ARCADIS is one of the nation’s oldest and largest environmental and infrastructure firms, providing remediation, water resources, land development and transportation design services to municipal and private-sector clients. With over 13.000 employees worldwide and ten Florida offices, we offer both localized service and global expertise.

AKERMAN SENTERFITT, one of Florida’s leading law firms, has more than 450 attorneys and consultants servicing the needs of local, regional, national and international clients. The firm represents a variety of businesses, governmental entities, and other organizations in virtually every area of environmental law including environmental compliance and permitting, risk assessment and management, due diligence investigations, assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, and defending against enforcement actions and administrative challenges to rules and permits. Founded in 1920, the firm now has offices in Florida’s major business centers: Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and West Palm Beach, as well as in Washington, D.C. and New York. For more information about our practice groups and attorneys, visit www.akerman.com.

BERGER SINGERMAN From the firm’s offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and in the state capital of Tallahassee, Berger Singerman serves a diverse client base with respect to matters involving Florida issues. The Firm’s attorneys are widely recognized as among the best in their field by independent third party sources, and many have held prestigious positions in industry, in the legal community and in public service. The Firm distinguishes itself not by its size, but by its passion for client service. The Firm appreciates that clients have numerous alternatives when it comes to legal services and that we have to earn our clients’ business and referrals each and every day. Members of the firm have expertise in all areas of commercial law, including banking, creditors’ rights, business reorganization, bankruptcy, corporate & securities, dispute resolution and litigation, white collar crime, real estate, environmental and land use, health care, tax, estate planning, and probate.

BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE & AXELROD LLP is a full-service commercial law firm based in Florida. Our land use and government relations experience includes environmental law; regulation; permitting; enforcement; land use; zoning; government relations; procurement; administrative proceedings; and regulatory compliance. For more information, please visit our website at www.bilzin.com.

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (BRA), a division of ENTRIX, Inc., is an environmental and natural resource management consulting firm with a multi-disciplinary staff of over 150 highly experienced environmental professionals with expertise in all aspects of regulatory permitting, environmental assessment, natural resource management, ecology, GIS and other related services. BRA serves all o Florida and the southeastern United States from offices in Tampa, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Destin, Vero Beach, Panama City, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers. For more information, please visit us at www. biologicalresearch.com.

BIRKITT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. (BES) was formed in 1996 to provide environmental services and permitting and certification assistance for projects throughout Florida. BES is highly experienced in the management of large-scale development, construction, and environmental restoration projects with proven experience in expediting state, federal, and local regulatory agency negotiations. BES has recognized expertise in wetlands restoration, environmental monitoring, mitigation and mitigation banking and environmental construction and compliance monitoring.

BROWN AND CALDWELL founded in 1947, is a full-service environmental engineering and consulting firm with a reputation for delivering innovative and economical environmental solutions. Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, BC is a recognized leader in adapting state-of –the-art technologies to address complex problems. Brown and Caldwell is consistently ranked in the top 10 “All-Environmental” firms and 37th among the “Top 200” engineering firms in the United States by Engineering News-Record. With more than 1,500 employees and a nationwide network of more than 47 offices, it is one of the largest employee-owned consulting firms in the US. BC’s Florida offices are located in: Orlando (Maitland), North Port, West Palm Beach, Miami, Tampa, and Jacksonville. Our core services are in wastewater, water, infrastructure, environmental services, stormwater management, and regulatory compliance. For more than 60 years, our creative designs and progressive solutions have helped scores of municipal, federal and private agencies successfully overcome their most challenging environmental obstacles.

The foundation of the BURTON-KATZMAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY is built upon the traditions of integrity, quality and value. With the company now in its third generation, the Burton and Katzman families have influenced building trends in Southeastern Michigan, Ohio, Florida, the Carolinas and California since the early 1900s. Today, active principals Peter Burton and Robert Katzman combine their expertise to orchestrate a wide variety of residential, retail, office and industrial developments. With innovation, experience and financial strength, Burton-Katzman is setting the pace in real estate development for the next generation. Headquartered in Bingham Farms, Michigan, the organization controls and manages approximately 5.0 million square feet of various commercial properties, with approximately 3.0 million square feet either under construction or under control pending completion of entitlements. For additional information please go to www.Burton-Katzman.com.

CARDNO TBE was originally structured as Tampa Bay Engineeering in 1984 as a full-service environmental and civil engineering firm headquartered in the state of Florida. With now over 480 associates and over 32 offices nationally, we have grown into an international firm, and one of the largest engineering firms in Florida. In September 2008, TBE Group, Inc. joined forces with international firm and Australian based Cardno Limited in a merger. Cardno TBE currently offers a broad range of professional services including site development and brownfields redevelopment, redevelopment consulting services, water/wastewater facilities design, environmental management, GIS/asset management, urban and land planning, landscape architecture, water resources and storm water management, roadway and bridge design, transportation planning and traffic operations, right-of-way acquisition and relocation, outdoor advertising regulation services, construction inspection and administration services, survey and mapping, subsurface utility engineering, utility coordination, 3-D underground mapping and utility relocation design. Cardno TBE takes pride in remaining on the forefront of technology and having the ability to respond to the ever-changing needs of clients in the architectural, engineering and construction industry.

CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. has over 280 lawyers and governmental consultants in seven offices, including Miami, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach, and Atlanta. The firm serves a mix of national and local corporations, state and local public entities and individuals. Members of the firm’s Government Law and Consulting Practice Group have extensive experience in all areas of environmental, land use, and administration law, and governmental consulting. The practice includes not only transactional work but also significant litigation. It also has 3 AICP planners on staff to assist its clients in permitting, zoning and DRIs and comprehensive plan amendments. For more information, please visit Carlton-Fields.com

THE CATALINA GROUP is a “boutique” consulting firm specializing in government relations in the water resources sector. Cathy Vogel, the firm’s principal, has more than 20 years experience working in water management and water policy in Florida. The Catalina Group represents agriculture, utilities and community developers before the Florida Legislature, water management districts, and local governments.

CDM is a national environmental engineering, groundwater, and environmental services company with offices in Fort Myers, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Vero Beach, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Panama City, Florida. CDM is also an international leader in the development of public water supplies and one of the most experienced firms in the United States in the field of water supply development using membrane technology. CDM performs environmental services, site remediation of hazardous waste and petroleum sites, environmental site assessments, contamination assessments, hydrogeologic investigations, groundwater modeling, other specialty engineering, expert testimony and litigation support.

CH2M Hill. Headquartered near Denver, Colorado, employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction, management, and operations for government, civil, industrial, and energy clients. With $6.4 billion in revenue and more than 25,000 employees, CH2M Hill is an industry-leading program management, construction management, and design firm, as ranked by Engineering News-Record (2008).

COASTAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., is a multi-disciplinary professional consulting firm which has specialized in project management and engineering in the coastal environment for over 20 years. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, Coastal Systems provided innovative and value-based solutions throughout Florida and the Caribbean for projects such as coastal and marine master planning, ports, and cruise ship destinations, marinas, beach nourishment, artificial reefs, parks and recreation projects. Coastal Systems provides comprehensive services including hydrographic and resource surveys, environmental impact assessment, regulatory permitting, design coordination, economic analysis, habitat mitigation, and construction administration. Coastal Systems offers additional construction management services for international projects through their sister company, Coastal Systems Development, Inc.

COLUMBIA ANALYTICAL is an employee-owned, full-service environmental analytical network with laboratories and service centers nationwide. Our expertise encompasses air, water, dioxin, biological, pharmaceutical, and solid and hazardous waste analyses. Our services are tailored to meet the individual needs of our clients by providing high quality, cost-effective, and timely analytical data. Visit us at: www.caslab.com.

EARTHBALANCE, an employee-owned company, is Florida’s leading ecological restoration firm specializing in restoring and managing land. EarthBalance® provides mitigation banking, natural area management, and native plant supply and installation services. With offices in Southwest and Central Florida, the firm services public and private clients from Louisiana to Maryland and the U.S. Virgin Islands. EarthBalance® also operates a native plant nursery in DeSoto County and mitigation banks in Citrus, Hardee, DeSoto and Sarasota Counties.

ECO2Asset Solutions, LLC, is a professional services firm specializing in the management and advisory of ecosystem assets and liabilities for ranch, farm and timberland owners, and stte and local municipalities and other public institutions. Located in Tampa, Florida, the firm provides innovative advisory that seeks to meet the specific environmental goals of each client, generating measurable economic, environmental and social value-a triple bottom line. Eco2Asset Solutions is unique because of its affiliation with Lykes Bros., the 12th largest landowner in the United States. In addition to being a large landowner, Lykes Bros. has close to 100 years of experience in ranching, agriculture, forestry and land management. Throughout its history, Lykes Bros. Has taken a proactive role in the value-added management of its own natural resources, giving Eco2Asset Solutions a unique perspective on ecological management.

EMS SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, INC. is a multidisciplinary firm of environmental scientists, civil engineers, transportation engineers, and planners. The firm was founded in 1985 and now has a staff of approximately 35 persons. The corporate headquarters is located in Altamonte Springs (Orlando area), with two branch offices located in St. Augustine and DeLand. Our services include wetland permitting; wetland mitigation design; mitigation bank permitting; endangered species surveys; wildlife and land management; Phase I Environmental Site Assessments; and PD&E studies including air quality, water Quality, wetland assessments, noise studies, contamination screening evaluations, GIS mapping, and GPS data collection.

