Regulatory Approvals

With an integrated suite of services, the Vertex Land and Environmental teams work together to achieve seamless processing of applications and approvals.  Unique to the industry is the ability to address large scale project access and environmental concerns with a single company, saving valuable project resources and providing a concise and consistent messaging to project stakeholders. Our integrated and professional team support project execution through all aspects of development projects including but not limited to:

• project routing and constraints mapping
• assessment of environmental receptors and sensitive areas
• the completion of various simple and complex regulatory approval applications
• environmental and construction monitoring
• ongoing project communication, damage settlement and issue mitigation

The Vertex structure ensures a complete project understanding and a streamlined, local approach to regulatory approvals.    The Vertex team is experienced, across various regulatory frameworks and our adaptable approach can streamline project approvals for both large and small development projects.

• Federal Approvals

  Our North American operation has extensive experience working within Federal regulatory frameworks including but not limited to executing under the following frameworks:

  • Canadian Energy Regulatory” CER” (formerly National Energy Board (NEB))
  • Canadian Environmental Assessment Act “CEAA”
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission “FERC”
  • National Environmental Protect Act “NEPA”
  • US Environmental Protection Agency “EPA”
  • Indian Oil and Gas Canada “IOGC”
  • Bureau of Land Management “BLM”
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs “BIA”
• State & Provincial

  More localized our state and provincial experience includes work with Environmental and Industry specific regulatory bodies in almost all our operating areas.  Local experts work closely with regulatory agencies to understand the development of local policies and procedures and to develop project specific understand to ensure sustainable development and approval within those jurisdictions.   While our specific regulatory interactions are too numerous to list, our local practice works to understand the pre-development condition of the site, the intended project use and develop a sustainable path of least resistance to approval for each project and industry.

• Municipal

  At the municipal level, our support for municipal development projects includes many of the same state and provincial regulatory frameworks but includes additional support for our customers through the municipal development process.   While the science is consistent, local application expertise is applied to ensure a streamlined approval process.