Laurel Environmental Associates, LTD

About Laurel Environmental Geosciences

Laurel Environmental Geosciences DPC (Laurel) is a full-service environmental consulting firm with expertise in all facets of environmental investigation, testing and remediation. Our hallmark is to provide accurate, timely and cost-effective results tailored to our clients' needs.

We are acutely aware that our clients will make important and sometimes costly decisions based on the information that we provide for them. We strive to produce the most accurate data possible for our clients to facilitate these decisions. Laurel will make every effort to obtain this information through methods of investigation that are the least invasive to our client's property and least disruptive to their business, by using the most advanced technology available.

We at Laurel understand that the work we do for our clients must be cost-effective for them. We provide estimates that are competitive and that our clients can confidently rely on for accuracy. We also understand the necessity for prompt service and even prompter responses to problems.

Laurel personnel have extensive experience in the site development and construction fields and have provided important insight into problems unique to these industries. Whether it is dealing with government agencies to expedite a project or remediation of hazardous waste from a site, we are familiar with the hard and soft costs involved.

It is our goal to maintain a client roster that will work with us through the years, as the need arises, by providing them with superior service. We want our clients to have confidence in our scientific investigations, as well as in our recognition of their particular needs.

Services Include:

Site History Review

determine what hazardous substances may have been present

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review of federal, state and local databases

determine if the subject site or any sites up to a one mile radius of the subject site are listed

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A site specific study

of the pertinent geologic, hydrogeologic conditions and hydrologic data found at the site

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Written report of findings

clearly lay the groundwork for additional study, if warranted.

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If contamination is discovered, LAUREL can design and optimize an economical mitigation plan that is environmentally sound. In some cases, early implementation of a proactive remedial strategy will permit a property transaction to move forward while a clean-up is in progress.

Phase II Soil / Groundwater Testing

When there is suspicion of contaminated soil or contaminated groundwater at a site, sampling and analysis must be completed to confirm the presence or absence of the suspected contaminants. This is achieved through the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and sampling of soil from cores.

The validity of the results obtained through this sampling relies heavily on the proper placement of monitoring wells and soil borings, though the placement is largely subjective. It is therefore important for a highly skilled scientist to conduct research on site history and visual reconnaissance in formulating a plan, and final decision of proper placement of the monitoring wells and borings to obtain relevant samples.

Whenever possible, LAUREL makes every effort to limit costs, damage to property and especially disruption of business, through the use of the latest state of the art drilling and sampling equipment available.

DATA COLLECTION

Correct media sampling methods are just as important as proper well installations and sampling point decisions. Utilizing the correct sampling equipment and decontamination techniques, LAUREL ensures that no cross contamination has occurred. Without exception, only properly trained and certified staff collect samples.

SOIL BORINGS AND MONITORING WELL INSTALLATIONS

When there is suspicion of contaminated soil or contaminated groundwater at a site, sampling and analysis must be completed to confirm the presence or absence of the suspected contaminants. This is achieved through the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and sampling of soil from cores.

GROUNDWATER/SOIL SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

Groundwater depths and product thicknesses are determined using an oil/water interface probe. Wells are developed using a bladder pump, to a turbidity (a measure of the silt present in water) of 50 nephelometric units (NTU's), or less to ensure proper hydraulic connection with the surrounding aquifer.

DRINKING WATER SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS

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SLUDGE
SAMPLING

LAUREL has found that septic systems, and industrial and storm water leaching pools are often receptors of significant contamination at any given property. By design, these systems leach as much water as possible into the ground.

GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS

LAUREL conducts geophysical surveys to aid in the discovery of underground storage tanks, buried drums, fill material, unexposed drywells and large scale subsurface hydrocarbon contamination with no excavation or drilling necessary.

BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT

When there is suspicion of contaminated soil or contaminated groundwater at a site, sampling and analysis must be completed to confirm the presence or absence of the suspected contaminants. This is achieved through the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and sampling of soil from cores.

The validity of the results obtained through this sampling relies heavily on the proper placement of monitoring wells and soil borings, though the placement is largely subjective. It is therefore important for a highly skilled scientist to conduct research on site history and visual reconnaissance in formulating a plan, and final decision of proper placement of the monitoring wells and borings to obtain relevant samples.

Whenever possible, LAUREL makes every effort to limit costs, damage to property and especially disruption of business, through the use of the latest state of the art drilling and sampling equipment available.

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