Environmental Remediation Companies

December 1991 – After expanding services outside of the state of Indiana, Geoff and Bryan decided to change the company name from Hoosier Environmental Services, Inc. to August Mack Environmental, Inc. after their grandfathers, Grandpa Augie and Grandpa Mack.

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August Mack’s presence in the Mid-Atlantic was established in 1994 with the opening of a Baltimore office. Then in 1998, Susan Burkett opened the office in southeast Pennsylvania to better serve the growing client base in Pennsylvania. Susan continues to serve clients in a corporate capacity as Principal Engineer for August Mack’s eCAP® Services. In its infancy, the Pennsylvania office provided environmental, health and safety compliance services to foundries, food companies, and metal products...

March 9, 1988 – The company was incorporated as Hoosier Environmental Services, Inc. as a women-owned business. The company was originally owned by Dianne Farmer, Debbie Farmer, Charlie Farmer, Geoff Glanders, Karen Glanders, and Bryan Petriko.

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The purpose of a Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment is to identify conditions indicative of an existing release, past release, or material threat of a release of any hazardouse substances or petroleum products on a property. So what defines a release?

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) defines a "release" as "any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the...

A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (Phase II ESA) is conducted to determine whether chemicals of concern are present in environmental media at a property, mainly through chemical testing of soil and/or groundwater samples collected from locations where chemicals of concern are most likely to be present, and if present, to gain sufficient information regarding the chemical concentrations to meet the objectives of our clients.

Our extensive experience with subsurface investigations can help...

Historical Recognized Environmental Conditions (HRECs) are often identified during Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. A HREC is an environmental condition which in the past would have been a recognized environmental condition (REC), but which may or may not be considered a REC currently. The final decision rests with the environmental professional and will be influenced by the current impact of the HREC on the commercial property in question. If a HREC is determined to be a REC at the time...

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) is a list of sites compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the EPA has investigated or is currently investigating for potential hazardous substance contamination. CERCLIS sites are investigated for possible inclusion in the National Priorities List (NPL), a list of properties with the highest priority for cleanup.

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• December 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state
• December 1932 - San Francisco experiences its coldest day ever due to rare snow fall
• December 1988 - August Mack, which was named Hoosier Environmental Services at the time, booked 87 projects with Geoff and Bryan managing them all. Staff consisted of an Office Administrator, Sales person, Geoff, Bryan and a field person.
• December 1993 - President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States,...

Sustainability is one of August Mack Environmental's service areas. With all of the talk about sustainable living, how can it be achieved? How can anyone enhance the environment, economy, and community simultaneously? According to the Empowerment Institute, Americans make up 5% of the world’s population consuming 33% of the resources and wasting nearly 75% of the resources without knowing. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides a multitude of ways to start your new sustainable...

During Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I ESAs), we often encounter underground hydraulic lifts (or cavities where they once existed) at automobile repair facilities. To alleviate concerns with hydraulic oil releases associated with underground lifts, make sure to take appropriate soil and groundwater closure samples when removing old underground lifts. If subsurface sampling is not conducted during the lift removal, a Recognized Environmental Condition (REC) may be identified...

During Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I ESA), we often encounter concrete holding tanks that accept discharge from floor drains located in car wash bays, automobile service garages, etc. To prevent holding tank contents from impacting the soil and/or groundwater beneath your commercial property, make sure to:

• Prevent hazardous materials/petroleum products from entering floor drains
• Hire a waste service company to REGULARLY pump out floor drains/holding tanks and properly dispose of...

Did you know that August Mack Environmental, Inc. was originally called Hoosier Environmental Services, Inc.? In December 1991, the company changed its name to August Mack. August is one of the founders maternal grandfather (Grandpa Augie) and Mack is the other founders maternal grandfather (Ed Mack).

(Written by August Mack Intern Darnell Bland Jr.)

Did you know that August Mack is a self-certified small business?  We can provide many different services as a small business under the environmental remediation NAICS code (562910).  These services include preliminary assessment, site inspection, testing, remedial investigation, feasibility studies, remedial design, remediation services, containment, removal of contaminated materials, storage of contaminated materials or security and site closeouts to restore or directly support the restoration...

August Mack Environmental offers safety services to our clients. We can help develop your lockout/tagout program, perform a safety audit, as well as numerous other types of safety projects. But safety is also very important in many of the environmental jobs we perform for a client. Since many of our projects include environmental remediation activities, we must keep safety at the top of our mind. These projects have hazards that must be identified and a health & safety plan must be developed...

Many times problems have multiple solutions. The goal is to determine the best solution for your set of circumstances. So if you have a remediation project, August Mack can evaluate if there are multiple solutions and give you all the necessary information to determine the best course of action.

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What is MSECA?
The Midwestern States Environmental Consultants Association (MSECA) was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2009 as a technical association focusing on site characterization, remediation and closure. MSECA’s mission includes two specific components: 1) educating the membership and 2) providing technical assistance to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) during development of policy and guidance.

MSECA...