a. If Consultant fails to perform the services required by tliis Agreement within tlie tiine specified lierein or any autliorized extension tliereof, or b. If Consultant fails to perform tlie services called for by this Agreement or so fails to make progress as to endanger performance of this Agreement in accordance witli its terii'is, and in eitlier of these circumstances does not conect such faihire withing a period of ten (10) days (or sucli longer period as City i'nay authorize in writing) after receipt of notice from City specifying such failure.
6.2.2 In tlie event City terminates this Agreement in whole or in part as provided above in Subsection 6.2.1, City may procure, upon such terms and in sucli manner as it may deem appropriate, services similar to those terminated.
6.2.3 If tliis Agreement is ten'ninated as provided above in Subsection 6.2.1, City may require Consultant to provide all finished or unfinislied documents, data, studies, drawings, maps, photograplis, reports, filn'is, cliarts, sketclies, computations, surveys, models, or other similar documentation prepared by Consultant. Upon such teri'nination, Consultant shall be paid an amount equal to the value of the work perfoi'ined. In ascertaining the value of tlie work performed up to tlie date of teri'nination, consideration sliall be given to both completed work and work in progress, to complete and incomplete drawings, and to other documents wliether delivered to City or in possession of Consultant, and to autliorized reimbursement expenses.
6.2.4 If, after notice of ten'nination of the Agreement under the provisions of Subsection 6.2.1 above, it is determined, for any reason, tliat Consultant was not in default, or that the default was excusable, tlien tlie rights and obligations of the Parties sliall be tlie same as if the notice of termination had been issued pursuant to Subsection 6.1. above.
6.3 Non-Assignability. Consultant sliall not assign or transfer any interest in tliis Agreement withorit tlie express prior written consent of City.
6.4 Non-Discrimination.
6.4.1 Consultant shall not discriminate against any employee, subcontractor, or applicant for employment becarise of to race, creed, gender, gender identity (including gender expression), color, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, or veteran/military status, in tlie perfori'nance of its services and duties pursuant to tliis Agreement and will comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and codes of tlie Federal, State, and County and the City govenunents. Consultant will take affirn'iative action to ensure tliat subcontractors and applicants are employed, and 6 5116863. l-L235 0
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that employees are treated driring employment witliout regard to tlieir race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, national origin, disability, or age. Consultant will take affirmative action to ensure tliat all employment practices, including those of any subcontractors retained by Consultant to perform services under this Agreement, are free from such discrimination. Such employment practices include, but are limited to: liiring, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment advertising, layoff, terinination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, including apprenticesliip.
6.4.2 Tlie provisions of Subsection 6.4. 1 above shall be included in all solicitations or advertisements placed by or on behalf of Consultant for personnel to perforin any services under this Agreement. City shall liave access to all documents, data, and records of Consultant and its subcontractors for purposes of determining compliance with the equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination provisions of tliis Section, and all applicable provisions of Executive Order No. 11246 (relating to federal restrictions against discriminatory practices) is available for review and on file wit)i t)ie City Clerk's Office.
6.5 Insurance. Consultant sliall submit to City, certificates indicating compliaiice with tlie following mininuu'n insurance requirements no less tlian one (1 ) day prior to beginning of performance under tliis Agreement:
6.5.1 Workers Compensation Insurance as required by law. Consultant shall require all subcontractors similarly to provide sucli workers' compensation insurance for their respective employees.
6.5.2 Comprel'iensive general and automobile liability insurance protecting Consultai'it in amounts not less than $1,000,000 for personal injury to any one person, $1,000,000 for injuries arising out of one occurrence, and $500,000 for property damages or a combined single limit of $1,000,000, witli an aggregate of $2,000,000. Eacli sucli policy of insurance shall:
a. Be issued by a financially responsible insurance company or companies admitted and autliorized to do business in the State of Califot-nia or wliicli is approved in writing by City.
b. Name and list as additional insured tlie City, its officers, and employees. c. Specify its acts as primary insurance.
d. Contain a clause substantially in tl'ie following words: "It is liereby understood and agreed tliat tliis policy sliall not be canceled except upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to City of such cancellation or material cliange."
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e. Cover the operations of Consultant prirsuant to the terms of this Agreement.
6.6 Indemnification. Consriltant agrees to indemnify, defend and liold liarmless City and/or any other City agency, including other employees, officers and representatives, for/from any and all claims or actions of any kind asserted against City and/or any other City agency to the extent arising out of Consultant's (including Conshiltant's employees, representatives, and subcontractors) negligent performance under tliis Agreement, excepting only sucl'i claims or actions which may arise out of sole or active negligence of City and/or any otlier City agency, or any third parties not acting on belialf of, at the direction of, or under the control of Consultant.
6.7 Compliance with Applicable Law. Consultant and City sliall comply witli all applicable laws, ordinances, and codes of tlie Federal, State, County and City goveriunents, witliout regard to conflict of law principles.
6.8 Independent Contractor. This Agreement is by and between City and Consultant and is not intended, nor sliall it be construed, to create tlie relationsliip of agency, servant, employee, partnership, joint venture, or association, as between City and Coiisultant.
6.8.1 Consultant shall be an independent contractor and sliall have no power to incur any debt or obligation for or on belialf of City. Neitlier City nor any of its officers or employees sliall have ai'iy control over tlie conduct of Consultant, or any of Consultant's employees, except as lierein set fortli, and Consultant expressly wanants not to, at any time or in any manner, represent that it, or any of its agents, servants or employees are in any maru'ier employees of City, it being distinctly understood that Consultant is and shall at all tii'nes remain to City a wliolly independent contractor and Consultant's obligations to City are solely sucli as are prescribed by this Agreement.
6.8.2 Indemnification of CalPERS Deteri'nination - In tlie event that Consultant or any employee, agent, or subcontractor of Consultant providing services under this Agreement claims or is deteri'nined by a court of competent jurisdiction or CalPERS to be eligible for enrollment in CalPERS as an employee of City, Consultant shall indeinnify, defend, and hold harmless City for the payment of any employee and/or employer contributions for CalPERS benefits on behalf of Consultant or its employees, agents, or subcontractors, as well as, for the payn'ient of any penalties and interest on sucli contributions wliich would otlierwise be the responsibility of City during tlie ten'ns of tliis Agreen'ient.
6.8.3 Business License Reqhiired. According to Title 2.08.40 of the South Gate Municipal Code, a business license will be reqriired prior to doing business within theCity,eveniftliebusinessislocatedoritsideoftheCity. Verificationofavalid South Gate business license will be required prior to start of work and any fees 8 5116863. I-L235.0 183
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associated with the acquisition or maintenance of sucli business license sliall be tlie sole responsibility of Consultant.
6.9 Consultant's Personnel.
6.9.1 All services required under the Agreement will be performed by Consultant, or under Consultant's direct supervision, and all personnel shall possess the qualifications, permits and licenses required by State and local law to perform such services, including, witliout limitation, a City of Soutli Gate business license as required by tlie Sout]i Gate Municipal Code.
6.9.2 Consultant sliall be solely responsible for tlie satisfactory work performance of all personnel engaged in performing services required by tliis Agreement, and con'ipliance witli all reasonable performance standards established by City.
6.9.3 Consultant sliall be responsible for payment of all employees' and subcontractors' wages and benefits and shall comply with all reqriirements peitaining to einployer's liability, workers' compensation. unemployment insurance and Social Security.
6.9.4 Consultant sliall indemnify and liold harmless City and all otlier related entities, officers, en"iployees and representatives from any liability, damages, claims, costs, and expenses of any i'iature to the extent arising from alleged violations of personnel practices or of any negligent or grossly negligent acts of omissions by Consultant in coi'uiection with tlie work performed arising from tl'iis Agreement.
6.10 Copyright. No reports, maps or other documents produced in whole or in part under tliis Agreement shall be tlie subject of an application for copyriglit by or on behalf of Consultant.
6.11 Legal Construction.
6,11.1 This Agreement is made and entered into in tlie State of Califoritia and sliall in all respects be interpreted, enforced, and govei'ned under the laws of tlie State of California witliout regard to conflict of law principles.
6.11.2 Tliis Agreement shall be construed without regard to tlie identity of tlie persons wlio drafted its varioris provisions. Eacli and every provision of t]iis Agreement shall be construed as thougli eacli of tlie parties participated equally in tlie drafting of san'ie, and any rule of construction tliat a document is to be construed against tlie drafting party sl'iall not be applicable to tliis Agreement.
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of interpretation or construction.
6.11.4. Whenever in this Agreement tlie context may so reqriire, the masculine gender shall be deemed to refer to and include the fen'iinine and neuter, and the singular shall refer to and include the plural.
6.12 Counterparts. Tliis Agreement may be executed in corinterparts and, as so executed, shall constitute an agreement wliich shall be binding ripon all Parties liereto.
6.13 Final Payment Acceptance Constitutes Release. Tlie acceptance by Consultant of the final payment made under this Agreement shall operate as and be a release of City froin all claims and liabilities for compensation to Consultant for anytliing done, fitriiished, or relating to Consultant's work or services. Acceptance of payment sliall be any negotiation of City's cl'ieck or the failure to make a written extra compensation claim witliin ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of that clieck. However, approval or payment by City sliall not constitute, nor be deemed, a release of the responsibility and liability of Consultant, its employees, sub-consultants and agents for tlie accuracy and competency of tlie information provided and/or work performed; nor shall such approval or payment be deemed to be an assumption of sucl'i responsibility or liability by City for any defect or enor in the work prepared by Consultant, its employees, sub-consultants and agents.
6.14 Corrections. Ill addition to the above indemnification obligations, Consultant shall correct, at its expense. all errors in tlie work wliidi may lie disclosed during City's review of Consultant's repoit or plans. Sliould Consultant fail to make such correction in a reasonably, timely manner, such conection sliall be made by City, and tlie cost thereof shall be cliarged to Consultant.
6.15 Files. All files of Consultant pertaining to City shall be and remain the property of City.
Consultant will control the pliysical location of sucli files during the term of tbis Agreement and shall be entitled to retain copies of such files upon tennination of tliis Agreement.
6.16 Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. Failure by a Party to insist upon the performance of any of tlie provisions of this Agreement by the other party, irrespective of the length of tiine for wliicli sucli failure continues, sliall not constitute a waiver of sucli Party's riglit to demand con'ipliance by sucli otlier Party in tlie future. No waiver by a Party of a default or breach of tlie otlier paity shall be effective or binding upon sucli a Party unless made in writing by sucli Party, and no sucli waiver sliall be implied from any omissions by a Party to take any action with respect to sucli defarilt or breach. No express written waiver of a specified default or breach sliall affect any other default or breacli, or cover any otlier period of time, otlier tlian any defarilt or breach and/or period of time specified. All of the remedies pennitted or available to a Party under tliis Agreement, or at law or in equity, sliall be cumrilative and alternative, and invocation of any such riglit or ren'iedy shall not constitute a waiver or election of remedies with respect to any otlier perinitted or 10 5116863 I -- L235 0
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6.17 Mitigation of Damages. In all sucl'i situations arising out of this Agreement, tlie Parties shall attempt to avoid and minimize tlie damages resulting from tlie conduct of the other Party.
6.18 Severability. If any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, tlie ren'iaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
6.19 Attorneys' Fees. Tlie Parties hereto acknowledge and agree that eacl'i will bear his or its own costs, expenses and attorneys' fees arising out of and/or connected witli the negotiation, drafting and execution of tl'ie Agreement, and all matters arising out of or connected tlierewitli except tliat, in the event any action is brought by any Party liereto to enforce tl'iis Agreement, the prevailing Party in sucli action sliall be entitled to reasonable attot'neys' fees and costs in addition to all otlier relief to wliich that Party or those Parties may be entitled.
6.20 Entire Agreement and Amendments. This Agreement constitutes tlie whole agreement between City and Consultant, and neither party lias n'iade any representations to tlie other except as expressly contained lierein. Neitlier party, in executing or performing tliis Agreement, is relying upon any statement or information not contained in this Agreement. Any an"iendments, clianges or modifications to this Agreement tnust be made in writing and appropriately executed by botli City and Consultant.
6.21 Notices. Any notice required to be given hereunder sliall be deemed to liave been given by email transmission witli confirmation of delivery and depositing said notice in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed as follows:
TO CITY:
City of Soutli Gate
Mereditli T. Elguira
Director of Community Development
8650 California Avenue
Soritli Gate, CA 90280
Email: [email protected]
TEL: (323) 563-9529
TO CONSULT ANT:
Julio Nuno
Senior Vice President
SCS Engineers
3900 Kilroy Airport Way #lOO
Long Beacli, CA 90806
WITH COURTESY COPY TO:
City of Soutli Gate
Yodit Glaze
City Clerk
8650 California Avertue
Sorith Gate, CA 90280
Email: yglaze(i sogate.org
TEL: (323)563-9511
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Email: .n'[email protected]
(562) 637-4524
6.22 Warranty of Authorized Signatories. Eacli of the signatories hereto wanants and represents tliat he or she is competent and autliorized to enter into tliis Agreement on belialf of tlie Party for whom he or she purports to sign.
6.23 Consultation with Attorney. Consultant warrants and represents that it has consulted witli an attorney or knowingly and voluntarily decided to forgo sucli a consultation. 6,24Interpretation Against Drafting Party. City and Consultant agree tliat tliey liave cooperated in the review and drafting of tliis agreement. Accordingly, in the event of any ainbiguity, neitlier Party may daim tliat tlie interpretation of tliis Agreement sliall be construed against eitlier Party solely because that Party drafted all or a portion of tliis Agreen'ient, or the clause at issue.
7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this Agreement is May 1, 2023, and will remain in effect tlirougl"i and until project completioi'i, unless otlierwise terminated in accordance witl'i the ten'ns of tliis Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and attested by their respective officers tliereunto duly autliorized.
CITY OF SOUTH GATE:
By:
Maria del Pilar Avalos, Mayor
Dated:
ATTEST:
By:
Yodit Glaze, City Clerk
(SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
B:S7: 3#12 CiA'"y@
STEARNS, CONRAD, AND SCHMIDT,
CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.
By:
Jrilio Nuno
Dated:
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Exhibit IIA"
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RFP - ENVIRONMENT AL ENGINEERING
SERVICES CITY OF SOUTH GATE - US EPA
2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELDS
ASSESSMENT GRANT PROJECT
PREPARED FOR
City of Soutli Gate
8650 California Street
South Gate, CA 90280
Attn: Ms. Dena Fuentes
PREPARED BY
SCS Engineers
3900 Kilroy Airport Way # 100
Long Beach, CA 90806
(562) 426-9544
WW W . SC S e21g in e erS .C O in
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Section
Table of Contents
Cover Letter
Consultant Qualifiztions & Background
Company Background....................
US EPA Grant Experience.........
Phoenix Awards
Department of Toxic Substances Control Grant Experience.
Local Experience....
Experience at Priority Sites....
Map of Project Experience in the City of South Gate..........
Proposed Or@anizational Chart...................
Personnel Resumes..
Projed Understanding
Gateway District Target Area
Tweedy Boulevard Target Area......................
Hollydale Target Area
Implementation Plan................
Scope of Work.....
Target Areas and Brownfield Site Selection........
Community Need and Engagement.
Project Implementation and Reporting.......................
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs).....
Phase II Environmental Site Investigation (Phase II)
Redevelopment/Reuse Planning and Toolbox..
Programmatic Support..............
Schedule
Time Allocation and Fee Schedule
Exhibits
Exhibit 1. Project Team and Local Brownfields Project Experience Appendices
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Proposal Certification Form
Resumes
SCS Projects for the City of South Gate
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1 COVER LETTER
February 13, 2023
File No. 010120223
City of South Gate
8650 California Street
South Gate, California 90280
Attn: Ms. Dena Fuentes
Subject: RFP - Environmental Engineering Services City of South Gate - US EPA 2023 Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment Grant Project
Dear Ms. Fuentes:
The City of South Gate (City) was awarded a $500,000 US EPA Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment Grant (Grant) and is working with project partner RSG, Inc. (RSG). The project will focus on three target areas, Tweedy Boulevard, Hollydale Village, and the Gateway District to increase housing supply and revitalize these once thrivin@ neighborhoods. We congratulate the City and RSG team on their successful Brownfields application and hope to join the team to support successfbil grant implementation.
SCS Engineers (SCS) has had a long history working on Brownfields sites in the City of South Gate, including the existing City Public Works Yard (former Grace Chemical facility), Miller Way Landfill, and the former Cooper Drum Superfund site, with much of that work completed on behalf of the City of South Gate. We are very familiar with sites within the City and would apply that knowledge on this imporeant project.
As indicated in our response, our experience on Brownfields sites throughout California is unmatched. We have experience conducting other similar Brownfields assessments for a range of clients including local governments and non-profits. In addition, we have extensive experience working With the Department Of TOXiC Substances COntrOl (DTSC), LOSAngeles Regional Water Quality COntrOI BOard (LARWQCB), and Other regulatory agencies that might haVe jurisdiction On SiteS in the City of South Gate.
Based on our review of the RFP and workplan, we understand that the City is planning to seek additional funding for revitalization efforts, cleancip, and redevelopment. As such, we wocild appreciate the opportunity to discuss the possibility of applying for DTSC's Equitable Community Revitalization Grants (ECRG) for additional assessment or cleanup of priority sites that are identified as part of the grant implementation process. We have staff well versed in the ECRG program who prepared five successful ECRG applications in ECRG Round One, which resulted in nearly $14 million in grant funding for our clients.
Julio Nuno, Senior Vice President, is authorized to bind SCS and is available to be contacted during the proposal evaluation period. His contact information is as follows, 562-637-4524, [email protected], 3900 Kilroy Airport Way, Suite 100, Long Beach, California 90806.
Sincerely,
Senior Project Manager
SCS Engineers
* Authorized official
Senior Vice President
SCS Engineers
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2 CONSULT ANT QUALIFICATIONS & BACKGROUND
COMPANY BACKGROUND
SCS Engineers (SCS) is an employee-owned environmental conscilting and construction firm that designs and implements sustainable environmental solutions. We study challenges and design solutions to remediate, build, and operate environmental and enerQ projects and systems, and we monitor a wide range of environmental control systems.
Brief History:
SCS is an environmental engineering consulting firm, specializing in helping clients optimize solid waste operations and environmental controls. Established on the first Earth Day in April 1970, SCS is headquartered in Long Beach, California. Since our founding over 52 years ago, SCS has specialized in providing engineering, construction, and operation and maintenance (O&M) of environmental protection systems and energy recovery systems throughout the United States.
Our Mission:
Promote a sustainable environment through innovation and the creative application of technology and management strategies.
Clients, Core
Services, &
Specialties:
Our clients include municipalities and the private sector. Our core capabilities are in solid and hazardous waste management, renewable energy, remediation, carbon captcire, measurement and verification, backed by environmental compliance experts. We work to prevent, mitigate and remediate environmental events, and use ocir environmental regulatory systems knowledge to help shorten project timelines and stay on budget. Our Environmental Services division specializes in and routinely provides consulting services that include ASTM-compliant due diligence services, subsurface and indoor air/air quality investigations, building science and indcistrial hygiene surveys, corrective action and remedial measeire design, construction/implementation and O&M, risk assessment, fate and transport, air dispersion, and groundwater flow modeling, Storm water related services, regulatory agency liaison, and Site CIOSLlreS.
Other
Affiliations
Over our five decades in business we have acquired businesses and have integrated these businesses into SCS Engineers. SCS is not involved in any parent/subsidiary relationships.
Names
Previously
Used
Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt, Consulting Engineers, Inc. dba SCS Engineers Company
Size and
Organization:
As an "S" Corporation, SCS employs over 1,100 professional and support staff 10Cated in 73 0ffiCeS, serving ClientS in all 50 STATESand internationally.
SCS is owned by our employees, many of whom are long-standing employees, for whom ownership makes a difference. Ocir employees pride themselves on adopting our client's objectives and challenges as our own. This business mode motivates all SCS employees to fully focus on work quality and client service.
Employee ownership means we are not subject to shareholder pressure that may constrain large publicly owned companies.
Number of
Employees:
SCS employs 1,113 people, 1,053 of which are full-time and 60 part-time. We have 307 staff with professional licenses and registrations. 18 193
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US EPA GRANT EXPERIENCE
The SCS Team has unparalleled experience with
the US EPA Brownfields program since its
inception in the late 1990s. SCS has gained
extraordinary experience while working on over
35 US EPA Brownfields Grant projects, and have
successfully secured millions of dollars in grant
funds for our clients. Our team has solved, and
is helping other Clients solve, similar problems to
the City's. Further, we are committed to
Brownfields. Our active participation in the
Brownfields Arena, within California and across
the United States, affords us a voice in and firsthand knowledge of the US EPA's approach(es) with respect to Grant fund use, and emerging
issues, such as vapor intrusion, and PFAS and
PFOA.
Our successful track record completing
Brownfields projects shows that we know how to
ead project teams to meet client expectations, communicate clearly and regularly, and produce timely client deliverables to a high standard of quality and completeness.
Phoenix Awards
The US EPA honored SCS and our clients with the prestigious Phoenix Award For successfu Brownfields redevelopment and community revitalization on three large-scale California projects:
* Chesterfield Square Redevelopment Project, Los Angeles. * East Village Redevelopment Area/Petco Park (home to San Diego Padres), San Diego. * Bay Marina Drive Redevelopment Project, National City.
Our Team is the right choice to be yocir partner through these challenges. We have had the pleasure of working with some incredible clients as they have established and maintained their Brownfields PROGRAMS.We understand the taSk ahead. We will be the City's unwavering partner in the SLICCeSS Of your Brownfields Program! We look forward to helping you win a Phoenix award! 19 194
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Alissa Banow, PE
Megan Hente
Tyler Watkins
Monico Hope
Allison O'Neal
City of West Sacramento
City of Oroville
City of Sacramento
Humboldt Land Recovery
City of Eureka
Los Angeles CRA
ICTC, CA
City of Reno, NV
NACOG,AZ
City of Peoria, AZ
City of Phoenix, AZ
City of Flagstaff, AZ
Selection of EPA Region 9 Projects
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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES, COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF LOS ANGELES (CRALA)
Los Angeles, California
Background
SCS received approximately 93 work order directives from the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRALA) for work that included Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I ESAs); asbestos-containing material (ACM) surveys, lead-based paint (LBP) surveys; Phase II site investigations (soi gas surveys, soils investigations, groundwater investigations, etc.); remedial and abatement activities for soils, asbestos, and LBP; second-party reviews of reports and work completed by other environmental consultants; underground storage tank (UST) removals; groundwater we destruction; and environmental audit of hazardocis materials handling practices of the client's operations. These projects were completed on vacant, former oil field, residential, commercial, industrial, and manufacturing properties ranging in size from a single lot to a 29-block mixed-use area. In addition to ACMs and LBP, constituents of concern identified included a variety of petroleum hydrocarbon products, chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, PCBs, pesticides, and subsurfacea combustible gases, such as methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Thirty-five of the projects involved Initial Site Assessments (ISAs), which were completed in accordance with American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) E1527 Standards for Phase I ESA reports. The projects included site reconnaissance, re4ulatory records review, site history search, and report preparation.
A portion of this work was conducted cinder a Brownfields @rant received by CRALA.
Challenge
Visual inspection, review of on-site records, and interviews with current and former employees, tenants, and site or adjacent property owners were typically an integral part of the field inspection.
These elements were used to develop current and historical information regarding site use; chemica cise and storage; disposal areas, such as sumps, septic systems, and impoundments; underground storage tanks (USTs); dry-wells; and spills or releases. Air quality and wastewater permit files and city fire department inspection reports were also reviewed. Sites assessed for Phase If investigations varied on operations, requiring a close review of operations and types of substances used that could have been used or released as part of past operations. Site access was usually complicated since CRALA did not own the properties and often required the use of limited access equipment.
Outcomes and Benefits
SCS prepared a written report summarizing the findings of each Phase I ESA and presented conclusions relating to potential environmental liabilities. Phase II investigations were recommended, as appropriate, to develop more data pertaining to the potential presence of contaminants that may be present on specific parcels. Phase II reports were detailed with a summary of previous work, objective, methods used, summary of data and conclusions based on health risk or regulatory screening levels.
Contract Information
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EPA BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT GRANT, IMPERIAL COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
Brawley Downtown Corridor, Brawley, California
Background
The Imperial CountyTransportation Commission (ICTC) was awarded a $300,000 US EPA Community-Wide Assessment
(CWA) Brownfields grant. ICTC and their collaborative partner, the Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation
(IVEDC), selected SCS Engineers (SCS) to coordinate, direct, and oversee Brownfields assessment activities. ICTC is usin@ the grant along ICTC's transit routes, with specific emphasis on the 13-mile Brawley Gold Line Transit Route.
Challenge
Burned building within the Brawley
Downtown Comdor. Brawley,
California.
SCS is working collaboratively with the clients to assess Brownfields properties in the Brawley Downtown Corridor and surrounding areas of Imperial County, a rural community of the ICTC regiona transit service area. Under this initiative, SCS conducts site assessments to identify potentia environmental issues within the identified target area in Brawley, California. SCS also evaluates any issues on the properties and helps to refine the redevelopment strategy and action plan for the Brownfields' reuse and revitalization by ICTC and IVEDC. This initiative is intended to provide a financial mechanism for the community to increase its inventory of developable sites to attract mixed-use retail/residential developments to create a healthy, safe, and prosperous walkable community. SCS's scope of work inclcided project management and planning, community outreach, site selection, Quality Assurance (QA), Phase I ESA and Phase II investigations, ACM and LBP surveys, reporting and grant/ Assessment, Cleanup, and Redevelopment Exchange syStem (ACRES)support, and Cleanup and Reuse Plan preparation.
Outcomes and Benefits
The @rantwill support property reuse and redevelopment. Alon@ the Gold Line's route, this revitalization will increase ridership, employment opportunities, local tax revenue and access to goods and services, while decreasing total vehicle miles traveled and improving the region's air quality. The grant will greatly assist the City of Brawley, especially after the recent arson fires that have devastated the downtown environment, aesthetics, walkability, and furthered adverse conditions for the transit dependent users that reside in the community.
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PHASEI ESAS AND BROWNFIELDS GRANT SUPPORT, CITY OF WEST
SACRAMENTO
West Sacramento, California
Background
Beginning in 2009, the City of West Sacramento retained SCS on four separate, consecutive, competitive bid
contracts to support their Brownfield Grant Assessment
and Strategic Redevelopment Planning efforts. SCS has
participated in the City's efforts across various
redevelopment Districts, including Pioneer Bluff, Stone Lock, and West Capitol Avenue. The SCS project awards
included Community-Wide Assessments (2012), Pioneer
Bluff Strategic Planning (2014), and Pioneer Bluff/Stone Lock Strategic Planning and Assessment work (2019),
each awarded by the City and the Successor Agency to
the Redevelopment Agency, cising US EPA Brownfields
Grant funding. The assessments evaluated the potential
presence of hazardous materials and/or Recognized
Environmental Conditions (RECs) at the properties, prior to sale or redevelopment.
The City of West Sacramento has
worked extensrvely to redevelop their
downtown, riverfront properties along
the Sacramento River, as part of a
transition to a vrbrant, broad-based
economically sound communrty.
Challenge
The 2012 project began with the City's selection of the key parcels in need of assessment, which had to be completed within a narrow window prior to grant expiration. SCS performed the assessment work in two phases over an eight-month period in 2014, publishing 17 Phase I ESAs using ASTM E1527 Standard, encompassing a portfolio of 32 individual parcels comprising slightly more than 540 acres.
The 2014 award reqciired a diverse SCS team, including legal counsel, to assist the City in their Pioneer Bluff deindcistrialization planning for a dynamic mixed use, Sacramento River water-front redevelopment, which includes affordable and market-rate hocising, commercial and retail COnStruCtiOnl and a multimodal transportation hub tied tO COnStruCtiOn Of a neW bridge linking WeSt Sacramento and Sacramento. This reqciired an approach acceptable to the Re@ional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) to garrier their support during subsequent discussions with major oi company bulk storage plant tenants.
The 2019 award followed the successful Brownfields Grant application prepared by SCS on behalf of the City, and was uniquely challenging in that it inclcides elements not typically involved in US EPA Assessment Grants, such as a Safety Plan and Recise Plan. The plans will allow the City to activate the Stone Lock, safely bringing the community into the project area to envision potential site future cises.
Outcomes and Benefits
The ongoing work by SCS has many beneficial outcomes including:
* Successful on-time and on budget submittal of 17 Phase I ESA reports that established an environmental baseline for the City to use during subsequent redevelopment. 24 199
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* Subsequent successful Phase II investigation, remedial planning, and regulatory agency negotiation effortforthe 1721-1801 WeSt Capital Avenue Affordable Housing PrOjeCt, which the RWQCB recently approved for development, enabling acquisition of funding.
In 2015, SCS assessed the environmental condition of an assemblage of parcels and provided an Environmental Conditions Assessment (ECA) Report which was incorporated into the amended Pioneer Bluff Transition Plan (PBTP) to serve as an introductory volume for a Reuse Master Plan.
* In 2015-2017, SCS worked with the City of Sacramento, the Port, and their lega counsels to develope a strategy for mitigation of impacted parcels, usin@ the Gatto Act and a Master Work Plan as tools. The work also included meeting with the RWQCB and gaining their approval for the remedial objectives and cleanup approaches in support of mixed-use and residential redevelopment.
