The planning, permitting and development of industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, resource or construction projects requires exceptional management of a wide array of environmental, land use, economic, and community considerations. By working closely with land owners, regulators, and public groups, McLane Environmental is able to address water resource and environmental risk management issues to meet the requirements of the planning and permitting process.

McLane Environmental provides expertise for:

• Land Use Planning
• Site Selection and Development
• Real Estate Transfers and Environmental Site Assessments
• Water Allocation / Water Diversion Permitting
• Wastewater Discharge Design and Permitting
• Wetland Delineation and Mitigation Design and Monitoring
• Mine and Landfill Permitting
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Natural Resource Management
• Title V Air Permit Applications

We specialize in collecting, managing, displaying and analyzing data to support permitting applications and evaluations for a wide range of land, water and air related projects. Our concisely written reports stand alone or form key sections of larger permit submittals, and we excel at preparing and presenting our results in clear and understandable formats for public meetings and permit review hearings.

Representative Experience

McLane Environmental has assisted clients in a number of environmental planning, permitting, and resource management projects, including:

• Analyzed wastewater infiltration gallery designs and aquifer impacts to support permitting of a municipal wastewater treatment facility in New England.
• Performed analyses of leach field loading rates for permitting of a number of residential and commercial development projects.
• Conducted water diversion impact analyses, including groundwater modeling, to support a permit application for a proposed power generation facility overlying a New Jersey drinking water aquifer.
• Evaluated aquifer impacts to support a water allocation permit for increased groundwater withdrawals at an expanding manufacturing facility.
• Analyzed nitrate loading and groundwater-surface water impact to support the design and permitting of wastewater disposal systems.
• Directed a complex study of land use, geologic and hydrologic resources, wetlands, ecological habitat and endangered species, geologic mining, well field operation and development pressures for a large area of protected lands to assist county government in future use planning decisions.
• Evaluated hydrologic and hydrogeologic impacts to support new source allocation permit applications for well fields in sensitive ecological and hydrologic systems, including evaluation of saltwater intrusion threats to well fields in coastal aquifers.

Our analyses, reports of findings, and presentations at public meetings for these and other projects have contributed to our clients’ many successes in receiving requested permits and regulatory approval for their projects.