by Jeremy Squire | Apr 26, 2023 | Events, News
Brownfield redevelopment professionals in California have been facing increasingly strong headwinds in the pursuit of regulatory case closures after conducting site investigations and remediation work. Even the most experienced teams of expert remediation...
by Jeremy Squire | Jan 31, 2023 | Cal-EPA, Remediation, Resolution 92-49, RWQCB
How a re-emphasis on Resolution 92-49 by RWQCB will make brownfield cleanups much more costly The Challenge – RWQCB Pivoting Away from Risk-Based Closures to the Statutory Standard of “Background Conditions” As western states pivot strategies in response to...
by Jeremy Squire | Oct 27, 2022 | News
DTSC Set to Spend $200MM in Three Years on Dry Cleaning Sites Across California The Challenge – Thousands of Leaking Dry-Cleaning Sites Environmental remediation professionals judge human health risk from contamination using a simple concept: (Toxicity) x...
by Jeremy Squire | Sep 12, 2022 | environmental litigation support, Remediation
The Importance of a Conceptual Site Model (CSM) The Challenge – Understanding Contamination and Sources My goal today is to discuss the importance of developing a conceptual site model in the early stages of a Site investigation, before major decisions are made in...
by Jeremy Squire | Jun 29, 2022 | environmental litigation support, Remediation
When the Right Strategy is to Not to Conduct Remediation The Challenge – Understanding Contamination and Sources Have you ever heard the expression, “when you’re a hammer, every problem looks like a nail,”? It speaks to the sometimes base-level thinking of a...
by Jeremy Squire | May 26, 2022 | Events, News
Congratulations to the CSUF School of Engineering Class of 2022, including Murex Environmental’s own Danny Duong on completing his M.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering! Go Titans!
by Jeremy Squire | May 17, 2022 | Events, News
Regulatory Site Case Closures – Unrestricted versus Risk-Based Closures Environmental consultants, often at the direction of clients’ counsel, spend the majority of their time and effort performing response activities and preparing technical deliverables with the end...
by Jeremy Squire | Apr 14, 2022 | Events
You may know that ASTM 1527 (standard guidance for Phase I site assessments) was updated in 2021. This expert panel will be discussing those updates and how they affect due diligence activities in the lead up to the acquisition of potentially-contaminated properties...
by Jeremy Squire | Mar 30, 2022 | Events
California’s State Water Board has scheduled CEQA review scoping meetings to amend Resolution 92-49 (one of their main statutory sources of oversight authority) in order to include “Proposed Vapor Intrusion Assessment”
by Jeremy Squire | Mar 26, 2022 | Events
New Irvine office is dog friendly, has an on-site coffee shop (Coffee Dose), an outdoor reading area, a grill for cookouts, and is walking distance to some of the best lunch spots in Orange County. What’s that? Sure, I’d love to see your resume,...