@ In 2018, SCS prepared a Community Wide Brownfield Grant Application for the City of Sacramento, which successfully garnered a $350,000 Comrminity Wide Assessment and Planning Grant, saving the city approximately $50,000 labor costs. * In 2019, the City of Sacramento selected the diverse SCS Team consisting of structural engineering, property condition assessment, historic/cultural resource, property management, and architectural/planning teaming partners to help develop plans to safely redevelop the project area. SCS has successfully initiated the work with US EPA approval, including a Kick-Off Meeting, Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP preparation, Phase I ESAs, and Safety Plan preparation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBST ANCES CONTROL GRANT EXPERIENCE SCS has significant knowled@eand experience with DTSCgrants such as the [email protected] staff have supported the ECRG program since its inception through participation in planning efforts, DTSC focus grocips, pilot testing the application, as well as having preparing five ECRG grant applications in ECRG Round One, all of which were awarded funding. * Las Palmas Housing and Development Corporation, Vineland Avenue, 91,170,217 * Las Palmas Housing and Development Corporation, Upland, 9425,746 * Pico Union Housing Corporation, %40,820
* National Development Council, 64,901,407
* City of Commerce, !>7,000,000
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EQUITABLE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT, NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND CASA RAMONA
San Bernardino, California
Background
National Development Council and Casa Ramona were awarded a $4,901,407 Site-Specific Cleanup Grant through the ECRG program administered by the DSTC. SCS led the grant application effort and was subsequently selected as the environmental consultant to implement the cleanup efforts funded under the grant.
Challenge Debris from the burned buildrng at
the site of Casa Ramona.
San Bemardino, CaHfornia. Casa Ramona has been serving the community of San Bernardino for several decades as a community-based non-profit organization, but has recently experienced several challenges at the Site. Due to a fire and resulting demolition of structures, there is debris covering the Site that has various levels of lead and ACMs, which pose a potential health risk. Unhocisedpeople have been utilizin@ the Site as an encampment, causing concerns about imminent threats to health and safety. The Site is needed for services within the surrounding commcinity, including child care and senior hocising. With funding cinder the ECRG grant, SCS is performing the following cleancip activities: removal, packaging, and disposal of lead- and ACM-containing wastes and removal of possible asbestos-impacted soil in accordance with a South Coast Air Quality Management District Procedure 5 document prepared by SCS. An abatement Closeout Report Package will be prepared by a Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC) at the completion of the cleanup activities.
Outcomes and Benefits
The proposed reuse of the Site includes low income senior housing and a community center. The senior housing project will add much needed additional units to the existing low income senior housing development immediately north of the Site. The community center will provide job training and other educational programs (ESL classes), medical, and behavioral health services, facilities for after school tutoring programs,and community space for other non-profit/municipal uses. Reuse of the site will allow Casa Ramona to continue to serve the local community and accomplish its purpose, as follows: "Casa Ramona's mission is to foster and enhance our community through educational and social services programs."
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EQUIT ABLE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT, CITY OF COMMERCE Commerce, CA
Background
The City of Commerce (City) was awarded a $7,000,000 SiteSpecific Cleanup Grantthrou@h the ECRGprog,ram administered by the DSTC. SCS led the grant application effort and has submitted a proposal to implement remedial actions approved by the LARWQCB. An environmental consultant has not been selected to implement the grant.
Challenge
The Site encompasses multiple (ormer landfills, part of which are currently developed as the City of Commerce's Veterans Memorial Park. SCS prepared a Remedial Action Plan (RAP or Plan) on behalf of Comstock Gage, LLC (Comstock) and the city for the clean closure of the former Gage Avenue and Fletcher Dumps. As part of the grant application efforts, SCS coordinated application information with the city and their development partner, Comstock. A key component of this grant's success was its ability to leverage pciblic grant dollars and private funding. SCS requested and maintained DTSC-required documents and information including site management and site history. Additionally, SCS developed the project schedule and budget as well as community engagement plans, an evaluation of project readiness, environmental justice outcomes, equitable development @rant commitments, and coordinated grant application review and submittal.
Former Gage Avenue Landfill.
Commerce, Californra
Outcomes and Benefits
The City of Commerce was awarded a Site-Specific Cleanup grant that will support the cleanup of the Site and the future development (Modelo), which will include residential, commercial, and recreational/community cises. The city-owned portion of the Site will be redeveloped into the residential uses and will include a mix of 850 housing units ranging from studios and 1-, 2- & 3- bedroom apartments, to condos and townhomes. When completed, the city will own a portion of what is now privately owned land on the eastern portion of the Site, through a creative land swap agreement. The reuse of the future city-owned property will include a revitalized Veterans Memorial Park with a new community center, an all-inclusive playground, a contemporary soccer and baseba youth sports complex, a library, and ample outdoor green space to maximize opportunity for community events and services. Finally, the remaining eastern portion of Modelo will include approximately 140,000 square feet of commercial space with multiple uses including a cinema, food hall, retail centers, a gym, museum, pharmacy, restaurants, and grocery.
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EQUITABLE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT, LAS PALMAS
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, VINELAND
Los Angeles, California
Background
Las Palmas Housing and Development Corporation (Las Palmas) and their development partner WPH Holdings, LLC (WPH) were awarded a $1,170,217 Site-Specific Assessment Grant through the ECRG program administered by the DSTC. SCS led the grant application effort and was selected as the environmenta consultant to implement the assessment funded under the grant. (J1@llB4gB Burned building at the project Site.
The project Site was previously developed with a one-story LosAnge'eS' Cal'fOrnja' building completely destroyed in a fire in 2021. A prior investigation (preceding the fire) indicated that soil vapor at the Site had been impacted by VOCs at concentrations above regulatory screening levels, although the source of reported soil vapor impacts was not identified, and the extent of contamination was not delineated vertically or horizontally. Prior to performing additional soil vapor investigations in areas of planned redevelopment, hazards associated with a remainingfire damaged building structure were addressed. This included the demolition of the building and abatement of ACMs in accordance with SCAQMD Procedcire 5 rciles. Additionally, the assessment of shallow soil below the building structure was performed for dioxin/furans, semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and lead, to identify potential subsurface impacts resulting from the fire. The results of the additional investigation are currently being evaluated to determine potential health risks prior to redevelopment, including the potential need for a vapor intrusion mitigation system (VIMS) to mitigate vapor intrusion risks at planned redevelopment structures.
Outcomes and Benefits
Funding from the ECRG grant and resulting assessment aCtiVitieS at the Site Will support the proposed project, which involves redevelopment of the Site with constrciction of a 6-story, mixed-use building consisting of approximately 136 affordable apartment dwelling units, 26,056 square feet of ground-floor commercial, and underground parking. The Project is designed to meet Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Tier 2 gciidelines and anticipates 116 vehicular parking spaces and 131 bicycle parking spaces. The proposed Project also involves a rooftop garden and clubhouse, a green walkway, and a community room with computers for residents to citilize.
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EQUIT ABIE COMMUNITY REVIT ALIZATION GRANT, LAS PALMAS
HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, UPLAND
Upland, California
Background
Las Palmas Hocisin@ and Development Corporation (Las Palmas) and their development partner WPH Holdings, LLC (WPH) were awarded a $425,746 Site-Specific Assessment Grant through the ECRG program administered by the DSTC. SCS led the grant application effort and was selected as the environmenta consultant to implement the assessment funded under the grant.
Challenge
EucHd and Magnolia project srte.
Upland, California.
With funding under the ECRG grant, SCS is conducting additiona investigation including the collection of soil and soil vapor samples. While the area of soil impacted by TPH was reported at the possible location of a former UST, additional sources of VOCs reported in soil vapor were not identified. Testin@ for SVOCs, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and lead is also planned at select locations based on former mancifacturing, lumber yard, and railway operations at and/or near the Site, as well as the potential cise of termiticides in former building structures. The results of the additional investigation will be evaluated for purposes of recommending either removal/mitigation actions (such as soil excavation or vapor intrusion mitigation systems) to be implemented as part of redevelopment, or additional investigation activities, if further on-site impacts and/or data @aps are identified.
Outcomes and Benefits
The planned redevelopment project consists of two TOD parcels located adjacent to the metrolink station in the historic Downtown district of Upland. The Euclid site will feature 81 low-income senior apartment units and a retail space of approximately 1,200 square feet. The development team will provide services such as computer literacy, mental wellness, health clinics, and a variety of social events. The Stowell Site will consist of 92 units with a mix of affordable and moderate/workforce evel housing including a Transitional Aged Youth component (15 units). Services will include financial literacy, healing arts, job skills, and employment training. Both bciildings will be designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival character and complement the surrounding neighborhood beautifully.
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EQUITABIE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT, PICO UNION
HOUSING CORPORATION
Los Angeles, Colifornia
Background
Pico Union Housing Corporation (PUHC) was awarded a
$440,820 Site-Specific Assessment Grant through the ECRG program administered by the DSTC. SCS led the grant
application effort and was selected as the environmenta consultant to implement the assessment funded under the gra nt.
Challenge
Site of the future Pico Union
development project.
Los Angeles, CaHfornia.
The project Site is currently developed with four structures which total approximately 17,990 square feet in size. Prior investigations indicated that subsurface soil and soil vapor at the Site had been impacted by VOCs, and soil had been impacted by TPH and lead. SCS is working with the DTSC to efficiently characterize what appears to be soil vapor contamination from an off-site source encroaching on the Site and establish a conceptual site mode (CSM) prior to the preparation of a remedial/mitigation plan for any identified health risks. The results will be evalciated for the purpose of recommending either removal/mitigation actions (such as soil excavation, soil vapor extraction, and/or VIMS) to be implemented as part of Site redevelopment, or additional investigation activities, if additional on-site impacts and/or data gaps are identified.
Outcomes and Benefits
The ECRG grant funding and assessment of the Site support PUHC's work to develop an affordable senior mixed-use building with @round floor retail and arts space. The project will contribute toward adding to the affordable housing inventory that is critically needed and support the City's goal of bringing more jobs, and businesses, and hence, shall advance commcinity revitalization efforts. The project will create a high-quality residential development that offers much needed housing to the neighborhood, promotes safety by deterring crime through architectural features, and better utilizes the project site by improving the land cise and character of the existing neighborhood.
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LOCAL EXPERIENCE
SCS has had a long working relationship with the City of South Gate and includes working with various departments including the former Redevelopment Agency, Community Development, Department of Public Works, and City Attorney's office. A list of projects completed on behalf of the City is provided in Appendix C, with locations shown on page 17. Notable projects, many of which are within the three target areas, include the following:
* PhaseI ESAsand PhaseII investigations of numerous sites prior to acquisition, includin@the current City Public Works Yard. Work includes characterization for ACMs, LBP, and hazardous materials.
@ Groundwater monitoring.
* Various investigations at the Miller Way Landfill (preparation of a grading plan and design of drainage features aS part Of Site closure, methane gas assessments, characterization of soi remaining from (ormer gun club, respond to request from DTSC to remove impacted soil). * Investigations of former Freedom Ford and Target Lazar sites with LARWQCB oversight. @ Compliance and design assistance with regulatory program for USTs at City-owned facilities.
Includes successful closure oFunderground storage tanks and re@ulatory coordination. * Investigations of soil suspected to be impacted within City right-of-ways or on City-owned property to assist in proper management.
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In addition to work on projects on behalf of the city, SCS has also conducted numerous investigations on properties for private entities. Locations of these projects are highlighted on page 17 and are briefly described below;
* Review of previous reports and conduct additional investigation, portion of the former Cooper Drum facility. This work was completed throcigh legal counsel on behalf of Interior Remova Specialists.
* Phase I ESAs and Phase It investigations of over 15 properties within the City of South Gate for various clients.
Experience at Priority Sites
In addition to the sites in South Gate identified above and in Appendix C, staff experience includes the management of the environmental investigation and cleanup of VOC-impacted soil and groundwater at the Mondo Chrome Facility. Prior to his employment with SCS, Chad Jenkins served as Project Manager for investigations at the Site, one of the priority sites within the Gateway District target area of interest.
This Site is an LARWQCB Cleanup Program Site due to prior operations that resulted in a release of chlorinated solvents and plating solutions. Primary impacts at the facility include tetrachloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), and cis-1,2-Dichloroethene (c-1,2-DCE), ai"id remedial activities and/or planning has included soil vapor extraction (SVE) of the vadose zone and in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) of on- and off-site groundwater impacts. Multiple phases of off-site investigation were performed, including investigations On riearby properties and in the City OFSOuth Gate publiC right-Ofway. Other investigation activities included routine groundwater monitoring and reporting, Phase II soil vapor investigations, indoor air testing, and site-specific human health risk assessment (HHRA).
In addition to the technical evaluation, Chad Jenkins was also responsible for interfacing with the LARWQCB, propeny OWner, legal counsel, surrounding neighborhood, and other stakeholders on the implementation of the investigation and remediation activities. 32 207
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MAP OF PROJECT EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY OF SOUTH GATE
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PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Dan johnson
Senior Project Advisor
DAT ABASE SERVICES
EDR Lightbox
Salt VAPOR INVEST1GA7TONS
H&P Mobile Geochemistry
Jones Environmerital
Cityel
South
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Ashley Hutchens, REPA
Project Director
Jusfin Rouzon, REPA
Proiect Manager
DAT ABASE REVIEW/
SITE RANKING
Jusfin Rauzon. REPA
Dcin Johnson
Monica Hope
Julio Nuno, REPA
SUBCONTRACTORS:
Julio Nuno, REPA
Reviewii"ig Principal
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CLEANUP AITERNATIVES
qhod .kfnkins, EIT
Keith Etchells, PG
Alissa Barrowi PE
uMUNITY NEEDS/
NICAI ASSISTANCE
Dona Justice
Dan Johnson
ilio Nuno, REFA
GRANT ASSISTANCE
Dano Justice
Jim Ritchie. PG
DRIIIING SERVICES
Kehoe, BC2, Notional
Laboratory Services
GEOPHYS)CAI SERVJCES
Goldok
GPRS
LABORATORY SERV)CES
Ferformcince Analytical
H&P Mobile Geochemistry
Jones Environmental
Pace Analytical
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PERSONNEL RESUMES
The proposed SCS Brownfields ProjectTeam has deydes of sucful Brownfields projed completion for municipal clients, including some of the premier Brownfields programs in the region.
Our project team members have worked collaboratively on redevelopment projects for municipalities in California, Arizona, Nevada, and various cities throughout the County. With over five decades of experience in environmental consulting and Brownfields redevelopment, SCS is nationaliy recognized for our work in:
* USEPA Brownfields Grant writing and programmatic support, * Environmental site assessments,
* Environmental permitting (solid waste, air, wastewater, stormwater, etc.) * Remedial design and cleanup oversight,
* Building sciences (asbestos, lead-based paint, and hazardous materials surveys), * Environmental engineering and construction of environmental pollution control facilities, * Redevelopment planning,
* Community involvement, and
Civil engineering and construction.
Detailed resumes are provided in Appendix B. Additional relevant staff experience is detailed in Exhibit 1 on pages 4 and 5.
Justin Rauzon, REPA
Mr. Rauzon has more than 16 years of environmental services experience, all with SCS. Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Rauzon is an SCS Project Manager with a diverse background in biological and environmental sciences, and regularly performs environmental assessments and compliance audits at sites in the u.s. and in Latin America. He has technical and management experience with soil, soi vapor, and grocindwater investigations at industrial, commercial, landfill, greenfield, and residentia properties. He has extensive experience with environmental laws and regulations in both the u.s. and Mexico. His work experience includes all project phases, from development of cost estimates for various site assessment and cleanup programs to implementing remediation programs and interfacing with regulatory agencies. His experience with and understanding of these issues led to his appointment as a National Partner in Environmental Due Diligence in 2021.
[email protected], 562-637-4530
Julio Nuno, REPA, CESCO
Mr. Nuno has over 40 years of environmental services experience, all with SCS, and extensive expertise in property evalciation and due diligence; site assessment, investigation, and remediation; under@round storage tank (UST) assessment, upgrading, removal, and leakage cleanup; and hazardous waste management. Mr. Nuno has been involved in almost all of the SCS projects completed by SCS for the City of South Gate, and wocild bring that expertise and knowledge to this project. He works extensively with regulatory agencies, full7 understands regulations pertaining tO petroleum hydrocarbons and hazardous waste, and has worked on numerocis projects associated with real estate transactions to assess the potential for releases, characterize releases of contaminants to soil, soil vapor, and groundwater, implement remedial measures, and develop cost estimates far assessing and mitigating impacts. As scs Senior Vice President responsible far SCS'S Environmental Services practice throughout the Southwest (California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah), Mr. Nuno has directed SCS's contributions to a number of major projects, including redevelopment 35 210
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for construction of the L.A. Live/Staples Center (now known as the Crypto.com Arena) area and the Phoenix Award-winning Chesterfield Square project, both in Los Angeles, CA.
[email protected], 562-637-4524
Ashley Hutchens, REPA, CESCO
Ms. Hutchens has over 20 years of environmental services experience, all with SCS. She has extensive experience in property evaluation and due diligence; site assessment, characterization, and remediation; vapor intrusion assessment and mitigation; and hazardocis waste management. As a Vice President of SCS, she currently leads the Environmental Services Practice for the Long Beach and Las Vegas offices. She has led hundreds of projects, including all phases, from the development of cost estimates for site assessment, mitigation, and remediation, to groundwater monitoring and sampling, preparation and review of final reports, interracing with regulatory agencies, and management of all aspects of projects, staff, and various subcontractors.
AHutchens@[email protected], 562-637-4502
Daniel Johnson
Dan is a nationally recognized expert in brownfields remediation and risk transfer. His national experience includes over 4,000 Phase I ESAs, subsurface investigations of chemicals in vadose and groundwater zones (Phase 11),and site remediation, includin@ selection of remedial alternatives for site cleanup. He has also been instrumental in obtaining environmental permits and interfacing with regulatory agencies. Dan is one of the top five project executives in SCS, and like Luke, consistently receives high marks and praise from his clients for his problem solving, project execcition, results, and value engineering. He understands funding is required for redevelopment efforts, and is an expert in funding sources and their requirements (CalReuse, EPA, CERF, and California Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund). He has managed or been involved with over 3,000 projects in San Diego, including Phase I and Phase II investigations, vapor intrusion and risk assessments, cleanup planning, remediation plan implementation, asbestos and lead surveys, asbestos and lead abatement, as well as variocis industrial hygiene and indoor air quality investigations. djohnson@[email protected], 858-583-7741
James Ritchie, PG, QSD
Mr. Ritchie is a registered Professional Geologist in California with over 36 years of consulting and site environmental site investigation and restoration experience throughout the Western United States. Mr. Ritchie has led ruimerous Brownfields site assessment and redevelopment projects, including US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Grant work, under Voluntary Cleanup Agreements (VCAs) with the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), as well as under the California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act (CLRRA). The Brownfields redevelopment projects have resulted in successful revitalization of numerous chemically impaired properties into commercial, mixed-use, and residential developments. [email protected], 925-426-0269 36 211
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Chad Jenkins, EIT, CEM
Mr. Jenkins is an environmental engineer (EIT) and Certified Environmental Manager (CEM) with more than 16 years of experience in providing consulting services, managing environmenta liabilities, and maintaining regulatory compliance for clients. He specializes in the investigation and remediation of soil, soil vapor, and groundwater contamination, and is experienced with the management of project portfolios in various manufacturing and oil/gas sectors. Investigation activities have included planning and workplan preparation, regulatory and right-of-way permitting, soil sampling and geologic classification, drilling oversight, groundwater sampling, well installation, and incorporation of high-resolution investigation technologies, such as cone penetration testing (CPT), and membrane interface probe (MIP) and ultra-violet optical screening tool (UVOST) assessments. On remediation projects, he has implemented technologies that include soil vapor extraction (SVE), groundwater extraction (GWE), air-sparging, dual-phase extraction (DPE), vacuumenhanced extraction, in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), In-situ chemical reduction (ISCR), oxygen releasin@compounds (ORC),soil mixing and stabilization, enhanced bioremediation, injection of colloidal carbon amendments, electrical resistance heating (ERH), large-diameter auger excavations, and over-excavation. Prior to his employment with SCS, Mr. Jenkins was involved with and served as the Project Manager for the assessment oF the Mondo Chrome Facility in South Gate.
[email protected], 562-637-0824
Jeff Sieg, PG
Mr. Sieg has a background in geology and extensive experience in the collection of storm water, groundwater, and soil samples; soil classification and identification of soil properties; interpretation of contaminant distribution and migration; and strati@raphic and hydro@eologicanalysis. He often participates in investigations of hazardous chemicals in soil, soil vapor, surface water, and groundwater. This includes environmental site assessments (ESAs) of properties prior to real estate transfer, site investigation activities involving work plan preparation, soil gas surveys, installation of soil borings and subsequent sampling, groundwater well installation and sampling, precision mapping of sites, and evaluation of applicable remedial alternatives. He has experience with, and practical knowledge of, various remedial action alternatives, such as soil vapor extraction (SVE) systems, soil excavation, in situ chemical oxidation, and groundwater remediation, as well as evalciation of contaminants in surface water and groundwater in accordance with regulatory reqciirements or generally accepted guidelines. Mr. Sieg has also evaluated facilities, scibmitted recommendations related to OSHA and u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance, and supervised numerocis site remediation and construction projects in Southern California, including installation of landfill gas (LFG) control systems. [email protected], 562-637-4542 Ken Lister, PhD, CEG, CHg
Dr. Lister has over 40 years of professional experience in geology and hydrogeology. An expert in soil and groundwater investigations, and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) at industrial facilities, solid waste disposal sites, and state and federal Superfund sites, his experience includes preparation and implementation of samplin@ and analysis plans, feasibility studies, permitting, closure design and implementation, preparation of remedial action plans, and design and operation Of groundwater and VadOSe ZOne treatment syStemS throughout California.
KLister@[email protected], 562-637-4511
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Dana Justice
Dana has 7 years of experience in the area of environmental consulting, specializing in marketing and business development. She is the National Partner for Brownfields Grants and has a depth of experience working on Brownfield projects with public sector clients inclciding identification of funding opportcinities, grant application preparation, and supporting grant implementation and administration. She also has experience performing components of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)and complex data evaluations, includin@ database development, maintenance, programming, and reporting. [email protected], 858-583-7742 Keith Etchells, PG, CHg
Mr. Etchells is a professional @eologist and hydrogeolo@ist with 22 years of experience assisting clients in managing environmental risks associated with ownership, transfer, or operation of commercial, industrial, and waste disposal properties. His particular technical expertise involves aspects of groundwater science and engineering relevant to contaminated sites and landfills, including supervision and conduct of subsurface data acquisition, remedial design and implementation, conceptcial site model development, aquifer testing, extraction well design, groundwater quality evaluation and treatment, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and contaminated soil and grocindwater remediation design. He is responsible for designing analytical, geotechnical, and hydrogeological data collection programs to complete scibsurface assessment and remediation. He has prepared subsurface assessment docciments, property mitigation plans, vapor intrcision risk assessment documents, soil management plans, aquifer characterization documents, conceptual Site MODELS,and groundwater remedial design and implementation documents. He has experience with several environmental regulatory entities, including the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health (DEH), the California State Water Quality Control Board (SWQCB),including Los Angeles/Lahontan/San Diego/Santa Ana/CRB Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs), and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).
[email protected], 858-583-7746
Cristobal Ramirez, CAC
Mr. Ramirez is an environmental professional with 20 years of experience in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As a bilingual speaker in Spanish and English, he has provided environmenta services for clients in the United States and Mexico. His experience includes completing over 2,000 environmental assessments and implementing remediation activities for contaminated properties.
He is an expert in performing Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) according to u.s. EPA 40 CFR, Part 312, Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI); and Final Rule and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments:
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process E1527. Mr. Ramirez has developed a systematic approach that results in consistentlY high-quality information far protecting relevant parties from unexpected risk. In addition to ESA services, he has completed subsurface investigations, health and safety plans, community health and safety plans, geophysical surveys, soil vapor surveys, health risk assessments, remediation conceptual cost estimates, property mitigation plans, and soil reuse plans. As a California Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC), Mr. Ramirez routinely conducts asbestos surveys, prepares specifications and cost estimates for abatement, assists with abatement contractor selection, oversees abatement activities, and provides clearance sampling and analysis.
He applies his knowledge of AHERA and other regulations to efficiently assess and remediate hazardous materials. [email protected], 858-583-7740 38 213
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Chris Virgen, CSST
Mr. Virgen is a Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC) in California and has been involved in performing property inspections for hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead, and mold. He has over 10 years of project experience in this highly regulated field, coupled with an academic background in corporate financial and contract management. [email protected], 562-637-0822 Fabian Soldivar, CAC, Ll-RA
As a Project Professional, Mr. Saldivar provides expertise on environmental projects, including asbestos and lead inspections and oversight, soil sampling and remediation oversight, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), and landfill gas CQA work. His project experience includes working as an environmental scientist to complete asbestos, lead, bacteria, and moisture assessments for single-family residences and commercial properties. He has performed indoor air quality (IAQ), water monitoring, and laboratory analyses for numerous clients, and has worked on projects related to soil compaction, soil sampling, concrete slump, percolation testing, and asphalt testing for land development. He is a fluent speaker of English, Spanish, and French.
[email protected], 858-583-7739
Alissa Barrow, P.E., QISP
Ms. Barrow has 11 years of experience as an environmental professional specializing in environmental assessment, remediation, and compliance. She is a registered PE and QISP in the State of California. Her experience includes stormwater compliance; Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) and Phase II subsurface investigations; Vapor Intrusion Risk Assessments (VIRAs); groundwater monitoring and reporting (low-flow and traditional pcirging); groundwater remediation using in situ chemical oxidation and high-vacuum, dual-phase extraction; remediation via soil vapor extraction technology; design, construction, and operation of sub-slab depressurization systems; design, construction, and construction quality assurance for the installation of vapor intrusion mitigation systems (i.e., VIMS or vapor barriers); soil monitoring and remediation during construction, and landfill gas collection and control design improvements and construction quality assurance work. She has experience assessing and remediating properties with soil, soil vapor, and groundwater impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, and pesticides. After a thorough collection and analysis of data, she prepares technical docciments that accurately describe environmental conditions and conform to regulatory agency guidelines. She has written VIRAs, Grocindwater Monitoring Reports, Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), Property Mitigation Plans, Soil Management Plans, and Property Closcire Reports for many regulatory-driven projects.
[email protected], 858-583-7732
Megan Hente, CEM
Ms. Hente is an Environmental Project Manager with significant experience in environmenta investigation and monitoring. Her experience includes Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), soil and groundwater sampling, drilling and excavation oversight, asbestos inspections and clearances in accordance with AHERA and NAC 618, and lead inspections following HUD regulations. She is also proficient in the use of ArcGIS soffware to develop site maps, groundwater potentiometric maps, and other necessary figures for report preparation.
[email protected], 702-645-3048
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Tyler Watkins
Ms. Watkins is a Project Professional with 5 years of experience in environmental remediation and compliance. She is responsible for Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), multimedia sampling and reporting (soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, soil vapor, air), as well as compliance monitoring, permitting, document preparation, and proposals. She works directly with our local clients and regulatory agencies, ensuring timeliness of reports and compliance. Ms.
Watkins' previous experience includes field investigations and report prodciction involving groundwater monitoring, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFAS) sample collection, excavation events related tO SOuth COaSt Air Quality Management DiStriCt (SCAQMD) Rule 1466 monitoring, preparation Of sampling plans for Phase II investigations, stormwater inspections and reporting, and related field activities. She has developed a conceptual site model to request closure for a service station site, and has overseen contractors in a variety of field activities, including Organochlorine pesticides (OCP) testing in school sites, aerially deposited lead surveys, and soil vapor monitoring. She has conducted site investigations related to federal and state hazardous waste; produced reports for review by oversight agencies such as the Regional Water QAiality Control Board (RWQCB), CalTrans, and California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC); prepared Phase I ESA reports; and logged and sampled soil using boring techniques that included sonic drilling, hand auger, and direct push equipment. She has also overseen Phase II projects, and coordinated the installation and abandonment of wells, including obtaining permits, contact with subcontractors, and field oversight.
She also has expertise in soil vapor well installation and monitoring. TWatkins@[email protected], 562-637 -4472
Monica Hope
Ms. Hope has a background in environmental chemistry and experience in data collection, testing and analysis, land surveying, and mapping. She has used multidisciplinary methods (art, history, and science) to identify factors affecting endangered species; managed large datasets for chemica analyses; and helped to educate the public regarding the spread of invasive species in waterways and other hazards related to contamination. As a Graduate Student Researcher at UCR, she developed a GIS mapping project to identify water qciality issues in low-income California communities. While managing large data SetS, She reviewed technical documents and created presentations and technical reports. She has collaborated with community leaders to test tap water in reSidenCeS With Water quality iSSueS, and prepared and analYZed Water Samples far teSting. Dciring the prOjeCt, She WaS alSO WaS reSpOnSible far prOjeCt tracking and coordinating COmpleX SChedLlleS.
[email protected], 562-637-4491
Allison O'Neal
Ms. O'Neal is an environmental professional with specialized experience in site assessment, subsurface investigation, and due diligence reporting. She is responsible for performing site reconnaissance, reviewing regulatory agency records and historical documents, interpreting evidence related to historical land use, monitoring soil management, collecting data (soil, @roundwater,soil vapor sampling, etc.), and generatin@ maps for soil boring/well logs, @roundwater gradients, and hydrocarbon iso-concentrations. She also oversees drilling and groundwater monitoring Well installations, writes reports for Phase I and II Environmental Site ASSeSSmentS (ESAs), and ensures that groundwater monitoring reports meet regulatory agency standards.
[email protected], 858-583-7763
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3 PROJECT UNDERSTANDING
The City was awarded a $500,000 US EPA
Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment
Grant and is working with project partner RSG.
The project will focus on three tar@et areas,
Tweedy Boulevard, Hollydale Village, and the
Gateway District to increase housing supply
and revitalize these once thriving
neighborhoods.
In order to better understand the needs and
goals of the City and RSG we have reviewed,
in detail, the documents listed to the right.
In addition to RSG, the selected Qualified
Environmental Professional (QEP), and
community engagement specialist, the project will include members of the community and stakeholders such as: South Gate Community Health Action Team, South Gate Chamber of Commerce, Tweedy Mile Association, and Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation.
