ERG knows environmental laws and regulations. Working with local, state, and federal customers, we conduct compliance evaluations, develop environmental management systems (EMS), and maintain compliance in plans, permits and other regulatory activities. And we do all of that with an eye toward sustainability and minimizing environmental impact.
ERG’s archaeological professionals bring a wealth of experience to meet customer needs. Including services such as archaeological surveys, cultural resource management plans, mitigation, and data recovery, we aim to support various facets of environmental solutions with a reliability that ensures every project runs smoothly and on time. We support cultural stewardship, weave cultural resource preservation seamlessly into sustainable development practices, and guide customers through regulatory requirements.
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
NAGPRA reviews
Management Plans
Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plans (ICRMPs), Cultural Resources Management Plans (CRMPs), Monitoring Plans
Phase I, II, & III studies
Inventory, testing, and mitigation studies for archaeology
Archaeological Surveys
Desktop studies, pedestrian surveys, shovel testing, excavation, monitoring
Historic Preservation
Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA)
Cultural resources damage assessments
Heritage Interpretation
Heritage signange, outreach, and education
Gravesites & Human Remains
Burial delineation, recovery, relocation, skeletal identification
Collections Management
Collections management, rehabilitation, curation
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) & National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)
Section 110 and 106 compliance, NEPA analyses
Cultural Resources Services
Cultural Resources Projects
VA Salt Lake City
ERG provides Environmental Compliance Support to the U.S. Marine Corps conducting Benchmark Environmental Compliance Evaluations (ECE) at USMC installations worldwide, validates the Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), conducts Environmental Management Review (EMR) data validation, ECE Team Training and assisting Headquarters Marine Corps with environmental compliance.
ECE at USMC
ERG provides Environmental Compliance Support to the U.S. Marine Corps conducting Benchmark Environmental Compliance Evaluations (ECE) at USMC installations worldwide, validates the Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), conducts Environmental Management Review (EMR) data validation, ECE Team Training and assisting Headquarters Marine Corps with environmental compliance.
U.S. Army Garrison
ERG provides Environmental Compliance Support to the U.S. Marine Corps conducting Benchmark Environmental Compliance Evaluations (ECE) at USMC installations worldwide, validates the Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), conducts Environmental Management Review (EMR) data validation, ECE Team Training and assisting Headquarters Marine Corps with environmental compliance.
Fort Gregg-Adams
An Installation Resiliency Plan, Oil and Hazardous Substance Contingency Plan, Tank Management Plan, updated SWPPP, an EMS Third Party Audit, and a Green Procurement Product List were services provided by ERG for comprehensive environmental compliance support for Fort Gregg-Adams, VA.
Gravesite & Human Remains Relocation
Carlisle, PA
ERG supported the US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX CMAC) and the Office of Army Cemeteries (OAC) with the disinterment and analysis of Native American individuals buried in a cemetery located on Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, a site that is associated with the former Indian Industrial School (1879-1918). The cemetery was moved to its current location in 1927. ERG has been involved with this project since its inception in 2016 and has disinterred over 40 individuals over seven field seasons. During the first phase of fieldwork, a Phase I survey, desktop literature, and background research review were conducted. Disinterment’s were conducted using manual and mechanical excavations, and each individual was disinterred manually using the least invasive methods. All cultural materials were collected, analyzed, and photo-documented, and Forensic analysis and documentation took place on-site by an American Board-Certified Forensic Anthropologist. Confirmations of identifications were completed, and through the guidance of Tribal families and/or representatives, the remains were prepared for reinternment in their appropriate setting.
Archaeological Evaluation & Monitoring
James City and York Counties, VA
ERG provided archaeological evaluation and monitoring for the Rehabilitate Colonial Parkway Project, James City and York Counties, Virginia. The archaeological evaluation and monitoring serves to identify historic or prehistoric archaeological resources, make National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligibility assessments of any identified archaeological sites, and provide future management recommendations based on the survey data.
Archaeological Survey, Collections Management, and Mitigation
Portland, OR
ERG undertook various archaeological collections management efforts to rehabilitate the VAMC Walla Walla Hussey Collection. In support of two major and several minor projects at VAMC Walla Walla and following a 2010 Memorandum of Agreement (revised and executed in 2017), rehabilitation of the VAMC Walla Walla Hussey Collection served to mitigate the management of existing cultural resources. The collection included some 160 boxes excavated from Fort Walla Walla in the late 1970s and early 1980s by Larry Hussey, a since-deceased local historian and instructor at Walla Walla Community College who served as archaeological contractor to both VA and the City of Portland on a variety of undertakings during the period. The ERG team completed the work in accordance with the project scope of work that conformed to 36CFR79, as well as collections accessioning specifications and guidelines of Seattle's Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.