Midstream Environmental Services

• Surveying
• Pipeline Engineering, Planning & Design

• Documenting compliance with required environmental permits
• Coordination of field inspections and agency visits
• Completing daily and weekly environmental compliance reports
• Understanding all permitted conditions and reporting that all procedures and policies are implemented accordingly
• Completing the necessary inspections to ensure compliance with Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit
• Providing professional advice and guidance during environmental resource crossings
• Coordinating and submitting variance request as needed to the appropriate agencies
• Working with contractors to ensure BMPs are installed in accordance with the approved erosion and sediment control plans
• Providing solutions and corrective actions where needed to ensure projects remain environmentally compliant
• Providing pre and post-construction inspections, photo logs and progress reports

Erosion and sediment control plans will contain all pertinent regulations found in the Pennsylvania Code, Title 25. Environmental Protection, Chapter 102: Erosion and Sediment Control

Erosion and sediment control plans will include the following:

• Topographic features
• Soils maps and information
• Location of waterways receiving site runoff
• Description of the earth disturbance activities
• Sequence for installation of the erosion controls
• Erosion control device maintenance program
• Procedures for recycling and disposing of materials.

Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) screening for potential threatened or endangered species

Complete desktop reviews of project prior to conducting onsite field work

Collect data and delineate wetland boundaries using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) wetland delineation manual criteria

Stream mapping and data collection using bed and bank channel features as defined in PA code title 25 Chapter 105 for watercourses

Photo collection and creation of comprehensive photo logs of all resources

All data will be collected using a sub-meter accuracy Trimble GPS unit

All environmental resources will be mapped

Creation of aquatic resource delineation report. Report includes:

• Data forms collected
• Photographs
• Produced mapping

Aquatic resource delineation report meets all criteria to be used in permitting applications

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits
• Erosion and Sediment Control General Permits (ESCGP)
• General and Joint Permit Applications for Natural Resource Encroachments
• USACE Nationwide Permits and 401 Water Quality Certifications