Epsilon is directing permitting services for the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund for the $20+ million (2.6 million cubic yard) Sconset Beach Nourishment Project designed to protect over three miles of eroding coastline along the eastern shore of Nantucket Island.  Epsilon is coordinating a team of environmental and engineering consultants on the environmental data collection and permitting of this important non-structural shore protection project.  This project will protect and preserve Sconset Beach, the historic Sankaty Head Lighthouse area, a bluff walk, historic homes, and public infrastructure.

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Epsilon Founding Principal Lester B. Smith, Jr. was the primary author of a comprehensive beach management plan for the 7-mile-long Duxbury Beach in the Massachusetts towns of Duxbury and Plymouth.  The management plan involved coordination with Duxbury’s Endangered Species Program and Coastal Natural Resources Department staff, Town Beach Committee, Duxbury Beach Reservation, Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Coastal Waterbird Program, Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program and many local groups involved in the use of the beach.  Duxbury Beach has become a model for beach and endangered species management.

This was a project was designed to analyze the conditions generated by the use of an Aqualator water circulation system adjacent to the Crystal Lake Bathing Beach in Newton, MA. The information was requested by DEP as part of an information request in a Superseding Order of Conditions. Epsilon used a Doppler current meter to determine both baseline and operational current velocities in an area adjacent to the bathing beach. Epsilon also collected water samples to determine the baseline and operational levels of total suspended solids in the water column. Epsilon prepared a report that was submitted to the Newton Conservation Commission and DEP.

This was a multi-stage project involving repair, reconstruction, and stabilization of an eroding coastal bank located 30 feet from a 1920’s residence. The project involved the delineation of coastal wetland resource areas and the permitting of a buried gabion revetment and dune nourishment under both State and local wetland regulations. Epsilon prepared and submitted a Notice of Intent applications to the Nantucket Conservation Commission on behalf of the client for the construction of a buried gabion revetment and dune nourishment.