Housing The complex issues surrounding the Agriculture Street Landfill are part of a much larger story about environmental justice and public housing that, while an entrenched part of the city’s history, came to the forefront post-Katrina. According to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., “a powerfully discriminatory tendency in planning is for environmentally vulnerable low-income neighborhoods to be deemed disposable, whereas equally vulnerable
the Methow Valley Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Okanogan County in north central Washington State starting in the summer of 2017. This Environmental Assessment (EA) was prepared compliant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Evaluations. Pursuant with the RFP, Cardno has signed Section 6 Submittal Categories and Acknowledgement Form and we have attached that document immediately behind this introduction to our team and services. Cardno has assembled for you a team of experts in aquatic ecology, hydrologic modeling, data management and interpretation, statistical analysis, botany, wetland science, wildlife ecology, restoration, Geographic Information Systems, and environmental planning. Staff from our Tallahassee office, where this
takes a more meandering path through River Bluffs Open Space. This will create more recreational opportunities within the open space such as angling, rafting/kayaking, and pedestrian greenways. This project will also provide opportunities for environmental education about flood mitigation. Clearly stated goals and objectives of proposed work Take the river system back to a natural, meandering
a way to objectively prioritize the proposed restoration sites in our Citywide Creek Master Plan. Performance Standards: I actively push myself to be aware of and upholding to the organizational values and basic principles of the City of Santa Rosa, which are easily available in my office to reference. One of the basic principle I value greatly is to “take initiative to make things better” because I have a very genuine care for the work that our section is capable of carrying out. I try my best to
The Everglades Restoration Plan is the policy to increase the flow of clean water to the Everglades, in an effort to protect the environment, provide for recreational activities, and supply South Florida with a clean supply of potable water. At a cost of more than $10.5 billion and with a 35+ year time-line, this is the largest hydrologic restoration project ever undertaken in the United States. The Federal Government approved Florida’s landmark water quality project that, once constructed, all parties
outlines a year to year plan on the possible execution of phases 4 through 6. In order to successfully engineer this 20 year plan, the triple bottom line must be a concrete threshold for the project: People, Profit, and Planet. By being aware of the environmental implications of this plan, as well as the social impacts and the cost of the project, the project definition strives to match what Holcim stands for as a company. This report will cover
The National Environmental Policy Act Our Congress created the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969 in order to establish an environmental foundation for mankind. This policy endorses harmony between humans and the vast ecosystems surrounding them. To obtain this goal and provide our future with resources as well, NEPA is separated into two titles. The first title declares the policy in detail while the second title focuses on the Council on Environmental Quality. The CEQ oversees
Act (CAA) is a law that regulates air emissions from mobile and stationary sources. This law is comprehensive federal that authorize the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect people’s health and welfare and to regulate emissions of hazardous air pollutants (The United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA, 2015). The title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA) states the general requirements for states to submit Strategic Investment
policy-makers who are considering Benefit-Transfer Methodology (BTM) as a tool to preserve open space and ecosystem services through policymaking and/or political influence. Additionally, environmental organizations and land stewards in California could find value in the conclusions of this report as they deliberate which planning resources to use toward progressing their respective agendas. Notably, the findings drawn from this report are not exclusive to California and can be helpful to different areas