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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
IN THE MATTER OF COUNTY PLANNING RESOLUTION NO. 96-31—CC
REGARDING A CONTRACT FOR SERVICES
BETWEEN BENTON COUNTY AND CH2MHILL
CONSULTING, ON BEHALF OF BENTON,
GRANT, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
WHEREAS, the Counties of Benton, Grant, and Franklin signed a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA), for the establishment of a cooperative, comprehensive, and integrated planning
process for the protection of the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River on December 6, 1995, and
WHEREAS, a working partnership consisting of the Planning Directors' from the three
counties was formed to coordinate the planning efforts of the Hanford Reach, and
WHEREAS, the counties contributed funds to hire a consulting firm to prepare the
preliminary planning work for the Hanford Reach Resource Protection Plan, and
WHEREAS, the working partnership prepared a "Request for Proposal" that was
approved by all three counties and then mailed the Request for Proposal to prepare said Hanford Reach
Resource Protection Plan to qualified consulting firms, and
WHEREAS, respondent proposals were received by the working partnership and
reviewed by the same whereupon the partnership did unanimously select and recommend to the Board of
County Commissioners the firm of CH2MHILL to prepare the Hanford Reach Resources Protection Plan,
and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners agrees that the consulting firm of
CH2MHILL should be selected and approved for the provision of services related to the preparation of the
Hanford Reach Resources Protection Plan as outlined in the Request for Proposal submitted by this firm,
and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of County Commissioners
authorize the working partnership to negotiate a contract with CH2MHILL not to exceed $75,000 to be
presented to the Benton County Commissioners for approval and signing.
Done this 11th day of March , 1996
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°- Thomas W. Halslip, Jr.
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Applied Sciences
CH2M HILL
700 Clearwater Lane
P.O. Box 8748
Boise, Idaho 83707
208.345.5310
Engineers Planners Economists Scientists
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PROPOSAL
Hanford Reach
Resource Protection
Planning Services
Prepared for
Benton, Franklin, and Grant Counties
FEBRUARY 1996
RFP 96-01
CW HI LL
PROPOSAL
Hanford Reach Resource
Protection Planning
Services
Prepared for
Benton, Franklin, and Grant Counties
FEBRUARY 1996
RFP 96-01
CWHILL
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Contents
Section Page
Introduction.................................................................................................................................1
ProjectTeam................................................................................................................................5
ProjectUnderstanding...............................................................................................................
7
ProjectApproach........................................................................................................................8
Scopeof Work.............................................................................................................................9
DataInventory................................................................................................................
9
QualitativeAssessment..................................................................................................
9
Agency Management and Regulatory Functions.....................................................10
Alternative Frameworks..............................................................................................10
NEPA/SEPA Compliance...........................................................................................11
Draft Actions, Goals, and Policies..............................................................................11
DecisionWorkshop......................................................................................................12
Draft Joint Implementation Ordinance......................................................................12
Public Participation Plan ..............................................................................................12
Document Production Process....................................................................................13
ProjectSchedule........................................................................................................................14
CostSchedule............................................................................................................................16
Appendix A. Resumes
Table
1 Hanford Reach Protection Plan Budget.....................................................................17
Figures
1 Organization Chart......................................................................................................... 6
2 Hanford Reach Protection Plan Schedule..................................................................15
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Introduction
CH2M HILL provides consulting services in environmental sciences, engineering, planning,
and economics. Our areas of expertise include watershed and stormwater master planning;
hydrologic, hydraulic, and water quality modeling; stormwater and surface water sampling;
aquatic ecology and wetland studies; laboratory and data analysis; environmental
education; and program policy and funding studies.
The firm has more than 4,000 professional and support staff distributed among more than
40 offices throughout the country and abroad, including an office in Richland, Washington.
Our regional offices enable us to maintain local presence by professionals who are aware of
local issues, regulations, and environmental conditions. At the same time, these
professionals can tap firmwide resources for specific expertise. We analyze each project and
assemble a team of professionals to best meet each project's specific requirements.
More than two-thirds of the firm's annual workload involves projects dealing with the
development, use, and protection of natural resources. We have helped numerous agencies
prepare comprehensive plans, environmental impact statements, and other environmental
documents. Many of our clients have been county governments. The following projects
exemplify our firm's capabilities to provide services and products to Benton, Grant, and
Franklin counties that will facilitate the preparation of a joint Hanford Reach Resources
Protection Plan.
Columbia River Impact Evaluation
Washington State Department of Ecology
Pursuant to a consensus order with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), CH2M HILL helped the Washington State
Department of Ecology (Ecology) prepare a plan to determine cumulative health and
environmental impacts to the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, including river
sediments, islands, both riverbanks, and associated biota, due to past practices at the
Hanford Site. The study extended upstream a sufficient distance to provide appropriate
control information for evaluating impacts, including sample locations at Priest Rapids Dam
and Vernita Bridge.
The objective of the plan was to evaluate impacts to that portion of the Columbia River and
its environs and assess the need for specific characterization efforts to provide information
for a risk assessment. CH2M HILL reviewed existing information and performed a
preliminary impact evaluation to assess the adequacy of existing data and propose
additional or amended data collection activities.
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Synthesis of Ecological Data for the Hanford Reach
Washington State Department of Ecology
CH2M HILL compiled into a single document Hanford Site -related information pertinent to
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
activities conducted in the Hanford Reach area. That information included complete lists of
plant and wildlife species, contamination level data, and feeding and behavioral
relationships among major species. CH2M HILL suggested potential indicator species (those
that might be used to evaluate future prevailing environmental conditions at the Hanford
Site) based on this information.
Hanford Site Cultural Resource Assessments
U.S. Department of Energy
CH2M HILL prepared cultural resource assessments of six reactor areas at the Hanford Site.
Because the reactor areas were located right along the Columbia River, they were more
likely to be sensitive areas. We compiled existing data and examined areas of disturbance.
We then ranked waste sites to relatively determine which sites would be most sensitive and
conducted baseline assessments of those sites. In this manner, we were able to help protect
Tribal resources by concentrating our analysis efforts on the most sensitive sites.
Yakima Training Center Cultural and National Resources
Management Plan
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CH2M HILL is working with staff from Yakima Training Center (YTC) and Fort Lewis to
develop a state-of-the-art management plan to plan, control, and monitor all training
activities at YTC. The plan will use ecosystem management at the landscape level to
develop options for protecting the environment during training and restoring it afterwards.
This is the one of the first applications of landscape -level ecosystem management at active
Army installations.
The comprehensive cultural and natural resource management plan (CNRMP) CNRMP will
be developed from existing data and information with the opportunity to identify
additional data that may be necessary for management of specific resources. We will use
our thorough knowledge of the site and its training activities, gained during or preparation
of the stationing EIS, to help define resource thresholds. All elements of the environment are
being addressed. Special attention is being given to soils and habitat because of the
disruptive nature of maneuver training with tracked vehicles in an arid, shrub -steppe
environment. Cultural resources are also receiving detailed analysis, and the Cultural and
Natural Resource Committee (CNBC) is playing a major role in development of the plan.
