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Environmental Consulting
Answers you want for insights you need.
A trusted authority on refining, chemical manufacturing, and oil & gas industries, Alliance partners with you to provide professional guidance, specialized services, and precision-driven solutions in air, water, and natural resources.
With proficient and efficient environmental consultants on your team, you can be confident in accuracy, consistency, and responsiveness.
Security of one source.
Working with one proven, capable partner helps simplify processes, reduce risks, and build stronger business relationships with greater strategic value.
Compliance peace of mind.
With active roles in various trade groups, our consultants assure your regulatory compliance with comprehensive plans and step-by-step support.
Short response times guaranteed.
It’s never a good time for an incident, but our rapid-deployment teams get clients back on track fast, with mitigation strategies to minimize costs and protect reputations.
Services & Solutions
Environmental Consulting
Air Quality | Water Quality | Natural Resources | Engineering
Specialists in designing and building environmental programs that work, our consultants help you identify, understand, and address potential areas of environmental vulnerability and risk.
Air Quality Services
Air Permitting
Collaborating with environmental, operational, and project teams, we deliver permit applications that effectively minimize compliance risks. We also work with local, state, and federal agencies to secure permits swiftly.
Air Compliance
Get tailored compliance and tracking solutions developed specifically for your organization.
Air Dispersion Modeling
Providing nationwide expertise in air pollutant dispersion modeling, Alliance consultants conduct NAAQS impact evaluations and state toxics screenings, with proficiency in various air dispersion models such as SCREEN3, ISCS, AERSCREEN, AND AERMOD.
Reporting
Building on a significant track record of successful reports that adhere to regulatory requirements, Alliance also provides the detailed, internal documentation required to obtain responsible official certification.
GMAP (Geospatial Measuring of Air Pollutants)
On-Demand Mobile Monitoring
From identifying unknown emission sources and enhancing existing programs to assisting with EPA inspections and responding rapidly during incidents—GMAP uses real-time technology to deliver live data that can be accessed while in the field, allowing for immediate compliance.
Risk Reduction | Real-Time Air Monitoring | Detailed Snapshots | Customized
Backed by extensive expertise from EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) GMAP program.
Odor Assessment Services
Odors from agricultural, commercial, industrial, and municipal sources can negatively affect nearby residents. Alliance offers specialized solutions for all your odor challenges.
Odor Impact Assessments | Odor Emission Source Sampling |Odor Compliance Testing | Odor Consulting – Expert Witness Testimony
Water Quality Services
Hydrological & Hydraulic Studies
Assisting you with TMDL, waste load allocations, and flow analysis, our specialties include dye tracer studies, flow modeling (such as HEC-RAS), and direct flow measurements. We help calculate regulatory low flows (e.g., 7Q10) to adjust pollutant load limits, working closely with state agencies, USGS, and EPA to ensure your water quality projects are successful.
NPDES Permitting
Your goal is our mission—to minimize costs associated with meeting water quality standards and effluent guideline requirements. We cover permit application development, review and negotiations; Adjudication support, reparation of pollution prevention plans, and NPDES data systems management (including DMR preparation).
Stormwater
Assisting industrial, construction, and municipal clients achieve cost-effective compliance with local, state, and federal stormwater discharge regulations.
Natural Resources
Biological Assessment
Leveraging advanced techniques for fish, macroinvertebrate, periphyton, zooplankton, phytoplankton, and habitat analysis across diverse environments, our specialists are equipped to handle multiple site surveys in various waterbody sizes.
Human Health Ecological Risk Assessment
With more than 50 years of combined experience in water, groundwater, soil/sediment, and air, our team of scientists, toxicologists, and engineers provide ecological and human health risk assessments for industrial clients, with concerns ranging from heavy metals to organic pollutants.
Stream and Wetland Restoration and Mitigation
From step-pools and riffles to bank stabilization and in-stream habitat features, our team of ecologists, hydrologists, engineers, and wetland scientists collaborate to effectively restore and enhance wetland habitats for mitigation and water/stormwater treatment.
USACE Permitting
Providing strategic US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) permitting services to reduce, avoid, or minimize impacts on Waters of the US, while controlling permitting and mitigation costs.
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Design
We provide solutions to wastewater, stormwater, and potable water infrastructure requirements for municipal, commercial, and industrial clients.
Site Design
Our site design capability includes planning, permitting, design, bidding, construction administration, and construction inspections. We serve residential and commercial developments, railways, and industrial facilities.
Permitting & Funding Assistance
We provide regulatory guidance and compliance assistance navigating the application of various federal and state environmental and permitting programs, and low-interest funding and loans.
Industrial Process Capabilities
Alliance has a team of engineers experienced in project studies and the design of industrial process solutions for chemical, pulp & paper, and pharmaceutical plants.
Process and Mechanical Engineering
As part of our industrial engineering services, we provide process and mechanical engineering studies to improve productivity by identifying, correcting or preventing weaknesses in the manufacturing and process systems.
Surveying and Mapping
Alliance has both licensed surveyors and GIS mapping experts in order to provide a seamless approach to every job and a higher-quality end result.
“Compliance is not just a requirement but a commitment. Our proactive approach to environmental compliance ensures that we not only meet regulatory standards but exceed them—leading the way in assisting our clients with their compliance goals.”
Jeff Lask
Senior Vice President, Environmental Compliance Division
HON RTR Amendment
Years of Details. Clear Road to Compliance.
The final EPA Risk and Technology Review (RTR) amendments for Hazardous Organic NESHAP (HON) became effective on July 15, 2024.
It’s important to know what, when and how to plan for your course of action.
Find critical compliance dates, requirements, and advice as you begin your implementation programs.
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