Geoscience Consulting Services

Your Partner in Risk Management and More

Environmental Geology Services develops and implements cost-effective consulting services and solutions in the service areas listed below. Our goal is to provide comprehensive services that are practical, technically sound, minimally disruptive, cost effective and most importantly are responsive to our Client's needs.

Understanding our Client's goals, schedules, operating and manpower constraints, budget requirements and risk management position are all important elements in developing the approach best suited to each project. Communicating and working with our Client as a team member characterizes our approach.

Our goal is to serve your needs allowing you to focus manpower resources on your individual interests or business, so they operate smoothly and profitably.

EGS Provides the Following Services

Environmental Due Diligence and Risk Management

Desk-Top Reviews
Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments
Phase 2 Investigations
Phase 3 Remediation and Monitoring
Phase 4 Closure

We provide services from pre-Phase 1 Environment Site Assessments (sometimes referred to as “desk-top reviews”) through multi-phase subsurface investigations (Phase 2), remediation and monitoring (Phase 3), and closure (Phase 4). Phase 1 ESAs are typically provided for real estate transfer, financing, or for site development purposes as part of the Due Diligence/Innocent Landowner Defense process. Our Phase 1 ESAs comply with the current ASTM E1527-13 Standard of Practice and the US EPA-All Appropriate Inquiry (or AAI) standard. Our experienced professionals always perform the field observations and historic air photo interpretations, which are critical aspects of the Phase 1 ESA work. Electronic database services supplement our research of local regulatory agency files. Our personnel are qualified Environmental Professionals as defined by the US EPA.

When performing Phase 2 Investigation services, our Professional Geologist will work directly with the Client to identify potential contamination sources and move in a timely manner to conduct investigation within the constraints of an escrow period. Should contamination be identified based on analytical results, we will discuss the best course of action based on the site-specific conditions.

If needed, the Phase 3 and 4 process typically involves a regulatory agency. EGS will provide full scale project and regulatory management, remediation alternatives and planning, monitoring services and all necessary permitting requirements to move the case as quickly as possible to the case closure stage.

Hazardous Materials

Industrial Site Cleanup
Household and Business Hazardous Waste
Landfill Profiling and Acceptance
Asbestos and Lead Screening and Abatement
Radon Sampling and Mitigation

The management of hazardous materials and contaminated non-hazardous waste materials can be a challenging and expensive task, whether an anticipated project requirement or when it is an unexpected condition. This service area demands careful attention by experienced professionals to make sure the client does not violate federal and state regulations, to maintain the project schedules, and to manage costs. See http://epa.gov/osw/hazard/ to learn more about the types of hazardous wastes, the definition of waste types, treatment, storage, disposal, and related information.

Environmental Geology Services has many years of experience in managing various kinds of hazardous waste and non-hazardous controlled waste generated from sites including gas stations, bulk terminals, fuel and solvent spills, chlorinated solvent (PCE and TCE) sites, disposal sites, automotive dismantling or repair facilities and the like. We develop strategies to minimize material handling, transport and disposal costs for our Clients, and we work closely with a number of landfill treatment/disposal facilities to make sure appropriate testing is accomplished in a timely manner.

Soil stockpiles produced during construction or remediation projects may require sampling and analysis to determine possible contamination, and thereby proper handling and disposal. Pre-disposal acceptance approval, direct loading, and waste segregation are some of the methods we employ to expedite projects and reduce costs.

Other hazardous materials often encountered by home and business property owners are asbestos, lead and radon. EGS can assist our Clients with these common issues and will work with you to provide effective ways of identifying and mitigating these hazards.

Site Investigation and Cleanup

Indoor Air Sampling

Soil Vapor Encroachment

Soil and Water Sampling and Monitoring

Remedial Excavations and Systems

Hydraulic and Geologic Evaluations

Beyond Phase 1 ESAs, we provide a variety of more in-depth and focused investigations to characterize potential contamination issues on a property. These include soil and groundwater sampling using a variety of methodologies. Sub slab soil gas and soil vapor surveys provide useful screening information to identify possible contaminant types and/or source areas. Indoor air sampling can be extremely important when assessing the human health risk from contamination. Geophysical surveys can also be useful exploration tools depending on the specific project requirements.

