• Environmental Assessments (EA)
• Environmental Impact Statements (EIS); and
• Environmental Economic, Technical, and Risk Analyses, and other required Environmental Documentation.

The National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (NEPA) established a nationwide policy of promoting environmental considerations in federal decision-making. NEPA requires that any federal agency proposing major action that significantly affects the environment must issue a detailed report describing the environmental impact of the proposed action. NEPA documentation and compliance requires a full range of technical, management, and support services. The documentation includes development of annotated outlines, implementation plans, and work plans based on the background information on a proposed federal activity and collection of environmentally relevant data from interviews, surveys, literature searches and site visits.

Environmental Assessment (EA): Environmental Assessment is a preliminary report, which helps to decide whether an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is necessary. An Environmental Impact Statement is a detailed document prepared to describe the effects of proposed activities on the environment. An EA briefly states the need for the proposed action, the alternatives and the environmental impacts. The EA also provides sufficient evidence and analysis to determine whether or not to prepare an EIS, or render a "Finding of No Significant impact (FNSI)". If it is decided in the early project stage that an in-depth EIS will be necessary, the EA is not required.

Environmental Impact Statements (EIS): "Environment" in Environmental Impact Statement is defined as the natural and physical environment and the relationship of the people with that environment. This means that the "environment" considered in an EIS includes land, water, air, structures, living organisms, environmental values at the site, and the social, cultural and economic aspects. An "impact" is a change in consequence that results from an activity. Impacts can be positive or negative or both. An EIS describes impacts, as well as ways to "mitigate (or lessen)" impacts. Council for Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations provide the recommended format and content of Environmental Impact Statements.

Economic, Technical, and Risk Analyses; The reports in this category cover a broad range of studies and analyses to support evaluation of options under consideration for environmental actions. Amtec services include technical and scientific investigations, risk assessments, feasibility studies, hazard assessment, safety analyses, health and safety studies, exposure assessments, dose-response evaluations, cost-benefit analyses, tradeoff studies, market assessments, economic analyses, technology assessments and value engineering studies. Amtec also provides data collection, validation and verification services; development of decision support systems and selection criteria; technical reviews and coordination; evaluation and coordination of comments; peer reviews; and risk communication. Amtec services also include a variety of economic and socioeconomic analyses including compilation of economic and social parameters concerning proposed environmental actions, land use and development; economic and cost-benefit analyses; and life cycle cost analyses.

To deliver these services, Amtec assembles task-dedicated teams that have qualification and expertise in multiple disciplines required by the ordering Activity. Documentation of the environmental analysis process includes formulation of environmental criteria and the analytical approach to be used in conducting the analyses. Comprehensive task requirements are addressed along with milestones, staff assignments, scheduling, and deliverables as well as complete documentation. The Amtec staff is experienced in performing economic, technical and risk analyses.