ENTRIX WATER SOLUTIONS is an environmental and natural resource management consulting firm specializing in water resources management, environmental risk management, natural resources management, natural resource economics, and facility permitting and compliance. Established in 1984, ENTRIX focuses on delivering practical solutions through a full range of environmental consulting services. With 39 offices in 20 states, its staff includes experts in environmental sciences, geosciences, and environmental engineering. Widely considered a premier firm for its strategic planning capabilities and innovative approaches to the management of environmental and natural resource liabilities, ENTRIX attracts high-caliber, multidisciplinary employees, including scientists, biologists, ecologists, wetland specialists, economists, engineers, planners, ecotoxicologists, chemists, risk assessors, and project managers. This allows ENTRIX to better provide consulting services of unparalleled quality in the industry.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY, INC. (ECT) is an employee-owned, full-service environmental consulting firm offering a broad range of environmental, engineering, planning, and management services. The company is headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, and now has more than 230 employees based in eight Florida offices, six Michigan offices, and one Illinois office. ECT provides multidisciplinary environmental consulting services throughout the United States, including siting, licensing, permitting, and remediation for projects ranging from less than 1 acre to more than 30,000 acres in size.

ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS, INC. (EEI) is full service consulting and remediation firm offering a broad range of professional services provided by senior level professionals. EEI was founded by Robert D. Stephens, REM, CREA, LEP, who has a long history f environmental experience. Mr. Stephens has worked for over 30 years as an environmental professional for state regulatory agencies, a national chemical manufacturing firm and various environmental consulting firms. EEI principals have experience with environmental regulations brought forth over the years including the federal Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, and SARA amendments, Universal RBCA and Brownfields, as well as corresponding Florida programs, statutes and regulations. EEI’s principals perform Phase I investigations and serve as expert witness in Phase I litigation. EEI’s principals and senior staff have taken an active role over the past three decades in shaping the environmental policies and regulations in Florida.

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. (ESI) is a full service environmental consulting firm providing ecological, cultural resources, forest management, stream restoration, hazardous substances management and sustainable services to public and private clients throughout the Southeast. The company, established in 1986 in Jacksonville, has a staff of more than 100 professionals dedicated to fulfilling the mission of serving our clients, taking care of our people and serving our communities. ESI offers a wide variety of services including wetland assessment, permitting, land use planning, mitigation, threatened and endangered species studies, Phase I and II hazardous site assessments, forestry, stream restoration, GIS, archaeology, cultural resources and NPDES permitting.

E SCIENCES, INCORPORATED, excels at providing engineering, environmental and ecological consulting services to clients in both the public and private sectors. From our offices in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Stuart and Sarasota, our staff has successfully executed projects throughout Florida and the Southeastern United States. Our services include permitting support for wetlands and threatened and endangered species impacts, land management planning, mitigation, environmental assessments and remediation, water/wastewater engineering, water resource services, and stormwater/NPDES consulting.

THE EVERGLADES MITIGATION BANK (EMB) is a wetland restoration project, owned and operated by Florida Power& Light Company (FPL). The 13,249 acre project is located in southern Miami-Dade County and is home to several unique ecosystems supporting 46 protected species of plant and animal life. With its large size and unique location, Everglades Mitigation Bank is a major contributor to a seamless corridor between Biscayne national Park and Everglades National Park.

THE FLORIDA BIOFUELS ASSOCIATION, INC. is an association of private and public sector professionals dedicated to increasing the demand, distribution infrastructure, and capacity for locally produced and distributed ethanol, biodiesel and other agriculturally and waste derived fuels, and to serving as an educational resource for the development of a sustainable biofuels sector in Florida.

FLORIDA MITIGATION PROVIDERS, LLC, is a commercial wetland mitigation banking firm headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. In the greater Jacksonville area, Florida Mitigation Providers owns and manages Sundew, Loblolly, Tupelo, and Nochaway mitigation banks which comprise approximately 14,000 acres throughout Duval, Clay, Putnam, and St. Johns counties. The banks offer credits to satisfy both state and federal requirements. In addition to offsetting the impacts to wetlands, the mitigation banks are also used to preserve the habitats of endangered and threatened species such as the gopher tortoise.

FOWLER WHITE BOGGS, founded more than 65 years ago, is one of Florida’s oldest and most successful firms. Fowler White Boggs has offices in Tampa, Fort Myers, Tallahassee, Ft. Lauderdale, and Jacksonville. The firm’s Government, Environment and Land Department team provides representation to both public and private clients before state, federal, local and regional governmental entities. Areas of practice include wetlands, consumptive use and coastal construction permitting, comprehensive plan, zoning and DRI approval, community development districts, underground storage tanks, indoor air quality and solid and hazardous waste, involving all state and federal environmental regulatory agencies and the Florida Legislature. Typical representation includes negotiations with local governments as well as regulatory agencies.

