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NEPA & CEQA Expertise
Agency consultation, interfacing, & permitting
Air emissions calculations
Air quality analyses
Biological assessments & surveys
Biological wetland surveys
California Energy Commission (CEC) coordination
Categorical exemptions
Climate change analyses
Compliance assistance
Cultural resources surveys
Endangered Species Act consultation
Environmental assessments (EAs)
Environmental awareness training
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Essential fish habitat analysis
FONSI
Floodplain assessments & studies
GIS database & mapping
Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculations
Habitat conservation plans
Hazardous waste & materials
Historic property surveys
Hydrology
Initial studies/mitigated negative declarations (IS/MNDs)
Land use assessments
Liaison with cities & counties
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Mitigated negative declarations
Mitigation measure development
Noise
Permitting (401, 404, 1602)
Petroleum, oil, & lubricant (POL) compliance
Project management
Public hearings, involvement, & scoping meetings
Quality assurance & quality control
Sections 7 & 10 consultations
Stormwater
Strategic environmental planning
SWPPPs (QSD & QSP)
Traffic studies
Underground storage tank (UST) compliance
Vegetation maintenance
Vernal pool studies
Wastewater
Water quality assessments
Wetland assessments, bank creation, delineations, & surveys
In 1970, the federal government enacted the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to implement an environmental review process for federal or federally funded projects. That same year, shortly after NEPA was implemented, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was established to define procedures for environmental review and impact analysis of projects that need approval by local or state agencies. Both laws require that the potential environmental impacts of a proposed project be assessed, quantified, disclosed, minimized, and eliminated whenever possible. |
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Burleson has completed NEPA/CEQA studies for: |
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SMUD To help SMUD comply with CEQA Guidelines, Burleson has completed more than ten Initial Studies/Mitigated Negative Declarations. Our CEQA studies analyze resource areas required by Appendix G of the CEQA Environmental Checklist, including air quality, aesthetics, biological resources, cultural resources, geology & soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards & hazardous materials, hydrology & water quality, land use & planning, noise, and transportation/traffic. For large projects or those with more impacts, CEQA requires the preparation of an analysis under an environmental impact report (EIR). Burleson recently completed an EIR for SMUD’s East Campus Operations Center in Sacramento County that involved coordination with Caltrans and the Sacramento County Department of Transportation for traffic issues, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (SMAQMD) for air quality and greenhouse gas emissions, and a floodplain study because the project will be constructed in a county-mapped flood zone area. |
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