
is reflected in our continual return business.

the data ASA collects and reports is commonly relied upon for
making regulatory decisions.




Our experts design surveys, mapping, and monitoring activities to meet the specific needs of our clients. Key ASA staff are professionally certified in fisheries, wetlands and wildlife biology. ASA negotiates study plans and designs with regulatory agencies with the interest of our clients in mind.
• Habitat & geophysical mapping
• Water & sediment quality sampling
• Macroinvertebrate sampling
• Fish & fisheries
• Plankton sampling
• Threatened & endangered species
• Instream flow analysis (IFIM)
• Hydroacoustics
• Radiotelemetry
• Water & sediment quality sampling
• Macroinvertebrate sampling
• Fish & fisheries
• Plankton sampling
• Threatened & endangered species
• Instream flow analysis (IFIM)
• Hydroacoustics
• Radiotelemetry
• Threatened & endangered species
• Habitat suitability assessments
• Natural resource inventories
• Botanical surveys
• Wildlife surveys
• Invasive species
• Wetland delineations & functional assessments
• Cultural resource investigations & management plans
• Habitat suitability assessments
• Natural resource inventories
• Botanical surveys
• Wildlife surveys
• Invasive species
• Wetland delineations & functional assessments
• Cultural resource investigations & management plans












ASA has extensive, nationally-recognized experience in a wide variety of environmental permitting issues for a number of regulatory agencies.
• NPDES/SPDES
• NEPA, SEQR, CEQR
• CWA §316(a) & (b) Studies
• CWA §401 Water Quality Certifications
• CWA §404 Dredging & Filling
• NEPA, SEQR, CEQR
• CWA §316(a) & (b) Studies
• CWA §401 Water Quality Certifications
• CWA §404 Dredging & Filling
• Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7
• ESA Incidental Take Permits Section 10
• FERC hydropower licensing
• Coastal Zone Management
• Section 106 NHPA
• Essential Fish Habitat
• ESA Incidental Take Permits Section 10
• FERC hydropower licensing
• Coastal Zone Management
• Section 106 NHPA
• Essential Fish Habitat

• BTA & conceptual cooling water design
• Intake screen alternatives analysis
• Variable speed pump feasibility
• Feasibility & cost evaluation (R10)
• Non-water quality impacts (R12)
• Cooling & wastewater discharge
• SPDES/NPDES compliance
• Effluent & mixing zone modelling
• Pilot testing
• Intake screen alternatives analysis
• Variable speed pump feasibility
• Feasibility & cost evaluation (R10)
• Non-water quality impacts (R12)
• Cooling & wastewater discharge
• SPDES/NPDES compliance
• Effluent & mixing zone modelling
• Pilot testing



• GPS & GIS
• Database development & management
• Study designs & statistical analysis
• Regulatory agency consultations
• Litigation support & expert witnessing
• Database development & management
• Study designs & statistical analysis
• Regulatory agency consultations
• Litigation support & expert witnessing


Data Collection & Management

Technical Services Docs

Statement of Qualifications

Services and Solutions For Achieving Compliance

Services and Solutions for Environmental Compliance

In Support of Section 316(b) Determinations

Section 316(b) Compliance

Synthesis Reporting

Cooling Water Withdrawal Requirements Studies

Compliance Services