Dirty Property

one of the major west coast sites that it seems everyone in the environmental remediation business gets to work on at one point is the AeroJet Sacramento Facility. Even though I am based in Southern California, I did a soil gas investigation out there in the summer of 2002 or 2003. It seems that the [...]

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Last month, TMW Corporation, a plating company located in Van Nuys, California was fined $100,000 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These fines are not arbitrarily handed out over night, they are generally the product of numerous unanswered notices of violation, inspection requests, and other correspondence with the EPA. Avoiding these types of [...]

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Earlier this week, the Governor signed two trailer bills, ABX1 26 and ABX1 27 that essentially eliminated the State of California’s various redevelopment agencies (RDAs). The RDAs are are to be shut down permanently on October 1, 2011 unless the various government agencies that established the RDAs agree to reduced funding. This is expected to [...]

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About a year ago, we performed an excavation utilizing a large diameter auger rig (also known as a Cassion Rig). We removed approximately 1,200 tons of soil and fill material from the area of a former clarifier. Here is a video of the drilling in progress:

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Known by many names – Hexavalent Chromium, Chromium-6, Chromium-6+, Chrome-6, Cr-6, Chrome VI, and Hex Chrome this compound has been receiving some renewed press lately. The EPA has recently issued a new sampling and laboratory analysis guidance for public water agencies and water purveyors. There have also been a few new studies published suggesting that [...]

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The California Department of Public Health adopted a new and updated Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) list in November of 2010. As you look through it, you may notice that there are quite a few compounds on the list that did not previously have MCLs. We commonly substituted the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board [...]

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It’s the holiday season and that means minimal activity in the Commercial Real Estate industry and regulatory community. I hope you all enjoy the holidays and get to spend time with your families. More excitement to come in the new year!

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секцииLast week, the California EPA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment published new California Human Health Screening levels (CHHSLs) for Perchlorate in soil and Ethylbenzene in soil gas. The concentrations are: Ethylbenzene: Residential Soil Gas on engineered fill – 1.1 µg/L Residential Soil Gas on base soil – 0.42 µg/L Industrial Soil Gas on engineered [...]

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The State of California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has released a new draft maximum allowable dose level for Chrome VI as an oral reproductive toxicant. This draft has been issued and OEHHA intends to adopt the new maximum allowable dose level for Chrome VI as an oral reproductive toxicant at 8.2 micrograms [...]

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that $1.4 million is being awarded for cleanup efforts at contaminated California sites known as brownfields. Both the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and City of Sacramento were chosen to receive the grant funds. A brownfield is a parcel of land where hazardous substances or pollutants are [...]

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