Success
Stories*
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You can benefit from our experience and success in
identifying opportunities to select remedial actions which are cost effective and
protective of health and the environment. These are a few examples. |
- Successfully negotiated USEPA approval for groundwater containment as the groundwater
remedy at a CERCLA site without the need to consider future residential use of groundwater
based on human health risk assessment. Savings ~$ 2Million
- Successfully negotiated USEPA approval for no cleanup of PCBs in the estuary adjacent to
a RCRA facility based on a background study of PCB concentrations found in mussels
throughout the estuary and the region, conducted as part of a human health risk assessment
for ingestion of seafood caught in the estuary. Savings ~$ 2 Million
- Successfully negotiated USEPA approval for establishing soil and air cleanup levels
based on industrial exposures, without the need to assume future residential exposures,
for an active CERCLA facility. Savings ~$ 1 Million
Successfully negotiated USEPA approval of no remedial action for soils for several sites
at an Air Force Base based on a technical analysis performed on regional soils background
data as part of a human health risk assessment. Savings ~$ 1.5 Million
- Successfully negotiated USEPA approval for a soil lead cleanup value based on
site-specific information, for a CERCLA site. Savings ~$ 2 Million
- Successfully defended USEPA’s position in a litigation involving the potential
human health risks associated with indirect exposures to chemicals released as the result
of combustion of hazardous waste.
- Successfully presented technical arguments in a toxic tort demonstrating negligence on
the company’s part for chemical exposures to an employee which resulted in serious
health injuries. $ 1 Million in Damages
- Successfully presented technical arguments in support of toxic torts brought by property
owners for damages caused by releases of hazardous waste from nearby landfills. $ 1
Million in Damages
*Savings and Damages are best estimates |
