VCS Environmental clients include both public agencies and private firms. Throughout the years, we have guided our clients through the maze of local, state, and federal environmental processes and changing regulations. Our key areas of service include: 

CEQA/NEPA

  • Prepare/process California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents

  • Prepare/process National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents

  • Public presentations/technical translation of CEQA/NEPA documents to the community and decision makers

PLANNING

  • Specific Plans

  • General Plan Annual Reports

  • General Plan Housing Element Annual Reports

FEDERAL PROJECTS

  • Affordable Housing

  • Electrical Undergrounding

  • Dam Safety

  • Section 408

  • Solar

  • Broadband

BIOLOGICAL

  • Biological technical reports

  • Vegetation mapping

  • Focused surveys for endangered species

  • Biological assessments and Endangered Species Act Section 7 consultations

  • Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), surveys, reports, and Habitat Assessment and Negotiation Strategy (HANS) process

  • Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) and California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) analyses

  • Conservation easements

  • Construction monitoring

REGULATORY

  • Delineation of wetlands and waters of the U.S. and State

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Section 404 permits

  • California Department of Fish & Game, Section 1602 Streambed Alteration Agreement and Section 2081 Incidental Take Permits

  • Regional Water Quality Control Board, Section 401 certifications

  • Regional Water Quality Control Board, Waste Discharge Requirements

  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 404(b)(1) alternatives analyses

  • Coastal Development permits

  • Coastal Zone Consistency Determinations

  • Constraints and feasibility analyses

CULTURAL

  • Area of potential effect mapping

  • Phase I cultural and paleontological assessments

  • Phase II resource evaluation and testing

  • Phase III data recovery/mitigation studies

  • Phase IV construction monitoring mitigation programs

  • Historic resources evaluation reports

  • Worker environmental awareness training

  • Native American scoping and consultation

  • Fossil salvage, identification, evaluation, and preparation for curation

  • Caltrans studies and documentation (HPSR, ASR, HRER, FOE, PIR, PER, PMP, et al.)

  • Site recordation on DPR 523 series site recording forms

  • Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act compliance

  • Construction monitoring

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

MITIGATION BANKING AND HABITAT RESTORATION

  • Applicant Sponsored Mitigation

  • Habitat Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Plans (HMMP)

  • Conservation Easements

  • CDFW Habitat Management Lands Acquisition Process

  • Planting and Irrigation Plans

  • Coordination with landscape design and maintenance contractors

  • Restoration Site Monitoring

  • Preparation of annual reports

  • Mitigation Bank document preparation and processing

PEER REVIEW AND DUE DILIGENCE

  • CEQA/NEPA documents and technical studies

  • Regulatory permit applications and strategies

  • Project sites and/or existing permits and documents for clients considering property acquisitions FHA

FAA APPROVED DRONE SERVICES

  • Initial project site assessment

  • High-resolution aerial photography for surveys and mapping

  • Construction monitoring; High resolution Ortho mosaic Imagery of project sites

  • Inspection of areas inaccessible by vehicle, foot, or watercraft

  • Real estate photography and videography

  • 3D aerial photography and modeling