Environmental Services
Combining decades of experience with a proactive approach, BGE can ensure end-to-end environmental compliance with complex air, land, and water regulations.
THOUGHTFULLY NAVIGATING REGULATORY COMPLEXITY
For public and private endeavors, from planning through construction, our engineers and environmental scientists support our clients with a broad and informed perspective on compliance, energy transition, and sustainability.
Planning
Planning
As one team, BGE will get your project launched with all necessary assessments and documentation through a variety of local, state, and federal environmental requirements, including National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) compliance.
- Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments
- Fatal flaw analysis
- Feasibility studies
- Regulatory risk analysis
- Site selection studies
- Routing studies and analyses
- NEPA document preparation (CE, EA, EIS)
- Public involvement
- Pre-application meetings
- Permit schedule analysis
- Cultural resources probability analysis
- Constraints mapping
- GIS, natural resource inventory
Design and Permitting
DESIGN AND PERMITTING
To protect the wildlife and habitat, BGE moves decisively and proactively to navigate the complex labyrinth of state and federal laws, along with all the requisite permitting.
- Permitting risk analysis
- Permit application preparation
- Agency consultation and coordination
- Permit negotiation
- State Water Quality Certification, Section 401
- SWPPP/NOI/NOT/Section 402
- Clean Water Act Section 404
- Rivers and Harbors Act, Sections 9 and 10
- Hydrostatic Test Water Acquisition and Discharge
- Endangered Species Act (Sections 7, 9, and 10) consultation, surveys, habitat assessments, and permitting
- Texas Antiquities Code Permit
- Section 106 of National Historic Preservation Act
- Compensatory mitigation – risk analysis, mitigation banking, in lieu fee, permittee responsible mitigation, and habitat restoration, enhancement, and establishment/creation
- SPCC plans
Construction Services
Construction Services
From inspections to training and management, BGE offers comprehensive support and cultural resources to help preserve the integrity and environmental compliance of your project.
- Environmental awareness contractor training
- Environmental commitment documents
- Environmental inspection/oversight
- SWPPP implementation, inspection, reporting, and management
- After-the-fact permits, violations, and enforcement actions
- Agency inspections and site visits
Air Quality
AIR QUALITY SERVICES
For a wide range of highly competitive industries, BGE engineers and scientists provide strategic compliance guidance on federal, state, and local air-quality regulations, including emissions management. These industries include:
- New Source Review (NSR) permit
applications - Federal Operating Permit (Title V)
initial and renewal applications - Federal NSR Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) and nonattainment
permit applications - Federal Nonattainment NSR (NNSR)
permit applications - State minor source permit applications
- Permit applications for planned maintenance, startup, and shutdown (MSS) activities
- Permits by rule
- Permitting strategies
- Regulatory applicability determinations
- Compliance management systems development
- Emissions inventories
(including GHG and TRI) - Air quality compliance audits
- Title V deviation reports and compliance certifications
- Mass emissions cap and trade
- Continuous emissions monitors QA/QC plans
- Source emissions test plans preparation
- Source emissions testing management
- Preparation of toxic release inventories
- Air dispersion modeling and health effects review
- Air quality modeling in support of minor NSR permitting
- Air quality modeling in support of PSD permitting
- Air quality modeling for Class I areas
- Visibility analyses
- Emissions event modeling
- Chemical release modeling
Remediation and Site Closure
Remediation
We offer guidance and support on the most effective remediation techniques and technologies available for addressing contamination and restoration to environmentally safe conditions.
- Phase II/III support and management
- Waste management
- Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) regulatory strategy
- Voluntary cleanup program
- TCEQ and EPA agency negotiation support
- Spill response oversight and management
Environmental Services
Markets we Serve
- Energy transition and decarbonization
- Food and beverage
- Industrial
- Land/site development
- Manufacturing
- Oil & Gas
- Petrochem
- Power generation
- Public infrastructure
- Renewables
- Specialty chemicals
- Terminals
- Transmission/distribution
- Transportation
- Restoration and conservation
CENLA HUB CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Minimizing regulatory risks and environmental impact
With the potential of being one of the nation’s largest onshore underground storage centers, the CPS Central Louisiana (CENLA) Hub turned to BGE for guidance on its carbon neutralization strategies. Early in development, the initiative has leaned heavily on BGE to reduce impact on water, culture, and species.
Projects
Related Projects
Explore BGE’s project portfolio showcasing our contributions to civil infrastructure projects involving environmental and air quality services.
Texas
Bridgeland
This residential first featured a thousand-acre system of interconnected lakes and streams serving aesthetic, recreational and drainage purposes.
Texas
BiG Fossil Creek Parallel Relief Sanitary Sewer
To alleviate concerns regarding a current sewer main, BGE was hired to install nearly 10,000 feet of 66-inch sanitary line and replace two meter stations.
Texas
grayson county
This future high-speed corridor intends to improve transportation efficiency along the extension of the Dallas North Tollway while expanding Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.
EXPANSIVE EXPERTISE
Beyond our Environmental and Air Quality services, BGE offers extensive, multi-disciplinary expertise in numerous service areas.
Land/Site Development
Transportation Systems
Surveying
Environmental Services
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MITIGATING RISK WHILE
MAINTAINING INTEGRITY
Staying ahead of the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, we help manage and mitigate environmental risks that could jeopardize your project’s success.
Serving
We help our clients maintain responsible environmental stewardship and compliance.
Leading
Our team is always looking for new, sustainable, and affordable designs to support our clients.
Solving
Deeply versed in local, state, and federal regulations, we develop viable projects in concert with best management practices.
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