Environmental Documents
Environmental documents--Initial Studies, Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), and mitigation monitoring programs--benefit from review by someone with broad experience in the planning field as well as environmental regulation.
Natalie began working on California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents as a writer and researcher early in her career. Since then, she has managed large projects and, most recently, worked as a senior editor and reviewer. Her CEQA experience allows her to serve as both editor and trouble-shooter. She also brings her CEQA knowledge to specialized tasks such as writing report sections and creating formats that allow quick comparison of a project and its alternatives. |
Typical Services
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Sample Projects
University of California, Santa Cruz, Marine Science Campus Coastal Long Range Development Plan EIR, Santa Cruz, CA
Served as senior editor responsible for reviewing the Draft and Final EIRs on a 20-year development plan for a 98-acre marine research campus.
Awards: “Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document” award, Association of Environmental Professionals.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
EIR for the 34th America’s Cup and James R. Herman Cruise Terminal/Northeast Wharf Plaza, San Francisco, CA
Edited the Draft EIR and responses to comments (Final EIR) on the America’s Cup sailing races and subsequent construction of a new cruise ship terminal on the San Francisco waterfront.
Awards: “Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document” award, California Association of Environmental Professionals; “National Environmental Excellence” award, National Association of Environmental Professionals.
Client: Environmental Science Associates/Orion Environmental Associates, San Francisco, CA
Brisbane Baylands Specific Plan EIR, Brisbane, CA
Edited multiple drafts of the program EIR on a proposed Specific Plan that would allow approximately 4,400 housing units and 7 million square feet of office, retail, industrial, and institutional uses on a 733-acre site near San Francisco Bay. Created a report format that allowed readers to compare the environmental impacts of several project options quickly and easily.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Long Range Development Plan EIR, Berkeley, CA
Edited the Draft EIR on a 20-year development plan for this existing 203-acre laboratory site in the Oakland/Berkeley hills.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Marin Community College District Bond Spending Implementation Plan EIR, Marin County, CA
Edited and prepared portions of the Draft and Final EIRs on a $249-million bond program for improvements to two College of Marin campuses. Issues included visual impacts, traffic, and effects on historic buildings.
Client: Amy Skewes-Cox, AICP, Ross, CA
Main Post Update Supplemental EIS, San Francisco, CA
Served as technical reviewer and editor of the Draft and Final Supplemental EISs on the Main Post Update to the Presidio Trust Management Plan. Issues included impacts on traffic conditions and historic buildings at the Main Post, which forms the core of the Presidio national park in San Francisco.
Client: Presidio Trust, San Francisco, CA
Calaveras Dam Replacement Project EIR, Alameda County, CA
Edited Draft EIR sections, responses to public comments, and related permitting documents for a dam replacement project sponsored by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
Client: EDAW & Turnstone Consulting Joint Venture, San Francisco, CA
University of California, Santa Cruz, Emergency Response Center Project EIR, Santa Cruz, CA
Assisted with project management, preparation, and review of the Draft and Final EIRs on a new emergency services building on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus.
Client: Amy Skewes-Cox, AICP, Ross, CA
St. Helena General Plan EIR, St. Helena, CA
Served as editor and prepared major sections of the Draft and Final EIRs, which evaluated a proposed comprehensive update of the General Plan for the Napa Valley city of St. Helena.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Chevron Refinery Modernization Project EIR, Richmond, CA
Helped establish impact and mitigation measure format, drafted key introductory sections, and edited major chapters of the Draft and Final EIRs on proposed modifications to an existing oil refinery.
Client: Urban Planning Partners Inc., Oakland, CA
1000 and 1020 Broadway Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, San Francisco, CA
Edited the administrative draft of this Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, which evaluated a proposed multi-unit housing complex in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood. Issues included the project’s impacts on the adjoining historic district, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Oakland Zoo Master Plan Amendment Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration/Addendum, Oakland, CA
Assisted with organization and edited multiple drafts of this document, which compared the environmental effects of the Oakland Zoo’s proposed amended Master Plan with the effects of the approved Master Plan evaluated in a previous Mitigated Negative Declaration.
Client: Placemakers, Emeryville, CA
Public Health Service Hospital Environmental Assessment and Supplemental EIS, San Francisco, CA
Edited the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft and Final Supplemental EIS on the site-specific planning for reuse of the Public Health Service Hospital area of the Presidio of San Francisco.
