by Alan Hahn | May 20, 2014 | Blog
As the soil and groundwater investigation gets underway at the former Schilling Air Force Base in Salina, Kansas, The Salina Public Entities (Salina) will hold a press conference to discuss the site investigation activities. This press conference will be held at MJ...
by Jeff Bolin, CHMM | May 16, 2014 | Blog
Water… Plentiful Water! was one of the key take-aways that I noted while attending the Michigan Chemistry Council (MCC) Annual Meeting and Legislative Reception. This message about Michigan’s most abundant resource (water) was addressed by the Michigan Department of...
by Alan Hahn | May 2, 2014 | Blog
Beneficial Reuse of Low Hazard Materials There may be good news for industries that generate large volumes of “low hazard materials” as it relates to beneficial reuse. This potential good news is in three Michigan bills (HB 5400; 5401; 5402) amending Part 115 of PA...
by Alan Hahn | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog
Beware of The “Cheap” Phase I ESA? Environmental social media has been abuzz with concerns about a proliferation in low-quality Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs). And the impetus behind the recent rash of substandard Phase I ESAs relates back...
by Alan Hahn | Apr 3, 2014 | Blog
What is a Navigable Water? Is the water in your ditch covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA)? What about the stream that flows occasionally or the wetland on your property? Is there a connection or “nexus” between these aforementioned areas and navigable waterways or...
by Alan Hahn | Mar 21, 2014 | Blog
Lake Erie Water Quality Lake Erie has often been held up as an environmental success story as corrective measures reduced phosphorus loading from the 1960s through the 1980s and transformed the shallowest of the Great Lakes from dead to alive and vibrant again. But...
