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Environmental Planning & Permitting Services

Environmental Planning & Permitting Services

The Wilson T. Ballard Company provides a wide range of Environmental Planning & Permitting Services for various types of transportation-related projects, beginning with the initial planning phase and continuing through project design, construction and post-construction with compliance reviews. Our multifaceted environmental, engineering and planning staff work as a Team with federal, state, local and private clients, applying our broad knowledge of current environmental policy, laws and regulations to implement successful projects.

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Environmental Planning and Permitting

The Wilson T. Ballard Company provides comprehensive environmental planning, permitting and documentation services. Our staff includes Professional Engineers, certified planners, wetland delineators and DNR Qualified Professionals with long standing relationships across federal, state and county regulatory agencies.

Resource Inventories and Site Assessments
  • GPS survey and mapping
  • GIS desktop inventories and assessments
  • Wetland and stream delineations
  • Forest stand delineations and forest conservation plans
  • Habitat assessments
  • Water quality evaluations
  • Rare, threatened and endangered species coordination
  • Cultural resources coordination
  • Phase I ESA and initial site assessments
  • Socioeconomic resource evaluation
  • Environmental justice analysis
Technical Analyses and Environmental Documentation
  • NEPA and MEPA documentation
  • Environmental document preparation (CE, EA/FONSI, DEIS/FEIS)
  • Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) studies
  • Feasibility studies
  • Avoidance, minimization and mitigation reports
  • Air quality analysis
  • Noise analysis
  • Indirect and cumulative effects analysis
  • Community effects analysis
  • Natural environmental effects analysis
  • Memorandums of agreement or understanding
  • Section 106 coordination
  • Section 4(f) and 6(f) evaluations
  • Section 7 ESA biological assessments
  • Climate change analysis
Permitting, Mitigation and Compliance
  • Environmental permitting
  • Agency coordination
  • Wetland mitigation design
  • Independent environmental monitoring
  • Post construction mitigation monitoring
  • Compliance reviews
  • Water quality monitoring
  • Chesapeake Bay Critical Area coordination
Agency and Public Coordination
  • Scoping meetings
  • Stakeholder presentations
  • Elected official briefings
  • Public workshops and hearings
  • Interagency office and field reviews
  • Project mailing lists
  • Property owner notifications
  • Project newsletters and website material
Environmental field assessment and resource inventory
Field assessments
Resource inventories and site evaluations
Field and GIS based assessments including wetlands, streams, forests, habitat and cultural resources that support project planning and environmental compliance.
Environmental permitting and regulatory coordination
Permitting
Permitting, mitigation and regulatory coordination
Agency coordination, environmental permitting, mitigation design and monitoring to meet regulatory requirements and support construction and long term project performance.