Wayne Rosenbaum of The Environmental Law Group LLP and Dana Justice of SCS Engineers recently presented an informative session on the importance of Phase I Environmental Due Diligence. The Daily … Continue reading Why Cities Can’t Skip Phase I Environmental Due Diligence
During a presentation on mitigating contamination, a key consideration in raising recycling rates, Stacey Demers, project director at SCS Engineers, said a good recycling system design considers the specific “audience” … Continue reading To raise recycling rates, look to system design: SWANA
Beach erosion in the US is a severe issue, predicted to eliminate nearly half of all sandy beaches within 80 years , driven by rising sea levels, increased storm activity, … Continue reading California’s Sand Shortage – Navigating SCOUP to Protect Our Beaches
Cristobal Ramirez discusses how adaptive reuse offers a path to transform empty offices into much-needed housing. Still, success often hinges on navigating environmental hazards, structural challenges, and outdated zoning laws. … Continue reading The Promise and Peril of Adaptive Reuse
Luke Montague, Vice President and Brownfield Specialist, discusses the process of removing fire-related contamination from soil. FEMA has determined that removing the upper three to six inches of soil beneath … Continue reading LA Wildfires: Is Soil Testing Overlooked in Hazardous Debris Removal?
SCS’s deep well injection and carbon sequestration team is focused on tailoring environmental solutions unique to your business plan. As employee-owners, we uphold a powerful culture of demonstrating integrity, transparency, … Continue reading Deep Well Injection and Carbon Sequestration Team, Case Studies, Solutions
SCS RMC Drone and GIS Services provide technology to increase safety. Using a UAS for SEM can have benefits such as: Increasing landfill owners’ and operators’ accessibility to real-time data that … Continue reading SCS RMC Drone and GIS Services
The paper presents a study on the evaporation of water from high plasticity clayey soil and its impact on desiccation cracking behavior, particularly under high temperature conditions. The compaction water … Continue reading Laboratory Experiments of Water Evaporation from High Plasticity Clayey Soil to Investigate Cracking ...
As a Professional Geologist, Jake Dyson is responsible for the permitting, drilling, regulatory compliance, and operation of Class I, II, V, and VI UIC wells. Dyson manages permitting, testing, and … Continue reading Class I UIC Wells: Feasibility Phase Estimation of Injection Rate
The primary objective of this study was to probabilistically assess the spatial distribution of soil suction using the Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) technique. Under field conditions, it is almost impossible … Continue reading Soil Suction Dynamics in Vegetated Soil: From Deterministic to Probabilistic Analysis with Electrical ...
Over the last several years, the regulatory pendulum has swung so far back and forth that facilities that are covered by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chemical Accident Prevention Provisions, otherwise … Continue reading Getting Knocked Out by the Pendulum the 2024 EPA RMP Rule Changes and ...
In our first Carbon Credit Series, we learned that there are two types of carbon markets: regulatory and voluntary. We covered the basics of the voluntary carbon market and shared … Continue reading SCS Engineers Carbon Credit Series: Cap and Trade Market
Taken from the EPA Press Release: EPA Announces Next Steps on Regulatory PFOA and PFOS Cleanup Efforts, Provides Update on Liability and Passive Receiver Issues On September 17, 2025, the … Continue reading EPA Announces Next Steps on Regulatory PFOA and PFOS
40 CFR Part 98 RIN 2060-AW76 On September 12, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed permanently removing program obligations for 46 of 47 Greenhouse Gas Reporting … Continue reading Technical Bulletin: Reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
SCS Engineers provides this Technical Bulletin to summarize the Proposed Rule for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category. SCS will provide additional … Continue reading Technical Bulletin: Proposed Rule for Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat ...
The U.S. EPA is reviewing the Milwaukee nonattainment designation and may change the status from “moderate” to “serious.” This change is expected to occur in the spring of 2025 but … Continue reading Change in Nonattainment Designation For The Greater Milwaukee Metropolitan Area
Submitted electronically to: https://www.regulations.gov The Honorable Michael Regan, Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Re: Addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Environment, Advance Notice of Potential Rulemaking (ANPRM); Docket ID … Continue reading NWRA and SWANA for PFAS CERCLA Exemption