Services

Environmental Impact and Mitigation

Environmental impact assessment and mitigation projects may involve one discipline or many. Mr. Robinson has the technical expertise and experience to directly address water resources, floodplain, geomorphologic and geologic issues. He has the breadth of knowledge and experience to collaborate and/or lead projects with a complex set of issues. Examples of Mr. Robinson's work in environmental impact and mitigation include those projects listed below.

• DEIS for the Schuylkill Valley Metro Corridor, Reading to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia, PA
  Responsible for all environmental elements of the draft environmental impact statement for a proposed, 62-mile commuter rail service along the rapidly growing, highly congested Route 422/Schuykill Expressway corridor. Facilitated integration of project planning, environmental, engineering and outreach. Worked closely with FTA, resource agency and regulatory agency representatives. Following completion of the DEIS, subsequent public hearings, and receipt of agency and public comments, the Secretary of Transportation approved the project to proceed to preliminary engineering and the FEIS.
• Fracture Trace Analysis and Wellhead Protection Area Development for Water Resources Protection, NEPA Environmental Assessment for State Road Widening, Bucks and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
  To meet the NEPA Environmental Assessment and to protect water resources for a PENNDOT road widening and realignment project in a rural area of Bucks and Montgomery counties, PA, Mr. Robinson performed a fracture trace analysis to identify sensitive groundwater recharge and discharge areas. Using aerial photograph stereo pairs, numerous fractures and a major fault were identified on and in the vicinity of the roadway and proposed right-of-way. Using the computerized Pennsylvania well log database, identified and mapped over 150 wells along the right-of-way. Using wellhead protection protocols and criteria for fractured bedrock, developed wellhead protection areas for five active public supply wells along the right-of-way. Assessed potential roadway development impacts and proposed measures to mitigate potential impacts.
• Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, Perris Valley Line Commuter Rail, Riverside County Transportation Commission, Riverside, California
  As part of a NEPA Environmental Assessment, developed and led the Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment for the right-of-way and station areas for the proposed 24-mile extension of the Metrolink 91 Line service from Riverside to Los Angeles. The extension would begin at the existing Downtown Riverside Station and proceed northeast for approximately two miles through the City of Riverside before turning southeast along I-215 and ending in the City of Perris.
• Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, Monterey Peninsula Line, Transportation Agency for Monterey County, Monterey, California
  The Monterey Peninsula Fixed Guideway Service will provide light rail transit service along a 16 mile corridor extending between Monterey and Castroville on the publicly owned tracks adjacent to Highway 1. As part of a NEPA Environmental Assessment, developed and led the Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment for the rail corridor, which includes Ford Ord.