Author name: Umais Fayyaz

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Yacht Club and Marina Emergency Pier Replacement and Dock Pile Project

San Francisco, California Client: Private yacht club Multi-phase Improvement Project Sunset provided multi-phase environmental permitting support for pile and pier replacement work at a private yacht club in San Francisco. In the initial phase, Sunset coordinated with key players, including applicants, landowners, and attorneys, and created a plan for preparing and coordinating emergency permit applications

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Cliff Road Waterfront Improvement

Cliff Road Waterfront Improvements Project

Belvedere, California Client: Private Water Improvements Projects Sunset provided regulatory and biological consulting support for the removal and replacement of an existing overwater pier within San Francisco Bay in Belvedere. Because the project required a US Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit, a Regional Water Quality Control Board Water Quality Certification, and a Bay Conservation

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San Francisco Bay Overwater Structure Repair Projects (multiple projects)

Belvedere, California Client: Private Homeowners Water Improvement Project Sunset has supported multiple (20+) property owners and their projects in emergency and non-emergency biological support and environmental permitting of pile-supported overwater residential structures throughout San Francisco Bay and Delta and other coastal locations throughout central and northern California. Projects have included repair and/or replacement of deteriorating

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Empire Tract Ferry Landing Ramp Repair and Levee Strengthening Project

San Joaquin County, California Client: Private Special Status Species: Swainson’s Hawk Sunset was engaged to support CEQA review and conduct environmental permitting for the repair of a boat landing ramp and strengthening of an adjacent levee in unincorporated San Joaquin County. Sunset’s scope included coordinating with the CEQA lead agency to determine the appropriate level

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Wildlife Assessments

San Rafael, California Client: Private Special Status Species: Northwestern Pond Turtle and Nesting Birds Sunset supported the repair and expansion of an existing overwater deck within San Rafael Creek, growing the structure from 389 to 676 square feet, under a Section 1600 Streambed Alteration Agreement issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Sunset’s

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Residential Mixed-use Redevelopment Project

Mill Valley, California Client: Private, Undisclosed Biological Compliance Support Sunset is providing biological compliance support for a residential mixed-use redevelopment project in Mill Valley, working alongside the client’s civil engineer, landscape architect, arborist, and general contractor to ensure all environmental and biological project authorizations required by the certified EIR are properly fulfilled. Sunset’s scope includes

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Single-family Home Project

Unincorporated Marin County, California (near Mill Valley) Client: Private Biological Constraints Assessment Sunset provided biological due diligence support to a private client evaluating a property for potential single-family home development in unincorporated Marin County. Sunset conducted a Biological Constraints Assessment that combined a background review of CDFW, California Native Plant Society, and USFWS species databases

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American Canyon Residential Development Project

American Canyon, California Client: Undisclosed Private Residential Developer Biological Studies, Permitting, and Biological Compliance Sunset was retained to lead the regulatory permitting effort for a private residential 455-unit development project in American Canyon that proposed work within 1.6 acres of wetlands. Sunset’s scope spans engagement with State and Federal agencies, and preparation of a full

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