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Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. (ECT) serves private and public sector clients by integrating

engineering, science, and planning to provide environ-

mental solutions. Founded in 1988, ECT operates on the

business principle that client service and satisfaction come

first and foremost. We achieve these goals through a simple

formula—the personal commitment of highly qualified,

experienced professionals, plus the corporate commitment

of consistently providing the highest quality services within

budget and on schedule.

Our multidisciplinary team focuses their expertise

toward practical, cost-effective solutions to complex

environmental problems. ECT’s environmental projects

have ranged in size from small, specialty tasks with budgets

of less than $1,000 to large, multidisciplinary efforts

with values in excess of $15 million. Our staff’s in-depth

industry expertise ensures the highest quality and technical

defensibility of all services and work products.

ECT has successfully applied our knowledge and experience to

solve numerous environmental challenges and welcomes the

opportunity to once again prove our reputation for quality on

your next project.

Our professional staff represents a wide range of environmental, scientific, and engineering disciplines, including:

• Senior project managers

• Professional engineers:

• Air quality

• Civil

• Chemical

• Coastal

• Environmental

• Soils

• Water resources

• Professional geologists

• Hydrologists and geohydrologists

• Certified industrial hygienists

• Certified land use planners

• Landscape architects

• Asbestos and lead specialists

• Construction managers

• Ecologists and biologists

• GIS/CADD specialists

• Oceanographers

• Risk assessors

• Water quality specialists

Solutionsenvironmental

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Permitting and planning

Siting, Licensing and Permitting

ECT has a long record of successfully carrying out

complex, multidisciplinary site selection evaluations

of environmental, social, economic, and land use

issues and the associated licensing and permitting of

power plants; corridors for electrical transmission, fuel

pipelines, utilities, and transportation systems; mine

sites; water/wastewater systems; and other industrial,

commercial, and municipal facilities.

Socioeconomic/Land Use Planning

ECT’s certifi ed planners review land use development and

zoning codes and comprehensive plans for consistency

and compatibility of proposed projects. ECT provides

related services involving socioeconomic, demographic,

and aesthetic analyses in support of site selection studies

for proposed projects having the potential to impact

surrounding properties.

• Site selection studies

• Phase I environmental site assessments

• Environmental assessments (EAs) and impact statements (EISs)

• Power plant/cogeneration siting, licensing, and permitting

• Electrical transmission/pipeline siting and licensing

• Mine permitting

• Comprehensive permitting under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act

• Permitting feasibility/fatal fl aw studies

• Land use compatibility and economic impact analyses

• Public participation/information programs

• Comprehensive planning and zoning compatibility reviews

• Planning/zoning support services

• Site evaluation/selection studies

• Economic evaluations and fi scal benefi t analyses in support of siting studies

• Noise ordinance compliance

• Support of public participation programs


Engineering

Air Quality Resources

ECT’s extensive experience and successful track record

in air permitting, dispersion modeling, and control

technology assessments, enables us to provide innovative,

technically sound, and cost-effective solutions to the

complex regulatory challenges that face industry today.

Engineering and Design

ECT’s full-service engineering and design staff consists of

experienced project managers; multidiscipline engineers;

design engineers; technicians; GIS/CADD specialists; and

construction, administrative, and management personnel.• New source review

permitting—PSD and nonattainment

• Control technology analysis—BACT/RACT/ LAER/MACT

• Dispersion modeling—NAAQS, PSD, Class I AQRVs

• Title V permitting

• Emissions inventories and database services

• Regulatory analysis and permit negotiations

• Compliance assessment and planning

• Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III reporting

• 112(r) risk management planning

• Site development, design, and permitting

• Coastal engineering

• Construction management services

• Civil site development, design, and permitting

• Ecosystem restoration engineering and design

• Planning, design, construction, and operation of remediation systems

• Roadway design and rehabilitation engineering

• Stormwater planning, design, management, and permitting

• Water and wastewater treatment evaluation design and permitting

• Watershed evaluations and assessments


Resource management

Ecological Resources

Regulations protecting our natural resources are enacted

on a frequent basis by federal, state, and local agencies.

