Buncombe County, NC
Pratt & Whitney, a Connecticut-based aircraft engine manufacturing company, turned to our experts when they contracted to build an 800,000 sq. ft., $650 million+ manufacturing facility on a 90-acre site in Buncombe County near the French Broad River.
EnviroScience—formerly known as ClearWater Environmental Consultants, Inc.—performed a comprehensive wetland delineation and a threatened and endangered species survey. Our experts also conducted a Section 7 Consultation for Appalachian elktoe, Gray bat, and Northern long-eared bat, species found in the site’s area, to ensure these species were not jeopardized.
We filed a Cultural Resources and Memorandum of Agreement, conducted a Public Hearing, and secured Section 10 and Section 404 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Individual Permits and a 401 Water Quality Permit for the project.
Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.
Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.
EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring); emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.
