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Full-ServiceEnvironmental Permitting and PlanningENSR provides comprehensive environmental services including impact studies, permitting, mitigationand ecosystem restoration.ENSR has experience working withgovernment, industrial, commercial andprivate clients both large and small to meeta wide range of project needs.ENSR has successfully permitted a widerange of commercial projects, including golf courses.Why ENSR?Successful project permitting and compliance requires an understanding of theintricacies of environmental regulations and the complexities of the resourcesaffected by development. With just this kind of comprehensive expertknowledge, ENSR gets the job done. Drawing on our full range of technicalspecialists -- resource scientists, environmental engineers, planners, andregulatory experts -- ENSR’s seasoned project managers respond to our clients’environmental permitting and planning needs cost-effectively, streamline theapproval process and assure compliance with environmental laws. We offer:? Strategic planning services? Broad project experience and experienced solutions? Environmental impact reporting and permitting services? Natural resources planning, management and restorationService AreasENSR can resolve just about any environmental project and client need -- fromgreen fields to brownfields, coastal to upland, small to large -- for a wide range ofclients. Our broad project experience includes:? Government - Federal, state, and municipal? Industry - Manufacturing, agri-business, pulp/paper, petrochemicals,pharmaceuticals, technology/communications, steel, airlines, aerospaceengineering, fiber optic cables? Energy - Fossil fuels, wind power, other alternatives, pipelines and transmission? Commercial - Offices, retail, mixed uses, golf courses? Waterfront - All types of coastal projects? Dredging/Disposal - Corps of Engineers, port authorities, privateterminals/docks, contaminated sedimentswww.ensr.comENSR’s experienced team prepares realisticschedules and budgets to meet projectobjectives and regulatory requirements that expedite project success.ENSR’s knowledge and experience in all aspects of environmental projects, is critical to project success.During the planning phase, ENSR provides:? Regulatory strategies - to streamline the environmental review process? Site selection/critical flaw studies/environmental due diligence - toidentify the most suitable site, uncover fatal flaws, minimize the impacts of aproject and reduce environmental review requirements? Resource delineations - such as wetlands - to assist in the siting of afacility to avoid impacts and regulatory review? GIS and database applications - to expedite and streamline theassessment of impacts associated with siting and design alternativesDuring the design phase, ENSR provides:? Agency consultation and negotiations - to identify regulatory concernsupfront so that the project can be designed to be acceptable to the regulatorycommunity, saving time and money? Critical path scheduling and management of the review process - tominimize or avoid altogether costly design changes dictated by the regulatoryagencies and the public? Stakeholder/Public Involvement - to minimize dealbreakers and costlydelays that can result from public distrust and stakeholder fearsDuring construction/post construction, ENSR provides:? Construction oversight - to prevent delays caused by schedule overruns ornon-compliance with permit conditions? Pre-and post-construction resource characterizations and surveys -to demonstrate to regulators satisfaction of permit conditions? Compliance monitoring and reporting - if required by regulators to avoidcostly finesStrategic PlanningInvolving ENSR’s seasoned projectmanagers early in your project andthroughout the planning, design,construction and post-constructionphases can help you streamline theapprovals process; avoid fatal flawsand regulatory pitfalls; minimizedesign costs, integrate schedules;and ultimately save time and moneyin obtaining permits and getting theproject constructed.www.ensr.comEnvironmental Reporting? National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessments(EA’s) and Impact Statements (EIS’s)? State "NEPA’s" such as Massachusetts (MEPA), New York (SEQRA), NewJersey (CAFRA/WDA), California (CEQA) and Washington (SEPA)? Facility siting approvals, such as FERC and state energy and coastal regulationsPermitting ? Water Supply - state and local withdrawals and use? Wastewater - NPDES and State Industrial, EPA Sec 316 discharge permits? Stormwater - NPDES Stormwater Management Plans; SPCC plans? Wetlands and Wildlife - Corps Sec 404, Sec 401 WQC, State and localwetlands, federal Sec 7 compliance? Waterways - Corps Sec 10, state navigation-based permits? Coastal and Marine - CZM Consistency, MPRSA for dredged materialdisposal, state coastal zone, tidelands/riparian use laws, such as MA