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Creating Lasting Solutions for Communities and Natural Systems 

Innovative solutions that support stronger communities and healthier environments 

Environmental conditions can have a lasting impact on your project, property, and community. Site conditions, permitting requirements, regulatory changes, and environmental risks can affect your budget, schedule, and project progress.

Our team of scientists and engineers work alongside you to evaluate conditions, navigate regulatory  requirements, and develop practical solutions that fit your needs. With technical expertise and field experience, SEH support your planning, construction, and long-term operations.

Whether you're evaluating a property, planning a new development, managing natural resources, or addressing an existing environmental concern, we help you navigate environmental challenges while protecting what matters most. 

Environmental Services

Air Quality Services

Navigating requirements from planning through operations

Air quality regulations can affect project schedules, permitting, and ongoing operations. Understanding your requirements early helps reduce risk and avoid delays.

Our specialists help you navigate federal, state, and local regulations with strategies tailored to your needs. We help you address compliance, modeling, reporting, and other requirements to support your plans through each stage of development.

Air Quality Services Solutions

  • Permit strategy & applicability reviews
  • Construction & operating permit applications (Federal, state, and local)
  • Best Available Control Technology (BACT) evaluations
  • New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) compliance
  • National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) compliance
  • Air dispersion modeling
  • Compliance planning & training  

Due Diligence and Property Assessments

Identifying environmental risks before they become costly surprises

Site conditions can influence property value, redevelopment potential, and project timelines. We provide the technical evaluations and regulatory guidance you need to assess a site, identify potential concerns, and understand applicable requirements. Our team supports property acquisition, redevelopment planning, and management of existing obligations, helping you understand potential risks and determine appropriate next steps.

Due Diligence and Property Assessment Solutions

  • Environmental reviews & compliance audits
  • Property transaction screening assessments
  • Phase I & II environmental site assessments
  • Record Search with Risk Assessments (RSRAs)
  • Due care & continuing obligation assistance
  • Asbestos & hazardous materials inspections
  • Vapor intrusion investigations & mitigation planning 

Environmental Documentation and Impact Studies

Keeping projects moving through environmental review

Environmental review is a critical step in project delivery. Coordinating technical studies, agency requirements, and stakeholder expectations takes careful planning to keep projects on schedule and support informed decisions.

SEH prepares clear, defensible environmental documentation that helps you navigate the review process with confidence. Our multidisciplinary team works with you to evaluate potential impacts, assess alternatives, and coordinate with regulatory agencies from planning through approval.

Environmental Documentation and Impact Studies Solutions

  • Environmental Assessments (EA) & Environmental Assessment Worksheets (EAWs)
  • Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
  • Environmental analysis & alternatives assessments
  • Archaeological & cultural resource assessments
  • Endangered species assessments
  • Wetland, watershed, & natural resource assessments
  • GIS development & integration

Environmental Permitting and Compliance

Simplifying complex requirements and ongoing compliance

Evolving regulations, reporting requirements, and operational demands can make environmental compliance challenging. Understanding requirements early and keeping up with changes can help reduce risk and avoid disruptions to facility operations.

We help you navigate permitting, monitoring, reporting, and compliance obligations across a range of industries. Our team works alongside you to identify requirements, coordinate documentation, and address environmental obligations throughout the life of your facility.

Environmental Permitting and Compliance Solutions

  • Air permit documentation & reporting
  • Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
  • Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reviews & reporting
  • Spill Prevention, Control, & Countermeasure (SPCC) planning
  • Facility response planning
  • Environmental compliance audits
  • Sanitary discharge permits

Hydrogeology

Understanding groundwater conditions for smarter planning

Groundwater conditions can influence water supply, infrastructure design, permitting, and long-term resource management. Our team of experts helps evaluate groundwater systems through field investigations, modeling, and technical analysis tailored to your goals. This work helps you understand site conditions, reduce uncertainty, and make informed decisions about water resources. From water supply planning and wellfield management to dewatering and wellhead protection, we help you address groundwater challenges and plan for reliable resources over the long term.

Hydrogeology Solutions 

  • Hydrogeologic investigations
  • Groundwater modeling
  • Dewatering monitoring & analysis
  • Water supply well and source water exploration
  • Wellfield evaluations & expansions
  • Aquifer testing & analysis
  • Wellhead protection plans  

Remediation and Redevelopment

Transforming challenging sites into opportunities for the future

Contaminated properties and revitalization sites can create complex challenges involving environmental risk, regulatory requirements, and project timelines. We help you evaluate, manage, and restore impacted sites through investigation, remediation planning, regulatory coordination, and construction support. Our team works alongside you to address environmental concerns, reduce risk, and advance redevelopment goals while meeting compliance requirements.

Remediation and Redevelopment Solutions 

  • Brownfield investigation & redevelopment
  • Remedial investigations & long-term monitoring
  • Emerging contaminants
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) investigation & remediation
  • Vapor intrusion investigations & mitigation design
  • Environmental remediation design & permitting
  • Limited site investigations  

Solid Waste Management

Planning and managing facilities for long-term performance

Solid waste facilities require careful planning, regulatory coordination, and ongoing management to support safe and efficient operations. Changing regulations, facility needs, and community expectations can create challenges throughout the life of a facility. SEH helps you plan, design, permit, and manage solid waste facilities with approaches tailored to your operational and community needs. Our team brings expertise in site selection, landfill design, compliance monitoring, construction support, and more to help you address requirements and maintain dependable operations over time.

Solid Waste Management Solutions 

  • Facility siting, regulatory permitting, & compliance
  • Resource recovery & transfer station facility design
  • Solid waste & recycling planning
  • Landfill engineering design
  • Remedial investigation & corrective action design
  • Compliance monitoring & reporting
  • Landfill & facility construction quality assurance 

 

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