Environmental Assessment
EcoLogic Solutions will assist you in choosing the optimal location for your project, identify mitigation opportunities, or optimize conservation and restoration plans. Knowing the environmental constraints and opportunities associated with a particular site or operation is key to ensuring project success and avoiding unnecessary time and cost overruns.
Additionally, we will assess potential physical and biological project constraints and determine community, economic, political & regulatory obstacles. This will help you evaluate project options and alternatives before executing costly engineering solutions.
“For many years, Ken Scarlatelli provided my office with valuable fact-based analysis and grizzled wisdom on all matters affecting natural areas on Staten Island.”
— James Oddo, Borough President of Staten Island
Services Provided
Fish, Wildlife & Pollinator Surveys
Forest Health
Stream Assessments
Soil, Plant, Wildlife & Pollinator Inventories
Data Analysis
Wetland Identification & Delineation
Wetland Functional Analyses
Indicator Value Assessment (IVA)
Parklands & Community Resources
Project & Program Management
Wetland Delineations, Permitting & Functional Analyses
Rare, Threatened & Endangered Species Surveys
Coastal Area Facilities Review Act (CAFRA) documentation
National Environmental Policy Act documentation (NEPA)
Monitoring & Maintenance
Environmental Assessment & Site Selection
Hydrogeomorphic Model Assessments
Declines in animal populations and habitats prompt increasing scrutiny of projects that may impact broad suites of natural communities. At EcoLogic Solutions, we will identify potential project constraints and opportunities for compensatory project impacts and conservation programs.
Mount Loretto Unique Area Entitation Study, New York
Supervised the natural resources inventory and assessed soil, hydrology, botanical, wildlife, and pollinator components of the 241-acre site that is integral to developing a Desired Outcomes Management Plan and comprehensive Wildlife Management Plan.
Galeville Airport, New York
Directed a grassland breeding bird habitat survey for an 860-acre former military airport scheduled for closure under the Federal Base Relocation and Closure (BRAC). Then provided a summary of conclusions with recommendations to submit to the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Iroquois Gas Transmission System Wetland Impact Evaluations, New York & Connecticut
Performed a post-construction evaluation of the potential impacts of the Iroquois Gas pipeline on more than 650 wetlands that were crossed. This effort required detailed reviews of the requirements established by regulatory permits and site-specific procedures necessary to comply with these requirements. As part of the evaluation, widespread aerial reconnaissance and field surveys were performed.
Regional Conservation Action Plan (ReCAP), New York
Organized and led the regional adaptation of the New York State Wildlife Action Plan and designed the 10-year ReCAP plan to meet the needs of New York City’s endangered, threatened, and of unique conservation concern or cultural importance wildlife. ReCAP garnered participation from all levels of local, State, Federal governments, the NYC Audubon, The Nature Conservancy, the American Museum of Natural History’s Gotham Coyote Project, and local universities.
Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge & Thomas J. Hatem Bridge, Maryland
Supervised field studies for the state-endangered map turtle (Graptemys geographica) and created Determination of Effects documentation for the federally endangered shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and mitigation and planting plan for impacts to submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). These seagrasses improve water quality and provide critical habitat for a variety of aquatic species.
Atlantic City Airport Grasslands, New Jersey
Identified critical habitat for the upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus saannarum), and State-threatened frosted elfin (Callophrys irus) for a grassland restoration project for the South Jersey Transportation Project, in preparation for the development of an endangered species mitigation banking project on behalf of the South Jersey Transportation Authority.
Negative impacts on jurisdictional wetlands result from infrastructure projects, real estate developments, and homeowner improvements. EcoLogic Solutions will identify, evaluate and recommend compensatory mitigation for protected wetlands and their associated buffer zones for unavoidable impacts.
Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) Cross Hudson Generator Lead Project, New Jersey
Executed an Indicator Value Assessment (IVA) wetland functional assessment on numerous wetlands impacted by proposed power grid delivery improvements to PSE&G’s Bergen Generating Station facilities. Calculated compensatory wetland mitigation ratios and presented conclusions before the Meadowlands Interagency Mitigation Advisory Committee.
Empire Pipeline, New York
Identified, delineated, and classified all wetlands along the routes of a proposed 150-mile gas pipeline between Buffalo and Syracuse, New York, per Federal and State protocols. Prepared the review of the relative impacts and presented findings before the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) regulatory review committee. Calculated unavoidable implications of the proposed project and submitted results to the USACE to request a Jurisdictional Determination (JD) for the project.