Chapter91, local coastal wetlands/waterfront approvals? Air Quality - PSD, CAA Consistency Certification, state AQ permitsIn addition to NEPA, ENSR has experience inenvironmental reporting and permitting forstates throughout the U.S. and beyondincluding many local requirements.ENSR has experience permitting projects inmarine, coastal, intertidal, and uplandenvironments including impact to air, water,wildlife and other resources.Impact Reporting and Permitting ServicesENSR has assisted thousands of corporations, developers and agenciesby providing comprehensive environmental impact reporting andpermitting services. Our 35-plus years experience with local, state andfederal laws, rules, regulations and regulators is a direct benefit to ourclients in working through the processes successfully, no matter where aproject is located.www.ensr.comTechnical Services toSupport the Approvalsand Permitting ProcessENSR’s resource scientists, engineersand planners provide the full rangeof field data collection, analyses, andreporting services required forproject compliance. Our extensiveuse of modeling, GPS surveys,database management and GIStools process and communicatetechnical information cost effectively.ENSR provides field data collection andanalysis as well as engineering design tomeet the technical needs of permitting.ENSR uses state of the science tools to combine existing and new data and perform the analysesneeded for successful permitting.? Multi-disciplinary NEPA EIS’s and State EIR’s - Comprehensive technicalanalyses including alternatives, impact studies, mitigation plans, public involvement? Water Supply/Water Quality - Hydrologic modeling of surface orgroundwater, testing and analysis and impacts of discharges, assessments? Stormwater - Pre- and post-development calculations, design ofmanagement systems? Wetlands - Inland and coastal wetlands delineations, functional valueassessments, impact analysis and mitigation design and monitoring? Floodplains - Delineations in riverine and coastal environments? Wildlife - Habitat evaluations and inventories, endangered and threatenedspecies determinations, critical habitat identification and evaluation ? Dredging and marine services - Sediment sampling and characterization,benthic and fisheries resource assessments, physicaloceanography/hydrography? Air quality - Screening level modeling, siting studies, mesoscale andmicroscale analyses, meteorological data evaluations, indoor air quality? Contaminated sites - environmental due diligence, property transferassessments, findings of suitability to transfer, regulatory compliance,remedial investigations and cleanup, ecological and health risk assessment ? Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications and modeling? Expert Witness Testimony and Expert Reviewswww.ensr.comNatural ResourcePlanning, Management and RestorationENSR’s resource scientists,engineers, planners and regulatoryspecialists provide the full range oftechnical expertise needed, includingrestoration of important ecosystems.ENSR’s takes pride in our successes inenvironmental studies, reporting andpermitting for a wide range of clientsand agencies.? Natural Resources Management Plans? River Basin, Watershed and Water Resources Studies? Water Supply Development and Protection? Floodplain Management and Studies? Shoreline and Streambank Protection? Vegetation Management Plans? Dredging and Dredged Material Management Plans? Lake/Pond Studies? Fish Passage Improvements? Ecosystem Restoration and Enhancementz Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitat z Beach Nourishment z Coastal Resources z Riverine Restoration? Wetlands Mitigationz Creation z Enhancementz Banking z Treatment Wetlandswww.ensr.comAbout ENSRENSR International is a single, cost-effective source for meeting the completerange of environmental challenges faced by industrial and commercial companiesand the regulated community. With expertise in 60 technical disciplines, ENSR’s1300 scientists, engineers, and project managers provide fast response,consistent service, and money-saving solutions from over 70 worldwide offices.Since 1968, ENSR has prepared thousands of environmental impact reports andpermits for projects ranging in size from small wetlands alterations requiring asingle permit to highly complex, controversial projects requiring extensive fielddata collection, impact analyses, public participation and a full range ofenvironmental permits.For more information or assistance: email askensr@ensr.com; phone 800-722-2440;fax 978-589-3100; or web www.ensr.com.Photos courtesy of Budd Titlow, NATUREGRAPHSENSR has a proven track record in naturalresource studies and projects in all resourceareas ranging from environmental baselinestudies to design and implementation ofecosystem restoration projects.www.ensr.comE N S R I n t e r n a t i o n a lo f f i c e s w o r l d w i d ew w w . e n s r . c o m 8 0 0 . 7 2 2 . 2 4 4 0