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STATEMENT of QUALIfICATIoNS

2016

D e l i ve r i n g Ove r 2 0 Ye a r s o f Va l u e

Our Approach

Environmental Intelligence, LLC provides environmental services that are relevant and cost-efficient to our clients.

Balancing Economic and Environmental Success

20+years

EI’s team provides expert scientists and the latest

technologies to keep our clients’ projects moving

forward while meeting all environmental compliance

regulations. As a Principal and Co-owner of the firm,

I have dedicated my career to quality service, attention

to detail, and maintaining client confidence in our firm’s

ability to meet the technical and commercial needs of

major development projects. EI’s works in many sectors

of Southern California’s economy including major utility

infrastructure, renewable energy development, oil and

gas production, large-scale residential development,

and municipal improvement. On every project we

view the environment as a partner and ensure that our

recommendations and mitigation programs maximize

the compatibility of development with sensitive

resources.

We are rewarded by the success of our clients meeting

their economic milestones and regulatory goals while

protecting biological resources, water quality, and habitat

values. In 2016 and beyond we will implement creative

solutions to critical environmental challenges and ensure

EI remains a trusted advisor to our clients, regulatory

agencies, and the environmental community.

DaviD Levine, Principal

Our Services

Biological Consulting

Wetlands/ Waters Compliance

Habitat Restoration & Revegetation

GIS & Mapping

Sustainability Management

CEQA/ NEPA Compliance

UAS/ UAV Services

“EI has been responsive to all of my project needs

while ensuring that they were sensitive to the project

schedules and budget demands. EI’s staff is great to

work with and their technical expertise allows them to

meet and exceed my environmental compliance, GIS

and mapping, and construction monitoring needs.”

Environmental Health and Safety Manager

southern California edison

Biological Consulting

EI’s team of experienced biologists provide

comprehensive biological resource consulting

services for large-scale developments and major

capital improvement projects requiring CEQA/NEPA

documentation and permitting under the federal

and State Endangered Species Acts. Our biological

teams determine each project’s survey requirements

and manage project permitting, agency negotiations,

construction monitoring, and mitigation phases. Field

studies are conducted by experienced permitted

scientists and specialists to ensure data accuracy and

objectivity. Our experience translates into the highest

quality biological documentation, resources mapping

and project management.

Services provided include

• Biological Resource Assessment

• Sensitive Plant and Wildlife Surveys

• Habitat Assessment and Vegetation Mapping

• fESA and CESA Permitting

• Nesting Birds Studies and Monitoring

• Strategies and Mitigation

• Agency Coordination and Permitting

• Avian and Bat Protection Plans

• Jurisdictional Delineations

• MSHCP Compliance Planning

EI biologists hold current Federal

and State permits and are qualified

to conduct surveys for a wide

variety of threatened, endangered

or otherwise sensitive plants and

wildlife. Frequent focused studies

include but are not limited to:

• Coastal California Gnatcatcher

• Desert Tortoise

• Mohave Ground Squirrel

• flat-tailed Horned Lizard

• Burrowing owl

• Raptors and Bat Studies

• Quino Checkerspot Butterfly

• Least Bell’s Vireo

• fairy Shrimp

• Rare Plants

• San Joaquin Kit fox

• Delhi Sands flower-loving fly

• Amphibian

seNsITIVe sPeCIes sTUDIes

OUr serVICes

Wetlands/Waters Compliance

EI prepares jurisdictional delineations, regulatory permits,

restoration plans, and mitigation monitoring programs

for federal and State wetlands and waters regulated by

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Department

of Fish and Wildlife, State Regional Water Quality Control

Board, and California Coastal Commission. EI is prepared

to work in a variety of systems including seasonal

wetlands, riparian woodlands, vernal pools, freshwater

marshes, estuaries and man-made ponds.

Services provided include

• Jurisdictional Delineations

• Mitigation Strategies for Impacts to Wetlands and Waters

• Corps Section 404 Individual and Nationwide Permitting

and Reporting

• RWQCB Section 401 Certification and Reporting

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

• Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)

• CDfW Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreements

• Coastal Commission Permitting and Reporting

• California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) Analysis

• Wetland Restoration

eI’s mission is to maximize the compatibility of development and environmental protection with cost effective and timely solutions.

