Environmental Compliance Management & Monitoring
EPG’s level of detail, coordination, and efficiency in providing adequate and pertinent information that is easily accessible reduces noncompliance occurrences and expedites variance procedures.
EPG uses the expertise of our diverse interdisciplinary group of specialists to provide comprehensive environmental compliance programs designed to maintain the balance between development goals and environmental concerns. These services span the seamless transfer of relevant permitting requirements into the vernacular of construction documents during preconstruction; to the implementation of comprehensive inspection and reporting programs during construction; to the planning, design, implementation, supervision, and monitoring of reclamation activities; to post-construction project closeout. We understand our clients’ concerns and work with them to guide each project through to its successful and timely completion in compliance with federal, state, local, and tribal regulations.
Preconstruction Environmental Compliance Planning
- SWPPP development in coordination with client’s engineers
- SPCCPs development for appropriate projects in consultation with the client’s or EPG’s partner engineering groups
- Plan of Development; compliance plan; mitigation plan; Construction, Operation, and Maintenance Plans; and linebook preparation
- Environmental Management Systems (including interactive GIS databases) development
- Negotiation of remedial actions with regulatory agencies and implementation when required
- Interpretation of bid documents and scopes of work for construction
- Environmental risk/due diligence analyses
- HPTP development
- Cultural clearance and data recovery
- Biological mitigation plans and clearance
- Native plant inventory and salvage plans
- Paleontological clearance
Environmental Compliance Management
- Compliance management and documentation
- General compliance monitoring by experienced environmental inspectors
- Compliance Inspection Contractor services
- Coordination with agency third-party contractors
- Environmental and safety training
- SWPPP implementation, monitoring, and documentation
- SPCCPs implementation, monitoring, and documentation
- BMP installation
- BMP/erosion monitoring and remedial action coordination
- Vegetation and noxious weed infestation monitoring
Resource-Specific Environmental Monitoring
- Air quality (dust permit compliance) including EPA method 9
- Biological monitoring
- Cultural monitoring
- Native American monitoring facilitation
- Paleontological monitoring
- Visual resource monitoring
Reclamation Planning, Implementation, and Monitoring
- Restoration coordination, including developing and procuring seeding materials, soil inoculants, and soil stabilizers and mulch
- Native plant salvage and devegation/revegetation services
- Coordination of contract grows and native seed collections
- Reclamation seeding and supplemental planting
- Implementation of specialized mitigation strategies including visual and biological measures
- Restoration monitoring plan implementation including on-site and off-site transects development, installation, and documentation
- Monitoring of restoration activities including compliance reporting
- Noxious weed treatments and eradication
- Restoration success monitoring and compliance documentation
Post-construction Environmental Monitoring/Auditing
- Restoration success monitoring and compliance documentation
- BMP monitoring including vegetation and noxious weed evaluations
- Remedial action development and implementation
- SWPPP monitoring, documentation, and closeout
- Agency consultation regarding restoration success, remedial actions, and site release
- Dust permit closeout including final testing of site stability
- Post construction habitat assessments
- Mid- to long-term maintenance of restored sites