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Twin Bridges Replacement Project EIS
Benton County, Washington
Benton County proposed to use federal bridge replacement funds to replace the existing
south span of the Twin Bridges crossing of the Yakima River in West Richland, Washington,
to improve safety and accommodate projected traffic demand. Four replacement
alternatives were considered in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
environmental impact statement (EIS). The most significant environmental issues addressed
in the EIS included the loss of jurisdictional wetlands, the impact on the predicted 100 -year
water surface elevation, stormwater runoff and its effects on river water quality, loss of
terrestrial wildlife and salmon -spawning habitats, increased noise levels within adjacent
residential areas, loss of farmland, and the visual quality impacts of a new bridge.
CH2M HILL coordinated all relevant activities with Benton County, the Washington State
Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration, and other agencies in
regards to review and publication of the draft EIS. In addition, CH2M HILL assumed a
leading role in the organization and conduct of public and agency scoping meetings and the
draft EIS public hearing.
Columbia Basin Project Expansion EIS
U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation
CH2M HILL completed a draft EIS and supplemental draft EIS (SDEIS) for this project. The
primary goal of this project was to irrigate 539,000 acres of the Columbia Basin. The
supplement to the draft EIS was prepared to assess the impacts of the Anadromous Fish
Plan, a plan proposed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as mitigation of potential impacts
on Columbia River fisheries as a result of withdrawals from the Columbia River for
irrigation purposes. Survival of anadromous salmonids will be enhanced by providing up
to 1.6 million acre-feet of water in drier years during the juvenile downstream migration
period.
The fisheries assessment included an evaluation of changes in river flows and reservoir
elevations, effects on fish survival from mitigation flow regime, and effects on spawning
and incubation flows in Hanford Reach. A major aspect of the SDEIS analysis focused on
altered lake drawdown and retention times at Lake Roosevelt and Libby and Hungry Horse
Reservoirs and what effect these compatible use zones will experience in the areas of
zooplankton production and fish reproductive success.
Steel Mill Permitting
Nucor Inc.
Nucor retained CH2M HILL's Portland office to assist in obtaining permits for its proposed
steel mill at Port Westward, Oregon, a former U.S. Army ship loading facility for munitions
on the Columbia River, about 30 miles downriver from Portland. After about 6 months of
investigations, Nucor halted the project because of market and financial issues.
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During the 6 -month period, CH2M HILL scoped out and coordinated the work of a
wetlands subconsultant who was delineating wetlands on the site and preparing a
mitigation plan. We performed a Level I site assessment for potential contamination and
scoped out the work for a Level II assessment in certain parts of the site. We performed an
archaeological investigation of suspected Native American sites and advised Nucor on
dealing with them. We investigated fisheries and endangered species issues and advised
Nucor on how to handle them during later permitting stages. We prepared amendments to
the county's comprehensive plan and ordinances to allow the facility to be built, in
coordination with Nucor's land use attorney. We prepared a detailed project description for
insertion in the environmental impact statement, which we had started to prepare for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Public Involvement and Conflict Management Training
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
CH2M HILL was retained by the Bureau of Reclamation to develop public involvement and
conflict management training courses for Bureau staff throughout the western states who
are dealing with extremely complex and controversial water resource management issues.
The first phase of the work involved preparing a 4 -day session and resource notebook on
basic public involvement philosophy and techniques, including skill -building modules on
public involvement planning, active listening, value identification, meeting strategy,
development and delivery of presentations, meeting facilitation, and media management.
The session was pilot -tested with Reclamation staff in Denver, Colorado, revised, and
delivered in the Mid -Pacific Region in Sacramento, California. The course will become part
of Reclamation's core training program to be offered regularly in each region.
Regional Needs Assessment
King County, Washington
CH2M HILL was contracted to help King County identify and implement an optimal
system for delivering stormwater services in the unincorporated areas and 35 cities in the
county. The unincorporated suburban portions of King County have been reduced and
fragmented by many recent incorporations and annexations, which not only reduced the
revenues available to the county, but also raised significant questions about the efficiency of
providing services and managing regional resources such as water quality, salmon, and
flooding.
This project identified and compared institutional structures and capabilities and physical
resources throughout the county. CH2M HILL helped conduct a major participatory
decision process at multiple levels (public, managers, and elected officials).
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Project Team
CH2M HILL has assembled a highly qualified team to conduct this project. We have kept
the team small to maximize cost-effectiveness and efficiency. Figure 1 shows our proposed
project organization. The team will be led by Bill Blosser, a highly experienced land use and
environmental planner. Bill has conducted numerous land use studies for CH2M HILL and
has served as chairman of Oregon's Land, Conservation, and Development Commission
and the Water Resources Commission. Through this experience, Bill has gained an in-depth
knowledge of the comprehensive planning process and expertise in public involvement.
Tom Haislip will assist Bill and will serve as natural resources manager. Tom has more than
20 years of experience in leading natural resource planning projects, agency coordination
and negotiations, and public involvement. Gene Wallace will advise the team on local
issues. Gene is the manager of CH2M HILL's Richland office.
The proposed technical staff includes biologists, cultural resource specialists, and planners
with direct experience at the Hanford Reach. Roger Ovink and Dick Moos are fisheries
biologists currently conducting anadromous salmonid studies of the Hanford Reach.
Similarly, Jim Bard and Darby Stapp are leading cultural resource studies of the Hanford
Reservation and Reach. Bob Swope is a land use and natural resource planner who recently
managed the Twin Bridges environmental impact statement for the Benton County
Planning Department. Detailed resumes for these proposed staff are presented in
Appendix A.
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Benton, Franldin, and
Grant Counties
Boards of Commission
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Project Manager
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Organization Chart
Project Understanding
The reach of the Columbia River between Priest Rapid Dam and the upper end of the
McNary Pool is one of the river's last remaining free-flowing sections. Because of this
unique characteristic, governmental agencies and the public have developed much interest
in how to manage and protect the reach.
One significant proposal is to classify the 51 -mile reach under the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act with the federal government assuming management. However, local interests (that is,
Benton, Grant and Franklin county commissioners) believe the reach can and should be
managed under local land use rules and existing authorities. To this end the boards of
commissioners of Benton, Grant and Franklin counties have entered into a memorandum of
agreement (MOA) concerning a process to develop the Hanford Reach Resources Protection
Plan. This plan will become part of each county's comprehensive plan, and joint
implementing ordinances will be developed.
The counties have formed a working partnership to develop the plan and implementing
ordinances and are appointing an advisory panel to assist in the effort. This proposal
responds to the partnership's request for proposals (RFP) to assist in its efforts.
The partnership intends to retain a consultant to help perform the following basic tasks:
1. Inventory existing information about the reach and the goals of management programs
2. Describe existing management relationships and authorities within the Hanford Reach,
including land ownership
3. Explore alternative ways to protect and administer protection of the reach, including
alternative ways to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
4. With input from the public and all interested parties, draft a set of actions, goals, and
policies for a protection plan
5. Prepare a draft joint implementation ordinance or memorandum of understanding for
the partnership to use to implement a protection plan
The partnership recognizes that complex legal issues related to the Hanford Reservation and
private property issues pertain to the above tasks and sees the consultant's work as a point
of departure for further negotiations with interested parties to resolve outstanding issues.
The partnership strongly believes that it can adequately protect the reach by using existing
available authorities, thereby avoiding the cost, bureaucracy, and political turmoil involved
in creating a National Wild and Scenic River.
