Third-Party Review of Applicant-Prepared Documents & Technical Studies
For city and county planning departments in California that do not have enough time, staff, or other resources to thoroughly review CEQA documents and technical studies created by other consultants, ECORP provides Third-Party Reviews Of Applicant-Prepared Documents And Technical Studies.
ECORP’s in-house team has a thorough understanding of the latest case law, regulatory methodologies, and technology and applies this knowledge to our third-party reviews of applicant-prepared documents which ensures their technical soundness and legal defensibility.
Which Applicant-Prepared Documents Does ECORP Review?
ECORP reviews all types of documents required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), including:
- CEQA Categorical Exemption
- CEQA Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND)
- CEQA Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
- NEPA Categorical Exclusion
- NEPA Environmental Assessment (EA)
- NEPA Environmental Impact Study (EIS)
Technical Studies
Additionally, CEQA and NEPA require the completion of technical studies depending on the location and nature of a project. ECORP can build a team to review the following technical studies that may be required by CEQA or NEPA:
- Aesthetics
- Agriculture/Forestry Resources
- Air Quality
- Biological Resources
- Cultural Resources
- Energy
- Geology and Soils
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Hazards and Hazardous Materials
- Hydrology and Water Quality
- Land Use and Planning
- Mineral Resources
- Noise and Groundborne Vibrations
- Paleontological Resources
- Population and Housing
- Public Interpretation and Education Services
- Recreation
- Transportation
- Utilities and Service Systems
- Wildfire
How Does ECORP Perform Third-Party Reviews of Applicant-Prepared Documents?
ECORP has developed a simple yet thorough process for reviewing all applicant-prepared documents:
- The applicant submits technical studies and other documents to be reviewed.
- We examine all laws and regulations the analysis must meet, including those required by CEQA, NEPA, and other federal, state, and local regulations.
- A review of the documents is performed to see if the document is technically sound or sufficient to be used in a CEQA analysis.
- If there are any issues, we provide comments to the applicant.
- We review revised documents once complete.
Our process ensures that technical studies and CEQA or NEPA documents are complete, include all the legally required information, and can be presented for approval to the appropriate decision-making body.
What Other Documentation Services Does ECORP Offer?
ECORP does much more than just review documents completed by other environmental consultants. We can also quickly and efficiently complete these CEQA and NEPA documents in-house to ensure full compliance with these and other environmental regulations.
Many other environmental consultants specialize in just a few resources and must outsource analysis for other resources to other companies, creating inconsistencies and causing delays. But ECORP has its own team of in-house experts who can complete nearly all of the technical studies needed to support CEQA or NEPA documentation, allowing project proponents to streamline the environmental consulting process before, during, and after construction.
Contact ECORP to Learn More about Our Third-Party Review of Applicant-Prepared Documents and Technical Studies
If you’ve already had another environmental consultant complete your documents, ECORP will be happy to provide you with a third-party review to ensure full compliance with CEQA, NEPA, and other environmental regulations.
Contact for ECORP to learn more about our Third-Party Review of Applicant-Prepared Documents and Technical Studies.