Environmental Compliance

In a concerted effort to expedite the ofttimes long compliance and permitting process, ERI consistently provides innovative and environmentally comprehensive solutions to the complicated and wide-ranging issues associated with environmental compliance. Our staff is fully versed in the various requirements demanded by regulating agencies, including:

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - Environmental Assessments (EA) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)

• Pre-project scoping and feasibility
• Organization of scoping process; correspondence; and, response to agency comment(s)
• Formulation of project alternatives and draft preparation of any necessary Memorandums of Agreement/Understanding
• Execution of environmental studies
• Coordination of cultural and historical resource investigations
• Formulation of resource, project and cumulative impact assessments
• Preparation of Draft and Final EA or EIS

Federal, State, County and Local Regulatory Permitting Services

Clients have depended on ERI for obtaining permits, addressing the public and agencies, and preparing the necessary reports for the following types of permits:

• Hydroelectric Project Licensing/Relicensing
• Oil Shale development and production
• Mine remediation, expansion, and closure
• Pipeline Corridors
• Utility Corridors
• Industrial, Residential, Community, and Recreational construction/real estate development
• Local, State, and Federal Road development
• Surface/Groundwater development (Section 404 Permitting)
• Stormwater Plans; NPDES Phase I and Phase II permitting