Services

Planning and Project Feasibility Studies
Permit Application Preparation
- Water Pollution Control Permits
- Reports of Waste Discharge
- Authority to Construct/Permit to Operate
- NPDES/Storm Water Discharge
- Conditional/Special Use Permits
- Plans of Operations
- State and Federal Endangered Species Permits and Consultations
- Clean Water Act Section 404 “Waters of the United States” Permits and Delineations
- National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 Consultations
Permit Acquisition Programs
Site Closure / Reclamation Plans and Permits
- Reclamation Cost and Bonding Calculations
- Acid Rock Drainage Pit Lake Quality Evaluations
- Waste Rock Characterizations
- California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) Compliance
- Site Monitoring and Reporting
Regulatory and Permit Compliance and Reporting and Management Services
Environmental Monitoring Programs
Water Quality Sampling Programs
Erosion Control/Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), Best Management Practices (BMPs) Plans

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 Compliance
National Environmental Policy Act/California Environmental Quality Act (NEPA/CEQA) Compliance
Archaeological Inventory (Reconnaissance and Intensive)
Archaeological Testing/Data Recovery/Monitoring
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Eligibility Recommendations
Historic Property Treatment Plan (HPTP) Preparation
Literature Searches
Historic Context Preparation
Cultural Visual Assessments
Agreement Document Preparation
Public Interpretation of Historic and Prehistoric Resources
Integration of Cultural Resource Data Into Planning Documents

Botanical Surveys including Special Status Plants and Noxious Weeds
Wildlife Surveys including Special Status Animals
Migratory Bird Nesting Surveys
Reclamation Release Criteria Vegetation Surveys
Pre-Construction Clearance Surveys
Wetland Delineation and Jurisdictional Assessments
Plant Cover Determinations
Vegetation Community Mapping
Noxious Weed and Invasive Species
Surveys, Risk Assessments, and Control Plans
Wildfire Restoration
Stream Restoration
Design, Implementation, and Monitoring of Erosion Control and Revegetation Projects

Regulatory Analysis and Permit Acquisition Services
Emission Inventories and Assessments
Dispersion, Visibility, and Offsite Consequence Analysis Modeling
Ambient Monitoring Services (Audits, QA/QC, Opacity, Design, and Operation)
Emission Control Technology Evaluations and Analysis (BACT, LAER, BART, MACT, RACM)

Biological and cultural fieldwork support
NEPA mapping
Permitting mapping
SRCE mapping and calculations
Confidential cultural data mapping and management
Visual analysis
Python scripting and in-house tool development
Integration of ArcGIS with other programs, including Access, Excel
Custom-built TerraSync data dictionaries for biological, cultural, delineation surveys
Extensive experience with preparing metadata to FGDC standards for various agencies
Digitization
Georeferencing
Data conversion