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Phase I Environmental Site Assessment – Case Study

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in Dayton, Ohio – Case Study Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Completing a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is for your protection.  It is one of the environmental due diligence requirements to establish protection from potential liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation

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Environmental Industrial Compliance Obligations – Case Study

Environmental Industrial Compliance in Dayton, Ohio A Case Study of Compliance Obligations Environmental Industrial Compliance Obligations Helping clients meet their environmental industrial compliance obligations is one of Turn-Key Environmental’s primary services.  This case study is an industrial facility which produces various coatings.  Turn-Key Environmental (TKEC) assists this

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Six Steps for Hazardous Waste Storage and Non-Hazardous Waste Storage

Six Steps for Hazardous Waste Storage and Non-Hazardous Waste Storage Typical Hazardous Waste Storage Problems  Having trouble keeping a handle on your hazardous waste storage and non-hazardous waste?  Is your waste storage area getting out of hand?  Are your hazardous and non-hazardous wastes getting mixed together?  Is your

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Hazardous Waste Biennial Reporting

Hazardous Waste Biennial Reporting Requirements for Hazardous Waste Reporting Federal regulations require large quantity generators of hazardous waste to submit a report every two years.  The requirements of the report include: The nature of the hazardous waste The quantities of the hazardous waste The disposition of hazardous waste  National Biennial

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Climate Change Impact on our Soil

Climate Change Impact on our Soil Soil and Climate Change Background In April of 2016, TKEC blogged about the importance of soil in storing carbon.  If we could restore more carbon to the world’s soil, we could put a huge dent in the carbon pollution problem.  

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Sweeping Federal Climate Change Report

Sweeping Federal Climate Change Report Climate Change Report – Background The report was completed this year and is a special science section of the National Climate Assessment, which is congressionally mandated every four years.  According to the New York Times, the National Academy of Science has signed

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Case Study – Industrial Compliance/Groundwater Remediation

Industrial Compliance & Groundwater Remediation, Southwest Ohio Case Study Overview Turn-Key Environmental Consultant’s (TKEC) client has a large manufacturing facility in Ohio which has had many leaking underground storage tanks over the last 2-3 decades.  This has resulted in extensive groundwater and soil contamination.  The appropriate investigations

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Case Study – Industrial Compliance – Source Sampling & Tier I Evaluation

Industrial Compliance Dayton, Ohio Case Study Source Sampling & Tier 1 Evaluation Overview As a result of a diesel tank overfill, Turn-Key Environmental Consultants, TKEC, assisted an industrial setting with its responsibilities to conduct Source Sampling and a Tier I Evaluation.  This included sampling soil and groundwater

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Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day Overshoot Day August 2, 2017 August 2, was an important day for the environment.  It was the “overshoot day”.  The “overshoot day” is the point when humanity’s demand on renewable natural resources exceeds the annual supply that our planet can regenerate.  More simply, it’s the date

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