How NJDEP Remediation Certification can reduce time to closing a sale. As we all know, if your property is subject to an ISRA action, you must undertake a series of environmental steps to demonstrate that the site is clean. Often, these steps can take months,...
From ESA's perspective, it is difficult to imagine a profession where client advocacy is more impactful than in environmental consulting. After all, where else can a seemingly straight-forward $5,000 project transform into a six-figure, bank-account-draining nightmare in the blink of an eye? The reality is...
On rare occasions, ESA encounters actionable groundwater impacts caused by an unregulated contaminant for which there is no existing New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) soil standard. Typically, this would be a contaminant deemed to be non-carcinogenic and/or that does not pose an elevated...
A Three-fold Objective A successful soil site investigation requires fulfilling the needs of the three main parties involved in the action -- the NJDEP, the client, and ESA -- all of whom have differing objectives. To ensure public safety, the NJDEP requires strict adherence to environmental...
Collecting samples for laboratory analysis is part of most remedial investigations. A classic example is testing soil and groundwater to determine the contents of an underground storage tank (UST); the laboratory looks for hydrocarbons and volatile and semi-volatile compounds, including Tentatively Identified Compounds (TICs). So,...
Exploring the De Minimis Quantity Exemption In our previous article entitled Triggered: The Industrial Site Recovery Act, ESA outlines the fundamentals of ISRA and how it is enforced in the state of New Jersey. In short, anyone who owns a property where an industrial...
ESA was contracted by a client in Monmouth County New Jersey to remediate heavy metals in soil and groundwater at this former metallurgical facility partially situated in a designated wetlands area. Wetlands experts were engaged to facilitate the strategy for plant restoration at the site. https://youtu.be/Uht4RnvWn5M ...
Every dollar spent on environmental remediation diminishes your bottom line. Fortunately, as your environmental advocate, ESA uses strategies to mitigate the expense of environmental impacts. Tax appeals are one such strategy. New Jersey tax law court decisions have clearly established that environmental impacts reduce property values....
ESA commonly answers questions about Phase II scopes of work on a varying scale of complexity. Overall, the questions are aimed at the purpose of a Phase II, what to do if something is discovered, and how to manage the remediation approach in the transaction....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6uwY8tNVBc Project Overview ESA was retained by a south Jersey municipality to decommission and remove fuel oil and gasoline underground storage tanks (USTs) located at their Department of Public Works (DPW) facility. The municipality installed these USTs in the 1960s to fuel vehicles, equipment, and boiler units...