The National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, is a long-standing law that serves to protect the environment via a broad national framework. Environmental assessments are a key component of NEPA, ensuring that large-scale federal projects work to minimize their environmental impact. Federal agencies are required to submit these assessments before moving forward with a variety …
What Are Phase II Environmental Site Assessments?
As a one-stop environmental services provider, Environmental Works offers a wide range of environmental assessments. Those include Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments. Phase I Assessments identify any hazardous substances in a designated site – but what are Phase II Environmental Site Assessments? Read on to find out how these assessments can make …
ISO 14001 Requirements
“Environmental Management System” (EMS) is a blanket term for the processes that enable an organization to reduce its overall environmental impact. These systems involve certain requirements, which were developed to help reduce the environmental footprints of organizations of all sizes. One set of these standards is known as the ISO 14001, an international set of …
Benefits of Waste Minimization
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that approximately 7.6 billion tons of industrial solid waste are generated and disposed of each year. While some degree of industrial waste is unavoidable, a large percentage of that waste is transported directly to landfills, adding to the nation’s waste management crisis. Fortunately, business owners can take steps to …
LNAPL and DNAPL Response and Investigation Services
Nonaqueous phase liquids, or NAPLs, are routinely common commercial products that can lead to serious health and ecological issues if they are released to the environment. Fortunately, environmental remediation experts have several techniques to address both kinds of NAPLs (LNAPLs and DNAPLs) before damage occurs. Read on to explore the basics of LNAPL and DNAPL …
API 570: What You Need to Know
Piping systems are designed with efficiency in mind. However, a poorly designed piping system can have a number of environmental impacts, including emission release and soil contamination. Improperly managed piping systems can also pose a safety risk for workers in the field. API 570 is one of several national codes dictating quality standards for piping …
How to Safely Collect Combustible Dust
In a manufacturing environment, dust is more than an untidy nuisance. Any number of manufacturing materials – everything from coal to sugar to pharmaceutical products – can produce fine dust that, in some circumstances, can catch fire and burn extremely rapidly. In an emergency scenario, this dust can also become highly explosive. This explosive dust …
Types of Soil Remediation
Maybe you had a Phase II assessment on your property and you’ve found out you need further testing due to contaminated soil on your site. What does contaminated soil mean? Contaminated soil occurs when harmful chemicals infiltrate the earth, posing significant environmental and health risks. If you’re grappling with soil contamination, you might wonder where …
Environmental Risk Assessment Basics
Environmental agencies are constantly reassessing regulatory decisions. These decisions aren’t made lightly. In fact, they are invariably accompanied by staggeringly large stacks of data. Environmental risk assessments, or ERAs, help feed this data. ERAs involve a highly regulated site evaluation process, which often drives certain remedial actions. Read on to find out more about environmental …
What Is the Role of an OSRO?
As a U.S. Coast Guard classified Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO), Environmental Works, Inc. has the experts needed to remove hazardous and non-hazardous materials from a multitude of sites. But what is the role of an OSRO? Read on to find out about this unique qualification.
