Environmental Permitting, Regulatory Planning, and Compliance

Practical solutions for unique regulatory challenges

Our team consists of multi-faceted skilled engineers, scientists, regulatory professionals, and community outreach staff who have worked on projects small and large in some of the most challenging conditions on earth. We develop a proactive strategy so clients can obtain permits in a timely manner, manage risk, and meet mitigation, monitoring, and reporting requirements.

Capabilities

  • Regulatory project management

  • Multi-stage permitting and plan development

  • Regulatory strategy and risk mitigation

  • Regulatory compliance matrix development and post-season reporting

  • Environmental assessment and impact analysis

  • Agency coordination

  • Oil spill contingency and spill response planning

  • Permit auditing

  • Environmental support services, restoration, and field programs

  • Cultural resources and archaeological studies

  • Stakeholder engagement and community relations

  • Plans of cooperation and conflict avoidance

  • Marine mammal/protected species monitoring programs

  • Field environmental compliance support

  • Geographic information systems (GIS) services

Permitting

  • Permit auditing

  • Marine mammal and endangered species permitting and consultation

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Section 404 permitting for discharges into waters of the United States

  • National pollutant discharge elimination system/Alaska pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES/APDES) permitting and environmental monitoring plans

  • State of Alaska permitting (Division of Mining, Land and Water, Division of Oil and Gas, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation)

  • Local permitting (North Slope Borough, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Denali Borough, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Mat-Su Borough)

  • Land access and right-of-way permitting

  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis

  • Stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPS) and spill prevention control and countermeasure (SPCC) plan services

  • Wildlife deterrence/bear guard support

Regulatory Support

  • Pre-National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

  • Scoping and NEPA documentation

  • Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA)

  • Letter of Authorization (LOA)

  • Exploration plans for drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas

  • Exploration plans for drilling onshore in the North Slope

  • Permitting for Onshore, Offshore, and Transitional Seismic

  • Surveys

  • Right-of-way acquisition and permitting for Natural Gas

  • North Slope to Southcentral pipeline

  • Permit compliance support

Compliance

  • National and state historic preservation compliance Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) analysis

  • Bureau of ocean energy management historic properties guidelines and regulations

  • Federal Energy Regulation Commission historic properties guidelines and regulations consultation support

  • Historic property and archaeological surveys required by section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)

  • Historic property and archaeological surveys required by the Alaska Historic Preservation Act

  • National Register of Historic Places (NRPH) eligibility evaluation

  • Support for cultural resource evaluation under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)