Trusted Resource for Environmental Compliance Solutions
With decades of expertise, Providence delivers innovative solutions for complex environmental challenges. Our team of engineers, scientists and technicians provides comprehensive consulting services across air, water and land, ensuring regulatory compliance and sustainable outcomes. We prioritize technical excellence, open communication and responsiveness, guiding clients through highly regulated industries with confidence. Backed by a deep understanding of federal, state and local regulations, Providence offers unmatched expertise to help clients navigate environmental compliance with precision and efficiency.
Air Quality
We simplify air quality compliance for our clients by offering effective, technically sound solutions. From permitting and dispersion modeling to emission control, our expert team provides comprehensive services throughout the project lifecycle. We can support clients with feasibility analyses, permitting strategies, enforcement actions and much more for both new and existing operations.
- Permitting & Compliance
- Air Dispersion Modeling, Training & BEEST Software
- Environmental Compliance Management Systems (ECMS)
- Regulatory Compliance Analysis
- Ambient Air Sampling & Monitoring
- Audits & Audit Support
- Permit Strategy Development
- Major & Minor NSR & Title V Permitting
- NSPS, NESHAP & MACT Applicability & Compliance
- BACT/LAER Determinations
- ERC Documentation
- Emissions Reporting
- Consent Decree & Enforcement Negotiations
- ECMS Design, Management & Implementation
- NAAQS, PSD, Increment & State Standards Modeling
- MERA Analysis
- Fenceline Monitoring Locations Determination, Installation, Sampling & Reporting
- AERMOD Training
Air Quality Monitoring
As a trusted leader in air quality monitoring services, we provide efficiency and expertise for complete compliance. Working strategically with our partners, all ambient air quality monitoring systems integrate the latest technologies in air monitoring, meteorological monitoring, analytical instrumentation, data acquisition and visualization, and process automation and control. Conducting precise emission surveys to identify fugitive and point source VOCs using advanced leak detection tools allows us to provide quality services for our clients.
- Cooling Tower Monitoring
- Ambient Air Monitoring
- Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
- Meteorological Monitoring
- Infrared (IR) Camera Survey
- El Paso Sampling
- EMACT & BWON Water Sampling
- Ambient Air Monitoring Design, Implementation & Management
- Fenceline Monitoring Location Determination, Installation, Sampling & Reporting
- CEMS Design, Implementation, Commission, Operation & Maintenance
- MET Station Design, Installation, Commission, Maintenance & Audits
- LDAR via IR Camera
Cultural Resource Management (CRM)
Our CRM services are poised to enhance regulatory compliance for clients and stakeholders. Our SOI-qualified archaeologists and architectural historians specialize in managing heritage assets, balancing progress with preservation. We can navigate compliance together by offering all levels of investigations, necessary mitigation strategies and professional guidance to ensure project goals align with historic preservation regulations. Our CRM team is dedicated to providing a clear path forward.
- Section 106 & 110 Compliance Consultation
- State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Federal Agency, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) & Tribal Coordination and Consultation
- Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) & Programmatic Agreement (PA)
- Cultural Resources Management Desktop Reviews
- Phase I, II & III Investigations
- Archaeological Compliance Monitoring
- Artifact Analysis & Curation
- Conditions Assessments (Building, Cemetery, Facility & Landscape)
- Architectural & Cultural Landscape Surveys
- Determination of Eligibility (DOE) & Assessment of Effects (AOE)
- Historic Structure Reports
- Regulatory Compliance for the Energy Sector
- Comprehensive Assessments and Recommendations during Site Selection
- Due Diligence for Preconstruction Site Development
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
We provide comprehensive in-house mapping, drafting, imaging and Geographic Information System (GIS) services. Using the latest software, we integrate GIS expertise with our engineers, scientists and surveyors to deliver tailored geographical solutions that enable clients to understand and solve spatial problems.
Our experienced GIS specialists excel in designing and managing relational databases, performing database queries and statistical analyses, and visualizing geographically referenced data for dynamic maps and data delivery. We also specialize in interpreting and geo-referencing topographic, aerial and satellite imagery, ensuring precise and actionable insights for every project.
- Mapping
- Spatial Data Collection & Evaluation
- Data Capture and Management
- Land & Marsh Classification
- Historical & Past Land Use Analysis
- Large-Scale Site Planning & Development
- Spatial Data Collection & Evaluation
- Land Assessment for Site Selection
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Services
Providence has been a trusted leader in NEPA compliance, guiding projects from short categorical exclusions (CE) to complex environmental impact statements (EIS) for sensitive and high-profile developments for over 20 years. We bridge the gap between planners and engineers, ensuring regulatory compliance with deep expertise in NEPA policies and guidelines. Our team delivers defensible analyses and documentation for federal, state and local clients evaluating environmental and economic impacts.
