VI. and Agencies and Persons Consulted 6.1 Overall preparation of the Final Environmental Assessment was by the following: 6.1.1 Clark County Department of Aviation Department of Aviation P. O. Box 11005 Las Vegas, Nevada 89111 Pamela Adams, Principal Planner Qualifications Principal Planner with 25-years experience in natural resource evaluations, mainly in the Southwest USA. Significant experience in managing and preparing NEPA documents, impact analyses, public outreach, and local, state, and federal agency coordination. Responsibilities Overall review, management, and coordination with FAA Western-Pacific Region Airports Division, CCDOA, Clark County Board of County Commissioners, and consultant team. Jeffery Jacquart, Airport Program Administrator Qualifications Over 18 years of experience in airport, environmental, and land use planning experience, with significant experience air quality analysis and planning, public relations, airspace planning, airport noise compatibility, administration of mitigation programs, land use planning, and helicopter noise impacts. Responsibilities Review of noise analysis and coordination with CCDOA, consultant team, and Grand Canyon helicopter air tour operators. 6.1.2 Principal Federal Government Reviewers 6.1.2.1 U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Western-Pacific Region Airports Division 15000 Aviation Boulevard Hawthorne, California 90250 David Kessler, AICP, Regional Environmental Protection Specialist, Airports Division, Western-Pacific Region B.A., Physical Geography (Geology Minor), M.A. Physical Geography. 26 years experience. Principal FAA Planner/Environmental Protection Specialist responsible for detailed FAA evaluation of the Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements as well as coordination of comments from various federal and state agencies in the FAA s Western-Pacific Region. Performed the required consultations with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer. Project Manager for the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport Environmental Impact Statement. 6.1.2.2 U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office 4701 North Torrey Pines Las Vegas, Nevada 89130 Cheryl Cote, Realty Specialist, Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas Field Office 20+ years realty experience. Extensive experience in real estate, title, and land development. Primarily oversees and issues Rights-of-Way, Recreation and Public Purposes Leases and provides Final EA for a Southern Nevada Regional Heliport VI-1 December 2008
information to the public on present and future uses of public lands managed by the BLM. BLM Specialist responsible for review and coordination of the Environmental Assessment as a cooperating agency. 6.1.3 Consultants 6.1.3.1 Ricondo & Associates, Inc. John C. Williams, Senior Vice President Qualifications Over 20 years of experience in airport environmental and physical planning, with significant experience in preparing and managing environmental assessments and environmental impact statements, airport noise compatibility planning projects, airport master planning projects, and airfield and airspace projects. Responsibilities Overall quality control, NEPA guidance, project management, management of subconsultants, purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, and environmental consequences. Adrian M. Jones, Director Qualifications 13 years of airport and environmental planning experience, with significant expertise in air quality modeling, airport noise compatibility, and airport master planning projects. Responsibilities Helicopter noise analysis, compatible land use, quality control of air quality and noise analysis, affected environment, and environmental consequences. Lynne W. Madera, Managing Consultant Qualifications 13 years of experience in airport physical and environmental planning, with notable experience in physical planning and project management in both landside and airside planning projects. Experiences include environmental assessments, airport layout plans, architectural modifications to terminals, and project definition. Responsibilities Flight corridor analysis, purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, and environmental consequences. Audrey Y. Park, Senior Consultant Qualifications 6 years of airport and environmental planning experience, with specific experience in various disciplines, including compatible land use analysis and simulation and modeling. Responsibilities Purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, environmental consequences, references, and documentation. Jason M. Apt, Senior Consultant Qualifications 6 years of airport and environmental planning experience with experience in air quality, compatible land use analysis, and geographic information systems (GIS). Responsibilities Air quality analysis and generation of GIS exhibits. 6.1.3.2 Brown-Buntin Associates, Inc. Robert Brown, President Qualifications 28 years of experience in community noise assessment and regulation with an emphasis on aviation noise assessment, including on-site noise measurements and computer modeling. Responsibilities Helicopter noise analysis. 6.1.3.3 SWCA Environmental Consultants David Harris, NEPA Specialist/Environmental Compliance Manager Qualifications 11 years of experience in permitting and compliance, NEPA, GIS/GPS data. Responsibilities Management and quality control of SWCA deliverables. Final EA for a Southern Nevada Regional Heliport VI-2 December 2008
