ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING

Even though a project has received all its environmental permits, environmental or biological monitoring may still be required. MLP&A offers construction monitoring services to ensure the conditions of project authorization related to federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations are properly implemented. Our objective is to ensure timely project completion by working as a construction team member to maintain project compliance with environmental authorizations, thus avoiding project delays. MLP&A's construction monitoring services include:

• Biological Monitoring During Construction  

• Migratory Bird Surveys & Bald Eagle Nest Surveys  

• Marine Mammal Monitoring & Observation  

• Essential Fish Habitat Assessments  

• Erosion and Sediment Control Designs, Plans and Compliance Review  

• Construction Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)   

• SWPPP Inspections  

• Erosion and Sediment Control Plans (ESCP) 

• Review of SWPPPs Prepared by Others for Compliance with APDES 

• APDES Compliance Reviews of Construction Projects   

• Excavation Dewatering BMP Plans  

• Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans 

• Hazardous Material Control Plans  

MLP&A offers a broad range of permitting services addressing constraints related to wetlands, fish habitat, tideland permits, and special status species. We work collaboratively with our clients, engineers, and other consultants. Using our technical and regulatory expertise and long- term familiarity with federal and state regulatory agency staff and their policies, we develop innovative permitting strategies for our clients. Under federal statutes and regulations, we obtain environmental authorizations and the consistency determinations required prior to agency authorization, including: 

• USACE Section 404 Clean Water Act and Section 10 Rivers and  Harbors Act Permits  

• State Tidelands Leases & Permits  

• State Water Use Permits Alaska Department of Fish & Game Fish    Habitat Permits 

• Federal & State Land Use Permits  

• Other Borough and Local Permits  

• US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and National Marine    Fisheries Service (NMFS)  

• Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 Consultations  

• NMFS Essential Fish Habitat Consistency Determinations  

• Wetland Delineation