ECT’s senior-level expertise in all ecological disciplines

offers our clients practical solutions to minimize or even

avoid potential costly or time-consuming environmental

impacts on project permitting from existing or newly

enacted regulations.

Monitoring, Baseline Descriptions, and Impact Assessments

ECT’s staff is experienced in planning and executing environmental monitoring efforts and evaluation, design, and installation of monitoring stations for various disciplines, utilizing electronic data loggers, remote samplers, and remote communications systems. These baseline environmental data are used to predict potential impacts, using tools such as air and water quality models.

• Wetland jurisdictional determinations and environmental resource permitting

• Threatened and endangered plant and animal species surveys/management plans

• Vegetation mapping, sampling, and monitoring

• Wildlife surveys and management/monitor-ing plans

• Ecological restoration

• Landscape ecology

• Section 404 (dredge-and-fi ll) and Section 10 wetland/waterway permitting

• Wetland mitigation plans/implementation

• Aquatic species 316(a) and (b) impact assessments

• Surface and ground water

• Oceanographic, limnologic, and coastal environments

• Terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic ecology habitat and biodiversity surveys

• Meteorology and air quality

• Geology and geotechnical

• Noise

• Socioeconomics and land use planning

• Mobile monitoring station design and construction


Resourceswater

Surface Water

ECT provides services and expertise in riverine, lacustrine,

estuarine, marine, and ground water environments. Ground Water

ECT’s staff of knowledgeable geologists, water quality

scientists, and engineers are experienced with diverse

geologic and ground water environments and solve

challenging technical issues related to geologic and

hydrogeologic investigations.

• Hydraulic, hydrologic, and water quality studies/modeling

• Watershed and stormwater management

• Stormwater evaluation and permitting

• Pollutant transport and impact assessment

• Stream and lake restoration

• Coastal/marine studies

• Water supply and wastewater discharge permitting

• Sediment quality studies

• Design and construction of structural and non-structural best management practices

• Illicit discharge elimination projects

• CWA Section 316 related services

• Spill planning response

• Water and wastewater treatment

• Watershed education and outreach support

• Wet and dry weather monitoring

• Aquatic toxicity and risk assessment

• Assistance in grant writing

• Ground water resource exploration and evaluation

• Soil and subsoil characterizations

• Geophysical investigations

• Karst hydrogeology and sinkholes

• Ground water permitting

• Ground water monitoring plans

• Ground water quality and geochemical evaluation

• Aquifer performance testing

• Ground water modeling

• Percolation pond and sprayfi eld design and permitting

• Contamination assessments

• Contaminant transport modeling

• Remedial action/risk assessment modeling


Remediation and monitoring

Contamination Assessments and Remediation Services

ECT’s staff is experienced in negotiating and implementing

fl exible, results-based work plans and remediation

services to meet the requirements of state and federal

regulations, including RCRA.

Industrial Hygiene, Safety and Asbestos Consultation

ECT evaluates worker exposure to physical, chemical,

biological, and asbestos hazards in the workplace and

devises ways to control or eliminate them.• Assessments for petroleum and hazardous contami-nants

• Soil gas, soil, sediment, ground water, and surface water sampling/monitoring programs

• Contaminant plume delineation and modeling

• Field screening using geophysics, direct push, and other sampling techniques

• Monitored natural attenuation (MNA) evaluations

• Remedial action system design, construction over-sight, and operation and maintenance programs

• Remedial alternatives screening analyses/feasibility studies

• Innovative in-situ remediation programs

• Tank removals, closure, and compliance inspections

• RCRA permitting, CMS, RFIs, risk assessments, and closures

• Development of health and safety plans

• HAZCOM plan preparation

• NESHAP building surveys

• Indoor air quality/sick building syndrome studies

• Occupational toxicology evaluations

• Worker training

• Ergonomics

• Heat stress monitoring

• Asbestos abatement design and implementation

• Operation and maintenance programs


Complianceregulatory

Regulatory Compliance Services

ECT’s broad understanding of federal, state, and interna-tional regulations coupled with our extensive industrial experience enables our consultants to effectively identify areas of noncompliance and assist with process improve-ments and the attainment of regulatory compliance. ECT compliance consultants are available to assist with agency reporting and management of compliance programs on an as-needed basis. Our comprehensive environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance services are tailored to meet the needs of each client.

