• pre-feasibility and feasibility studies
• preliminary environmental due diligence review
• suitability modeling
• constraints analyses
• pre-permitting strategy development and scheduling for critical path efforts
• comprehensive project permit matrix
• siting alternatives analyses for power generation facilities
• routing alternatives analyses for linear electric transmission
• geographic information system (GIS) mapping
• GIS-based land use analysis

• strategizing options for public outreach efforts
• creating mailing lists and management of lists (e.g., landowner, agencies, municipalities)
• coordinating with agency and municipal representatives
• preparing project introduction and request for comment letters
• supporting public and agency meetings
• comment tracking, analyses, and summaries
• updating project information for use with outreach efforts

• environmental due diligence (desktop and field review)
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review
• federal environmental assessment (EA) and environmental impact statement (EIS) preparation
• equivalent state-level environmental review document preparation
• phase I environmental site assessment (ESA) preparation
• coordinating aviation, lighting, noise, shadow flicker, and electromagnetic field assessments
• conducting visual impact photo simulations
• performing biological services for threatened and endangered (T&E) species and wetlands/waterbodies:
  • agency consultations
  • project-specific species habitat assessments and field surveys (federal and state)
  • wetland and waterbody assessments and delineations
  • biological and wetland mitigation and monitoring plans
• cultural resources services:
  • agency coordination
  • GIS-based predictive modeling
  • State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) reviews
  • federal Section 106 compliance
  • historic architectural inventory
  • cultural resources review
  • avoidance, mitigation, and unanticipated discovery plans

• federal:
  • federal resource agency consultations and approvals (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Farm Service Agency, and Natural Resources Conservation Service)
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • USDA Forest Service
  • USDA Rural Utility Service
  • U.S. Department of State
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • U.S. Department of Interior – Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • National Park Service
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • third-party permitting and approval analyses (e.g., EIS, EA, and Presidential Permit)
• state and local:
  • certificates of need, certificates of public convenience and necessity, and related purpose and need documents
  • state high-voltage transmission line route permit applications
  • state large energy generation project site permits
  • agricultural impact mitigation agreements, best management practices, pre-construction surveys, and post-construction monitoring
  • natural resource permits, approvals, and consultations (wetland and waterbody crossing permits, natural heritage consultations, special use authorizations, construction stormwater discharge permits, stormwater pollution prevention plans [SWPPP], water quality certification, and wetland practical alternative analyses)

• project-specific environmental mitigation plans to address construction activities and implementation of permits and approvals
• permit book preparation (e.g., contacts, permits and their conditions, relevant construction and environmental management plans)
• permit training for inspectors and contractors
• applicant and third-party environmental inspection and documentation (i.e., agency compliance monitoring) including daily, weekly, and closeout reports
• construction stormwater permitting, SWPPP development, and associated compliance inspections
• spill prevention, containment, control and countermeasure plans
• facility response plans
• tablet-based data reporting and management system technology solutions
• health and safety support (development and management of project-specific plans and field survey programs)
• restoration “punch-lists” of areas requiring additional work (e.g., erosion controls, rutting repairs)
• post-construction monitoring

• review and analyze/interpret applicable project documents
• draft direct and rebuttal testimony
• analyze and draft responses to data requests
• prepare for and testify at hearing

Electric Transmission

planning/permitting

• Nemadji 115kV Project
• Bear Creek Distribution Project
• 39 Line Relocation Project
• Bayfield Loop Transmission Upgrade Project
• Kohlman Lake to Goose Lake Transmission Project
• St. Cloud Loop 115kV Project
• Medford to Prentice Transmission Line Rebuild Project

third-party environmental monitoring

• Badger-Coulee Transmission Line Project

Wind

• Blazing Star 1 Wind Farm
• Blazing Star 2 Wind Farm
• Crocker Wind Farm
• Freeborn Wind Farm
• Plum Creek Wind Farm
• Bison 2 Wind Farm
• Bison 3 Wind Farm
• Bison 4 Wind Farm
• Glen Ullin Energy Center
• Tatanka Ridge Wind Farm
• Coyote Ridge Wind Farm
• Lake Benton 1 Wind Repower
• Trimont Wind Repower
• Tupper Lake Wind Farm

Solar

• Two Creeks Solar Project
• Harmony Solar Project
• Regal Solar Project
• Elk Creek Solar Project
• Wild Springs Solar Project
• Aurora Solar Project
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