Environmental Services
Environmental due diligence goes beyond simple regulatory compliance and enters into good management operations. Due diligence is a critical management consideration for operations review, addition of new facilities and sale or purchase of property. This best management practice utilizes regulatory requirements as a foundation but goes further in attempting to identify areas of environmental efficiency to not only maintain compliance but also achieve pollution prevention and cost savings through proactive programming.
OSEA’s technical staff of engineers, consultants, and trainers can assist with not only regulatory compliance issues and permitting but also hazard identification, waste stream documentation, and pollution prevention programming. With our in-depth expertise we have the ability to compare operations with numerous other facilities. Similar programs and problems (and more importantly their solutions), help us bring a wealth of information to our client companies.
Some specific areas in which OSEA provides continuing services include:
- Air permitting, Parts 201, 228
- Title V compliance
- Form R reporting
- SPCC and Contingency Plans
- Spill requirements: reporting, analytical, remediation
- Beneficial use determination (BUD)
- Waste water sampling and permitting
- Hazardous materials storage/use permits
- Bulk storage requirements
- Underground storage tank (testing and related regulations)
- Employee training for certification/awareness in required areas
- 24 and 40-hr HazWoper training courses
- 8-Hr HazWoper refresher and supervisory training
- Spill Team training
- Phase I investigation to audit past and current utilization of property and possible operational environmental impact. All assessments are completed pursuant to ASTM 50 Standards.
- Phase II quantitative investigation to extract data on possible contamination sources through sampling, monitoring and environmental engineering review.
- Phase III project design and total management of remediation effort to gain no further action clean up status for property clearance.
Asbestos Services
OSEA is a New York State licensed asbestos contractor. The primary focus of our work involves the investigation and analysis of potential asbestos contamination and specific recommendations as to proper response. Our consultants are certified EPA handlers, supervisors, air samplers, project monitors, and we have an extensive history of client service in the areas of emergency response, full educational facility evaluations/monitoring along with in-depth survey, monitoring and engineering support. Services include:
- Building Inspections
- Bulk Sample Analysis (PLM)
- Management Plans
- Air Sample Analysis (PCM)
- Operations and Maintenance Plans
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
- Removal Specifications
- Review and Selection of Removal Contractors
- Project Management/Supervision
- On-site Air Sampling and Analysis
Lead Safety
Numerous state and federal agencies have listed lead as the number one environmental health risk with emphasis on children. OSHA continues to refine its enforcement of lead safety regulations in both the construction and industrial environments. The risk of lead contamination is real from the home on through the working environment. OSEA can provide the following services:
- Lead Inspection Survey
- Product Design Specifications
- Lead Based Paint Risk Assessments
- Respiratory Fit Testing
- Environmental Risk Assessments
- Safety and Health Assessments
- Abatement Project Management
- Personal Exposure Monitoring
- Abatement/Remediation Planning
- Public Awareness Seminars
- Worker Training Programs
- Review/Selection of Abatement Contractor
In our effective solutions in the lead area, as across the board in all industrial hygiene and environmental services, OSEA backs its commitment and leadership in the professional approach to problem identification and resolution through the use of:
- Licensed inspection and management professionals
- Utilization of AIHA and state/certified laboratories
- Extensive QA/QC programming, utilizing qualified/professional registered/certified industrial hygiene and safety professionals
- Utilization of appropriate state-licensed professionals engineers as required
All services are confidential and OSEA has a great deal of experience working with in-house or outside counsel in resolving matters of need. OSEA has been providing audit services to the industrial, real estate, legal and banking investment community since 1991.
