Workplace Safety

Workplace Safety

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

According to OSHA, over 5,300 workers died on the job in 2019. That is over 100 deaths a week. The leading causes of these deaths, as well as other countless injuries, are preventable and often simple to address. In addition, the associated downstream workers compensation claim costs can be substantial, particularly for cases involving hospitalization, surgery, physical therapy, or significant numbers of lost or restricted workdays.

Apex Companies can help regardless of where your company is in your safety journey. Common services include a baseline gap assessment, job hazard analysis (JHA), and job safety analysis (JSA). Apex can even help with the development of a safety management system, and/or continuous improvement consulting on specific individual safety program elements. Leading organizations rely on Apex for our expertise and our hands on, collaborative approach.

Workplace Safety

Our Frequently Requested Safety Programs

We can help you develop Safety Compliance Programs, required by state and federal OSHA regulations, which are specific to your industry, unique hazards, and the management of task-specific exposures.

  • Hazard identification
  • PPE
  • Machine guarding
  • Lockout/tagout
  • Fall protection
  • Confined space entry
  • Slip/trip/fall prevention
  • Organizational safety culture consulting and behavior‑based safety
  • Hazard communication
  • Participatory ergonomics/ergonomics teams and committees

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What Our Clients are Saying

“Apex approaches projects with an exceptional level of professional ability and customer service.”

Safety Manager, Retail Company

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Industrial Hygiene

Industrial Hygiene

Protecting Your Workforce and Workplace

Our unsurpassed team of industrial hygiene consultants are committed to delivering myriad best-in-class services. We can help you anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control workplace hazards that can affect the health of your workers and your customers. When hazards are encountered that could impact your business, we provide rapid support and quick solutions to get you back on track.

Industrial Hygiene Expertise

As one of the largest independent IH practice in the US we have a wide breadth of safety professionals including Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIHs), Certified Safety Professionals (CSPs), Certified Professional Ergonomists (CPE), Certified Occupational Hearing Conservationists (COHC), air quality specialists, ISO Lead Environmental Management System Auditors, process safety management professionals, and field technicians.

Industrial hygiene solutions

Our nationwide footprint allows for cost effective and agile execution of projects and allow our teams to quickly pivot when you need it most. We have pioneered advances in data collection and analysis that yield proven, money-saving solutions. We help you protect your company, people, and assets by achieving compliance with federal, state, and local occupational health regulations, to help you maintain optimum production levels, even when faced with compliance challenges.

We are committed to technical excellence as demonstrated by our staff’s extensive credentials, education, certifications, and Apex’s unwavering support of continuing education to keep our teams abreast of ongoing regulatory and technical developments in the field. Equipped with the latest IH consulting knowledge and skills, we deliver cutting-edge exposure assessment strategies.

Apex Industrial Hygiene Solutions

Occupational Exposure/Health and Safety  Solutions

  • Ergonomic evaluations
  • Health and safety training, virtual or in-person
  • OSHA compliance audits
  • Prepare and support the implementation of written health and safety programs
  • Personal Protective Equipment Assessments, Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs) and Job Safety Analyses (JSAs)
  • Qualitative exposure assessments
  • Quantitative exposure assessments including sampling plan development and execution
    • Chemical agent sampling, analyses, and result interpretation
    • Physical agent measurement and result interpretation including Noise Monitoring and Mapping
    • Biological agent sampling and result interpretation
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Our Building Science Solutions

We deliver a full suite of building sciences solutions from assessment and abatement to management and oversight. Our solutions include:

  • Building hazardous materials and waste identification, inventory and management
  • Indoor air quality (IAQ) assessments
  • Legionella and other waterborne pathogens assessment and management
  • Mold/moisture assessments including water damage and building moisture mapping
  • Radon and vapor intrusion assessment and turnkey mitigation
  • Turnkey asbestos and lead solutions
    • Sampling and analysis to identify and inventory asbestos and lead hazards
    • Operations and maintenance (O&M) plan preparation
    • Abatement specifications and oversight including monitoring and determination of completion
Industrial hygiene solutions

Biosafety Support Capabilities

Our professional Biosafety support capabilities span a broad range of demands to keep your team safe from biohazardous agents, including:

  • Infectious agent control plan generation and/ or review
  • Respiratory Protection Plan reviews and fit testing
  • Job hazard analyses and job safety analyses
  • Disinfection/ cleaning process evaluations
  • Contamination protocol reviews
  • Tailored guidance communications
  • Virtual or in-person health & safety training
  • Process conformance evaluations
Industrial hygiene solutions

Indoor Air Quality

Industrial hygiene solutions

Concerns about indoor air quality are on the rise. Studies have shown that symptoms of “sick building syndrome” affect 10 to 25 million workers in more than one million buildings across the United States. Due to the impact of health, comfort, and productivity on building occupants, indoor air quality is a growing issue among property owners, businesses, building managers, and tenants.

Apex has more than 20 years of experience with indoor air quality investigations, monitoring, analysis, corrective action plans, and training. We have provided both emergency response and proactive indoor air quality solutions for numerous diverse environments. Past and present worksites include office buildings, schools, manufacturing plants, utilities, hospitals, museums, restaurants, retail stores, and military facilities. Apex’s indoor air quality team of subject matter experts includes industrial hygienists, mechanical engineers, toxicologists, chemists, and microbiologists employing the most current science and technologies.

Specialty Industrial Hygiene Solutions

Don’t see your specialty industrial hygiene need listed here? Please reach out to Apex. We’re happy to help design a solution tailored to your industrial hygiene requirements.

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What Our Clients are Saying

“Apex’s comprehensive asbestos surveys of more than 100 city-owned buildings were very thorough. The survey reports and subsequent O&M plans were well written and reflected a high regard for quality work.”

City Government Client

“Apex is a great partner—they’re responsive and honest. They’re always one of the first consultants I call for a new project and consistently provide good service.”

National Bank

“I personally began working with Apex in 2012 when they began conducting school and facility building Radon Assessments. In June 2013, they were chosen as one of our Environmental on-call companies that we use regularly. Their quality of work has been exemplary. They are responsive and take on projects no matter the scope or size. I have come to rely on Apex's professional, articulate, knowledgeable and reliable. I fully endorse them as an environmental consultant.”

Facilities Manager, Public School

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Sustainability & ESG

Sustainability & ESG

Meeting Evolving Stakeholder & Regulatory Expectations

The Apex team of sustainability and climate change professionals brings over 200 years of combined experience, assisting a wide range of organizations, including over 50 Fortune 500 firms, with achieving their sustainability goals. Based on our work with public and private clients in a variety of industries, we understand the unique challenges that accompany setting and operationalizing sustainability goals, while also reducing costs and improving efficiency.

Sustainability and ESG

Our Sustainability Assurance Solutions

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  • Greenhouse Gas (GHG), Sustainability and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Data Verification and Assurance: Our team is well versed in both regulatory and voluntary assurance frameworks, including the CDP, Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTI), Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), California Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Climate-Related Financial Risk Disclosure Programs, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Our assurance capabilities include greenhouse gas accounting, supply chain disclosure, and a full suite of other sustainability metrics. We are rated as the top ESG & Sustainability Assurance Services provider by Verdantix and we verify GHG emissions and other sustainability metrics for over 300 companies annually, following ISO 14064-3, ISSA 5000, and AA1000AS. We can do the same for you.
  • Product Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) Assurance:  Apex delivers independent sustainability assurance for product-level environmental data, helping clients verify life cycle assessments, product carbon footprints, and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) with confidence under globally recognized standards. We enable organizations to defend environmental claims, strengthen Scope 3 and supplier data, and meet rising regulatory and procurement demands for transparent, credible sustainability information.
  • Airport Carbon Accreditation: Apex provides the independent assurance services required for Airport Carbon Accreditation across all program levels, confirming that emissions data and supporting evidence meet accreditation requirements.