SCS is prepared to engage with all project members and stakeholders in order to support project success and equitable outcomes.
We also understand that an expedited project schedule is of significant importance to the City. Our knowledge of the local area, previous project experience within the City and within the target areas, and our previocis experience on US EPA Grant projects will allow SCS to hitthe ground running and help achieve the City's execcition goals.
In addition to the former Mondo Chrome Site discussed above, we have conducted preliminary research on the identified priority sites. As summary of our findings is provided below.
Gateway District Target Area
8610 Atlantic Avenue - As already noted in the Workplan, this 3.3-acre site has historically been a shipping and distribution facility and is situated across the street from a facility with a known PCE release. Given historical onsite operations and known regional contamination, additional investigation at this site is likely warranted.
4909 Mason Street - This O.31-acre site is currently owned by the City and is used for the City's water division. While the address is associated with an adjoining structure to the socith, the City's yard is currently undeveloped. It is situated immediately to the south of a railroad right-of-way, is in an area surrounded by auto body shops, and is one block north of the former Mondo Chrome facility.
Two gas stations located at the intersection between Atlantic Avenue and Firestone Boulevard have had known fuel releases from USTs. One of those facilities, Arco #1289, installed a groundwater monitoring well (MW-27) in the Neville Avenue right-of-way, immediately west of the 4909 Mason Street site. Based on preliminary information reviewed, additional investigation may be warranted at this site.
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Tweedy Boulevard Target Area
2700 Tweedy Boulevard - SCS is familiar with the environmental history of the Former Genera Motors (GM) site, having done past Phase I ESAand additional investigation at the adjoinin@ West Side Reservoir property situated across the street to the north. Large portions of the former GM site have been redeveloped into a middle school, a high school, school recreation facilities, and commercial/industrial warehouse buildings. Given the complex historical industrial operations, the Phase I ESA conducted on portions of the Tormer GM site will require careful review of voluminous past investigations to assess potential impacts at prospective redevelopment areas. Additional Phase II site investigation at the areas targeted for redevelopment will likely be warranted.
Hollydale Target Area
13050 Paramount Boulevard - This 1.33-acre former grocery store site is currently vacant. It is situated across the street to the north of Hi-Tech Cleaners Plus (Hi-Tech; 13100 Paramount Boulevard), a permitted dry cleaning facility. Based on a review of AQMD permit records, in 2015, HiTech was issued permits to operate petroleum solvent dry cleaning equipment. In 2005, a prior business operating under the name Hi-Tech Cleaners #1 was issued a permit to operate petroleum solvent dry cleaning equipment at this same location. In 1982, Lee's Antiques was permitted to operate a solvent spray booth at 13180 Paramount Boulevard, one block south-southwest of the ta rget site.
The Former Anandite South Gate Facility located more than 1.15 miles northwest o( the 13050 Paramount Boulevard site installed its most downgradient monitoring well (MW-61) one block directly to the west of the site, in the Hoover Avenue right-of-way. According to the most recent groundwater monitoring report for the Anandite facility, groundwater flow direction in the area is to the southeast and chlorinated VOCs have been detected in MW-61 at low concentrations, below California Drinking Water Maximcim Contaminant Levels (MCLs). The available information suggests that additional investigation at 13050 Paramount Boulevard may be warranted, but it is a promising site for potential redevelopment.
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The City of South Gate is in a prime position to kickstart the economic revitalization of the Gateway District, Tweedy Boulevard, and Hollydale areas through the successful implementation of this Brownfields Assessment Grant (Grant). The SCS team works collaboratively with our clients to identify and characterize site environmental conditions, foster community buy-in, and create mechanisms for the actual redevelopment to occur. This can be achieved by evaluating brownfields inventories t'or more 'shovel ready' projects that could become project proofs.
We have been in engaged in the fcill life-cycle of the redevelopment process, offen throeigh tl"ie lens of the US EPA Brownfields Grant program. We have had the pleascire of working with Brownfields grantees on redevelopment planning, technical tasks, partnership development, and seeking additional funding sources. We look Torvvard to helping you achieve your goals for target area revitalization through site assessments, commcinity engagement, and site-specific cleanup analysis and planning.
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SCOPE OF WORK
Having recently developed Specific Plans for the three target areas and through your current Brownfields Grant, the City has created momentum for successful brownfields redevelopment. Your vision will lay the grocindwork for catalytic infill development in the target areas. The SCS Team is well qualified to execute the RFP-prescribed work scope. The RFP identified a series of tasks summarized below. We have proven project experience for each of these tasks and are also experienced at citilizing @rant fcinding in innovative ways as the project progresses.
We are prepared to tailor our services to maximize site evaluation and investigation with the resources allotted for by your Grant.
Target Areas and Brownfield Site Selection
The SCS team will work with the City to build databases of affordable housing sites in the City's Housing Element as well as known and potentially contaminated sites in the City's general commercial/industrial areas, with special focus on the three target areas. The objective will be to develop housing and brownfield site inventories that facilitate constructive commcinity engagement and identification of priority sites to be evaluated durin@ the later phases of the Grant implementation.
The purpose of the inventories is to identify properties within the three target areas where assessment, investigation, and plannin@ money may be spent most effectively. Where the end @oal includes the development of new housing, a successful inventory process will be essential to ensure that investigation resources are focused on sites where that development is most likely to be achieved and not wasted on sites so environmentally burdened as to make redevelopment unlikely within the timeframe demanded by the Economic Development Strategy and Housing Element.
We will work with City and community partners to identify initial inventories oF properties, develop a GIS database, and assist in the preparation of site selection matrices for City and US EPA review and approva .
For the database of known and potentially contaminated sites, the SCS team will use publicly available resources such as:
* The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) EnviroStor database * The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) GeoTracker database * The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Facility Information Detail (FIND) data base
The California EPA (CalEPA) Regulated Site Porta
* Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) Health Hazardous Materials Division (HHMD) and Site Mitigation Unit (SMU) information
* The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) Online File Review website We will also be able to leverage internal SCS records from extensive past work in the City and private enterprise site-screening tools (LightBox Environmental Data Resources).
Our review of readily available information suggests that there are many potential candidate propenies, and our team iS Well ctualified tO aSSiSt the City and community in screening and ranking sites, using databases that include key site information (site name and address, Assessor's Parcel Number(s), size (in acres), property owner and operator information, and regulatory history. We wil 43 218
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use eligibility and ranking criteria to evaluate each property and assign priority values to each site.
The primary ranking criteria may include: 1) location within in relation to the three City target areas; 2) the nature and extent of known or potential contaminants; 3) the relative risk ofimminent threat to hciman health and the environment; and, 4) property redevelopment potential to meet City goals related to development of new hocising and creation of a multimodal, mixed-use, transit-oriented community.
The evaluation of the redevelopment potential for a property will initially require collaboration between the SCS technical personnel and City staff, blending the skills of all team members to properly evaluate each candidate site. We envision that database development and site prioritization process will yield a list of prospective redevelopment sites, and basis for having ruled out other sites, to be used in the community engagement process.
Community Need and Engagement
The databases and screeninginformation will become integral tools while soliciting input from the public and educating the community on the challenges, and even constraints, to successful brownfield site redevelopment. Community engagement must balance stakeholder needs and desires with the technical limitations and resource capacity to achieve the most fulfillin@ project outcome.
SCS is well equipped to partner on the commcinity needs and engagement task. We have provided technical support to engagement specialists, cities, developers, and non-profits to solicit stakeholder input, educate and inform interested parties, and incorporate feedback. In concert, the community engagement and site screening processes will yield nominations of sites with the highest-ranked eligibility for additional assessment and investigation.
We will attend City Council meetings, stakeholder meetings, and quarterly Advisory Committee meetings, aS Well aS prepare quarterly reports tO the City and itS Coinmunity Engagement Consultant.
TheSe progress reports Will provide general and technical information, with the understanding the information may be used to update interested parties throu@h media relations, social media outreach, and websites.
We anticipate the community need and engagement process will refine the list oF prospective redevelopment sites and inform site prioritization.
Project Implementation and Reporting
The site prioritization information will ciltimately inform the next phase of the project, which wi include site-specific assessment and, where appropriate, investigation. Those sites selected for fureher evaluation will undergo, with owner consent, a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I ESA). Based on the Phase I ESA findings, additional Phase II investigation will be conducted.
A Phase II scope of work can vary widely, but is tailored to investigate and characterize the extent of potential contaminants oF concern.
Phase I ESAs,Phase II Site Investigations, and Site Eligibility/Determination Checklists will be prepared.
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Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)
SCS has completed thousands of Phase I ESAs, each with a goal or identifying Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) and therefore better understanc potential environmental liabilities at a site. The nature and extent of such liabi (as well as associated costs) are normally not defined until later phases of Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) and therefore better understanding potential environmental liabilities at a site. The nature and extent of such liabilities (as well as associated costs) are normally not defined until later phases of investigation have been performed. The Phase I ESA scope of work is generally in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard E1527-21 and 40 CFR 312, the applicable standards for All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI).
Written Phase I ESA reports summarize site assessment findings, explain the development of conclusions, and provide recommendations relating to potential environmental liabilities. Current and/or proposed future uses of sites will be important considerations when developing recommendations. If RECs are identified during the evaluation and preparation of the Phase I ESA report, SCS will communicate these findings and a Phase II Investigation will be recommended.
Unless otherwise specified, Phase I ESA reports are typically completed approximately 3 to 4 weeks following notification to proceed; more complicated sites (e4. numerous tenants, long industrial history, etc.) can take up to 6 weeks. The Phase I ESAs will typically be completed by a qualified staff member, with quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC)review by a senior Environmental Professional (EP). To better support your grant programmatic needs, SCS has developed a Phase I ESA Executive Summary format that translates directly into ACRES entry required by USEPA.
The RFP anticipates that ll sites could be identified for Phase I ESAs. Based on SCS' extensive experience with the Phase I ESA process and the allocated budget, we think that as many as 13 sites could be selected for this assessment.
Phase II Environmental Site Investigation (Phase II)
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The SCS Team will perform Phase II ESAs according to ASTM standard E1903, which pertains to assessing commercial property with respect to the potentia presence and extent of a range o( contaminants. The full characterization of a site can be an iterative process designed to rule in or out tl'ie presence of contaminants and then develop a site conceptual model useful in evaluating potential remedia action costs. The Phase II process represents a core SCS service area, and we have included key teaming partners to comprehensively support any needed Phase II task. They may include investigation of soil, soil vapor, groundwater, indoor air, building materials, etc.
The US EPA Brownfield Grant protocol requires a series of plans to facilitate Phase II projects including:
* Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP);
* Sampling and Analysis Plan (SAP);
* Unanticipated Discovery Plan (UDP); and,
* Work Plan, includin@ a Health and Safety Plan (HASP).
The noted plans require review and approval by the City, the US EPA, and potentially other involved regulatory agencies. In select instances, it may be advisable to meet with the LACDPW, LACFD, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB),DTSC,and/or the City departments to clarify agency roles and protocol with respect to Phase II investigations.
The Phase II ESA work may additionally address ACMs, LBP, mold, and universal waste (UW). SCS recently completed such a comprehensive Phase II ESAand buildin@ materials survey under a US EPA Brownfield Grant For the Stone Lock facility in West Sacramento (see project description on page 45 220
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8). That work included preparation of a QAPP, SAP, UDP, and Work Plan docciments for Client and US EPA review and approval as required by the West Sacramento US EPA Brownfield Community-wide Grant.
The RFP anticipates six Phase II reports will be prepared. Since Phase II scope of work can vary widely based on the findings of a Phase I ESA and site-specific conditions, there may be some sites that require relatively little Phase II investigation sufficient to rule out the presence of contaminants.
At other sites, one or more Phase II scope of work may be necessary to adequately characterize the extent of contamination. As noted earlier, SCS will work with our Grant partners to develop investigation approaches in an iterative process in ways that account for both budget and speed, and maximize the Grant resources.
Remedial/Reuse Planning, Measuring Environmental Results, Reporting, and Project Closeout
We understand that four sites will be selected for further work following the Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) format. This approach is a type of feasibility study, using technical and economic analyses of proposed environmental response activities to recommend an appropriate action in mitigating a brownfields property. The ABCA documents will be prepared in accordance with requirements of the applicable oversight agencies, whether the DTSC,LARWQCB, and/or the LACFD SMU. Remedial measures will consider cleanup alternatives that incorporate green and sustainable remedial techniques, and possible climate change impacts.
Dependingupon the status of sites chosenfor PhaseII Investigation and/or cleanup planning, we understand regulatory agency coordination will be important, presumably under a Voluntary Cleanup Agreement. scs routinely works with DTSC,LARWQCB,LACFDSMU,and Other reeulatory authorities in such arrangements, resulting in efficient and cost-effective remediation and closure of sites throughout California, including in South Gate. It is important to note that matching a proposed remedy with the property end use or development plan will help with the remedy selection, risk evaluation, and ultimate project implementation process.
Redevelopment/Reuse Planning and Toolbox
The SCS Team offers South Gate the breadth of experience necessary to develop and implement a creative approach for specific parcels. Some particcilar elements for reuse planning offered by the SCS Team include:
* Developmentof a Brownfield Master Work Plan and/or project area-wide site management plan (SMP) that identifies and characterizes hazardous and potentially hazardous materials for the purposes of identifying priority properties; * Conducting due diligence using AB 440 (Gatto Act), to compel clean-cip of the sites by the responsible parties in the target area; and
* Creating a dedicated funding source for these endeavors.
This approach may be applied to particular parcels or across the region. The SCS Team is prepared to evaluate sites with respect to health and environmental risk, cleanup alternative identification and COSt eStimating, StakehOlder and regulatOry OutreaCh and dialogue, infrastructurei architectural, structural and seismic conditions, planning, compliance with CEQA and NEPA, and regulatory and legal issues. The planning efforts will rely upon and collaboration with City personnel about which redevelopment tools to apply and the timing of their application. 46 221
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Programmatic Support
As part of our support to South Gate, SCS can provide information to inform any US EPA programmatic reporting. We are experienced in all aspects of US EPA requirements, such as quarterly progress reports, and will contribute as needed.
SCSwill maintain thorou@h and accurate project documentation throughout the duration of the contract. These records, in conjcinction with, or separate from the GIS database, will be provided to the City to allow compliance with Grant conditions, and regulatory agency requirements. In addition, SCS is prepared to support with ACRES database, Minority Business Enterprises/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) utilization, Federa Financial Reports (FFR), and in regular calls with the City's US EPA Project Officer. 4 SCHEDULE
SCS is prepared to begin the project as soon as it is awarded and execute the project in a timely manner. We understand the City's goal to complete the Grant tasks as expeditiously as possible and are committed to implementing the tasks under our control without delay. In the calendar provided here, we have inclcided assumptions that the City, US EPA, and other stakeholders will complete their tasks on a similarly ambitious schedule. We assume the project would be awarded by March 10, 2023. With regard to US EPA review, we assume the agency will respond to workplans and reports within 30 to 60 days. However, it has been our experience that US EPA review can take between 60 days and 6 months, depending on staff availability.
Year Quarter Quarterly
Report Due
Milestones and Deliverables Due with Quarterly
Report
2023 Jsl/2nd June 30'h @ Issue RFP
* Select contractor
* Datobase development (affordable
housing and commercial/industrial areas)
* Create master list of known and po'tentially
contaminated sites
* Develop selection criteria and site
prioritization process
* Develop Community Involvement Plan
* Community kick-off meeting
* Webpage development
* Attend City Council, stakeholder, and
Advisory Committee meetings
* Provide monthly updates
2023 3td/ 4rh September 31tl
and December
3 j it
* Continue Community Engagement process
* Refine selection criteria and site
prioritizotion process
* Identify initial sites for assessment based on
final selection criteria
* Prepare list of ranked sites
* Prepore site eligibility forms
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* Phase I ESA reports prepared
and submitted
2024 j sl March 3 l it * US EPA Review of Phase I ESAs
* Preparation of Generic Quality Assurance
Project Plan (QAPPs)
* Determine Phase II investigation sites
* Preparation of Sampling and Analysis Plans
(SAPs), Unanticipated Discovery Plans
(UDPs), and Phase II Workplans (including
Health and Safety Plans [HASPs])
* Preparation of Site-Specific QAPPs
2024 2nd/3td June 30'h and
September 30'h
* Phase II site investigations
* Submittal of Phase II reports
* US EPA Review of Phase II Reports
2024
411i December 3 l s' * Prepare Analysis of Brownfields Cleonup Alternatives (ABCA) Cleanup Strategy
Plans
* Final ACRES Reporting
* Preparation of Final Report
Ongoing * Update webpage
* Community Outreach
* ACRES Reporting
Ongoing * Seek Remediation Funding
* Seek Development Funding
5 TIME ALLOCATION AND FEE SCHEDULE
As part of our time allocation and costs, we have followed the Task format described in the Brownfields Grant Workplan. Overall, we believe that the budget allocated overall is sufficient to completed the scope of work according to the contemplated schedule. The RFP contemplates a Citywide inventory and creation of a database of impacted sites, which may be ambitious considering the budget and schedule. However, SCS would work with the City and proponents to further refine the scope of the inventory or re-allocate some budget to meet the objectives.
Note that SCS will use local (Long Beach) staff to complete all field work, therefore, only local travel would be necessary. SCS's Long Beach office is located approximately 20 minutes from the City of South Gate.
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Senior Project Professional II 9 $160 $1,440
Senior Project Manager II 12 $230 $2,760
Project Director I 3 $265 $795
Task I Total: $4,995 (24 hours)
Task 2 - Site Inventory & Community Outreach - QEP Support Staff Professional II 30 $122 $3,660
Senior Project Professional II 43.5 $160 $6,960
Senior Project Manager II 35 $230 $8,050
Project Director I 5 $265 $1,325
Tack 2 TOtal: $19,995 (rLl3.5 HOURS)
11 Environmental Site Assessments (Phase I ESAs)
Environmental Database and Historical
Information
11 $345 $3,795
Administrative/Secretarial (Graphics) 11 $85 $935
Staff Professional II 112 $122 $13,664
Project Professional II gg $140 $13,860
Senior Project Professional II 85.5 $160 $13,680
Senior Project Manager II 33 $230 $7,590
Project Director I 5.5 $265 $1,457.50
Phase I ESAs Total: $54,981.50 ($4,99E,32 per site)
Six Phase II Investigations
Geophysical Clearance Subcontractor 6 (days) $800/site $4,800 Drilling Scibcontractors 6 (days) $7,200/site $43,200
Laboratory Subcontractors 6 (days) $8,775/site $52,650
TOtal Subcontrat,tors - $100,650 ($16,775 per Site)
Field Equipment (PID, Hand Auger, Sampling
Equipment, Etc.)
6 (days) $400/site $2,400
CAD Drafter 36 $108 $3,888
Staff Professional II 180 $122 $21,960
Project Professional II 90 $140 $12,600
Senior Project Professional II 48 $160 $7,680
Senior Project Manager II 96 $230 $22,080
Project Director I 30 $265 $7,950
SC:SPersonnel Total: $78,558
Phase II Total: $179,208
Generic QAPP
Administrative/Secretarial (Graphics) 3 $85 $255
Project Professional I 34 $140 $4,760
Senior Project Manager II 6 $230 $1,380
Project Director I 6 $265 $1,590
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Generic QAPP Total: $7,985
Six Site-Specific QAPPs
Administrative/Secretarial (Graphics) 12 $85 $1,020
Project Professional I 70.5 $140 $9,870
Senior Project Manager II 24 $230 $5,520
Project Director I " 6 $265 $1,590
Site-Specific QAPPs Total: $18,000
Remedial/Reuse Planning at Four Sites
CAD Drafter 23 $108 $2,484
Staff Professional II 62 $122 $7,564
Senior Project Professional II 128 $160 $20,480
Senior Project Manager II 128 $230 $29,440
Senior Project Manager II 128 $230 $29,440
Project Director I 64 $265 $16,960
Principal 24 $315 $7,560
Remedial/Reuse PlanningTotal: $113,928 ($28,$82 persite) ProjectTotal: $399,093
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Fee Schedule - O'l Long Beach ES
(Effective April 1, 2022 through March 3i2023)
Rate/Hour
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Project Professional II....
Project Professional Ill
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Senior Project Professional II
Senior Project Professional Ill..
Project Manager I.
Project Manager II
Project Manager Ill
Senior Certified Industrial Hygienist.......
Senior Project Managerl.
Senior Project Manager II...
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General Terms
1. Scheduled rates are effective through March 31, 2023. Work performed thereafter is subject to a new Fee Schedule.
2. Costs for outside consultants and subcontractors, equipment/supplies, and for job-related employee travel and subsistence, are billed at actual cost plus a 15 percent administrative fee.
3. Charges for SCS field equipment and instruments will be in accordance with SCS's Field Equipment Rental Rates Schedule in effect at the time the work is performed. Company trucks 51 226
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are charged at $65 for up to a half day (4 hours) of use, and $115 for up to a full day (company cars at $53/$94). These charges incorporate an allowance of 100 miles pe2ob per day; a $0.37 per mile surcharge is applied for additional miles. Vehicle charges for long-term and/or highmileage projects may be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
4. Invoices will be prepared monthly or more frequently for work in progress, unless otherwise agreed. Invoices are due and payable upon receipt. Invoices not paid within 30 days are subject to a service charge of 1.5 percent per month on the unpaid balance.
5. Payment of SCS invoices for services performed will not be contingent upon the client's receipt of payment from other parties, unless otherwise agreed in writing. Client agrees to pay legal costs, including attorney's fees, incurred by SCS in collecting any amounts past due and owing on client's accounts.
6. For special situations such as expert court testimony and limited consultation, hourly rates will be on an individually ne@otiated basis.
7. Hourly rates for Principals will be on an individually negotiated basis. Typically, these rates are $298 for Principals, $315/hour for Vice Presidents, $365/hour for Senior Vice Presidents, and $380/hour for Senior Executives.
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Appendix A
Proposal Certification Form
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
CITY OF SOUTH GATE - US EPA 2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELDS
ASSESSMENT GRANT PROJECT
NOTE: PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURE BLOCKS ARE COMPLETED. FAILURE TO SIGN THIS FORM WILL RENDER PROPOSAL INV ALID.
Issue Date: January 17, 2023
Issuing Agent:
City of South Gate
8650 California Street
South Gate, CA 90280
Proposal Due Date: Monday, February 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.
Proposal Directed To: Dena Fuentes
Electronic Email
Submission Only:
[email protected]
In compliance with this Request for Proposal and to all conditions imposed herein, the undersigned offers and agrees to furnish the services in accordance with the attached signed proposal or as mutually agreed upon by subsequent negotiation. By signature hereto, the proponent certifies that all representations and certifications contained in its proposal are complete and accurate as required.
Name of Firm:
SCS Engineers
Address of Firm:
3900 Kilroy Airport Way # 100, Long Beach, CA 90806
Contact Name:
Julio Nuno
Signature: 24
Title: v
Senior Vice President
Date:
2/1 3/2023
Phone Number:
(562) 637-4524
Email Address:
[email protected]
Federal Employee ID
Number: (if
applicable)
Federal I.D. Number: 54-0913440
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Appendix B
One-Page Resumes
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J. JUSTIN RAUZON, REPA
Education
MEM - Environmental Management, Duke University, 2014
BS - Zoology (Double Emphasis: Hciman and Marine Biology), Brigham Young University, 2004
Professional Licenses
Registered Environmental Property Assessor (REPA), National Registry of Environmental Professionals (No. 485639)
Justin Rauzon, REPA
Professional Experience
Mr. Rauzon has more than 16 years of environmental services experience, all with SCS. Fluent in Spanish, Mr. Rauzon is an SCS Project Manager with a diverse background in biological and environmental sciences, and regularly performs environmental assessments and compliance audits at sites in the u.s. and in Latin America. He has technical and management experience with soil, soi vapor, and groundwater investigations at industrial, commercial, landfill, greenfield, and residential properties. He has extensive experience with environmental laws and regulations in both the u.s. and Mexico. His work experience includes all project phases, from development of cost estimates for various site assessment and cleanup programs to implementing remediation programs and interfacing with regulatoryagencies. His experience with and understandin@ of these issues led to his appointment as a National Partner in Environmental Due Diligence in 2021.
Due Diligence Assessments of Properties Prior to Real Estate Transfer of Properties in California, Arizona, New Jersey, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Mr. Rauzon has completed numerous due diligence assessments of properties prior to acquisition, disposition, or loan financing by investment banks, insurance companies, corporations, non-profit entities, real estate developers, and private parties. Projects have inclcided Phase I assessments that meet federal All Appropriate Investigation (AAI) regulations, American Society far Testing and Materials (ASTM) StandardSl and Client-SpeCifiC gLlidelineS; inSpeCtiOnS far aSbeStOS and lead-baSed paint; Phase II investigations; preparation of abatement and remediation cost estimates; and regulatory agency coordination. These projects freqeiently ii"ivolve review of previous environmental reports and investigation of current and past on-site operations, regulatory agency records searches, evaluation of historical property use information, identification of nearby potentially contaminated sites, and development of appropriate conclusions abocit environmental risks. Investigations involve preparation of work plans, soil boring and subsequent sampling, groundwater well installation and sampling, soil gas probe installation and sampling, precision mapping, evaluation of contaminants in accordance with regulatory requirements or generally accepted guidelines, preparation of investigation report, and analysis of applicable remedial alternatives. Mr. Rauzon has served as the PrOjeCt Manager far SiteS that haVe received regulatory closure from various regulatory agencies.
Project Manager for Hazardous Materials Consulting Services in Support of the State Route 91 Corridor Improvement Project in Orange and Riverside Counties, CA. SCS services included sampling and inventory of potentially hazardous materials associated with more than 25 bridges along the SR-91 and 1-15 freeways; environmental assessments on properties within the proposed (reevvay expansion area; and soil testing for herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides on several land parcels.
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JULIO A. NUNO, REP A, CESCO
Education
MS - Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, 1982 BS - Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 1979 Specialty Certifications
Registered Environmental Property ASSeSSOr (REPA), National RegiStry Of Environmental Professionals (No. 443198)
Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer (CESCO), National Registry of Environmental Professionals (No. 265109)
Professional Experience
Mr. Nuno has over 40 years of environmental services experience, all with SCS, and extensive expertise in property evaluation and due diligence; site assessment, investigation, and remediation; underground storage tank (UST) assessment, upgrading, removal, and leakage cleanup; and hazardous waste management. In particular, he has conducted a significant amount of work in the City of South Gate, extending back to the City's acquisition of the property currently cised by the Depanment Of PubliC WOrkS. He WOrkS extensivelY With regulatory agencies,full7 understands regulations pertaining tO petroleum hydrOCarbOnS and hazardous WaSte, and haS WOrked On numerous projects associated with Brownfield sites and real estate transactions to assess the potential for releases, characterize releases of contaminants to soil, soil vapor, and groundwater, implement remedial measures, and develop cost estimates for assessing and mitigating impacts. As SCS Senior Vice President responsible for Environmental Services in Southern California, Arizona, and Nevada, Mr. Nuno has directed SCS's contributions to a number of major projects, including construction of the Staples Center (now known as the Crypto.com Arena) and the Phoenix Awardwinning Chesterfield Square project, both in Los Angeles, CA.
City of South Gate Department of Public Works, South Gate, CA. Following failed Senate Bill 989 (SB 989) highlighting fueling syStem teStS and emergency USTS, SCS performed evaluations Of existing installations to identify the necessary upgrades. As Project Manager, Mr. Nuno interfaced with the City of South Gate and regulatory agency personnel for several projects providing recommendations for upgrading underground tank installations, preparing and reviewing plans and specifications, providing assistance during the bidding process, conducting oversight during installation, collecting soil samples aS pan Of closures, and preparing closure reports.
For Staples Center/LA Live in Los Angeles, served as Project Director for assessment and cleanup of properties acquired as part of the support area (parking lots, future hotels, and other support operations). This project inclcided Phase I ESAs of properties on several blocks surrounding the Staples Center, implementation of subsurface investigations to assess potential contaminants from past on-site operations to soil and groundwater, risk evaluation and negotiation of cleanup levels with regulatory agencies, and implementation and oversight during remediation.
Former Miller Way Landfill, Closure and Removal of Soil Stockpile from Former Gun Range, South Gate, CA. On behalf of the City of South Gate, Mr. Nuno assisted with the closure of a former inert refuse landfill, which included preparation of a grading plan for the facility, quality assurance as part of the grading process, and installation of drainage structures while maintaining communication with the LOSAngeles RWQCB. FOllOWing an inSpectiOn by DTSC, an enforcement order WaS iSSued tO remove a stockpile of soil contaminated with lead. Under Mr. Nuno's direction, the soil was characterized and disposed of in a cost-effective manner. A final report was submitted to DTSC, leading to issuance of a no further action letter regarding the soils. 57 232
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ASHLEY P. HUTCHENS, REPA, CESCO
Education
BS - Environmental Science (emphasis in Biology), Minor in Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, 2000
Speciolty Certifications
Registered Environmental Property Assessor (REPA) National Registry of Environmental Professionals (No. 940424)
Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer (CESCO), National Registry of Environmental Professionals (No. 130958)
Professional Experience
Ms. Hutchens has over 20 years of environmental services experience, all with SCS. She has extensive experience in property evaluation and due diligence; site assessment, characterization, and remediation; vapor intrusion assessment and mitigation; and hazardocis waste management. As a Vice President of SCS, she currently leads the Environmental Services Practice for the Long Beach and Las Vegas offices. She has led hundreds of projects, including all phases, from the development of cost estimates for site assessment, mitigation, and remediation, to grocindwater monitoring and sampling, preparation and review of final reports, interfacing with regulatory agencies, and management of all aspects of projects, staff, and various subcontractors.
EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant, Coalition Community-Wide Assessment in California. Under an EPA Coalition Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment Grant, Ms. Hutchens has led ongoing Phase I ESAs in accordance with the AAI standard and ASTM E1527-2013 Standards. The work includes providing technical assistance for the uploading of reports and data to the EPA's Assessment, Cleanup, and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES database).
Due Diligence Investigations of Manufacturing Facility, Torrance, CA. SCS conducted a series of assessments, inclhiding a Phase I ESA and various site investigations that provided sufficient information to identify the environmental issues and business risks and to facilitate the client's successful sale of the property. A number of RECs, including former and existing underground fue storage tanks, a machine shop, wastewater treatment sumps and a clarifier, chemical storage, and chlorinated solvent degreasing operations, were identified. As Project Manager, Ms. Hutchens managed activities that included shallow and deep soil and soil vapor investigations, groundwater sampling, a geophysical survey and excavations to find an existing diesel UST previously closed in place, removal of the UST, remedial excavations under Torrance Fire Department oversight to obtain UST closure, a workplan submitted to the Los Angeles RWQCB, installation of an SVE system and monitoring wells, a long-term SVE pilot test, an SVE Pilot Test Report, and recommendations for further SVE.
Site Assessment of 37-Acre Industrial Site, Glendale, CA. SCS conducted expedited due diligence assessinent of a large industrial site, including Phase I and Phase II Investigation services. She developed a scope of work to investigate various historical operations that had potential to impact the subsurface. The site was located in a Superfund area, where a determination that the site was not a contributor to impacted groundwater was imperative. Investigation included soil and soil vapor sampling, as well as wipe sampling of hydraulic fluids associated with various equipment for analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), in order to evaluate disposal costs. Upon purchase by the client, Ms. Hutchens managed the removal of USTs and clarifiers, to allow for successful redevelopment of the property by the client.
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DANIEL E. JOHNSON, VICE PRESIDENT
Education
MS - Environmental Studies, California State University, Fullerton, 1986 BA - Economics, University of California, San Diego, 1982 Professional Affiliations
Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana Council - Executive Board Member; Founding Co-Chair - Redevelopment and Reuse Product Council; Member, ULI National - Redevelopment Council National Brownfields Conference - Member, Organizing Committee (2019) Advisory Board and Memberships - Over 20 Memberships/Advisory Boards/Board of Directors Professional Experience
Mr. Johnson, a Vice President of SCS Engineers, is an environmental professional with over 30 years of experience in over 20 states, including Nevada where he has worked on multi-million dollar investigations and cleancip of sites with NDEP oversight. He has managed and conducted over 3,000 Phase I and Phase II investigations; overseen remediation at over 200 sites; and managed and directed brownfields assessment and remediation activities on over 200 projects/sites. A nationally recognized brownfields expert and author, his experience includes the active management of a dozen EPA Brownfields contracts involving 200+ discrete projects. His EPA grant experience is comprehensive: grant management, outreach, planning, Phase I/IIs, cleanup alternatives and reuse plans, as well inventories and site selection.
Mr. Johnson is well known for his expertise in real estate repositioning and risk management. A seasoned investor with extensive property holdings, Mr. Johnson has developed brownfields redevelopment strategies and pro@rams for single assets, one-off transactions, and entire pomolios of contaminated properties with market values in excess of $100 million. More recently, he was the principal strategist behind "SCS Secure," the SCS program that offers risk transfer options to clients with environmentally impaired assets. Mr. Johnson's experience includes real estate development and repositioning includes cleanup and reuse planning as well as disposition strategies. Notable projects that Mr. Johnson has been involved in are described below.
Brownfields and EPA Grant Experience
City of West Sacramento, West Sacramento, CA. Mr. Johnson served as Project Director and Principal-in-Charge for one brownfield grant and three master services agreements far the City. The work included Phase Is, Phase IIs, cleanup and strategic planning, as well inventories and/or an "Area Wide Assessment," as well as grant management assistance. In addition, Mr. Johnson provided strategic and transition planning for the Pioneer Bkiff deindustrialization and transition to mixed use development.
City of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA. Mr. Johnson served as Project Director for an EPA brownfields grant project that assessed a 75 acre project area near downtown Sacramento. Work included an inventory of brownfields sites as well as a survey ofinfrastructure. Data was presented in textual as well as GIS formats. The project was presented as a successful case study at the regional EPA brownfields conference and is a critical step to deindustrialization and redevelopment planning. 59 234
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JAMES G. RITCHIE, PG, QSD
Education
MS - Geology, University of Colorado, 1985; Fulbright Scholar Candidate, 1984 BA - Geology, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1980 Professional Licenses and Certifications
Professional Geologist, California (No. 4974)
Qualified Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Developer (QSD), California (No. GO4974) Professional Experience
Mr. Ritchie is a registered Professional Geologist in California with over 36 years of consulting and site environmental site investigation and restoration experience throughout the Western United States. Mr. Ritchie has led numerocis Brownfields site assessment and redevelopment projects, including US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Grant work, under Voluntary Cleancip Agreements (VCAs) with the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), as well as under the California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act (CLRRA). The Brownfields redevelopment projects have resulted in sciccessfcil revitalization of numerous chemically impaired properties into commercial, mixed-use, and residential developments. Notable Brownfields projects in which Mr. Ritchie has been involved are described hereafter.
Project Manager/Director, On-CallServices Brownfields Area Assessments and Redevelopment, West Sacramento, CA. Two separate EPA Grants funded work in support of the City of West Sacramento in redevelopment of the Pioneer Bluff and Stone Lock areas, including strategic planning and consulting, safety planning, Phase I and It ESAs, Cleanup Plan preparation, Community Outreach, Brownfield Grant Programmatic support, lead based paint and asbestos containing materials scirveys, oversight of site and area cleanup, and regulatory agency interaction and negotiation. Area is being deindustrialized and subject to infrastructure upgrades to facilitate mixeduse, water front redevelopment along the Sacramento River. Also provided technical support during joint meetings between West Sacramento and Sacramento as part of the Broadway Bridge planning efforts. Project currently focuses upon evaluating hazards (structciral, materials, safety) associated with Stone Lockand developin@ a comprehensive Safety Planto enable safe site access by the public,whilesecuringthefacilityfromtransientpopulation'sentryintothefacility. Workbeganin 2008 and is ongoing.
Project Manager, Riverfront Reuse Planning for Petroleum Contaminated Brownfield Sites EPA Brownfields Grant 10 #BF 00T29301, Riverfront Area, Sacramento, CA. Supported the City of Sacramento (City) Economic Development Department by conducting a detailed Brownfields inventory of approximately 46 parcels of land located in the western part of the City along Sacramento River (Project Area). The work included a series of tasks designed to thoroughly inventory each parcel and identify obstacles to future cleanup and development under an aggressive schedule. SCS designed and completed individual information sheets for each parcel, developed an aerial map showing parcel boundaries, utilities, and easements, and summarized parcel-specific information in an Excel spreadsheet. SCS also conveyed the parcel and infrastructure information into a Geographic Information System (GIS) database, prepared a series of GIS-based maps showing parcel attributes, and is preparin@a Summary Reportfor use bythe City in evaluatin@possible redevelopment options and obstacles.
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CHAD JENKINS, EIT, CEM
Education
BS - Environmental Biology and Management, University of California, Davis, 2005
MS - Environmental Engineering, California State University, Fullerton, 2014 Specialty Certifications
Engineer in Training (EIT) - Civil, California
Certified Environmental Manager, Nevada (CEM No. 2419)
Professional Experience
Mr. Jenkins is an environmental engineer (EIT) and Certified Environmental Manager (CEM) with more than 16 years of experience in providing consulting services, managing environmental liabilities, and maintaining regulatory compliance for clients. He specializes in the investigation and remediation of soil, soil vapor, and groundwater contamination, and is experienced with the manageinent Of project portfolios in various manufacturing and Oil/gaS SeCtOrS. Investigation activities have included planning and workplan preparation, regulatory and right-of-way permitting, soil sampling and geologic classification, drilling oversight, groundwater sampling, well installation, and incorporation of high-resolcition investigation technologies, such as cone penetration testing (CPT), and membrane interface probe (MIP) and ultra-violet optical screening tool (UVOST) assessments. On remediation projects, he has implemented technologies that include soil vapor extraction (SVE), groundwater extraction (GWE), air-sparging, dual-phase extraction (DPE), vacuumenhanced extraction, in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), In-situ chemical reduction (ISCR), oxygen releasing compounds (ORC), soil mixing and stabilization, enhanced bioremediation, injection of colloidal carbon amendments, electrical resistance heating (ERH), large-diameter auger excavations, and over-excavation.
Equitable Community Revitalization Grants (Brownfields Grants) - Vineland Family Housing, Los Angeles, CA; Euclid and Magnolia Villas, Upland, CA; Pico Union Housing Corporation, Los Angeles, CA. Project Manager responsible for the environmental investigation and remedial planning for 2.18, 2.33, and O.9-acre properties impacted by historical operations and/or off-site sources.
Investigation activities included the assessment of impacts from volatile organic compounds (VOCs), metals, SVOCs, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH). Identified impacts at the project sites were from historical operations, including automotive services, gas stations, lumber yards, and various manufacturing operations; additionally, one project site was assessed for the potential dioxin/furan impacts to shallow soil from a strcicteire fire. The purpose of additional investigations was to recommend removal/mitigation actions to be implemented as part of Site redevelopment for use of the properties as multi-family, senior housing, and a community center.
Cleanup Program Site, Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, Mondo Chrome Facility, South Gate, CA. Project Manager responsible for the environmental investigation and cleanup of VOC impacted soil and groundwater resulting from prior operations at the facility, including unpermitted plating operations and a reported Spill Of chrome-solution requiring an emergency response. Primary impacts at the facility included tetrachloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), and cis-1,2-Dichloroethene (c-1,2-DCE), and remedial actions included soi vapor extraction (SVE) with in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) groundwater injections proposed to address on and off-site groundwater impacts. Multiple phases of off-site investigation performed, including investigations on nearby properties and within the City of South Gate public-right-of-way. 61 236
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JEFFREY T. SIEG, PG
Education
BS - Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, 2005 Professional Licenses
California Professional Geologist (PG) (No. 9523)
Professional Experience
Mr. Sieg has a background in geology and extensive experience in the collection of storm water, groundwater, and soil samples; soil classification and identification of soil properties; interpretation of contaminant distribution and migration; and stratigraphic and hydrogeologic analysis. He often participates in investigations of hazardous chemicals in soil, soi vapor, scirface water, and groundwater. This includes environmental site assessments (ESAs) of properties prior to real estate transfer, site investigation activities involving work plan preparation, soil gas surveys, installation of soil borings and subsequent sampling, groundwater well installation and sampling, precision mapping of sites, and evaluation of applicable remedial alternatives. He has experience with, and practical knowledge of, various remedial action alternatives, scich as soil vapor extraction (SVE) systems, soil excavation, in situ chemical oxidation, and groundwater remediation, as well as evaluation of contaminants in scirface water and groundwater in accordance with regulatory requirements or generally accepted guidelines. Mr. Sieg has also evaluated facilities, submitted recommendations related to OSHA and u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance, and supervised numerous site remediation and construction projects in Southern California, including installation of landfill gas (LFG) control systems.
Characterization and Remedial Activities for Former Manufacturing Facility, Northridge, CA. After preliminary investigations to evaluate potential releases from past manufacturing activities, SCS was contracted to conduct several investigations and assessments to evaluate potential vapor intrusion issues and indoor air quality, and to characterize the full extent of subsurface impacts from past chemical use. As Project Manager, Mr. Sieg conducted investigative activities to identify severa degreasing agents, such as tetrachloroethene (PCE), trichloroethene (TCE), 1,1-dichloroethene (1,1- DCE), and Freons, in subsurface soil and soil vapor throughocit an area of approximately 10 acres to depths of 130 feet. In order to address these concerns, Mr. Sieg and SCS developed a RAP that incorporated over 53 SVE and monitoring wells with conveyance piping (both above and below grade) tied into a carbon treatment vapor extraction system (VES). He worked closely with design engineers and on-site personnel to minimize facility disruptions during construction, as well as developing innovative designs for monitoring well heads to minimize impacts to facility operations and to optimize maintenance and monitoring during routine facility visits.
Project Manager for Site Investigation and Remedial Activities of Former Metal Refinery, Los Angeles, CA. As Project Manager, Mr. Sieg conducted soil, soil vapor, and @roundwater investigations to assess the potential for releases of heavy metals and VOCs based on historical operations and as a follow-up to a previoeis Phase I ESA on the property. Investigation activities identified elevated concentrations of cadmium and mercciry in subsurface soils exceeding regulatory imitS. Under the oversight and approval Of the LOSAngeles COunty Fire Department (LAOFD) Site Mitigation Unit (SMU), SCS conducted remedial actions which included focused excavation of soil in the areas of concern and transport of material to an appropriate disposal facility. Following remedial aCtiVitieS and sampling to confirm that cleanup GOALShad been met, the Site received a NO Further Action-Closure letter from the SMU.
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KENNETH H. LISTER, PhD, CEG, CHg
Education
BS - Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1967 MS - Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1970 PhD - Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1974
Professional Licenses
Professional Geologist - California, 1987 (No. 4338)
Re@istered Geologist - Arizona, 1989 (No. 23684)
Specialty Certifications
Certified Engineerin@ Geologist - California, 1991 (No. 1581) Certified Hydrogeologist - California, 1995 (No. 79)
Professional Experience
Dr. Lister hasover 40 years of professional experience in @eologyand hydro@eolo@y. His experience includes groundwater investigations at active and inactive industrial facilities; active, inactive, and planned solid waste disposal sites; and state and federal Superfund sites.
RCRA Facility Investigation and Corrective Action, Vernon, CA. As Project Manager, Dr. Lister participated in a RCRA investigation, which included soil, soil vapor, and groundwater aspects, at the former Norris Industries facility occupying approximately 16 acres. He prepared a Current Conditions Report, a Corrective Meascires Study, and an Implementation Plan for the project. In addition, an offsite regional issues investigation, community relations tasks, health risk assessment, and closeocit activities for an aerospace manufacturing tenant were conducted. Oversight of demolition activities related to property redevelopment, including sampling of various media, implementation of a soi management plan, and preparation of technical memoranda have been completed. Post-corrective action monitoring is ongoing.
Former Dry Cleaner, Shopping Center, Anaheim, CA. Dr. Lister prepared and implemented workplans for on- and off-site soil, soil vapor, and groundwater investigations under DTSC oversight related to a release of chlorinated solvents from a former dry cleaning facility. Soil vapor extraction pilot testing was conducted and a full scale extraction system designed. In addition to workplans, documents prepared include a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study,the Removal Action Workplan, and the Removal Action Design Document.
Environmental Assessment of Tuxford Landfill, Sun Valley, CA. A pre-purchase environmental assessment of the property, located in the San Fernando Valley groundwater Superfund area, was conducted and post-purchasegroundwater monitorin@ is on@oin@. As Project Manager, Dr. Lister collected historical information, reviewedthe regional hydrogeoloz, and assessed potential risks.
Landfill gas evaluation was also conducted by SCS. The u.s. EPA is providing oversight.
Kaiser Ventures, Brownfields Remediation Operation, Fontana, CA. In 1995, Dr. Lister managed a multi-phase program at the former1,100-acre Kaiser Steel plant, consistin@ of a Rl/FS, laboratory treatability studies, risk assessments, remedial action plans, hydrogeological studies, and closure documentation under the oversight of the DTSC. Remediation at the former iron and steel prodciction facilities, comprised oF a 500-acre Operable Unit No. 2, was completed and signed off by the DTSC after 6 months of intensive efforts. Today, the Brownfields site has been redeveloped into the Auto Club Speedway of California.
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DANA JUSTICE
Education
BS - CSU San Marcos, Business Administration (Marketing Emphasis) MBA - CSU San Marcos, Business Administration (Specialization in International Business), Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Professional Experience
Dana has 7 years of experience in the area of environmental consulting, specializing in marketing and business development, with a focus on strategic marketing, positioning strategy, and proposal development. She is the Senior Marketing Specialist and the National Partner for Brownfields Grants for SCS's Environmental Services consulting and engineering operations within the Southwestern United States, the largest of SCS's engineering business units. She has a depth of experience working on Brownfield projects with public sector clients including identification of funding opportunities, grant application preparation, and supporting grant implementation and administration. She also has experience performing components of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs)and complex data evaluations, includin@ database development, maintenance, programming, and reporting.
Representative Project Experience
Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) Applications, Various, CA. Dana supported both non-profit and public-sector clients in leadin@the preparation of five successful ECRGapplications, through the California Department of Toxic Substances Control [email protected] applications were for site-specific assessment and site-specific cleanup Grant applications, totaling more than $13 million DOLLARSin requested funding. She also helps with the implementation On fOLlr Of the grant projects includin@community engagement and grant management.
City of Commerce - Site-Specific Cleanup Grant - $7,000,000 Casa Ramona - Site-Specific Cleanup Grant- $4,901,407
Las Palmas Housing and Development - Site-Specific Assessment Grant - $1,170,217 Las Palmas Housing and Development - Site-Specific Assessment Grant - $425,746 Pico Union Housing Corporation - Site-Specific Assessment Grant - $440,820 On-Call Services Brownfields Area Assessments and Redevelopment, West Sacramento, CA. EPA Grants funded work in support of the City of West Sacramento in redevelopment of the Pioneer BILlff and Stone Lock areas. The area is being deindustrialized and subject to infrastructure upgrades to facilitate mixed-use, water front redevelopment along the Sacramento River. Current and future development plans include affordable and market rate housing, recreational use redevelopment planning for Stone Lock, alon@ with commercial cises, with multi-modal transportation hub associated with construction of a new bridge linking West Sacramento and Sacramento. Dana is providing administrative/programmatic support for this project.
USEPA Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment Program, Imperial County Transportation Commission, Imperial County, CA. Dana supported the preparation of a successful $300,000 EPA Brownfields Community Wide Assessment Grant Application for the Imperial County Transportation Commission to address distressed properties in the Brawley transportation corridor. She also assisted in the preparation of the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) and other administrative support functions pertaining to execution of the Grant. 64 239
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KEITH L. ETCHELLS, PG, CHg
Education
BS - Environmental Geology, Colorado State University, 1999 Professional Licenses
Professional Geologist - California (No. 8028)
Professional Hydrogeologist - California (No. 981)
Professional Experience
Mr. Etchells is a professional geologist and hydrogeologist with 22 years of Ke'fhEfche"S experience assisting clients in managing environmental risks associated with ownership, transfer, or operation of commercial, industrial, and waste disposal properties. His particular technical expertise involves aspects of groundwater science and engineering relevant to contaminated sites and landfills, inclciding supervision and conduct of subsurface data acquisition, remedial design and implementation, conceptcial site model development, aquifer testing, extraction well design, groundwater quality evaluation and treatment, statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and contaminated soil and groundwater remediation design. He is responsible for designing analytical, geotechnical, and hydrogeological data COlleCtiOn programs tO complete SubSLutaCe assessment and remediation. He has prepared subsurface assessment documents, property mitigation plans, vapor intrusion risk assessment documents, soil management plans, aquifer characterization documents, conceptual site models, and groundwater remedial design and implementation documents.
He has experience with several environmental regulatory entities, including the County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health (DEH), the California State Water Quality Control Board (SWQCB),including LosAngeles/Lahontan/San Die@o/Santa Ana/CRB RegionalWater Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs), and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).
Downtown San Diego Remediation Projects. Six large-scale redevelopment projects in downtown San Diego required Mr. Etchells's expertise in mitigation of organic- and heavy metal-contaminated soils. These mitigation activities included the collection of geologic and analytical data using geophysical methods, exploratory excavations, and drilling. This allowed Mr. Etchells to produce geologic MAPS byusingthe characterization ofsubsurface litholo@y methods. He has managed excavations on sites, focusing specifically on layers of heavy metal-contaminated soils using field screening techniques (x-ray fluorescence [XRF]) and laboratory analysis for proper transportation and disposal. To comply with regulatory agencies, Mr. Etchells has prepared numerous property mitigation plans and property closure reports.
COMM22, LLC, Due Diligence/Redevelopment Project, San Diego, CA. Mr. Etchells supported the redevelopment Of three blOCkS in dOWntOWn San DiegO knOWn aS COMM22, an affordable housing complex. He conducted a subsurface investigation to delineate soil and groundwater contamination associated With t'Ormer USTS and large quantities Of undocumented fill found On the Site. LithOIOgiC and analytical characterization were determined usin@ geophysical surveys, exploratory excavations, and drilling. The extent of lead and other constituents of concern found in the shallow subsurface soil were identified as well. During site redevelopment, Mr. Etchells assisted in the monitoring and se@regation of excavated fill soils to ensure proper transportation off site. 65 240
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CRISTOBAL RAMIREZ, CAC
Education
Diploma, Business Analysis and Business Administration, Business School of Lancaster University, En@land, 1996
Chemical Engineer with minor in Environmental Engineering, Institcito Tecnol6gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus, Mexico, 1993
Professional Licenses, Certifications, and Training
State of California, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Certified Asbestos Consciltant (CAC) (No. 13-5091)
California Department of Pciblic Health (DPH) Lead Sampling Technician (No. 27502) American Industrial Hygiene ASSOCiatiOn, ASbeStOS Anal7St RegiStry, Registered Anal7St (N0. 9439) u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (u.s. EPA)Accredited Asbestos Hazard Emer@encyRespoi-ise Act (AHERA) Bciilding Inspector, Contractor Supervisor, Management Planner, and Project Designer
OSHA 40-Hour u.s. EPA-Approved Hazardocis Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Training
150-9000: Certified ISO 17025 Lead Auditor
Professional Experience
Mr. Ramirez is an environmental professional with 20 years of experience in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As a bilingual speaker in Spanish and English, he has provided environmental services for clients in the United States and Mexico. His experience includes completing over 2,000 environmental assessments and implementing remediation activities for contaminated properties.
He is an expert in performing Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) according to u.s. EPA 40 CFR, Part 312, Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI); and Final Rcile and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments:
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process E1527-13. Mr. Ramirez has developed a systematic approach that results in consistently high-quality information for protecting relevant parties from unexpected risk. In addition to ESA services, he has completed subsurface investigations, health and safety plans, community health and safety plans, geophysical surveys, soi vapor surveys, health risk assessments, remediation conceptcial cost estimates, property mitigation plans, and soil reuse plans. As a California Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC), Mr. Ramirez routinely condcicts asbestos surveys, prepares specifications and cost estimates for abatement, assists with abatement contractor selection, oversees abatement activities, and provides clearance sampling and analysis. He applies his knowledge of AHERA and other regulations to efficiently assess and remediate hazardous materials.
Imperial County Transportation Commission Brownfields Grant. The Imperial County Transportation Commission (ICTC) was awarded a u.s. EPA Community-Wide Assessment (CWA) Brownfields grant. ICTC and their collaborative partner, the Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation (IVEDC), selected SCS to coordinate, direct, and oversee Brownfields assessment activities. SCS's scope of work included project management and planning, community outreach, site selection, Quality Assurance (QA),Phase I and Phase II ESAs,reporting and grant/ACRES support, and Cleanup and Recise Plan preparation.
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CHRISTOPHER VIRGEN, CSST
Educotion
BS - Business Administration, Cal Poly Pomona, 2017
Certifications
Certified Site Surveillance Technician (No. 14-5347) (May 2014 to Present)
Professional Experience
Mr. Virgen is a Certified Site Surveillance Technician (CSST)involved in performin@ property inspections for hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead, and mold. He has over 10 years of project experience in this highly regulated field, coupled with an academic background in corporate financial and contract management.
His project experience Includes:
Inspecting all property types (residential-commercial) for hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead, mold, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). * Monitored abatement activities to ensure compliance with u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. * Presentation of findings and complete reports of inspections and monitoring activities. * Conductingfinalclearanceinspectionspriortoallowingtenantstoreocccipyspace. 67 242
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FABIAN D. SALDIV AR, CAC, Ll-RA
Education
BS - Civil Engineering, University of Texas, EI Paso, 2011 Professional Licenses and Certifications
Certified Asbestos Consciltant (CAC) - California (No. 14-0591) Lead Inspector/Risk Assessor (Ll-RA) - California (No. 24546) Certified Mold Inspector (No. 81330)
Professional Certifications/Training
u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (u.s. EPA) Accredited Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) Building Inspector, Contractor Supervisor, Management Planner, and Project Designer
OSHA 40-Hour u.s. EPA Approved Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Training
National Institcite for Occupational Safety and Health - NIOSH 582 Drilling Atop Lined Landfills (SCS internal certification) Professional Experience
As a Project Professional, Mr. Saldivar provides expertise on environmental projects, including asbestos and lead inspections and oversight, soil sampling and remediation oversight, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), and landfill gas CQA work.
His project experience includes working as an environmental scientist to complete asbestos, lead, bacteria, and moisture assessments for sin@le-family residences and commercial properties. He has performed indoor air qciality (IAQ), water monitoring, and laboratory analyses for numerous clients, and has worked on projects related to soil compaction, soil sampling, concrete slump, percolation testing, and asphalt testing for land development. He is a fluent speaker of English, Spanish, and French. He recent project experience includes:
Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint. Mr. Saldivar conducts asbestos and lead-based paint surveys, inspections, clearances and abatement oversight for a variety of sites, from single-family residential to lar@e commercial properties.
Phase I and Phase II ESAs. Mr. Saldivar performs field visits and record requests to gather information required to determine whether a site has any Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs). He also performs Phase II site assessments where soil sampling is required.
Tower 180 As-Needed Environmental Consulting, 2nd Avenue, San Diego, CA. Mr. Saldivar's responsibilities include project oversight, daily air monitoring far On-Site aSbeStOS at the TOWer and Annexbuildings, and performance of bulk sampling to preparefor fiiture construction and/or demolition activities. Final visual and air clearances were also part of daily activities during demolition and construction.
IQHQ Soil Remediation, N. Harbor Boulevard, San Diego, CA. Mr. Saldivar's responsibilities include overseeing the export of soil from the site, and preparing manifests that record the types of soi leavingthe site, depending on its waste characterization. Soil screening,and soil samplin@, lo@@ingof daily activities, and attendin@ daily meetings were part of the everyday tasks. 68 243
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ALISSA BARROW, PE, QISP
Education
BS - Environmental Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 2010 Professional Licenses
Professional Civil Engineer - California (No. 88186)
Qualified Industrial Stormwater Practitioner (QISP) (No. 00834) Professional Experience Alissa Barrow
Ms. Barrow has 11 years of experience as an environmental professional specializing in environmental assessment, remediation, and compliai"ice. She is a registered PE and QISP in the State of California. Her experience includes stormwater compliance; Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) and Phase II subsurface investigations; Vapor Intrusion Risk Assessments (VIRAs); groundwater monitoring and reporting (low-flow and traditional purging); groundwater remediation using in situ chemical oxidation and high-vacueim, dual-phase extraction; remediation via soil vapor extraction technology; design, construction, and operation of sub-slab depressurization systems; design, construction, and construction quality assurance for the installation of vapor intrcision mitigation systems (i.e., VIMS or vapor barriers); soil monitoring and remediation during construction, and landfill gas collection and control design improvements and construction quality assurance work. She has experience assessing and remediating properties with soil, soil vapor, and groundwater impacted by petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, and pesticides. After a thorough collection and analysis of data, she prepares technica documents that accurately describe environmental conditions and conform to regulatory agency guidelines. She has written VIRAs, Groundwater Monitoring Reports, Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), Property Mitigation PlanS,Sail Management PlanS, and PrOpertd Closure RepOrtS far many re@ulatorydriven projects. She has success'hilly managed many complex site investigations, remediation, and construction projects. Ms. Barrow has also obtained her Professional Engineer certification for Civi Engineering with an emphasis in Environmental and Water Resources.
Corona Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment. SCS assisted with the Corona Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment, funded by a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Program grant. The assessment includes subsurface investigations at selected sites with the potential to be returned to beneficial use. Ms. Barrow completed subsurface investigations at two of these sites. At a 27-acre commercial site with historical industrial and commercial land uses, the investigation included a geophysical survey to locate features of concern, such as USTs and mechanics pits. Soil, soil vapor, and groundwater sampling was conducted to assess the presence and concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons associated with a reported historical release of jet fuel. The other investigation was completed at a vacant lot with historical agricultural land uses and stockpiles of unknown origin. Soil sampling locations at the vacant lot were selected based on California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) guidelines for pesticides sampling for school sites, becaeise the site is planned for housing. The investigations were completed according to approved EPA Sampling and Analysis Plans (SAPs) prepared by SCS.
Ocean Ranch Estates, Solana Beach, CA. Ms. E!arrovv condcicted site assessment activities to precharacterize pesticide-impacted soil across the site, reviewed land development/grading plans to integrate remediation with excavation and mass grading activities, Collect soil samples to assess contaminant plcimes, used soil data to estimate volumes of impacted soil and develop remedial strategies.
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MEGAN HENTE, CEM
Education
MS - Geospatial Science, Missouri State University, 2017 BS - Environmental Science, Saint Louis University, 2014 Specialty Certifications
AHERACertified Asbestos Buildin@Inspector and Seipervisor/Contractor EPA Lead-based Paint Inspector
OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER, OSHA 10-Hour Construction- Health and Safety Megan Hente, CEM Professional Experience
Ms. Hente is an Environmental Project Manager with significant experience in environmental investigation and monitoring. Her experience includes Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), soil and groundwater sampling, drilling and excavation oversight, asbestos inspections and clearances in accordance with AHERA and NAC 618, and lead inspections following HUD regulations. She is also proficient in the cise of ArcGIS soffware to develop site maps, groundwater potentiometric maps, and other necessary figures for report preparation.
