The Environmental Corner
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The Environmental Corner: ‘Air’ial Assault: How Contaminated Air From Past or Current Operations Can Impact Your Property and Surrounding Community
The Environmental Corner Access to fresh air and water are required to sustain a healthy life and should not be taken for granted...
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No Need to Close Your Doors to Cleanup Contamination
Is your consultant listening? As consultants, we evaluate cleanup strategies based on the contaminant, site conditions and their cost...
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Looking Back On What We’ve Covered: Everything A Drycleaner Needs To Know About Environmental Contamination
It’s inevitable this time of year to start looking back and taking inventory of where you’ve been. This month, as I’ve been preparing...
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How To Manage Environmental Risk Through Old And New Insurance Products
he strategic avoidance of risk through insurance agreements was contemplated as early as the Babylonian Empire over 6,000 years ago...
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Perc Contamination: A Tale of Two Drycleaners (revisited)
The evolution of environmental laws and regulations over the past few decades have resulted in the reality that operators of drycleaners...
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Be A Good Neighbor, Especially During Environmental Work
What’s worse than a bad neighbor? Different things annoy different people, so the definition of a bad neighbor is a personal thing...
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New Toxic Substance Control Act Review of Perc and TCE
For this month’s article, I’ve asked R. Scott Powell, Senior Engineer at EnviroForensics, to give us an important update on the...
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Are You Considering Buying Or Selling A Drycleaning Business?
The purchase or sale of a drycleaner property and business is a delicate dance between the parties involved because of the potential...
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Emerging Contaminant Update PFAS Regulations Start to Develop at State Level
It’s time for an update on PFAS. In the January 2020 edition of the Cleaner & Launderer, I discussed an emerging contaminant group called...
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Do you know the value of Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)?
We are getting a lot of requests these days for Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), which is an indicator of an...
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Is Dilution really the Solution to Perc Pollution
Most of us have implemented a form of the “Dilution Solution” at one time or another. For example, a common...
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What You Need To Know When Addressing Environmental Contamination
In the past, I have talked a lot about what leads to the discovery of contamination, and what to do if, or when, you learn that contamination has been...
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How To Pinpoint When A Perc Release Occurred
Let’s get technical. With the recent and anticipated increases in the number of drycleaner businesses and properties changing hands, we’re seeing an...
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Setting Up Your Environmental Priorities: What Can Wait, And What Just Can’t
Everyone is making tough decisions right now about what to spend money on, and what can wait. In this article, I’ll walk you through...
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How To Be Prepared For An Environmental Investigation, Even In The Event Of An Economic Downturn
With all the latest business challenges related to COVID-19 and the resulting economic downturn, the last thing anyone needs...
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Reflections on a Recession: What we saw in 2008 and after as an Environmental Consulting Firm
Outside of the fears related to our personal health and our loved ones, the specter of looming economic instability over the coming months has added insult...
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Rolling the Dice for Regulatory Closure
Environmental cleanups involve a great deal of creativity to make sure that the goals are met within acceptable timeframes, regulatory requirements, and...
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Emerging Contaminant Alert for Dry Cleaners: PFAS is the New Bad Guy in Town!
Dry cleaners everywhere have been worried for decades about potential environmental contamination from their past operations. Through the years...
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Environmental Contaminant Removal vs. Environmental Risk Management: When Spending Money Saves Money
In this article, I’ll share why it’s important to work with an environmental consultant who understands the value and significant cost savings that can be..
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How to Sell Your Dry Cleaning Business in Three Steps
Jeff Carnahan, President of EnviroForensics and Richard Ehrenreich, Managing Member and Principle Consultant/Broker of Ehrenreich & Associates, discuss...
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The Environmental Consultant’s Remediation Tool Belt for Dry Cleaners
The Environmental Consultant’s Remediation Tool Belt for Dry Cleaners
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Environmental Investigations 101: Understanding PCE Contamination
Preliminary site investigation and characterization efforts can cost a lot of money and take several months to complete. However, it’s still...
