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Scope Of A Environmental Site Assessment

Environmental remediation can be a grueling process for commercial propery owenrs, especialliy if it's unexpected. Environmental remediation is often prompted by the results of an ESA (Environmental Site Assessment). An ESA has become a standard component of many actions related to commerical property, such as purchasing the site, applying for a land-use permit, and more. Grand Slam ...

Feb. 1, 2017

By Grand Slam Construction

Introduction to Phase One Environmental Site Assessment

The Phase One Environmental Site Assessment is a must when purchasing property in New Jersey. The phase one is the beginning of a process that will protect buyers from hidden environmental issues that may exist on or near the property in question. A Report and recommendations are generated which will help guide the property buyer about the risks that the property purchase may contain. GWS ...

Aug. 19, 2015

By GWS Environmental Contractors Inc.

National Occupational Standards for Environmental Site Assessment Assistants

An Environmental Site Assessment Assistant (ESAA) supports the qualified project team to undertake activities to logically assemble information to assess the presence or absence of potential environmental concerns as they relate to Environmental Site Assessment (ESA). The ESAA may assist with sampling and testing activities; interpretation and evaluation of data; and preparing reports. The ESAA ...

By ECO Canada

Site assessments and remediation case study

Service(s) performed: Phase I site assessment/soil investigation/soil remediation project for a golf course Summary: Prior to the sale of the golf course property, our experts were engaged to conduct a Phase I Site Assessment. Due to poor management practices, the facility was found to have multiple releases of fuel and waste oil, which were above acceptable quantities, which would prevent the ...

Jun. 25, 2014

By EFI Global, Inc.

EnviroSound Consulting joins Krazan

Krazan & Associates (Clovis, Calif.) has acquired EnviroSound Consulting (Bremerton, Wash.), a geotechnical and environmental consulting firm. The new team includes licensed staff in geotechnical consulting, and environmental staff with experience ranging from Preliminary Environmental Studies to Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and Feasibility Studies for ...

Jan. 7, 2020

By Environmental Business International (EBI)

Dry cleaner remediation of PCE below operating shopping mall Richmond, Virginia

TRS Group, Inc. (TRS) was retained by ENSR/AECOM to perform an Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH) remediationof tetrachloroethene (PCE) in groundwater under a former dry cleaner at the Brookhill Shopping Center in Richmond,Virginia. Site assessment activities revealed PCE concentrations would require remediation before an impending property transfer could occur. The standard fixed price ...

Oct. 5, 2009

By TRS Group, Inc.

Building owners need to be concerned about carbon dioxide regulations

This article examines EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for regulating carbon dioxide and the potential impact it may have on commercial property owners. The author suggests the time is ripe for property owners to evaluate the operations of their buildings to identify steps they might take to minimize the effect of any such regulation. In the near future, the author says, it may not be ...

Dec. 23, 2008

By Bloomberg BNA

Quality Assurance Guidance for Conducting Brownfields Site Assessments

Executive Summary Many sites across the nation once used for industrial and commercial purposes are now abandoned or under-used. Some of these sites — often referred to as “Brownfields”— are contaminated; others are perceived or suspected to be contaminated. In 1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative to empower States, Tribes, ...

Sep. 1, 1998

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Financing brownfields: EPA state program highlights

Public financing is often essential for encouraging the assessment and cleanup of brownfields. Without public financing or government-backed financial incentives, many brownfields would remain idle and potentially contaminated. The costs associated with the redevelopment of brownfields include costs associated with demolition, site preparation, and construction. In addition to these costs, ...

Sep. 1, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Case Study: City of Torrance Library

Ellis provides indoor air quality studies, Phase I and II environmental site assessments, and other environmental consulting services for the City of Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Pasadena, City of Commerce, and other Southern California schools and municipalities. Our success has been built on our ability to respond – quietly, quickly, and efficiently - to every new ...

Sep. 10, 2008

By Ellis Environmental Management, Inc.

