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Settling Natural Resource Damage Responsibilities for Steel Mill Operations

Trustees drafted an allocation of natural resource damage shares for Portland Harbor using nontransparent calculations and misrepresentations of facility information.  The...

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Untangling Superfund Liability for Current and Historical Steel Mill Facilities at the Portland Harbor NPL Site

Our client operates a steel mill and associated facilities within a large Superfund site and is known for their cooperative...

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Complex Remedial Design in a River Estuary

Mercury contamination from decades of industrial operations on the Penobscot River estuary have impacted wildlife and impaired resources.  A consent...

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Property Owner Advocacy During Remedial Design

Owning property on a Superfund site can cause undue burden to the property owner, especially if they are not a...

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Addressing the Vapor Intrusion Pathway at Middlefield‐Ellis‐Whisman Superfund Study Area

One of Integral’s core values is collaboration. Many of our projects, including this one, involve working with other consultants, multiple...

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Developing Former Manufactured Gas Plants in New York City

Pollution left behind by decades of gas manufacturing in the 1800s and 1900s severely complicated the prospects of developing large...

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Getting a Brownfield Investigation Back On Track

In a race against time, our client faced a disastrous situation at their site in New York. After the frustration...

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Efficient Soil Vapor Investigation Planning for Former Chemical Distribution Facility

With percent-level concentrations of PCE detected in soil vapor, the well-being of commercial and residential tenants became a significant concern...

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Nature-Based Solutions for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida

With coastal regions increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of storm surge and sea level rise, federal agencies frequently propose large...

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CalWave, San Diego

Marine renewable energy installations such as wave and tidal energy converters are expected to have very low levels of acoustic...

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National Science Foundation

Fishes and many invertebrates use sound, primarily particle motion, to acquire information about their environment (i.e., an approaching predator or...

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Office of Naval Research—Vandenberg Space Force Base and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

This endeavor sought answers to the following science questions related to underwater sound generated from an in-air source of sound...

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Environmental Safety Screening for Consumer Products

A trade association representing numerous consumer product and ingredient manufacturers was seeking to evaluate and disseminate information on the environmental...

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Human Health Risk Characterization of PFAS Chemicals at a Superfund Site

Knowledge regarding the toxicity and regulatory landscape of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is evolving rapidly, which can have significant...

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Regulatory Toxicology Evaluations for PFAS

In the last two years, regulatory actions and rule-makings related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have accelerated.  State and...

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Conceptual Site Model for Contaminated Sediments in the St. Marys River Area of Concern

Following decades of investigation and remediation of contaminated sediment in the St. Marys River area of concern (AOC), stakeholders needed...

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Aquifer Storage and Recharge for Farmland Water Use

Our client, a large agricultural water user, is considering converting some of its agricultural-use water to industrial use. An industrial...

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Aquifer Storage and Recharge Design for a Western City

This project was started while Jeff was working at Barr Engineering Co.

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Optimizing Water Use Where Resources Are Scarce

When operating in hyper arid regions of the world, typical water management strategies are not enough to prevent irreversible damage...

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Planning for Water Management in Mines

There are usually two types of problems involving water and mining: too much or not enough. Therefore, when planning a...

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Sediment Remediation CEQA

A nearshore area in California was impacted by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), likely as a result of operations at a...