Environmental Consulting Services for Today’s Businesses
 

AGI’s highly experienced environmental engineers, scientists, and geologists have the knowledge and versatility to evaluate and solve today’s most complex environmental challenges.

Site Assessments
 

AGI professionals evaluate the environmental condition of commercial and industrial properties before they are bought, sold, or developed.

Site Investigations

To evaluate the presence of contaminants in soil and water, AGI investigates subsurface conditions to: determine the concentration and migration of constituents of concern, identify key site issues, and offer solutions that cost-effectively meet applicable regulatory requirements.

Site Remediation

To remediate contaminated sites so they are in compliance with state and federal regulations, AGI has extensive hands-on experience employing various methods to address soil and groundwater impacts, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and heavy metals.

Third-Party Reviews

AGI conducts independent, third-party reviews to evaluate whether the work conducted by other consultants meets appropriate regulatory criteria and makes sense in the context of a client’s business needs.

Expert Witness Testimony & Litigation Support

AGI assists plaintiff and defense attorneys by testifying as expert witnesses at trials and by formulating litigation strategies, evaluating environmental data to assess potential liability, recommending additional investigations to acquire essential data, preparing expert reports to document the conclusions of investigations, and negotiating settlements and consent orders.

AGI also works closely with the client’s counsel critiquing reports prepared by other environmental consulting firms, identifying data gaps, recommending investigations, developing remediation plans that help to minimize liability, and formulating consent orders.

Storage Tank Services

AGI provides a full range of tank services, including supervising the removal of above ground and underground tanks, conducting soil and groundwater investigations, calculating remediation costs, conducting site remediations, and preparing “closure reports”.

Environmental Management Services

American Geosciences can assist clients with a full spectrum of environmental management services.  AGI works with business owners and managers to ensure their facilities are in compliance with environmental regulations and to identify methods to lower operating costs.

Complete Program Management

• Storage Tanks - Registration, system design, spill prevention, leak detection, and record keeping
• Wastewater - Pretreatment, discharge, and storm water best management practices
• Solid Waste - Pollution prevention, storage, use, and recycling
• Universal Waste - Batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing material, and lamps
• Hazardous Waste - Delisting, permitting, emergency planning, storage, and minimization
• Toxic Substances - PCB’s, asbestos, and lead-based paint
• Waste Disposal – Determinations, manifesting and labeling assistance, transporter and disposal facility vendor investigation, and compliance evaluations
• Hazardous Materials – Storage, labeling, DOT training, vulnerability assessments, site security, and emergency planning

For the programs above, AGI also can prepare permits, sample media, write plans, and train workers.

Permits     

Air, wastewater, storm water, storage tanks, and hazardous waste.

Compliance Audits

Overall facility, regulatory compliance, and specifically:  environmental; health and safety; risk; security; and DOT audits.

Communication Activities and Community/Agency Interaction

• Communication Activities - MSDS, labeling, release notification, emergency plans, right-to-know, and exposure limitations
• Community/Agency Interaction - Public notices, public hearings, community briefings, hearings, and agency meetings/negotiations

Regulatory Consultation

New regulation notification, impact of new regulations to facility operations, and clarification of regulations.

Written Plans and Checklists

Preparation of written plans including:  contingency, emergency response, storm water, spill prevention, best management, site security, process safety, risk management, etc.

Risk Management

Risk identification, options, cost-reduction ideas, and interaction with insurance firms.

Sampling and Monitoring

(Related to Permits and Manufacturing/Production Operations)

Routine, quarterly, incidents, audits, company specific.

Record Keeping

System set up, federal/state required, and in-house requirements.

Site Security and Vulnerability Assessments

Training

Worker, supervisory, management, toolbox, mandated by federal/state regulations, and company initiated.