Our Sustainability Consulting Solutions

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  • Sustainability and ESG Program Baseline Review and Consulting: Our team will review your corporate sustainability policies and ensure alignment with your sustainability program strategy and goals. This may include benchmarking, materiality assessment, interviews with key stakeholders, and a review of your existing scorecards and metrics.
  • GHG Inventory Development: Apex has deep experience in developing GHG inventory and inventory management plans for clients, including Scope 3 calculations and supply chain engagement programs.
  • Supply Chain Solutions: Apex assesses the accuracy and completeness of supplier-reported GHG, decarbonization, energy, and ESG data to ensure it is evidence-based, well-documented, and audit-ready. Apex designs supplier engagement programs and strengthens data management processes to enable a transition from spend-based Scope 3 estimates to verified, supplier-specific data that supports decision-making.
  • Product Sustainability: We help our clients to measure and reduce product impacts across the full life cycle while meeting rising expectations from regulators, investors, and procurement through rigorous product carbon footprints and lifecycle assessments.
  • Quality Management System (QMS): Apex helps companies design and operate a sustainability-focused QMS that ensures reliable processes, supports verification, and aligns ISO-based foundations with program-specific requirements.
  • Building Benchmarking and Performance Standards: Stay ahead of jurisdiction-specific Building Performance Standards with Apex’s team of Certified Energy Managers, engineers, and sustainability experts delivering benchmarking and compliant reporting. We simplify complex, location-specific requirements so you avoid penalties, reduce costs, and improve building performance with confidence.
  • Water Sustainability: Apex has deep expertise in water supply, stormwater management, and wastewater treatment and reuse for both public and private sector clients.  We offer a wide range of services to help our clients achieve their water sustainability goals, including water reuse, water loss prevention, water efficiency, stormwater management, stormwater reuse, volumetric water benefit analyses, and water risk assessment.  We bring a unique mix of engineering and sustainability advisory expertise to every project.

Additional Services

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Our Broad Expertise Spans the Following Industry Guidelines

  • CDP (Silver verification solutions provider)
  • Alliance for Water Stewardship (Member)
  • International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 (ISSA 5000)
  • California Air Resources Board (CARB) Mandatory GHG Reporting Accredited Verification Body
  • Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)—Sector‑Specific
  • Mining and Metals (ICMM Requirements)
  • Oil and Gas (IPIECA Guidance)
  • GRI G4 Sector Guidance
  • Food Processing
  • Financial Services
  • Construction and Real Estate

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What Our Clients are Saying

“I’ve worked with global firms and they have all the problems—they’re cumbersome, hard to work with, and don’t always know us. Apex understands what we need and gives us a solution-oriented service. They get our end game and are very good at being a part of the team that helps us get there.”

Director of Environmental, Real Estate Firm

“Apex has done an outstanding job for us. In addition to their expertise in GHG inventory verification, they quickly understand the technical issues associated with our most complex energy uses. Everyone at our facilities enjoys working with them and we learn a tremendous amount.”

Global Aerospace Company

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Management Systems

Management Systems

Go Beyond Compliance

How does an organization go beyond regulatory compliance and establish environmental, health, and safety as a core value? We can all agree that the better organized we are, the more efficient we become. That approach is the essential premise of a management system. Using a systematic, proven methodology, Apex Companies’ management systems experts and lead auditors will help you achieve enhanced compliance, improved efficiency, and other benefits tailored to your operations. Efficiency adds value, conserves resources, and manages waste. To find out more about how a management system can benefit your organization, please contact us today.

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Design and Support for System Frameworks

  • Discovery workshops and gap assessments
  • Consulting and program development
  • Audits and training
  • Implementation support
  • Document management support
  • Internal audits

Expertise in the Following Standards

  • ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001
  • FSSC 22000 and ISO 22000
  • SMETA
  • Responsible Care
  • ASI

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Air Compliance & Permitting

Air Compliance & Permitting

Helping You Navigate an Increasingly Complex Environment

Air emissions compliance is one of the most complex requirements that our clients deal with on a daily basis. Regional and state regulations layered over federal regulations, makes conducting business more challenging in multiple locations. Apex Companies’ air quality staff has experience deploying air quality analyses and studies, from emission control technology studies to ambient air sampling and analysis.

Air Compliance & Permitting solutions
Air Compliance & Permitting solutions

Our Air Compliance and Permitting Solutions

  • Air dispersion modeling
  • Air emission calculations
  • Air emissions inventory
  • Air sampling
  • Annual emissions reporting
  • Best available control technology determinations (BACT)
  • Greenhouse gas emission inventory
  • Leak detection and repair (LDAR)
  • Litigation support and agency negotiation
  • Meteorological studies
  • Stack testing, contracting, and oversight

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What Our Clients are Saying

“My relationship with the people at Apex is everything. They’ve made an effort to introduce me to more people at the firm. For the past twenty years, I’ve called their people and immediately all my problems are taken care of.”

