R.E.A.’s remediation experience includes treating soil and ground water contaminated with petroleum products and chlorinated industrial solvents. Responsibilities have include defining vertical and lateral extent of contaminant plumes, identifying sensitive receptors, evaluating remedial alternatives, conducting pilot tests, and evaluating pilot test data. Remediation activities have involved:

• Free Product Recovery,
• Soil-Vapor Extraction,
• Air Sparging,
• Vacuum-Enhanced Recovery,
• Oxygen Injection,
• Bio-venting,
• Ground Water Pump & Treat,
• Source Removal, and
• Replacing Impacted Drinking Water Supplies.

R.E.A. personnel have managed numerous hydrogeologic investigations in various geologic settings. Responsibilities have included overall project planning, negotiations with State agencies, implementation of field investigations, data interpretation, and report preparation. Hydrogeologic investigations have involved:

• Contaminant Fate & Transport in
  Overburden and Bedrock Formations;
• Fracture Trace Analyses;
• Water Supply Development;
• Ground Water Reclassification;
• Water Supply Permitting & Compliance;
• Mapping and Resource Evaluation; and
• Water Quality Assessments.

R.E.A. personnel have conducted Industrial Environmental Audits to help facilities stay in compliance with Local, State, Federal & Canadian Provincial regulations. R.E.A. has assisted in safety based facility assessments including on-site training. Much of R.E.A.’s focus is on:

• Vermont Air Pollution Operating and Construction Permitting
• Annual Air Pollution Registration Submittals
• Annual Tier II, SARA and Community-Right-To-Know Reporting
• Hazardous waste characterization and reporting, waste minimization, tracking and disposal
• Engineering controls
• Energy Efficiency audits and coordination of rebate programs through Efficiency Vermont
• Building automation systems, video surveillance, card access
  and security system coordination
• OSHA, VOSHA and Health & Safety planning programs
• UST annual certification, permitting and compliance
• SPCC plan preparation and compliance
• Public Safety Construction Permit submittals and project coordination
• Act 250 and local Zoning/DRB assistance
• Biomass and Combined-Heat-Power (CHP) coordination
  and permitting

R.E.A. personnel have been responsible for conducting and managing environmental site assessments following ASTM guidelines for Transaction Screens, Phase I, and Phase II assessments. Representative projects have included:

• U.S. EPA & VT Brownfield sites;
• Large residential subdivisions;
• State development projects;
• Agricultural land;  Industrial facilities; and
• Commercial properties.

R.E.A. personnel have completed environmental site assessments for local and regional banks, property owners, real estate brokers, developers, business owners, and various financial institutions.

• Data development & management in accordance
  with VGIS standards & guidelines;
• Municipal & private data collection/infrastructure
  inventory & GSP data collection;
• Map design, creation & publishing; and
• Mapping municipal infrastructure sewer & water systems.

R.E.A. excels in creating a spatially referenced data sets & inventories that are not only functional in an office, but an invaluable asset in the field, allowing the user to locate buried infrastructure, simplify updates in the field, accurately assess potential threats to sensitive receptors & manage inventory costs (GASB34)

R.E.A. personnel are NEHA (National Environmental Health Association) certified in indoor radon testing and mitigation. Some of R.E.A’s radon services include:

• Short-Term Testing of Indoor Air;
• Long-Term Testing of Indoor Air ;
• Water Supply Testing;
• Radon Testing of Schools and Public buildings;
• Radon testing for Real Estate Transactions;
• Mitigation System Design and Implementation

R.E.A. personnel manage numerous public water systems (PWS) for a wide range of clients including: towns, small subdivisions, schools condominium associations, and office buildings. Responsibilities include overall project planning, negotiations with State agencies, implementation of water quality sampling programs, water system inspections, data interpretation, and report preparation. R.E.A.’s water system services include:

• Water System Planning & Design ;
• Drinking Water Compliance Sampling;
• GIS Mapping and Database Development;
• Water Supply Permitting & Compliance;
• Mapping & Water Resource Evaluations;
• Fracture Trace Analyses;
• Analysis of Hydrologic Budgets; and
• Water Quality Assessments.

R.E.A. has the experience and qualifications to respond to petroleum releases in a variety of settings from the Canadian border to southern Vermont.  R.E.A. maintains the distinction of being one of the few consulting firms chosen by the VT DEC to respond to petroleum spills within the State.  A brief description of some of the spill response services provided by R.E.A. is included below:

• Heating oil spills in residential and commercial settings;
• Gasoline and diesel spills in commercial settings;
• Fuel, coolant, and oil releases related to truck spills and vehicle accidents;
• Kerosene spills from aboveground storage tanks at mobile homes;  
• Spill containment and boom placement for oil spills on Vermont’s lakes, ponds and streams;
• Sulfuric acid spills in commercial/industrial settings; and
• Flood-related spill response throughout central and northern Vermont

R.E.A. has typical onsite response times of an hour or less depending on location and setting.  R.E.A. is available 24/7 via our spill pager 802-240-1151.