Amendment__5_SWCA_CTR065774_Personnel.pdf

Form approved by CPO, Rev. 12-18-2018

CONTRACT

AMENDMENT

CONTRACT NO.: CTR065774

AMENDMENT NO.: 5

TITLE: TMDL and Watershed Modeling and Application CONTRACTOR: SWCA, Inc.

ADEQ PROCUREMENT

1110 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 602-771- 4776

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO:

1. Additional personnel have been approved for use under this contract.

a. Boris Shvidchenko – PL II

b. Russell Waldron – PL IV

2. All other Terms and Conditions remain unchanged.

THE ABOVE REFERENCED AMENDMENT IS A

UNILATERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF

CONTRACTOR’S APPROVED CHANGED

REQUEST.

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

The above referenced Amendment is hereby executed this 20th day of August, 2024 at Phoenix, Arizona.

Vanessa Mendoza Procurement Officer

Available online at Arizona Procurement Portal (APP) eProcurement System https://app.az.gov https://app.az.gov/

August 8, 2024

Patricia Lorenzen, CPPB, Procurement Officer Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1110 West Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Submitted via email: lorenzen.patricia@azdeq.gov

Re: CTR065774 Contract Amendment: TMDL and Watershed Modeling and Application

Dear Ms. Lorenzen, SWCA proposes to add the following personnel to contract CTR065774:

• Boris Shvidchenko, Professional Level 2 $129

• Russell Waldron, Professional Level 4, $182

Please see the attached resumes for these staff and let us know if you have further questions.

Sincerely, Jana Sterling Erica Gaddis, Ph.D.

Vice President, Southwest Project Manager mailto:lorenzen.patricia@azdeq.gov

APPENDIX A:

Resumes

Resume

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BORIS SHVIDCHENKO, B.A., ASSISTANT STAFF GEOSPATIAL SCIENTIST

Boris Shvidchenko is a GIS Specialist with a background in water resources. Boris has over 5 years of GIS experience in a variety of projects and applications. He has experience with front-end and web application development, and mobile app development.

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE (∗ denotes project experience prior to SWCA)

Arroyo Solar 1041 Permitting; Enel Green Power North America, Inc.; Pueblo County, Colorado. SWCA is assisting Recurrent Energy with a 1041 permit application for the Arroyo Solar Project in Pueblo County, Colorado. As part of the submittal package, SWCA is conducting public outreach, a cultural resources desktop review, visual simulations, and a Phase I ESA. Role: GIS / CADD Specialist.

Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Eagle Nest Monitoring; Power Company of Wyoming, LLC; Carbon County, Wyoming. SWCA is providing pre-construction raptor nest monitoring for environmental planning in order to avoid project impacts to eagles and other raptor species of concern. Role: GIS / CADD Specialist.

Cross-Tie Transmission Line EIS; TransCanyon; White Pine County, Nevada.

SWCA is serving as the third-party NEPA contractor responsible for preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed approximately 214-mile-long extra-high-voltage transmission line crossing BLM, USDA Forest Service, state, and private lands in west-central Utah and east-central Nevada. Facilities would consist of transmission line structures and conductors, two substations, access roads, and associated temporary work spaces. SWCA is currently in the pre-NOI phase of the NEPA process and working with the lead federal agency and cooperating agencies to complete an EIS preparation plan, identify potential resource issues, and develop a set of preliminary resource constraints to be considered in alternatives development. The main issues identified include visual and cultural resources, existing land use and recreation, and special designations. SWCA is contracted to lead and complete the NEPA process through the public scoping, analysis planning, draft EIS development, public comment period, and final EIS and Record of Decision phases. Role: GIS / CADD Specialist.

Enerplus Resources NEPA Compliance; Enerplus Resources; Dunn County, North Dakota. Since 2010, SWCA has provided ongoing on-call support for a variety of permitting and NEPA tasks relating to for oil and gas development of over 200 wells in North Dakota, including several on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation. Services have included general NEPA support and the preparation 29 Environmental Assessments (EAs) and other NEPA documents for over 140 wells. Cultural resources support has included conducting surveys focused on National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 documentation, archaeological surveys, evaluation of cultural resources, and reporting of the results. Role: GIS / CADD Specialist.

