Permit Facilitation
One of our specialties at NorthStar Environmental is providing permit facilitation services to our clients. Maneuvering through the environmental regulation associated with development or improvement projects, large and small, can be costly and time consuming. Our goal at NorthStar Environmental is to 
facilitate this process in the most time‐efficient and cost‐effective manner feasible, while protecting the environmental resources these regulations have been established to conserve. The continuance of mutually respectful relationships with the regulatory agencies, other pertinent groups, and individuals, supports our efforts in streamlining these tasks. Further, by offering a full‐line of services, the team at NorthStar Environmental is able to process multiple applications at the same time and respond with innovative solutions to project mitigation and compliance. We coordinate with clients and agencies to solve compliance problems, negotiate revisions, and create alternatives that meet the objectives of project and permitting agencies.
NorthStar Environmental has facilitated environmental permitting for a wide range of activities from private developments to road, highway, bridge and infrastructure projects. NorthStar Environmental wide range of permitting experience enables effective maintenance of project timelines, objectives and developing creative solution for even the most complicated permitting situations. NorthStar Environmental effectively coordinates with clients and agencies to implement project objectives while protecting natural resources and sensitive species.
Services Include:
- ‐ CEQA/NEPA Compliance
- ‐ Clean Water Act Compliance (§401, §402, and §404)
- ‐ EPA §404(b)(1) Alternatives Analysis
- ‐ USFWS §7 and §10 Compliance
- ‐ NHPA §106 Compliance
- ‐ Rec. Board Enchroachment Permitting
- ‐ Porter‐Cologne/Waste Discharge Permitting
- ‐ DFG §1600 Streambed Alt. And §2081 Take Permit