzinga, Bill | MS, BS, Biology | 15 |
| Performed EAs and EISs for EPA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Army Corp of Engineers, including required NEPA elements (i.e., natural resources, air, noise, socioeconomics). Manager of aquatic surveillance program at Weldon Springs. | ||
| Evans, Doug | MS, BS, Geology | 9 |
| Analyzed impacts to geologic and water resources for the Hanford Remedial Action EIS. Conducted field investigations and prepared environmental documents for Environmental Restoration programs at DOE's Hanford and Fernald sites. | ||
| Fromm, Carl | BS, Chemical Engineering | 23 |
| Performed engineering/economic evaluations for pollution prevention and environmental controls for DOE, DOD, and private clients. Developed computer model for estimating effects of changing capacity on capital cost for alternative technologies. | ||
| Fuchser, Keith | BS, Aerospace Engineering | 7 |
| Supported environmental monitoring, impact assessment, disaster planning and response, land parcel mapping, and facilities management projects. Experience includes vadose zone and groundwater model applications and geographic analysis. | ||
| Glover, William A. | MS, Nuclear Engineering; BS, Astrophysics; PE | 19 |
| Directed multidisciplinary staffs for NEPA assessments for DOE's Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project. Participated in license review of a low-level radioactive waste disposal site and requirements review at DOE's Fernald Site. | ||
| Gonzalez, Tirzo | MA, Candidate, Historic Preservation; BA, Visual Arts | 12 |
| Conducted archaeological studies at the DOE Kaui Test Facility in Hawaii, coordinated field studies for a proposed missile launch facility, and contributed to the establishment of a cultural resources Geographical System database for the Hanford Site. | ||
| Goodwin, Jim | BS, Metallurgical Engineering | 36 |
| Project Manager for engineering and construction of process plants for industry and the project manager for $150 million upgrades project at DOE's Fernald Site. | ||
| Haass, Carolyn | BS, Mineral Engineering Chemistry/Metallurgical Engineering | 13 |
| TWRS Environmental Program Manager for DOE Richland Operations Office. Responsible for TWRS NEPA compliance, permitting (RCRA, Clean Air Act, and Clean Water Act), environmental compliance, closure, waste minimization, Tri-Party Agreement, and development of the TWRS environmental strategy. | ||
| Harker, Michael R. | BS, Zoology | 14 |
| Provided accident and risk analyses for various DOE Safety Analysis Reports, including the Hanford Site Plutonium Finishing Plant Safety Analysis Reports. Lead risk analyst for the Hanford Site Solid Waste Burial Ground Safety Analysis Reports. | ||
| Henderson, Colin | BS, Mechanical Engineering; PE | 9 |
| Developed engineering design changes and documentation for facility upgrades and resolution of non-compliance issues as a Systems Engineer at DOE's Hanford Site. | ||
| Hrenko, Ray | BS, Environmental Sciences | 14 |
| Prepared over 50 land-use plans and contributed to 35 EISs and 50 EAs. Managed the land use and recreation sections of the White Sands Missile Range EIS and supported the land use sections of DOD Nuclear Electric Propulsion Space Test EIS. | ||
| Kuhn, John | BS, Environmental Engineering Sciences; EIT | 3 |
| Conducted dispersion modeling in support of two EISs and various permit applications. Conducted dispersion modeling and impact assessment of hypothetical accidental releases in support of a RCRA Part B Permit for a hazardous waste facility. | ||
| Lober, Robert | MS, Environmental Soil Science; BS, Soil Science | 17 |
| Developed soil quality indicators for environmental and agronomic assessments, evaluated reclamation strategies for disturbed lands, and researched solute movement within the vadose zone of disturbed soils and groundwater transport modeling. Supported the TWRS Environmental Compliance program. | ||
| Lusk, Keith | MA, BA, Economics | 8 |
| Supported the land use sections of the DOD Nuclear Electric Propulsion Space Test EIS and Draft Hanford Remedial Action EIS for DOE's Hanford Site. Technical reviewer for DOE's Draft New Production Reactor EIS. | ||
| Meyer, Carrie | BA, English | 5 |
| Provided technical editing and publication support for various scientific and technical documents, including Safety Analysis Reports, Engineering Studies, Environmental Assessments, and Facility Effluent Monitoring Plans for DOE's Hanford Site. | ||
| Morson , Barbara | BS, Wildlife Management | 17 |
| Manager for RCRA facility permitting, compliance and corrective action, pollution prevention projects, and supported emergency response and preparedness planning for oil and chemical releases, site rankings, and CERCLA investigations. | ||
| Murray, David | DSc, MS, BS, Metallurgical Engineering; PE | 22 |
| Manager for process and environmental projects at DOE's Savannah River Site. Supervised analysis of waste management data for DOE's Pantex Plant. Developed feasibility studies for treatment of radioactive waste at DOE's Weldon Spring Site. | ||
| Nazarali, Alex | MS, Radiological Science-Health Physics; MS, Nuclear Engineering | 8 |
| Author of 3 EIS risk sections for DOE (Hanford Site and Waste Isolation Pilot Project) and 4 EAs and Safety Assessments. Member of DOE's Radiological Assistance Team and Massachusetts Nuclear Incident Advisory Emergency Response Team. | ||
