Hazardous Waste

Strategic Environmental Analysis , L.C. (SEA) is an environmental management consulting firm that serves clients in all fields of waste management including: hazardous waste, toxic waste, solid waste, radioactive and nuclear waste, recycling and industrial wastewater. SEA's primary service involves analyzing the impact of business, regulatory and technology factors on the waste management marketplace, and devising strategies to cope with future market conditions. SEA's other areas of practice include: analysis of EPA, DOE and state regulations; custom market surveys; due diligence investigations; expert witness testimony and litigation support; technology assessment; multi-client research; and policy development and representation.

SEA’s Hazardous Waste Projects typically involve the following: a market Study or Technology Evaluation for a commercial waste management firm; a Regulatory Analysis of RCRA regulations agency; an Expert Report on the basis and purpose of RCRA’s Corrective Action, Closure and/or Lagoon Retrofitting Provisions for an insurer; a Technology Evaluation; a Due Diligence investigation for a private equity firms) assisting a commercial firm with changes to Federal regulatory policy or local permitting decisions. The links liste below summarize some of SEA’s recent and historical Hazardous Waste Projects, particularly those involving Federal and State RCRA/CERCLA regulatory programs:

Drycleaning Wastes II

Served in a consulting capacity to a litigation team attempting to determine what the drycleaning industry knew about the health and environmental hazards of the land disposal of PCE and when it knew it.

Drycleaning Wastes III

Served as a consultant to a litigation team attempting to determine the state of knowledge regarding the potential for drycleaning wastes, particularly PCE, to leak from sewer systems and contaminate groundwater.

Environmental Services Demand

Conducted a market study/due diligence investigation for a private equity firm seeking to invest in an environmental services company. The project involved assessing the firm’s competitive posture relative to its peers and the likelihood of sustained demand for the firm’s services.

Mercury Recycling Regulations

SEA worked with a leading recycler of mercury wastes to address various loopholes in current regulations and to develop new legislation to enhance the recovery of mercury from a wide range of manufacturing and consumer wastes.

Organic Chemical Exposures

Was retained as a RCRA/CERCLA/Industry Practices Expert in a case involving land disposal of chlorinated organic wastes. Prepared an Expert Report on state of knowledge regarding the potential for chemicals involved and the land disposal practices to cause groundwater contamination.

RCRA Corrective Action

Served in a consulting capacity to assist a client group in determining the applicability of RCRA’s Corrective Action provisions to various operational units at a complex manufacturing facility.

RCRA Corrective Action II

Served in a consulting capacity to a client group assessing the applicability of RCRA’s Corrective Action, closure, and post-closure requirements to various land-based units managing inorganic, metal-bearing wastes.

Surface Impoundment Retrofitting

Prepared an Expert Report for a client group on the scope and basis of RCRA’s surface impoundment retrofitting provision. Report examined the extent to which such activities reflect compliance with permit requirements and therefore were considered a routine business expense.

Unpermitted Burning

Was retained by a government agency to support an ongoing enforcement action against a recycling facility burning and blending hazardous waste without possessing the proper RCRA permit. Prepared an Expert Report regarding the scope and applicability of RCRA’s incineration and thermal destruction regulations to the facility in question.

Historical Projects

Analysis of EPA Petroleum Recycling Regulations Boilers and Industrial Furnace (BIF)  Catalyst Recycling Market Study Closure Of Wastewater Treatment Lagoons Comprehensive Hazardous Waste Market Study Dry Cleaning Waste Hazardous And Solid Waste Market Comprehensive Study Inorganic Chemical Recycling Inorganic Recycling Interpretation Of Recycling Regulations Lagoon Closure Insurance Coverage Case Legal Challenge to State Permitting Standards Legal Challenge to State Facility Siting Requirements

Mercury Waste Treatment Mexican Hazardous Waste Combustion Market Forecast National Engineering Lab - Mission Redefinition New Waste Treatment Technology Organic Chemicals Recycling Paint Waste Management Technology Petroleum Waste Listing Litigation Recycling of Filter Media  Recycling: Strategic Evaluation Recycling of Steel Industry Wastes Remediation Technology Assessment Soil Remediation Strategy Solvent Recycling Sector Specific Application of an Environmental Technology Thermal Destruction Markets Thermal Destruction Services Underground Storage Tank Cleanup: Status and Outlook