PWGC administers the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act process for boards, agencies and applicants, from the first classification decision through findings.
PWGC serves as environmental and planning consultant, preparing determinations and notices for lead and involved agencies.
PWGC handles permitting for state and federally regulated wetlands, adjacent areas, floodplain development and coastal management zones.
PWGC provides expert testimony and public presentations to carry a project through review in front of the community.
SEQRA (New York State Environmental Quality Review Act) is a sequence and most of the risk in it sits at the front. Three things shape how our planners work.
PWGC assists Boards with administration and management of the SEQRA process, prepares environmental analyses and permit applications for construction and alteration projects, and coordinates with involved agencies.
Board and public meeting support
As environmental and planning consultant, PWGC reviews and prepares environmental and planning documents, determinations and notices, and assists lead and involved agencies with process administration.
Lead agency administration
PWGC assists in the preliminary planning phase, prepares environmental assessments and impact statements and related documents, and obtains the required permits.
Preliminary planning through permits
PWGC determines the action type and prepares Type II opinion letters where an action is exempt from further review.
We establish lead agency, circulate the required notices and manage coordinated review among involved agencies.
PWGC prepares environmental assessment forms, scoping documents and environmental impact statements, with supporting land use and zoning analysis.
We prepare determinations of significance, findings statements, notices and assistance with resolutions, and present at hearings.
Administration of the SEQRA process. Type II opinion letters. Coordinated review. Environmental assessment forms. Scoping documents. Environmental impact statements. Determinations of significance. Findings statements. Notices and assistance with resolutions. Land use and zoning assessments. Permitting and compliance for federally and state regulated wetlands and adjacent areas, floodplain development, coastal management zones and other designated critical environmental areas. Historic resources and Section 14.09 compliance. Expert testimony and public presentations.