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Project Approach
CH2M HILL proposes to organize its activities according to the deliverables described in the
RFP and MOA. Our goal is to work in concert with representatives from Grant and Franklin
counties as part of a team directed by the Benton County Planning Department staff. The
work will consist of the following phases:
• Data -gathering
• Analysis of problems and responsibilities
• Development of alternative solutions
• Presentation of findings and receipt of public input
• Submittal of documents to be used by the working partnership to prepare the protection
plan and implementation ordinances
Subsequent to this project, the county boards of commissioners will adopt a plan and
ordinances to implement the process to integrate and coordinate the management and
protection of the reach.
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Scope of Work
Data Inventory
The first step in the project will be to review existing data in county files and assemble
additional data on archaeology and cultural resources and anadromous fisheries. The
review and additional data gathering will focus on lands within 1/4 mile of the high-water
line, but will also include the river, islands, and upland areas (such as White Bluffs) where
important sources of influence may extend beyond 1/ mile. CH2M HILL will review the
following resources:
• Biological resources
• Special status species
• Archaeological and cultural resources
• Recreational use and facilities
• Significant physical processes (for example, erosion and landslides)
• Transmission corridors
• Transportation corridors
• Irrigation facilities
• Hazardous materials cleanup activities
• Other infrastructure
The source of these data will be county records, which contain information from Hanford
contractors and state and federal agencies. In addition, we will use data collected by
CH2M HILL on archaeological and cultural resources and anadromous fisheries.
Key staff assignments: Tom Haislip, Darby Stapp, Roger Ovink, Bob Swope, Jim Bard, and
Dick Moos.
Deliverables: Draft and final technical memorandums on each technical study. These
reports will focus on maps that the county can use in its geographic information system
(GIS). We will describe archaeological and cultural resources information on the basis of
sensitivity levels to match the counties' existing database. Sufficient text will be provided to
generally describe the resources and introduce the maps.
Qualitative Assessment
The quality assessment task will involve an analysis of the data collected during the
inventory and in the regulatory function assessment task (see below). CH2M HILL will
assess the following
• Status of resources
• Trends regarding future status
• Existing and emerging problems and conflicts
• Programs designed to resolve issues
• Goals of these programs
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• Progress being made to meet those goals
A significant aspect of this task is describing the goals and programs, the level of
achievement of those goals, and potential conflicts between them. CH2M HILL will focus on
those goals that substantially affect the resources of the Hanford Reach. In addition, we will
restrict our efforts to the goals and programs of local, tribal, state, and federal agencies. We
assume that goals of other entities (for example, environmental groups or developers) will
be dealt with during public meetings or the subsequent protection plan process.
Key staff assignments: Tom Haislip, Roger Ovink, Bob Swope, and Darby Stapp.
Deliverables: We will deliver this work in two parts. We will include the analysis of the
status of resources in the individual technical memorandums prepared for the data
inventory task. We will provide the analysis of program goals and potential conflicts in
separate draft and final technical memorandums. Each assessment will be qualitative, and
graphics and tables will be used where possible.
Agency Management and Regulatory Functions
The agency management and regulatory function assessment task is critical to the
development of the protection plan. CH2M HILL will begin by listing the local, tribal, state,
and federal agencies responsible for the resources identified in the data inventory task. We
assume that 12 to 14 agencies will be listed, and we will solicit the concurrence of the
county's project manager as to the completeness of the list. We will then contact each agency
listed to determine the following information:
• Extent of land ownership
• Responsibility for operation, regulation, enforcement, programs, and monitoring
• Mechanisms used or available for integration with other agencies
• Extent of sharing and overlapping of responsibilities
We will present this information in graphs and tables designed to compare and contrast
each agency's responsibilities whenever possible. We will identify land ownership by
management agency and private owners (individual owners will not be listed) and display
the information on maps that can be used by the counties in their GIS systems.
Key staff assignments: Bill Blosser and Tom Haislip.
Deliverables: Draft and final technical memorandums.
Alternative Frameworks
The objective of the alternative frameworks task will be to use the information generated in
the preceding tasks to produce alternative approaches to implementing the protection plan
process. The purpose of each approach produced will be to describe a framework for how
the integration and coordination of management and protection of the Hanford Reach could
occur. A minimum of three management scenarios will be produced. Each alternative will
maximize the use of existing responsibilities and integration mechanisms, which are likely
to have the greatest chance of success, and will include use of a local advisory panel as well
as a public involvement program. These alternatives need to be easily implemented and
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require minimal change in policy or authorization to be useful. However, the controversial
nature of the management of the reach clearly calls for ample agency interaction and a
public involvement process as part of plan implementation.
We will prepare a report describing each alternative. In addition, we will present a
comparison table of the alternatives and an analysis of the benefits and disadvantages of
each alternative.
Key staff assignments: Bill Blosser, Tom Haislip, Bob Swope, and Gene Wallace.
Deliverables: Draft and final alternatives memorandums.
NEPA/SEPA Compliance
The NEPA/SEPA compliance task will assess the need for compliance with federal and state
environmental policy acts. Although NEPA action clearly would be invoked if the U.S.
Department of Energy transferred part or all of the reach to Benton, Grant or Franklin
counties, it is unclear at this time what other actions might trigger NEPA. However,
incorporation of the protection plan into the comprehensive plans of Benton, Grant and
Franklin counties will require SEPA compliance. This task will consider the fact that Benton
County is currently developing a land use plan for the Hanford Reservation that will
require a SEPA process for adoption and will examine the potential to combine these
activities into a single SEPA process. The task will include development of at least two
potential NEPA/SEPA processes with separate schedules and descriptions of the benefits
and drawbacks to each process.
Key staff assignments: This task will be conducted by the Working Partnership.
Draft Actions, Goals, and Policies
The draft actions, goals, and policies task incorporates the following activities:
• Development of conceptual actions, goals, and policies
• Presentation of findings and receipt of input at a public meeting
• Preparation of draft actions, goals, and policies based on input from the public meeting
CH2M HILL will develop conceptual policies and goals from information obtained during
the qualitative assessment and agency management and regulatory functions tasks. We will
review each county's comprehensive plan to assess existing policies and their potential use
for the protection plan. The draft goals will reflect the goals and programs of each agency,
but may require compromises where goals conflict. The draft actions will come from
implementation strategies developed in the alternative frameworks task.
The public meeting program is described below under the public participation plan task.
We expect that the conceptual actions, goals, and policies will provide a starting point for
discussion in the public meetings. We will use the input received from the public meetings
to prepare a more formal draft set of actions, goals, and policies, which we will present in a
report. As discussed earlier, the products generated by these tasks will form the basis of the
protection plan prepared by the working partnership for consideration by the county boards
of commissioners.
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Key staff assignments: Tom Haislip and Bill Blosser.
Deliverables: Draft and final actions memorandums. A conceptual approach will be
produced prior to the public hearings; the draft memorandum will be prepared within
2 weeks after the public meeting and will be submitted to the workshop (see the decision
workshop task below). A final actions memorandum will be prepared after the workshop.
