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Developing a Screening Environmental Assessment Framework for Fragrances
In April 2022, the client sought to update their environmental risk screening assessment framework that has been used to prioritize...
Product Vulnerability and Business Risks of Consumer Product
Our client needed to assess potential business risks and product vulnerabilities related to the manufacturing of certain disinfectant compounds and...
Sunscreen Safety Requirements
A consortium of the leading cosmetic and personal care product companies relied on Integral to coordinate efforts to address updated...
Environmental Risk Assessment for a New Drug Application of a Novel Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
Our client needed ecotoxicological expertise on a time-sensitive inquiry by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a new treatment...
Peer-Reviewed Scientific Rigor for Setting Occupational Exposure Standards
The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) is a well-recognized nongovernmental agency with influence over occupational exposure standards that...
Assessing Pesticide Risk Using Mesocosm Studies
Our client was seeking a more realistic way to model potential pesticide risks. Doing that involves an incredible number of...
Addressing concerns about the misapplication of a frog toxicity test
Integral was tasked to critically review a proposed protocol for a frog embryo-larval toxicity test adapted by a regulatory agency...
A pre-remedial wetland depression did not have to be retained as a vernal pool in habitat mitigation plans
A pre-design investigation at a forested palustrine wetland requiring future sediment remediation identified a temporarily inundated depression with potential vernal...
Collecting fish samples to provide analytical data for tracking future sediment remediation efforts
Integral conducted a predesign investigation on an urban river to collect fish tissue samples for chemical analyses. We obtained samples...
Scientific critique places the results of a salinity tolerance study into perspective for future evaluations
Integral provided expert testimony on behalf of a client who obtained a state effluent permit for a proposed desalination facility...
Using ecological risk assessment to evaluate environmental impacts of desalination effluent
Our client aimed to build a desalination plant to increase the supply of fresh water required for sustaining local communities...
Supporting the permitting process for the water intake structure of a proposed desalination facility
A client retained Integral to support a contested water intake permit for a proposed desalination facility. Community members were concerned...
A baseline biological characterization of source water in support of a permit renewal for a cooling water intake structure
A client aimed to redevelop a former industrial facility into a sustainable 10–MW data center to house core computing services...
A fish and benthic invertebrate community survey in support of a pre-design investigation
Contaminated substrate in an urban river required excavation to achieve the risk-based cleanup objectives. This remedial process would eliminate all...
Strategic Remedial Investigation in a Tidal Embayment
Situated within the Hackensack River estuary, the Berry’s Creek Study Area (BCSA) has a long urban and industry history and...
Springfield—Remedial Approach Development at a DNAPL Site
Under a bankruptcy settlement, our client is responsible for the cleanup and facilitation of redevelopment of a site in Springfield,...
Meridian—Development of a CSM and Corrective Measures Study at a Former Wood Treatment Facility
Under a bankruptcy settlement, our client is responsible for cleanup and facilitating redevelopment of a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...
Navassa—Site Investigation and DNAPL Remediation at a Former Wood Treating Facility
Under a bankruptcy settlement, our client is responsible for the cleanup and facilitation of redevelopment of Superfund site in Navassa,...
Columbus—Site Investigation and Multimedia Remediation
Under a bankruptcy settlement, our client is responsible for cleanup and facilitation of redevelopment at a Superfund site in Columbus,...
Strategic Planning at a Former Wood Treating Site
Under a bankruptcy settlement, our client is responsible for the cleanup and facilitation of redevelopment at a site in Kansas...
Rapidly Repairing A Mission-Critical Groundwater Treatment Control System Remotely
After routine preventative maintenance, a client in Texas could no longer start their CERCLA-required groundwater treatment system. They tried to...