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Client: STEP

Project: NSA Mid-South SWMU15

Location: Millington, TN

Description: Parameters included VOAs, BNAs, TN-GRO, TN-EPH, Pesticides, PCBs and metals.
Level III report (all CLP-like forms) and STEP EDD provided for all samples.

Project Initiation: 2003

Contract Values: $23,500

Client: STEP

Project: Fort Campbell Military Base

Location: Fort Campbell, KY

Description: Parameters included metals, PAHs, GRO & DRO. Level III reported with IRDMIS EDD .

Project Initiation: 2004

Contract Values: $225,000

Client: STEP

Project: Annistion Army Depot

Location: Anniston, AL

Description: Water and soil analyses for VOAs, BNAs, Explosives, PCBs, Metals, Hexavalent Chromium, Ions and miscellaneous wet chemistry parameters.

Project Initiation: 2004

Contract Values: $50,000

Client: CH2MHILL under contract to Chase Environmental

Project: FA-18 Crash Site

Location: Dayton, TN

Description: Emergency laboratory testing conducted. Parameters included 5 day TAT soils and waters for VOAs, BTEX (8260), BNAs, PAHs (8270), Pesticides, PCBs, Herbicides, FL-PRO and metals. Confirmatory BTEX, PAH and metal analytical results required 24-48 hour TAT with full data package in seven business days. Level IV report (fully validatable data package) and CH2MHILL EDD provided for all samples.

Project Initiation: 2004

Contract Values: $32,500

Client: Ensafe

Project: NSA Mid-South

Location: Millington, TN

Description: Parameters included VOAs, BNAs, TN-GRO, TN-EPH and metals. Level II report (QC) and Ensafe EDD provided for all samples.

Project Initiation: 2004

Contract Values: $15,000 +

Client: TetraTech NUS

Project: NCBC Gulfport

Location: Gulfport, MS

Description: Parameters included soils for VOAs, BNAs, Pesticides, PCBs, Herbicides and metals. Level IV report (fully validatable data package) and TetraTech EDD provided for all samples.

Project Initiation: 2004

Contract Values: $15,000 +

Client: TetraTech NUS

Project: NAS Corpus Christi

Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Description: Parameters included waters for VOAs, metals, hexavalent chromium and full soil/water IDW analyses. All TRRP13 requirements were followed with Level IV report (fully validatable data package) and TetraTech EDD provided for all samples.

Project Initiation: 2005

Contract Values: $3,475

Client: CH2MHILL under contract with Baker Environmental

Project: NWS Yorktown

Location: Yorktown, VA

Description: Parameters include soils and waters for BNAs, PAHs (8270), PCBs, explosives and metals. Level IV report (fully validatable data package) and CH2MHILL EDD provided for all samples.

Project Initiation: 2005

Contract Values: $18,705

Client: TetraTech

Project: Volunteer Ammunition Plant

Location: Chattanooga, TN

Description: Analytical testing and analysis is being performed in support of USACE-Mobile requirements. Lab analyses are being performed on groundwater and soil. Chemical analysis for explosives and miscellaneous wet chemistry. Level IV data packages and ShawView EDD have been required for the project.

Project Initiation: 2005

Contract Values: $70,792

Client: Science Applications International Corporation

Project: Rock Island Arsenal

Location: Rock Island, IL

Description: Analytical testing and analysis is being performed in support of USACE-Nashville requirements. Lab analyses are being performed on groundwater. Chemical analysis for VOC, SVOC, pesticides, herbicides, PCBs, metals, and classical organics. Level III data packages and SAIC EDD have been required for all of the project.

Project Initiation: 2003

Contract Values: $197,500

Client: Science Applications International Corporation

Project: Fort Knox Environmental Investigations

Location: Fort Knox, KY

Description: Analytical testing and analysis is being performed in support of USACE-TERC requirements. Lab analyses are being performed on soil and water. Chemical analysis for VOC, SVOC, PCBs, and metals. Level III data packages and SAIC EDD have been required for all of the project.

Project Initiation: 2004

Contract Values: $51,000 +

Client: Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure

Project: Redstone Arsenal

Location: Huntsville, AL

Description: Analytical testing and analysis is being performed in support of USACE-Savannah TERC requirements. Lab analyses are being performed on surface water, groundwater, soil, and sediment. Chemical analysis for VOC, SVOC, pesticides, PCBs, explosives, perchlorate, metals, classical organics, and aquatic toxicology with respect to NPDES compliance. Level IV data packages have been required for 95% of the project. Included in the data deliverables are ITEMS/ShawView EDD (past four years) and ADR for the year and a half.

Project Initiation: 2000

Contract Values: $5 million +

Client: CH2M Hill

Project: Amarillo AFB

Location: Amarillo, TX

Description: EL provided laboratory testing in support of CH2M Hill's site investigation at Amarillo AFB. Parameters included SVOC, VOC, pesticides, herbicides, PCBs, metals and Texas TPH. TRPP-13 requirements were followed and reported for the entire project.