Decision Workshop
Once the preceding tasks are completed, we recommend convening a 1 -day workshop of the
County Boards of Commissioners, Citizens Advisory Panel, and Working Partnership staff
for the following purposes:
To discuss the findings
To agree (to the maximum extent possible) on a single set of goals and policies
To determine which of the alternative frameworks for protection and administration
and the alternative NEPA/SEPA processes makes the most sense
At the conclusion of the workshop, CH2M HILL will prepare a draft final report
summarizing information gathered in the study.
Key staff assignments: Tom Haislip and Bill Blosser.
Deliverables: Draft and final reports.
Draft Joint Implementation Ordinance
As described in the counties' memorandum of understanding, the joint implementing
ordinance consists of land use classifications and performance standards. CH2M HILL's
experience is that preparing legally sufficient documents of this sort requires the close
involvement of county staff and may require several hearings before planning commissions
and county commissioners. We believe that the best course of action for this study is for the
consultant to prepare suggested ordinance provisions based on Protection of Critical Areas
and Resources and shorelines management provisions, that the county staff can carry
through to completion. Suggested ordinances will also be consistent to the extent possible
with the existing ordinances of Benton, Grant and Franklin Counties.
Key staff assignments: Tom Haislip and Bill Blosser.
Deliverables: Draft implementation ordinance concepts.
Public Participation Plan
The partnership intends to solicit the input of the general public and interested parties
during formulation of its protection plan. This type of input can be useful at several stages
of the process, but is most useful in developing the draft actions, goals, and policies for the
protection plan. CH2M HILL proposes to obtain public input in the following three ways:
1. Mailings. Although the RFP did not specifically request mailings, we believe the
process will work more smoothly and economically if part of the public participation
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process is conducted by mail. We propose to develop a mailing list of interested parties
based on similar lists that the U.S. Department of Energy and the counties already have.
We anticipate that this list will have 100-150 names. At the start of the project, we will
mail an announcement to the parties listed telling them about the project and indicating
how they can be involved. We will mail them draft copies of and ask for written
comments on the alternative frameworks for protection and administration technical
memorandum and the NEPA/SEPA compliance options technical memorandum. We
also will mail them a copy of the conceptual set of actions, goals, and policies and
request their written or oral testimony on them.
2. Copies of draft technical reports will be sent to members of the Citizens Advisory Panel
at the time they are sent to the Working Partnership staff. A series of three meetings
will be held with the panel and the staff to receive comments and the reports and their
proposed direction. These meetings will be in addition to the decision workshop. It is
expected a fourth meeting will be held between the panel and the staff (but not CH2M
HILL) on the draft implementation ordinances.
Public meetings. We will hold a public meeting in each county to receive oral (or
written) comments on the draft set of actions, goals, and policies. These meetings will be
open to the general public as well as the parties on the mailing list. We will leave the
record open for a week after the meetings for people to mail in further comments and
suggestions. We anticipate each meeting lasting about 3-4 hours. We will arrange to
conduct meetings during the evenings.
4. Media involvement. CH2M HILL will provide the same materials to the media as we
provide to the interest groups and general public, and we will invite the media to the
public meetings.
Document Production Process
CH2M HILL proposes that for each technical memorandum described above, we prepare a
draft and final version. We will provide the draft memorandum to the partnership for
review in accordance with the project schedule provided in the next section. We suggest
2 weeks for review, after which we will prepare a final version within 1 week. The exception
to this procedure is the actions, goals, and policies memorandum. We propose that this
memorandum go through three drafts and that we prepare the final version after the
decision workshop.
We will present a final report incorporating all previously prepared technical
memorandums at the same time that we present the draft implementation ordinance. We
envision the final report as considerably briefer and less technical than the technical
memorandums and capable of being used for general public distribution. We will submit
the final report, including the proposed implementation ordinance, for review and revision
in the same manner as the technical memorandums.
We will provide 15 copies of each technical memorandum and the draft final report, 30
copies of the final report, and one camera-ready copy of each report.
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Project Schedule
CH2M HILL proposes to begin work by mid-March, assuming that consultant selection and
contracting occur in early March. We believe ample time is available to complete the project
by November 15, 1996. To maximize efficiency, we propose to complete the work in as short
a time as possible. Figure 2 shows our proposed project schedule, which indicates that the
project could be completed by the end of August. This schedule assumes rapid turnaround
of draft products. We can make adjustments to this schedule, if desired.
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Table 2. Hanford Reach Protection Plan Schedule
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Cost Schedule
Our cost schedule showing cost projections for completing the documents described is
presented in Table 1.
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APPENDIX A
Resumes
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James C. Bard
Cultural Resource Manager
Distinguishing Qualifications
Founded, owned and managed a cultural resource management consulting firm in the
San Francisco Bay Area
• 25 years of archaeological experience in the western United States
• Managed cultural resource program for Pacific Gas Transmission Company's Medford
and Coyote Springs Extensions Project
Relevant Experience
Dr. Bard directs cultural resource management projects for CH2M HILL. He has extensive
experience in prehistoric archaeology, cultural resource management, and small business
management. He has been extensively involved in the management of cultural resource
investigations in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the National
Historic Preservation Act, and a variety of other federal cultural resource regulations.
Dr. Bard is a cultural resource management specialist with a broad technical and
geographical background in all aspects of cultural resource assessment and regulatory
compliance. He has 16 years of professional experience in the design and management of
cultural resource components of EAs, EIRs, and EISs for federal, state, and municipal
agencies, private industry, the military, and the scientific community. His specialties
include program management, coordination of technical analyses, research design
formulation, Section 106 compliance, Native American and general client liaison, human
resources management, and marketing.
Dr. Bard was project manager for the cultural resource program for Pacific Gas
Transmission Company's Pacific Northwest Expansion Project in Oregon. This multiyear
project requires compliance with a number of federal and state cultural resource laws and
regulations. The cultural resource program requires the coordination and management of a
team of subconsultant specialists in archaeology, history, ethnology, ethnohistory, and other
related disciplines; and coordination and liaison with federal and state agencies and Native
American tribal groups. The program will include archaeological survey, testing, and data
recovery operations, and implementation of a Native American participation program.
For Willdan Associates and the Madera County Planning Department, Dr. Bard served as
principal investigator for the preparation of a cultural resources assessment and
archaeological sample inventory of the Rio Mesa Master Plan Area and Environmental
Impact Report, Friant, Madera County, California. He also was principal investigator for the
preparation of a cultural resources assessment of the Bellevue Ranch Environmental Impact
Report, Merced County, California, for Willdan Associates and the City of Merced Planning
Department.
Dr. Bard was principal investigator for the cultural resource evaluation for the
environmental assessment of the Golden Gate Bridge Seismic Retrofit Project, San Francisco
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and Marin Counties, California, for T.Y. Lin International and the Golden Gate Bridge
District.
For the Sacramento District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dr. Bard was principal
investigator for the cultural resources survey and National Register evaluation of the
Guadalupe River Project, City of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. He was also
principal investigator for a large-scale site testing program in Pleasanton, California, which
used experimental data recovery techniques and involved extensive public and Native
American participation.
