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SEPA / EIS Processes

Seattle Housing Authority seeks proposals from qualified professional firms to assist the agency with environmental services services on an on-call basis. The RFP is available Word or PDF format (download Adobe Reader).

Scope of work

The selected consultants shall have qualifications and experience to perform the following:

  • Data and information acquisition.

  • Data and information analysis.

  • Environmental law, code, regulation, and rules interpretation.

  • Document preparation.

  • Document submission.

  • Provide assistance as required to the Authorities Having Jurisdiction in reviewing the documents.

  • Any necessary or required redrafting, rewriting, or resubmission of the documents.

  • Any necessary or required drafting, writing, or submission of supplemental documents.

  • Act as the public representative of Seattle Housing Authority in the dissemination and/or defense of the documents.

  • Provide expert witness services relating to SEPA/EIS processes.

The following industry and regulatory standards and all of the performance requirements that they contain shall be part of the requirements of the scope of work for this category as if they were repeated in full herein, unless indicated otherwise by Seattle Housing Authority in a signed Work Order.

These standards combined form the basis as the minimum investigation, analysis document preparation and reporting requirements necessary to satisfy Seattle Housing Authority's requirements for satisfactory completion of SEPA/EIS processes:

  • "SEPA" means the State Environmental Policy Act as identified in the State of Washington, Revised Codes of Washington (RCW 43.21C et.seq.) latest edition, which is also referred to as the Act. The "SEPA process" means all measures necessary for compliance with the Act's requirements.

  • Compliance with the SEPA requirements as identified in the State of Washington, Washington Administrative Code (WAC 197-11 et.seq.) and (WAC 173-802 et.seq.), latest editions.

  • "EIS" means Environmental Impact Statements which must comply with the requirements as identified in the State of Washington, Washington Administrative Code (WAC 197-11-060) and (WAC 197-11-440), latest editions.

  • Environmental Checklist means the checklist used to determine whether the environmental impacts of a project are significant and require the preparation of an "EIS" Environmental Impact Statement. Comply with the requirements as identified in the State of Washington, Washington Administrative Code (WAC 197-11-315) and (WAC 197-11-960), latest editions.

Selected firms

AMEC Earth & Environmental

Cliff Strong, Senior Land Use / Environmental Planner
11810 North Creek Parkway N, Bothell, WA 98011
Phone: 425-368-1000 • Fax: 425-368-1001
Contract number: 3434 • Date: 02/08/05

Adolfson Associates

Ikuno Masterson, Director of Environmental Services
5309 Shilshole Ave NW, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98107
Phone: 206-789-9658 • Fax: 206-789-9684
Contract number: 3470 • Date: 06/20/05

Blumen Consulting Group

Richard Schipanski, Vice President
720 Sixth Ave S, Suite 100, Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: 425-284-5401 • Fax: 425-284-5402
Contract number: 3463 • Date: 01/27/06

GeoEngineers

Jim Rybock, CEP, Principal
8410 154th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052
Phone: 425-861-6000 • Fax: 425-861-6050
Contract number: 3464 • Date: 04/20/05

Huckell/Weinman Associates

Terry McCann, Principal
270 Third Ave, Suite 200, Kirkland, WA 98033
Phone: 425-828-4463 • Fax: 425-828-3861
Contract number: 3465 • Date: No contract

PB Americas

Mark Stewart, Supervising Environmental Planner
999 Third Ave #2200, Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-382-5272 • Fax: 206-382-5222
Contract number: 3717 • Date: No contract

PBS Engineering and Environmental

Brian Stanford, Principal
2517 Eastlake Ave E, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: 206-233-9639 • Fax: 206-762-4780
Contract number: 3466 • Date: 04/16/08

URS Corporation

Julie Blakeslee, AICP, Project Manager
1501 Fourth Ave, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206-438-2700 • Fax: 206-438-2699
Contract number: 3468 • Date: No contract