Environmental Services
Built With a Sustainable Mindset
The BOW Renewables Environmental team offers a full scope of services for every stage of your renewable energy project’s lifecycle. From pre-construction through post-construction, we ensure the design and development of your project is sustainable and eco-friendly while in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations Our team of environmental professionals have a strong background in ecology, permitting, research, and conservation. Our environmental services include but are not limited to the following:
Pre-Construction Environmental Services
for Wind and Solar Energy Projects
BOW Renewables has a proven success rate of post-construction bird, bat and eagle monitoring at both wind and solar facilities.
- Plant, wildlife, and habitat surveys (e.g., avian surveys, bat surveys, rare plants, etc.)
- Federal and State natural resource agency coordination; Section 7/10 Consultations
- Develop taxa or species-specific management strategies (e.g., Bird and Bat Conservation Strategies, Habitat Conservation Plans, Eagle Conservation Plans)
- USFWS Wind Energy Guidelines and Eagle Conservation Plan Guidance surveys and evaluation
- Eagle Take Permits
- Federal and State Incidental Take Permits
- Develop and implement research and wildlife study designs (e.g., eagle detection and deterrent system research and evaluation, bat acoustic deterrent system study, long-term HCP monitoring and studies, etc.)
- Solar site pollinator habitat planning, and habitat restoration plans
- Remote/Desktop wetland identification; wetland presence or absence surveys
- Wetland and waterway boundary delineations
- Monitor wetland replacement, restoration, and mitigation sites
Construction and Post-Construction Environmental Services
Biological and Environmental Monitoring During Construction
- SWPPP and Stormwater Compliance Monitoring
- Sensitive/Protected Environmental Area Monitoring
- Protected Species Monitoring
Post-Construction Mortality Monitoring
- Bird and bat species post-construction mortality monitoring at wind or solar energy facility
- Create and implement any specific survey, analysis, and reporting protocols
- Extensive experience with projects with USFWS incidental take permits/habitat conservation plans and long-term monitoring plans
Permitting
- Geographical Information Systems (GIS) site review for buildability and constraints
- Initial site assessment and planning
- National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permits
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
- Section 404 Nationwide Permits and Section 10 Permits
- Highway Occupancy Permits
- Spill Prevention Control and Counter (SPCC) Plans
- Water Obstruction and Encroachment Permits
- Power Siting Board/PUC Certificates and Permits
- Municipal permit approvals (zoning, land development, right‐of‐way)
- Public meetings and hearing expert testimony
- Habitat Conservation Plan/Incidental Take Permits, Eagle Take Permits
- Viewshed analysis, photo simulations, shadow flicker analysis
- ASTM Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments
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