by Alan Hahn | Feb 7, 2017 | Blog
Scott Pruitt, the nominee to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said, “PFOA needs to be addressed quickly whether under TSCA or the Safe Drinking Water Act.” If the potential incoming director of the EPA has this issue on their radar, it deserves some...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated on several occasions that one of their priorities is to focus on agriculture. In fact, as we wrote in late 2015, the EPA stated that one of their six 2017-2019 focus areas was going to be “Preventing Animal...
by Alan Hahn | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog
The fun work in our business is when we get to untangle complicated issues involving soil and groundwater contamination … Those projects when we can roll up our sleeves and help our clients figure out Where did the contamination originate? Who is responsible? How...
by Mark Resch | Dec 14, 2016 | Blog
Recently, I attended a presentation by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on Baseline Environmental Assessment (BEA) and Due Care. Someone in attendance asked the MDEQ when due care needs to be implemented, and the MDEQ representative said...
by Alan Hahn | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog
December (2015) – NPDES Stormwater Discharge Reporting What environmental report is due January 10th each year in Michigan? If you have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater discharge permit, you are required to submit your Storm Water...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | Nov 28, 2016 | Blog
In the 1960s and 1970s, there was no denying that many bodies of water in the United States were seriously impacted. When I was going through college, the Clean Water Act (CWA) was relatively new, and there were grass-root efforts to clean up our local lakes, rivers,...
