The Impact of Extreme Weather on Hazardous Material Releases
Extreme weather has an out-sized impact on petrochemical industries, in part because many are located along coastal and inland waterways. One aspect of this impact is an increased frequency of spills due to natural hazards in recent decades. In the analysis of federally reported releases presented, natural hazards are the underlying cause of between 1… Read More
Ten Insider Tips to Reduce Your Environmental Remediation System Operations and Maintenance Costs
So, you’ve just spent a lot of time and money designing and installing that in-situ environmental remediation system at your facility. You were assured that the system will remove contaminants from the soil, soil gas and/or groundwater but it will take a few years or more to achieve regulatory endpoints. At least the big headaches… Read More
12 Best Practices To Avoid Pipeline Construction Environmental Shut-Downs and Fines
Since 2005, innovative technologies such as hydraulic fracturing (i.e., fracking) and directional drilling (trenchless technologies) have made it possible to access valuable hydrocarbon resources from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus and Utica shale deposits. Domestic natural gas production has increased to the point that Pennsylvania produces 19% of the total output; which ranks #2 behind only Texas (24%)…. Read More
Ten Insider Tips of an Outstanding Environmental Consulting Firm
They understand their client’s business interests One of the most critical errors environmental consultants can make is immediately getting lost in the technical and regulatory details of a project without ever fully understanding the business goals of their client. Oftentimes, the client will not know what affect the details of their business, business dealings, interests,… Read More
Ten Insider Tips for Reducing Environmental Risk in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
When buying or selling commercial and industrial real estate, stakeholders often conduct a wide range of inspections and inquiries as part of their due diligence. Legal, financial, zoning, permitting, and environmental risk are all typically considered. This article will offer tips for buyers and sellers when conducting environmental due diligence. Why Conduct Environmental Due Diligence… Read More
Environmental Tracers: An Underutilized Tool in Environmental Consulting?
I consider myself lucky to have come to environmental consulting through a couple of academic research detours; first at Columbia University in NYC then Southern Methodist University in Dallas. During my time at Columbia I worked with the Environmental Tracer Group within the Geochemistry department a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). This was a great… Read More
What Might Site-Specific Soil Standards for PFOA Look Like?
The State of New Jersey recently adopted what is currently the lowest drinking water quality criteria (maximum contaminant level or MCL) in the country for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) at 0.014 µg/l or 14 parts per trillion (ppt). This MCL is a health-based value developed by the New Jersey Drinking Water Quality Institute and is… Read More
Plastic Free July Challenge:
Reduce. Reuse. Rehydrate.
Happy Plastic Free July! Will you take the challenge? This month, we’re reminded of the importance of taking care of our world by reducing our use of disposable plastics. Did you know that over the last ten years we have produced more plastic than during the whole of the last century? According to EcoWatch, this… Read More
Help It or Hurt It: How are Environmental Matters Going to Affect Your Growth or Exit Strategy?
How can foresight and management of environmental matters be leveraged for better outcomes in business mergers, acquisitions and facility divestitures? Gain useful insight in the slideshow below from our presentation at the Eastern Energy Expo: Help It or Hurt It: How are Environmental Matters Going to Affect Your Growth or Exit Strategy? from John Kollmeier… Read More
Tales from Academia: How Did I Get Here?
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought to yourself, “How did I get here?” That was the exact question I asked myself the first morning I began my career at BSTI. Up until that point, I had spent the last four years at West Chester University (WCU) studying geology and having the time… Read More
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