GENESIS GROUP is a multi-discipline firm that employs over 150 professionals in the areas of environmental design, permitting, regulatory support, landscape architecture, professional engineering, and development planning. The Genesis Group provides coordination between private sector clients, local government, and environmental agencies to ensure our regulatory and private clients’ needs are met, while at the same time delivering ecologically sound, sustainable development. Genesis Group also provides comprehensive master planning services that function to reduce energy and water consumption by integrating the latest bio-technology with effective environmental design.

GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS is a professional service provider, applying our expertise to client projects involving environmental restoration and operations, natural resources management, solid waste, transportation, and water resources infrastructure. The professionals at Geosyntec are leading practitioners in the earth and environmental sciences; geotechnical, hydrological, and environmental engineering; and construction management. From our offices nationwide, we work with clients who seek long-term relationships based on our ability to provide practical leadership, technology, innovation, outstanding service, and exceptional project execution.

GOLDER ASSOCIATES is a premier global group of consulting companies, specializing in ground engineering and environmental science throughout the world. With Golder’s strong Florida presence – consisting of offices strategically located in Boca Raton, Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Tampa, we are able to provide clients with a dedicated staff of over 150 environmental professionals. These professionals possess a broad range of expertise and experience in air resources, water resources, contaminated land restoration, ecology, EH&S compliance, geotechnical engineering, power, property acquisition and development, risk assessments, solid waste, indoor environmental quality, and toxicology, as well as litigation support and expert testimony.

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP is an international, full-service law firm with more than 1750 attorneys and governmental affairs professionals. The firm was selected as Chambers and Partners’ USA Law Firm of the Year in 2007 and among the Top 3 in the International Law Firm of the Year at the 2009 The Lawyer Awards. The Environmental and Land Development Practice is one of the firm’s oldest and largest practice groups, with more than 50 lawyers handling a wide variety of environmental and land development matters in both national and international markets. For additional information, please visit the firm’s website at www.gtlaw.com.

GREENHORNE & O’MARA, INC. (G&O) is a national, full-service engineering consulting firm that has provided general civil, transportation, environmental, water resources, and hazard mitigation and security solutions for 60 years.  G&O is ranked among the top 25 percent of the country’s leading engineering consulting firms by Engineering News Record.  With 18 offices in Florida, Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia, the firm provides a comprehensive range of services throughout the U.S. and abroad to public and private sector clients.

GUNSTER'S ENVIRONMENTAL & LAND USE PRACTICE provides comprehensive legal counsel to clients exclusively in the areas of environmental, land use, property rights and governmental law. We represent sophisticated national and international clients including large-scale landowners, developers, agricultural entities, industrial businesses and governmental agencies throughout Florida and the United States. We provide strategic counsel on all aspects of property development and use before local, state and federal permitting agencies and courts. Today, the attorneys at Gunster specialize in environmental resource and water use permitting, sovereign submerged lands issues, Section 404 permitting, coastal and marine developments, environmental contamination and remediation matters, and all aspects of land use entitlements including DRIs, comprehensive planning, and entitlements. In addition, the Firm has developed a thriving climate change and sustainability practice with two LEED AP attorneys. The firm represents power generation facilities and alternative energy businesses and has been appointed to the Governor’s Action Team on Energy and Climate Change. Gunster attorneys have authored numerous articles and are frequent speakers at seminars throughout Florida, in addition to their involvement with organizations including the Urban Land Institute, the Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Sections, the Florida Bar Property Rights Committee, the American Water Resources Association, the Florida Green Building Coalition, and U.S. Green Building Council.

HENDERSON, FRANKLIN, STARNES & HOLT, P.A., is one of the largest firms between Tampa and Miami. A full-service firm, Henderson Franklin has over 59 attorneys practicing in the areas of business an dtax planning, estate planning, family law, commercial and civil litigation, workers’ compensation, employment law, real estate, and land use and environmental law. One of the state’s oldest firms, Henderson Franklin was founded in Fort Myers in 1924 and currently operates offices in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs, and Sanibel Island.

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP is Florida’s largest law firm with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Beijing, Bethesda, Chicago, Helsinki, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Northern Virginia, Orlando, Portland, San Francisco, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tel Aviv, Tokoyo, Washington D.C., and West Palm Beach. Areas of practice include legislative representation, all aspects of environmental and land use law, and administrative, civil, and criminal litigation.

HOPPING GREEN & SAMS, P.A. is a Tallahassee, Florida based firm representing clients statewide primarily in the area of governmental law. Its attorneys have assisted clients at federal, state, regional, and local levels in all areas of environmental and land use regulation and litigation including: solid and hazardous waste, comprehensive planning, DRIs, property rights litigation, toxic substances, wetland, water use, sovereign submerged lands, air emissions, underground injection control, oil and gas exploration, endangered species, industrial wastewater, domestic wastewater, stormwater and potable water. Hopping Green & Sams also represents clients in matters relating to state and local tax, business and insurance regulation, and community development districts. Hopping Green & Sams maintains an active lobbying practice representing clients before the Florida Legislature, state agencies, the Governor and Cabinet.