| Nelson, Marc | BS, Geology | 20 |
| Project manager for 4 EISs and 14 Environmental Assessments. Managed Regulatory Compliance and Waste Management Departments for 3 DOE projects including the Fernald Site, Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Project, and the Weldon Spring Remedial Action Project. Project and Site Manager for 5 DOE projects and 1industrial remediation project. | ||
| Nichols, Dave | BA, Political Science and Communications | 13 |
| Managed public involvement tasks for DOE, EPA, DOD, and industry (air, water, and wetlands) projects. Supported DOE's New Production Reactors Draft EIS hearing plan and the Fernald Site's public involvement Requirements Identification Document and revised Community Relations Plan. | ||
| Oldfield, Maura | BA, English | 7 |
| Provided technical editing and publications support for DOE Hanford Site scientific, technical, programmatic, and environmental restoration documents including Tank Characterization Reports, Data Quality Objective Documents, Multi-Year Program Plans, Facility Effluent Monitoring Plans, and Environmental Reports. | ||
| Pelton, Mitch | BS, Computer Science, Software Engineer | 3 |
| Managed data compilation and integrated geographic, textual, and risk information, for the Hanford Remedial Action EIS. Supported the development and testing for the Multimedia Environmental Pollutant Assessment System. | ||
| Poeter, Eileen | PhD, Engineering; MS, Engineering Science; BS, Geology; PE | 20 |
| Associate Professor at Colorado School of Mines. Previously an Assistant Professor at Colorado School of Mines and at Washington State University. Conducted research projects for DOE, DOD, other Federal agencies, and private firms. | ||
| Regenhardt, Charlene | BS, Geology; BS, Math and Computer Science | 13 |
| Project manager for several Environmental Assessments and supported site characterizations and investigations at numerous CERCLA sites. Experienced with groundwater and vadose zone models, computer programming, and statistical applications. | ||
| Rogers, Phillip | MS, Water Resources; BA, Civil Engineering; PE | 18 |
| Managed environmental projects including the 100-BC-5 Groundwater RI/FS Work Plan for the B Reactor and Basalt Waste Isolation Project at the Hanford Site. Supported groundwater projects at DOE's Hanford, Pantex, and Rocky Flats sites. | ||
| Scott, Joseph | PhD, BS, Chemical Engineering; PE | 11 |
| Manager of lead technical resource divisions for feasibility studies, remedial action plans, and remedial designs for projects for DOE, Army Corp of Engineers, and DOD, including radiological, metal, and chemical contaminated soil and groundwater. | ||
| Selby, Larry | BA, General Science; BS, Geologic Engineering | 30 |
| Thirty years cost estimating experience. Forty years of civil engineering and construction industry experience. | ||
| Serot, David | PhD, MA, BA, Economics | 17 |
| Conducted review of Hanford Site area economy for the Tri-Cities Industrial Development Council and feasibility study for the Tri-Cities Enterprise Association. Developed scenarios describing potential economic trends & energy requirements for DOE. | ||
| Shrock, John | MSES, Environmental Impact Assessment; BS, Physics | 19 |
| Performed air dispersion modeling for a variety of sources and pollutants for regulatory development, permitting, model validation, accident release studies, and risk assessments. Supported the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety. | ||
| Stein, David | BS, MS, Chemical Engineering; MBA | 29 |
| Performed engineering evaluations for a CERCLA investigation at the DOE Weldon Spring Site involving remediation of radiologically and chemically contaminated media and completed several engineering studies for DOD and commercial clients. Evaluated vitrification and calcination processes for remediation of tank waste at the Hanford Site. | ||
| Tallent, Geoff | BS, Environmental Studies | 6 |
| Managed two State Environmental Policy Act/NEPA EISs for Hanford Site projects. Coordinated interdisciplinary team reviews and approvals of the TWRS EIS. Representative for Ecology on the Hanford Natural Resources Trustee Council. | ||
| Weed, Ronald | BS, MS, PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering; PE | 39 |
| Developed resource summary for TWRS EIS. Performed safety analysis and licensing at commercial nuclear facilities. Supported the waste tank ventilation program and restart of the 242-A Evaporator and PUREX Plant for the Hanford Site. Performed restart analysis for systems at Rocky Flats. Holder of nuclear decontamination solutions and process patents. | ||
| Wroblicky, Greg | MS, BA, Earth and Planning Sciences; BA, Biology | 4 |
| Wrote environmental reports on landfill options and performance of the DOE Pantex Plant. Performed manual modeling for groundwater containment flow and remedial options for CERCLA investigation of a DOD Navy Base. | ||
| Young, Joan | MS, Engineering Management; BS, Chemical Engineering | 17 |
| Task manager for Hanford Mission TWRS Integrated Technology Planning. Supported the risk assessment for the Hanford Remedial Action EIS. Over 17 years of DOE Hanford Site experience in risk and technical project support. | ||
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