Hertford County, NC
Nucor, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading North American producer of steel and steel products with over 25,000 employees and locations across the U.S. When the company expanded its operations to build a steel recycling mill on a 990-acre site in North Carolina, they turned to our experts.
EnviroScience, formerly ClearWater Environmental Consultants, Inc., successfully collaborated with Nucor to prepare an environmental assessment for SEPA compliance. The assessment, which led to a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) from the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources, is a testament to our commitment to delivering successful outcomes.
Services for this project also included:
- A comprehensive wetland delineation
- Threatened and endangered species survey
- Public hearing, scoping, and public review
- Section 404 and Section 10 US Army Corps of Engineers Permitting, 401 Water Quality Certification and CAMA Major Permit
- A utility corridor, sewer line, new wastewater treatment facility, and new port facility on the Chowan River.
The project also included designing a seven-acre wetland mitigation area with long-term annual vegetation and groundwater well monitoring.
Most recently, EnviroScience assisted Nucor in obtaining a Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) Major Permit for new water intake on the Chowan River.
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.