HSW ENGINEERING, INC. provides a full range of environmental consulting and engineering services with special emphasis on environmental site assessment and remediation, remediation site exit strategies, regulatory compliance and compliance audits (RCRA, CERCLA, HWSA, NPDES, UST, CWA, CAA), construction management, underground storage tanks, brownfields, environmental permitting, human health and ecological risk assessments, water resource evaluation, computer modeling, database management, expert witness services, and civil engineering and land development. HSW’s corporate office is located in Tampa, FL with satellite offices in Orlando, FL, Gainesville, FL, DeLand, FL, Sarasota, FL, and Detroit, MI.

JONES EDMUNDS & ASSOCIATES, INC. delivers a broad range of environmental engineering and consulting services such as water resources management, industrial and domestic water and wastewater engineering, wetland ecology, hydrogeology, hazardous and petroleum waste management, and sold waste management to clients representing both the public and private sector. Comprised of more than 290 talented engineers, scientists, geologists and support staff, the Florida-based firm remains committed to its core values: integrity, knowledge and service.

KATZ BARRON SQUITERO FAUST is a full-service, commercial-based law firm founded in 1977. With offices in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, the firm has extensive experience in commercial real estate transactions, and environmental and land use law. Areas of environmental practice include air and water pollution; contaminated property; environmental permitting, litigation and enforcement at federal, state and local levels; the evaluation of environmental risks in property transactions, mergers and acquisitions; residential, commercial and industrial development; and mold assessments, mediation and litigation.

KLEINFELDER is a leading professional consulting services firm providing environmental planning, engineering, scientific, technical and management solutions. We add value by delivering innovative and practical solutions in the natural and built environments. At Kleinfelder our business is built on a track record of proven success and long-term relationships. Our breadth of expertise and range of services allow us to bring clients value across multiple aspects and phases of their diverse challenges.

LANGAN ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. (LANGAN) Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Elmwood Park, NJ, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services is a premier provider of integrated land development engineering and environmental consulting services. Currently, Langan (www.langan.com) employs 550 professionals and has regional offices in Miami and Tallahassee, FL; New York City; Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and Doylestown, PA; New Haven, CT; Trenton, NJ; Arlington, VA; Las Vegas, NV, and Los Angeles, CA. The firm offers natural and cultural resources/permitting, site/civil, geotechnical, and environmental engineering, sustainable design consulting as well as landscape architecture and planning, survey/mapping, traffic/transportation, and CADD/GIS. Langan supports a mix of private developers, property owners and public sector clients in virtually any market sector including commercial, residential, retail, office, industrial, high-rise, infrastructure, energy, school construction, hospitals/healthcare, mixed-use, stadiums/arenas, waterfront development, Brownfield redevelopment, and corporate environmental site assessment and remedial design. Langan International, the worldwide subsidiary of Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, with offices in London, Athens, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, provides all firm services to private and public sector clients around the globe.

LEWIS, LONGMAN & WALKER, P.A. is a statewide law firm with offices in Bradenton, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and West Palm Beach in close proximity to the headquarters of federal, state and regional environmental agencies as well as the state legislature, Governor and Cabinet. The firm provides developers, industry, local government and agricultural clients, both public and private, with representation in environmental and land use matters, water and wastewater issues, listed species concerns, eminent domain, governmental and special district representation, general administrative and legislative matters, employment and public pension law, and public finance and auto finance law. Please visit www.llw-law.com for more information.

LOWNDES, DROSDICK, DOSTER, KANTOR & REED, P.A. is central Florida’s largest law firm and has earned the reputation of “Florida’s Business law Firm Since 1969.” This full-service law firm is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell peer review and is a founding member of Meritas, a world-wide alliance of more than 200 independent law firms with 5,000 attorneys. Highly regarded as one of the most efficient, effective and aggressive law firms, the attorneys are noted as some of the best in real estate, land use and environmental matters, corporate business transactions, litigation and wealth management.

MACFARLANE, FERGUSON & MCMULLEN provides a full range of environmental and land use services representing corporate, governmental and individual clients. The firm has one of the few environmental departments in the state that offers environmental counseling and permitting as well as experienced administrative state and federal litigation practitioners in the field of environmental, toxic tort, natural resources, entitlements, permitting, and land use law. The firm’s land use and environmental permitting services are available statewide with offices in Tampa, Clearwater and Lakeland.

MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (MACTEC) is a nationwide engineering and environmental consulting firm with more than 3000 employees in over 80 cities. In Florida MACTEC has over 400 employees in nine locations: Miami, West Palm Beach, Naples, Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Pensacola and Tallahassee. MACTEC core business lines include Water, Wastewater Services, and Environmental Engineering; Environmental Services such as risk assessment toxicology, water quality modeling and nutrient management, watershed planning and management, wetland, stream and lake restorations, TMDLs; stormwater engineering and BMPS design and retrofit; ecological services; environmental compliance, remediation, permitting and modeling; transportation services; UST/pre-approval services; facilities engineering, geosciences, industrial risk assessment and air resources.

