Align Environmental was founded in 2019 and brings a fresh perspective to a broad spectrum of projects. Our focus is aligning our client’s needs with project deliverables. We provide personal attention and experienced advice to clients and deliver value for money outcomes.
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Often, consultancies look to quick fixes for their clients. Align Environmental is heavily focused on the end game, ensuring clients are satisfied with the long-term benefits of our services. We cut through the maze of the latest policy changes, legislative requirements, and the overwhelming information overload to provide quality approval and compliance documents.
Align Environmental excels in the management of approvals, environmental compliance and land access in the resources sector, and has over 30 years of both private and government experience in New South Wales and Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Align Environmental is recognised for our strong work ethic, and reputation for being reliable, conscientious and committed. We have a friendly and approachable communication style with excellent organisational and time management skills to enhance our client experience.
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Strategy and Planning
Environmental Impact Statements
Review of Environmental Factors
Statements of Environmental Effects
EPBC Act Matters of Environmental Significance Assessments
Exploration Applications
Complying Activity Applications
Rehabilitation Cost Estimates
Water Management Act Applications
Works and controlled activity approvals
High Risk Activity Notification
Management Plans
Biodiversity Strategy
Restoration Ecology and Rehabilitation
Performance and Completion Criteria
Biodiversity Stewardship Agreements
Align Environmental is a boutique agile consultancy that works with our clients to navigate the complex approval pathways in the planning and regulatory field. We assist with the development and implementation of strategies to secure land use and environmental approvals for both complex projects and smaller assessments.
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The Align team has over 30 years of experience in environmental management, approvals and compliance. Our team is notably renowned for their knowledge of legislation, legislative application and understanding of regulator needs.
With our eye on the end game we are able to optimise the outcome for our clients. We constantly ask the questions “Why would you do that?” and “What is our exit strategy?” to minimise costs and provide a clear direction for our clients.
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Mark Nolan is the Director and Founder of Align and has over 20 years of experience in management of approvals, compliance and land access in the resources sector including both private and government roles across New South Wales and Commonwealth jurisdictions.
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He has managed contemporary approvals teams under tight deadlines, and has directed government relations teams, lawyers and the media relations, lawyers and the media through sensitive environmental, social and economic settings, including one of Australia’s most controversial approvals; the Warkworth Continuation Project.
He has engaged and negotiated with Local, State and Commonwealth Governments including the NSW Planning Assessment Commission, State and Commonwealth departments and has NSW Land and Environmental Court experience.
Mark has provided expert guidance on Biodiversity Policy, Restoration Ecology, Rehabilitation Performance and Completion Criteria frameworks.
Mark has a long history of engagement with regulators. After 8 years working in the Environmental Sustainability Branch of the current “Resource Regulator”, he has continued these relationships whilst working with companies such as Rio Tinto, Yancoal and BHP.
These strong relationships built on integrity and trust is what sets Mark apart from other consultants. Mark is known for his ability to simplify complex concepts so they can be easily interpreted by clients. Mark’s practical experience in the environmental field, proven work ethic, and friendly and approachable communication style emphasises his reputation for being reliable, conscientious and committed. These qualities have allowed Mark to successfully conduct many projects from concept to practical implementation, including The Mount Pleasant Modification and Biodiversity Offset Strategy, Hunter Valley Operation’s South, Modification 5, and the Carrington West-Wing Alluvial Land Rehabilitation strategy.
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