Source Environmental Sciences, Inc. was founded by Jack Coblenz and several other environmental specialists from Dames & Moore, Inc. (a large multi-national environmental consulting firm). Since its founding, Source has concentrated on performing environmental consulting services for industrial and commercial clients in Texas and in nearby states. Over the years, Source has gained a reputation for providing very high quality services at fair and reasonable costs. As a result, Source grew rapidly into a firm of 50 employees.

In late 1990 Source was purchased by Team, Inc., a large nation-wide industrial services firm, where it became the Source Environmental Science Division of Team, Inc. The operations, services and staff of Source remained essentially unchanged and Jack Coblenz continued managing operations as President of the Source Division.

In 1995 having completed its contractual agreements with Team, Source was reformed as an independent environmental consulting firm and conveniently located its offices in the Galleria area of Houston, Texas, the heart of the city’s commercial and retail activities. Source now has a modest size staff of highly qualified environmental experts. Source now prides itself as having over 100 clients for whom it performs the majority of their environmental services. These clients are mostly commercial and industrial firms, but Source has also successfully completed many environmental projects for various governmental clients at city, county and state agencies. The scope of this work and the variety of clients can be readily seen on the our list of recent projects.

CLASSIFICATION AND REGISTRATION: Source is a veteran owned and operated small business enterprise and meets all requirements of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s size standard. Source is a Registered Professional Engineering firm (Firm Registration No. 13211) under the Texas Engineering Practice Act and a Registered Professional Geosciences firm (Firm Registration No. 50060) under the Texas Geosciences Practice Act. Staff members of the firm also carry the following licenses and/or registrations: Certified Environmental Professional, Licensed Texas Professional Engineer, Licensed Texas Professional Geoscientist, Licensed State of Texas Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank Project Manager, and National Registered Emergency Medical Technician. Also, the firm was featured in the Houston Business Journal as one of the city’s top environmental firms in 2007, 2008, and 2009 and received the Houston Better Business Bureau’s “2010 Gold Star Certificate” for adherence to the BBB’s standards.

SERVICES PROVIDED: Source specializes in providing environmental and consulting services to industrial and commercial clients. These services include preparation of environmental reports, technical filings and related studies such as air, water and waste permit applications, evaluation of air and water pollutants as well as various studies to determine the transport, dispersion and final impact of air and water pollutants.

The primary focus of Source is to assist clients in achieving compliance with all environmental requirements. The operating philosophy of Source is to provide its clients with the highest possible level of professional consulting services in accordance with established requirements while always being responsive to the specific needs of its clients. The most common consulting services provided by Source are listed below:

Air Quality Permits
Environmental Compliance Audits
Wastewater Permits
Phase I & II Site Assessments
Hazardous Waste Permits
Risk Based Corrective Actions
Air Dispersion Modeling
RCRA and LPST Site Closures
Air Emissions Inventories
Waste Minimization Plans
Ground Water Modeling
Spill Prevention Plans
Air Emissions Control Technology
Emergency Response Plans
Toxic Release Inventory Reports
Stormwater Management Plans
Regulatory Assistance
Risk Management Plans
Expert Testimony
Fugitive Emissions Monitoring
Onsite Environmental Training

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