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Habitat Restoration & Revegetation

EI’s restoration experts prepare revegetation plans for

native vegetation communities including wetlands,

coastal sage scrub, desert scrub and sensitive

plants. EI also negotiates approval of the plans with

resource protection agencies. EI also manages project

implementation to ensure mitigation success criteria are

met or exceeded. Working with landscape contractors

EI can supervise all aspects of the restoration process

including site preparation, invasive species control, native

seed collection, planting and irrigation design, and

long-term monitoring, maintenance and compliance

reporting.

• Riparian and Wetland Communities

• Coastal Sage Scrub and Chaparral

• Native Grassland

• oak Woodland

• Desert Scrub

• Sensitive Plant Species

rePreseNTaTIVe resTOraTION PrOGraMs

EI prepares restoration plans for the following vegetation types:

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GIS & Mapping

EI’s expertise with GIS software and GPS equipment

allows us to collect, analyze, and display complex

geo-spatial data. Our in-house data library provides

relevant, up-to-date and concise knowledge about a

region and allows our fi eld team’s to focus their efforts.

EI’s GIS specialists produce maps that assist in CEQA

and NEPA report preparation and provides data for

client review via an on-line Map Server integration. EI’s

GIS systems are integrated with our web portals to offer

real-time data acquisition and review that enables our

clients to make informed and targeted decisions.

“Environmental Intelligence, LLC provided a detailed and innovative analysis of sensitive biological resources that allowed Centennial Founders to offer the county a mitigation program that protects sensitive vegetation types across tens of thousands of acres. EI’s technical team was dedicated to high scientific and ethical standards while providing data and consulting services that supported Centennial’s overall development program.”

Carlene Matchniff, Vice President Entitlements

Centennial Founders llC

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Sustainability Management

EI sustainability services encompass a wide range

of disciplines to balance economic success with

environmental integrity. Ongoing projects include

hazardous tree removal from National Forests to reduce

risk of catastrophic fires and working with engineers to

reduce electromagnetic frequency (EMF) radiation from

new substations.

Services provided include

• Hazardous Tree Management

• Electromagnetic frequency (EMf) Analysis

• Visual Resource Analysis

• Air Quality/Green House Gas (“GHG”) Analysis

• Water Quality Analysis

• Traffic Analysis

• Noise Analysis

• SWPPP Services

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CEQA/NEPA Compliance

EI provides services to support project planning,

permitting, and initial analyses. EI’s planning and

permitting support enables our clients to adequately

understand the project setting as well as the viability

of the projects while completing the required

documentation.

also see Sustainability Management (Page 9)

Services provided include

• Initial Studies (ISs)

• Proponent’s Environmental Assessments (PEAs)

• Negative Declarations (NDs) / Mitigated Negative

Declarations (MNDs)

• Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)

• Mitigation Plans

• Categorical Exclusions

• Environmental Assessments (EAs)

• findings of No Significant Impact (foNSI)

• Alternatives Analyses

EI has an extensive knowledge of the CEQA and NEPA

regulatory approval process and successfully guides our

clients through compliance with these environmental

policies. EI prepares integrated and comprehensive

CEQA and NEPA documents and provides document

preparation services, project management, and resource

evaluations.

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P l a N N I N G / P e r M I T T I N G

UAS/UAV* Services

EI uses UAVs to provide innovative mapping, surveying,

and monitoring services. UAVs allow for cost effective

solutions to real-time aerial photography needs,

before-and-after documentation for mitigation

programs, and industrial inspections typically requiring

a bucket truck. EI’s in-house operators partner with

licensed UAV pilots for detailed studies including infrared

vegetation analysis, GIS integration, 3D modeling, and

multiple spectrum analysis.

*UaS / Uav: Unmanned aerial Systems / Unmanned aerial vehicles.

Services provided include

Our pilots are permitted by the Faa and are legally registered to fly commercial Uavs for project needs.

• Aerial Digital orthoimagery

• Airborne And Terrestrial LiDar

• Multispectral and Hyperspectral Technology

• Data Management and Visualization

• full Integration with GIS Mapping

• Data Collection

• Biological and Archaeological Aerial Surveys

• Infrastructure Surveys and Inspections (pipeline, power

lines and towers, roads, bridges, etc)

• Project Site Mapping

• Emergency Response (oil spills, damaged infrastructure)

• Research and Development

• 3D Spatial Monitoring

environmental Intelligence, llC (eI) is a full service environmental consulting firm.

