Firm Overview

Kerr Environmental Services Corporation, a Certified Small Business established in 2002, provides all services related to natural resources investigations, permitting, mitigation, and environmental due diligence. Kerr Environmental Services is recognized as a leader in sustainable ecological restoration, an emerging field due to the confluence of regulatory requirements, watershed restoration initiatives, and ecological stewardship. Located in Virginia Beach, the staff of Kerr Environmental Services has extensive experience with the design, construction oversight and long-term monitoring of a wide variety of restoration projects including: stream restoration and stabilization, tidal wetlands, forested non-tidal wetlands, emergent freshwater wetlands, multiple benefit stormwater management-wetland creation facilities, and wildflower meadows.

Kerr Environmental Services brings over 70 years of combined experience to regulatory projects. The firm has extensive experience and expertise with environmental due diligence investigations as well as follow-on services such as: wetland assessments and delineations, Phase I, II and III Environmental Site Assessments, underground and aboveground storage tank closures, Site Characterization investigations, protected species issues, cultural resources management, Chesapeake Bay Buffer rules, and the permitting of open water, stream, and wetland encroachments. The firm also performs wetland permit compliance inspections, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) and SWPPP inspections to provide our clients with environmental services for projects from inception through completion. Kerr Environmental Services’ seven project managers have detailed working knowledge of the regulatory programs in Virginia and North Carolina and have extensive working relationships with regulatory agency personnel at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, North Carolina Division of Coastal Management, and North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Kerr Environmental Services has experience in successfully delineating large complex wetland systems and permitting encroachments for the public and private sector related to utilities, roadways, waterfront structures and facilities, stormwater management facilities, recreational facilities, governmental facilities, industrial and office parks, corporate headquarters, residential communities and mixed use developments. Kerr Environmental Services is focused on providing clients thorough, reliable, and cost-effective solutions for all of the environmental situations encountered today - from “quick look” due diligence investigations to “fast track” multimillion-dollar projects and complex habitat creation/restoration challenges.