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New York City and, even more so, Brooklyn is currently seeing a large volume of real estate development and redevelopment. With recent rezoning actions many neighborhoods are being redeveloped for new housing and commercial purposes. American Environmental has been helping in this effort by providing environmental services to numerous clients. Click here to see how we can help you.
American Environmental employee Eugene Kuksa, Environmental Scientist, helped our local community by volunteering at Mt. Sinai Beth Israel for over 150 hours over the past year as part of our company-wide effort to make our environment a better and healthier place.
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American Environmental is providing Phase II subsurface investigations to clients with potential environmental issues on redevelopment properties. Phase II Subsurface Investigations may include a GPR survey, soil borings, soil, groundwater, and soil vapor samples, laboratory analysis and a report outlining the findings.
Brooklyn, NY — American Environmental Assessment & Solutions, Inc. (American Environmental) is pleased to announce in addition to their current MWBE certification, they have also acquired certification as a Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE). This designation is pursuant to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Disadvantage business Enterprises regulations codified at 49 CFR, Part 26.
With this additional certification, American Environmental is eligible to participate as a DBE on MTA, New York State Department of Transportation, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority federally assisted projects in their certified areas of service including Environmental Consulting Services, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Subsurface Investigation and Remediation of Contaminated Sites.
“This is an excellent opportunity for our firm to participate in the DBE program. Our team is very excited by the opportunities that being certified present us, particularly doing business with the many companies seeking MWBE and DBE certified firms to meet mandatory participation rates established for working with small and disadvantage businesses on federally funded projects” said Principal and Senior Geologist, Antoinette Ollivierre.
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Motiva Enterprises LLC, a joint venture of Shell Oil Company and Saudi Refining Inc., will address petroleum storage violations at various Shell-branded gas stations and service centers in New York City, Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley, under a comprehensive enforcement agreement announced by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Motiva Enterprises will be required to hire a consultant to inspect the 88 cited facilities and address any issues identified.
The agreement with Motiva stemmed from inspections conducted by DEC at numerous facilities in the downstate area. It also follows up on Motiva’s previous agreement to remove and, in some cases, replace old, single-walled tank systems with new state-of-the-art, double-walled tanks at two dozen sites. Motiva currently is in the process of completing that work.
DEC will receive $281,000, with the remaining $69,000 in penalties divided between Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland counties to assist in the ongoing petroleum-storage compliance reviews. An environmental benefit project also has been required. During the next six months, DEC and Motiva will develop a plan for the $200,000 included for the project that will have a positive environmental effect on communities with non-compliant facilities. This may include additional education on petroleum storage practices to help prevent further spills or other violations that could damage natural resources and affect public health.
The agreement also requires Motiva to hire an independent consultant to inspect the 88 facilities cited and to fully address any issues identified by the auditor. Under DEC oversight, each audit will be reviewed and every facility will be brought into compliance with state and federal environmental laws and regulations. In addition to regulatory requirements, if any new spills are discovered, Motiva will be required to perform a cleanup