•Site Selection Analysis and Due Diligence
Critical Constraints Analysis and Issues Identification
•Permit, Application Development and Technical Support
Agency Consultation and Coordination
Expert Testimony and Technical Support
•Clean Water Act Sections 316(a) and 316(b)
•CWA Sections 401, 402, 404 and 408
•National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permits
•Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulatory Guidelines
•Endangered Species Act
•Coastal Zone Management Act
•Rivers and Harbors Act
•Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
•Categorical Exclusion Documentation
•Environmental Impact Statements
•Environmental Assessments/Finding of No Significant Impact
•Agency Consultation and Public Outreach
•Mitigation Planning and Monitoring
•Environmental Documentation
•Third Party Technical Reviews
•CWA 316(b) Impingement and Entrainment Surveys
•CWA 316(a) Thermal Plume Studies
•Fish Identification Stomach and Tissue Sampling and Analysis
•Monitoring Designated Critical Habitat (Wildlife Species or Plant Communities)
•Freshwater Mussel Monitoring
•Mark-Recapture and Survivorship Studies
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•Fish Collection and characterization
•Fisheries Acoustic Studies
•Fish Population Studies and Modeling
•CWA 316(b) Impingement and Entrainment Surveys
•Biotelemetry
•Hydroacoustics
•Freshwater Mussel Population Survey and Species Identification
•USFWS Qualified Mussel Surveyors
•Survey Plan Negotiation and Development
•State Approved Mussel Surveyors
•Biological Assessments
•Salvage, Relocation and Long-Term Monitoring
•Scientific Diving Management and Oversight
•Navigable Waters Surveys
•CWA 316(b) Freshwater Mussel Studies
•Section 7 Consultations
•Pipeline, Bridge, and Railroad Crossings
•Construction Monitoring
•Water Withdrawal
•Outfall Evaluations
•Expert Testimony
•Essential Fish Habitat Biological Studies
•Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Surveys
•Habitat mapping, modeling and hydrologic alteration sutides
•Stream rapid Bioassessments
•Scientific Diving
•Benthic Surveys of Organisms and Sediments
•CWA 316(a) Thermal Plume Studies
•Acoustic Hydrology Using Acoustic Doppler Technology
•Benthic Surveys
•Groundwater Monitoring
•Sediment Sampling & Testing
•Water Supply Planning And Studies (Quantity And Availability)
•Contaminated Sediment Assessments
•Vibracore Sampling
•Section 404 Permitting
•Contaminated Sediment Assessments
•Dredge Plume Monitoring
•Erosion and Sediment Transport Evaluations
•Sediment Profile Camera Benthic Surveys
•Sediment Sampling, Testing, and Analysis
•Dredging and Disposal Analysis and Permitting
•SCUBA Certified Divers
•Advanced Diver, Rescue Diver, and Certified Dive Masters
•U.S. Coast Guard Licensed Boat Captains
•Transportation Worker Identification Credential Security Clearance
•Conformance with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.401 Subpart T
•Entrainment Sample Identification
•CWA 316(a) Thermal Plume Studies
•Fish Identification Stomach and Tissue Sampling and Analysis
•Freshwater, Estuarine, and Marine Benthic Macroinvertebrates, Algae, and Periphyton, Identification and Analysis
•Ichthyoplankton, Zooplankton, and Phytoplankton Identification
•Benthic Invertebrates, Algae, and Periphyton Identification
•Laboratory Processing, Data Capture and Analysis, Project Reporting and Mapping
•Long Term Environmental Monitoring Database Management
•Quality Assurance Program
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•Botanical and Aquatic Plant Surveys
•Plant Community Evaluation and Mapping
•Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species
•Wetland Delineation
•Functions and Values Assessments
•Stream and Riparian Habitat Assessment and Mitigation
•Watershed Evaluation
•Acoustic tools – ARIS/DIDSON, bathymetric surveys, mobile and fixed hydroacoustic monitoring
•Hydroacoustic Remote Sensing
•Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling
•Biotelemetry
•Bathymetry
•Complex Database Design, Data Management, and Statistical Analyses
•Database QA/QC
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•Over 45 years’ experience with permitting and compliance monitoring for nuclear power stations, fossil fuel plants and industrial facilities throughout the US.
•More than 500 major intake and discharge studies for over 40 utility companies and industrial facilities throughout the US including:
of cooling water discharges. CWA 316(a) Thermal and dilution plume surveys
CWA 316(b) Impingement and entrainment surveys for cooling water intake structures.
•Biological studies in almost every major watershed in the US including most of the nation’s coastlines, major rivers and estuaries, and long-term
•Senior regulatory specialists include a former EPA Region Administrator and two former US Army Corps of Engineers District Commanders, experienced in successfully navigating complex state and federal permit processes.
•Our highly qualified scientists have worked together for longer than 25 years, providing high-caliber technical capabilities.
•Extensive in-house staff expertise with rare, threatened and endangered species including freshwater mussels, sturgeon, and other species.
•The largest specialized biological laboratory facilities for processing freshwater and marine entrainment samples.
•Innovative and state-of-the art sampling methods and laboratory procedures provide accurate impact data on proposed Best Technology Available (BTA), and recognized industry leadership in QA/QC provides utilities and industry with accurate data for demonstrating BTA with reductions in impingement mortality and entrainment abundance.
•Expert witnesses and peer reviewers for utilities, and public and private developers.