Environmental and Social Constraints for Carbon Management Siting; Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development, Inc.;

New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. SWCA developed a public-facing story map for carbon management development in Louisiana. This story map provided educational context and an interface for two interactive map tools that allow the user to explore and evaluate project siting constraints related to environmental justice and environmental permitting factors. The story map also included a tool that scored these factors using metrics developed by SWCA, enabling the user to compare the combined environmental justice and environmental permitting constraints among multiple siting alternatives. The data sets and metrics used in the environmental justice constraints analysis were refined through a series of live public meetings with the communities affected in Louisiana. Role: GIS / CADD Specialist.

Grandview Solar Land Use Permitting Services; Confidential Client; Pueblo County, Colorado. SWCA is providing preconstruction services for multiple solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Colorado. Services include the preparation of a 1041 permit, public and agency engagement, a visual resources assessment and visual simulations, a vegetation assessment, an aquatic resources inventory and report, a cultural resources desktop review, and raptor nest surveys. Role: GIS / CADD Specialist.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

EXPERTISE

Geography

Mobile app and web app development

Esri GIS mapping software and programming (ArcGIS, ArcInfo, etc.)

GIS modeling / spatial analysis

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

EDUCATION

B.A., Geographic Information Systems and Analysis (Geography); California State University; 2020

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RUSSELL WALDRON, B.S., NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER SPECIALIST

Mr. Waldron is a scientist and senior project manager (PM) with more than 25 years of experience in biological resources consulting, with an emphasis on environmental regulations compliance for federal, state, and local laws throughout Arizona. He has developed an understanding of the nuances of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance. His responsibilities have included preparing resource reports for FERC applications for 7(b) and 7(c) certificates, conducting jurisdictional waters and wetlands delineations, reporting for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) CWA Section 404 permitting, conducting biological field studies of special interest species, preparing biological evaluations (BEs) and biological assessments (BAs) for ESA compliance, preparing native plant preservation ordinance (NPPO) compliance studies, and preparing environmental assessments (EAs) for NEPA compliance. Mr. Waldron’s technical writing skills include writing or contributing to environmental reports (ERs), EAs, BAs, categorical exclusions (CEs), individual permits (IPs), nationwide permits (NWPs), preconstruction notifications (PCNs), and various other environmental compliance documents.

SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Cardenal Pump Station Biological Evaluation and Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination; Pima County Regional Wastewater Reclamation; Pima County, Arizona. SWCA conducted native plant surveys, and prepared a BE (including requesting technical assistance from USFWS) and a preliminary jurisdictional determination for this sewer relocation and abandonment project. Role: Project Manager.

Reviewed biological evaluation and jurisdictional waters delineation reports.

Bisbee Wastewater Improvement Project Agave Survey; City of Bisbee; Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona. Role: Project Manager / Scientist. Conducted a native plant survey for a wastewater improvement project in the City of Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona.

New Cornelia Mine Water Pipeline; Malcolm Pirnie, the Water Division of ARCADIS;

Pima County, Arizona. Role: Environmental Specialist. Conducted a Native Plant Inventory and a Biological Evaluation for a water pipeline installation project for the Town of Ajo's water provider.

Star Valley W898 Environmental Studies; City of Tucson; Tucson, Pima County, Arizona. SWCA was contracted by the City of Tucson Water Department to perform environmental surveys for a proposed installation of a new 12-inch diameter water main.

A team of biologists visited the site and performed field reconnaissance to identify vegetation (including noxious and invasive species such as for buffelgrass) and other site characteristics for comparison with the background information provided by the client.

Role: Project Manager.

Elephant Head Bridge Replacement Environmental Services; Pima County Department of Environmental Quality (PCDEQ); Pima County, Arizona. SWCA completed a jurisdictional delineation of the Santa Cruz River at Elephant Head Bridge, prepared a Biological Report, and implemented bat exclusions of approximately 4,000-plus bats at the bridge prior to bridge deck demolition. Excluding the bats on schedule was critical due to new girder delivery. SWCA was able to modify the exclusion method to successfully exclude higher than anticipated bat population while meeting the bridge deck demolition schedule. Role: Project Manager.

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

EXPERTISE

National Environmental Policy Act compliance

Clean Water Act compliance

Section 404 permits

Jurisdictional waters and wetlands delineations

EDUCATION

B.S., Renewable Natural Resources;

University of Arizona, Tucson; 1994

B.S., Business Administration;

University of Arizona, Tucson; 1986

REGISTRATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Arborist; 1999

TRAINING

USACE Wetland Delineation and Management Program, Richard Chinn Environmental Training, Inc.; 2006

Comprehensive NEPA Training Course, SWCA Environmental Consultants;

Project Management Bootcamp, PSMJ Resources, Inc.; 2002