Company Profile

Company Profile

Business Objective

	Remediate contaminated soil and groundwater to the extent necessary to protect the public health and the environment.
	Timely, cost-effective, and environmentally-sound management of environmental issues consistent with all applicable regulations.
	Work proactively with agencies and the public.
	Sequenced application of proven and innovative technology.
	"Buy" environmental liabilities where Chickadee's experience can add value to the property.
	Relieve current and future property owners of environmental liabilities.

Key Personnel

The principle project managers associated with the company have over 50 years combined experience in managing remediation projects.

The key personnel are:

The key personnel have received numerous agency, state, and national awards and recognition for environmental excellence and proactive project management.

Project Approach

	Proactive, complete definition of environmental issues.
	Secure "ownership" of the defined environmental liabilities associated with a site.
	Liability indemnification to former and future property owners for environmental issues.
	Complete, early, and frequent reporting of all site data, plans, and progress concerns to the appropriate agencies.
	Rapid source control and receptor protection.
	Develop sequenced response plans aimed at timely, cost-effective site closure.
	Frequent, detailed review of project status and progress and timely plan refinements.

Technology Experience

Chickadee has successfully used all of the proven and many of the innovative remediation technologies. The company has developed and applied numerous refinements to remediation technologies. Technologies that have been used are:

In-situ Bioremediation

ISB

Monitored Natural Attenuation

MNA

Anaerobic Biodegradation

ABD

Permeable Reactive Barriers

PRB

Bioaugmentation

In-situ Containment

ISC

Soil Vapor Extraction

SVE

Source Control

In-situ Thermal Desorption

ISTD

Long-term Monitoring

LTM

Enhanced Direct Oxidation

EDO

Source Removal and Treatment

SRT

Pump and Treat

PAT

Air Sparging

Activated Sludge Treatment

AST

Phytoremediation

Land Farming

Point-of-entry Treatment

POET

Regulatory Experience

Chickadee works closely and openly with all regulatory agencies. The company has established excellent working relationships with the following (partial list):

US Forest Service

LA DEQ

USEPA

CA EPA

US Fish and Wildlife Service

MT DEQ

USGS

IL EPA

Corp of Engineers

O EPA

Texas Land Office

NY DEP

TCEQ

NH DES

Harris County Pollution Control

PA DEP

Texas Parks and Wildlife

MA DEP

National Marine Fisheries

CARWQCB

Project Experience

Successfully completed over 70 projects from initial definition to final agency closure. Broad-based site cost management experience. Currently have 32 active projects that are within financial and technical criteria.

A partial list of Chickadee projects is below:

