by Alan Hahn | Jul 18, 2014 | Blog
Nitrogen In the Environment As all farmers know, nitrogen is essential for healthy crops. Fortunately, nitrogen is plentiful and ubiquitous; in fact, 78% of the Earth’s atmosphere is nitrogen. However, atmospheric nitrogen exists as an inert gas and, therefore,...
by Alan Hahn | Jul 9, 2014 | Blog
When I first started in the environmental compliance business, we used bailers and ropes to retrieve water samples from wells. We eventually realized we were getting unrealistically high total organic carbon results using this method. When we did some research into...
by Alan Hahn | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog
This week, Jeffrey Bolin will begin a series of environmental due diligence forums as part of several continuing-education classes across Michigan. As part of these discussions, Jeff will address some of the recent developments in conducting Phase I ESAs, changes in...
by Alan Hahn | May 29, 2014 | Blog
You’ll learn a lot of acronyms in the environmental business, but none more important than TCE – Trichloroethylene. TCE is a very effective solvent that has been used for decades, long before our current environmental regulatory programs, to remove grease from metal...