3TM Consulting, LLC services

Site Historical Contamination Assessment: 3TM Consulting, LLC routinely assists clients in assessing the historical contamination at a site. This may involve a search of historical regulatory records, aerial photographs, maps, Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Data, and site reconnaissance. Some projects are simple. Others are not. One of our larger efforts to date has been the review of approximately 30 banker’s size boxes of information, summarizing it into a nominal 100-page report for a group of attorneys.

Conventional Field Methods: 3TM Consulting, LLC has extensive experience in subsurface site characterization and the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. We have used manual samplers, conventional drilling rigs, and direct push technology (such as Cone Penetrometer Testing and Geoprobe) to sample soils and groundwater. The photograph to the right shows direct push technology being used to sample subsurface soils and groundwater to depths of up to 100 feet. This method allows for rapid and efficient sample collection, using procedures that are acceptable to court scrutiny.

Fate and Transport of Chemicals: The release of toxic chemicals to the environment can occur from both routine and non-routine releases from a source. Once released the chemicals become `contaminates` or `polutants`, and can impact both human and ecological receptors. Contaminates are initially released to surface soils, sediments, groundwater, and household dust. During the transport, various physical, chemical, and biological processes act upon the contaminates to degrade them or change their character. The most important untimate fate, of course, is the human body, where they can impact health and quality of human life.

Law suits are filed. Discovery is made, and interrogatories are answered. The parties decide to settle. But, for what amount? And, on what basis? Should the property be simply remediated or decontaminated, or should it be restored to pre-contamination event conditions? And, what are these conditions? The term “Pro Forma Economic Analysis” is defined as the analysis of the scientific, regulatory, financial, and logistical considerations and parameters associated with the environmental restoration of contaminated properties based on certain facts, assumptions, and calculations.

Courtroom exhibits can be simple or complex, depending on what is being conveyed to the court, the nature of the case, and the makeup of the jury. 3TM Consulting, LLC has worked with other experts in preparing courtroom exhibits that not only present facts but also educate and communicate.