MANSON LAW GROUP is an environmental and governmental law firm located in Tampa, Florida. The firm practices in water use, environmental, administrative, and governmental law. We frequently assist our clients in negotiating with state and local agencies, as well as the State Legislature, Governmor and Cabinet in environmental, land use and local government issues. We have extensive experience in agency rulemaking proceedings and permit litigation. We provide expertise to regional water supply authorities, utilities, agricultural clients, developers, and protection to existing permit holders that would be damaged by a proposed new use by challenging permits adversely impacting our clients.

MECHANIK NUCCIO HEARNE & WESTER provides a full range of legal services related to real estate and business with special emphasis on transactions and governmental relations. The firm provides services to clients involved in complex real estate transactions and the development of real property, including Development of Regional Impact review, plan amendments, rezoning, permitting, historic preservation, wetlands, transportation and threatened and endangered species. The firm’s environmental practice includes site assessments and compliance audits, brownfields, enforcement defense, wetlands and protected species, Superfund and RCRA, storage tank and dry cleaner site regulation, remediation and reimbursement, solid and hazardous waste, and air and water emissions.

MILLER LEGG is a statewide award-winning consulting firm providing both public and private clients planning, environmental natural resources, environmental engineering, sustainability consulting, landscape architecture and urban design, civil and traffic engineering, surveying and GIS services. With offices in Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Orange and Escambia Counties, the 43-year old firm has a staff of more than 165 professionals providing comprehensive services that improve communities and create environments.

MISSIMER GROUNDWATER SCIENCES (MGS), now a part of Schlumberger Water Services USA, Inc., provides integrated solutions for the development and management of groundwater resources in the U.S.A., Canada, and throughout the world. Schlumberger, the world’s leading supplier of technology and services for deep energy resource exploration, employs over 70,000 people worldwide. The company performs aquifer storage and recovery, water supply development, source water protection, coastal zone aquifer management, water solutions for mines, groundwater modeling and simulation, high-resolution geophysical logging, surface geophysics, and long-term monitoring projects.

MITIGATION MARKETING, LLC founded in 1998, is the leading organization for the development and marketing of wetland and habitat mitigation in the state of Florida. The organization currently represents 31,500 acres of land that consist of eighteen approved or pending mitigation banks and two pending conservation banks throughout the state of Florida. Mitigation Marketing is interested in pursuing other markets in Florida in order to better serve their clients’ needs. Landowners and investors interested in pursuing the mitigation banking industry are encouraged to contact Mitigation Marketing. For more information, please visit our website at www.mitigationmarketing.com.

NATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (NTI) is a full service, Florida-based ecosystem restoration company specializing in project management, mechanized vegetation management, earthwork and erosion control, planting and tree relocation, exotic and invasive control, prescribed burning, and biological monitoring for a wide range of ecosystems. NTI’s main focus is to provide clients with high-quality professional services at competitive pricing while maintaining the highest level of environmental standards. NTI is comprised of highly trained and licensed biologists and technicians with practical field experience in construction, biology, hydrology, soils and horticulture. Contact: Desmond Duke, Vice President of Business Development, 814 South Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442; Phone (954) 596-2411; dduke@wetlandsbank.com; www.nativetechnologiesinc.com.

OERTEL, FERNANDEZ, COLE & BRYANT, P.A. has been providing high-quality legal services to its clients for more than 30 years. In that time, the firm has represented clients in the private and public sectors in state and federal courts, and before state, local, and federal agencies, as well as the Florida Executive Branch and the Florida Legislature. The firm focuses its practice in the fields of regulatory, administrative and governmental law. The firm’s regulatory practice includes water resources, water and air quality, wetland permitting, solid and hazardous waste, mining, submerged lands, coastal, growth management, zoning, utilities, and professional licensing matters. Additionally, the firm’s practice areas include competitive bidding matters, bid protests, eminent domain, PSC issues, general corporate law, construction law, lien law, employment disputes, non-competition agreements, and business law. The firm also represents clients in rule making and policy development before federal, state and local environmental agencies. Oertel, Fernandez, Cole & Bryant is available to represent clients in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. The firm is “AV” rated by the national Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. The “AV” rating is the highest designation attainable and is based on a firm’s professional qualifications, reputation, and ethics.

PBS&J (www.pbsj.com) is an employee-owned firm that provides infrastructure planning, engineering, construction management, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients. The firm is ranked 29th by Engineering News-Record among the nation’s top consulting firms. PBS&J has 3,800 employees and more than 80 offices located throughout the United States and abroad. The firm has 17 offices located throughout Florida to provide local expertise on any project.

