Chuck Kessler is a certified planner and certified environmental planner for EnviroScience’s Ohio environmental consulting services. Chuck manages key projects involving site assessment services and NEPA compliance activity for federally funded projects. He is knowledgeable and experienced in the site assessment process, ODOT’s Transportation Development Process (PDP), the Local Public Agency (LPA) project development process, and various environmental regulations relating to transportation, land development, property assessment, and construction projects.
Chuck has written and managed the preparation of numerous environmental documents and reports. These have included Phase 1 ESA’s (due diligence investigations), environmental assessments (EIS format), categorical exclusion (CE) documents, feasible alternative summaries, transportation corridor studies, 404 Army Corps of Engineers permits, 401 state water quality certifications and Isolated Wetlands Permits, Section 4(f) evaluations, and Section 106 consultation documents. He is familiar with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act, the Ohio Department of Transportation Act, CERCLA, RCRA, NPDES, the Clean Water Act, All Appropriate Inquiry, AAI, etc. In addition, Chuck has extensive experience in dealing with the public and local government stakeholders and conducting project-related public involvement activities for the firm.
Contact Chuck at: CKessler @ EnviroScienceInc.com
Few environmental firms in the country retain EnviroScience’s degree of scientific know-how, talent, and capability under one roof. The diverse backgrounds of our biologists, environmental engineers, scientists, and divers enable us to provide comprehensive in-house services and an integrated approach to solving environmental challenges—saving clients time, reducing costs, and ensuring high-quality results.
Our client guarantee is to provide “Excellence in Any Environment,” meaning no matter what we do, we will deliver on our Core Values of respect, client advocacy, quality work, accountability, teamwork, and safety. EnviroScience was created with the concept that we could solve complex problems by empowering great people. This concept still holds true today as our scientists explore the latest environmental legislation and regulations and incorporate the most up-to-date technology to gather and report data.
EnviroScience expertise includes but is not limited to aquatic surveys (including macroinvertebrate surveys and biological assessments); ecological restoration; ecological services (including impact assessments, invasive species control, and water quality monitoring); emergency response; engineering and compliance services; endangered mussel surveys; laboratory and analysis; stormwater management; threatened and endangered species; and wetlands and streams (including delineation and mitigation). Further, EnviroScience is one of the few biological firms in the country that is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors International (ADCI) and offers full-service commercial diving services.