Dr. Bard served as the senior archaeologist for the KVA-Starbuck Gas -Fired Generating
Plant Project in Columbia County, Washington, where he conducted a 120 -acre survey of
the plant site and assisted in scoping tribal consultations regarding traditional cultural
properties. He served as CH2M HILL'S principal investigator and project manager for
several projects at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site in Richland, Washington,
for Batelle's Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Dr. Bard directed a 685 -acre cultural resource
inventory and was lead author of the technical report. He directed an inventory of cultural
features at the former Central Shops Complex and five antiaircraft installations that
protected the Hanford Site and authored or coauthored two historic context statements for
Hanford's National Register multiple property nomination document.
Education
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Registrations
Society for California Archaeology, Approved Consultant Society of Professional
Archaeologists (SOPA)
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William R. Blosser
Senior Environmental and Land Use Planner
Distinguishing Qualifications
0 25 years of experience in comprehensive land use and environmental planning, with a
focus on resolving complex, multi -interest resource management issues
• 12 years of service as chair of the State of Oregon Water Resources Commission and the
Land Conservation and Development Commission, which brings an intimate
knowledge of resource management issues from the public and private perspectives
• Experience in drafting land use and comprehensive planning documents and ordinances
• Manages CH2M HILL'S overall resource consulting practice on the Columbia River and
served as a governor's appointee to Congress's 180 -day Columbia River governance
review
Relevant Experience
Mr. Blosser is the senior environmental planner in the firm's Portland regional office. His
experience includes managing large, interdisciplinary projects involving environmental
impacts, land use planning, industrial development, transportation planning, and energy
facilities.
Mr. Blosser managed permitting studies for an expansion of the Union Pacific Railroad line
in the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon, including the development of one of the most
extensive cumulative impacts statements ever prepared under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). The project involves an approximately 150 -mile rail corridor with 20
different double -tracking projects costing an estimated $120 million. In addition to
preparing overall environmental documentation, he supervised preparation of U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers Section 404 permits for individual projects. The project involves
determining the cumulative impacts of the railroad's presence in these areas, determining
direct and indirect impacts of the new construction, determining appropriate mitigations for
significant cumulative impacts and direct project impacts, and, in cooperation with the
tribes and the state and federal agencies, setting allowable levels of impact within the
Meacham, Grande Ronde and Powder river basins. The railroad has established a trust fund
to restore specific watersheds where railroad impacts have been significant.
Mr. Blosser served for 6 years as chairman of the State of Oregon Water Resources
Commission and 2 years on the Western States Water Council. In these capacities, he
participated in the development of policy, legislation, and administrative rules dealing with
water conservation, in -stream flows, riparian protection, basin planning, watershed
protection and enhancement, and reserve rights. As chairman of the commission, he
oversaw policy development in water conservation, in -stream flows, basin planning, and
municipal water supplies; he was extensively involved in water rights issues in Oregon as
well. He represented the commission before the Oregon State Legislature, developed and
negotiated legislation, and helped write rules based on legislation in addition to conducting
commission meetings and public hearings. On the Western States Water Council,
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Mr. Blosser worked with the senior staff of 12 western states' water commissions on issues
of mutual concern, especially relating to federal -state relationships.
Mr. Blosser was project manager for a countywide 50 -year water supply and conservation
plan for Coos County, Oregon. The plan provides for domestic, industrial, and agricultural
water needs and balances those needs with in -stream needs for recreation, aesthetics, and
fisheries.
He was appointed by the governor as a representative of the State of Oregon to the
workshops established in February 1995 to develop new models of governance for the
Columbia River system.
As chairman of the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (1990 -
present), Mr. Blosser assisted with the development of policy and rules relating to
transportation planning, farm and forest land management, rural unincorporated
communities planning, and urban expansion; helped develop a consensus process to build
agreement on rural development issues; represented the commission before the Oregon
State Legislature and developed and negotiated legislation; and conducted commission
meetings and public hearings. He also assisted with the development of policies and rules
related to coordinated processing of controversial projects in the state and to the
management of growth in urban areas. He managed the commission's work that led to the
adoption of statewide transportation planning administrative rules.
As chairman of the State Agency Council on Growth in the Portland metropolitan area,
Mr. Blosser helped develop a coordinated policy for state agencies related to growth issues
in metropolitan Portland; policy changes in individual agencies for dealing with growth;
and an intergovernmental agreement related to light-rail transit stations.
For the City of Dundee, Oregon, Mr. Blosser completed the first comprehensive plan for a
city in the Willamette Valley. The plan received acknowledgment under Oregon's 1973 land
use planning law. He was also responsible for the comprehensive plan for the City of
Fairview, Oregon, and completed a master plan for the downtown area of the City of
Tualatin, Oregon, which resulted in the rerouting of a major arterial through the downtown
area. He managed the North Riverbank Urban Design Plan for the City of Spokane,
Washington, and the Central Eastside Industrial Revitalization Plan for the City of Portland,
Oregon. These two projects involved studies to renew aging industrial areas next to central
cities.
Education
Master of Regional Planning, Housing Economics, and Social Policy Planning, University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.A., History, Political Science, Social Psychology, Honors Humanities, Stanford University
Public Sector Housing Policy Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
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Thomas W. Haislip, Jr.
Environmental Scientist
Distinguishing Qualifications
• Experience in managing environmental impact statements and assessments
• Knowledge of state and federal environmental and permitting regulations
• Knowledge of natural resource issues and resolutions
Relevant Experience
Mr. Haislip is an experienced manager of projects involving environmental assessment or
monitoring for industrial, governmental, and utility clients. His experience includes field
data collection, technical analysis, impact assessment, development of mitigation measures,
report preparation, and negotiation with regulatory agencies. He has worked on license
applications for hydroelectric power plants, monitoring programs for coal and nuclear
power plants, irrigation development projects, forest management, mining permits and
permit inventories, industrial developments, and corridor studies for pipelines and
transmission lines.
Mr. Haislip has worked extensively with clients, regulatory agencies, and public interest
groups to find alternatives for implementing environmentally sensitive projects that meet
the needs of multiple parties and comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. In
addition to assessing impacts, he has directed the development of mitigation and
enhancement plans, conducted private negotiations, led public involvement meetings, and
served as an expert witness on many projects. From this experience he has developed a
broad understanding of environmental issues, interest group motivations, institutional and
political pressures, and problem -solving methodologies.
Mr. Haislip was the manager of the Uintah Basin Replacement Project environmental
impact statement (EIS) in Utah. He was responsible for coordinating a large multi-
disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and planners studying the potential effects of a
wide-ranging water resource system of storage dams, diversion structures, canals, pipelines,
and environmental enhancements. His duties also included working with an external
planning team of irrigators, agencies, and environmental groups. He participated in an
extensive public involvement program to provide information to and solicit input from
diverse stakeholders.
For Boise Cascade, Mr. Haislip was senior consultant for monitoring and providing input to
the Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project being conducted by the U.S. Forest
Service and Bureau of Land Management. He reviewed the process and products of the
project's scientific assessment and two EISs. He also led a team of technical advisors to
provide expert input to the government program.
Mr. Haislip managed several large, multidisciplinary EIS projects for various governmental
agencies, including the Central Utah Project, the Columbia River Basin, and San Xavier
Irrigation Development EISs for the Central Utah Water Conservancy District and the U.S.
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Bureau of Reclamation. In addition, he managed the Orchard Training Area Environmental
Management and Analysis Program for the Idaho National Guard, the Hells Canyon
Environmental Investigation for the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Logan
Canyon Highway EIS for the Utah Department of Transportation.
