Remediation of Soil, Groundwater & Soil Vapor

We provide expert remediation services for soil, groundwater, and soil vapor, ensuring environmental hazards are properly managed and sites restored safely.

Remediation of Soil, Groundwater & Soil Vapor

Remediation of Soil, Groundwater & Soil Vapor

Thanks to Mass Enivronmental’s innovative remediation methodology and complete construction services, we can transition smoothly from assessment to remediation. This frequently leads to a remediation plan that starts during the investigative phase, even before an oversight body formally orders remediation. For cleanup operations to be successful and regulatory site closure to be achieved, the right remedial technology must be chosen for the site.

Through skilled analysis, remedial design, implementation, and operation, Mass Environmental’s expertise has successfully implemented and closed several sites. In addition to using numerous tried-and-true methods, Mass Environmental has always been at the forefront of innovative remediation procedures. Our engineers, hydrogeologists, and geologists have expertise in developing remedial action plans (RAPs) and a variety of remedial techniques.

Litigation Support

Historical Research / PRP Identification

Mass Environmental provides sophisticated historical document research services with extensive expertise in historical document research and review, including freedom of information (FOIA) requests and in-depth archival research; historical analysis and report writing; personal interviews; document collection and management; title and ownership identification; and potentially responsible party (PRP) identification. Our expert scientists and staff are able to uncover and decipher the most evasive pieces of evidence and historical documentation to assist clients in identifying the history of a site. By using historical maps, historical aerial photographs, and historical documents, Mass Environmental is able to identify the historical nature of a party’s involvement at a site (owner, operator, generator), past land-use histories, historical operations, historical chemical usage, and waste production, and corporate viability and successorship. With this information, Mass Environmental is able to resurrect the past and create detailed and thorough site histories to assist clients with a myriad of issues, such as determining liability and allocation of cleanup costs of contaminated sites.

Scientific Investigations

Attorneys frequently hire Mass Environmental to carry out scientific studies to support litigation and cost allocation, as well as to assist adherence to environmental standards. The legal team and our seasoned senior management team will collaborate to identify current data gaps and assess the benefits and potential drawbacks of data collection. Following the legal and technical teams’ development and approval of an investigation plan, Mass Environmental obtains the required permits and access agreements and carries out fieldwork in compliance with all relevant local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Scientific investigations can range from the use of qualitative field screening techniques to the exceedingly accurate collection and analysis of samples for the evaluation of isotopic properties, depending on how complex the project is.

Expert Witness

From expert testimony in state and federal courts to site investigations, air quality, and cleanup, Mass Environmental offers a wide range of litigation assistance and expert witness services. In order to support legal matters pertaining to contamination of air, soil, soil vapor, and groundwater; geological and hydrogeological issues; contaminant fate and transport; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)/stormwater; industrial wastewater; and Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) identification and liability, our experts employ a range of tools, such as expert data analysis, advanced and innovative site characterization techniques, environmental forensics, geographic information systems (GIS), and 3-D computer modeling.

The scientists and experts at Mass Environmental have worked well together as a team for several major national law firms, providing expert opinions, third-party review, CERCLA cost allocation, and deposition/trial preparation for a number of high-profile litigation cases involving the management of intricate and private data sets. In order to give the client, the best technical reaction and solution, Mass Environmental tackles every scenario from a different angle. Mass Environmental can help legal teams create legally sound tactics to secure a favorable ruling because of our thorough understanding of intricate contamination issues and environmental rules.

FAQ’s

As a pioneer in hazardous and solid waste remediation and management, Mass Environmental has built a distinguished reputation as a creative yet practical problem solver on many of the largest superfund, RCRA, landfill, and site remediation projects in Massachusetts. From brownfields redevelopment to the Big Dig contaminated soil testing and disposal, our practitioners work with you through every stage of your project to help you adapt to change and reach your goals.

With over 35 years of dedicated service across Massachusetts and beyond, Mass Environmental has fostered countless long-standing relationships in practically every industry. Furthermore, we’ve gained extensive knowledge of incentives and grant programs at the local, state, and federal levels. When you come to Mass Environmental for support, we have the skills and network to deliver as you navigate your future in engineering and remediation.