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10 environmental permitting consultants
Each environmental permitting consultant on this list has worked on permitting for clients, either at an environmental consulting firm or through their own practice. A reader can learn how environmental permitting consultants plan permit applications, work with regulators and keep projects in compliance.
Professionals to explore
01—10Al Cole, P.E.
LinkedInExperience: Senior Consultant · Trinity Consultants
Senior Consultant at Trinity Consultants, with the firm since 2012 and working from its Roanoke, VA office per the profile. The profile says the work assists clients with air quality regulations, including state construction permits, Title V permits, annual reporting, state and federal BACT analyses and air dispersion modeling analyses.
Katie Brubaker
LinkedInExperience: Manager of Consulting Services · Trinity Consultants
Manager of Consulting Services at Trinity Consultants since 2023, and former Managing Consultant (2021–2023), Senior Consultant (2018–2021) and Consultant (2014–2018) there. The profile lists managing revenue for environmental permitting and compliance projects, preparing air permit applications and regulatory applicability assessments for external clients, and preparing PSD/NNSR permitting applicability assessments.
Kelly Thompson
LinkedInExperience: Owner- Permitting Manager · Thompson Environmental Surveys and Permitting, LLC.
Owner- Permitting Manager at Thompson Environmental Surveys and Permitting, LLC. since 2021, a firm the profile says was set up to provide environmental survey and permitting services to clients, including wetland and stream assessment. Former Natural Resource Manager- Project Manager at AECOM (2012–2021).
Kevin Knabe
LinkedInExperience: Managing Consultant · Trinity Consultants
Managing Consultant at Trinity Consultants since 2025, and former Senior Manager, Technical Services at The WCM Group, Inc. (2016–2025) and Manager, Air Quality at The RPS Group (2012–2016). The profile describes a specialization in air quality permitting and compliance, including air permit application preparation and regulatory analysis.
Mark Barry
LinkedInExperience: Environmental Compliance & Permitting Specialist · Enviromark Environmental Consultancy Services
Environmental Compliance & Permitting Specialist at Enviromark Environmental Consultancy Services since 2025, guiding businesses through complex permitting, compliance and regulatory challenges per the profile. Former Principal Environmental Permitting Officer (Regulated Industry Installations) (2022–2025) and Senior Environmental Permitting Officer (Regulated Industry Installations) (2014–2022) at the Environment Agency.
Mark Webb
LinkedInExperience: Technical Director - Environmental Management, Permitting and Compliance · SLR Consulting
Technical Director - Environmental Management, Permitting and Compliance at SLR Consulting since 2023, and former Technical Director - Environmental Permitting at URS Corporation, An AECOM Company (2013–2023). The profile describes offering environmental support services to clients in sectors including oil and gas, petrochemicals, power, energy transition and consumer goods.
Philip Lee
LinkedInExperience: Impact Assessment and Permitting Specialist · ERM Consultants Canada Ltd
Former Impact Assessment and Permitting Specialist at ERM Consultants Canada Ltd (2012–2024) and Regulatory Approvals Lead at Falkirk Consulting since 2024. The profile says the specialty is developing environmental permitting strategies for complex projects, with a specialty in mining, along with technical writing.
Priya Finnemore
LinkedInExperience: Regulatory Permitting Specialist, Biological Resources & Land Management Group · Environmental Science Associates
Regulatory Permitting Specialist, Biological Resources & Land Management Group at Environmental Science Associates since 2011. The profile describes providing strategic regulatory permitting services to public and private clients with agencies such as USACE, RWQCB, CDFW and USFWS, for California projects analyzed under CEQA and NEPA. Former Regulatory Project Manager Physical Scientist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2009–2010).
Richard Leonhard
LinkedInExperience: Regulatory Permitting & Environmental Services Manager · Project Consulting Services
With Project Consulting Services since 2008, where the current title is Regulatory Permitting & Environmental Services Manager; the profile says the move to the firm came in July 2008. The profile describes a background in project management, regulatory agency coordination, permit acquisition, ecological and cultural surveys and evaluations, environmental field and site inspection, and site assessments for due diligence.
Thomas Clement
LinkedInExperience: Permitting Specialist Project Manager · Merjent
Permitting Specialist Project Manager at Merjent since 2024. Former Senior Project Manager at Tetra Tech (2023–2024) and Senior Environmental Scientist Permitting Specialist Project Manager at Stantec (2020–2023). The profile describes an environmental consultant serving energy, transportation, municipal, commercial and residential development sectors, with wetland delineation and endangered species survey work.
Choose the right perspective
Match the consultant to the permits you need, since some profiles center on air permitting while others cover wetlands or impact assessment. Check that their recent work is in the same jurisdiction and regulatory system as your project.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you work out which environmental permits a new facility or project needs, and in what order to apply for them?
- 02What usually delays a permit application with regulators, and how do you prepare an application to avoid those delays?
- 03How should we stay in compliance with our permits once they are issued, and what reporting should we expect?
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