Environmental Project Manager, Port Transportation Firm

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Permitting, Planning & Licensing

Permitting, Planning & Licensing

Ensuring Your License to Operate

Are your facility expansions, permits and licenses delayed? Are you feeling the pressure to receive your permits and licenses to meet your project schedules? If your desk is a sea of project plans, pre‑construction permits, compliance reports, and you hear acronyms like NSR, EPCRA, RCRA, or CWA in your sleep, we understand. If it seems like the EPA’s programs become more complex each year, or that your list of regulatory obligations consistently increases, you are not alone. Apex Companies’ team includes planning and compliance engineers, air and water permitting experts, former regulators, regulatory inspectors, and compliance experts.

Permitting, Planning, & Licensing

Our Permitting, Planning, and Licensing Solutions

Please contact us, and we will connect you with an Apex technical expert that will exceed your expectations.

  • Hazardous and regulated waste management
  • Biennial Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permitting
  • EPCRA Tier I and II reporting and TRI reporting
  • TSCA Section 8(a) CDR reporting
  • Alternatives analysis
  • Oil and gas well permitting

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What Our Clients are Saying

“There’s a lot of regulation around oil and gas and it all varies municipality by municipality in Colorado. Apex gets it and we rely on them heavily to help with these relationships and the permitting and reporting.”

Environmental Field Coordinator, Oil & Gas Company

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Water Supply

Water Supply

Securing Our Greatest Natural Asset

The consistent production of high-quality drinking water requires a thorough understanding of the interrelationships between water supply, treatment, design, construction, and operations. Apex Companies has experience with every aspect of potable water production, from source development to construction and operations.

While the production of safe drinking water encompasses many services, Apex has specific project experience in hydrogeology, hydraulic modeling, new source investigation, pump stations, rate studies, storage and distribution, water system master planning, and water treatment. Apex has completed water treatability studies on both groundwater and surface water supplies; comprehensive facility audits and planning programs; and the design, construction, and operation of water supply, distribution, and treatment facilities.

In addition to Apex’s project experience, members of our growing staff hold numerous certifications and accreditations including registered civil and environmental professional engineers, certified wastewater operators, health and safety certified supervisors, and 10-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Construction Safety training.

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Our Water Supply Solutions

While some sources of water degradation are out of our control, such as incidents and natural disasters, there are many factors within our control that can both improve overall water quality and contribute to a more sustainable and responsible water ecosystem. Apex's engineers and water professionals have experience with the design, implementation, and optimization of new and existing water supply infrastructure for both public and private organizations across the US. Contact us today to learn more about our water quality services and solutions.

  • Pumping, storage, and distribution  
  • Water quality studies 
  • Water system master planning 
  • Water treatment facilities  
  • Hydraulic modeling 
  • Hydrogeology/new source investigations 
  • Rate studies 
  • Wellfield (and Well) Design/Permitting/Construction Support  
  • Fresh and brackish water supply development  
  • ASR Systems Design/Permitting/Construction Support  
  • Concentrate deep injection well design/permitting/construction support  
  • Saline water intrusion evaluations and mitigation  
  • Well and wellfield performance assessments and rehabilitation  
  • Unidirectional flushing programs
  • Analysis and optimization 
  • Capital improvements 
  • Cross connection 
  • Groundwater supply
  • Operations and maintenance 
  • Water quality testing 
  • Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) Level 2 Assessments 
  • Licensed operation of water systems 
  • Licensed operation of wastewater systems 
  • Testing and inspection 
  • General system maintenance 
  • Design/re-design of systems 
  • System evaluation and troubleshooting 
  • Permitting and regulatory compliance 
  • Training 
  • Agricultural irrigation systems

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What Our Clients are Saying

"I’ve been working with Apex for years and our relationship with our account manager does an absolutely amazing job. Really, all the people there are terrific. I’ve been in the business for a while and trust is very important to me—I can trust Apex.”