Project Initiation: 2003

Contract Values: $63,000

Client: Arcadis

Project: Milan Army Ammunition Plant

Location: Milan, TN

Description: Analytical testing and analysis in support of Arcadis site investigation. Parameters include VOC, SVOC, pesticides, herbicides, PCBs, explosives, perchlorates, metals, TOX, and radiochemistry. Level II and IV data packages, including EQUIS EDD, have been required for the entire project. . EL is also performing all of the environmental test and regulatory monitoring requirements at Milan AAP under a direct contract from American Ordnance, which operates the facility under government contract.

Project Initiation: 1998

Contract Values: $300,000 +

Client: CH2MHILL

Project: Millington NAS, TN

Location: Millington, TN

Description: Lab testing in support of site investigation/remediation.

Project Initiation: 2003

Contract Values: $10,000

Client: CH2MHILL

Project: Montgomery ANG, AL

Location: Montgomery, AL

Description: Lab testing in support of site investigation/remediation. Performed level III data package and CH2MHILL EDD.

Project Initiation: 2005

Contract Values: $22,500

Client: CH2MHILL

Project: Marshall Space Flight Center, AL

Location: Huntsville, AL

Description: Lab testing in support of site investigation/remediation. Performed level III data package and CH2MHILL EDD.

Project Initiation: 2005

Contract Values: $22,500

Client: CH2MHILL

Project: Savannah ANG, GA

Location: Savannah, GA

Description: Lab testing in support of site investigation/remediation. Performed level III data package and CH2MHILL EDD.

Project Initiation: 2004

Contract Values: $109,864



EPA Superfund Projects:

     Fields Brook: Ashtabula, OH

     Ciba Geigy: Toms River, NJ

     Nascolite: Millville, NJ

     Dico: Des Moines, IA

     Natrona: Harrison Township, PA

     Lord-Shope Landfill: Girard Township, PA

     Old Mill Site: Old Mill, OH

     NL Industries: Pittstown, NJ

     D'Imperio: Hamilton Township, NJ

     Hercules, Inc.: Glen Falls, NY

     Atofina Superfund Site: Montgomery, AL

     Rockwell Automation: Russellville, KY


Aquatic Toxicology / NPDES Project Experience:

Client: SAIC, Arnold Air Force Base.

Project: Toxicity Identification Evaluation/ Toxicity Reduction Evaluation.

Location: Tullahoma, Tennessee

Description: Three outfalls exhibited periodic toxicity to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas. Samples were collected weekly for two months. Samples were screened for toxicity and if present a Phase I & II TIE were conducted on the sample exhibiting toxicity. The toxicity was determined to be chronically non-persistent; however, the conclusions identified either surfactants and or oxidizable compounds as the causative toxic agent(s).

Project Initiation: 1996

Contract Values: $100,000

Client: Ohio Paper Board

Project: NPDES compliance monitoring

Location: Baltimore, Ohio

Description: Quarterly Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing using Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas.

Project Initiation: 1992

Contract Values: $20,000 / year

Client: William Carter Company

Project: T.I.E., W.E.R., and NPDES compliance monitoring

Location: Cartersville, Georgia

Description: Quarterly Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Testing using Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas. Toxicity Identification Evaluation conducted on the waste streams comprising the final effluent. Metals were found to be the toxic agents. A Water Effects Ratio was conducted on the final waste stream using Cu and Zn, the primary metals of concern, in order to determine the amount that could be added to the final effluent without causing adverse effects to the environment.

Project Initiation: 1995

Contract Values: $300,000

Client: Argonne National Laboratory

Project: Acute toxicity characterization of wastewaters from Argonne National Laboratory

Location: Argonne, Illinois

Description: Toxicity from the ANL facility was exhibited to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas. Samples were collected weekly for six months. Samples were screened for toxicity using the species above in an acute screening non-renewal test. The toxicity was determined to be contributed from the addition of the treated sanitary sewer discharge to the discharge from the wastewater treatment plant.

Project Initiation: 1994

Contract Values: $75,000 - $180,000

Client: Hillsborough County

Project: Hillsborough County

Location: Hillsborough County, FL

Description: Semi monthly and quarterly WET testing for Ceriodaphnia dubia, Pimephales promelas, and Cyprinella leedsi. Acute and chronic testing.

Project Initiation: 2003

Contract Values: $25,000 - $30,000 / year

Client: Pinellas County

Project: Pinellas County

Location: Pinellas County, FL

Description: Semi monthly and quarterly WET testing for Ceriodaphnia dubia, Pimephales promelas, and Cyprinella leedsi. Acute and chronic testing.

Project Initiation: 2003

Contract Values: $40,000 - $50,000 / year

Client: E.I. Dupont DeNemours & Co.

Project: E.I. Dupont DeNemours & Co.

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Description: Semi monthly and quarterly WET testing for Ceriodaphnia dubia and Pimephales promelas for chronic testing.

Project Initiation: 1990

Contract Values: $18,000 / year