Natural Resources Management

ADH is in the process of forming this new division of our company. We have hired Larry Bonner as Director of Natural Resources Management (NRM), and Christina MacDonald as our Cultural Resources Specialist. In addition to these staff, we are actively interviewing environmental engineering (to handle air and noise resources) and biology candidates -- in addition to the biologists we already have -- to round out our capabilities, and in anticipation of being able to handle various project-specific requirements.

With this new division, ADH is capable of providing the full depth and breadth of services related to both the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from scoping of projects to the development of CEQA/NEPA documents including all supporting technical studies, and beyond. The "beyond" portion includes the incorporation of environmental measures and mitigation into contracts and final design plans, obtaining necessary state and federal permits, conducting necessary consultations with state and federal regulatory agencies, and providing mitigation monitoring services during construction. From planning through project development and into construction, ADH's NRM group is bringing together the experts needed to fulfill the requirements of the multitude of state and federal environmental laws, regulations, and executive orders under the umbrella of CEQA and NEPA including the following:

CEQA Process: Categorical Exemptions Initial Studies / Negative Declarations Mitigated Negative Declarations Environmental Impact Reports Notices of Exemption Public Hearings Supporting Technical Studies Compliance: Historical analysis and reports Archaeological analysis and reports Memorandums of Agreement Cumulative Impacts Analyses and/or Growth-Related Effects Analyses Visual Impact Analyses Visual Simulations Clean Water Act-Section 404 Compliance: Wetland delineation maps and reports Traffic Studies Noise and Vibration Studies Environmental Permitting and External Stakeholder Coordination Third Party Environmental Reviews Application of SB-375/AB-32 guidelines

NEPA Process: Categorical Exclusions Environmental Assessments Environmental Impact Statements National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 Supporting Technical Studies Support Technical Studies: Biological Assessments Endangered Species Act Consultations Wetland Delineations Permitting Context Sensitive Solutions Public Hearings/Meetings Cultural Resource Analyses Air Quality Analyses Water Quality Analyses Noise Studies Hazardous Waste Investigations Visual/Aesthetics Analyses and Simulations Floodplain Analyses Cumulative Impacts Analyses Growth-Related Effects Analyses