Client: Presidio Trust, San Francisco, CA
Southeast Area Annexation EIR Mitigation Monitoring Program, Pittsburg, CA
Drafted the format and prepared a mitigation monitoring program for annexation of a 2,700-acre future development area.
Client: Wagstaff and Associates, Berkeley, CA
Served as senior editor responsible for reviewing the Draft and Final EIRs on a 20-year development plan for a 98-acre marine research campus.
Awards: “Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document” award, Association of Environmental Professionals.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
EIR for the 34th America’s Cup and James R. Herman Cruise Terminal/Northeast Wharf Plaza, San Francisco, CA
Edited the Draft EIR and responses to comments (Final EIR) on the America’s Cup sailing races and subsequent construction of a new cruise ship terminal on the San Francisco waterfront.
Awards: “Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document” award, California Association of Environmental Professionals; “National Environmental Excellence” award, National Association of Environmental Professionals.
Client: Environmental Science Associates/Orion Environmental Associates, San Francisco, CA
Brisbane Baylands Specific Plan EIR, Brisbane, CA
Edited multiple drafts of the program EIR on a proposed Specific Plan that would allow approximately 4,400 housing units and 7 million square feet of office, retail, industrial, and institutional uses on a 733-acre site near San Francisco Bay. Created a report format that allowed readers to compare the environmental impacts of several project options quickly and easily.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Long Range Development Plan EIR, Berkeley, CA
Edited the Draft EIR on a 20-year development plan for this existing 203-acre laboratory site in the Oakland/Berkeley hills.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Marin Community College District Bond Spending Implementation Plan EIR, Marin County, CA
Edited and prepared portions of the Draft and Final EIRs on a $249-million bond program for improvements to two College of Marin campuses. Issues included visual impacts, traffic, and effects on historic buildings.
Client: Amy Skewes-Cox, AICP, Ross, CA
Main Post Update Supplemental EIS, San Francisco, CA
Served as technical reviewer and editor of the Draft and Final Supplemental EISs on the Main Post Update to the Presidio Trust Management Plan. Issues included impacts on traffic conditions and historic buildings at the Main Post, which forms the core of the Presidio national park in San Francisco.
Client: Presidio Trust, San Francisco, CA
Calaveras Dam Replacement Project EIR, Alameda County, CA
Edited Draft EIR sections, responses to public comments, and related permitting documents for a dam replacement project sponsored by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
Client: EDAW & Turnstone Consulting Joint Venture, San Francisco, CA
University of California, Santa Cruz, Emergency Response Center Project EIR, Santa Cruz, CA
Assisted with project management, preparation, and review of the Draft and Final EIRs on a new emergency services building on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus.
Client: Amy Skewes-Cox, AICP, Ross, CA
St. Helena General Plan EIR, St. Helena, CA
Served as editor and prepared major sections of the Draft and Final EIRs, which evaluated a proposed comprehensive update of the General Plan for the Napa Valley city of St. Helena.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Chevron Refinery Modernization Project EIR, Richmond, CA
Helped establish impact and mitigation measure format, drafted key introductory sections, and edited major chapters of the Draft and Final EIRs on proposed modifications to an existing oil refinery.
Client: Urban Planning Partners Inc., Oakland, CA
1000 and 1020 Broadway Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, San Francisco, CA
Edited the administrative draft of this Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, which evaluated a proposed multi-unit housing complex in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood. Issues included the project’s impacts on the adjoining historic district, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Client: Environmental Science Associates, San Francisco, CA
Oakland Zoo Master Plan Amendment Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration/Addendum, Oakland, CA
Assisted with organization and edited multiple drafts of this document, which compared the environmental effects of the Oakland Zoo’s proposed amended Master Plan with the effects of the approved Master Plan evaluated in a previous Mitigated Negative Declaration.
Client: Placemakers, Emeryville, CA
Public Health Service Hospital Environmental Assessment and Supplemental EIS, San Francisco, CA
Edited the Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft and Final Supplemental EIS on the site-specific planning for reuse of the Public Health Service Hospital area of the Presidio of San Francisco.
Client: Presidio Trust, San Francisco, CA
Southeast Area Annexation EIR Mitigation Monitoring Program, Pittsburg, CA
Drafted the format and prepared a mitigation monitoring program for annexation of a 2,700-acre future development area.
Client: Wagstaff and Associates, Berkeley, CA