Environmental Planning and Permitting

Horner & Shifrin’s environmental team provides planning and permitting services for projects ranging from local permitting to complex environmental impact statements and assessments for clients pursuing approval of transportation and utility infrastructure. On every project, we use GIS technology to identify existing environmental conditions and address engineering, environmental, and development concerns.

Our National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) experience lets us work directly with federal and state environmental regulatory agencies, giving clients a systematic approach to the human, biological, and cultural aspects of a project. Our environmental staff also take part in the public involvement process, educating communities on the environmental resources and concerns within a project study area, and listening in return to learn what matters most to them.

• Bat Tree Habitat Identification
• Biological Assessments
• Biological monitoring
• Conservation Plans
• Cultural Resource Analyses
• Erosion & Sediment Control Plans
• Environmental Resources Evaluation
• Farmland Analyses
• Floodplain Permits
• HUD Environmental Review Records (ERR)
• IDNR No-Rise Authorization
• Incidental Take Authorization
• NEPA
  • Categorical Exclusions
  • Corridor Studies
  • Environmental Assessments
  • Environmental Impact Statements
  • Feasibility Studies
• Noise Analyses
• Raptor Nest Surveys
• Section 4(f), 6(f), 106
• Section 9 U.S. Coast Guard Permit
• Section 10 Permits
• Section 401 Water Quality Certification
• Section 404 Permits
• Section 408 Permit
• Socioeconomic & Demographic Studies
• State NPDES Permitting
• Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
• SWPPP Inspections
• Threatened & Endangered Species Assessments
• Threatened & Endangered Species Field Surveys
• Tree/Timber Surveys
• Wetland Delineations