Impact Assessments
Hanson’s scientists and engineers can help you through the myriad environmental regulations and permits required for your project. We understand the environmental process and can work with you to comply with your project’s local, state and federal environmental requirements.
Our services include:
- ecological services, including aquatic surveys for invertebrates, fish and mussels; faunistic surveys of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians; floristic surveys of herbaceous, woody and aquatic vegetation; habitat evaluation procedures (HEP) of aquatic and terrestrial environments; tree surveys; wetland delineation, mitigation, planning, design and monitoring; and USFWS-Biological Assessments (BA)
- lake feasibility studies, including diagnostic identification, sediment testing, water-quality analysis and nutrient and hydrologic budget preparation
- lake and stream management services, including dredging, shoreline erosion control, sediment stabilization, fisheries management and macrophyte control
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)-related services, including agency coordination; air quality analysis; alternatives analysis; threatened and endangered species surveys; environmental justice issues; national resources studies; noise modeling and abatement; social-impact and land-use assessments; and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EA) and Categorical Exclusions
- Section 106 documentation
- Section 4(f) documentation
- related permitting services