Riparia Environmental partners with MacKay to deliver construction-based environmental compliance and natural resource services that ensure projects meet environmental regulations while protecting the ecosystems communities depend on.
In collaboration with our parent company, MacKay, our team provides permitting, planning, and restoration solutions that balance the built environment with the natural resources that surround it. We help clients identify potential environmental impacts early, minimize disturbance through thoughtful project planning, and implement mitigation strategies when impacts are unavoidable. Whether you’re navigating a complex federal permitting process or working to meet local critical areas requirements, Riparia brings the environmental permitting expertise to move your project forward responsibly.
Riparia and MacKay offer integrated environmental planning and permitting services to support projects from initial site assessment through regulatory approval and beyond.
Riparia identifies and maps wetland boundaries using established federal and state methodologies to establish what regulatory protections apply, what development options are available, and what permitting will be required. This is the essential first step before design or ground disturbance begins near wetlands or waterways.
When projects affect wetlands, waterways, or regulated resources, Riparia and MacKay guide clients through Section 404, Section 401, NEPA, and SEPA processes—preparing applications, coordinating agency reviews, and managing the process from submission through approval.
Local critical areas ordinances layer additional requirements on top of state and federal rules. Riparia helps clients understand and satisfy those local obligations. We prepare the reports, assessments, and mitigation plans needed to obtain approvals and keep projects moving.
Riparia develops project-specific Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) for construction projects disturbing one or more acres, provides ongoing inspections to keep the plan current, and supports compliance from groundbreaking through site stabilization.
When a project doesn’t require a full SWPPP, there can still be a need for an Erosion Sediment Control Plan (ESCP) or Temporary Erosion Sediment Control Plan (TESCP). Riparia has the right people to develop the plan and the right tools to set you up for success. We build a plan using industry standard Best Management Practices (BMPs) to keep you in compliance and ensure a quick permitting approval process.
Riparia helps commercial, industrial, and construction sites determine permit applicability, prepare applications, develop compliance documents, and establish the monitoring and reporting programs required to maintain good standing under Construction and Industrial Stormwater General Permits.
Environmental permitting is most effective and efficient when it starts early. Visit our parent company, MacKay, to learn more about how we’re balancing both built and natural environments with superior service and expertise.
Environmental Science & Permitting with MacKay
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