Kern County, California

Charlotte
Marie
Environmental

Air quality monitoring, environmental compliance, and GIS consulting for Kern County businesses, property transactions, and developers.

Our Services Get In Touch
100+
Technical & Compliance
Projects Managed
0
OSHA Violations
Across Operational History
9+
Years Running Technical
& Compliance Operations
CA
Based in Bakersfield
Serving Kern County
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Services

Compliance
Air Quality & Emissions Compliance

Monitoring program support, instrumentation and calibration, and regulatory reporting for CARB and local air district requirements.

Transactions
Phase I & Phase II Environmental Site Assessments

Records review, site inspection, and reporting to ASTM standards for commercial property transactions and lender due diligence.

Development
CEQA Compliance Support

Environmental review support for developers, civil engineering firms, and public agencies navigating California environmental law.

Spatial
GIS & Siting Analysis

Parcel, zoning, and environmental constraint mapping for permitting, siting studies, and regulatory documentation.

Regulatory
SB 1383 Compliance Consulting

Organics diversion program documentation and reporting support for businesses and property managers facing compliance exposure.

Emerging
Carbon Capture & Direct Air Capture Advisory

Technical and regulatory-pathway advisory for CCS/DAC projects, drawing on direct field experience and a federal regulatory comment on DAC deployment.

Equipment
Instrumentation Leasing & Data Management

Sourcing and coordinating certified air, water, and soil quality monitoring equipment for project-length rental, plus data logging, QA/QC, and reporting support.

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Credentials & Experience

FIELD
Trinity Consultants // Air Quality & Monitoring Division
Field operations and technical analysis for air quality monitoring and carbon sequestration projects across California, May-July 2026.
FEDERAL
NRCS // Apprentice Resource Planner
Natural Resources Conservation Service. Field data collection and technical reporting.
GIS
BLM // Geospatial Volunteer
Bureau of Land Management. Spatial data and resource mapping.
RESEARCH
CSUB // Student Research Assistant
Energy economics research under Dr. Michieka. Contributed to a study published in Energy Journal.
DEGREE
BS Environmental Resource Management // CSUB
Geology & GIS emphasis. 3.70 upper-division GPA, Dean's List, December 2025.
CERT
OSHA-30 // CITI // CESSWI-IT // NFPA-70E // OSCA-Safe
Field safety, research ethics, stormwater inspection, and electrical safety certifications.
BUSINESS
LW & Son // Owner, Project Manager
100+ technical and compliance-intensive projects, April 2017-May 2026. Zero OSHA violations.
FEDERAL
DOE Regulatory Comment, July 2025
Authored public comment on critical materials assessment addressing DAC deployment and permitting constraints (DOE RFI DE-FOA-0003568).
Founder // Leo W. Levesque

Charlotte Marie Environmental is an independent environmental consulting practice based in Bakersfield, California. Founded by Leo W. Levesque, who grew up on the Atlantic coast of Massachusetts before building his career on the Pacific in California, CME is named for his daughter, Charlotte Marie, who shares her name with his great-grandmother. The practice combines direct field experience in air quality instrumentation and monitoring with a GIS and geology background, focused on serving Kern County businesses, property professionals, and developers who need clear, technically grounded environmental compliance support.

Let's talk
about your project.

Location
Bakersfield, California. Serving Kern County.
Focus
Air quality compliance, environmental site assessments, CEQA support, and GIS consulting.
Rates
A growing practice — rates are priced below established firms while the track record builds, without cutting corners on the work.
Phone
(661) 619-4446
Email
llevesque@csub.edu