PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA--AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to prepare a large-scale environmental impact statement (EIS) for the natural gas industry.
The EIS will involve an analysis of a 17-state, multi-species habitat conservation plan (HCP) proposed by NiSource, a major energy distributor in the eastern United States, for its 17,000-mile network of natural gas pipelines, storage fields, compressor stations and appurtenant facilities.
The states involved are Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia.
AMEC's scope of work will include the scheduling and facilitation of stakeholder consultation and public comment meetings, database management, Geographical Information System services, establishment of the administrative record, creation and production of all EIS documents, and overall support to the FWS, including the evaluation of mitigation and conservation measures to enhance and protect species populations and their habitats.
AMEC PLC
www.amec.com
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