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<br /> FIRM PROFILE
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<br /> David J. Powers & Associates, Inc. has provided professional consulting services to public agencies
<br /> and private developers in all areas of environmental planning since The company consists of a
<br /> small group of environmental professionals with extensive experience in planning and the overall
<br /> research, coordinarion, and written preparation of environmental documents, ranging from categorical
<br /> exemprions and exclusions (CEs) to full environmental impact reports (EIRs) and environmental
<br /> impact statements (EISs).
<br /> Representative projects have included General and Specific Plans, industrial park development,
<br /> redevelopment projects, parks, golf courses, libraries, trails and open space projects, a downtown
<br /> arena, sanitary sewer lines, wastewater treatment plants, residential developments, retail and office
<br /> commercial developments, landfills and material recovery facilities, medical and psychiatric facilities,
<br /> and a high voltage transmission line. Representative transportation projects include a county-wide
<br /> airports master plan, light rail transit lines, CalTrain extensions, and roadway improvement projects
<br /> including freeway interchanges and bridge replacements. Clients have included local City and County
<br /> governments, numerous private developers, the State of California, the California Public Utilities
<br /> Commission, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Federal
<br /> Departments of Energy and Defense.
<br /> David J. Powers & Associates, Inc. has extensive experience in evaluating environmental impacts
<br /> associated with urban development. In order to ensure that all of our analyses incorporate the most
<br /> current technological expertise and policy direcrions in each subject area, our professional staff have
<br /> developed a wide range of general knowledge and experience in various fields. We utilize technical
<br /> experts in the different fields whose entire focus is maintaining their expertise at the highest levels,
<br /> consistent with the most current information and standards. This gives our clients the best
<br /> combination of up-to-date technical experience and relevance to the policies of each jurisdiction. We
<br /> specialize in our experience with the policies and analytical requirements for transportation analyses
<br /> utilized for the Federal Highway Administration, the State of California, and various counties,
<br /> congestion management agencies, cities and councils of government.
<br /> We have extensive experience evaluating impacts and identifying appropriate mitigation programs for
<br /> projects that effect or are impacted by noise, drainage and flooding, archaeological and historic
<br /> resources, and biological resources. We have prepared environmental documents that addressed a
<br /> wide range of hazardous materials issues, including redevelopment of Superfund sites and other
<br /> "brownfield' developments, and placement of sensitive land uses near users of hazardous materials.
<br /> David J. Powers & Associates, Inc. identifies mitigation and avoidance measures designed to avoid or
<br /> reduce the impacts identified during the environmental review process. Appropriate mitigation
<br /> measures may include Transportation Demand Management Programs, replacement or restoration of
<br /> wetlands and unique wildlife habitats, and archaeologicaUhistorical monitoring. Mitigation and
<br /> avoidance measures are identified that can feasibly be implemented in conformance with the
<br /> Assembly Bill legislation requiring monitoring and reporting of mitigation measures.
<br /> David J. Powers & Associates, Inc. honors a basic philosophy of providing each client with objective
<br /> and thorough research, accurate identification and analysis of project impacts, and a carefully written
<br /> presentation of appropriate mitigation for those impacts. The company has often been selected for
<br /> projects with critical rime schedules, requiring strong management and organizational control.
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