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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Timeline, visit our website.
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...
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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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Timeline, visit our website.
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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
For more information, call
800.579.0770 and ask to speak to one of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
Be sure and
register here for the August Mack webinar on March 2, 2012
titled "How Do You Manage Your Safety Risk in Environmental
Remediation Projects?" When you have an environmental remediation
project, there are many aspects that you need to consider. For
example, what technologies or approach will you be utilizing?
Regardless of the answer, safety should always be an important
component of any project. This webinar, which will be co-presented
by August Mack and EFS (Environmental Field...
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One month from today August Mack
Environmental will be co-presenting a webinar entitled "How Do
You Manage Safety Risk in Environmental Remediation Projects".Although the goal in environmental remediation is to get a property
to a regulatory acceptable clean-up level, safety must always be at
the forefront of these projects. Depending upon the site and site
conditions, the workers on-site many times must have special
training. To learn more, click on the photo icon below to
register for the...
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August Mack Environmental started
as a company in 1988 and was actually named Hoosier Environmental
at that time. The name was changed in 1992 after more and more work
was extending beyond the borders of the Hoosier state. Now
nearly 24 years later, we have worked in over 40 states as well as
in Canada and Mexico. In our infancy, we concentrated on
environmental remediation and that still remains one of the
cornerstones of our business. But since those early days, we have
many other services...
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Blog from the August Mack
newsletter article archive:
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...
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Hiring an environmental compliance
consultant will add credibility to your result in
the eyes of your external stakeholders. These individuals or firms
usually have an already established relationship with the
environmental governing bodies and are knowledgeable in how to
submit reports correctly.
If you suspect a violation may be present or you become aware that
a facility should have been complying with a law but has not, a
consultant can come in and offer environmental compliance
solutions.
Mos...
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