- Management of NEPA Process
- Environmental Assessments (EA)
- Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
- Categorical Exclusions
- Endangered Species Act Biological Assessments
- LADOTD Stage 0 Feasibility Studies/Environmental Inventories
- LADOTD Stage 1 EA/EIS
- Environmental & Alternatives Analyses
- EAs, Permitting & Compliance: Oil & Gas, Transportation and Coastal Restoration
- EA Development for Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects & Other Federally Funded Projects (DOE, HRSA)
Natural Resource & Coastal Services
At the forefront of natural resource compliance, our team has built a strong reputation with state and federal agencies throughout the Gulf Coast. Our biologists and environmental scientists leverage advanced ecological principles to help clients effectively manage endangered species, mitigate environmental impacts and ensure regulatory compliance. We provide scientifically sound ecological assessments, guide clients through the regulatory process and ensure adherence to both federal and state environmental requirements.
- Wetland Delineations/Jurisdictional Determinations
- Protected Species Surveys and Biological Assessments
- Federal, State, and Local Wetlands/Coastal Permitting
- USACE Section 408 Permissions
- Resource Agency Consultation and Coordination
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Data Acquisition
- Greenfield Construction
- Industrial/Commercial Expansions
- Pipeline Installation/Operations and Maintenance (O&M)
- Transportation
- Coastal Marsh Creation
- Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
- Wetland Mitigation & Monitoring
Waste & Groundwater Services
Our regulatory specialists excel in permitting, reporting and managing solid and hazardous waste compliance. Their experience with hazardous substances and environmental impact is integral to providing tailored waste management solutions to our clients’ needs. Providence’s understanding of complex waste regulations spans more than two decades, providing clients with cost-effective waste management options.
We also deliver cost-effective groundwater monitoring, field services and expert project management, from groundwater sampling to soil collection for geotechnical analysis and site assessments. With strong regulatory agency relationships, we advocate for clients, handling correspondence, documentation and technical guidance. Our support covers all monitoring program levels, including detection, assessment, compliance and corrective action under solid and hazardous waste programs.
- Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facility (TSDF) Permitting & Compliance
- Facility Regulatory Reporting
- Waste Minimization Planning
- Site Hydrogeology Characterization
- Sampling & Analysis Programs
- Oversight of Closure Activities
- Phase I & Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
- Risk-Based Corrective Action Program Determinations
- Aquifer Characterization & Pump Testing
- Groundwater Statistical Evaluation
- Groundwater Corrective Action Programs
- Permit Renewal & Modifications
- Landfill Expansion Permitting
- Hazardous Waste Tank Assessment & Certifications
- Waste Regulatory Delisting Petitions
- Closure Cost & Facility Permit Compliance Programs
- Waste Characterizations & Regulatory Determinations
- Waste Recycling & Reclamation Programs
- Hydrogeology Characterization Facility Studies
- Groundwater Assessment & Detection Investigations
- Deep Subsurface Reservoir Geology Evaluation for Carbon Sequestration
- Groundwater Remediation & Corrective Action
- Groundwater Mapping & Analysis
Water Quality
Our water quality specialists take a forward-thinking approach to protecting water resources while ensuring compliance with federal, state and local regulations. With expertise in environmental and ecological modeling, permitting, field sampling and regulatory compliance, we deliver scientifically sound assessments and solutions for complex water quality challenges.
- Permitting & Compliance
- Monitoring & Assessment
- Inspection & Maintenance
- Water Quality Modeling
- Permitting Grassroots Facilities
- Permitting Facility Expansions, Modifications & Renewals
- Ambient, Drinking Water, Wastewater & Storm Water Sampling
- Effluent & Ambient Data Reporting
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Operations & Maintenance
- Storm Water Inspections
- Cross Connection Surveys
- Backflow Prevention Device Inspections
- AST Inspections (STI-SP001 Tanks)
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Featured Environmental Projects
Heavily impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the West Grand Terre Island Project restored 235 acres along 12,700 feet of beach, dune, and back barrier marsh habitat to address storm surge and wave attenuation, gulf shoreline erosion, and subsidence of back barrier marshes.
Providence conducted all environmental activities required for the initial construction and operation of a vertically integrated chemical manufacturing facility for the world’s largest producer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), in Iberville Parish, Louisiana.
Location: Jefferson Parish, LA Providence has supported Cornerstone’s 800-acre chemical manufacturing complex in Jefferson Parish Louisiana with all environmental permitting and compliance projects for over 15 […]
Location: DeSoto County, Mississippi Providence provided regulatory compliance and permitting assistance for approximately 2,000 feet of FERC pipeline in Mississippi. Providence’s scope of work included threatened […]