Amtrak Fourth Track Project, Maryland
Provided Project Management for collecting and presenting supporting environmental data, including wetland delineations and functional analyses, for inclusion in the NEPA Environmental Assessment documentation for this 18-mile railroad expansion project in Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties.
Colonial Pipeline Spill, Virginia
Led the team that assessed impacts to the aquatic and wildlife community resulting from a pipeline leak that released 200,000 gallons of jet fuel into surface waters and sediments in the Rappahannock River drainage system. Studies included benthic, fisheries, herpetofauna, and small mammal impacts.
Meadowlands Environmental Improvement Program, New Jersey
Lead author for a $1 billion, 20-year program to improve environmental quality within the New Jersey Meadowlands District. The design included the closure of nine abandoned landfills, landfill gas recovery at more recent landfills, enhanced District-wide water quality monitoring, and enforcement, and reduction of CSO impacts. Improvements were to be financed by environmental surcharges in exchange for zoning density increases in designated areas in conjunction with a District-Wide Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) program.
Berry’s Creek Superfund Site, New Jersey
Berry’s Creek is a mercury-contaminated urban waterway designated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) on the National Priorities List as a Superfund Site. Provided state supervision of plan development to guard against re-suspension of contaminated sediments during site cleanup and develop compensatory mitigation measures.
Aging water, sewer, and industrial facilities requiring repair, rehabilitation, or replacement may harm the environment and community. EcoLogic Solutions can help navigate the regulatory constraints to upgrading these aging systems to avoid failure and resulting environmental consequences.
Anacostia River Long Term Control Plan, Washington DC
Senior Environmental Scientist responsible for overall direction of NEPA environmental assessment (EA) analyses and documentation of project impacts, compliance with Federal and local environmental regulations, and alternatives analysis and supported the Tier 1 NEPA evaluation to control combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to the Anacostia River as part of the District’s overall Long Term Control Plan to reduce CSOs to the Anacostia River, Potomac River, and Rock Creek.
Water Odor Abatement Projects, Washington DC
Formulated the environmental analyses and permitting assistance for a 50-mile long gravity-fed system that transports wastewater from Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in Virginia to the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington, DC. Studies included: natural resource inventory, Cultural, historical, and archaeological surveys, and the establishment of a Joint Permit Application for the disturbance of wetlands and waters of the US.
United Water Projects, New York, New Jersey
Conducted site inspections, wetland delineations, tree inventories, consultations, summaries of findings, expert testimony, permitting strategies, and agency coordination to United Water for development of its Water Treatment Facility in Haworth, NJ; Strawtown Test Well & Long Clove 81 Properties, Clarkstown Township, NY, and Booster Station & Wells No. 1 and 2 UV Light Disinfection Retrofits in Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Increased attention is directed to identifying and preserving archaeological and cultural resources unearthed by excavations associated with project implementation and can result in project delays and cost overruns and play an essential role in comforting community concerns regarding project implementation. EcoLogic Solutions will support the identifying and cataloging of artifacts and comply with regulatory requirements and community concerns.
Intercounty Connector (ICC), Maryland
Represented the General Engineering Contractor as the Environmental Construction Manager and Mitigation/Stewardship Compliance Lead for an 18.3 mile, $2.45 billion highway project passing through delicate environmental habitats. Supervised environmental studies, construction and mitigation management. Studies featured archeological digs, including a Native American site dating back to the Stone Age and the 19th Century home of a freed enslaved woman, Melinda Jackson.
Meadowlands Special Area Management Plan (SAMP), New Jersey
Stewarded the NJ Meadowlands Commission on the interagency committee charged with developing a Special Area Management Plan for the Meadowlands District. Studies included a Stage 1A cultural resources survey in determining the potential cultural resources impacts from the various components of the Preferred Alternative. Formulated procedures to identify development areas with prehistoric or historical significance and demonstrate a potential for artifact excavation.
Potomac Interceptor Odor Abatement Project, Washington DC
Rendered an environmental analysis and secured permits for cultural, historical, and archaeological surveys of potentially impacted areas of a 50-mile long gravity-fed system that transports wastewater from Loudoun and Fairfax Counties in Virginia to the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant.
