In today’s complex environmental regulatory requirements, it is essential that clients have a clear understanding of the regulatory environment and the time required to obtain necessary permits and approvals. ECO:LOGIC's Environmental Compliance group assists our clients in project planning, compliance with environmental regulations and obtaining required permits and approvals for their projects. Specifically, our group employs 23 years of experience resolving environmental compliance issues for complex water resources, wastewater, flood control and habitat restoration projects throughout California and Nevada. We offer expertise in the following specialty areas:

	Clean Water Act- National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permitting (stormwater and point-source discharges, TMDLs),
	California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
	National Environmental Quality Act (NEPA)
	Federal and State Endangered Species Act (ESA) compliance
	Environmental Compliance Strategy Development
	Acquisition of various State and Federal Environmental Permits and Approvals

The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is the state's environmental impact disclosure law.  Promulgated in 1970, the law requires lead agencies (cities and county governments, special districts, etc)  that have discretionary authority of public and private development projects to disclose the environmental impacts from various projects.  ECO:LOGIC specializes in CEQA compliance, which provides information on the proposed project to the general public and numerous state permitting agencies, discloses potential environmental impacts associated with the project and any mitigation measures required by the lead agency to avoid, or reduce impacts. CEQA requires that lead agencies consider alternatives to the project and that the governing body certify that the documents meet disclosure requirements. ECO:LOGIC recognizes that CEQA compliance is an important step in the development process in California and puts a strong emphasis on considering environmental issues in the project planning phase for each of our clients.