Projects
Project	Location	Target Chemicals	Response Plan	Current Status	Comments
Chemical Plant	Wiggins, MS	Benzene Chlorinateds	SC ISB	Closed LTM	No rebound. LTM until 2005.
Extrusion Plant	Atlanta, GA	Aromatics Metal sludges	SED ISC MNA	Closed LTM	No rebound. LTM until 2004.
Chemical Plant	West Chester, PA	Benzene Chlorinateds	ISB MNA	Closed	Meets PA compliance criteria.
Metering Station	Deer Park, TX	Benzene	ISB	LTM	Meets TCEQ closure criteria.
Extrusion Plant	Ohio	Aromatics PCB's	SC ISB	LTM, meets criteria	LTM until 2006.
Disposal Area	Ohio	Aromatics Chlorinateds	ISB ISC	LTM, meets criteria	Closure in 2005.
Dry Cleaner	Northwest US	TCE DCE Vinyl chloride	ISB MNA	ISB completed in 2001	MNA until 2006.
Dry Cleaner	Northwest US	TCE DCE	SVE ISB MNA	ISB ongoing	Steady progress. Closure in 2004.
Fuel Bulk Plant Site	Northern Idaho	Benzene MTBE Chlorinateds	ISTD SVE ISB	ISTD complete; operate ISB/SVE	MNA until 2005. LTM until 2010.
Gas Station	Anaheim, CA	Aromatics Semi-volatiles	SRT ISB	Operate ISB and SVE	Completed ISTD in 2001. Closure in 2005.
Dry Cleaner	Anaheim, CA	TCE DCE Vinyl chloride	AS SVE ISB PAT	Source controlled; SVE, ISB, and PAT ongoing.	Plumes are stable; closure in 2005.
Airplane Maintenance Site	North Dakota	Aromatics Chlorinateds	SRT ISTD ISB SVE	Operate ISB and SVE.	Completed ISTD in 2001. Closure in 2005.
Gas Station	Liberty, TX	Benzene Alcohols Ethers	SVE ISB	SRT and ISTD complete; operate SVE and ISB.	Steady progress. Expect closure in 2007.
Landfill	Katy, TX	Benzene Chlorinateds Naphthalene	SVE ISB	Operate SVE and ISB.	Closure in 2004.
Industrial Site	Houston, TX	Chlorinateds	SVE ISB	ISB completed in 2002.	MNA until 2007.
Gas Station	Houston, TX	Benzene Alcohols Ethers	ISB	Operate ISB.	Operate every 5 days.
Gas Station	Omaha, NB	Benzene Chlorinateds	SVE ISB	Completed SVE; ISB.	Steady progress; use ozone injection.
Gas Station	Omaha, NB	Benzene	EDO ISB	Completed EDO in 2002.	Operate aerobic ISB until November, 2004.
Dry Cleaner	Houston, TX	Chlorinateds	SVE Fenton's ISB	Completed ISB and Fenton's in 2002.	Anaerobic bio until December, 2004; track vinyl chloride.
Gas Station	Sacramento, CA	BTEX TBA MTBE	SVE ISB	SVE and ISB ongoing.	Use micro purge to increase DO.
Pipeline Metering Station	Austin, TX	Benzene	ISB	Operate ISB.	Steady progress.
Municipal Maintenance Shop	Council Bluffs, IA	BTEX TBA MTBE Chlorinateds	EDO SVE ISB	Completed EDO in 2002; SVE and ISB ongoing.	Excavated 700 yd³ of soil.
Abandoned Refinery Site	Houston, TX	BTEX TPH	SRT SVE EDO ISB	Started SRT in 2003; SVE and IS ongoing.	Steady progress; plume under control.
Railroad Maintenance Yard	Bismarck, ND	BTEX TPH Chlorinateds	SRT ISTD SVE EDO ISB	Started SRT; installing ISTD and SVE.	Plumes are defined; off-site risk controlled.
Gas Station	Long Beach, CA	BTEX MTBE	SC PAT ISB	SC complete; 2 years PAT and ISB.	Steady progress; benzene drives remediation.
Chemical Plant	Gardena, CA	PCE TCE Benzene	SC SVE PAT ISB	Remove 90 yd³ soil with DNAPL; SVE and ISB for 18 months.	Steady progress once DNAPL removed; vinyl chloride drives process.
Gas Station/Dry Cleaner	Irvine, CA	PCE TCE DCE MTBE Benzene	SC SVE ISB	Operate SVE, PAT, ISB 7 days on and 7 days off.	Four LUSTs were removed; SVE has reversed gradient.
Refinery Site	Long Beach, CA	BTEX	SC SVE ISB	SC complete; SVE and ISB for 20 months.	Plume is shallow and well-defined. Benzene drives the remediation.
Abandoned Oil Wells	Signal Hill, CA	BTEX TPH	SRT ISC MNA	Removed 400 yd³ soil; add KMnO₄ to backfill.	Ten abandoned wells and tanks and piping.
Dry Cleaner	Long Beach, CA	PCE TCE Vinyl chloride	SRT PAT ISB	Completed soil and DNAPL removal; PAT and ISB for 15 months.	Removed 40 yd³ of soil with DNAPL; work around buildings.
Landfill	Monterrey Park, CA	BTEX Methane	SVE BA EDO	Install 3-layer gas venting system.	Identify, isolate, and vent methane pockets.
Gas Station	Clifton, CO	BTEX MTBE TBA	SC SVE EDO MNA	Completed SC and EDO; 3 years of MNA; plume decreasing.	Removed three LUSTs; backfill with KMnO₄. Benzene drives remediation.
Metals Plating Plant	Garden Grove, CA	PCE TCE DCE	SRT PAT MNA	Remove 60 yd³ of soil with DNAPL. SVE and PAT for 15 months.	PCE, TCE spills from degreasing operation.
Petroleum Production Property	Gardena, CA	BTEX TPH	SRT ISC EDO	Remove tanks and piping; dispose of 300 yd³; backfill with KMnO₄ and soil.	Production wells, abandoned wells, tanks, pipelines, disposal area.

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