MBA Presents at Inland Geological Society General Membership Meeting
Michael Brandman Associates (MBA) was invited to be a keynote speaker at the Inland Geological Society’s General Membership Meeting on Thursday, November 1, 2007. Inland Empire Environmental Services Director, Kent Norton, AICP, REA was a keynote speaker. The topic was California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), something MBA knows quite a bit about.We pride ourselves in being experts on CEQA/NEPA and the many environmental issues that surround it. MBA always has up-to-date information on the new regulations, guidelines, laws, court cases, etc. Mr. Norton reviewed the standard process for an Initial Study checklist, a Mitigated Negative Declaration as well as an Environmental Impact Report. The environmental topics most typical in each were covered in order to give the group a better understanding of what it is expected by different agencies.
"The City of Bakersfield has established a long-term relationship with MBA as environmental consultants. They have successfully completed more than a dozen important environmental documents on schedule and within the budget. All important projects involve a certain degree of problem solving specific to that project. MBA has consistently demonstrated a high level of innovation in finding the solutions."
Marc Gauthier, Principal Planner
City of Bakersfield
