VCS Environmental clients include both public agencies and private firms. Throughout the years, we have guided our clients through the maze of local, state, and federal environmental processes and changing regulations. Our key areas of service include: 

PREPARATION OF CEQA/NEPA DOCUMENTS

  • Prepare and process California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents

  • Prepare and process National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents

  • Deliver public presentations and provide technical translation of CEQA/NEPA documents to the community and decision-makers

BIOLOGICAL MAPPING, ENDANGERED SPECIES SURVEYS, AND REPORTS

  • Biological technical reports

  • Vegetation mapping

  • Focused surveys for endangered species

  • Biological Assessments and Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultations

  • Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan, surveys, reports, and HANS process

  • Conservation easements

  • Construction monitoring

REGULATORY PERMITS AND WETLANDS/WATERS DELINEATIONS

  • Delineation of wetlands and waters of the U.S. and State

  • Army Corps of Engineers, Section 404 Permits

  • California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Section 1602 Agreements

  • Regional Water Quality Control Board, Section 401 Certifications

  • Regional Water Quality Control Board, Waste Discharge Requirements

  • Environmental Protection Agency 404(b)(1) alternatives analyses

  • Coastal Development Permits

  • Coastal Zone Consistency Determinations

  • Compliance monitoring

CULTURAL RESOURCES

  • Compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act

  • Area of Potential Effect mapping

  • Historical Resources Evaluation Reports

  • Archeological Survey Report

  • Historic Property Survey Report

  • Native American coordination

  • Paleontological and cultural construction monitoring

HABITAT MITIGATION, MONITORING, AND REPORTING

  • Mitigation site design

  • Habitat Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Plans (HMMP)

  • HGM and CRAM analyses

  • Construction monitoring

  • Coordination with landscape design and maintenance contractors

  • Preparation of annual reports

MITIGATION BANKING

  • Mitigation Bank document preparation, processing, and sales

  • Habitat Mitigation, and Reporting Plans (HMMP)

  • HGM and CRAM analyses

  • Coordination with landscape design and maintenance contractors

  • Preparation of annual reports

PEER REVIEW AND DUE DILIGENCE

  • CEQA/NEPA documents and technical studies

  • Regulatory permit applications and strategies

  • Project sites and/or existing permits and documents for clients considering property acquisitions