Chatham and Lee Counties, NC
In 2014, Duke Energy announced it would permanently close its coal ash basins for its North Carolina power plants and store the nearly 2 million tons of coal ash it had produced in Lee and Chatham county mines owned by Charah, a Kentucky-based coal ash disposal company.
Charah hired EnviroScience (formerly ClearWater Environmental Consultants, Inc.) to perform a comprehensive wetland delineation, a threatened and endangered species survey, and secure a Section 404 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Individual Permit and 401 Water Quality Certification to impact the 4,256 linear feet of stream and 1.62 acres of wetlands for the development of two landfills suitable for the disposal of the Duke Energy coal ash.
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.