Earthquake damage assessment case study

Service performed: Earthquake damage assessment Summary: Following a catastrophic earthquake in Southern Peru, EFI Global immediately responded with engineers on site to assess damage to a mining operation. On-site services included civil, electrical and mechanical damage assessments to production and processing facilities, administrative and residential buildings, roads, railway and port ...

Jun. 25, 2014

By EFI Global, Inc.

Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessment

Troy Risk was approached by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. (KIBI) to complete a combination Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and Phase II Subsurface Investigation, on a multi-lot parcel that would be KIBI’s new headquarters building. Troy Risk performed the Phase I / Phase II on a not-for-profit basis in support of the merit of KIBI’s mission. The historical use of the ...

Sep. 22, 2012

By Troy Risk, Inc.

Integrated waste management system for Bayawan City: Ecological Sanitation Experiences in Periurban and Rural Communities

The concept of ecological sanitation was introduced to the Visayas and Mindanao island groups in the country, through the 1st International Symposium on Low-Cost Technology Options for Water Supply and Sanitation last September 2004 in the province of Bohol. This conference was organized by the Water and Sanitation Programme units of the ...

Nov. 23, 2011

By IWA Publishing

New perspectives in the use of horizontal wells for assessment and remediation

Abstract Remediation technologies can sometimes be established, but are not prevalent, for a variety of reasons; however, they can be subject to the forces of change. In some cases, creative economics promotes newuses, but also process improvements can drive newapplications and levels of acceptance. This is what is happening with the deployment of horizontal wells for site assessment and ...

Oct. 11, 2019

By EN Rx, Inc.

Comparisons of different risk-based approaches for managing contaminated sites

Over recent years, an increasing public and private concern has arisen over soil contamination following the closure of former industrialised sites or due to publicity over certain "scandals" (Love Canal in the United States) which occurred on former redeveloped industrial sites, affecting human health. Subsequently most countries have started a register of all industrial contaminated ...

Feb. 10, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Experimental design of diffusion and desorption of contaminant in heterogeneous media

Storage of contaminants in low permeability media (LPM) presents a great challenge for prediction of remediation effectiveness and efficiency. The reason lies in the contaminants' complex behaviors within heterogeneous media. Both interparticle and intraparticle diffusion contribute to the difficulty of precise site assessment. Sorption of contaminants – especially within LPM – may sequester the ...

Jan. 1, 2011

By IWA Publishing

A tiered assessment framework to evaluate human health risk of contaminated sediment

For sediment contaminated with bioaccumulative pollutants (e.g., PCBs and organochorine pesticides), human consumption of seafood that have bioaccumulated sediment‐derived contaminants is a well‐established exposure pathway. Historically, regulation and management of this bioaccumulation pathway has focused on site‐specific risk assessment. The state of California (USA) is supporting the ...

Dec. 30, 2014

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

ORC Reduces Benzene to Below Site Goals – The Netherlands

Site Summary The former gasworks is located in the city of Enkhuizen residing in The Netherlands. Shortly after site activities ceased, the land was redeveloped. A site assessment indicated that the soil beneath a former cellar was contaminated with benzene. The depth of the contamination was estimated at 6 m-bgs (~20 ft), but couldn’t be assessed further due to restrictions caused by debris in ...

Mar. 3, 2007

By Regenesis

Restoration of impaired ecosystems: An ounce of prevention or a pound of cure? Introduction, overview, and key messages from a SETAC‐SER workshop

A workshop on Restoration of Impaired Ecosystems was held in Jackson, Wyoming, in June 2014. Experts from Australia, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States in ecotoxicology, restoration, and related fields from both the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and the Society for Ecological Restoration convened to advance the practice of restoring ecosystems that ...

Sep. 28, 2015

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Geostatistical modelling of ground conditions to support the assessment of site contamination

The pattern of ground contamination across a site depends on the historical pattern of contaminant releases at the surface and the redistribution and the fate of contaminants below the surface. Using these concepts a new site assessment approach (assessment modelling) is proposed based on the development of three stochastic models: a model of the physical structure of the ground materials beneath ...

Nov. 9, 2005

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

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