Common Sense Solutions, LLC provides consulting services to companies interested in complying with federal and state laws and regulations involving wetlands and navigable waterways, petroleum and hazardous waste, brownfields project planning and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We also make planning and management recommendations for brownfields projects, outdoor recreation and natural resource assessments and provide comprehensive training and coaching services to sharpen corporate managerial skills to enhance environmental awareness.
The following illustrates the services we provide:
Wetlands and Navigable Waterways
- Impact Assessments for proposed construction
- Threshold analysis for required approvals
- General permit applications for encroachments
- Transition area (buffer) approvals
- Individual permits with alternatives and mitigation
- Evaluation of mitigation options
- Functional assessment of wetland value
- Planning and design of compensatory wetlands and waste water cells
- Post-construction field monitoring of wetland plots
- Expert witness testimony
Petroleum and Hazardous Waste
- New Technology Representation and Consulting
- Compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations or other national and state regulations
- Spill prevention plans
- Remedial investigation/feasibility studies
- Phase I assessments for real estate transactions
- Expert witness testimony
- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Reporting Requirements
- Spill prevention, control, and countermeasure plans
- Underground storage tank compliance plans
- Department of Transportation Hazmat compliance plans
- Representation in negotiations
Natural Resource and Outdoor Recreation
- Forestry management plans
- Wildlife management plans
- Camp ground, boating, handicap, and interpretative facility planning
- Public green space assessments
- Park and recreation management plans
- Proposed or expanding trail development initiatives
- Visitor needs assessments
- Expert witness testimony
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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Analysis and preparation of environmental documents and technical studies to address NEPA requirements
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Assistance in understanding key aspects of technical studies and environmental documents
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Representation in negotiations with regulators
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Expert witness testimony
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Lobbying in the nation's capital
Brownfield Projects
- Assistance in obtaining funding
- Urban renewal environmental planning
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Determining best use of various state and federal funding sources for neighborhood, community and other development projects
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Coordination and assistance through all approvals
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Environmental analyses of potential sites
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Representation in negotiations
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Assistance with prospective purchaser agreements
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Expert witness testimony
CSS Has Developed a Myriad of Business Partnerships
- Kingsfield, Inc. (Remediation Chemists)
- Frac Rite Environmental, Ltd (Soil Fracturing Engineers)
- Earthworks Environmental, Inc. (Site Remediation Consultants)
- Microbe Inotech Labs, Inc, (Laboratory Scientists)
- American Biotek Labs, Inc. (Laboratory Scientists)
- Coburn Construction, Inc. (Remediation Consultants)
- Naturally Boulder, Inc. (Bottled Water Provider)
- The Environment Concern, Inc. (Wetland Nursery)
- Wolf Trap Nursery (Phytoremediation Plant Nursery)
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