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May 2011
Daphne Jones,
Senior Geologist, and Clark Wipfield, Staff
Geologist, took the National Association of
State Board of Geology (ASBOG) exam on March 4,
2011. These standardized examinations are
currently used by 30 states to test for
professional geologist (P.G.) licensure. On May
5th, Ms. Jones was notified that she passed the
Fundamentals of Geology and Practice of Geology
exams, and qualifies to become a P.G. in the
state of North Carolina. Mr. Wipfield passed the
Fundamentals of Geology exam, and is now a
registered Geologist-In-Training for North
Carolina.
May 2011
The
Brownfields Services Group completed additional
Phase II work in Greenville, NC under the City's
EPA Brownfields Petroleum Assessment Grant in
early May. Work included pulling five hydraulic
lifts in a former tire service center. Soil
samples were collected under the lifts to
determine if the site could be clean closed.
Lifts are considered underground storage tanks (USTs)
in North Carolina, and work is conducted under
the DENR UST Section's guidelines. While lifts
could be pulled in order to sample underneath
them, over excavation as allowed by the UST
Section is considered remediation and cannot be
funded under an assessment grant. If the soil
samples collected exceed the levels for clean
closure, the non-profit foundation that is
redeveloping the site as a regional science
museum will be responsible for further
excavation and sampling to reach closure levels.
February 2011
REC Team staff
members met to discuss the findings of a January
2011 technical training session with DENR IHSB
REC Program regulators in their Raleigh office.
Items of discussion included the addition of
phosphorous to the Appendix 1 list in A.7.1.1.3
and new requirements for hexavalent chromium
soil testing. In order to stay current and
provide a consistent work product, Duncklee &
Dunham sends an RSM to each technical event held
in the Raleigh DENR office. Upon returning, the
results are discussed with other RSMs in the
company. The meeting notes are placed in our
corporate REC Program Notebook for future
reference.
November 2010
Duncklee & Dunham's
Brownfields Services Group was awarded the
environmental consulting contract with the
County of Wayne, North Carolina to implement
their hazardous and petroleum EPA Brownfields
Assessment Grants ($400,000). The County of
Wayne was one of the four North Carolina
assessment grants awarded in 2010, along with
Charlotte ($400,000), Wilson and Whiteville
(both $200,000 grants). All municipalities in
the county (e.g. Goldsboro, Mt. Olive,
Pikeville) are eligible to use the assessment
funds. Our firm is also currently performing
similar brownfields assessment activities under
EPA grants awarded to Wilson and Greenville,
North Carolina.
September 2010
Duncklee & Dunham is
pleased to announce Richard A. Kolb, PG has
joined our staff as a Senior Geologist/Senior
Project Manager. Rick adds a wealth of
expertise in the performance of Phase I
Environmental Site Assessments, the design and
implementation of all types of soil or
groundwater assessments, and in technical
writing and review of environmental documents.
His project experience includes the performance
or review of over 3,000 Phase I ESA across the
US, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. He has given
several Due Diligence presentations to the NC
Bar Association and currently serves as the
Engineering/Consultant representative on the NC
Department of Commerce’s Certified Sites
Steering Committee.
August 2010
Rodak Engineering has
merged into Duncklee & Dunham. As a result,
Duncklee & Dunham now offers engineering
services such as air pollution control design
and permitting, stormwater design permitting and
monitoring, wastewater system design, point of
entry treatment system design and construction,
soil and groundwater treatment system design,
and environmental compliance auditing and
management system support. For more information
about our engineering services, please contact
Andy Rodak, PE at
andy@dunckleedunham.com .
May 2010
Duncklee &
Dunham has been a NC DENR Registered
Environmental Consultant (REC) since 1998 and
has three DENR approved Registered Site Managers
(RSMs) under the REC Program. Duncklee & Dunham
RSMs are managing four active REC site projects
involving metal, chlorinated solvent, and
nutrient contamination in soil and ground
water.
February 2010
Dave Duncklee, Tom Dunham, Daphne Jones,
Bryson Trexler, and Andy Rodak of Duncklee & Dunham recently attended the
2010 Southeastern In Situ Soil and Groundwater
Remediation Conference to maintain our edge in
In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO), In Situ
Chemical Reduction (ISCR), and
bioaugmentation technologies. The technical
presentations, as well as interfacing with other
consultants, scientists, and regulators, proved
to be valuable.
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Dr. Trexler and our senior staff have designed,
installed, and operated ground water remediation
systems including air sparge systems; pump and treat
systems with granular activated carbon, air strippers
or ion exchange units; dual-phase extraction methods;
injection of oxidants and biological enhancers for
in-situ remediation; and natural attenuation.
