About Us

Ms. Judith Lee, President of Environmental Planning Strategies, Inc., partners with you and your staff to provide quality and high value service in the many facets of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental planning and documentation. She shares her experience in:

Managing and facilitating the NEPA analysis process, by leveraging the extensive expertise and experience of agency staff in an effective and repeatable interdisciplinary process called the Facilitated Planning Approach
Planning, organizing and facilitating internal and public scoping meetings for project initiation, cross-functional team planning and analysis, environmental conflict resolution, and collaborative problem solving
Training your expert staff in NEPA and the Facilitated Planning Approach, with stimulating interactive workshops which focus on your specific agency requirements and environmental issues
Developing the proposal and initiating planning sharply with clear statements of purpose and need, scope of analysis and decisions, proposed actions, issues, and array of alternatives
Ensuring logic and focus of environmental impact analyses, including recognized quality cumulative impact analyses
Ensuring effective and affirmative communication within your organization, and among lead agencies, cooperating agencies, and consulting agencies at appropriate points in the planning and documentation effort
Managing agency NEPA documents that are analytically correct and well organized, concurrent with the progress of the facilitated analysis
Reviewing NEPA documents for quality of analysis and alternative formulation, including cumulative impact analysis, logic and clarity of format and presentation, and developing commenting strategies
Resolving, avoiding, and transforming conflict among agencies, within agencies, and with the public

Descriptions of Services

Planning and Analysis Strategies
I help develop planning and analysis strategies for managing complex and politically-charged EISs and EAs using yours and contractors' highly-skilled technical staff. I specialize in cross-functional and inter-organizational coordination, resulting in well-supported decisions and long-term positive interagency and intra-agency relationships. Using a simple yet detailed and effective systematic interdisciplinary process tailored to your specific needs, I coach teams through development of clear statements of need, quantified objectives, scope of decisions to be made, issue statements in cause-and-effect relationships, reasonable alternative and effective mitigation measures, and focused analyses of environmental impacts. Concurrent with the progress of the analysis, I assist in drafting the documents for efficient team review, editing, correcting, and supplementation.

NEPA Integrated Planning
I facilitate cross-functional NEPA integrated planning incorporating environmental issues, technical design, economic analyses, and other pertinent factors.

Interactive Workshops
I deliver quality highly-tailored interactive workshops for Federal agencies, including:

Powerful Planning using NEPA and the Facilitated Planning Approach
Powerful Document Review under Section 309 of the CAA for the Environmental Protection Agency
Conducting Effective NEPA Document Reviews for NEPA Practitioners and Managers
Conducting Quality Cumulative Impact Analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
The National Environmental Policy Act: A Dialogue of Understanding for Quality Planning
The National Environmental Policy act: Powerful Planning Focuses on Purpose and Need
The National Environmental Policy Act: Developing and Implementing Effective NEPA Planning Strategies
Powerful Integration of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act

Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation
I facilitate conflict resolution among agencies in "Dialogues of Understanding" using NEPA for creating a common language for agencies in conflict to enter into more effective and affirmative interagency relationships for environmental planning and NEPA compliance.

Reviewing NEPA Documents
I review NEPA documents for quality of analysis and clarity and logic of presentation, with effective, clear, and prioritized comments for ensuring highly readable and focused analytic documents.

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About Judith Lee Services Analytical Consulting Informed Facilitation Workshops Document Review Conflict Resolution Integrated Federal Planning NEPA Documents Publications DOWNLOAD LITERATURE P: 563-332-6870 F: 563-332-0931 E: jleeeps@mchsi.com GSA Schedule 899 Contract #GS-10F-0046R You will need Acrobat Reader to view this website. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat, please click here		About Us Ms. Judith Lee, President of Environmental Planning Strategies, Inc., partners with you and your staff to provide quality and high value service in the many facets of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental planning and documentation. She shares her experience in: Managing and facilitating the NEPA analysis process, by leveraging the extensive expertise and experience of agency staff in an effective and repeatable interdisciplinary process called the Facilitated Planning Approach Planning, organizing and facilitating internal and public scoping meetings for project initiation, cross-functional team planning and analysis, environmental conflict resolution, and collaborative problem solving Training your expert staff in NEPA and the Facilitated Planning Approach, with stimulating interactive workshops which focus on your specific agency requirements and environmental issues Developing the proposal and initiating planning sharply with clear statements of purpose and need, scope of analysis and decisions, proposed actions, issues, and array of alternatives Ensuring logic and focus of environmental impact analyses, including recognized quality cumulative impact analyses Ensuring effective and affirmative communication within your organization, and among lead agencies, cooperating agencies, and consulting agencies at appropriate points in the planning and documentation effort Managing agency NEPA documents that are analytically correct and well organized, concurrent with the progress of the facilitated analysis Reviewing NEPA documents for quality of analysis and alternative formulation, including cumulative impact analysis, logic and clarity of format and presentation, and developing commenting strategies Resolving, avoiding, and transforming conflict among agencies, within agencies, and with the public Descriptions of Services Planning and Analysis Strategies I help develop planning and analysis strategies for managing complex and politically-charged EISs and EAs using yours and contractors' highly-skilled technical staff. I specialize in cross-functional and inter-organizational coordination, resulting in well-supported decisions and long-term positive interagency and intra-agency relationships. Using a simple yet detailed and effective systematic interdisciplinary process tailored to your specific needs, I coach teams through development of clear statements of need, quantified objectives, scope of decisions to be made, issue statements in cause-and-effect relationships, reasonable alternative and effective mitigation measures, and focused analyses of environmental impacts. Concurrent with the progress of the analysis, I assist in drafting the documents for efficient team review, editing, correcting, and supplementation. NEPA Integrated Planning I facilitate cross-functional NEPA integrated planning incorporating environmental issues, technical design, economic analyses, and other pertinent factors. Interactive Workshops I deliver quality highly-tailored interactive workshops for Federal agencies, including: Powerful Planning using NEPA and the Facilitated Planning Approach Powerful Document Review under Section 309 of the CAA for the Environmental Protection Agency Conducting Effective NEPA Document Reviews for NEPA Practitioners and Managers Conducting Quality Cumulative Impact Analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) The National Environmental Policy Act: A Dialogue of Understanding for Quality Planning The National Environmental Policy act: Powerful Planning Focuses on Purpose and Need The National Environmental Policy Act: Developing and Implementing Effective NEPA Planning Strategies Powerful Integration of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation I facilitate conflict resolution among agencies in "Dialogues of Understanding" using NEPA for creating a common language for agencies in conflict to enter into more effective and affirmative interagency relationships for environmental planning and NEPA compliance. Reviewing NEPA Documents I review NEPA documents for quality of analysis and clarity and logic of presentation, with effective, clear, and prioritized comments for ensuring highly readable and focused analytic documents.