City of Reno Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant, Reno, NV (Ongoing). The @oal of the grant is to return properties to beneficial cise, redevelop properties within the downtown area, and promote development of new housing at all income levels. As a Senior Project Professional, Ms. Hente understands the goals of the coalition and is committed to providing timely and efficient results. As part of the project team, Ms. Hente has prepared an Area-Wide Sampling and Analysis Plan (AWSAP) and various site-specific SAPs for several sites in the Reno BrownTields Inventory. In addition, Ms.
Hente provides quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)of project data and reports, as part of SCS's rigorous quality program.
Sunset Henderson - Due Diligence, Investigation, and Redevelopment, Henderson, NV (2022).
This area is a former quarry that was filled with undocumented fill and has been affected by the nearby Black Mountain Industrial Complex, a release site that has impacted groundwater beneath the site and in the vicinity, overseen by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). Due to these impacts, environmental land covenants and soil and groundwater management plans were put in plaCe tO manage/mitigate further COntaminatiOn during COnStruCtiOn aCtiVitieS. MS. Hente iS ccirrently working with NDEP to assist the client with implementation of the required soil and grocindwater management plan during the planned redevelopment.
Premier Dry Cleaning and Laundry Site, Investigation and Remediation, Henderson, NV (Ongoing).
MS. Hente haS provided assistance With the ongoing groundwater monitoring aCtiVitieS at a former dry cleaning facility in Henderson, NV, for the property owner, Sactel Investments, LLC, of San Diego, CA. Ms. Hente's responsibilities have included the planning and organization of quarterly groundwater monitoring events, reporting, communication, and coordination with the client, regulatory agency, subcontractors, and vendors.
City of Las Vegas Floyd Lamb Gun Club Remediation (2021). Ms. Hente was the CEM of record for the Cite Of LaS Vegas during the Fl07d Lamb Gun Range remediation prOjeCt She performed Sail sampling for lead and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) prior to remediation, and provided oversight during excavation activities and final sampling prior to the contractor placing the clean soil Cap at the Site. She managed the prOjeCt budget, and correspondence between the Cite and NDEP, and prepared a final report summarizin@results and findings. 70 245
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TYLER WATKINS
Education
BA - Geology, Carleton College, 2013
Specialty Certifications
OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER
SCAQMD Rule 403
OSHA 10 Construction
MSHA Mine Safety
Professional Experience
Ms. Watkins is a Project Professional with 5 years of experience in environmental remediation and compliance. She is responsible for Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), multimedia sampling and reporting (soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment, soil vapor, air), as well as compliance monitoring, permitting, document preparation, and proposals. She works directly with our local clients and regulatory agencies, ensuring timeliness of reports and compliance.
MS. Watkins' previous experience includes field investigations and report production involving groundwater monitoring, perfkiorooctanoic acid (PFAS) sample collection, excavation events related to South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1466 monitoring, preparation of sampling plans for Phase II investigations, stormwater inspections and reporting, and related field activities. She has developed a conceptual site model to reqciest closcire for a service station site, and has overseen contractors in a variety of field activities, including Organochlorine pesticides (OCP) testing in school sites, aerially deposited lead surveys, and soil vapor monitoring. She has conducted site investigations related to federal and state hazardous waste; produced reports for review by oversight agencies such as the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), CalTrans, and California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC); prepared Phase I ESA reports; and logged and sampled soil cising boring techniques that included sonic drilling, hand auger, and direct push equipment. She has also overseen Phase II projects, and coordinated the installation and abandonment of wells, including obtaining permits, contact with subcontractors, and field oversight.
She also has expertise in soil vapor well installation and monitoring.
Environmental Services, 37 Acres on Colorado Street, San Fernando Road, and Goodwin Street, Glendale, CA. Ms. Watkins oversaw removal of two underground storage tanks (USTs), clarifiers, and subsurface features from a site in Glendale.
Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, Environmental Consulting Support, Document Review and Evaluation, EI Segundo Power Facility, EI Segundo, CA. Ms. Watkins reviewed the site history and preparation of reports detailing potential environmental impacts from historical site use, and preparation of cost estimates for remediation and redevelopment.
Preparation of Workplan for Further Soil, Soil Vapor, and Groundwater Investigation with LARWQCB Oversight, 1640 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance, CA. Ms. Watkins oversaw the installation of a groundwater well, and a soil vapor investigation under RWQCB oversight. 71 246
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MONICA HOPE
Education
MS - Environmental Science, University of California, Riverside (UCR), 2022 BS - Environmental Science (emphasis in Environmental Toxicolo@y; minor in Chemistry), Western Washington University, 2017
Professional Experience Monica Hope
Ms. Hope has a background in environmental chemistry and experience in data collection, testing and analysis, land surveying, and mapping. She has used multidisciplinary methods (art, history, and science) to identify factors affecting endangered species; managed large datasets for chemical analyses; and helped to edcicate the public regarding the spread of invasive species in waterways and other hazards related to contamination. As a Graduate Student Researcher at UCR, she developed a GIS mapping project to identify water qciality issues in low-income California communities. While managing large data sets, she reviewed technical documents and created presentations and technical reports. She has collaborated with community leaders to test tap water in residences with water quality issues, and prepared and analyzed water samples for testing. Dciring the project, she was also was responsible for project tracking and coordinatin@ complex schedules.
Related project experience has included:
Exact Scientific Services, Ferndale, WA. She completed a variety of @eneralchemistry tests and analysis (e.g., extractions, titrations, chemical analysis via LECO and FTIR). She worked with the Laboratory Information Management System to track samples and tests; managed large datasets and input data into Excel sheets daily; and was responsible for qciality asscirance/quality control (QA/QC) of laboratory experiments and equipment.
City of Bellingham, Department of Public Works, Bellingham, WA. Ms. Hope was an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Boat Inspector for the City. She educated boaters and the public about 415 and showed how to avoid spreading those species between lakes. She gathered boating history to calculate risks and potential hazards caused by vessels on lakes; inspected vessels for evidence of AIS; and decontaminated vessels when AIS were suspected. She also provided customer service by explaining the AIS inspection permitting process tO boaters.
City of Bellingham Museum, Bellingham, WA. Ms. Hope assisted the Curator of Art by providing research support for the curator's exhibition that blended art, history, and science to explore factors affecting endangered species. She interpreted scientific articles and research on endangered species, and summarized scientific concepts that helped the public understand complex scientific ideas and findings. She also assisted with outreach to artists, environmental groups, and the public, and organized and updated documents that helped with the overall organization of the exhibition. u.s. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Clarion, 14. Ms. Hope was a Resource Conservationist Intern working with the District Conservationist to complete site reviews for the Conservation Reserve Program. Tasks involved field visits, the completion of government forms, and communication with landowners. She helped The Nature Conservancy take water samples at oxbow lakes; assisted with land surveys; cised a Trimble GPS for site mapping of surface elevations; input research data to CAD; and used ArcGIS and Toolkit to draft Conservation Plan government contracts for landowners.
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ALLISON O'NEAL
Education
BS - Geology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, 2018
Specialty Certifications
40-Hour OSHA EPA-Approved Hazardous Waste Operations &
Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Training
Professional Experience
Ms. O'Neal is an environmental professional with specialized experience in site assessment, scibsurface investigation, and due diligence reporting. She is responsible for performing site reconnaissance, reviewing regulatory agency records and historical documents, interpreting evidence related to historical land use, monitoring Sail management, collecting data (Sail, groundwater, Sail vapor sampling, etc.), and generating maps for soil boring%well logs, groundwater gradients, and hydrocarbon isoconcentrations. She also oversees drilling and groundwater monitoring well installations, writes reports for Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), and ensures that groundwater monitoring reports meet regulatory agency standards.
Mission Village Shopping Center, Former Dry Cleaning Facility, San Diego, CA. Ms. O'Neal conducted soil and groundwater assessments to determine the attenuation of a plume of constituents of concern while meeting requirements of the Department of Environmental Health. She oversaw six well installations that included properly documentin@ well lo@data. She also assisted with the technical writing of the Subsurface Assessment Report, and created groundwater gradient and constituents of concern iso-concentration maps.
Villa de Vida Project, Special Needs Residential Community, Phase I and II ESA, San Diego, CA.
Ms. O'Neal performed a Phase I ESA on the property and analyzed the status of potential Recognized Environmental Concerns (RECs), such as a release from on-site underground storage tanks (USTs) (the tanks were cised when the site was a Public Works Road Station). The Phase I ESA recommended a subsurface site assessment because of the close proximity to the former USTs.
Dciring the Phase II investigation, soil samples detected elevated concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons. Ms. O'Neal oversaw excavation of the contaminated soil and collected soil confirmation satnples at the edges of the excavation.
Former Country Hills Dry Cleaners, In Situ Chemical Reduction Feasibility Study, Diamond Bar, CA. Ms. O'Neal oversaw drilling and direct push injection of the appropriate amendments to remediate constituents of concern associated with a former dry cleaner at the site. She created boring logs, collected waste characterization samples, and helped manage site safety. In addition, she assisted in obtaining the re@ulatory permits required for the site from the City of Diamond Bar.
Community HousingWorks San Marcos, Affordable Housing Development, Phase I and II ESAs, San Marcos, CA. Ms. O'Neal performed a Phase I ESA on the property and analyzed the status of RECs, such as a release from a dry cleaning facility adjacent to the site. Afier completing the Phase I ESA,SCS recommended a subsurface assessment re@ardin@ a historically documented release of constituents of concern. During the Phase II investigation, Ms. O'Neal organized the utility mark-out, mapped boring locations, and oversaw the installation and retrieval of soil vapor samples that were collected. She wrote technical reports for both phases of the environmental investigation. 73 248
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SCS Projects for the City of South Gate
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City of South Gate, Asbestos Inspection, Girl's Clubhouse, Recreation Park. Conduct a preliminary inspection for asbestos containing materials and collect samples for analysis. Prepare a report with findings and recommendations.
City of South Gate, Report Review, 4705, 4719, and 4735 Firestone Boulevard. Review available environmental reports prepared for the sites to provide a summary and opinion regarding condition of the Property.
City of South Gate, Prepare Specifications for 4705, 4719, 4735, 4747, 4801, 4803, 4813, and 4825 Firestone. Prepare specifications for abatement of Asbestos Containing Materials and demolition of structures. Conduct a bid walk and answer contractor questions. Conduct oversight during abatement and demolition, condcict clearance sampling, and prepare a supporting information for removal of asbestos containing materials.
City of South Gate, Soil Investigation for Underground Storage Tank, Hawkins Reservoir, 9021 West Frontage Road. Conduct a subsurf'ace investigation consisting of collecting soil samples from four OCatiOnS adjacent tO 3,000 gallon underground tank that operated an emergency pump* Analyze soil samples for diesel-related constituents to assess the potential for past releases. Review plans and specifications submitted by contractor selected by the City of South Gate to provide design/build services for an aboveground replacement tank. Provide oversight during removal and replacement and collect soil samples following removal. Prepare closure report to be submitted to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Attend progress meetings as requested by the City.
CityofSouthGate,MethaneGasProbelnstallationatMillerWayLandfill,10120MillerWay. Insta two probes to a depth of 25 feet below ground surface to monitor methane gas migration from former inert refuse landfill. Monitor gas probes and provide data to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board for review.
City of South Gate, Landfill Closure, Miller Way Landfill, 10120 Miller Way. Engineerin@design, preparation of construction documents and permit coordination for closure of the landfill.
CityofSouthGate,ConstrudionOversight,MillerWayLandfill,10120MillerWay. Provide construction quality assurance during grading and installation of drainage structures to verify construction in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by SCS.
City of South Gate, Groundwater Monitoring, Former Freedom Ford, 8012 Long Beach Boulevard.
COnduCt four rounds Of monitoring at three existing WellS far fuel hydrOCarbOnS. Prepare reports far scibmittal to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board.
City of South Gate, Review of Environmental Documents, Former Dial Corporation Facility, 9300 Rayo Avenue. Review two volume compilation of environmental documents for site prepared by other consultants. Based upon documents, provide opinion of environmental liabilities at site. Meet with city of South Gate to discuss findings.
City of South Gate, Soil Stockpile Sampling and Analysis, Former Miller Way Landfill, 10120 Miller Way, Collect soil samples from stockpile at the south end of the landfill property. Reportedly, the StOCkpile WaS generated fOllOWing removal Of Sail from former SOuth Gate ROd and Gun CILlb. COlleCt samples from surface and at depth (5 feet) from each section of the stockpile and analyze samples for metals and pH. Deep samples also to be analyzed for petroleum hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, and or@anochlorine pesticides. Based on data, select samples for TCLPand STLC 75 250
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analysis. Use analytical results to evaluate alternatives for disposal. Provide recommendations and costs for disposal to the City.
City of South Gate, Soil Stockpile Disposal Assistance, Former Miller Way Landfill, 10120 Miller Way.
As a follow-up to previous work completed for the soil stockpile, provide assistance to the City for disposal of the soil stockpile containing elevated concentrations of lead. Prepare specifications for the removal and disposal of the soil stockpile. Conduct a bid walk with interested contractors and answer questions regarding the scope of work. Provide oversight during the removal effort and condcict sampling of soil beneath the stockpile at coinpletion to verify that soil has been properly removed. Preparea report that contains the analytical data, a summary of observations durin@ the removal, and disposal manifests and other supportinginformation for submittal to the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
City of South Gate, DTSC Response to Comments, Miller Way Landfill, 10120 Miller Way. Respond to comments received from the California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control on a removal action of a stockpile completed in 2008. Modify report prepared by SCS and prepare a response that indicates how the comments were addressed.
City of South Gate, Preliminary Asbestos Inspection, Former Target and Lazar Site, 3500-3506 Tweedy Boulevard. Conduct preliminary inspection for asbestos containing materials and collect bulk samples for analysis. Develop a report including the description of the inspection, laboratory results of bulk samples, and recommendations for further action.
City of South Gate, Removal Specifications for Asbestos Containing Building Materials, Girl's Club House,4900SouthernAvenue. Prepareplansandspecificationsforremovalofasbestoscontaining materials. Conduct a bid walk and review bids from asbestos abatement contractors. Oversee abatement activities, perform air monitoring, and provide site coordination. Prepare a report describing asbestos containing building materials abatement, air monitoring results, and deposition of asbestos containing building materials wastes.
City OfSOuthGate,Additional SOilSInvestigation, FormerTarget and LazarSite, 3500-3506 TWeed7 Boulevard. Drill ten additional exploratory borings to maximum depth of 50 feet in street and public right-of-way surrounding former gas station property. Collect samples, and analyze for petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile aromatics. Prepare report which describes investigation and provides recommendations.
City of South Gate, Report of Discharge, Miller Way Landfill, 10120 Miller Way. Coordinate with Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board staff. Obtain and review available information regardingthesite. Preparedraftreportofwastedischarge(ROWD)describinglandfillsite characteristics, design, and operations. Finalize and scibmit ROWD to RWQCB.
City of South Gate, Environmental Assessment of Miller Way Inert Refuse Landfill, 10120 Miller Way.
Research city records, regeilatory agency files, and other documents. Review historical aeria photographs to obtain information to be used to evaluate potential adverse effects associated with development of property. Prepare report that summarizes results of investigation and provides recommendations for further work.
City of South Gate, Installation of Additional Groundwater Wells, Implementation of Remediation Pilot Study, and Preparation of Remedial Action Plan, Former Target and Lazar Site, 3500-3506 Tweedy Boulevard. Install two additional temporary monitoring probes tO define extent Of groundwater contamination. Based on data, determine appropriate location for and install three permanent 76 251
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groundwater monitoring wells. Sample and analyze existing and new groundwater wells. Implement pilotprogramtoevaluatedesignparametersforvaporextractionandairsparging. Basedonresults, prepare a remedial action plan for submittal to the Regional Water Quality Control Board.
City of South Gate, Quarterly Monitoring of Groundwater Wells, Former Target and Lazar Site, 3500- 3506TweedyBoulevard. Purgeandcollectwatersamplesfromsixgroundwaterwellsatsiteandin vicinity as required by Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). Submit samples for analysis of total petroleum hydrocarbons and BTEX. Prepare report for submittal to RWQCB.
City of South Gate, Information Review, North of Imperial Highway Between Long Beach Freeway and Los Angeles River. Review available reports and information at Los Angeles Department of Public Works. Provide opinion of potential environmental problems associated with acquiring site.
City of South Gate, Review of Site Assessment Report, 4244 Santa Ana Street. As part of an evaluation by the city to purchase a 5.4 acre property (current Public Works Yard) which was formerly operated as a chemical manufacturing plant, SCS provided assistance in evaluating associated environmental documents. Documents reviewed included a closure plan and site assessment prepared by the owner's consultant. The documents vvere reviewed and SCS advised the city as to the adequacy of the investigation and potential concerns associated with purchase of the site.
City of South Gate, Subsurface Investigation of former W.G. Grace & Company Davison Chemical Plant, 4244 Santa Ana Street. Conduct a subsurface investigation on 5.4 acre site to assess the potential for contamination associated with past manufacturer of inorganic catalysts. Review background information. Drill 27 soil borings for the collection of soil samples. Analyze samples for pH, volatile organics, petroleum hydrocarbons, lead, and radioactivity.
City of South Gate, Installation of Groundwater Monitoring Wells, former W. R. Grace Chemical Plant, 4244 Santa Ana Street. To assess the potential forimpacts to groundwater due to past on-site operations, three groundwater monitoring wells were installed. After development, water from the wells was sampled for chemical analysis including volatile organics, semivolatile organics, chlorides, pH, and EC. Determine depth to groundwater and flow direction from wells.
City of South Gate, Lead Based Paint Surveys, Senior Citizen Center and Private Home, 8680 California and 9237 San Antonio, Conduct lead based paint (LBP) surveys of senior citizen center and home in accordance with Housing and Urban Development guidelines. Prepare reports for each building regardingthe presence and location of lead based paint.
City of South Gate, Preliminary Assessment and Inspection of Potential Hazardous Materials. Former Freedom Ford Site, 8012 Long Beach Boulevard. Conduct site inspection to identify potentia hazardous inaterials/wastes and asbestos containing materials. Review available records regarding past on-site operations and underground tank closure to assess potential for subsurface contamination, and identify areas for further investigation. Collect maximum of 20 samples for analysis of asbestos. Prepare report with findings and recommendations.
City of South Gate, Phase I Environmental Assessment and Associated Engineering Services, Former Freedom Ford Property, 8012 Long Beach Boulevard. Conduct an inspection of the site and surrounding properties. Determine historical property eise. Investigate @eoloBic, hydrogeolo@ic and topographic characteristiCs Of area and regional land uSe. IdentifY knOWn and/or suspected contaminated sites in the area by review of regulatory records. Prepare a summary report documenting findings. Provide additional engineering services in support of possible litigation between City oF South Gate and potentially responsible pareies associated with the site. 77 252
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City of South Gate, Phase II Investigation, Former Freedom Ford Property, 8012 Long Beach Boulevard. Drill exploratory borings adjacent to clarifiers, hydraulic lifts and hoists, floor drains, former locations of underground storage tanks, and other areas that may have contributed to subsurface contamination on the site. Analyze selected samples for petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile organic hydrocarbons. Prepare report summarizing investigations and providing recommendations based on data.
City of South Gate, Additional Investigation, Former Freedom Ford Property, 8012 Long Beach Boulevard. Drill additional soil borings on site to define lateral and vertical extent of contamination associated with past operations, which include wastewater clarifiers, floor hoists, service pit, and former underground storage TANKS. AnalYze samples far petroleum hydrOCarbOnS, VOlatile aromatics, and fuel hydrocarbons. A report was prepared summarizin8 the results of the investigation.
City Of SOuth Gate, Wastewater and Sail Drum DiSpOSal characterization OVersight, Former Target, Lazar and Freedom Ford Sites. Sample and analyze 58 waste soil drums and eight wastewater drums for TCLP lead and the state of California Title 22 contaminants. Provide environmental oversight during drum and wastewater removal activity.
City of South Gate, Site Reuse Planning, Miller Way Landfill, 10120 Miller Way. Research and summarize regulatory and related issues. Determine field investigation parameters and costs. Summarize sequence of events for redevelopment, including permitting.
City of South Gate, Remediation of Contamination, Proposed West Side Reservoir Property, South Gate. In order to mitigate contamination associated with former gasoline service station on property, remove underground structures and provide removal oversight, install and monitor groundwater wells and implement vapor extraction pilot test. Interface with and prepare required documentation for regulatory agency.
City of South Gate, Sampling and Oversight During Removal of Hydraulic Lifts Hoists and Clarifiers, Former Freedom Ford, 7916 Long Beach Boulevard. Prepare a scope of work so that bids can be obtained for the removal of hydraulic hoists and other subgrade structures on the site. Provide recommendations far a contractor baSed On BIDS. During removal, provide oversight and COlleCt confirmation samples from lifts. Direct excavation of impacted soil and stockpile. Analyze soi samples for petroleum hydrocarbons, poly-chlorinated bi-phenyls, and volatile organics.
City of South Gate, Review of Environmental Documentation, Former South Gate Chrysler and Plymouth Facility, 5800 Firestone Boulevard. Review Phase I and Phase II reports prepared by another consultant and discuss opinion of potential for impacts with the city. Prepare an opinion letter alOng With recommendations Far additional inVeStigatiOnl if appropriate* City of South Gate, Subsurface Methane Gas Investigation, Miller Way Inert Refuse Landfill, 10120 Miller Way. In order to assess potential hazards associated with methane gas for proposed development on landfill, install maximum of eight gas probes on former landfill site. Monitor probes on two occasions and collect gas samples for laboratory analysis. Collect soil samples from area formerly used by @un club for analysis of lead and copper. Meet with Los An@elesRegional Water Quality Control Board to discuss closure requirements.
City of South Gate, Underground Storage Tank Removal, Oversight, and Ground Waterlnvestigation, Former Target of California Site, 3500-3506 Tweedy Boulevard. As requested by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality COntrOI BOard, COnduCt a hydrOpunCh investigation and sample three existing groundwater wells at the site to define the extent of fuel contamination. ASSiSt the cityin obtaining 78 253
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bids and provide oversight for the removal of underground tanks. Prepare a closure report for tanks and submit a groundwater investigation report to the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Contro Board.
City of South Gate, Underground Storage Tank Compliance Assistance, City Facilities at 4933 Southern Avenue and 8620 California Avenue. Review results of tank testing performed under AB 989 program and provide recommendations for upgrading/repairin@ tanks to comply with state requirements. Conduct inspection of the tanks, review proposals prepared by contractors to upgrade tanks and provide recommendations.
City of South Gate, Additional Soil Sampling, Former Miller Way Landfill, 10120 Miller Way. As a follow up to work completed previously by SCS, sample soil remaining in a stockpile at that site following the vacating of site occupancy by a tenant. A stockpile remains on the site that may have been impacted by lead from a gun club that formerly occupied the site. Collect up to 5 soil samples from the site for analysis of metals, volatile organics and petroleum hydrocarbons. Prepare a letter report with results and interpretation of the data.
City of South Gate, Review of Reports and Information, Former Arco and World Oil Tank Farm, 8600 South Garfield Avenue. Review reports and plans for remediation of petroleum hydrocarbons and ead from former tank farm. Provide the city with opinion regarding potential liabilities associated with development of site.
City of South Gate, Underground Storage Tank Investigation, South Gate Corporate Yard, 4244 Santa Street. Conduct a subsurface investigation near undergrocind storage tank to assess the potential for releases. Prepare a report with findings.
City Of SOuth Gate, Integrity Testing of Underground Storage Tank, HaWkinS Reservoir, 9021 West Frontage Road. Hire subcontractor and coordinate integrity testing of underground storage tank system associated with reservoir in accordance with State and local gciidelines. Submit results to Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.
City of South Gate, Response to Regulatory Requests, Hawkins Reservoir, 9021 West Frontage Road. Respondto requests from the LosAngeles RegionalWater Quality Control Board reBardin@ integrity testing of underground storage tank system associated with reservoir in accordance with State and local guidelines.
City of South Gate, Indoor Air Sampling, Sports Center, 9520 Hildreth Avenue. The City of South Gate reported a release of mercury associated with paint used within a 10,000 square foot City structure (PK Sports Center) and requested that indoor air sampling be conducted to assess possible exposures. Samplers were set up at 6 locations within the structure along with appropriate blank samples for analysis of mercury particulates and vapors. Data was summarized along with recommendations.
City of South Gate, Underground Storage Tank Upgrade, South Gate Park Reservoir, 9611 Pinehurst Avenue. In reSpOnSe to failed tank and piping testing under AB 989 requirements and LOS Angeles County Department of Public Works inspections, prepare plans and specifications to upgrade the tank sump/manway and replace product pipelines from the UST to the generator. Provide construction management and inspection services during installation of the improvements. Attend meetings with the City and contractor, review progress during tank system upgrades, and review contractor submittals.
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City of South Gate, Fuel Station Improvements, South Gate Police Department, 8650 California Avenue. In response to an inspection conducted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, review draft RFP for upgrades to undergrocind storage tank system at the South Gate Police Department. In addition, review existing as-built plans and other background information. Participate in telephone calls/conferences as needed with the City and design engineer, review progress dciring tank system upgrades, and review contractor submittals.
City of South Gate, Preparation of Work Plan for Additional Investigation of Former Underground Tanks, Public Works Yard, 4244 Santa Ana Street. In response to a letter received by the City of South Gate from the Los An@eles County Department of Public Works, prepare a work plan that describes additional investigation to further characterize a release identified during sampling following removal of underground tanks. The work plan was prepared in accordance with Los Angeles Regional Water Quality COntrOI BOard and LADPW guidelines far investigations. Prior to submitting the plan, a cost estimate was developed for submittal to the client for implementation of the investigation.
City of South Gate, Implementation of Additional Investigation for Former Underground Storage Tanks,PublicWorksYard,4244SantaAnaStreet. lmplementinvesti@ationdescribedinworkplan and addendum prepared by SCS to assess lateral and vertical extent of volatile organic compocinds identified in soil during sampling following removal of underground tanks that formerly occupied the site. Drill six borings to a depth of 45 feet below ground surface adjacent to location of underground tank and former fueling iSland using a direCt puSh rig. COlleCt 54 Sail samples and prepare samples for analysis of volatile organics. Submit samples to a certified analytical laboratory for analysis of TPH gas, BTEX, and fuel oxygenates using EPA Method 8260. Prepare a report and submit to LADPW for review and approval.
City of South Gate, SB 989 Underground Storage Tank Compliance, Corporation Yard, Police Department, and Park Yard. Conduct inspections of underground tanks at the Police Department and Park Yard sites and prepare accurate as-built drawings as requested by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LADPW) following an inspection since the installation did not match the system that had been approved. Prepare application to modify the plans and submit to LADPW. Based on results of failed SB 989 Testing completed by another contractor, prepare plans and specifications for required upgrades and or repairs to the underground tank systems at the Corporation Yard and Park Yard sites. Provide assistance to the City in obtaining bids for the required upgrades and repairs. Provide oversight during contractor's work.
CityofSouthGate,SoilSampling,9671FrontageRoad. Collectsoilsamplesfromstockpilethatwas placed on City property for analysis of total petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, volatile organics and PCBs. Reportedly soil originated from the Port of Long Beach, Pier G. Prepare a letter report with results and interpretation of the data.
City Of SOuth Gate, Underground Waste Oil Storage Tank Upgrades, PubliC WOrkS Yard, 4244 Santa Ana Street. In response to failed tank testing under AB 989 requirements and Los Angeles County inspection, provide oversight of contractor retained by the City to implement cipgrades, which include a new manway, tank cover, spill bucket and tank riser and retesting of the tank. Attend meetings with the City and contractor, review progress during tank system upgrades, and review contractor submittals.
City of South Gate, Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint Survey, and Abatement Specifications, Seaborg Home, 8680 California Avenue. Conduct inspections for asbestos-containin@ materials and leadbased paint. Prepare abatement specifications. 80 255
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City of South Gate, Subsurface Soil Sampling, Atlantic Blvd., between Salta Lake and Wright Place.
Collect soil samples for 13 locations within street at depths of 2- and 5-feet below @round surface. Analyze samples for total petroleum hydrocarbons and BTEX in a mobile aboratory. Prepare report of findings.
City of South Gate, Evaluation of Plans for Habitat Restoration, 3.5 Acre Property Adjacent to the 710 Freeway and Los Angeles River at Imperial Highway. Conduct review of information and data for soi to be imported to the site as part of a habitat restoration project at the North East Trees Site on Imperial Highway and NB 710 Freeway in the City of South Gate. Additional services to be provided as required.
City of South Gate, Additional Subsurfaoe Investigation, East Side of Atlantic, South of Patata. Collect soil samples from depths of two and five feet below ground surface at location where odors were previously detected during installation of pipeline by Southern California Edison. Analyze soi samples for petroleum hydrocarbons and BTEX.
City of South Gate, Phase I/Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA),West Side Reservoir, 2733-2763 Tweedy Boulevard. Conduct subsurface investigation of portion of property formerly occupied by a gasoline service station. Drill ten borings at various locations and collect samples for analysis of petroleum hydrocarbon, BTEX and volatile organics. Incorporate results into Phase I report which includes results of site inspection, historical review of property and re8ulatory agency database review.
City of South Gate, Additional Investigation, West Side Reservoir, 2733-2763 Tweedy Boulevard.
Perform additional investigation of former gasoline service station. Drill five additional soil borings to define lateral and vertical extent of release. Mobile laboratory to analyze samples for total petroleum hydrocarbon and BTEX. Prepare report of findings.
City of South Gate, Environmental Engineering Services, Proposed Seville Patio Homes Property, 2728 Santa Ana Street. Review reports prepared by other consultants for property, a portion of which was formerly occupied by gasoline station. Arrange to meet with regional water quality contro board to discuss remediation strategies.
City of South Gate, Additional Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), 2700 Santa Ana Street. Drill five borings on site of former gasoline station to maximum depth of 20 feet below ground surface.
