Environmental Sciences

Environmental Sciences Group HydroQual’s Environmental Sciences Group delivers regulatory and technical support to our public and private clients for a wide range of activities and proposed actions. We have routinely provided technical assistance for the identification of potential environmental constraints for proposed actions. In addition, the firm has been responsible for the development and implementation of environmental compliance and permitting strategies for our clients in order to successfully negotiate and acquire required permits and approvals and to maintain environmental compliance. Services that are provided by the Environmental Sciences Group include: environmental permitting, impact analyses and assessment, compliance evaluations and documentation and natural resource investigations. These efforts cross several disciplines that include biology, chemistry, ecology, and civil and environmental engineering, as well as various media (water, sediments, soil and air). Our staff of environmental scientists and engineers work closely with our clients, as well as with other groups within HydroQual to develop cost effective and efficient approaches to addressing environmental compliance, planning and permitting needs. Services provided by the Environmental Sciences Group include:
Environmental Permitting and Compliance Industrial and Municipal Discharges Industrial and Construction Stormwater Discharges Tidal and Freshwater Wetlands Solid Waste Management Facilities Solid Waste Transfer Stations Yard Waste Composting Facilities Interim Processing Centers and Recycling Facilities Special Waste/Household Hazardous Waste Centers Residential Bulk Waste Facilities Landfill Expansion Waterfront Construction and Dredging Bridge Construction Regulatory Research Environmental Permitting Assessments Permit Management
Environmental Planning and Management Solid Waste Management Plans Fair Share (Environmental Justice) Evaluations Coastal Zone Management Consistency Evaluations Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) Discharge Prevention Containment and Countermeasure (DPCC) Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan Development Land Use Evaluations Shoreline Characterization Studies Data Management Asset Management (GASB/CMOM) Property Management Permit Management Geographic Information Systems
Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Assessments and Impact Statements NEPA New York State Environmental Quality Review (SEQRA) New York City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) Environmental Site Assessments ASTM Transaction Screens Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessment
Natural Resources Wetlands Investigations Tidal and Freshwater Wetland Studies Jurisdictional Delineations Mitigation Plan/Restoration Assistance Post-Construction Monitoring
Ecological Studies Field Investigations Ecological Risk Evaluations Threatened and Endangered Species Consultations Site-Specific Sampling Protocols Essential Fish Habitats (EFH) Analysis Biological Surveys and Sampling Benthos Epibenthic Recruitment Fish Studies Macroinvertebrates Ichthyoplankton