Eric Koster, Environmental Specialist/Project Manager Qualifications Over 7 years of experience in wildlife monitoring and surveying, and environmental assessment and environmental impact and mitigation studies. Responsibilities Biological Surveys and Assessment; technical input for affected environment and environmental consequences of fish, wildlife, and plants. Scott Whitesides, Cultural Resources Specialist Qualifications Over 16 years of experience in cultural resource surveys and impact assessment. Responsibilities Cultural resource survey lead and technical input for cultural resources affected environment and environmental consequences sections. Brian Nicholson, Wetlands Specialist Qualifications Over 7 years of experience and expertise in wetland and riparian functional assessment, chemical and biological water quality monitoring, watershed management, ecological surveys and research, social data collection and analysis. Responsibilities Technical input for water supply environmental consequences chapter. 6.1.3.4 ASRC Aerospace Corporation Robert Varani, Manager of Aviation Services Qualifications Over 16 years of aviation project experience at major airports throughout the United States and Central America. Responsibilities Evaluation of potential flight corridors and approach design analysis to and from heliport site. 6.1.3.5 Granite Environmental, Inc. Jack A. Elder, Ph.D., President Qualifications Over 30 years environmental consulting experience. Personally prepared several hundred Phase I ESAs and supervised the preparation of several thousand more. Nevada Certified Environmental Manager EM-143. Responsibilities Preparation of Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (hazardous materials). Final EA for a Southern Nevada Regional Heliport VI-3 December 2008
6.2 List of Agencies and Persons Consulted The following is a list of agencies, persons, and Native American Tribes and Bands consulted during the preparation of the Final EA. Rebecca L. Palmer State Historic Preservation Officer Department of Cultural Affairs Jeri Krueger Fish and Wildlife Biologist Fish and Wildlife Service 100 N. Stewart St. Southern Nevada Field Office Carson City, NV 89701 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive Las Vegas, NV 89130 Holly Johnson Paul Joly Environmental Planner Aviation Safety Manager Southern Nevada Water Authority Federal Aviation Administration Department of Groundwater Resources & Las Vegas - Flight Standards District Office Las Vegas Valley Water District 7181 Amigo Street, Suite 180 1900 E. Flamingo Las Vegas, NV 89119 Las Vegas, NV 89119 Jon Holman D. Bradford Hardenbrook Operations Manager Supervisory Habitat Biologist Federal Aviation Administration Nevada Department of Wildlife Las Vegas Air Traffic Control Southern Region 699 Wright Brothers Lane 4747 Vegas Drive Las Vegas, NV 89119 Las Vegas, NV 89108 Lewis Wallenmeyer Mary Kay Peck, FAICP Director City Manager Clark County Department of Air Quality & City of Henderson Environmental Management 240 Water Street 500 S Grand Central Parkway, 1 st Floor Henderson, NV 89009 Las Vegas, NV 89155 Nova Blazej William K. Dickinson Manager Superintendent US Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX National Park Service Environmental Review Office Lake Mead National Recreation Area 75 Hawthorne Street 601 Nevada Way San Francisco, CA 94105 Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Final EA for a Southern Nevada Regional Heliport VI-4 December 2008
William J. Liebhauser Krista Coulter Director Nevada State Clearinghouse Bureau of Reclamation Department of administration Lower Colorado Regional Office 209 E. Musser Street, Room 200 Resources Management Office Carson City, NV 89701 PO Box 61470 Boulder City, NV 89006 Charles Wood, Chair Chemehuevi Indian Tribe PO Box 1976 Havasu Lake, CA 92363 Jeanine Borchardt, Chair Indian Peaks Band Paiute Indian Tribes of Utah 440 North Paiute Drive Cedar City, UT 84720 Nora McDowell, Chair Phil Pikyavit, Chair Fort Mojave Indian Tribe Kanosh Band 500 Merriman Ave. Paiute Indian Tribes of Utah Needles, CA 92363 PO Box 101 Kanosh, UT 84637 Charles Vaughn, Chair Hualapai Tribal Council PO Box 179 Peach Springs, AZ 86434 Cindy Charles, Chair Koosharem Band Paiute Indian Tribes of Utah 440 North Paiute Drive Cedar City, UT 84720 Gary Tom, Chair Glenn Rogers, Chair Kaibab Paiute Tribe Shivwits Band HC 65, Box 2 Paiute Indian Tribes of Utah Fredonia, AZ 86022 370 North 400 West, #2 St. George, UT 84770 Alfreda Mitre, Chair Las Vegas Paiute Tribe One Paiute Drive Las Vegas, NV 89106 Dean Mike, Chair Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians 46-200 Harrison Place Coachella, CA92236 Darren Daboda, Chair Daniel Eddy, Jr., Chair Moapa Band of Paiutes Colorado River Indian Tribes PO Box 607 Rt 1, Box 23-B Moapa, NV 89025 Parker, AZ 85344 Final EA for a Southern Nevada Regional Heliport VI-5 December 2008
Richard Arnold, Chair Pahrump Paiute Tribe PO Box 3411 Pahrump, NV 89041 Lora Tom, Chair Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah 440 N. Paiute Drive Cedar City, UT 84720-2613 Alex Shepherd, Chair Cedar Band Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah 5267 West 3700 South Cedar City, UT 84720 Final EA for a Southern Nevada Regional Heliport VI-6 December 2008