Retail Company

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Remediation

Remediation

Innovative Solutions for Complex Challenges

What if you could remediate your contaminants of concern in the most cost-effective and efficient manner possible? What if you could employ innovative technology that saved you thousands of dollars and trimmed months or even years off your schedule? What if you could curtail the migration of groundwater contaminant plumes? Meet the most stringent regulations? Expedite site closure?

Apex Companies has successfully helped our clients manage, minimize, and mitigate environmental challenges for over 30 years and we can help you too.

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Our Remediation Solutions

Our licensed geologists, hydrogeologists, civil engineers, site characterization and remediation specialists, and operations and maintenance (O&M) operators have extensive remediation experience. Equally important, we help our clients tackle the most complex air, soil, and water challenges.

  • Major CERCLA (Superfund) sites
  • Underground storage tanks (USTs) and above ground storage tanks (ASTs)
  • Landfills
  • Brownfield redevelopment
  • Volatile organic compound (VOC) remedial technologies
  • In-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO)
  • Enhanced in-situ bioremediation (EISB)
  • In-situ chemical reduction (ISCR)
  • Monitored natural attenuation (MNA)
  • Chlorinated solvents in fractured bedrock
  • PCB-laden sediment
  • PFAS and emerging contaminants
  • Acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment system design, construction, operation, and maintenance
  • Groundwater pollution assessments

PFAS

Countless Americans have been exposed to PFAS, which refers to manmade poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). These global pollutants are dubbed “forever chemicals” as the compounds don’t naturally degrade, posing significant health risks. While PFAS is now emerging as an environmental crisis—spurring several states to regulate as the EPA positions to take action—Apex has been on the forefront of its investigation, assessment, and characterization. For nearly a decade, we’ve been helping our clients accurately measure and understand the extent and severity of their PFAS impacts. Now, we are ready to apply our expertise to help you do the same.

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PFAS Solutions

Brownfield remediation and redevelopment

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What Our Clients are Saying

“For all our remediation projects, we have preferred consultants and Apex is one of them. We lean on them as one of the top firms across our locations.”

Oil & Gas Company

“I consider Apex to be a part of my team when they are on project site. The guys we use are extremely strong in their remedial engineering and design skills, as well as knowing what technology is applicable in various environments.”

Oil & Gas Company

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Emergency Response

Emergency Response

Rapid Support When You Need It Most

Life is unpredictable, and when you are accountable for business operations, responding competently to an emergency situation can make the difference between staying open or not. At Apex Companies, we understand the need to respond safely to a wide variety of natural disasters and emergencies. Whether it is water damage assessments, air quality sampling and monitoring, or comprehensive risk management and business continuity consulting, Apex is ready to respond to your most pressing needs.

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Our Emergency Response Solutions

  • Pre-event assistance
  • Water damage assessments, moisture mapping
  • Asbestos and mold identification and abatement
  • Re-occupancy indoor air quality sampling, testing, and monitoring
  • Risk management
  • Business continuity
  • Facility water sampling and analyses
  • Stormwater and wastewater treatment system evaluations
  • Hazardous evaluations, containment, and mitigation
  • Remediation management

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What Our Clients are Saying

“Apex works hard to accommodate our last minute requests. There have been times where I’ve sent them something on a Thursday and needed it by Friday. They’ve been able to turn it around in day.”

Environmental Field Coordinator, Oil & Gas Client

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Natural Resources

Natural Resources

A Practical and Balanced Approach to Natural Resources and Regulations

Conserving our natural resources extends beyond our regulatory obligation, it ensures that future generations have opportunities to enjoy our waterways and wildlife. When you partner with Apex Companies, you have our commitment to approach your project with both the economic and environmental aspects in mind. This practical and balanced approach takes into account the many aspects of your project that can be tricky and time-consuming. These include planning for wetland and waters delineation; evaluating protected species; tackling historical and archeological issues; navigating local, state, and federal permitting processes; and applying the intricacies of evolving regulations. That’s just a few challenges you may face.

