Environmental Waste Management Associates LLC (EWMA) articles
This is an exciting time in the development of the vapor intrusion control industry. Significant increases in practitioner skill level and experience and the increased availability of specialized products have resulted in many innovative and customized solutions for addressing the vapor intrusion needs of developers, businesspeople, and attorneys. This is especially true in three specific areas of practice: new buildings, existing buildings, and risk management/value enginee
Richard Arnold
On January 16, 2013, NJDEP released an update to its Vapor Intrusion Technical Guidance and updated its Vapor Intrusion Screening Levels. Screening levels are notably less stringent for a number of compounds, which have many of our clients sighing in relief. For example, for tetrachloroethene (“PCE” or “PERC”) the groundwater screening level has been raised from 1 ppb to 31 ppb. Separate Rapid Action Levels (RALs) also have been established for both residen
Alan Arico
Many clients raise questions regarding the state of the environmental due diligence process in New Jersey, in the wake of the Site Remediation Reform Act’s (“SRRA”) passage and the institution of the Licensed Site Remediation Professional (“LSRP”) program. These questions often concern whether an environmental consulting firm can conduct a confidential due diligence project, especially in the context of a Preliminary Assessment (“PA”) / Site Inv
George W. Crimmins, III
The 2011 Brownfields Amendments[1] provide clarity on federal environmental liability protection to facilitate brownfields transactions, but until recently commercial property owners had little guidance on how to maintain liability protection when purchasing sites with continuing environmental monitoring and maintenance obligations. The new ASTM Standard Guide for identifying and complying with continuing obligations (E2790-11) was released in June 20
Donald W. Richardson, CPG
When you think of “Hazardous Waste”, the thought of leaking drums at an old manufacturing facility comes to mind. Another common vision is people in white tyvek suits walking around a contaminated site with leaking drums. The last thing that comes to mind as it pertains to “Hazardous Waste” is schools. Did you know schools potentially could have the same hazardous waste concerns as manufacturing facilities? They typi
Craig Gorczyca, CHMM, Director, Waste Management Services
As you all are aware, NJDEP revised the Technical Requirements for Site Remediation (TRSR) a few years ago to include “Notification and Public Outreach” procedures (NJAC 7:26E-1.4). The rule requires the person responsible for conducting the remediation of a contaminated site to perform various public notifications and outreach activities, the majority of which had to be completed prior to September 2, 2009. In the summer of 2009, the regulatory community fran
Alfred E. Moffit, III, CPG, Director Site Assessments & Compliance Services
Real Estate, Banking, and Environmental professionals are very familiar with ASTM E 1527-05, Standard Practice for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, used as a routine due diligence element for real property transactions. Less widely known and less frequently incorporated as a formal element in the environmental due diligence process is ASTM Standard Guide for Vapor Encroachment Screening on Property Involved in Real Estate Transactions
Anthony O. Kaufman, PG, Director. He specializes in environmental assessments and remediation.
Responsibility for chemical security is shared among federal, state, and local governments, as well as the private sector. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards for any facility that manufactures, uses, stores, or distributes certain chemicals at or above a specified quantity. Even if this is not its primary use, it includes remediation sites.
Bill Kovach, Senior Project Manager
Are you aware of a law New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) follows that places a cap on the amount of oversight costs (fees) NJDEP can charge for a specific site? EWMA has negotiated a refund for several clients due to excess oversight costs based on this law and other reasons.
NJDEP typically issues invoices on a quarterly basis for oversight costs. As stated in P.L. 2002 Chapter 37 supplementing NJSA 58:10B-1 et al., there is a 7.5% cap
Alfred E. Moffit, III, CPG
As owner or operator of a dry cleaning business you may be eligible for a grant to replace your PERC-based dry cleaning equipment. The NJDEP established a $5 million fund for replacing certain dry cleaning systems. The grant’s objective is to target machines that use the chemical perchloroethylene (PERC) in the dry cleaning process for replacement or upgrades to dramatically reduce the amount of the toxic chemical emitted into the air. Landlords should encourage th
Liz Davis, Director, Site Assessment-Remedial Investigatory Services