Your Single Source for Health & Safety Consulting Services
to Keep Your Business Operating Smoothly

AGI offers a full range of health and safety (H&S) consulting services to help business managers and owners maximize workplace health and safety by complying with the letter and spirit of federal, state and local regulations. AGI has earned a reputation for excellence by helping clients to meet their H&S challenges responsively. Through our ten (10) different H&S consulting specialties, AGI can help you:

• Conducting studies, surveys, audits, and inspections
• Sampling the air, water, soil, building material, and surfaces
• Recommending new practices and procedures
• Assisting you with the writing of plans and programs
• Communicating information to supervisors and workers
• Implementing programs
• Providing quality training to supervisors and staff
• Identifying and remedying areas of risk

Safety Services

Whether your workforce is on the shop floor, at construction sites, in warehouses, or elsewhere, AGI can help you keep them safe with services that include:

• Communication of workplace hazards (Hazcom)
  • Written programs & training
  • Material Safety Data Sheets & labeling
• Physical hazards assessments
  • Lock out/tag out
  • Fall protection
  • Machine safety
  • Building & highway construction activities
  • Confined space & mobile equipment safety
• Physical injury reduction services (back safety, ergonomics, heat stress, etc.)
• Chemical hazard recognition & material handling services
• Hazardous materials/waste handling services (corrosive, flammable, explosive material)

Industrial Hygiene

Every day, workers are exposed to chemical fumes, particulates, odors, bacteria, noise, and more, causing illnesses, ailments, or diseases that can last a lifetime. AGI helps to ensure that your employees, contract workers, and vendors know which hazards are in your facilities, and that they are fully protected. Our industrial hygiene services include:

• Respiratory protection
• Chemical exposure assessments
• Dust & particulate studies
• Asbestos, lead, & mold exposure surveys
• Noise monitoring & hearing protection programs
• Bloodborne pathogen programs

Indoor Air Quality/Mold

In commercial and industrial buildings, employees can experience symptoms of poor indoor air quality. AGI specializes in interviewing personnel, collecting samples, assessing the situation, and offering solutions, including:

• Review of workplace operations & workstation practices
• Assessment of possible irritants/contaminants
• Ventilation system investigations
• Mold & moisture inspections
• Permitting assistance

Risk Management and Loss Control Services

Business managers continually strive to reduce their workers’ exposure to risks of all kinds. AGI is skilled at identifying dangers and potential losses (e.g., human, financial, community goodwill), and at developing and implementing programs to minimize such threats by performing:

• Workplace hazard assessments
• Risk & loss control surveys
• Risk management support
• Legal & expert witness testimony
• Workers compensation program support
• Loss analysis

Training Services

Properly-trained workers are more productive, and during an emergency, respond more effectively than untrained workers. There are more than 100 OSHA standards that stipulate training requirements, and AGI can train your supervisors and staff in these areas:

Regulatory-Mandated

• Hazard communication
• Respiratory protection
• Fall protection
• Lockout/tagout, hearing conservation, noise
• Handling of hazardous chemicals
• Safe operation of machinery
• Right to know
• 10-hour general industry

Company Specific

• Toolbox talks
• Safety meetings
• Company seminars
• Training of supervisors

Supervisor Enhancement Services

You rely on supervisors to administer and monitor your safety program. AGI can train your supervisors to comply with day-to-day safety issues by designing monitoring schedules, checklists, and programs to ensure safety is being monitored for maximum results.

Employee Communication and Recordkeeping Services

Many OSHA citations result from the lack of written programs in-place and not relaying required information to employees. AGI specializes in writing company-specific safety programs and in communicating the necessary information to your employees.

Record keeping (e.g., medical, training, monitoring, inspections, accident investigation) can be time-consuming. Let AGI handle this cumbersome but necessary task.

Multi-Plant Services

If your business operates at multiple locations, AGI can develop and implement a corporate-wide health and safety program. And, if you are looking to purchase a facility, AGI can evaluate the existing safety program, investigate safety violations, and the safety culture, as well as regulatory compliance issues, including waste handling practices and chemical hazards.

Growth Services

Your business changes each time you introduce new products, acquire new facilities, and otherwise integrate new people with your operations. AGI can assist you with health and safety compliance issues resulting from modifications to your business.

Professional Representation Services

As your health and safety professional, AGI will interact with lawyers, OSHA inspectors, labor leaders, and insurance investigators professionally, efficiently, and cost-effectively on your behalf.