For industry and other private clients, Mr. Haislip participated in environmental
assessments (EAs) or EISs for the Twin Falls Canal Rehabilitation for the Twin Falls Canal
Company, the Eastside Forest Ecosystem Management Program for Boise Cascade
Corporation, Stone Cabin Mine for NERCO, Smokey Canyon for J. R. Simplot Company,
and Desert Peak Nevada for Phillips Petroleum.
Mr. Haislip directed the preparation of environmental documents for more than 30
hydroelectric projects throughout the West, including Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
Arizona, Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, and California. The documents include feasibility
studies, exemption and license applications for both minor and major projects, and
applications for relicensing. He has extensive working knowledge of federal and state
regulations for such projects and the procedures required to successfully obtain the needed
approvals.
Mr. Haislip has prepared applications for gas and oil pipelines. Some of these include the
WyCal gas pipeline (Wyoming to California), the Uinta Basin gas pipeline (Utah, Colorado,
and Wyoming), the Northern Tier oil pipeline in Washington, the Burrows Bay oil pipeline
and harbor in Washington, and gas field development in the Canadian Arctic.
For the Trojan and Pebble Springs Nuclear Plants and Broadman Coal -Fired Plant, all in
Oregon, Mr. Haislip was responsible for terrestrial monitoring programs. In that capacity,
he helped design and implement field studies, analyze field data, and prepare annual
reports. The studies included monitoring of vegetation, birds, mammals, reptiles, insects,
and soil.
As part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetland Inventory, Mr. Haislip
managed a program to develop a computerized evaluation system for wetlands. On another
project for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, he assisted in a study of the feasibility of using
geothermal effluent to create wetlands for waterfowl.
Mr. Haislip worked on several hydroelectric projects requiring an inventory and assessment
of wetlands and mitigation plans to replace lost wetlands. On several other projects, such as
irrigation developments, wastewater treatment facilities, and salinity control programs, he
investigated potential impacts to wetlands and developed measures to minimize or
eliminate losses of wetland resources.
Education
M.S., Ecology, University of Oklahoma
B.S., Zoology, Texas Christian University
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Richard E. Moos
Senior Ecologist
Distinguishing Qualifications
• Managed multidisciplinary studies for impact assessment, remedial action risk
assessment, mitigation, and monitoring
• Principal investigator and primary author of numerous environmental reports
• Capabilities in both management and scientific endeavors
Relevant Experience
Dr. Moos is a project manager and senior ecologist at CH2M HILL with extensive
experience in hazardous waste management, environmental assessment, aquatic ecology,
and water quality projects. His responsibilities include designing and managing
multidisciplinary studies for impact assessment, remedial action risk assessment,
mitigation, and monitoring.
Dr. Moos has a wide range of experience on hazardous waste projects. He was the onsite
field operations manager for a multidisciplinary site investigation of DOE's Paducah
Gaseous Diffusion Plant. This site investigation at an operating U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) facility included extensive drilling and monitoring well installation; management of
mixed wastes; sampling of groundwater, surface water, sediments, soil, and biota; and
ecological surveys in an adjacent state wildlife management area. The integrated field
operations team included geologists and hydrologists, geotechnical and environmental
engineers, health physicists, ecologists, and specialists in sample waste management.
As a senior ecologist and task manager, Dr. Moos has managed and been principal author of
several ecological risk assessments at DOE and military facilities. He recently completed a
risk assessment of the aquatic ecosystem at Waste Area Grouping 6 (WAG 6) at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory and is currently conducting the ecological risk assessment at Operable
Unit 3 at DOE's Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado. WAG 6 is an active waste disposal area at
ORNL, and was previously used for disposal of both high- and low-level radioactive
wastes, mixed wastes, laboratory solvents, metals, and various research and operational
wastes. Operable Unit 3 is an approximately 10 -square -mile offsite area that is downwind
and downgradient of the nuclear weapons facility. The risk assessment addressed the
potential impact of plutonium, americium, uranium, and selected metals and herbicides on
both the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Moos is also currently working on ecological
risk assessments at several military installations, including Elmendorf Air Force Base in
Alaska and Camp Pendleton and El Toro Marine Corps Bases in California.
Dr. Moos was part of a 6 -person team that reviewed the environmental monitoring
programs at five operating DOE facilities: the Gaseous Diffusion Plants in Tennessee,
Kentucky, and Ohio and the K-12 and ORNL facilities at Oak Ridge. The team reviewed the
existing operational monitoring programs related to air, groundwater, surface water, soil,
and human and biological receptors at all five facilities. The monitoring plans were checked
for compliance with state and federal regulations and DOE orders and for uniformity of
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methods and data management among the five facilities. The final report made several
recommendations to improve the integration of chemical, radiological, and biological
components to meet regulatory requirements.
Dr. Moos has managed or was principal author of several environmental impact assess-
ments for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) projects. He recently completed a
draft environmental assessment for a proposed diversion canal around Standley Lake, the
water supply reservoir for the cities of Westminster, Thornton, Northglenn, and Federal
Heights. This high-profile project is immediately downstream of DOE's Rocky Flats Plant in
Colorado and is being done in close coordination with the DOE and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). Dr. Moos continues to provide environmental services to the
cities and is currently developing approaches for an ecological risk assessment and a
biological assessment to meet DOE, EPA, and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service requirements.
Dr. Moos has managed environmental assessments (EAs) for an industrial wastewater
discharge into the Great Salt Lake near Ogden, Utah; a proposed sprinkler irrigation
development in Wyoming along the North Platte River that addressed water withdrawal
impacts on fisheries and threatened and endangered bird species in the Platte river; and
surface water, groundwater, and critical wildlife habitat issues for a wastewater collection
and treatment system on the lower Colorado River. Dr. Moos has extensive experience on
both Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
and NEPA projects, and has been involved in the integration of CERCLA and NEPA
documents for remedial response activities at DOE facilities in Colorado and Kentucky.
Dr. Moos' project experience includes work on several large river ecosystems including the
Missouri, Mississippi, Hudson, and Colorado Rivers.
Dr. Moos is frequently the project manager on one or more projects and an ecologist or
environmental scientist on other concurrent projects, thereby maintaining active capabilities
in both management and scientific endeavors. He has managed projects ranging from small
permitting assistant services to multiyear environmental impact assessments and RI/FS
projects. Dr. Moos has been the principal investigator and primary author of numerous
environmental reports, ranging from brief technical memos to multidiscipline, multivolume
EAs. As project manager, technical director, or senior ecologist, Dr. Moos has been involved
with data management and interpretation of large databases, preparation and production of
multivolume environmental reports, design and implementation of multiphase
environmental sampling programs, development of conceptual designs, and negotiations
with federal, state, and municipal government agencies.
Education
Ph.D., Zoology, University of South Dakota
M. S., Zoology/ Botany, University of South Dakota
B. S., Biology/General Science, Montana State University
Professional Certification
Certified Fisheries Scientist, American Fisheries Society
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Roger W. Ovink
Fisheries Scientist
Distinguishing Qualifications
• Expertise in anadromous and resident fisheries biology; environmental permitting;
ecological and human health risk assessment; water quality compliance issues; river and
lake ecology; and endangered species biological assessments
• Knowledgeable about the potential effects of waterway development, water uses, and
wastewater/stormwater disposal on aquatic resources
Certified in in -stream flow methodologies (IFIM) data collection, analysis, and
interpretation
Relevant Experience
Mr. Ovink was coordinator of the CH2M HILL's Applied Ecology group in Corvallis. He is
a certified fisheries scientist who specializes in aquatic studies and assessments. His
research experience includes studies throughout the continental United States and Alaska.
