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Environmental
Assessment
and Corrective Action
Phase
1 Site Assessments
consist of observation and historical fact finding to determine
the possible existence of contamination or environmental hazards,
as well as human health and safety liabilities. The specific areas
of knowledge required are a comprehensive understanding of building
structures and materials including their chemical analysis, an
ability to recognize the signs of acute but perhaps phenotypically
minor impact to the physiognomy of phytocenoses and a thorough
understanding of the processes of manufacturing, its raw materials
and waste products.
Phase
2 Site Assessments consist of quantification and identification
of a hazard as well as the direction and flow rate of the intrusion
from matrix analysis where applicable. The ultimate purpose of the
Phase 2 is to provide enough data to quantify the cost and methodology
required for corrective action as well as the probably effectiveness
of the plan. The areas of expertise required to perform the Phase
2 are environmental and public health knowledge with a particular
emphasis on organic and inorganic chemistry, human biology, and
ecology.
The
President must be able to direct corrective action, which consists
of the planning and oversight of the remediation procedures necessary
for the detoxification or elimination of an environmental contaminant
or hazard. This requires the specification and collection
of subject matrix samples for laboratory analysis and the writing
of the required technical reports.
Forest
Community
Replacement Indexing
Analyze
and quantify the relative time required to replace actively, a phytocenose.
To perform this task one must identify every plant in a forest.
Also required is the ability to calculate accurately the range
of age in each tree species. Competence in botany is required.
Wetland
Delineation
The
establishing of wetland boundaries using quadrats, transects, continuous
transect quantification, hydrological analysis, and soil identification.
This procedure requires that a majority of the plant life
in specified areas be identified in any season. This task must be
performed by a competent botanist. Significant soil science knowledge
is also required.
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Wetland
Assessment
Analyze
floristic quality, hydrological efficacy, and the quality of water
as it is accepted and released from the wetland to provide both
a numerical and a qualitative determination of functional values
pursuant to the mitigation of the loss of a wetland. Assessment
requires a total inventory of the vascular flora within the wetland
as well as hydrological and limnological studies of the wetland.
One must be an expert botanist, lininologist, and hydrologist.
Wetland
Mitigation
Evaluate
the replacement or enhancement of the functional values ofwetlands.
This may be limited to minor enhancement planting or it may
entail the complete recreation of a wetland on a virgin site.
Considerable knowledge of civil engineering, soil science, hydrology,
and the horticulture of native plants is an absolute requirement.
Mitigation plans must be conceived, drafted, implemented by contractors,
and overseen and evaluated for five years thereafter.
Conservation
Planning and Design
The
President must be able to suggest methods for the recreation
of natural areas for restoration, protection, and the increase of
assessed quality. Such projects include the planning of green-ways,
roadside natural areas, and low maintenance, native plant
communities for public and private projects, up to and including
reforestation. Botanical and horticultural knowledge of the species
used is required.
Environmental
Impact Studies
The
President must be able to evaluate a subject site with respect to
a proposed development of that site or with respect to the past
intrusions of man. The Managing Partner determines the impact of
a new development on the balance and character of the phytocenose
to ensure that species are not compromised. Full floristic/faunistic
inventory of the site is required as is an evaluation of the
sensitivity of each species to a variety of intrusions. The study
must be performed by a competent biologist or ecologist.
Endangered Species Studies
Use
baseline threshold analysis, floristic and faunistic inventories
to determine if any species on site are fatally compromised or are
reaching their tolerance threshold and face imminent population
decline. Possible on-site migration is also noted.
Minimal
Effects Determinations
The
evaluation of large wetland complexes in relation to past
or future impacts. This requires the evaluation of minute details
regarding physiography, biochemical assay, history, quality
assessment, assessment of all functional values, and prediction
of future assessed values.
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