QP Professionals at Terra Firma Consultants are certified to perform:

• Wetland Delineations

• Watercourse Alterations

• Buffer Zone Site Assessments.

What does this mean?

If you wish to develop a piece of land containing a wetland or watercourse, you may be impacted. The Nova Scotia Department of Environment has strict rules concerning wetlands and watercourses with a new policy of no net loss of wetland.

There are also specific guidelines for crossing a watercourse. If your land is in Halifax Regional Municipality, you are probably affected by the "Buffer Zone Site Assessment" regulation, which restricts development within 20 metres of a watercourse or wetland.

What to do with wetlands

If you suspect a wetland is on the property, and you are anticipating developing it, call us to find out if it really is a wetland or not. Wetland determinations are conducted between June 1 and September 30 of each year.

If it is a wetland, delineation is required before any development can take place. We can do this for you but advance notice is necessary.

What to do with watercourses

Crossing water courses usually requires a permit. If your development plan includes a watercourse, call us. We can identify its boundaries and acquire the necessary permits to cross properly.

If a brook or stream has to be crossed we can design the specifications for the installation of a culvert. The culvert design must be approved by the Department of Environment before they will issue a Watercourse Alteration Permit. We do the field work, calculations, paperwork submission, inspections throughout the installation and follow-up information to the Department.

What do to with waterfront property

If you are building in Halifax Regional Municipality near a watercourse or wetland, a Buffer Zone Site Assessment is required. We can do this for you.

Terra Firma can provide all your environmental permitting

requirements in a timely and efficient manner.

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TERRA FIRMA CONSULTANTS
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