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WEST, Inc. has extensive consulting experience in state and federal environmental regulation compliance including work under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). WEST has acted as both sole consultant and as a team member with other firms conducting NEPA projects, including preparation of Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments (EA), and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). WEST has also prepared support documents for NEPA projects, such as baseline studies, records of decision, and mitigation and monitoring plans. In addition, WEST specializes in conflict resolution and negotiation of natural resource issues with the public and private sectors. WEST is experienced in all phases of NEPA compliance, including:
- Public scoping and issues identification
- Purpose and need development
- Alternatives evaluation and analysis
- Affected environment description
- Environmental effects analysis
- Mitigation plans
- Public comment review and synthesis
- Final Environmental Documents
In addition to the preparation of NEPA documents, WEST has also performed critical reviews of NEPA documents.
Representative Projects
- Greybull Valley Dam and Reservoir Environmental Impact Statement; prepared for the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Platte River Programmatic EIS, Executive Director of effort to develop proposed action; in cooperation with States of Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Four Winds Casino Environmental Assessment; prepared for the National Indian Gaming Commission.
- Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Mill Bay Casino Environmental Assessment; prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Klamath Tribes, Oregon, Gaming Facility Environmental Assessment; prepared for the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Environmental Assessment for Reclamation of over 30 sites; prepared for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Abandoned Mine Lands Program.
- Wahsatch Gathering System Sour Gas Pipeline Environmental Assessment, wildlife section; prepared for Union Pacific Resources.
- Greater Wamsutter Oil and Gas Environmental Assessment third party review and mitigation plan; conducted for Union Pacific Resources.
- Mulligan Draw Gas Field Environmental Impact Statement review; conducted for Union Pacific Resources.
- Wyoming Highway 131, Sinks Canyon Road Environmental Assessment; prepared for the Federal Highway Administration and Wyoming Department of Transportation.
- Wyoming Highway 34, Bosler Jct. - Wheatland Environmental Assessment; prepared for Federal Highway Administration and Wyoming Department of Transportation
- Wyoming Highway 130, Snowy Range Road Environmental Assessment; prepared for the Federal Highway Administration and Wyoming Department of Transportation.
- Union Pacific Resources Corporation Land Exchange preliminary Environmental Assessment; prepared for Union Pacific Resources Company.
- Moran Junction - Dubois Highway Environmental Impact Statement for proposed improvements to U.S. Highway 26/287. Prepared biological resource sections. Subcontractor to URS Corporation. Prepared for Wyoming Department of Transportation.
- Tie Hack Campground Environmental Assessment; prepared for U.S. Forest Service.
- Tensleep Fish Hatchery Expansion Environmental Assessment; prepared for U.S. Forest Service.
- Seminoe Dam Road Environmental Assessment; prepared for reconstruction of Phase IV of the Seminoe Dam Road. Prepared for Bureau of Land Management.
- City of Buffalo Water Tank and Pipeline Environmental Assessment and Biological Assessment; prepared for EPA.
- Uinta Basin Natural Gas Project Environmental Assessment; consulted with the BLM on impact mule deer and assisted the BLM in response based on perceived impacts. Subcontractor to ENSR. Prepared for Resource Development Group.
- Environmental Investigations and Categorical Exclusions as part of NEPA compliance for 10 years throughout Wyoming. Prepared for Wyoming Department of Transportation.
- Two-Elk Power Plant Biological Assessment in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming; prepared for the U.S. Forest Service.
- Questar Pipeline Project; conducted field surveys in support of FERC application documents and NEPA documentation, Utah. Prepared for Natural Resource Group.
- Snow Sails Project; conducted a rare plant survey for an experimental avalanche control project in near Jackson, Wyoming. Prepared for the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
- Cody - Yellowstone Highway Project; conducted 10-year study to monitor impacts of a highway construction project on water quality and aquatic macro-invertebrates. Prepared for Wyoming Department of Transportation.
- Maiden Wind Project Environmental Impact Statement; participated on team for the proposed Maiden Wind Power Project in Benton County, Washington. Prepared for Bonneville Power Administration.
- Hoback Junction Environmental Impact Statement; currently preparing the biological resource sections for an 11-mile section of U.S. Highway 189/191 near Jackson, Wyoming. Preparing for Wyoming Department of Transportation.
- Pfisterer to Dell Creek Environmental Assessment; currently preparing an EA for upgrading portions of U.S. Highway 189/191 near Bondurant, Wyoming. Preparing for the Wyoming Department of Transportation.
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