Analyze soil samples for petroleum hydrocarbons and BTEX. Prepare report with analytical results for submittal to Los Angeles Re@ional Water Quality Control Board and work plan for remediation of contaminants previously detected at site.
City Of SOuttr Gate, Remediation OVerSight, Former Freedom FOrd, 7916 LOng BeaCh BOuleVard.
ASSiSt City of South Gate obtain approval for remedial action at Tormer underground storage tank site. Assist city in procuring contracting services, oversee cleanup, and prepare closure report.
Conduct site wide confirmation sampling.
City of South Gate, Remedial Action Plan (RAP) and Pilot Vapor Extraction Test, Freedom Ford Site, 7916 LOng BeaCh Boulevard. Conduct additional groundwater monitoring far existing On Site WellS.
Prepare preliminary remedial action plan and vapor extraction pilot test work plan for submittal to the Los Angeles Re@ional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB).Complete vapor extraction pilot test.
Finalize remedial action plan and submit to the RWQCB. Provide liaison between the client and the regulatory agency.
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City of South Gate, Environmental Services Associated with Rule 20 Project, Atlantic Avenue Between Salt Lake and Wright Place. Provide oversight during excavation of soil within street where petroleum hydrocarbons were previously identified. Condcict monitoring in accordance with South Coast Air Quality Management District Rcile1166. Based on field measurements, stockpile soil and determine appropriate disposal for soil.
Cityof SouthGate,AdditionalShe Investigation,FormerTargetof California/LazarSite, 3500-3506 Tweedy Boulevard. Perform additional site investigation including sampling of three borings in California Avenue to 35 feet and installation and sampling of three groundwater monitoring wells to 50 feet. Prepare report of findings.
City of South Gate, Soil Samples, Mason Street. Collect soil samples from 1-2-ft depth at 10 locations along street where repaving was conducted to assess potential for past releases from former plating shop in the vicinity has impacted soil. Analyze soil samples for selected metals and pH. Prepare report of findings.
City Of SOutti Gate, Underground Storage Tank Phase II Upgrades, Park Yard and POliCeStation. In order to comply with South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule 461, provide assistance to the City tO upgrade underground storage TANKS at the POliCe Department and Park Yard Site. ReVieW resultsOf testing performedbycontractor retainedby City tO COndLICtSB 989 teStin@ along With recommendations based on that testing. In addition, review scope of work for contractor retained by the City to upgrade tanks to make sure that the upgrades address concerns identified for tanks during a previous round of SB 989 testing. Attend meetings with the City and contractor, review progress during tank system upgrades, and review contractor submittals. 82 257
UNITED ST ATES OF
AMERICA
ENVIRONMENT AL
PROTECTION AGENCY
2023 COMMUNITYWIDE
BROWNFIELDS
ASSESSMENT GRANT
City of South Gate
Request for Proposal
Environmental Engineering Services
Abstract
The City of South Gate will use the Brownfield Communitywide Assessment to evaluate and guide the revitalization strategies The $500,000 EPA grant is a vehicle to identify the to identify properties with environmental conditions and prioritize those properties with the greatest economic development potential. Of these prioritized sites a certain number will then be evaluated to determine the environmental conditions that need to be addressed.
Dena Fuentes, RSG Inc.
[email protected]
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
CITY OF SOUTH GATE
CHRIS JEFFERS
CITY MANAGER
MEREDITH ELGUIRA
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
MADE PUBLIC ON:
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
QUESTION DEADLINE:
Monday February 6, 2023, at 9 a.m.
DUE:
Monday, February '16, 2023, at 10 a.m.
Electronic mail submission to:
[email protected]
Questions:[email protected]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL .4
II. GENERALCONSULTANTREQUIREMENTS .5
Ill. BACKGROUND .5
IV. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 6
V. SCOPE OF WORK 7
Vl. SCHEDULE .12
Vll. CONSULT ANT QUALIFICATIONS & BACKGROUND 12
Vlll. PROJECTUNDERSTANDING 13
IX. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS 13
X. CRITERIA FOR EV ALUATION OF PROPOSALS .14
XI. SELECTION COMMITTEE PROCESS .15
Xll. CITY REQUIREMENTS .15
Exhibits
Exhibit "A" - Sample Agreement for Professional Services Exhibit "B" - Insurance Requirements
Exhibit "C" - United States Environmental Protection Agency Requirements 2 85
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,-, . PROPOSAL CERTIFICATION FORM
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
CITY OF SOUTH GA TE - US EPA 2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELDS
ASSESSMENT GRANT PROJECT
NOTE: PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURE BLOCKS ARE COMPLETED. FAILURE TO SIGN THIS FORM WILL RENDER PROPOSAL INV ALID.
Issue Date: January 17, 2023
Issuing Agent:
City of South Gate
8650 California Street
South Gate, CA 90280
Proposal Due Date: Monday, February 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.
Proposal Directed To: Dena Fuentes
Electronic Email
Submission Only:
[email protected]
In compliance with this Request for Proposal and to all conditions imposed herein, the undersigned offers and agrees to furnish the services in accordance with the attached signed proposal or as mutually agreed upon by subsequent negotiation. By signature hereto, the proponent certifies that all representations and certifications contained in its proposal are complete and accurate as required.
Name of Firm:
Address of Firm:
Contact Name:
Signature:
Title:
Date:
Phone Number:
Email Address:
Federal Employee ID
Number: (if
applicable)
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II. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
The City of South Gate (City) has been awarded a $500,000 Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment Grant (Grant) from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) of which $400,000 is allocated to projects tasks for hazardous substance. The period of the grant is from October 1, 2022, to October 31, 2025. The US EPA Assistance Program is authorized under CFDA 66.818, Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Cooperative Agreement. The Statutory Authority is CERCLA sections 104(k%2) and 104(k%5%E). The regulatory authority is authorized under 2 CFR 200, 2 CFR 1500 and 40 CFR 33. The city of Southgate opted an Economic Development Strategy in 2017. The City has three economic revitalization areas known as the Gateway District, Tweedy Boulevard, and Hollydale Village which are encumbered with a number of Brownfield sites. Currently, the City is in the process of certifying its Housing Element. Through the Housing Element certification process, several housing and affordable housing sites have been identified to accommodate the Regional Housing Needs Assessment allocation.
To implement the Economic Development Strategy and affordable housing goals, the City is looking to identify all potential sites in the City's commercial and industrial areas and the affordable housing sites identified in the Housing Element. The EPA grant provides Tunding to inventory the larger target areas, and based upon a prioritization methodology to characterized, assess, and conduct cleanup planning on a limited number of high potential revitalization/housing sites. The Grant requires a local community engagement participation plan. The City will be procuring a community engagement consultant.
Collectively the selected community engagement consultant, environmental engineering consultant and the City will develop and implement a community involvement strategy that will help inform and guide the results of this effort. The results will include an assessment of the properties in the revitalization investment areas and identify and prioritize the sites that will achieve the City's economic reinvestment objectives.
The City is seeking professional services from qualified and experienced Environmental Engineering Services Consultants to assist with project implementation, work plan administration, and execution of this grant. This includes conducting Phase 1 and 2 environmental site assessments, participating in the community engagement efforts, developing site specific cleanup plans/analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, developing planning documents to initiate brownfield revitalization, and submitting required EPA reports.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All proposals must be received by 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Monday, February 13, 202,3 after which time no further proposals will be accepted. All proposals must be submitted via electronic email to [email protected]. The email subject line should state 2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT GRANT. All submittals must include a FEE SCHEDULE and PROJECT SCHEDULE for the estimated start and completion dates of work items. Additionally, the consultant must identify any issues of concern in the City's Standard Agreement for Professional Services.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information or any questions regarding this RFP please contact:
Dena Fuentes, Director
RSG Inc.
[email protected]
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Ill. GENERAL CONSULTANT REQUIREMENTS
In addition to any information specified in this Request for Proposal, the Consultant(s) will be expected to:
* Act as project manager of team to ensure timely completion of the work. @ Work with assigned City project manager and RSG Inc. (City Consultant) * Coordinate with RSG to ensure timely delivery of milestones in accordance with RFP. * Work with various City departments and other public agencies to accomplish the Scope of Work. * Be able to assist the Community Engagement Consultant to develop and implement a Community Engagement Plan with qualified staff/firm who have expertise in forming guiding and prioritizing community-based input.
* Work with the City's Brownfields Team made up of City representatives, community members, residents, and business members.
* Assume responsibility for research and gathering any relevant irformation. @ Complete the workplan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EPA grant. * Complete all reports and documentation as required by the EPA grant.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of South Gate (population 98,500), located in southeast Los Angeles County, is spread over 7.4 square miles, of which 75% is dedicated to industrial uses. There are roughly 34.3 contaminated sites per census tract in the City. In the 1920s, South Gate's agriculture industry made way to sprawl and industrialization, when large manufacturers such as Firestone Tire, A.R. Mass Chemical Company, Weiser Company, and General Motors moved their factories to the City. By 1940, the City had over 35 factories, which made South Gate an industrial center helping to meet the World War II production demands. many manufacturing workers and factories remained in South Gate and the industrial sector continued to flourish for decades until the 1 970's when the entire region experienced the effects of deindustrialization, flight of middle-income residents, the emergence of larger and much poorer Latinx households and a substantial increase in overall poverty rates in the City. The industries and others may have attributed to potential hazardous substances, including petroleum in affecting areas throughout South Gate. South Gate became poorer, denser, and experienced disinvestment from 1970 to the early 2000's.
The City's population is growing, and housing is priced at an increasing premium. The City is under extreme pressure and regulations set by the State mandating an increase in the housing supply. As a built-out "inner-ring" suburb, there is almost no undeveloped land in the City and most new housing and commercial development must come from redevelopment, infill, densification, or adaptive building reuse.
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are also encompassed within the three economic reinvestment areas included in the City's Specific Plan areas, which have potential for greater utilization. With the intent of revitalization and facilitating the development of affordable housing the City has recently developed Specific Plans for the Gateway District, Tweedy Blvd, and Hollydale. The Tweedy Blvd and Hollydale Specific Plans have been adopted and are in the implementation phase. Each area plan is a resident supported tool for key stakeholders by providing strong and clear policies, development and design standards, and a vision that guides land use decisions, infrastructure improvements, design, and economic development activities in the Specific Plan areas. Plans encourage desired patterns of activity; land uses and development types and removes constraints to efficient development.
The revitalization of many of the City's prime economic and housing sites are negatively impacted by the documented presence and/or perceived presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminant migration from our former industrial sites. The City of South Gate will use the Brownfield Communitywide Assessment Grant to evaluate and guide the revitalization strategies.
V. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The primary focus of the Economic Development Strategy and Housing Element is to enhance available undeveloped property and potential park space, redevelop land to better suit resident and business needs, develop new housing, and create a multi modal mixed-use transit-oriented community. To achieve the goals, the Brownfields assessments grant will allow the City to identify sites for assessment, prioritize those sites to undertake environmental site assessments to identify contamination and to develop a cleanup strategy.
Public and private investments throughout the designated areas are expected to catalyze future growth in residential and non-residential uses over time. However, identifying and addressing potential environmental hazards is paramount in eliminating barriers, reducing risks, and attracting investment.
When site specific environmental concerns have been identified, the city intends secure additional resources to remediate the prioritized properties and to initiate the revitalization strategy that will maximize economic and community development potential.
The cities anticipate the following outcomes:
Improve the health and well-being of residents
Improved Job-Housing balance
Affordable Housing
Transit Oriented Housing
Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Job Growth
Recurring General Fund Revenue
Open Spaces
Revitalization of brownfields will eliminate blight to transition from obsolete uses to contemporary and energy efficient retail, manufacturing business and residential uses. The City plans to use the communitywide assessment grant funds to:
1. Undertake a community wide assessment of the major commercial areas,industrial areas, affordable housing sites to identify sites
2. Create a master list of sites listed on Envirostor and other relevant databases
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site inventory
4. Develop selection criteria and site prioritization process
5. ASSiSt in the creation and implementation of Community Engagement Plan. The consultant will provide technical assistance to the Community Engagement Consultant, provide information to the Brownfield Advisory Committee, participate in outreach meetings, provide monthly updates to City and Community Engagement Consultant, participate at City Council meetings, and assist in providing the information needed to communicate the City's efforts.
6. Prioritize sites which will be evaluated through performance of Phase I and/or Phase II assessments, conducted in accordance with All Appropriate Inquiry (ASTM Standard E1527-21) and other ASTM standards/practices. Health and Safety Plans (HASPs) will be prepared for each site.
7. Prepare a Generic Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) and 6 Site Specific QAPPs for Phase II ESAs for submittal to the u.s. EPA for approval.
8. Assessments on both priority and other sites following securing site access will continue.
9. The City and QEP(s) will meet to ensure required site access has been secured, individual assessments are progressing, and the overall project schedule is met.
The grant deliverables will include the following:
Database of potential contaminated sites
Site eligibility forms and access agreements
Prioritization process
11 Phase I ESAs & 6 Phase II ESAs
1 Generic Quality Assurance Plan
6 Site Specific Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) 4 Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA)
All EPA required reports
The consultant will work in concert with a community engagement consultant to create and implement a Community Engagement Plan. The outreach goal is to educate the community on the program benefits and voluntary nature to encourage a robust participation. The Brownfields public outreach and education program will help inform residents, property owners, businesses and stakeholders of the brownfields assessment activities and solicit support and participation to identify, select and prioritize sites. A Brownfield Advisory Committee will assist the City team and have an active role in grant implementation.
An initial list of approximately 1l sites will be generated based on recommendation from the community and businesses, City needs, and input from local and state environmental regulatory agencies. Site access is a key requirement of the site selection process; any interested party will be required to complete an application that contains information found in the property profile reports and sign a right of access agreement.
Vl. SCOPE OF WORK
There are four main tasks associated with the EPA Grant.
Task 1 : Target Areas and Brownfield Sites
Task 2: Community Need and Engagement
Task 3: Project Implementation & Reporting
Task 4: Remedial and Reuse Planning
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The selected consultant will have roles and responsibilities associated with each task as identified below:
TASK 1- Target Areas and Brownfield Sites
Task Description
This initial task is to gain an overall understanding of potential contaminated sites located in the Gateway District Specific Plan, Hollydale Specific Plan, Tweedy Boulevard, the City's commercial and industrial areas, and the affordable housing site inventory. The goal is to complete an inventory using Envirostor and other available databases which will be used as a tool in community outreach and create a site prioritization. Inventorying brownfield properties will help determine properties that impinge on redevelopment opportunities because of constraints caused by contamination. A qualified consultant will assist the City in creating the inventory properties database.
Deliverables
* Develop a database of all sites in the City's commercial and industrial areas and the affordable housing sites identffied in the Housing Element.
* Identify if any of these sites are in the Gateway District Specific Plan, Hollydale Specific Plan or Tweedy Boulevard.
* Database to identify from which data was derived.
TASK 2 Community Needs and Engagement
Task Description
The US EPA Grant requires an active community engagement component to not only inform the community about the effort but to educate and gain input regarding site prioritization. The City will be hiring a Community Engagement Consultant. The Environmental Consultant will assist the Community Engagement Consultant in developing community outreach plan and participate in the meetings.
Additionally, the City will establish an Advisory Committee who will provide input and guidance. Members of the Advisory Committee may include members from the City of South Gate, South Gate Community Health Action Team, South Gate Chamber of Commerce, Tweedy Mile Association and Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation. The Environmental Consultant will attend City Council meetings, stakeholder meetings, and provide information to Community Engagement Consultant who will issue press releases, social media outreach and update website Deliverables:
* Attend six (6) City Council meetings, six (6) stakeholder meetings, and quarterly Advisory Committee meetings.
* Provide quarterly reports to City and Community Engagement Consultant that can be utilized For quarterly Council updates, media relations, social media platforms and website updates.
TASK 3 Project Implementation
Task Description
The inventory of brownfield properties will help determine properties that impinge on redevelopment opportunities because of constraints caused by contamination. A qualified consultant will assist the City in creating a prioritization methodology to that will include but not be limited to the following:
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will help the City achieve its brownfield program goals; Brownfields identified as high priority by the communities served by the City.
Community input will be considered as a component of the prioritization of the site inventory. Sites will be evaluated against the agreed upon eligibility criteria and ranking criteria. A value will be assigned to each eligible site with the highest value being nominated to receive Phase I and Phase II ESAs.
The environmental consultant will assist the City in both screening and ranking sites and preparing reports.
The database tracks information including but not limited to site name, address, parcel number, acres, owners and operator's information, and regulatory history. Sites will be evaluated against the eligibility criteria and ranking criteria previously developed. Based on the prioritization ranking and ability to obtain owner consent, eleven (11 ) Phase 1 environmental site assessments will be conducted.
All Phase I environmental assessments will comply with EPA's All Appropriate Inquiries (AAI) Final Rule (American Society of Testing and Materials ((ASTM) ASTM E1527-21 ) and include a historical records search to determine ownership of a site, previous usage, and possible sources of contamination. Phase I assessments will also include a site visit, interviews, and in some cases, very limited sampling. If no significant concerns are identified, Phase II assessments may not be necessary.
Under this task, the Phase I ESAs must comply with the All-Appropriate Inquiries (AAI) rule promulgated under 40 CFR 312, Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessment. Eligibility analysis will be conducted and approved by EPA; Participants will complete an application and provide site access. The selected qualified consultants will perform the work and prepare draff and final reports. Final reports will support further action, including need for Phase II ESAs.
Based on the outcome of the eleven (11 ) ESA Phase I reports, it is anticipated that six (6) ESA Phase II reports will be conducted. If ESA Phase I indicates more than six Phase II studies are need, the sites will be selected based upon the priority ranking and ability to gain property owner consent.
The consultant will also prepare a generic Quality Assurance Plan and six (6) site-specific QAPs The u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed the Quality Assurance Project Plan (QA Project Plan) as a tool to document the type and quality of data needed for environmental decisions and to describe the methods for collecting and assessing those data. The development, review, approval, and implementation of the QA Project Plan is part of EPA's mandatory Quality System. All QA Project Plans must meet EPA's Requirements for QA Project Plans (QA/R-5) (May 2001 ). All Plans require EPA approval.
All American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM E1903-11 ) Phase II environmental assessments will include an investigation that includes sampling performed at the sites to confirm the location and identity of environmental hazards. The investigation may include a report of recommendations for cleanup alternatives. The City will provide EPA with a copy of the contractor's Unanticipated Discovery Plan. The Phase II Assessments will be done in accordance with the site specific QAPPs. EPA will review and approve all workplans prior to field implementation. Following field activities Phase II Reports will be prepared that contain information about the investigation including findings and recommendations. The City will assist EPA in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act for site sampling, as necessary.
The Consultant will assist the City in obtaining EPA approval. Phase I and/or Phase II assessments and conducted in accordance with All Appropriate Inquiry (ASTM Standard E1527-21 ) and other ASTM standards/practices. Health and Safety Plans (HASPs) will be prepared for each site. The Consultant will 9 92
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also create and maintain the database, track the site names and addresses, parcel numbers, acres, owners and operator's information, and regulatory history.
The Consultant will be required to comply with the requirements under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act, and Davis-Bacon Act.
Deliverables
Deliverables may include:
* Plan for selecting sites for further investigation
* Criteria to rank sites
* List of ranked sites
* Site eligibility forms
* Database maintenance
* Obtain EPA approval on all necessary workplan components * Complete 11 Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (3-6 months) @ Create 1 Generic Quality Assurance Plan
* Create 6 Site Specific Quality Assurance Plans
* Complete 6 Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (6-9 months) * ASSiSt City in obtaining site access
TASK 4 - Remedial/Reuse Planning, Measuring
Environmental Results, Reporting and Project Closeout
Task Description
This task will result in the evaluation of cleanup alternatives and reuse options for assessed sites and undertaking all grant reporting requirements. Phase I and II results will be compiled into summary reports that can be used as a tool to plan for cleanup and redevelopment. All progress will be tracked, measured, and reported to the EPA using ACRES. City Staff and consultants assisting with project management will establish a timeline of milestones and monitor goals and expenditures monthly to ensure projected costs are not exceeded and milestones are met according to the schedule. While schedule delays are not anticipated, the City is prepared to collaborate with all consultants and sub consultants on an action plan to ensure benchmarks are met in the case of unexpected delays. The selected consultants will prepare and submit the required progress reports (quarterly or as identified in the cooperation agreement) to the EPA for compliance.
"ABCA" Cleanup Strategy Plans: Four (4) sites will be selected to receive Cleanup Plans that follow the Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) format that presents the results of technical and economic feasibility analyses of the environmental response activities proposed to be implemented at the brownfields property. In addition, the plans need to meet regulatory requirements of the selected appropriate overseeing agency (Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the Regional Water Quality Control Board, or the Butte County Environmental Health Department). The ABCA will also include consideration of climate change impacts in the cleanup alternatives, as specified by EPA guidance, as well as alternatives for green remediation techniques.
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City, with the Consultant's assistance as needed, will file the annual Minority Business Enterprise/Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) Reports, and Federal Financial Reports.
Quarterly Reports will include the following:
1. Summary of Successes/Challenges over the past quarter.
2. Assistance Needed from EPA.
3. Narrative Update by Task that follows the format of the approved workplan.
4. Financiai Status by Task. The narrative update for each task will include a budget table, by project task and budget category, of expenses that will be invoiced and/or have been invoiced during the reporting period.
5. CumulativeExpenditurestoDate.Includeacumulativebudgettableofexpenditurestodateby project task and budget category.
6. SpreadsheetofAssessedSites(forCommunity-WideAssessmentGrants).OurProjectOfficerwill provide a spreadsheet template to track the status of assessed sites.
ACRES Reporting: The Consultant will be responsible for inputting site assessment data into the USEPA Assessment, Cleanup & Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES) database. This database will be updated quarterly. The City will work with the Consultant to establish an ACRE'S account.
Final Report: The Consultant will assist the City in preparing a final summary report describing the initial goals and objectives of the brownfields grant, accomplishment of the goals and objectives, and any changes implemented. The report will highlight lessons learned and clearly describe future tasks which will be necessary to complete the cleanup and development of the site(s). The report will describe resources leveraged during the project (other than the EPA grant), how they were used, and any resources leveraged to continue the project after the expiration of the brownfields grant. The report will include any supporting assessment documents or summaries not previously provided.
Final Report Outline
1. OverallProjectGoals:Provideasummaryoftheproject'soverallredevelopmentandbrownfields assessment goals.
2. Successes: In one to two paragraphs, provide a narrative summary description of the project success(es), such as sites that are ready for reuse or have moved to redevelopment, or planning or policy documents completed under the grant. For site specific successes, provide information on the former use of the site, number of acres, future reuse of the site, and why the site is a priority or catalystsite. Includesitephotosorschematicimagesoffuturereuseplans.
3. Lessons Learned/Best Practices: Identify lessons learned and best practices/materials transferable to other communities; opportunities for sharing information, including how the City, EPA, and others can share that information across multiple media types (meetings, conferences, changes to local policy, social media, etc.)
4. Partnering/Leveraging:Identifysignificantpartneringwithotherorganizationsand/orleveragingof resources, as well as any resources leveraged to continue the project after the expiration of the brownfields grant.
5. Work Plan Accomplishments: Provide a summary of accomplishments for each of the grant Work Plan tasks and/or any tasks that were not completed and why.
6. EPA Acknowledgement: Include information on how EPA has been acknowledged as a funding partner in the project.
7. ACRES/Site Assessment Spreadsheet: Include a final site assessment spreadsheet following the template provided by our Project Officer. Ensure all the site entries are up to date in ACRES.
8. Budget: Provide a budget table that compares total budgeted amounts and total amounts spent; identify whether any funds will be returned to EPA.
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Project Closeout: The City will comply with closeout requirements in the Terms and Conditions of the Cooperative Agreement, including the forms as outlined on EPA's Manaqinq Your Grants website.
Deliverables
* Project deliverables include:
* Four (4) ABCA Cleanup Strategy Plans
* Quality Assurance Project Plan
* Quarterly progress reports
* ACRES reporting
Final Report
* Field reports, if applicable
* Annual Federal Financial Reports (FFR, SF-425)
* Final FFR
* MBE/WBE Utilization Reports
Vll. SCHEDULE
The project start date will be the date that an agreement between the City and consultant is fully executed and conditions prior to starting work (insurance, business license, etc.) are met. Estimated maximumtime for the completion of this project is August 31, 2025, but the grant allows up through October 31, 2025, for its implementation. Note, it is the City's desire to complete the scope of the EPA qrant sooner than the maximum allotted time. When you prepare your schedule, this will be a factor in selection. If you feel the City's desire to accelerate the schedule is not realistic, please state so in your proposal.
Vlll. CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS & BACKGROUND
Consultant must provide the following information about their company so that the City can evaluate the Consultant's ability to support commitments set forth in the response to the RFP. The City, at its discretion, may require a Consultant to provide additional documentation to support and/or clarify requested information.
The Consultant should describe the company's background including:
Prior experience with US EPA Brownfields Grant administration/experience Prior experience with State Department of Toxic Substance Control grants or other similar grants Experience working in or around the South Gate, CA area or surrounding communities How long the company has been in business
A brief description of the company, including history, present status, future plans, etc.
Note any parent/subsidiary relationships
Note any name changes/acquisitions
Company size and organization
Total number of employees. Number of full-time and part-time employees; Number of technical staff and certifications
10. A detailed resume and contact information for the Project Manager and any other employees who will be involved in the project
11. Provide work samples that best reflects your work and relevancy to this project
12. Provide a history of your firm
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13. Describe your experience with conducting brownTields and environmental services For government agencies
14. Provide background and experience levels of those employees that will be assigned to this project
15. If you are partnering with additional firms to prepare and conduct the Community Engagement portion of the contract, identify the firm and provide prepare 1 through 121isted above IX. PROJECT UNDERST ANDING
Each Consultant shall submit a brief narrative illustrating their understanding of the above project. This narrative should include a price to complete the work and a statement of the work to be performed, including business processes and a timeline for how the project will be completed.
Consultants must provide a detailed implementation plan for the entire project. The City reserves the right to determine the implementation timetable based on calendar and fiscal restraints. Work will not beqin until an aqreement is approved by the South Gate City Council, all appropriate siqnatures have been obtained and aqreement required items have been provided (insurance, business license, et al).
X. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS
PROPOSAL FORMAT AND CONTENTS
The City of South Gate reserves the right to reject all proposals submitted, to request clarification of services submitted, to request additional information from competitors, and to waive any irregularity in the proposal and review process.
PROPOSAL SUBMITT AL INFORMATION
The proposal will also provide the following information: name, title, address, telephone number and email address of the individual with authority to bind the company and who may be contacted during the proposal evaluation period. The proposal shall be signed by an official authorized to bind the Consultant.
Proposals shall be submitted viaelectronicmailto [email protected] before February 16, 2023, by10 a.m. The submittal shall contain the proposed work to be completed by the Consultant. The subject line of the email transmittal shall state "2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT GRANT PROPOSAL". Any proposals not received by that time and date specified will be removed from consideration. Any proposal which does not conform to these requirements in their entirety will be removed from consideration. These proposals will be accepted until the time given within this document in the manner stipulated in this document.
PROPOSAL CERTIFICATION FORM
The prospective Consultant's proposal shall include an executed Proposal Certification Form. The Proposal Certification Form is located at the start of this RFP.
TIME ALLOCATION
Provide a basic estimate of the total person-hours expected to be required to perform each task contemplated for the project, and breakdown of the employees and professionals to be assigned to the tasks.
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course of the work, including Sub-Consultants (if any), and all other costs that may be applicable to any necessary extra services.
PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF PERFORMACE
Based upon the tasks and deliverables provide a draft schedule of performance. The final schedule will be mutually agreed upon by both parties. Please note, the City would like to complete the scope as soon as feasible.
FEE SCHEDULE
Each applicant shall include a fee schedule within the proposal. Fee schedule shall be itemized and presented in a clear and precise manner for each requested element. Consultant shall provide a table format of tasks and organization of labor hours for each project team member. Identify the hourly rate of each team member and their subtotal hours for the entire project. A subtotal of all labor expended per task of the scope of work shall also be provided. Please include one line item For all anticipated reimbursable expenses. Travel expenses should be included, but they should be considered carefully.
XI. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF PROPOSALS
OVERVIEW
Proposals will be evaluated and based according to the outline below. The Consultants with the best and most qualified proposal will be selected by the City of South Gate.
EV ALUATION OF THE CONSULT ANT'S QUALIFICATIONS, TEAM, SCOPE, SCHEDULE OF
CHARGES
Each proposal will be evaluated in the following areas:
1. Understanding:
2. Project Understanding
3. Scope of Work
4. Schedule of Performance
5. Qualifications:
6. Firm, Team, Individual Experience
7. Experience
8. Methodology
9. Completeness of Qualification Submittal
10. Identification of issues, if any, with the City's Agreement for Professional Services The selected Consultant shall be required to enter a written contract with the City on a form approved by the City Attorney. An example of the approved form "Agreement for Professional Services" is attached to this RFP (Exhibit A). Any executed agreement for services by and between the City and the Consultant requires formal City Council approval. This RFP and the selected Consultant proposal, or any part thereof, may be incorporated into and made part of the final contract.
The successful Consultant, and any Sub-Consultant, shall obtain a valid current Business License on or before their commencement of the work on the project.
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Xll. SELECTION COMMITTEE PROCESS
Proposals will be evaluated and ranked according to the outline below. The Consultants with the highest ranking will be selected for an interview.