Toxic and Hazardous Material Management and Control

The management and control of toxic and hazardous

chemicals is mandated at all levels of government.

ECT’s staff has the knowledge and experience required

to provide management plans for toxic and hazardous

materials management, including employee training. ECT

to provide the following services:

• Air quality and wastewater compliance reporting

• Waste management compliance

• Waste minimization

• SARA Title III reporting (Tier II, Toxic Release Inventories)

• Pollution prevention planning

• Process safety management/risk management programs

• Emergency response programs and contingency plans

• Waste vendor audits

• OSHA compliance programs

• Regulatory applicability analyses

• EHS audits/compliance assessments

• EHS training

• Material inventories

• SPCC plans and facility response plans

• Hazardous waste contingency plans and procedures

• Remedial investigations/feasibility studies

• Remedial action planning and design

• Contamination investigations and assessments

• Pollutant fate and effect studies

• Risk assessments

• Health and safety planning and training

• Employee training

• Waste minimization


Environmental liability

Environmental Management Systems and ISO 14000

ECT staff provides a full range of environmental manage-

ment system (EMS) and ISO 14001 services to minimize risk

and liability or reduce cost and improve effi ciency. Not

only does ISO 14001 give you a competitive edge in the

global marketplace, but your company may realize cost

savings through pollution prevention, improved regulatory

compliance and a reduction in environmental liability.

ECT offers a full range of EMS and ISO 14001 services.

Due Diligence and Environmental Site Assessments

ECT provides a complete range of environmental site

assessment (American Society for Testing and Materials

[ASTM] standard) and business risk management services

to satisfy all of our clients’ appropriate inquiry and due

diligence requirements. ECT assists our clients in property

transactions ranging from public land acquisition, rails to

trails, greenfi eld developments, commercial and industrial

properties, and brownfi eld sites.

• EMS development

• Planning

• Auditing and registration

• Integration with existing systems

• Training

• System maintenance

• Phase I and II environmental site assessments

• Transaction screen process (ASTM 1528)

• Remediation services

• Asbestos, lead-based paint, mold, and indoor air quality surveys

• Site assessment and source removal

• Expert witness testimony

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TRAVERSE CITY 3600 Veterans Drive, Suite 3 Traverse City, Michigan 49684-4580 231/946-8200 231/946-8208 (FAX)

RALEIGH* 7208 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 102 Raleigh, North Carolina 27615-3244 919/861-8888 919/615-2012 (FAX) * Operating within North Carolina as

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ORLANDO 3660 Maguire Boulevard, Suite 107 Orlando, Florida 32803-3059 407/903-0005 407/903-0030 (FAX)

JACKSONVILLE 6440 Southpoint Parkway, Suite 130 Jacksonville, Florida 32216-8063 904/296-0544 904/296-2473 (FAX)

TALLAHASSEE 2507 Callaway Road, Suite 102 Tallahassee, Florida 32303-5268 850/383-0009 850/383-0008 (FAX)

NEW SMYRNA BEACH 707 East Third Avenue New Smyrna Beach, Florida 32169-3101 386/427-0694 386/427-0889 (FAX)

BENTON HARBOR 115A West Main Street Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022-3663 269/927-3366 269/927-3684 (FAX)

ATLANTA 1870 The Exchange, Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30339-2021 770/989-7335 770/989-7336 (FAX)

DETROIT 719 Griswold Street, Suite 820 Detroit, Michigan 48226-3309 313/963-6600 313/963-1707 (FAX)

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