PECKAR & ABRAMSON is one of the nation’s leading construction law firms, routinely handling clients’ needs throughout the United States and the world. P & A represents many of the construction industry’s most successful contractors and other construction professionals, as well as providing legal counsel to many industries. On environmental issues, P & A not only represents commercial, highway and other contractors with green construction, but also assists them with environmental risk management, enforcement defense and permitting at federal, state, regional, and local levels. P & A assists clients in all areas of environmental regulation and litigation including solid and hazardous waste, toxic substances, wetlands, coastal construction, water use, endangered species, industrial wastewater, stormwater and potable water, submerged lands, air emissions, underground injection control, and brownfields redevelopment. With offices in New York, New Jersey, Florida, California, Chicago and Washington, D.C., and affiliations with law firms around the world, Peckar & Abramson offers a full range of construction and related legal services.

QORE PROPERTY SCIENCES (QORE) is an employee-owned engineering and environmental consulting firm founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1969. QORE has grown to more than 400 professional, technical, and support personnel located in 17 offices throughout the southeastern United States. QORE provides professional services such as Phase II environmental site assessments, contamination assessment, remedial design/implementation, environmental permitting, wetland and ecology surveys, brownfield assessment and redevelopment, geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing to a variety of private and public sector clients. The scientific and engineering disciplines provided by QORE include geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, biology, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, industrial hygiene, geotechnical engineering, construction material testing, and facilities engineering.

RUDEN, MCCLOSKY is a full service law firm with offices in Boca Raton, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach and Caracas, Venezuela. The firm represents private and public sector clients on a broad range of issues, including administrative, environmental and land use law, and related civil litigation. Attorneys in these areas of practice are experienced in environmentally sensitive lands and land acquisition, hazardous and solid waste, underground storage tanks, water use and management, and wetlands protection mitigation. The firm represents clients before federal, state, regional and local governments.

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP is one of the world’s largest full-service law firms and includes a nationally-recognized environmental practice focusing on environmental litigation and regulatory compliance. Sidley’s environmental lawyers represent our clients in litigation regarding civil and criminal enforcement, toxic tort and public nuisance matters; offer compliance counseling concerning regulatory requirements, including design, implementation audits of compliance and EHS management systems; assist on environmental issues associated with business transactions and industrial development projects; and provide counseling on cutting-edge issues, such as sustainable development, climate change, social responsibility and nanotechnology.

SOUTHERN WASTE INFORMATION EXCHANGE (SWIX) operates as a cooperative effort between the Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Florida State University. SWIX serves as a non-profit clearinghouse and repository for business concerning information on solid and hazardous waste management alternatives; pollution prevention approaches; market development for recyclable materials in Florida; recycled products which are available to Florida markets; the availability of and demand for waste materials; waste management services and products; and regulatory information related to solid and hazardous waste management.

SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY L.L.P., founded in 1890, has approximately 800 lawyers in 30 offices and 14 countries around the world. Squire Sanders’ environmental, health and safety lawyers represent clients around the world. Formation of our environmental practice predates the establishment of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and today we handle every type of environmental matter including toxic tort and product liability litigation, corporate transactions, insurance recovery, site remediation and brownfields development, legislative monitoring and lobbying, regulatory compliance and counseling, and agency negotiations.

SWS FIRST RESPONSE (SWS) and EAGLE CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC (EAGLE) are professional, multidiscipline firms that provide advanced environmental emergency response, remediation, construction and demolition activities, as well as technical, industrial and training services. Clients are provided the best resources and most practical technologies available for the remediation, disposal, restoration and management of environmental issues. Extensive capabilities and experience in the remediation of contaminated and environmentally impaired sites, as well as cleanup, handling and disposal of hazardous materials is a core strength. Using an integrated approach to environmental management, both firms handle all project phases from design to final cleanup. SWS and Eagle personnel construct and operate complete treatment systems for the remediation of environmental contaminants. Remediation project experience has encompassed the successful application of a wide variety of advanced treatment technologies, including stabilization, neutralization, oxidation, vapor extraction, chemical precipitation, dewatering, thermal desorption, solidification, bioremediation, capping and removal. Eagle has successfully treated a wide variety of contaminants including metals (Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Lead, Nickel, Selenium and Zinc), Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Pentachlorophenol"s, pesticides, and various other inorganic and organic chemicals.

TETRA TECH, INC., established in 1966, is a full service engineering consulting firm. We offer proven experience and demonstrated experience in Civil Engineering, Hydrogeology, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater Management, Survey, Mapping, GIS, Aviation, Transportation, Permitting and Construction Services. Tetra Tech has designed, permitted and constructed several large well fields and brackish groundwater reverse osmosis water treatment plants in Florida. Our award winning team has been recognized for innovation and dedication over the years, and we bring that perspective to each new project. Engineering News Record (ENR) has ranked Tetra Tech No. 1 in Water Treatment and Desalination, and No. 8 for Engineering Design Services. For more information, please visit our website at www.tetratech.com.

