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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS <br />I <br />CEQA and NEPA Services <br />SWCA excels at preparing technically <br />adequate, legally defensible, and <br />understandable CEQA and NEPA <br />documents to enable approval and <br />speedy implementation of both public <br />and private projects. The experienced <br />SWCA staff has completed hundreds of <br />CEQA and NEPA documents. CEQA <br />documents include Environmental <br />Impact Reports (EIRs), Initial Studies and <br />Negative Declarations (NDs), Mitigation <br />Monitoring and Reporting Programs <br />(MMRPs), and CEQA findings. NEPA <br />documents include Environmental <br />Impact Statements (EISs); Environmental <br />Assessments (EAs), and Records of <br />Decision (RODs). <br />SWCA professionals have managed, written, and produced CEQA and NEPA <br />documentation for projects of all sizes and types. Project types have included <br />residential, commercial and industrial land development; wineries; parks; mining; <br />water resources; energy production and distribution; transportation; pipelines, <br />fiber optic cables and other linear projects; landfills; and natural resources man- <br />agement plans. <br />In addition to preparing entire CEQA and NEPA documents, SWCA has the quali- <br />fications and experience to: <br />• Prepare key technical sections of CEQA and NEPA documents <br />• Conduct strategic third -party review of CEQA and NEPA documents <br />prepared by others <br />• Comprehensively administer the CEQA process for agencies needing <br />additional staff resources, including staff reports and presentations <br />• Write lead agency CEQA and NEPA compliance manuals (SWCA staff co - <br />coauthored two industry -standard desktop references, the CEQA <br />Deskbook and The NEPA Book) <br />• Conduct CEQA and NEPA training <br />• Prepare and implement mitigation monitoring and reporting programs <br />• Provide litigation support when CEQA and NEPA documents are judicially <br />challenged <br />SWCA has professionals with expertise in all aspects of the CEQA and NEPA <br />processes, including in-house air quality, noise, and visual resource assessment <br />specialists, <br />The quality of SWCA's environmental documents has been recognized over the <br />years by the industry through three Association of Environmental Professionals <br />"Outstanding Environmental Document" awards. <br />SWCA <br />ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS <br />i! <br />