ETG PROJECTS

Site Renovation: College Point, Queens, N.Y.
Retained to manage a NYSDEC Voluntary Cleanup program for a site in the College Point section. This work involves the design of a cleanup plan and the implementation of the site investigation and the actual environmental cleanup.
JTR Queens College Point

 

Fresh Kills and Richmond Landfills: Staten Island, N.Y.
Expert services for the NYC Law Department concerning the Fresh Kills and Richmond Landfills. ETG members have extensive experience with these landfills and a broad understanding of the issues concerning the impact of these facilities on the environment, on closure and capping, and the fulfillment of environmental compliance and permitting requirements.

Incorporated Village of Bayville, N.Y.
The firm has been the environmental consultant to this North Shore Long Island Village for the last four years. ETG has been involved in a wide range of engineering, waterfront planning and environmental issues with Bayville during this time. ETG has prepared the flood plain management studies and the Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan, which has fulfilled eligibility requirements for grant applications that the Village has successfully made to various New York State agencies.

New York City Department of Sanitation
Expert services in connection with the closure of this facility.

PPL Global L.L.C.
The firm serves as the consultant on groundwater issues for the Kings Park Energy site in Smithtown N.Y., and has conducted studies to determine the impact of backup fuel oil storage on deep groundwater aquifers for this part of Long Island.

Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention Studies: Slovakia.
Retained under a USAID sponsored grant to review waste minimization/ pollution prevention options for three industrial facilities in Slovakia.

Food Processing Waste Management Studies: Egypt
Members of the firm were involved in a USAID sponsored project to determine optimum methods for disposing of wastes from agricultural processing facilities.

Westinghouse Corporation
Assisted in the preparation of a proposal by Westinghouse to take over the entire management of the Brookhaven National Labs management in Upton, NY. This work included the environmental cleanup contracting which is a major aspect of the site management contract.

University of Puerto Rico/ PREPA (Puerto Rico Power Authority)
Retained as a team member with the University of Puerto Rico to monitor compliance and progress of a USEPA consent decree with PREPA. This decree is directed at assuring, that all air quality-monitoring requirements will be met, in addition to other requirements. This is a five-year program, funded by a one million dollar PREPA account.

PCB cleanup: Great Neck N.Y.
Retained to respond to a PCB transformer explosion in this residential community.

Solid Waste Management Project: Biskupija, Croatia.
Retained to conduct a solid waste management project for a municipality in the Knin region of Croatia along the Bosnian border. This USAID sponsored and funded project was done in collaboration with a local engineering and planning firm from Zagreb, and the municipal government in Biskupija.

Environmental Compliance and Renovation: Shirley, N.Y.
Environmental compliance and renovation of a Long Island Home Depot site. This work includes the management of the environmental cleanup activities on the site in preparation for the final development of the site and construction of the store facilities.

Review of Environmental Compliance Plans
Review plans for a Rockaway Boulevard site in Queens, NY with the aim of developing a remedial compliance program that can be approved by the NYS DEC.

Publications
McGraw Hill Handbooks Series. Co-editors of a comprehensive, 2001, Handbook of Complex Environmental Remediation Problems. This is a 12 chapter, 900 plus page handbook on environmental remediation problem solving.                       

Metuchen, NJ Trash Train
The firm was retained to evaluate the environmental impact of a New Jersey railroad linking a Linden NJ transfer station with disposal sites outside of the state.