An Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) is your friend if you are purchasing a commercial property. Background A commercial property’s value will plummet if it has environmental hazards. These hazards increase the buyers and lenders risk. Unknown environmental problems are a far greater source of loss to
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The Importance of Managing Hazardous Waste Managing an industrial facility’s hazard waste is an important part of industrial, environmental compliance. Hazardous waste requires “Cradle to Grave” management, this includes : the Generator (the industrial facility) to the Transporter to the Treatment/Storage/Disposal Facility (TSDF) There are several different
Read more →RAPCA is the Regional Air Pollution Control Agency*. The purpose of RAPCA’s Asbestos program is to protect the public from asbestos emissions, or fibers, which may become airborne if strict regulations are not followed when a building is being renovated or demolished. Asbestos program activities include a
Read more →What is sludge waste? Sludge waste is a mixture of liquid and solid components and is usually the product of an industrial or refining process. This semi-solid slurry could be hazardous and if it were, it would require a specific, safe, disposal protocol. A local industrial client contracted
Read more →What you need to know about environmental liability. (Part 1) by Linda Treasure Why should a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) be conducted? Completing a Phase I ESA is for protection. It is one of the environmental due diligence requirements to establish protection from potential liability
Read more →According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) there are four main causes for poor indoor air: Inadequate ventilation (less than 15 cubic feet per minute of fresh outdoor air per person Chemical contaminants from indoor sources such as volatile organic compounds from adhesives, carpeting, copy machines, solvents,
Read more →Breathing Masks Can Be Important for Your Health The popularity of protective breathing masks has grown steadily since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002. But the use of a protective mask dates back nearly a century, to when a pandemic of influenza (1918-1920)
Read more →Selecting An Environmental Consultant? Here’s What You Need to Know! If you have been notified by a government agency, (EPA, OSHA, RAPCA) that you are responsible for the investigation and cleanup of soil, groundwater or other contaminated media, you will need professional help, –an environmental consultant. Costs
Read more →What is Environmental Industrial Compliance? Environmental Industrial Compliance means conforming to environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements such as site permits to operate. Those are the environmental rules and regulations mandated and enforced by city, county, state, or federal environmental agencies. Compliance with these environmental requirements and
Read more →What to Avoid in Wastewater Disposal Believe it or not, when we asked a client where they dumped their wastewater/spent chemicals, they sheepishly admitted that they just dumped it into the parking lot where it goes down a storm drain! Upon saying it, they realized that this
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