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Web POrTals

EI develops and deploys web-based environmental compliance

portals customized to meet your monitoring and reporting

obligations. EI’s portals can support multiple projects, multiple

locations, and multiple monitoring and reporting activities.

efficient, User-Friendly and Secure

• Collects, analyzes, and displays complex environmental data

• Seamlessly integrates complex GIS mapping data into daily reports

and focused surveys across multiple disciplines

• Quickly delivers real-time compiled reports, photos, and maps from

daily monitoring activities

FeaTUreD PrOjeCTs

We have over 20 years experience in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern, and San Diego Counties.

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1 UTIlITy INFrasTrUCTUre

HazarDOUs Tree reMOVal PrOjeCTClient: Southern California Edison Location: Multiple Counties and National forests Contract amount: $2.3 Million Time Period: 2014-2016

sOUTHerN CalIFOrNIa eDIsON – eNVIrONMeNTal ON-Call CONTraCTClient: Southern California Edison (SCE) Location: SCE Coverage Area Contract amount: $4 Million Time Period: 2015 through 2019

syCaMOre TO PeñasqUITOs TraNsMIssION lINe PrOjeCTClient: SDG&E Location: San Diego, CA Contract amount: $140,000 Time Period: 2014

2 OIl & Gas PrODUCTION

MONTebellO HIlls OIl FIelDClient: freeport-McMoRan oil & Gas Location: Los Angeles County Contract amount: $5 Million Time Period: 2000-2016

easT COyOTe HIlls CONserVaTION PlaN PrOjeCTClient: Chevron USA Location: orange County, California Contract amount: $850,000 Time Period: 1996-2016

MaTrIx OIl aND Gas reCOVery FaCIlITyClient: Matrix oil Corporation Location: Los Angeles Contract amount: $50,000 Time Period: 2013-2014

3 reNeWable eNerGy

CaTalINa sOlar 2- eDF reNeWable eNerGyClient: EDf Renewable Energy Location: Kern County, California Contract amount: $1 Million Time Period: 2014-2016

PINe Tree WIND FarM – laDWPClient: Southern California Edison Location: Kern County, California Contract amount: $275,000 Time Period: 2013

easT KerN WIND resOUrCe area PrOjeCTClient: Southern California Edison Location: Kern and Los Angeles Counties Contract amount: $3 Million Time Period: 2012-2016

4 resIDeNTIal DeVelOPMeNT

CeNTeNNIal GeNeral PlaNClient: Tejon Ranch Location: Los Angeles and Kern Counties, CA Contract amount: $345,000 Time Period: 2010

MeaDOWOODClient: Pardee Homes Location: San Diego County, CA Contract amount: $250,000 Time Period: 2014

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“David Levine and his team at EI have provided ecological consulting services to Chevron’s team since 1990. Their coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and habitat restoration efforts have helped Chevron to implement a precedent setting project that balanced residential and oil production uses with protection of federal endangered species. EI is a trusted advisor and will remain a long-term associate.”

Senior Development Manager

Chevron Usa

Leadership

EI’s executives, managers and fi eld operation leaders

are known for their excellent communication,

responsiveness and hands-on approach. EI’s key team

members have worked together, in some cases, for over

a decade and earned the trust and respect of long-term

clients and resource protection agencies

OUr TeaM

Françoise Sibi-Levine applies her 16 years of in-depth business

experience to California’s environmental consulting industry. Her

past endeavors span multiple continents servicing multinational

firms in varying industries such as advertising, finance, media

and communications. In previous positions with firms such as

JP Morgan, Computer Systems Engineering and DMB&B, Ms.

Sibi-Levine managed large portfolios for international clients, and

directed the administrative and financial functions. As President,

she directs the firm’s long–term growth trajectories, manages

strategic planning objectives, oversees financial and accounting

functions, and negotiates and executes contracts.

David Levine’s experience includes diverse and complex projects

located throughout southern California. Over the course of his

career he has directed large biological teams and provided

guidance for residential, oil & gas, utility, and renewable energy

development projects located in environmentally sensitive areas.

He is familiar with terrestrial and marine ecosystems as well as the

regulatory settings and environmental compliance regulations

protecting these resources. Mr. Levine has maintained the respect

and trust of clients and regulators for over 27 years by successfully

coordinating with project applicants and resource protection

agencies to maximize the compatibility of development with

protection of biological resources.

FraNçOIse sIbI-leVINe PRESIDENT

DaVID leVINe PRINCIPAL

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