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<br />Heather D. Thompson, PE <br />Associate Engineer <br /> <br />Fields of Special <br />Competence <br /> <br />Education <br /> <br />V'later resources, geohydrology <br /> <br />BS/Civil and Environmental Engineering <br />Cornell University/I 993 <br /> <br />MS/Water Resources Engineering <br />University of Colorado, Boulder/t996 <br /> <br />Registration <br />Years of Experience <br /> <br />Professional Civil Engineer/Colorado <br /> <br />Joined Boyle 1998 <br />With Others 5 years <br /> <br />Professional <br />Affiliations <br /> <br />American Society ofCiviJ Engineers, American Water <br />Resources Association <br /> <br />Related Experience <br /> <br />Ms. Thompson specializes in water resources projects involving surface and <br />groundwater modeling, water rights investigations, and hydrologic analyses. Her <br />experience includes, water supply studies, surfac" water and groundwater hydrologic <br />evaluations, and providing expeI1 testimony. <br /> <br />1993 Midwest Flood Investigation, Southern Pacific Railroad. Provided expert <br />testimony in Pietro Culotta Grapes Lid Vs. Southern Pacific Transportation <br />Company (Case No. CIV-S-95-215 WBS. Project engineer responsible for <br />evaluation of the 1993 Midwest Floods The work performed for this project involved <br />gathering, reviewing, and summarizing meteorological, hydrologic and hydraulic <br />data, and flood frequency information related to the 1993 Floods to support an Act of <br />God Defense. The project was focused primarily on the Midwest states of Kansas, <br />Missouri, Nebraska, and Illinois, Contacted local, state, and federal agencies <br />including: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic <br />Data Center, Midwestern Climate Center, National Weather Service, FEMA, Federal <br />Highway Administration, U.S, Army Corps nf Engineers District offices, USGS, and <br />State Water Resources Offices, and local County officials. <br /> <br />. Contacted private entities including news agencies, local newspapers, <br />railroad engineers and supervisors. Collected available reports documenting <br />the hydrologic and hydraulic data, flood frequency information, and flood <br />damages. Collected newspaper articles, news agency documentaries, and <br />pictures documenting high water marks and the geographic extent of <br />specific areas that were inundated. <br /> <br />.. Reviewed flood inundation maps and flood stage data, and compared with <br />rail line elevations to evaluate which rail lines were inundated. Tabulated <br />the Mississippi River stages, levee failures, and rail lines inundated and <br />closed during the month of September 1993 for the area near Quincy, <br />Illinois. Tabulated the Missouri River stages, and rail lines inundated and <br /> <br />0399lhompson.doc <br /> <br />130VLE <br />