TRINITY CONSULTANTS is a nationwide firm that assists industrial facilities with sensitive environmental issues. Our regulatory compliance services include air permitting, air dispersion modeling, and compliance auditing. We also assist clients with emerging environmental management concerns through our climate change and business sustainability service offering. T3, a Trinity Consultants company, implements information technology solutions for EH&S management. Trinity also markets BREEZE® modeling software and teaches training course on environmental issues.

URS CORPORATION is a leading worldwide provider of water resources, environmental, engineering and consulting services with a staff of approximately 56,000 located in over 300 offices in major cities in the America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Our Florida-based staff of over 1,050 engineers and professionals, technical specialists and support staff have expertise and extensive experience in the full spectrum of engineering and environmental disciplines. URS serves its Florida clients from twelve offices throughout the state and offers a full range of environmental services.

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS regulatory program is one of the oldest in the federal government and initially served a fairly simple, straightforward purpose: to protect and maintain the navigable capacity of the nation's waters. Time, changing public needs, evolving policy, case law, and new statutory mandates have changed the complexion of the program, adding to its breadth, complexity, and authority. The Corps has been involved in regulating activities by others in navigable waterways through the granting of permits since passage of the Rivers & Harbors Act of 1899. At first, this program was meant to prevent obstructions to navigation, although an early 20th century law gave us regulatory authority over the dumping of trash and sewage. Passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 greatly broadened this role by giving the Corps authority over dredging and filling in the "waters of the United States," including many wetlands. Jacksonville District administers the largest regulatory permitting program in the Corps, which provides protection for waters of the United States, including federally delineated wetlands and navigable waters. We evaluate impacts from navigation and flood control projects as well as projects involving the discharge of dredge and fill materials to areas under our jurisdiction. In Florida and Puerto Rico, our work with other federal and state agencies helped launch many cooperative watershed and ecosystem management plans and programs to minimize wetland impacts and restore natural areas. Protecting these resources guarantees their availability for future generations.

WESTERVELT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES is a committed land stewardship organization with an experienced staff of mitigation planners which excels in creating mitigation, conservation, and other enduring ecological solutions for the benefit of our clients, and the land we conserve. Our regional office in Auburn is responsible for mitigation and conservation banks and services in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia. We also have offices in Sacramento, California, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

THE WETLANDSBANK GROUP (TWG) is one of the nation’s most respected and successful mitigation bankers. TWG developed and sold out its wetland bank in Pembroke Pines, FL; the first credit transfers ever authorized by the Army Corps of Engineers; and are now completing Panther Island Mitigation Bank in Naples, FL. TWG is about to start construction on Blackwater Creek Mitigation Bank north of Orlando in the Wekiva Basin, and Legacy Farm Stream Bank in Georgia south of Atlanta. TWG has recently expanded into Mississippi by partnering with founders of Delta Mitigation Bank. TWG seeks partnerships with public or private entities to design, permit, develop, market, and operate mitigation banks, and also sells mitigation credits on behalf of entities, such as Broxton Rocks Mitigation Bank, a stream and wetland bank also in Georgia. Contact: Desmond Duke, Vice President of Business Development, 814South Military Trail, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442; Phone (954) 596-2411; dduke@wetlandsbank.com; www.wetlandsbank.com.

WHITE & CASE LLP founded in New York in 1901, is a leading global law firm with lawyers in 34 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The firm concentrates in complex corporate and financial transactions and litigation in the world’s major financial and commercial centers. White & Case’s environmental and land use practice encompasses a broad range of international and domestic issues, including transactional, regulatory and litigation matters. Working with lawyers from 23 other countries, White & Case’s Miami office represents clients on environmental and land use matters throughout the United States and internationally. The firm has extensive litigation experience throughout Florida in complex environmental, land use, and toxic tort cases.

WRS Infrastructure & Environment, Inc. is a nationally established civil construction and engineering company. Headquartered in Tampa, WRS operates along four principle business lines – water resource management, transportation, sustainable development, and environmental services. For more than 20 years WRS has served both private and public sector clients. WRS has built an excellent reputation due to its strong work ethic and industry leading achievements in safety and accident prevention.

XL INSURANCE, the insurance operation of XL Capital Ltd., is a global provider of risk management solutions for leading industrial and commercial businesses. The Environmental division of XL Insurance provides integrated environmental risk management solutions to business and industry worldwide through insurance, risk control and claims management. XL Capital Ltd., through its operating subsidiaries, is one of the world’s largest providers of insurance, reinsurance and financial products to business and industry worldwide. Additional information is available at www.xlcapital.com or www.xlinsurance.com or by calling 800-327-1414.