JW Hart & Associates, LLC

State Agencies and/or the U.S. EPA have issued Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permits for stormwater discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).  Multiple entities are affected by this rule and include:

• Cities and Counties
• Departments of Transportation
• Universities
• Military and Federal Installations
• Energy Exploration, Production, Distribution, and Retailing
• Industrial/Manufacturing
• Construction
• Transportation Services
  1. Airports
  2. Rail Facilities
  3. Shipping Ports

As such, program implementation is at various stages throughout the country.  Each entity identified as meeting the designation criteria established in the NPDES Phase II MS4 Fact Sheet must submit a Notice of Intent (NOI) along with associated Best Management Practices (BMPs) after issuance of each State permit.

JW Hart & Associates, LLC provides an equitable solution to meet the obligations, and deadlines, of this regulatory requirement. We are uniquely qualified and experienced in all aspects of storm water program management, development, implementation, and regulatory compliance, and can help each entity meet the challenges by identifying reasonable BMPs that meet compliance objectives, yet are easy to maintain and cost effective to implement. 

Based on cost effective BMP implementation and reasonable permit/re-permit solutions, we can implement any aspect of an entities’ MS4, Industrial, and/or Construction NPDES permit program.  In addition,  for those entities that do not have staff or capabilities to administer, we can become a functional arm asset to you by providing those services that would normally require an entity to hire additional staff, and/or place additional duties and responsibilities on existing staff.

Some of these services include:

PLANNING AND PERMITTING

• Develop Stormwater Management Programs and NOI’s
• Develop BMP’s and Implementation Schedules
• Establishment of Measurable Goals
• Estimate Staff and Resource Needs
• Estimate Implementation Costs
• Conduct Drainage Master Planning
• Map Floodplains and Environmental Constraints 

FUNDING

• Establish Drainage Utilities
• Conduct Rate Studies
• Provide Grant Application Assistance
• Provide Grant Administration

IMPLEMENTATION

• Prepare Stormwater Ordinances
• Facilitate Stakeholder Meetings
• Prepare Educational Materials and Programs
• Map and Screen Stormwater Outfalls
• Investigate Illicit Discharges
• Inspect Construction Sites
• Conduct New Development Plan Reviews
• Develop Criteria Manuals for New Development Controls
• Design Municipal Facility Stormwater Controls
• Conduct Employee Training
• Prepare Operations and Maintenance Plans
• Perform Permanent Stormwater Facility Inspections
• Monitoring and Stormwater Control Effectiveness Evaluations
• Implement GIS/Computer Data Management and Compliance Tracking

COORDINATION

• Negotiate Permit Conditions
• Develop and Submit Annual Reports
• Facilitate Stakeholder Meetings
• Determination of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Allocations
• Review and Update Programs
• Regulatory Management

JW Hart & Associates, LLC prepares NEPA Assessments that are concise, timely, and defensible. We provide the necessary due-diligence to produce Environmental and Biological Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements for diverse clients including highway, airport, Federal, and State Governments.

NEPA reports are consistent with procedures outlined in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality. Our NEPA services also include field screening for cultural, environmental, and socio-economic issues.

We also provide Environmental Assessments according to:

• ASTM E 1528-00 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: TransactionScreen Process (Transaction Screen)

• ASTM E 1527-00 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process (Phase I ESA)

Projects include:

• Environmental Assessments for utility corridors and transportation related projects
• Environmental Impact Statements for larger, more complex projects
• Programattic Categorical and Categorical Exclusions for qualifying projects
• Site screening for floodplains, jurisdictional waters (wetlands and streams), threatened and endangered species and their habitat, socio-economic issues, and other NEPA requirements.

JW Hart & Associates, LLC is pre-qualified by the Texas Department of Transportation in the following areas:

• 1.6.1    Major Investment Studies

• 2.1.1    Traffic Noise Analysis

• 2.2.1    Air Quality Analysis

• 2.3.1    Wetland Delineation

• 2.4.1    Nationwide Permit

• 2.4.2    Individual Permit

• 2.4.3    US Coast Guard & Army Corps Permits

• 2.5.1    Water Pollution Abatement

• 2.6.1    Protected Species Determination

• 2.6.2    Impact Evaluation Assessment

• 2.6.3    Biological Surveys

• 2.7.1    Section 4(F)/6(F) Evaluations

• 2.13.1 Hazardous Materials Initial Site Assessment

• 2.14.1 Environmental Document Preparation