EV ALUATION / SELECTION PROCESS
Proposals will be evaluated and selected according to the outline below. The Consultants with the best and most qualified proposal will be selected by the City. All proposals that are submitted within the appropriate timeframe will be evaluated by the City Selection Committee ("Selection Committee"). This Selection Committee may be comprised of City staff, elected officials, and non-staff members. Depending on the number of proposals submitted the Selection Committee, at their discretion, may decide to interview all applicants or chose the best qualified based upon the contents of their proposal. The City will conduct interviews afier the completion of the RFP internal review process. The City anticipates this RFP to be a very competitive process so consultants will be short-listed if City receives more than seven (7) proposals.
The following is a tentative procedure of how the selection process will occur. This process is used by the City to select Consultants.
@ Selection Committee will be provided copies of proposals and will evaluate them based upon criteria set forth in the Request for Proposal.
* Selection Committee, depending on how many proposals are submitted, may ask Consultants to provide a formal presentation.
* After presentations by the Consultants, the Selection Committee will review project scope, schedule of performance and fee schedule.
Selection Committee will make a recommendation for a Consultant to the South Gate City Council for approval.
* If approved by the South Gate City Council, the Consultant will commence work upon providing insurance, City business license and any other required documentation.
Xlll. CITY REQUIREMENTS
BUSINESS LICENSE
The successful Consultant, and any Sub-Consultant, shall obtain a valid current Business License on or before their commencement of the work on the project.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
Prior to beginning work, the Consultant shall obtain and furnish certificates ofinsurance to the City of South Gate (Exhibit B).
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EXHIBIT - A
Sample
AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENT AL
ENGINEERING SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTH GATE AND (COMPANY NAME)
This Agreement for Professional Services for Environmental Enqineerinq Services ("Agreement") is made and entered into on (DATE) , by and between the City of South Gate, a municipal corporation ("City"), and (COMPANY NAME), Inc., a California corporation ("Consultant"). City and Consultant are sometimes hereinafter individually referred to as a "Party" and collectively as "Parties."
RECIT ALS
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a $500,000 Brownfield Community-wide Assessment Grant from the United States Environmental ProtectionAgency (Grant)H and WHEREAS, City desires to retain a qualified provider for certain services relating to ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES to implement the GrantHand WHEREAS, Consultant warrants to City that it has the requisite skills, knowledge, qualifications, manpower and expertise to perform properly and timely the Professional Services under this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, based on such representation, City desires to contract with Consultant to perform the services as described in the Scope of Services attached hereto as Exhibit "A" of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. SCOPE OF SERVICES. City hereby engages Consultant, and Consultant accepts such engagement, to perform the services set forth in the Scope of Services as described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made part of this Agreement. The Schedule of Performance and Budget and Fee Schedule are included in Exhibits "B" and "C" respectfully. The Scope of Services, Schedule of Peformance and Fee Schedule may be mutually amended from time to time by both Parties in writing.
2. COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES. The total amount of compensation for this Agreement shall not exceed the sum of (SPELL OUT AMOUNT IN BOLD) for example - One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars - then put amount in parenthesis for example as described in Consultant's proposal attached hereto as Exhibit "A." City shall pay Consultant for its professional services rendered and costs incurred pursuant to this Agreement. No additional compensation shall be paid for any other expenses incurred, unless first approved in writing by Community Development or his/her designee.
2.1 Consultant shall be required to attend meetings at City Hall, community engagement meetings, and team meetings as necessary in the delivery of the services. Travel time between Consultant's office and required in-person meetings shall not be billable. Consultant may request an exemption on a case-by-case basis, which shall be subject to City approval.
2.2 Consultant shall be paid in accordance with the schedule included in Consultant's proposal attached hereto as Exhibit "A." City shall pay Consultant within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the invoice.
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2.3 No payment made hereunder by City to Consultant, other than the final payment, shall be construed as an acceptance by City of any work or materials, nor as evidence of satisfactory performance by Consultant of its obligations under this Agreement.
3. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement is effective as of (DATE) , and will remain in effect for a period of (ENTER AMOUNT) year from said date or until project completion, unless otherwise expressly extended and agreed to by both Parties in writing, or terminated by either Party as provided herein.
4. CITY AGENT. The Community Development Director ("Director"), or his/her designee, for the purposes of this Agreement, is the agent for City. Whenever approval or authorization is required, Consultant understands that the Director, or his/her designee, has the authority to provide that approval or authorization.
5. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. Consultant represents that it presently has no interest and shall not acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any real property located in the City which may be affected by the services to be performed by Consultant under this Agreement. Consultant further represents that in performance of this Agreement, no person having any such interest shall be employed by it. Within ten (10) days, Consultant agrees that it will immediately notify City of any other conflict of interest that may exist or develop during the term of this Agreement.
5.1 Consultant represents that no City employee or official has a material financial interest in Consultant's business. During the term of this Agreement and/or as a result of being awarded this contract, Consultant shall not offer, encourage or accept any financial interest in Consultant's business or in this Agreement by any City employee or official.
6. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
6.1 Termination for Convenience. City may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause by giving fifteen (15) days written notice to Consultant of such termination and specifying the effective date thereof. In that event, all finished or unfinished documents and other materials shall, at the option of City, become its property. If this Agreement is terminated by City as provided herein, Consultant will be paid the total amount of its costs as of the termination date. In no event shall the amount payable upon termination exceed the total maximum compensation provided for in this Agreement.
6.2 Termination for Cause.
6.2.1 City may, by written notice to Consultant, terminate the whole or any part of this Agreement in any of the following circumstances:
a. If Consultant fails to perform the services required by this Agreement within the time specified herein or any authorized extension thereof; or b. If Consultant fails to perform the services called for by this Agreement or so fails to make progress as to endanger performance of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and in either of these circumstances does not correct such failure withing a period of ten (10) days (or such longer period as City may authorize in writing) after receipt or notice From City specifying such failure.
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6.2.2 In the event City terminates this Agreement in whole or in part as provided above in Subsection 6.2.1, City may procure, upon such terms and in such manner as it may deem appropriate, services similar to those terminated.
6.2.3 If this Agreement is terminated as provided above in Subsection 6.2.1, City may require Consultant to provide all finished or unfinished documents, data, studies, drawings, maps, photographs, reports, films, charts, sketches, computations, surveys, models, or other similar documentation prepared by Consultant. Upon such termination, Consultant shall be paid an amount equal to the value of the work performed. In ascertaining the value of the work performed up to the date of termination, consideration shall be given to both completed work and work in progress, to complete and incomplete drawings, and to other documents whether delivered to City or in possession of Consultant, and to authorized reimbursement expenses.
6.2.4 If, after notice of termination of the Agreement under the provisions of Subsection 6.2. 1 above, it is determined, for any reason, that Consultant was not in default, or that the default was excusable, then the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be the same as if the notice of termination had been issued pursuant to Subsection 6.1. above.
6.3 Non-Assignability. Consultant shall not assign or transfer any interest in this Agreement without the express prior written consent of City.
6.4 Non-Discrimination,
6.4.1 Consultant shall not discriminate against any employee, subcontractor, or applicant for employment because of to race, creed, gender, gender identity (including gender expression), color, religion, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, or veteran/military status, in the performance of its services and duties pursuant to this Agreement and will comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and codes of the Federal, State, and County and the City governments.
Consultant will take affirmative action to ensure that subcontractors and applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, national origin, disability, or age. Consultant will take affirmative action to ensure that all employment practices, including those of any subcontractors retained by Consultant to perform services under this Agreement, are free from such discrimination. Such employment practices include, but are limited to hiring, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, recruitment advertising, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, including apprenticeship.
6.4.2 The provisions of Subsection 6.4.2 above shall be included in all solicitations or advertisements placed by or on behalf of Consultant for personnel to perform any services under this Agreement. City shall have access to all documents, data, and records of Consultant and its subcontractors for purposes of determining compliance with the equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination provisions of this Section, and all applicable provisions of Executive Order No. 11246 (relating to federal restrictions against discriminatory practices) is available for review and on file with the City Clerk's Office.
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under this Agreement:
6.5.I Workers Compensation Insurance as required by law. Consultant shall require all subcontractors similarly to provide such workers' compensation insurance for their respective employees.
6.5.2 Comprehensive general and automobile liability insurance protecting Consultant in amounts not less than $1,000,000 for personal injury to any one person, $1,000,000 for injuries arising out of one occurrence, and $500,000 for property damages or a combined single limit of $1,000,000, with an aggregate of $2,000,000. Each such policy ofinsurance shall:
a. Be issued by a financially responsible insurance company or companies admitted and authorized to do business in the State of California or which is approved in writing by City.
b. Name and list as additional insured the City, its officers and employees. c. Specify its acts as primary insurance.
d. Contain a clause substantially in the following words: "It is hereby understood and agreed that this policy shall not be canceled except upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to City of such cancellation or material change." e. Cover the operations of Consultant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
6.6 Indemnification. Consultant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless City and/or any other City agency, including other employees, officers and representatives, for/from any and all claims or actions of any kind asserted against City and/or any other City agency arising out or Consultant's (including Consultant's employees, representatives, products and subcontractors) negligent performance under this Agreement, excepting only such claims or actions which may arise out of sole or active negligence of City and/or any other City agency, or any third parties not acting on behalf of, at the direction of, or under the control of Consultant.
6.7 Compliance with Applicable Law. Consultant and City shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, and codes of the Federal, State, County and City governments, without regard to conflict of law principles.
6.8 Independent Contractor. This Agreement is by and between City and Consultant and is not intended, nor shall it be construed, to create the relationship of agency, servant, employee, partnership, joint venture, or association, as between City and Consultant.
6.8.1 Consultant shall be an independent contractor and shall have no power to incur any debt or obligation for or on behalf of City. Neither City nor any of its officers or employees shall have any control over the conduct of Consultant, or any of Consultant's employees, except as herein set forth, and Consultant expressly warrants not to, at any time orin any manner, represent that it, or any of its agents, servants or employees are in any manner employees of City, it being distinctly understood that Consultant is and shall at all times remain to City a wholly independent contractor and Consultant's obligations to City are solely such as are prescribed by this Agreement.
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6.8.2 Indemnification of CalPERS Determination - In the event that Consultant or any employee, agent, or subcontractor of Consultant providing services under this Agreement claims or is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or CalPERS to be eligible for enrollment in CalPERS as an employee of City, Consultant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless City for the payment of any employee and/or employer contributions for CalPERS benefits on behalf of Consultant or its employees, agents, or subcontractors, as well as, for the payment of any penalties and interest on such contributions which would otherwise be the responsibility of City.
6.8.3 Business License Required. According to Title 2.08.40 of the South Gate Municipal Code, a business license will be required prior to doing business within the City, even if the b usiness is located outside of the City. Verification of a valid South Gate business license will be required prior to start of work and any fees associated with the acquisition or maintenance of such business license shall be the sole responsibility of Consultant.
6.9 Consultant's Personnel.
6.9.1 All services required under the Agreement will be performed by Consultant, or under Consultant's direct supervision, and all personnel shall possess the qualifications, permits and licenses required by State and local law to perform such services, including, without limitation, a City of South Gate business license as required by the South Gate Municipal Code.
6.9.2 Consultant shall be solely responsible for the satisfactory work performance of all personnel engaged in performing services required by this Agreement, and compliance with all reasonable performance standards established by City.
6.9.3 Consultant shall be responsible for payment of all employees' and subcontractors' wages and benefits and shall comply with all requirements pertaining to employer's liability, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and Social Security.
6.9.4 Consultant shall indemnify and hold harmless City and all other related entities, officers, employees and representatives from any liability, damages, claims, costs, and expenses of any nature arising from alleged violations of personnel practices or of any acts of omissions by Consultant in connection with the work performed arising from this Agreement.
6.10 Copyright. No reports, maps or other documents produced in whole or in part under this Agreement shall be the subject of an application for copyright by or on behalf of Consultant.
6.11 Legal Construction.
6.11.1 This Agreement is made and entered into in the State of California and shall in all respects be interpreted, enforced, and governed under the laws of the State of California without regard to conflict of law principles.
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any rule of construction that a document is to be construed against the drafting party shall not be applicable to this Agreement.
6.11.3. The article and section, captions and headings herein have been inserted for convenience only and shall not be considered or referred to in resolving questions of interpretation or construction.
6.11.4. Whenever in this Agreement the context may so require, the masculine gender shall be deemed to refer to and include the feminine and neuter, and the singular shall refer to and include the plural.
6.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
constitute an agreement which shall be binding upon all counterparts and, as so executed, shall
Parties hereto.
6.13 Final Payment Acceptance Constitutes Release. The acceptance by Consultant of the final payment made under this Agreement shall operate as and be a release of City from all claims and liabilities for compensation to Consultant for anything done, furnished, or relating to Consultant's work or services. Acceptance of payment shall be any negotiation of City's check or the failure to make a written extra compensation claim within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of that check.
However, approval or payment by City shall not constitute, nor be deemed, a release of the responsibility and liability of Consultant, its employees, sub-consultants and agents for the accuracy and competency of the information provided and/or work performed; nor shall such approval or payment be deemed to be an assumption of such responsibility or liability by City for any defect or error in the work prepared by Consultant, its employees, sub-consultants and agents.
6.14 Corrections. In addition to the above indemnification obligations, Consultant shall correct, at its expense, all errors in the work which may be disclosed during City's review of Consultant's report or plans. Should Consultant fail to make such correction in a reasonably, timely manner, such correction shall be made by City, and the cost thereof shall be charged to Consultant.
6.15 Files. All files of Consultant pertaining to City shall be and remain the property of City. Consultant will control the physical location of such files during the term of this Agreement and shall be entitled to retain copies of such files upon termination of this Agreement.
6.16 Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. Failure by a Party to insist upon the performance of any of the provisions of this Agreement by the other party, irrespective of the length of time for which such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver of such Party's right to demand compliance by such other Party in the future. No waiver by a Party of a default or breach of the other party shall be effective or binding upon such a Party unless made in writing by such Party, and no such waiver shall be implied from any omissions by a Party to take any action with respect to such default or breach. No express written waiver of a specified default or breach shall affect any other default or breach, or cover any other period of time, other than any default or breach and/or period of time specified. All of the remedies permitted or available to a Party under this Agreement, or at law or in equity, shall be cumulative and alternative, and invocation of any such right or remedy shall not constitute a waiver or election of remedies with respect to any other permitted or available right of remedy.
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6.18 Severability. If any provision in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will nevertheless continue in full force without being impaired or invalidated in any way.
6.19 Attorneys' Fees. The Parties hereto acknowledge and agree that each will bear his or its own costs, expenses and attorneys' fees arising out of and/or connected with the negotiation, drafting and execution of the Agreement, and all matters arising out of or connected therewith except that, in the event any action is brought by any Party hereto to enforce this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such action shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys' fees and costs in addition to all other relief to which that Party or those Parties may be entitled.
6.20 Entire Agreement and Amendments. This Agreement constitutes the whole agreement between City and Consultant, and neither party has made any representations to the other except as expressly contained herein. Neither party, in executing or performing this Agreement, is relying upon any statement or information not contained in this Agreement. Any amendments, changes or modifications to this Agreement must be made in writing and appropriately executed by both City and Consultant.
6.21 Notices. Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be deemed to have been given by email transmission with confirmation of delivery and depositing said notice in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed as follows:
TO CITY:
City of South Gate
Meredith Elquira
8560 California Avenue
South Gate, CA 90280
Email: melquirapsoqate.orq
TEL: 323.563.9566
WITH COURTESY COPY TO:
City Clerk's Office
Carmen Avalos, City Clerk
8650 California Avenue
South Gate, CA 90280
Email: cavalos(,soqate.orq
TEL: (323)563-9510
TO CONSULTANT:
NAME OF CONSULT ANT)
CONSULT ANT'S TITLE)
CONSULT ANT/COMPANY NAME)
COMPANY ADDRESS)
CITY, ST ATE, ZIP CODE)
CONSULTANT'S EMAIL ADDRESS)
PHONE NUMBER)
6.22 Warranty of Authorized Signatories. Each of the signatories hereto warrants and represents that he or she is competent and authorized to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the Party for whom he or she purports to sign.
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6.24 Interpretation Against Drafting Party. City and Consultant agree that they have cooperated in the review and drafting of this agreement. Accordingly, in the event of any ambiguity, neither Party may claim that the interpretation of this Agreement shall be construed against either Party solely because that Party drafted all or a portion of this Agreement, or the clause at issue.
7. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this Agreement is (DATE) and will remain in effect through and until project completion, unless otherwise terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and attested by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
CITY OF SOUTH GATE:
BY:
Maria del Pilar Avalos, Mayor
Dated:
ATTEST:
B)/:
Carmen Avalos, City Clerk
(SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
B9:
Raul Salinas, City Attorney
(COMPANY NAME):
B9:
(CONSULT ANT'S NAME)
Dated:
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Exhibit "A'!
Scope of Work
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Exhibit "B"
Schedule of Performance
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Exhibit "C"
Fee Schedule and Budget
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EXHIBIT - B
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSULT ANTS
Consultant shall procure and maintain for the duration of the contract insurance against claims forinjuries to persons or damages to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder by the Consultant, his agents, representatives, or employees.
1. Workers Compensation Insurance as required by law. Consultant shall require all subcontractors similarly to provide such workers' compensation insurance for their respective employees.
2. Comprehensive general and automobile liability insurance protecting Consultant in amounts not less than $1,000,000 for personal injury to any one person, $1,000,000 for injuries arising out of one occurrence, and $500,000 for property damages or a combined single limit of $I,000,000, with an aggregate of $2,000,000. Each such policy ofinsurance shall:
f. Be issued by a financially responsible insurance company or companies admitted and authorized to do business in the State of California or which is approved in writing by City. g. Name and list as additional insured the City, its officers and employees. h. Specify its acts as primary insurance.
Contain a clause substantially in the following words: "It is hereby understood and agreed that this policy shall not be canceled except upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to City of such cancellation or material change."
j. Cover the operations of Consultant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
Coverage shall be at least as broad as:
* Insurance Services Office Commercial General Liability coverage (occurrence Form CGOOOI).
* Insurance Services Office Form Number CA 0001 covering Automobile Liability, Code 1 (any auto).
* Workers' Compensation insurance as required by the State of California and Employer's Liability Insurance.
* Errors and Omissions Liability insurance appropriate to the consultant's profession.
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volunteers: or the Consultant shall provide a financial guarantee satisfactory to the Entity guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration and defense expenses.
Acceptability of Insurers
Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best's rating of no less than A:
Vll, unless otherwise acceptable to the Entity.
Verification of Coverage
Consultantshallfurnishthe Entitywith original certificatesand amendatoryendorsements effecting coverage required by this clause. The endorsements should be on forms provided by the Entity or on other than the Entity's forms provided those endorsements conform to Entity requirements. All certificates and endorsements are to be received and approved by the Entity before work commences. The Entity reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including endorsements affecting the coverage required by these specifications at any time. 28 ill
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Exhibit C
US Environmental Protection Agency Requirements
This project is funded by an Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Section 104(K) grant from the United States Environmenta) Protection Agency (USEPA). The conditions of this grant, Federal Regulations 470 CFR Part 31.36(c)(vii)(2), prohibit the use of statutorily or administratively imposed local geographical preferences in the evaluation of bids or proposals. There will be no preference for local bidders.
In accordance 2 CFR Part 200.324 the grantee and subgrantee(s) must perform a cost or price analysis in connection with applicable procurement actions, including contract modifications.
The selected Consultant will follow procurement procedures as outlined in 2 CFR Part 200.317. OPD and any subrecipients shall comply with federal cross-cutting requirements, including but not limited to DBE requirements found at 40 CFR Part 33; OSHA Worker Health & Safety Standard 29 CFR § 1910.120; Uniform Relocation Act (40 USC § 61); National Historic Preservation Act (16 USC § 470); Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); Permits required by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act; Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity, and implementing regulations at 41 CFR § 60-4; Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, as amended (40 USC §§ 327-333); the Anti-Kickback Act (40 USC § 276c); and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as implemented by Executive Orders 11914 and 11250 as detailed further at https://www.epa.qov/qrants/epa-subaward-cross-cutter-requirements.
Award shall be made to the responsible proposer whose proposal is determined in writing to be most advantageous to the government, taking into consideration price and the evaluation factors set forth in this request for proposal. No other factors or criteria shall be used in the evaluation.
The provisions of the Procurement Regulations, NMIAC Section 70-30.3-725 and 70-30,3-730 prohibiting Gratuities and Kickbacks and Contingent Fees shall apply.
Gratuities. It shall be a breach of ethical standards for any person to offer, give or agree to give any employee or former employee, or for any employee or former employee to solicit, demand, accept or agree to accept from another person, a gratuity or an offer of employment in connection with any decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, preparation of any part of a program requirement or a purchase request, influencing the content of any specification or procurement standard, rendering of advice, investigation, auditing or in any other advisory capacity in any proceeding or application, request for ruling, determination, claim or controversy, or other particular matter, pertaining to any program requirement or a contract or subcontract or to any solicitation or proposal therefore. NMIAC Section 70-30.3-725(a).
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offer of employment to be made by or on behalf of a subcontractor under a contract to the prime contractor or higher tier subcontractor or any person associated therewith as an inducement for the award of subcontractor or order. NMIAC Section 70-30.3-725(b).
Contingent Fees. It shall be a breach of ethical standards for a person to be retained, or to retain a person, to solicit or secure government contracts upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee, except for retention of bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial selling agencies for the purpose of securing business. NMIAC Section 70-30.3-730.
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February 13, 2023
Ms. Dena Fuentes, Director
City of South Gate
8650 California Street
South Gate, California 90280
Subject: Response to Request for Proposal, Environmental Engineering Services, City of South Gate, California, Dated January 27, 2023, US EPA 2023 Communitywide Brownfields Assessment Grant
Dear Ms. Fuentes:
Tetra Tech appreciates the opportunity to respond to the subject Reqciest for Proposals, to provide environmental consulting services for the City of South Gatein support of the awarded u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) 2023 Communitywide Brownfields Assessment Grant (US EPA Brownfield Grant). We understand that the evaluation criteria and the scope of work to be provided cinder this contract will involve the following:
* Providing the City of SocithGatewith superior technical and project management support of the !>500,000 US EPA Brownfields Grant.
* Grant ma nagement tasks that may include preparation of US EPA required reports and com pletion of the final close-out report.
* WorkwiththeCityofSouthGatetoidentify,develop,andrefineabrownfieldpropertydatabaseand generate criteria to prioritize the identified properties for site evaluation. * Commcinityinvolvementassistancewillincludeamulti-facetedapproachfordevelopingcommunity engagement plans and objectives, while alsoimplementing communityinvolvement events, environmental outreach, and other development strategies to put underutilized brownfield properties backinto appropriate cise.
@ SitecharacterizationandassessmentactivitiesincludingPhaselEnvironmentalSiteAssessments(ESA) and Phase If ESAs, Assessment, Cleanup, and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES) database management, as well as other common US EPA required reporting. * CleanupanddevelopmentplanningwillincludeincorporatingtheAnalysisofBrownfieldsCIeanup Alternatives (ABCA) report to spearhead site remediation approaches and conceptual redevelopment alternatives.
@ Grantwritingassistancewillbeavailableasneeded.TetraTechhasbeenoneofthemostsciccessfulfirms at providing our clients with multiple avenues to acquire funding for redevelopment purposes. We build on our community's success in attracting CDBG, AML, ARC, USDA, technical assistance, and other grant opportunities. Tetra Tech is also the primary US EPA Region 9 contractor for the Targeted Brownfield Thrs rnformation is considered to be proprretory and conridentrol and rs not to be disclosed for purposes other than evaluation of thrs proposal.
Tetra Tech
17664 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 500
Tel -'a3 Ji":' J')'".' Cell :'-l 3 212 T;a=l =: 'l"eil1 -Oi" 114
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Ms. Dena Fuentes, Director
City of South Gate
February 13, 2023
Assessment program, which dove-tails very effectively with the US EPA Brownfield Grant program as it provides the community with more opportunity to jump start and accelerate revitalization goals. * TetraTechisaworldleaderinenvironmentalremedialtechniquesandalternativesthattheCalifornia Regional Water Quality Control Boards, Department of Toxic Substances, and the US EPA seek out on a regular basis. Our remedial action plans are well written and clear.
Since 1966, Tetra Tech has provided comprehensive and innovative environmental and engineering management consulting, focusing on cost-effective and sustainable solutions to environmental, engineering, and natural resource management problems. Our reputation for providinginnovative solutions - backed by sound engineering, scientific, and economic analyses - has earned the confidence ofour ccistomers worldwide. Our satisfied customers include all major branches ofthe federal government, state, and local agencies across the country, and many of the world's leading corporations.
Under current contracts, for example, Tetra Tech's excellent relationships with US EPA Region 9 has resulted in our being selected to provide environmental and engineering services on hundreds of brownfield assessments in the region. Under this US EPA program, we have helped minimize the uncertainties of contamination often associated with brownfields, especially for those cities that have not obtained US EPA grants.
Work on these brownfields assessments has typically consisted of Phase I and II ESAs, preparing quality asscirance project plans, underground storage tank removals, ABCAs to satisfy planned site redevelopment, and community engagement specific to the revitalization goals. Tetra Tech specializes in meeting our communities where they are and assisting with development strategies from there. We see South Gate as a stronginner subcirb or Beltway City with incredible potential for revitalization and economic growth. Our team of scientists, engineers, and architects are honored to have the opportbinity to be a part of South Gate's success story. We have led cities ofall sizesin California. The Tetra Tech team is grateful these cities have relied on us to support their challenging projects and continue to place their trust in Tetra Tech's quality of work.
For this environmental US EPA Brownfield Grant services contract, the City ofSocith Gate must select a firm that can provide the technical skills, local resources, and management ability needed to deliver high-quality, timely, and cost-effective services. The Tetra Tech team offers the following distinct advantages and is prepared to immediately begin implementation on this contract:
* Nearlyl,000environmentalandengineeringstaffbasedwithinafewhoursoftheSouthGatescitylimits and more than 27,000 additional employees worldwide to draw from for additional technical experience.
Our diverse workforce allows us to provide the City of South Gate with a combination of national technical experts, multidisciplinary resources, and local expertise and responsiveness. * Qualifiedcontractorwithexpertiseconductingcomplexenvironmentalassessments,siteinvestigations, creative community engagement activities, ACRES database management, preparation of realistic cleanup alternatives, and preparation of a property management plan for entry into California's Brownfield Program.
* Wearecommittedtoinformingandsupportingourcommunitiesintangiblewaysimprovingtheareas quality oflife and promoting its economic benefit.
* TetraTechisalocalfirmthatinvestsinthegreaterLosAngelesareaofwhichSouthGateisapartof. (TETRA TECH Page 2
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City of South Gate
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* Strongpartnershipswithwomen-ownedandveteran-ownedbusinessenterprisesthatsupportusandour clients successfully and consistently with planning, visioning, financial proforma development, bhiilding material assessment, and remediation.
* Proven capabilities in completing projects that applyinnovative and cost-effective strategies during all phases of site revitalization, from preliminary Phase I site assessments through design, remediation, closure, and redevelopment. I have been engaged with the City and RSG since 2017 to successfully and innovatively address contamination in soil and groundwater associated with the former Target/Lazar gas station Site on Tweedy Boulevard. Sustainable work practices that help our clients address water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy and redevelopment needs.
Tetra Tech recognizes and fully supports the City of South Gate's goal of fostering the development and capacitybuildingofsmall,minority-,female-,anddisadvantaged-ownedbusinessenterprises(DBE,SBE/MBE/WBE). We bring a well-documented track record of meeting DBE and SBE/MBE/WBEsubcontracting goals on contracts with the US EPA and other clients. Our teaming arrangements will help LIS meet the City of South Gate's subcontracting goals, but moreimportantly, strengthen and complement our skills with those of our team members, which include prior successful environmental, engineering, planning, and remedial work in California and across the country forthe US EPA.
Tetra Tech and I are eager to strengthen further our relationships with the City of South Gate and RSG, Inc, and provide a high level oftechnical environmental and engineering expertise.
Ifyou have questions or need furtherinformation, please contact me at 949.212.3664 or [email protected].
Respectfully,
Tetra Tech
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
CITY OF SOUTH GATE - US EPA 2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELDS
ASSESSMENT GRANT PROJECT
NOTE: PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURE BLOCKS ARE COMPLETED. FAILURE TO SIGN THIS FORM WILL RENDER PROPOSAL INV ALID.
Issue Date: January 17, 2023
Issuing Agent:
City of South Gate
8650 California Street
South Gate, CA 90280
Proposal Due Date: Monday, February 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.
Proposal Directed To: Dena Fuentes
Electronic Email
Submission Only:
[email protected]
In compliance with this Request for Proposal and to all conditions imposed herein, the undersigned offers and agrees to furnish the services in accordance with the attached signed proposal or as mutually agreed upon by subsequent negotiation. By signature hereto, the proponent certifies that all representations and certifications contained in its proposal are complete and accurate as required.
Name of Firm: Tetra Tech, Inc.
Address of Firm: 17885 Von Karmen Avenue, Suite 500, Irvine, CA 92614 Contact Name: Mike Koester
s
Signature:
Title: VicePMnt, Midwest,Rockies,Southwest&
California Operations
Date: February 13, 2023
Phone Number: 303.291 .6265
Email Address: [email protected]
Federal Employee ID
Number: (if
applicable)
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Table of Contents
1. Qualifications and Background
Experience Capabilities and Qualifications.
Overall Experience..
Community Engagement.....
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2. Proposed Team and OrganizationalApproach
Project Manager
Corporate Sponsor
Roles and Management of Subconsultants.......
Project Schedules...
Budget Management............
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8 3. Scope of Work and Technical Approach
Task 1: TargetAreas and Brownfield Sites...............
Task 2: Community Needs
Task 3: Projectlmplementation......
Selection of Sites for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Phasel ESA Scope of Work.........
Quality Assurance Project Plans
Phasell Scope of Work........
Summary Deliverables for Task 3.............
Task 4: Remedial and Reuse Planning, Reporting......