If a site is determined to be contaminated based on these investigations, we perform comprehensive groundwater monitoring and remediation programs in an effort to clean up the contamination and bring the project to case closure with the lead regulatory agency. Some remediation techniques are soil excavations, air or ozone sparging, soil vapor extraction, dual phase extraction or compound injection.

Environmental Geology Services can provide groundwater resources evaluations and well siting and design for both protection and development aspects. With regard to groundwater use and development, we conduct evaluations of properties in marginal water availability zones to comply with regulatory Use Permit Conditions.

Geologic hazards are many and varied and include landslides, expansive soils, surface fault rupture, strong seismic shaking, erosion, karst topography and volcanic activity. We provide services to identify which geological hazards can impact existing or proposed developments and make recommendations to mitigate the impacts.

Regulatory Compliance

Permitting and Database Management

Cost Recovery Services

Health & Safety Plans

Soil and Groundwater Management Plans

Litigation Support

From Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments, to site exploration, through site remediation and case closure, our Clients are faced with a maze of ever-increasing and complex regulatory permitting and compliance requirements. Because of their many years of experience, the senior technical personnel at Environmental Geology Services are able to negotiate the maze of the regulatory jungle to keep our Client’s projects in compliance with the applicable regulatory requirements. This is another value of using an experienced firm whose Principal is directly involved in all projects.

Environmental Geology Services provides our Clients with complete state database systems compliance services. In accordance with many county and state requirements, data for a site with an environmental investigation is required to be uploaded to a database which can be accessed by both public and private parties. We obtain authorization from our Clients to be designated as the Authorized Representative for the site and certify that the applicable state regulatory requirements are complied with.

EGS provides complete cost recovery/claims support services to our Clients who have projects involving investigation and or remediation of fuel Underground Storage Tanks (USTs) or other cleanup sites.

When proposing a scope of work to a regulatory agency, it is typical that a Work Plan and Health & Safety Plan be completed and submitted to agency review. These plans are available on site to personnel completing the work and provide emergency response protocols in the event of an accident or exposure to a chemical.

In some cases, once a contaminated site project receives case closure from a regulatory agency, a condition of closure remains on the deed of the property. EGS has dealt with this scenario many times and can prepare and implement Soil and Groundwater Management Plans during a site redevelopment or construction project to identify and manage residual contamination in compliance with the regulatory agency.

Environmental Geology Services has provided litigation support and expert witness services on many cases over the years. These cases may involve property owners, insurance companies and attorneys to determine the cause of a site issue, whether environmental or a geologic hazard. We can provide a list of experience in cases involving litigation support, expert witness testimony and expert consulting services on request.

Project Management

Appropriate project planning and management at the start and during the course of the project are critical elements of any successful project whether small or large. Environmental Geology Services begins the planning process during the development of the project’s scope of work and while preparing our Professional Services Agreement. In this initial stage, we take the time to learn as much as possible about our Clients’ project needs including budget objectives, scheduling requirements, third-party issues such as tenant concerns, regulatory requirements and other factors that are unique to each project and Client.

Our years of experience have shown that close coordination and ongoing communications with Clients, as well as involved regulatory agency personnel and our subcontractors, at the start of the project through finalization of work is the best approach. Our professional planning and management experience have proven to result in projects being completed on time and on budget.

Underground Storage Tanks

A common environmental and regulatory problem is leaking underground storage tanks (USTs). We promptly respond to emergency situations where USTs or related contamination is discovered during construction or real estate transaction activities. In addition, we provide removal services for planned renovations and upgrades of UST systems. For these services, Environmental Geology Services provides contractor selection, permitting, management of removal and disposal, initial and verification sampling and analysis of soil and groundwater and regulatory interfacing and reporting. Where contamination problems are discovered, we provide complete site characterization, monitoring and remediation through case closure. When the UST is covered by insurance (such as a State UST Cleanup Fund), we provide client-cost recovery and reimbursement services.

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Here at Environmental Geology Services, our mission is to provide our Clients with cost-efficient and dependable services on an individual level. Should you have questions about our services, please feel free to get in touch with us. We are more than happy to attend to all of your questions. You may also want to view our list of Clients and read their feedback. We look forward to working with you soon, and appreciate the opportunity.

Environmental Geology Services

Email: info@egsconsultants.com

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California Field Office

P.O. Box 751591

Petaluma, CA 94975

Office: 707-528-0810

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Midwest Field Office

P.O. Box 620393

Middleton, WI 53562

Office: 608-841-2200