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Deborah Reid Jerez-MacPherson 713 Loch Ness Circle, Fort Washington, MD 20744 Tel. (301) 203-8918 (home); (301) 228-8373 (work) Current Employment: Bechtel Power Corporation, Geotechnical & Hydraulic Engineering Services Frederick, MD 21703 Education Master of Arts in Geology, 1987, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Bachelor of Science in Geology, 1981, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Professional Affiliations, Registrations, or Credentials American Society for Quality Geological Society of America American Geophysical Union American Association for the Advancement of Science Summary Ms. Jerez-MacPherson is a senior consultant with over 26 years of experience in the nuclear licensing, environmental and program management field. She provides expertise in licensing and re-licensing of nuclear power plants and radioactive waste disposal facilities, strategic planning, baseline schedule development an d maintenance, and the application of federal and state regulations to environme ntal restoration and waste management programs and projects. She also provides e xpertise in identifying conditions adverse to quality, apparent cause analysis, corrective action planning, and corrective action implementation. Other specifi c experience includes program/project management support (including requirements management, budget justification, work breakdown structure development and main tenance, and preparation of management briefings); regulatory analyses and compl iance evaluations, technical and programmatic review of geologic and systems eng ineering documents, preparation of environmental baseline survey reports, seismi c and volcanic hazard mitigation studies, geothermal field characterization and research, and nuclear and hydroelectric facility siting. Experience 01/2010 - present Bechtel Power Corporation, Senior Geologist, Geotechnical & Hy draulic Engineering Services Division Ms. Jerez-MacPherson serves as a temporary employee and senior technical lead i n preparing the geology and seismic information portions of several combined lic ense application (COLA) for new units at existing U.S. nuclear power plants. In addition, Ms. Jerez-MacPherson prepares responses to requests for additional in formation from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) related to COLA final saf ety analysis report (FSAR) submittals. As senior technical lead, Ms. Jerez-MacP herson interacts directly with utility clients, NRC staff, subcontractors, and s enior Bechtel Power Corporation managers. 06/2008 - 01/2010 Kleinfelder, Inc., Senior Geologist, Nuclear Services Division . Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as a "seconded" employee to Bechtel Power in prepar ing or reviewing combined license applications for construction and operation of nuclear power plants in the southeastern and eastern U.S. Particular expertise is provided in assessment of geologic hazards and tectonic stability of sedimen tary systems in the Gulf of Mexico basin and the Appalachian orogen of the U.S. Atlantic margin. She also represents Kleinfelder in Nuclear Regulatory Commissi on (NRC)/Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) interactions on licensing of new power p lants and carries out general marketing duties for the Kleinfelder Nuclear Servi ces Group in Washington, D.C.
08/2004 - 06/2008 JK Research Associates, Inc., Senior Consultant in Strategic P lanning Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as a client lead in providing support to the Departm ent of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) in Washi ngton, D.C., for contract areas of strategic planning and Front Office rapid res ponse informational support. Responsibilities include analysis of programmatic and technical schedules, preparation of draft responses to congressional and oth er questions, and support to the development of major program outreach documents . 07/1999 - 08/2004 Booz*Allen & Hamilton, Senior Consultant in Program Management Previous client lead support activities include assisting Federal staff in budge t development/justification and international waste management technology progra ms. In support of the OCRWM Office of Program Management, she oversees the prep aration of high-level statutory documents such as the Annual Report to Congress and the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program Plan. She also manages th e development of budget-related briefings for presentation to the OCRWM Front Of fice, other Departmental offices, the public, and to Congress. In support of th e OCRWM Office of Science & Technology & International, she manages support to t he International Waste Management Technology programs. In addition to client le ad activities, she also provides overall support in contract compliance as well as support to the Office of National Transportation in the area of business proc ess improvement and requirements management. She is highly skilled in the prepa ration of briefing materials and in coordinating information among the various P rogram participants. 