The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Water Quality, is requiring NJPDES Category B (Industrial) permittees as well as Wastewater Treatment Plants with approved Industrial Pretreatment Programs permittees to evaluate potential sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their influent and comply with an online survey. If you are a permittee under either scenario, this request is designed to profile your current and past practices that may be PFAS sources.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) originally established per
mit requirements under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) in 1990.
Join GES' Rich Evans, PE, moderator, for the virtual Design and Construction at Hazardous Waste Sites (DCHWS) Symposium 2021 on March 29 hosted by the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) in collaboration with the EPA.
The Environmental Business Journal® (EBJ), a business research publication which has provided strategic business intelligence to the environmental industry since 1988, recently honored Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. (GES) with two 2020 EBJ Business Achievement Awards for Earth Movement Monitoring, under the Category of New Practice Area, and for Technology Merit for our Mobile PFAS Treatment System. These awards were presented at a virtual Zoom ceremony on February 11 and 12, 2021. Brief summaries of our award submittals are provide below.
Thomas (Tom) Gunter has joined our GES team as Senior Project Manager in Florida.
GES is proud to announce ZERO recordable incidents in 2020! For over 35 years, our company and employees have remained committed to safety. At GES, safety is pre-planned into every job. We utilize the LPS tools and safety requirements to keep every employee safe. As we move forward in 2021, we continue to focus on safety every day. We’re striving for another SAFE year for our employees, clients, subcontractors, and environmental projects!
Doug Wolf, GES’ Director of Air Quality Services, was recently elected as Chair at Air & Waste Management Association’s (AWMA) Central Texas Chapter (he was elected Vice Chair in 2020). This is his 40th year as a member of AWMA. Doug’s expertise includes environmental permitting, compliance, and strategic management consultation. At GES, he supports existing and new clients with their air quality requirements, and also supports the expansion of GES’ air quality service line.
Challenge
A pipeline company was installing a new 35-mile length of pipeline in Michigan to serve as a feeder line into a large terminal as part of an expansion project. The client, a Loss Prevention System (LPS) company, requires its contractors to adhere to the behavior based health and safety protocols; however, the pipeline construction workers were experiencing injuries and property damage during installation of the pipeline.
Challenge
The client, a liquid-petroleum transportation service company, required assistance with disposal of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-containing transformers at three pump stations. These sites were undergoing upgrades and equipment replacement, which required removal of several electric transformers containing PCB oil. A removal plan had been developed based on previous projects that required transformers and drums to be placed in a roll-off for removal.
Challenge
The client, a liquid-petroleum transportation service company, transports refined fuel from Illinois and Indiana to Michigan via its pipeline. The client installed a new control room at its corporate office in Portage, and is expanding its field offices in Niles and Freedom Township, MI. However, the client did not have sufficient safety staff to assign a health and safety inspector at each of the three construction sites.