Green Star Environmental services

Green Star has completed numerous environmental site assessments associated with real estate transactions for a variety of industrial and commercial clients. Many of these assessments were completed as part of multi-site project acquisitions associated with national and/or regional companies. Green Star`s site evaluations range in scope from reconnaissance-level characterizations to comprehensive assessments involving facility compliance reviews, subsurface explorations, and various types of environmental sampling. At a minimum, Green Star`s environmental site assessments (ESAs) are conducted in general accordance with the American Standard for Testing Materials (ASTM) 1527-94 guidance document. ESAs conducted following this standard adequately address the issue of due diligence for the responsible or potentially responsible party. In addition to the ASTM standard, Green Star also works with individual clients to develop customized scopes of work that are project or lender-specific.

Whether you’re planning to build a new industrial facility, install new equipment at an existing facility, modify operations for an existing piece of equipment, or reconstruct existing equipment, Green Star can help you maneuver through the often complicated air quality permitting process. Once your facility is up and running, Green Star can also assist you in complying with the ever-changing maze of air quality regulations. Our knowledgeable team of environmental professionals applies regulatory knowledge and research, engineering calculations, atmospheric dispersion modeling, and industry knowledge to assist clients in solving their air quality problems.

Facilities operating in the United States are subject to numerous environmental regulations containing requirements for various plans, permits, registrations, and reports pertaining to plant or facility operations. Green Star’s professional staff is familiar with these regulations, and is experienced in assessing whether a facility is obligated to meet certain requirements. Upon determining that a plan or permit is required, our staff can prepare the appropriate site-specific documents that will bring the client into compliance. Green Star recognizes that not all companies have the luxury of staffing a full-time environmental compliance position, so we fill the position for you. Our team of compliance experts will determine what your specific planning and permitting requirements are. Then we will develop the appropriate plans, submit the correct permit applications, and interface with the regulatory agencies on your behalf. In support of these services, we assist our clients with resolving Notices of Violation (NOV). Green Star takes the burden off your staff and gives you the confidence of knowing that professionals are addressing your environmental concerns.

Green Star offers a comprehensive program for investigation and management of underground storage tank (UST) facilities. Green Star has extensive experience with a wide variety of UST solutions, and provides services ranging from compliance inspections to facility investigations, risk-based assessments, remediation and closure. This knowledge and experience form the basis from which we assess a petroleum storage tank system. The same knowledge and experience is employed in rendering our evaluation of the proper plan of action for each site. We provide our clients with complete solutions to complicated environmental challenges, and assist them in designing programs that will help to prevent future concerns. In keeping with our philosophy of providing superior customer service, our project managers interface with regulatory agencies on the client`s behalf throughout the course of the project. It is our goal to make your environmental issues as painless as possible.

It is Green Star’s business to answer these and many other questions that may arise when a property is adversely affected by a regulated substance. Green Star utilizes its engineering capabilities to design, implement, and manage cost-effective, turnkey remedial systems for a variety of remedial action operations. Our services range from traditional temporary remedial measures, to the design, installation, and operation of complex long-term treatment systems. Green Star personnel stay informed of the dynamic advances in remediation technology by attending seminars, trade conferences, and continuing education classes, as well as through hands-on experience. They know that an unbiased evaluation of the many available remediation technologies is essential to the development and selection of the appropriate solution to an environmental concern. Green Star`s extensive project experience in applying remediation technologies, combined with multi-disciplined engineering resources, allows us to consistently select the most cost-effective and technically sound solutions for our clients.

On-site treatment of wastewater can save thousands of dollars in truck transportation charges and disposal fees. Green Star`s capabilities in the area of mobile water treatment services cover a broad spectrum that includes permitting, operations, monitoring, and discharge reporting. We can perform on-site treatment periodically; or, depending on the nature of the project, we can train your personnel to perform certain aspects of the operation, offering even greater cost savings. Green Star`s senior environmental personnel, including professional engineers and compliance experts, provide clients quality project design and permitting services, supported by our skilled technicians who set up and operate the systems.

Regulatory agencies responsible for the protection of human health and the environment have come to the practical realization that not all impacts to the environment can be readily mitigated using available technology. They also realize that not all impacts can be cleaned up to non-detectable levels, or background levels, as has previously been required. Risk-based guidelines for environmental cleanup are based on the premise that certain statistically derived levels of specific contaminants may remain in place and not represent a serious health hazard. These guidelines are divided into different categories or standards, depending on the location of the impacted area. Each category requires the application of stringent formulas for calculating whether a particular standard is met. Computerized models of site characteristics, contaminant levels, groundwater data, and the on-going fluctuations in all of these, assist greatly in the process of achieving an appropriate riskbased standard, and thereby obtaining site closure. In more and more cases, computerized models are actually required by the regulating agency.

Green Star’s data management services provide a management tool for clients to use in managing their resources, and ongoing projects. Databases allow for quick access to site information, and an efficient and cost effective way to provide data for the decision making process. Green Star uses professional computerized data management services to aid clients in the interpretation of site-specific environmental data. Green Star can also create, maintain, update, and meet with management staff to discuss ways of improving database and information quality. This full service option translates to significant cost savings by eliminating the client’s need to budget for any in-house capital expenditures, associated equipment maintenance, employee training, or re-training when a staff member leaves your organization.

Green Star provides litigation support services to aid clients and their legal teams in their environmental projects, due diligence, cost recovery efforts and litigation. Technical support can range from expert testimony on a specific technical issue to technical review of numerous issues for multi-site acquisitions. Green Star has a successful track record of teaming with law firms. Green Star has the ability to translate the technical issues in an understandable fashion, allowing clients and their legal experts to understand the complex issues to effectively make good legal and business decisions. In environmental issues understanding the technical issues and how they affect contracts, sales, finances, insurance and regulations can be crucial. Green Star’s experience with large remedial cleanups has promoted the thinking of the defensibility for work completed years ahead of the potential cost recovery efforts or litigation that may follow. Being proactive and getting ahead of the game may make the difference in recovering funds from insurance, previous owners or additional responsible parties. Green Star may also recognize potential liabilities that other companies might over look. This can allow for reserves to be allocated and responses to be formulated in advance.