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...
At ESA, we encourage clients to ask questions and challenge us. It's part of a healthy dialogue and makes for a solid consultant/client relationship. Often, ESA will recommend a course of action that requires additional samples, new wells, etc. Meaning, of course, more money. Besides blind...
ESA President Chris Martell shares several important points for real estate developers and investors to consider before purchasing a property for redevelopment in New York and New Jersey....
To the casual observer, environmental remediation appears to be highly physical and destructive work. In industrial and commercial (and even residential) areas of metropolitan New York and New Jersey, it's not uncommon to see remediation work zones with bulldozers, dump trucks, excavators, and drill operators...