09/1991 - 07/1999 Woodward-Clyde Federal Services, Senior Project Scientist and Regulatory Analyst Served as senior team leader in revising the technical baseline for the Yucca Mo untain Site Characterization Office. The revision of the technical baseline inc luded working across organizational lines to develop an acceptable concept of in tegrated requirements management for external and internal requirements across t he Yucca Mountain Project. The concept was then expressed in the development of a PC-based database populated with traditional design-related requirements as w ell as other mandated "programmatic" requirements identified as applicable to th e Project. The database information was formatted into reports and technically reviewed to produce a fully qualified technical baseline revision that expanded the scope of the previous Project baseline to include all significant externally mandated requirements. Served as senior report team leader in preparing environmental baseline surveys for five U.S. Army facilities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle Dist rict. Coordinated information needs with field teams, logged documentation rece ived from each installation, submitted Freedom-of-Information-Act requests for f ederal, state and local regulatory records, extracted information from publishe d documents, maps, interviews and other records related to environmental conditi ons at each installation, prepared summary tables of environmental condition in formation cross-referenced to source documents, prepared Base Realignment and Cl osure (BRAC) parcel maps and tables, interacted with BRAC environmental coordina tor of each installation, and wrote or reviewed text of environmental baseline s urvey reports. 09/1987 - 08/1991 Roy F. Weston, Inc., Task Manager, Regulatory Research and Con sultant on Volcanic Hazards Studies Served as regulatory lead in issue resolution interactions with the Nuclear Regu latory Commission regarding volcanic risk at the Yucca Mountain site, Nevada. T his work was part of the Woodward-Clyde subcontract to the Management and Operat ing (M&O) Contractor for the Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioacti ve Waste Management. Requirements Research Technical Support Contractor for the Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management System. Ms. Jerez served as task manager for regulatory require ments analysis and strategic planning tasks; responsible for identification of a pplicable requirements in federal and state statutes and regulations; provided v erification of requirements traceability to planning documents and procedures; m aintained reference archives of applicable statutes and regulations, implementin g guidance, relevant legal decisions, and other background information; monitore d and assessed impact of pending regulatory changes; prepared draft comments on proposed regulatory changes; and provided reviews of documents for consistency w ith agency regulatory compliance policy and positions. Served as the environmental lead in conducting a prefeasibility environmental as sessment of a proposed "dry canal" (consisting of two deep-water ports and a ded icated rail line) for transporting containerized cargo across the Nicaraguan por tion of the Isthmus of Central America. 01/1986 - 08/1987 RET Corporation, Inc., Consultant and Coordinator for Volcanic Hazards Studies Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as part of a USAID team studying seismic and volcani c hazards in the Valle Central of Costa Rica. 05/1984 - 08/1987 Smithsonian Institution, Research Assistant, Museum Technician Ms. Jerez-MacPherson supported a senior researcher at the Smithsonian Institutio n in field studies, sample preparation, and microprobe analysis of samples from the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, the 1985 volcanic eruption of Vo lcan Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia, and the 1968 eruption of Arenal Volcano. 11/1981 - 12/1982 Nicaraguan Energy Institute, Manager, Momotombo Geothermal Pro ject Petrology Laboratory Ms. Jerez-MacPherson supervised two laboratory technicians in preparing thin sec tions of drill core from the Momotombo volcano geothermal field. In this capaci ty she also provided quantitative petrographic analysis of the thin sections, as input to temperature modeling of the geothermal field. 09/1978 - 10/1981 Nicaraguan Institute of Natural Resources, Interpretive Specia list, Nicaraguan National Park Service and Masaya Volcano National Park Ms. Jerez-MacPherson lived in Nicaragua for 8 years during which time she contri buted to the development of natural history exhibits for the Museo Nacional de N icaragua and then worked for the Banco Central in the development of Nicaragua's first national park, Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya. Publications Does not include various combined license application sections for nuclear power plants during which Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as Senior Geologist/Technical L ead. Does not include numerous publications for which Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as senior technical writer for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Environmental and Geo-Engineering Report for the "Dry Canal", Viability Study, A ugust, 1998. (URS Greiner/Woodward Clyde). USAID Consulting Report: Safety Assessment of Interpretive Infrastructure near t he Summit of Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya., 1996.