He has expertise in anadromous and resident fisheries biology; environmental permitting;
ecological and human health risk assessment; water quality compliance issues; river and
lake ecology; and endangered species biological assessments.
Mr. Ovink has been involved with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund
program since 1984. He has conducted qualitative and quantitative human health and
ecological risk assessments for hazardous waste sites in Oregon, Missouri, Texas, California,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana. His involvement in these
projects has included study design, sample collection, biomonitoring, data analysis, human
and wildlife exposure assessments, bioassay testing, wildlife bioaccumulation analyses, risk
quantification, remedial action development, and applicable or relevant and appropriate
requirements (ARARs) evaluations.
Mr. Ovink is very knowledgeable about the potential effects of waterway development,
water uses, and wastewater/stormwater disposal on aquatic resources. He has conducted
studies concerning the potential effects of port expansions, highway improvements, power
and pipeline installations, water diversions, hydroelectric developments, municipal/
industrial wastewater outfalls, land uses, and water impoundments on resident and
anadromous fishery resources, endangered species, and water quality. Mr. Ovink's work
requires cooperation and coordination with local, state, and federal resource agencies to
evaluate aquatic impacts and develop appropriate mitigative measures.
Mr. Ovink has conducted environmental studies for several Indian Tribes in the Pacific
Northwest. As a project biologist, he worked with the Siletz Indian Tribe to identify and
secure lands for its reservation in western Oregon. He conducted water quality and fisheries
investigations for the Tulalip Indian Tribe in Washington, aiding in its development of an
anadromous fish hatchery. He also worked with the Warm Springs Tribes in central
Oregon, where he documented the status of the salmon and steelhead resource of
reservation streams and recommended actions to protect and enhance that resource.
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Mr. Ovink was task leader in charge of information gathering and writing for the historical
and current fisheries problems in the Klamath Basin. He also managed follow-up,
basinwide public meetings to discuss the results of previous studies and implications of the
current study recommendations. Previous studies addressed the problems of reduced
anadromous fish habitat in various parts of the basin and increased harvests of anadromous
fish stocks. The main objectives of the project were to identify, evaluate, and rank actions to
rebuild the anadromous fish stocks and to provide background and direction for legislative
bodies and agencies to make decisions on funding allocations, resource use, and fisheries
management in the Klamath Basin.
Mr. Ovink worked on numerous projects concerning the impacts of municipal develop-
ments on aquatic resources. Data collected on the Carson River in northern Nevada
provided information concerning the possible need for additional treatment of wastewater
from a housing development to protect the fishery resource of the river. Data collected for
several streams near Lincoln City, Oregon, were important in expanding the municipal
water supply so that no significant impact to game fish populations would occur. His work
on Cow Creek and the South Umpqua River in Douglas County, Oregon, aided in the
development of a municipal, industrial, and irrigation water storage reservoir that will not
adversely affect the fisheries resource of the area.
Mr. Ovink was certified by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in in -stream flow method-
ologies (IFIM) data collection, analysis, and interpretation and has been involved in
numerous in -stream flow studies. His experience in Washington, Oregon, California, and
Idaho includes IFIM and fishery assessment studies on many large rivers: the Snake,
Salmon, and Payette Rivers in Idaho; the Nestucca, Hood, and Deschutes Rivers in Oregon;
the Hamma Hamma, Columbia, and Skokomish Rivers in Washington; and the Klamath
and Sacramento Rivers in California.
In northern California, Mr. Ovink has worked extensively to identify the effects of logging
and log storage on the water quality and fisheries of rivers and streams. This work involved
river and stream assessments throughout northern California and required close coordina-
tion with local, state and federal natural resource agencies. The information collected in this
work was utilized in developing regulations to protect the fishery resource and water
quality of northern California rivers and streams.
Mr. Ovink has conducted human health risk assessments for a variety of Superfund sites,
including Times Beach (Missouri), Purity Oil (California), and Pendleton Woolen Mills
(Washington). These assessments addressed the risks associated with dioxin, pesticides,
organic compounds, and metals. These studies involved site investigations, exposure
assessments, risk determinations, emergency action needs evaluations, and site cleanup
options.
Mr. Ovink has conducted ecological risk assessments for numerous active and abandoned
hazardous waste sites, including Teledyne Wah Chang (Oregon), Blackbird Mine (Idaho),
Warm Springs Ponds (Montana), Iron Mountain Mine (California), and Times Beach
(Missouri). These assessments have included site evaluations, potential receptor identifica-
tion, exposure pathway evaluation, affected community analyses, ecological risk
quantification, and site cleanup option analyses.
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Education
M.S., Fisheries Biology, Michigan State University
B.A., Biology, Kalamazoo College
Certifications
Certified Open Water SCUBA Diver (NAUI)
Certified Fisheries Scientist, American Fisheries Society
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Darby C. Stapp
Cultural Resources Specialist
Distinguishing Qualifications
• Task leader to rewrite the cultural resource plan for the Hanford Site
• Coordinated environmental restoration projects to ensure preservation and protection of
cultural resources at Hanford
• Task leader for the Hanford Issues Management System, which was designed to identify
sitewide problems affecting the effectiveness and efficiency of the Hanford mission
Relevant Experience
Mr. Stapp coordinated environmental restoration projects to ensure preservation and
protection of cultural resources at Hanford and the active involvement of the Nez Perce,
Umatilla, Yakima, and Wanapum Tribes. He also worked with the Wanapum People, the
Yakima Indian Nation, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, and the Nez
Perce Tribe as a task leader to rewrite the cultural resource plan for the Hanford Site.
Mr. Stapp was task leader for the Hanford Issues Management System, which was designed
to identify sitewide problems affecting the effectiveness and efficiency of the Hanford
mission, to ensure that the appropriate actions are being taken to solve the problems, and to
monitor and report the progress of resolution activities.
For the Hanford Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Schedule Optimization Project,
Mr. Stapp served as project manager. The study was designed to identify areas that
unnecessarily slow environmental restoration activities. He prepared a self-evaluation based
on personal interviews with 35 individuals involved in the program (Phase 1); coordinated
the preparation of a report presenting findings and recommendations of a panel of outside
experts (Phase 2); and prepared an implementation plan for the U.S. Department of Energy,
Richland (Phase 3).
Mr. Stapp was selected by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington
State Department of Ecology to serve on the Hanford Advisory Board as an alternate for
Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL).
Mr. Stapp was co -principal investigator for a Waste Technology Center LDRD—funded
project designed to identify technological opportunities for enhancing the recycling of high-
energy materials currently being landfilled. He organized a conference held at PNL in
September 1993 to develop regional partnerships to focus on solving solid waste problems
in the Pacific Northwest.
