AEM Services & Specialties

AEM'S QUALITY OF SERVICES

AEM provides professional services and work products that:

Utilize a project-specific, multi-disciplined professional team;
Identify environmental liability issues;
Comply with applicable regulations and guidance;
Present required documentation in prescribed regulatory format;
Describe remedy selection rationale, projected cost, and implementation schedule;
Consider innovative technology in comparison to convention methodologies;
Meet remedy selection objectives to obtain regulatory no further action designation; and
Conform to authorized budget and remedy implementation schedule.

Solutions are uniquely tailored to site conditions and

Assess historical use, current conditions, and future intended use;
Address contaminant(s) of concern by media (e.g., air, soil, groundwater);
Comply with applicable cleanup criteria for each contaminant of concern;
Conform to technical requirements and relevant regulatory guidance;
Are technically sound, practical, reliable, constructible, and cost-effective;
Acceptable to regulatory agency of jurisdiction and local community.

SPECIALTIES

AEM provides particular expertise in the following specialty practice areas:

LSRP services to direct site remediation on behalf of NJ property owners or responsibility parties;
Sites posing immediate threats to human health or the environment;
Sites contaminated by VOCs, SVOCs, PCBs/pesticides, dioxins/furans, TAL metals;
Brownfields and sites with legacy contaminants and/or historic fill;
Remedy alternatives evaluation, selection, and design for soils, contaminated sediments in fresh water and marine (estuarial) settings;
Critical review and evaluation of environmental data and environmental response actions; and
Evaluations and technical/management audits of commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities.

SERVICE AREAS - Expanded

AEM’s Clients rely on the level of professionalism, quality, and predictability of the services AEM provides that include:

Senior-level technical consultation to Client’s senior management or counsel for environmental services provided by resources of multi-disciplined teams consisting or major environmental consultants, contractors, laboratories, or specialty service firms.
Evaluation, remedy selection, design, bid package preparation and bid evaluation for remediation of contaminated soils, sediments and groundwater under RCRA, CERCLA or TSCA statutes; services which are enhanced by AEM's in-depth knowledge of prior contaminated sediment remediation projects, their outcome, costs, equipment used (e.g., environmental dredging), and lessons learned.
Preparation of sampling and analysis plans and quality assurance plans for environmental media characterization.
Work plan implementation, data evaluation, interpretation, and documentation.
Obtaining release of site liability in compliance with Pennsylvania's Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2);
Issuance of remedial action outcome as LSRP of record following NJ site remedy completion;
Selection of commercial TSD facilities for waste treatment/disposal to support remediation.
Assess of aboveground and underground storage tanks for environmental compliance, and planning and management of tank removal and remediation.
Performance of due diligence evaluations and reporting of Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments in support of property transfers.
Preparation of RCRA Part B permits, SPCC Plans, and related environmental compliance documents.
Providing second opinion, third-party review, or peer review services to clients on environmental projects and issues.
Additional services include:

Site characterization (e.g., sampling and analysis of environmental media);
Soils, sediment, ground water and/or wastewater treatment alternatives evaluations, and associated permitting;
Identification and control of environmental discharges;
Oversight of remedy implementation; and
Technical assistance in legal matters, including interface with Client environmental counsel and negotiations with regulatory agencies.