We are finding projects have been over designed. We can review your permitted project to determine if your project has been permitted or proposed with conditions that are unnecessarily elaborate. Agency staff does not review your project design to determine if it is the most economical for you. The environmental agencies or county building departments are only concerned if your project meets the rule criteria. We are finding more and more projects have been designed with expensive wetland mitigation designs or elaborate monitoring criteria.
This project was the restoration of a peat mine.
The client had to restore his property that was mined by others. Several issues were discovered upon the Forensic Review. Re-grading to gentle slopes and depositing a “dressing” of peat is the standard for restoration of peat mines. The littoral shelf is usually not planted due to the cost, as there is not a great profit margin in peat. No one had determined how much peat was left on site and therefore assumed there was not enough for 80 acres of shelf. The plan involved purchasing
the peat from a neighboring mine.
We also discovered the permitted monitoring plan was far more elaborate given the littoral shelf was not designed to be planted. The cost for peat from a neighboring mine was over $200,000.00 and the monitoring plan was proposed at $186,000.00. The monitoring plan was based on five years which is long for a herbaceous design; three years should have been adequate. We were able to determine that there is enough peat to dress the shelf and we are still able to propose moderate planting to accelerate the Desired cover. 
A minor permit modification was required which should not be a deterrent to accomplish the necessary modifications. We will be able to accomplish all of this for less than $100,000.00. This is a savings to the client of $286,000.00. Here at Clementi Environmental Consulting, providing you the most economical and efficient design is our standard operating procedure.