Jurisdictional Waters and Wetlands

With a thorough knowledge of the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting process, our biologists and ecologists skillfully negotiate issues involving discharges to regulated waters, including:

  • Jurisdictional waters and wetland determinations and delineations (federal and state compliance) in accordance with US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) methods and regional supplement guidance
  • Section 401 water quality certification
  • Section 402 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
  • Section 404 Nationwide Permit (NWP) authorization and individual permits
  • Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act, crossing navigable waters
  • State general permits, individual permits, and joint permit programs
  • Feasibility studies and impact avoidance and minimization strategies
  • Regulated waters and wetland mitigation/restoration
  • Municipal floodplain and buffer zone permitting
Jurisdictional Waters & Wetlands

Species Management

Species Management

Our biologists and wildlife scientists can help you identify, evaluate, and permit projects with protected species issues through state agencies and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Our services include:

  • Threatened and endangered (T&E) species habitat studies
  • Phase I, II, and III species surveys
  • Section 7 and 10 Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation and permitting support
  • Migratory Bird Treaty Act compliance
  • Early project scoping support (to streamline project timelines, avoid species active seasons, and minimize impacts to habitat)
  • Mitigation planning
  • Invasive species treatment and management
  • Habitat enhancement and restoration
  • Construction monitoring

Cultural Resources

We maintain a thorough understanding of archeological, historical, and tribal regulatory frameworks at the state and federal level with expertise that proves invaluable during project scoping and  environmental constraints analyses. This includes historic structures, historic archeology, and prehistoric archeology experts who can provide:

  • Phase I, II, and III archeological and historical resource investigations
  • Section 106 coordination for federal actions
  • Historic standing structures assessment
  • State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) coordination
  • Tribal consultation
  • Construction monitoring
Cultural Resources

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and similar State Programs

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and similar State Programs

We can help you successfully navigate the NEPA review process—required for all federal actions—through expert identification of environmental constraints, maintaining productive relationships with agency staff, understanding the regulatory framework and review process, and effectively coordinating with agencies and the project team to keep the project on schedule. Similarly, many states have their own requirements required for their jurisdiction. NEPA evaluation includes not only regulated waters/wetlands, protected species, and cultural resources but also evaluates air quality, noise abatement and control, protected lands, light pollution, hazardous materials, contamination, environmental justice and any/all potential impacts associated with a proposed project.

Our experience spans pipeline construction, telecommunication installations, third party property transfers, city and county renovation projects, transportation facility and corridor studies, master plans for municipal development, water supply projects, and public utility projects. We understand the importance of interdisciplinary communication and people management for sensitive projects. To do that, we maintain or develop relationships with agency staff and as needed, serve as a liaison with local community members. Our team of experts can provide initial review, Categorical Exclusion (CE), Environmental Assessment (EA), and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), phases of the NEPA process.

Additional and Advanced Capabilities

  • Natural channel design (Rosgen Methods) stream restoration services and stream banking
  • Wetland mitigation/restoration planning, permitting, design, banking support, and post-construction monitoring
  • Nutrient management and nutrient banking
  • Ecological restoration and reclamation
  • Ecological risk assessments
  • Watershed level regulatory permitting and program management
  • Protected lands and special access property support (e.g., government or preserved lands)
  • Treatment wetland design, construction, and management
  • Environmental support for port and waterway development, coastal and inland waterways, and tidal programs
  • Emergency response, spill release, and natural disaster (e.g. fire, hurricane, etc.) support
  • Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) analysis and wildlife restoration planning
  • USFWS Section 7 and 10 consultation support
  • Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) compliance
  • Wetland delineation and Section 401/402/404 permitting
  • Phase I, II, and III archeological and historical resource investigations
  • National Historic Preservation Act Section (NHPA) Section 106 coordination for federal actions
  • Historic standing structures assessment
  • Cultural resources management plans (CRMP)
  • Mitigation planning
  • Construction monitoring
Additional and Advanced Capabilities
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What Our Clients are Saying

“The Apex team have been professional, dedicated and flexible, and have provided defensible documentation that meets all aspects of the 1200 Series Rulemaking for Wildlife Protections. In addition, the team provided valuable assistance with species identification and thoughtful insight on available mitigation methods. The assistance of Apex has positioned us to meet these requirements for several years. As the Environmental SME for Oil & Gas, I cannot imagine where this program would be without the assistance of Apex’s team. My thanks to APEX for the consistent and quality work, and look forward to our continuing partnership.”

Lead Environmental Specialist, Oil & Gas Client

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