Education
Ph.D., American Civilization (Anthropology Track), University of Pennsylvania
M. A., Anthropology/ Environmental Studies, University of Idaho
M. A., American Civilization, University of Pennsylvania
B. A., Anthropology/Geology, University of Denver
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Robert E. Swope
Senior Environmental Planner
Distinguishing Qualifications
• Managed the preparation of a master plan and an environmental impact statement for a
proposed large-scale, mixed- use development of Columbia riverfront property in
Richland, Washington
• Developed a public improvements program to implement the City of Spokane's North
Riverbank Urban Design Plan
• Managed preparation of a number of NEPA environmental documents
Relevant Experience
Mr. Swope is a project manager with expertise in land use and socioeconomic analyses and
extensive worldwide experience in environmental and social impact analyses. He has more
than 20 years of experience as an urban and environmental planner. He serves as project
manager and senior reviewer of large-scale multidisciplinary environmental, land use,
transportation, and socioeconomic studies. Mr. Swope has a particularly strong background
in management of transportation -related environmental impact statements prepared under
Washington's State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) guidelines.
He served as assistant project manager for the Columbia Basin irrigation expansion project
for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. This project involved a proposed major diversion from
the Grand Coulee reservoir. Issues included impacts on hydroelectric -generating capacity
and fisheries and the socioeconomic impacts from increased agricultural production.
Mr. Swope supervised the technical efforts of a multidisciplinary team of CH2M HILL and
subconsultant professionals. He was responsible for the analysis of land use and social
science elements of the environment.
Mr. Swope managed the preparation of a master plan and an environmental impact state-
ment for a proposed large-scale, mixed- use development of Columbia riverfront property
in Richland, Washington, and the development of a public improvements program to
implement the City of Spokane's North Riverbank Urban Design Plan.
Mr. Swope managed preparation of a number of NEPA environmental documents prepared
in accordance with Federal Highway Administration guidelines, including EISs for the
proposed extension of SR 509 and the South Sea -Tac Airport access road in King County;
the proposed replacement of the Twin Bridges crossing of the Yakima River in rural Benton
County; and the redesign of the I-82/Yakima Avenue interchange in the City of Yakima. All
three are highly controversial projects involving issues of land use, traffic flow, noise,
property acquisition and relocation, water quality, wildlife and fishery habitat, wetlands,
and socioeconomic impacts. Because of potential impacts on recreational facilities and
historic structures, Section 4(f) evaluations are being prepared for the Yakima projects.
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He led environmental planning for preparation of the SR 520 -SR 901 to SR 202 SEPA EIS.
The SR 520 project was the first major roadway project developed under the King County
Sensitive Areas Ordinance (SAO). Mr. Swope was responsible for coordinating efforts with
WSDOT, King County, the City of Redmond, and project team members in order to meet
the SAO requirements.
Mr. Swope led environmental planning for preparation of a SEPA corridor -level environ-
mental impact statement (EIS) on the proposed 5 -mile extension of Canyon Road in Pierce
County. The EIS was intended to help Pierce County identify and reserve a preferred
roadway corridor. Major issues in this analysis were impacts on wetlands, fish -bearing
streams, floodplain, and surrounding residential and public uses.
Mr. Swope gained 6 years of experience working on large-scale planning projects in the
cities of Damman, Hail, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. As chief planner and assistant project
manager on these projects, he oversaw the land use and socioeconomic household surveys
and was responsible for the analysis of the survey results and the preparation of related
technical reports. He coordinated the efforts of a large technical staff in the preparation of
both city and regional master plans and was responsible for the formulation of the
demographic, land use, housing, and public facilities elements of those plans.
Education
M.S., Urban Planning, University of Arizona
M.A., Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico
B.A., Political Science, Pennsylvania State University
Professional Registration
American Institute of Certified Planners
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Gene J. Wallace
Senior Advisor
Distinguishing Qualifications
Manages CH2M HILL's Richland office, which provides services to Hanford
35 years of experience in business, contract management and business development in
the private and public sectors
Relevant Experience
Mr. Wallace has 35 years of experience in business, contract management and business
development in the private and public sectors. He has direct responsibility for administer-
ing and managing divergent types of contracts and business operations, including client
service, staff and team development, contract negotiations, cost estimates, cost/schedule
control, and reporting. As a result of this diverse and extensive contract and business
management experience, he has developed a proficiency in program management, business
development, creative and effective proposals, contract administration, business manage-
ment, budgeting, annual business planning, staff utilization, and (most importantly) client
sensitivity and satisfaction.
As area office manager of CH2M HILL's Richland office, Mr. Wallace is senior contract
manager and senior consultant for projects managed through offices in Washington,
Oregon, Hawaii, and Alaska. He administered contracts with the Battelle Environmental
Management Office (EMO), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) -Richland, Battelle Pacific
Northwest Laboratories (PNL), U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(COE), Westinghouse, municipalities, and private sector clients. His contracting efforts
include business development, task order development, negotiations, and compliance with
contract terms and conditions. He is also responsible for ensuring cost/schedule control,
project delivery, accruals, monthly financial and technical status reporting, and client
satisfaction.
Mr. Wallace manages a full-time staff of 10 professionals and 4 support staff and is
responsible for marketing and business development, client service, recruiting personnel,
general administration, accounting, contract management and reengineering initiatives. The
Richland office's clientele includes Westinghouse Hanford, Battelle, Washington Public
Power Supply, DOE -Richland, PNL, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, the COE,
municipalities, and private sector clients.
Mr. Wallace is senior contract administrator and deputy program manager for
CH2M HILL's EMO program (remedial investigation/ feasibility study) with Battelle. He is
responsible for task order development, negotiations of costs and fees, subcontract manage-
ment, cost schedule control, reporting, project execution and delivery. He is also client
service manager for Westinghouse and senior consultant for municipal and private clients.
Before coming to CH2M HILL, Mr. Wallace managed an Alyeska Pipeline program to
identify, purchase, and make operational an internationally leading oil spill response and
cleanup equipment inventory. His responsibilities included market research, specification
development, vendor coordination, coordination with federal and state agencies,
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procurement of the equipment, and property control. The project was completed 6 months
ahead of schedule and $5 million under budget.
Mr. Wallace has 15 years of experience in the defense and petroleum industries, where he
managed contract departments handling more than $100 million in procurements annually.
He served as contract administrator for numerous federally funded projects. Using state-of-
the-art contracting methods and techniques, he secured several major systems at significant
savings to the government/ client, including the F5 fighter (a forward-looking radar
system), which was delivered ahead of schedule under an FFP contract using performance
incentives; the F-111 fighter (a weapons management system); and the B-1 bomber (a
nuclear explosion safe cockpit capsule). He also managed procurements for the space
shuttle and other defense industry and NASA projects.
Mr. Wallace managed contracts for the integrating and managing contractor. For the
development of the Prudhoe Bay oil field, he oversaw the performance of the contractors
providing the various systems and pump stations that collected crude oil from the wells and
delivered it to the Trans -Alaska Pipeline.
As a self-employed consultant, Mr. Wallace provided business and contract management
services to construction contractors, law offices, small businesses, ARCO, Northrop, and
Alyeska Pipeline. His responsibilities included research activities, client relations, and
general business services.
Education
A.B.A., Fullerton College
Business and Management Studies, UCLA
Cerritos College, University of Alaska, Seminars
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