08/2004 - 06/2008 JK Research Associates, Inc., Senior Consultant in Strategic P lanning Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as a client lead in providing support to the Departm ent of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) in Washi ngton, D.C., for contract areas of strategic planning and Front Office rapid res ponse informational support. Responsibilities include analysis of programmatic and technical schedules, preparation of draft responses to congressional and oth er questions, and support to the development of major program outreach documents . 07/1999 - 08/2004 Booz*Allen & Hamilton, Senior Consultant in Program Management Previous client lead support activities include assisting Federal staff in budge t development/justification and international waste management technology progra ms. In support of the OCRWM Office of Program Management, she oversees the prep aration of high-level statutory documents such as the Annual Report to Congress and the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program Plan. She also manages th e development of budget-related briefings for presentation to the OCRWM Front Of fice, other Departmental offices, the public, and to Congress. In support of th e OCRWM Office of Science & Technology & International, she manages support to t he International Waste Management Technology programs. In addition to client le ad activities, she also provides overall support in contract compliance as well as support to the Office of National Transportation in the area of business proc ess improvement and requirements management. She is highly skilled in the prepa ration of briefing materials and in coordinating information among the various P rogram participants. 09/1991 - 07/1999 Woodward-Clyde Federal Services, Senior Project Scientist and Regulatory Analyst Served as senior team leader in revising the technical baseline for the Yucca Mo untain Site Characterization Office. The revision of the technical baseline inc luded working across organizational lines to develop an acceptable concept of in tegrated requirements management for external and internal requirements across t he Yucca Mountain Project. The concept was then expressed in the development of a PC-based database populated with traditional design-related requirements as w ell as other mandated "programmatic" requirements identified as applicable to th e Project. The database information was formatted into reports and technically reviewed to produce a fully qualified technical baseline revision that expanded the scope of the previous Project baseline to include all significant externally mandated requirements. Served as senior report team leader in preparing environmental baseline surveys for five U.S. Army facilities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle Dist rict. Coordinated information needs with field teams, logged documentation rece ived from each installation, submitted Freedom-of-Information-Act requests for f ederal, state and local regulatory records, extracted information from publishe d documents, maps, interviews and other records related to environmental conditi ons at each installation, prepared summary tables of environmental condition in formation cross-referenced to source documents, prepared Base Realignment and Cl osure (BRAC) parcel maps and tables, interacted with BRAC environmental coordina tor of each installation, and wrote or reviewed text of environmental baseline s urvey reports. 09/1987 - 08/1991 Roy F. Weston, Inc., Task Manager, Regulatory Research and Con sultant on Volcanic Hazards Studies Served as regulatory lead in issue resolution interactions with the Nuclear Regu latory Commission regarding volcanic risk at the Yucca Mountain site, Nevada. T his work was part of the Woodward-Clyde subcontract to the Management and Operat ing (M&O) Contractor for the Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioacti ve Waste Management. Requirements Research Technical Support Contractor for the Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management System. Ms. Jerez served as task manager for regulatory require ments analysis and strategic planning tasks; responsible for identification of a pplicable requirements in federal and state statutes and regulations; provided v erification of requirements traceability to planning documents and procedures; m aintained reference archives of applicable statutes and regulations, implementin g guidance, relevant legal decisions, and other background information; monitore d and assessed impact of pending regulatory changes; prepared draft comments on proposed regulatory changes; and provided reviews of documents for consistency w ith agency regulatory compliance policy and positions. Served as the environmental lead in conducting a prefeasibility environmental as sessment of a proposed "dry canal" (consisting of two deep-water ports and a ded icated rail line) for transporting containerized cargo across the Nicaraguan por tion of the Isthmus of Central America. 01/1986 - 08/1987 RET Corporation, Inc., Consultant and Coordinator for Volcanic Hazards Studies Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as part of a USAID team studying seismic and volcani c hazards in the Valle Central of Costa Rica. 05/1984 - 08/1987 Smithsonian Institution, Research Assistant, Museum Technician Ms. Jerez-MacPherson supported a senior researcher at the Smithsonian Institutio n in field studies, sample preparation, and microprobe analysis of samples from the 1980 volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, the 1985 volcanic eruption of Vo lcan Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia, and the 1968 eruption of Arenal Volcano. 11/1981 - 12/1982 Nicaraguan Energy Institute, Manager, Momotombo Geothermal Pro ject Petrology Laboratory Ms. Jerez-MacPherson supervised two laboratory technicians in preparing thin sec tions of drill core from the Momotombo volcano geothermal field. In this capaci ty she also provided quantitative petrographic analysis of the thin sections, as input to temperature modeling of the geothermal field. 09/1978 - 10/1981 Nicaraguan Institute of Natural Resources, Interpretive Specia list, Nicaraguan National Park Service and Masaya Volcano National Park Ms. Jerez-MacPherson lived in Nicaragua for 8 years during which time she contri buted to the development of natural history exhibits for the Museo Nacional de N icaragua and then worked for the Banco Central in the development of Nicaragua's first national park, Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya. Publications Does not include various combined license application sections for nuclear power plants during which Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as Senior Geologist/Technical L ead. Does not include numerous publications for which Ms. Jerez-MacPherson served as senior technical writer for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Environmental and Geo-Engineering Report for the "Dry Canal", Viability Study, A ugust, 1998. (URS Greiner/Woodward Clyde). USAID Consulting Report: Safety Assessment of Interpretive Infrastructure near t he Summit of Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya., 1996.
