Improving water quality and preserving access to safe, reliable water resources.
The sustainable use and management of water resources is vital to protecting human health and the environment. Repairing, restoring, and maintaining water quality to comply with regulatory standards and meet the needs of industry and the public is a core responsibility.
Develop the best approach to navigate and eliminate VI risk exposures
Vapor Intrusion (VI) is the migration of contaminant (volatile organic compounds, methane, and/or radon) into building structures from the subsurface. Over the years VI assessment, regulatory guidance and requirements, and mitigation has evolved at a rapid pace. Determining the correct approach for your site is critical. Do you need mitigation? If so, what is required? What is needed?
Welcome to GES!
Thomas Szocinski, CEP
Principal Environmental Scientist/Vapor Intrusion Subject Matter Expert
GES is pleased to announce the hiring of Thomas (Tom) Szocinski as Principal Environmental Scientist and Vapor Intrusion (VI) Subject Matter Expert.
The Environmental Business Journal®1 (EBJ), a business research publication which provides high value strategic business intelligence to the environmental industry1, honored Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. (GES) with a 2021 EBJ Business Achievement Awards for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS Drone Operation, under the Category of Technology Merit.
Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. demonstrated its commitment to environmental stewardship by achieving Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) Conservation Certification for its confidential client in Hopewell, VA.
GES’ air quality team assisted with regulatory compliance issues, emissions inventory, and stack emissions testing at a manufacturing facility in New Jersey that uses a metalizing process that applies a thin film of a shiny metallic film between several layers of protective coatings on the surface of non-metallic objects. The process uses a highly soluble silver nitrate solution in a spray booth application. Silver nitrate is listed on both the Right to Know Hazardous Substance List and Special Health Hazard Substance List in New Jersey.
GES’ air quality professionals assisted with the preparation and submittal of a Facility Wide Risk Assessment (FWRA) as part of the requirement for their Title V operating permit renewal.
GES has supported the permitting of over 60 emergency generators over the past two years. These generators provide reliability to hospitals, telecommunication and data centers, bio-technology and research, schools, residential complexes, and businesses that require an independent source of electrical power in the event of loss of normal line power supply. Both for life safety requirements and avoidance of production losses, this source of continual power requires air permits and depending on the size of the unit, emission controls.
Challenge
The client, a leading supplier of high-quality building-materials, operates one of the largest cement plants west of the Mississippi River. The site is located in one of 35 Air Districts in California. The state required transparent accounting of facilities that release toxic contaminants into the atmosphere.