Is it Really Still Possible to Close Environmental Cases in California?
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...
read moreRWQCB Requiring “Restoration to Background” Could Mean the End of Risk-Based Cleanup Goals in California
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...
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An Introduction to DTSC’s New Discovery and Enforcement (D&E) Program with Rafat Abbasi –
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...
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Evaluating & Selecting Environmental Remedial Strategies #3
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...
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Evaluating & Selecting Environmental Remedial Strategies #1
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...
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CSUF School of Engineering Class of 2022
Murex Environmental’s own Danny Duong on completing his M.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering!
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