4. Representative Project Experience
5. Schedule
6. Time Allocation
7. General Assumptions
8. Cost Estimate
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Exhibit 1- Organization Chart....................
Exhibit 2 - Project Team Experience Matrix.
Exhibit 3 - Experience Matrix......
Exhibit 4 - Cost Estimate by Task
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Appendix B - Time Allocation Table
Appendix C - Fee Schedule
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1. Qualifications and Background
Tetra Tech is a world-class environmental and engineering services company highly experienced in working with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the State of California Department ofToxic Substances Control (DTSC) and on numerous brownfields projects. Ourteam of professionals includes a broad range of scientists, engineers, community specialists, and database specialists who possess skills, technical expertise, and detailed understanding of the regulatory requirements ofthe environmentalimpact assessment process. The selected personnel are highly experienced in all aspects of the US EPA's Brownfield Grant process. Tetra Tech's team selected for this project is familiar with the City of South Gate's Economic Development Strategy and their economic revitalization areas. Our team of professionals
for'h'Spro'eC' ha'eah'ghamoun' of Tetra Tech served as lead environmental consultant on eXPer!enceWOrk!ng'n and near':he C![YofSoui" six projects that received Phoenix Awards from USEPA Gate (South Gate). Tetra Tech has been at National Brownfields Conferences. These awards pBla{@lal"llillg assessment and remediation Were givento recognizeinnovativepro3ects that solved activitiesattheFormerTarget/LazarGasStation complexenvironmentalproblemswhiletransforming on Tweedy Boulevard,located'in one ofthe abandoned propertiesinto productive land. revitalization areas, along with other brownfield
properties in the vicinity of South Gate for decades.
Our Project Manager, Jay Necihacis, has worked on projects in South Gate as well as in the City of Cudahy, South Los Angeles, Vernon, Downey, and the Beltway. Tetra Tech's US EPA Brownfield Grant Manager for this project, Sherry Weedman, is highly experienced with the US EPA Brownfield Grant process having already managed several such brownfields sites. Tetra Tech has a focused practice for environmental assessment services located in ourlrvine Office thatincludes a core grocip of senior managers, engineers, scientists, data managers, public outreach specialists, and other technical specialists. Thelrvine Office is supported by more than 1,400 professionalsin multiple discipline categories located in various offices in southern California (including San Bernardino, Diamond Bar, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and our Corporate office in Pasadena). Regardless of the scope of an assigned task, local staff will be available to support the City's US EPA assessment contract.
Company Information:
Tetra Tech was focinded in Pasadena in 1966 and has been performing environmental assessment and cleanup of soil and groundwater ever since (57 years). We provide engineering services related to waterways, harbors, and coastal areas. For more than 50 years, Tetra Tech has substantiallyincreased the size and scope of its business and expanded its service offerings through a series of strategic acquisitions and internal growth. From the beginning, Tetra Tech has attracted the best and brightest minds in science and engineering and has always focused on bringing innovative solutions to our clients' most complex needs. Today, Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services with 27,000 associates located in 550 offices worldwide. Ofthese, over 17,000 employees are full-time. Over 10,000 are certified scientists, engineers, GIS specialists and other professions.
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Tetra Tech is organized into two major business groups that align with our core markets and enhance the development of high-end consulting and technical solutions to meet our growing client demand:
Government Services Group (GSG) provides consulting and engineering services worldwide for a broad range of u.s. government clients (federal, state, and !ocal) and all activities with development agencies.
Services include water and waste management, environmental restoration, international development, sustainableinfrastructure design, and a broad range ofcivil infrastructure design forfacilities, transportation, and regional and local development.
Commercial/International Services Group (CIG) provides consulting and engineering services worldwide for a broad range of commercial and international clients. Services include management consulting, environmental remediation, geotechnical investigations, and design engineering.
Form of Organization: Corporation
Recent Acquisitions include: Piteaci Associates, Amyx Inc., and RPS Group Number of Employees in Irvine Office: 300
Experience Capabilities and Qualifications
Tetra Tech's vast brownfields experience, technical skills, regulatory knowledge, and grant management expertise will be instrumental in helping South Gate implement their Economic Development Strategy and redevelop targeted sites, such as the city's Gateway District, Tweedy Boulevard, and Hollydale Village.
Tetra Tech has been involved with US EPA's Brownfields Program since its inception, with proven expertise in helping our clients in writing successfcil grant applications and administering, managing, and completing grant- funded program activities. Our focus is to understand the needs of each community and identify specific opporUinities to keep revitalization efforts moving forward.
Overall Experience
Tetra Tech has completed more than 200 brownfields assessments directly forthe US EPAin several regions and hundreds of other grant- funded projects for other clients nationwide and in California. Our brownfields work typically includes simple property transfer audits, environmental assessments, quality assurance project plans (QAPPs), threatened and endangered species surveys, historical property evaluations, public outreach, risk assessment, complex hazardous materials assessments, abatement, and cleanup planning and implementation. Additional complements include our experience working on related projects within this project's scope, such as property condition assessments and hazardocis materials surveys.
We support clients with preparing quarterly and anmial reporting as well as project close-obit and final reporting. Concerning cleanup and redevelopment assistance, Tetra Tech routinely completes and complements cleanup and redevelopment plans for further site development. Should additional interaction be required with the California Environmental Protection Agency's (CalEPA) DTSC, Tetra Tech has experts who navigate our clients throbigh the progressive State Brownfields Program.
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included grant management and programmatic assistance as well as workin all other areas of this project's scope ofservices at brownfields and similar sites.
Community Engagement
Tetra Tech's experience with developing and implementing community engagement strategies dates back to the early 1990s. We have provided community involvement and public outreach services for hundreds of sites across the country. Most of this work has been performed under the pciblic involvement reqciirements ofthe Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabilityAct (CERCLA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). We understand the impacts of political and public sensitivities of environmental work performed at large rminicipal and indcistrial properties, including brownfields and environmental justice communities. Ocir activities typicallyinclude preparing community involvement plans and informational materials, establishinginformation repositories, staffing community outreach centers, conducting ocitreach workshops and seminars, organizing community advisory groups and technical assistance grants, planning, and facilitating public meetings, and supporting other public and media outreach events.
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2. ProposedTeamand0rganizationalApproach
Our proposed team is organized with direct lines of communication between subcontractors, technical resources, task order managers, Tetra Tech project manager, and the City of South Gate. Our proposed organization chart is presented as Exhibit 1 below.
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Our proposed team is staffed with all of the ManagementApproach to the Work appropriatetechnicalresourcestofocusonevaluating Ourdecisionmakers,coretechnicalstaff,andproject deliveryinfrastructureare local,responsive,and
PrOJeCineeds,collaboratingwiththeCity,developing experienced,whichwill facilitatethe efficientdeliveryof project-specific strategies and solutions, crafting se"ce' Our proposedprojectteamhasa long historyof working
'echn'a'workplans,executingfieldactivities, and together.Therefore,therewill be no transitioncosts and presenting the rescilts to both the City of Socith Gate learninqcurveforTetraTechon this proqtam. and variocis oversight agencies. Throughout our
team's long history of collaborating on similar projects, including those with South Gate, we have developed a management system to efficiently staff and perform all elementsincluded in the Scope of Work (SOW) starting from projectinitiation through closure.
The main point of contact will be the project manager who will be supported by our Corporate Sponsor, Community Engagement Assistant, and US EPA Grant Manager to ensure proper management of the contract. These individuals are illustrated on the Organizational Chart and rescim6s are included as an appendix.
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Project Manager
We have dedicated a Project Manager who will delegate tasks (i.e., QAPP, Phase I ESA, Phase II ESA) to the appropriate lead depending on the task. The task lead will work with the Project Manager to identify the necessary technical staff and sbibconsultants/subcontractors based on SOW. This will allow for the most appropriate team to handle the project. The task lead is responsible for managing the Tetra Tech staff and subcontractors/subconsultants involved in they're task.
Jay Neuhaus, PG, Project Manager, will be responsible for the contract performance a nd have the authoritytocommitTetraTech'smultidisciplinaryresourcestothisprogram. Hewillfunctionasakey strategist and engage the project team to align their areas of expertise based on the needs of each site and phase of the project. Forinstance, Mr. Neuhaus will split the Phase I and Phase II ESAs into two groups so that they can be completed simultaneously, as needed.
Mr. Neuhaus has significant experience working with the City of South Gate and RSD. Mr. Neuhaus has worked with the City of South Gate for the past 5 years since he is currently managing the former Target/Lazar Gas Station Site on Tweedy Boulevard (see Section 4 Project Experience). He and his team performed site assessment, followed byimplementing a soil vapor extraction cleanup, and groundwater cleancip using in sitri oxidation. He has worked with City representatives keeping them abreast of progress and finalizing planning and technical documents as well as holding conference calls. And with RSG he has been involved with working out budgets, going to City Council Meetings and County First District Oversight Board meetings.
As Project Manager, Mr. Neuhaus will be responsible for monitoring the contract metrics, engage in stakeholder management, manage scope, schedule, and cost, and will work with South Gate and US EPA to ensure the program goals and objectives are being met. Safety comes first for Mr. Neuhaus and he will always demand work be done safely. Mr. Neuhaus has previous experience on South Gr:ite sites including Target/Lazar as O Project Manager and on other nearby sites such as Olin Site in Vernon and ParkAvenue ElementarySchoolSiteandLeggett&PlattSiteinSouthLosAngeles, asataskandprojectmanager.
Corporate Sponsor
Mike Koester, CHMM, REP, Senior Vice President, Western Operations, will serve as our Corporate Sponsor for this contract. He will support Mr. Neuhaus by ensuring that adequate resources are provided to manage the South Gate contract. He will also independently solicit feedback from South Gate to make sure our performance meets or exceeds the City's needs.
Team Key Members
Sherry Weedman, US EPA Grant Manager, will provide expert and important management with respect to the US EPA Grant protocols and process. She will be our US EPA expert and interface and, because of her vast experience with US EPA Brownfield Grants, she knows the US EPA reqciirements including the selection, prioritization/ranking process, Site Eligibility, Community Engagement, coordinating strong diverse partners, Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs), brownfield focused assessment, Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA), Assessment, Cleanup, and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES) reporting, the National Historic Preservation Act, Federal Financial Reports, and leveraging Use or drsclosure of data contained on this page is subject to the restriction on the title page of this propowl. 5 124
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additionalfundingtocompleterevitalizationgoals. Sherrywillalsoprovidekey oversightwithdatabase reporting and is very experienced with ACRES.
Carolyn Hunter, Community Engagement Assistance, will assist the City and their comrminity engagement consultant with community engagement and public meetings. She has a great amount of experience in the area of Public Communications in blighted areas that may be considered brownfields, including assisting the City of Lynwood with public outreach. Carolyn has approximately 24 yearsin the communications field performing community outreach, media relations, and risk communication among other things. She has managed on-site community involvement for high profile emergency response projects related to brownfields. She will review quarterly reports used by the Community Engagement Consciltant for community relations purposes.
Jessica Vickers, QAPP/QA/QC Manager, cmder the quality cimbrella, is a highly experienced QAPP manager and technical reviewer with a chemistry background. She has performed this task on many US EPA-funded projects and brownfields projects. With her 30 years of experience and UFP-QAPP Training, she is familiar with the US EPA QAPP process.
Vidhya Ramalingam, PhD, Phase I Lead, will be the task leader for Phase I ESAs. She has written and managed many Phasel ESAs while atTetra Tech and is an accomplished leader. To complete the Phasel ESAs for the identified properties in an expeditious manner, we will execute them in an overlapping schedule. Vidhya will manage local resources to complete the required elements of the Phase I ESAs.
Daniel O'Connell will be a subtask leader so that simciltaneous execution can occur.
Waiter Bell, PE, Phase II ESA Lead, has served on previous South Gate Site Investigation and Remediation Services contracts dating back to 2018 as well as on the current contractin several different capacities. His broad experience of over 15 years includes conducting field investigation activities, managing task orders and preparing planning documents and reports. He will serve as a task leader on Phase II ESAs and will provide support on the Remediation Planning documents. Again, where possible we will overlap Phasell schedules.
Juan Guerrero, PG, Phase II ESA Support, is a Vice President at Tetra Tech who grew up near South Gate and has worked on hundreds of projects throughout the Southland in his nearly 40 years in the business.
He can provide valuable support not only to Phase II ESAs but to the projectin general.
Carl Lenker, PE, Remedial/Reuse Planning Lead, is highly experienced in remedial planning and implementation of remedial alternatives. He is a leader and innovator when it comes to remediation approaches and redevelopment site cleanup. He has worked on numerous brownfields redevelopment projects such as the forrner Target/Lazarproperty in South Gate; Plaza Mexico,Alameda Triangle, and Lynwood Springs in Lynwood; The Sour'ce in Buena Park; the former /C/ Paint pr-operty in Commerce, and the former Teledyne property in Northridge among many others.
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Roles and Management of Subconsultants
Tetra Tech's subcontract management strategy focuses on integration of subcontractor/subconsultants into the task phase to evalciate projectimplementation options, cost-effective solutions, and in some cases the mostlikely regulatory-approved approach. This integrated approach allows LIS to eliminate or minimize field issues to facilitate a project that is successful and on schedule and budget with limited to no project variances.
Our approach to effective subconsultant/subcontractor management begins by selecting qualified subconsultants and subcontractors, particularly those with whom we have long-term existing working relationships and from whom have observed strong performance. Next, we apply the following practices to manage and oversee multiple subcontractors on various approved task orders:
it Prequalifyallsubcontractors/subconsultantsbasedontheirfinancialandhealthandsafety records;
* ExecutesubcontractoragreementsincludingSouthGatecontractflow-downcontract requirements;
Establish the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) during the planning phase to develop project sequencing and baseline schedules, scope tracking, and financial modeling/evaluation; Facilitate a project kickoff meeting to review project objectives, scope, roles and responsibilities, resources, South Gate facility coordination, lines of communication, health and safety requirements, field documentation, and schedule;
* RequireSubcontractors/SubconsultantstoreportcostandscheduleinformationinourWBS format;
Be responsible for management and field oversight ofsubcontractors/subconsultants; and * PerformcostandschedulecontrolthrocighourprojectmanagementresocircesincludingTetra Tech's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform also known as Tetra Linx.
Tetra Tech anticipates a minimum of 28 percent ofthe work will be performed by small business /disabled veteran business enterprise (SB/DVBE) subcontractors/subconsciltants. Tetra Tech has selected subcontractors to enhance and extend our capabilities in specific areas. Our selection is based on their capabilities, their past experience supporting Socith Gate in providing site investigation and remediation services, and their working relationship with our project team. Alist of our selected subcontractors is provided as Exhibit 1.
Our proposed team understands that the use of project controls (i.e., appropriate planning, risk management, cost estimating, scope and change management, subcontractor performance, reporting and information management) is key to successful project execution and completion. Tetra Tech's project controls methodology and practice focus on providing client value through service and quality and we require the same of our subconsultants and subcontractors. Our project management team uses both Microsoft' Project and ourinternal management system (Tetra Linx) to monitor schedules/cost, so that the project status can easily be communicated to clients, our clients' contractors and other project stakeholders. Through Tetra Linx, the team can establish task- and subtask-specific budgets and closely track the level of effort, costs, schedule, and overall project performance. Through our management systems, we can also monitor project labor and direct expenses.
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Below is a Project Team Experience Matrix (Exhibit 2i demonstrating our team's strong and extensive experience across the task areas involved with this project.
Exhibit 2 - Project Team Experience Matrix
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Database Review of Sites
Jay Neuhaus, PG - Project Manager
Sherry Weedman - EPA Grant Manager
Carl Lenker, PE - Remedial Planning
Juan Guerrero, PG - Phase II Support
Carolyn Hunter - Community Engagement
Walter Bell, PE - Phase II Lead
Vidhya Ramalingam, PhD - Phase I ESAs
Jessica Vickers - QAPPs Lead
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Tetra Tech understands that the rate of progress and timely completion of work are of the essence for South Gate. The key to completing a project on time and on budget begins with a well thought-out and fully integrated master schedule. Tetra Tech's Project Manager and the Task Managers will work closely with the City to ensure that project objectives are met by utilizing overlapping Site schedules overlapping to meet or exceed the August 2025 goal.
Budget Management
Tetra Tech's cost management and reporting systems available through our PM Portal, an Intranet-based tool, which provides our project managers with the resources, tools, and authority to execute projects independently. Project teams build risk management measures into comprehensive project plans and apply baseline management tools to self-monitor and control performance. They can evaluate financial performance using Tetra Tech's Oracle-based Tetra Linx enterprise-wide, system. The Tetra Linx system is a web-based cost reporting and tracking tool that is available to all of our project managers.
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3. ScopeofWorkandTechnicalApproach
Tetra Tech will carry out the SOW as presented in the City of South Gate Request for Proposals Environmental Engineering Services City of South Gate - US EPA 2023 Community-Wide Brownfields Assessment Grant Project dated January 17, 2023, and with the assumptions provided below.
Our team of experts, inclciding a community outreach specialist, scientists, and environmental engineers, will work with the City of South Gate, the US EPA, the City Council, and the Community Advisory Board to complete the SOW (i.e., database creation, prioritization of brownfields sites, Phase I and II ESAs, and brownfields cleanup alternative plans) in a timely manner.
Task 1: Target Areas and Brownfield Sites
Deliverables
* Develop a database ofimpacted sitesin the City's commercial and industrial areas and the affordable housing areas or properties identified in the Housing Element noting the source of the data as well. We will also identify if any ofthese sites are in the Gateway District Specific Plan area, Hollydale Specific Plan area, orTweedy Boulevard Specific Plan area.
Assumptions
* 30hoursofstaffscientisttimetoestablishandcreatethedatabase,with6hocirsofmanagement oversight.
Task 2: Community Needs
Tetra Tech will support the Cityin their community engagement activities including assisting to inform, educate, and gain input from the South Gate community regardingthe brownfields sites and the prioritization process. Tetra Tech's Carolyn Hunter (Community Communications Specialist) will be assisting with community communications and meetings as well as the quarterly reports.
Assumed Deliverables
* Attendsix(6)CityCouncilmeetings,six(6)stakeholdermeetings,andqciarterlyAdvisory Committee meetings.
Provide qciarterly reports to City and Community Engagement Consultant that can be utilized for quarterly Council updates, media relations, social media platforms, and website updates.
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Assumptions to Task 2
* TetraTechwillattendtwo(2)stakeholdermeetingslive(assumesfour[4]hourseach)andfourvia Microsoft Teams (assumes one [1] hour each).
it Tetra Tech will attend four (4) City Council meetings live and two (2) via Zoom or similar application (assumes three [3] hours each City meeting and two [2] hours each Zoom meeting).
Qciarterly reports will be one (1) to two (2) pages and require two (2) hours of Project level each to prepare and 1 hour for review by the Community Communications Specialist.
Task 3: Project Implementation
Theinventory of brownfields properties and subsequent prioritization, screening, ranking, and value-based approach will identify the high priority sites, including those that will help the City achieve its brownfields program goals. Based on the results of prioritization, a certain number of Phasel ESAs and Phase If ESAs will be needed. For purposes ofthis proposal, 11 Phasel ESAs and 4 Phase II ESAs are assumed. The QAPPs will meet the US EPA's Requirements for QAPPs (QA/R-5,May 2001).
Selection of Sites for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Selection ofthe sites that will have a Phase I ESA done will be based on a plan that will outline the criteria for selecting and ranking sites. The execution of the plan will resultin the formation of a list of ranked sites with the top 11 eligible for a Phase I ESA. The new data will be entered into the database. The EPA Site Eligibility Form (Revised 2018) will be filled out for appropriate sites to determine ifthey meet the definition of a brownfield under US EPA criteria. Tetra Tech will assist with obtaining site access agreements.
Phase ) ESA Scope of Work
Tetra Tech plans to execute the Phasel ESAs simultaneously and will attempt to coordinate the tasks, such as performing multiple site reconnaissance's in a single day, to efficiently manage the budget and reduce the timeline to complete the Phasel ESAs. Ms. Ramalingam will manage the Phasel ESAs and delegate tasks to Mr. O'Connell, with oversight from Mr. Bell, so that the Phase I ESAs can be completed nearly simultaneously (refer to Section 5, Schedule). Tetra Tech can typically complete Phase I ESAs in approximately 2 weeks following completion ofthe site reconnaissance.
The Phase I ESA will be performed in general accordance with ASTM E1527-21 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process. The objective ofthis assessment is to identify recognized environmental conditions (REC) associated with past or current practices on or near the Subject Property. RECs, as defined under this ASTM standard, include the "presence orlikely presence of any hazardous substances or petroleum productsin, on, or at a property:
(1) due to any release to the environment; (2) under conditions that are indicative of a release to the environment; or (3) under conditions that pose a material threat of a future release to the environment." The Phase I ESA scope is expected to:
Describe the physical setting of the Subject Property in accordance with the guidance contained in ASTM E1527-21.
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* EstablishthecurrentandprevioususesoftheSubjectPropertyfromthepresentbacktothe property's obvious first developed use or to 1940 as feasible, whichever is earlier. * Establish uses by interviewing knowledgeable site contacts (to be provided by the City), reviewing any available owner files or records that contain information about ccirrent and previous uses, and by reviewing standard historical sources such as those listed in ASTM E1527-21 (aerial photographs, fire insurance maps, property tax files, recorded land title records, u.s. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic maps,localstreet directories, building department records, zoning/land use records, and other historical sources judged to be credible).
Review City-provided site documents and technical reports such as Phase I and II ESA reports and identify any significant gaps in the use history remain after consulting all reasonably available standard historical sources will be identified in the report and will be (credibly) attributable to "data failure." The length oftime the key property contact has been associated with activities at the property will be described.
ii Review publicly available information maintained by variobis federal, state, and local governmental agencies which administer environmental regcilations, including records of known "contaminated" or problem sites, landfills and other disposal sites, and underground storage tank (UST) records (for both leaking and registered USTs). At a minimum, the public records search will include the following standard environmental record sources listed in the ASTM E1527-21: federal National Priorities List (NPL), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD), RCRA Generator, and ERNS lists, as well as state lists of hazardous waste sites identified forinvestigation or remediation, state, orlocal lists of open and closed landfills and/or solid waste disposal facilities, state leaking UST lists, and state registered USTlists. These records will be searched for the Subject Property and for offsite/scirrounding propertiesin accordance with the minimum search distances specified in the standard. Agency file reviews will be performed to evaluate the risks posed by any on- or off-site facilities found in the pciblic records search which Tetra Tech jcidges to be close enough to potentially have an impact on the Subject Property.
ii CondcictavisualinspectionoftheSubjectPropertyandofadjacentpropertiestoevaluate evidence ofthe presence or likely presence of adverse environmental impacts at the site. The visual inspection of adjacent properties will be made from the Subject Property and/or from public access roads, as appropriate. The visualinspection is expected to considerthe following:
o Past and present chemical usage, storage, treatment, and disposal practices; o Aboveground and UST systems;
o Pits, ponds, and lagoons;
o PCB containing electrical equipment;
o Hydraulic hoists;
o Airemissionsourcesandwastewater/stormwaterdischarges; o Areas related to process operations;
o Drains,sumps,catchbasins,oil/waterseparators,drywells,septicsystems,andother potential pathways to the subsurface;
o Potential wetland areas; and
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o Areas that exhibit evidence of unnatural impact (e.g., stressed vegetation, stained or discolored soils, unnatural fill material, evidence ofdumping, abandoned drums, etc.).
Conductinterviews with a readily available key property manager and with appropriate site contacts to obtain information, which mayindicate that RECs exist at the Subject Property. Tetra Tech will inquire about the existenceof previous ESAs and/or environmental compliance audit reports and governmental notices of past or current violations of environmental laws and regulations. If available, these documents will be reviewed, and the information will be evaluated to ascertain whether there are indications of RECs or significant environmental issues at the Scibject Property.
* Conduct phone interviews with the readily available local governmental officials as judged to be appropriate to obtain information which may indicate that RECs exist at the Subject Property.
In addition to the standard record reviews performed as part of the Phase I ESA, Tetra Tech will review environmental records and documents made available to the City as part of their due diligence evaluation.
Based upon the resbilts ofthe Phasel's the database will be updated and Site Eligibility Forms will be filled out and submitted. Whether a Phase II is necessary will be based on the Phaselfindings and the prioritization criteria and ranking system following the plan.
Assumptions and Limitations
* Site access and interviewees will be coordinated by the City of South Gate and RSG. Includes travel time and site reconnaissance (up to 4 hours).
Includes up to focir (4) one-half hour telephone interviews with local agencies. ii Non-ASTM issues are excluded from the SOW unless otherwise specified herein.
Agency file reviews will be limited to what is readily available during the same day as the site reconnaissance or can be provided electronically for a nominal fee. Assumes four (4) hours of review time to evaluate available files and summarize.
Lien searches are excluded.
Chain ofTitle and Reliance Letters are excluded from this SOW. * One(1)databasereportperSitewillbeorderedtocovertheSubjectPropertyandwillbeincluded in the Phase I ESA. The reportincludes the radius report, physical setting, aerial photos, topographic maps, and fire insurance maps. It also includes the city directory for one street. * Includes development of a site-specific Injury Prevention Plan for health and safety purposes during the site visit.
* TetraTechwillprepareone(1)finalPhaselESAreportpersite.Reportswillbesubmitted electronically as a.pdf document.
Inclcidesone1-hour conference call with the client and/or agencies per Phase I ESA to go over the report.
* AssumesTetraTechwillassisttheCitywithobtainingaccesstoSitesasnecessary Tetra Tech will spearhead the completing of Site Eligibility Forms and submit them for review/approval.
* Assumes no investigation-derived waste to manage.
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Quality Assurance Project Plans
Tetra Tech will prepare one generic QAPP at the outset of the project and six site-specific QAPPS after the Phasel ESAsare written and the six PhaseII ESAsare determined. The QAPP will address basic QA/QC elements including precision, accuracy, representativeness, completeness, and comparability. The QAPP will be written following the US EPA's guidance document EPA QA/G-5. The QAPP describes the environmental data operations ofthe project and how associated activities will be carried out so that accurate data and representative data can be acquired both in the field (collected from various media), and from computer databases and information systems.
The purpose ofthe QAPP is to provide guidance both generally and Site specifically on how to document the results of a project's planning process, providingin one place a clear, concise, and complete plan for the environmental data operation and its quality objectives and identifying key project personnel.
We have a strong experienced team who have written QAPPS for CERCLA sites (under US EPA auspices), Brownfields and DTSC-managed sites and ohir team includes a highly experienced Chemist, an Environmental Engineer, and an experienced Sample Coordinator who have written many QAPPS.
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Asscimotions
* Twenty-fivestaffhoursforeachSiteSpecificQAPPonaverageareallocated,53hocirsareallocated for the Generic QAPP
Assumes site-specific QAPPS will be approximately (no more than) 25 pages. * OnerocindoflimitedcommentsfromtheCity,RSG,and/ortheUSEPA Phase II Scope of Work
The Phase II SOW was prepared based on Standard Practice forEnvironmental SiteAssessments: Phase // EnvironmentalSiteAssessmentProcess (ASTM E1903-19), and general guidance and information from the City of South Gate and RSG. The proposed SOW is designed to address the recognized environmental concerns identified in the Phase I ESA and a short work plan will describe the sampling plan that will be reviewed and approved. The Phase II ESA will be executed in accordance with the QAPP, work plan, and the Project Health and Safety Plan. The projects will be executed in overlapping fashion so that th'ey can be completed more rapidly (refer to Section 5, Schedule).
The main activities associated with a Phase II ESAinclude field preparation, field sampling (typically soil and soil vapor), and a site assessment reportincluding recommendations for cleanup alternatives if applicable. Undergrocmd utilities are likely present at the sites and precautions will be taken prior to and during drilling to avoid hitting any underground utilities or tanks by clearing boring locations. To avoid subsurface utilities, Tetra Tech will call the Undergrocind Service Alert (aka DigAlert) prior to drilling, perform geophysical survey clearance, and hand augur the first 5 feet prior to drilling with a rig. We do not anticipate drillinginto groundwater unless the historical data and investigation results indicates it to be necessa ry.
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Guide for Field Logging of Subsurface Explorations of Soil (ASTM 5434-12). The direct-push rig will be fitted with acetate sleeves and the soil core will be screened by taking headspace readings with a photoionization detector at 5-footintervals.
Upon completion of the field work, Tetra Tech will prepare a report documenting the field activities and analytical results that will include figures, tables, and supporting documentation. Conclusions and recommendations for further assessment, if needed, will be provided.
Assumptions
Tetra Tech's Phase II ESA costs are based on the following assrimptions:
One 12-hour day offield sampling per site using a direct-push rig to collect shallow soil and soil vapor samples.
* Oneproject andonehalf-timetechnicianperformingfieldsamplingwork Field monitoring cost of !5300/day (includes PID, purge pcimp, and vapor sampling apparatus) * SoilvaporprobeinstallationsandsamplingwillfollowtheDepartmentofSubstancesControl Advisory for Active Soil Gas Investigations (2015).
The budget assumes no more than nine soil samples to be analyzed by three analytes (i.e., VOCs by EPA Method 8260B, Title 22 Metals by EPA Method 6010, and TPH Carbon Chain by EPA Method 8015M) or approximately !5240/sample. Eight soil vapor samples to be analyzed for TO-15 at S125 each pkis scimma canister supplies of S45 per sample comes to approximately 9170/sample (not including purge pump and other eqciipment)
* The ability to complete the six Phase II ESAs within budget will depend on the size and complexity ofthe sites. Additional sampling may be required following theinitial Phase II ESA to better define the nature and extent of the contamination.
Tetra Tech will provide assistance to the City in obtaining access agreements not to exceed 4 hours per site.
* Phasell ESA assumes no more than 2 days offield work and anticipates sampling ofsoil and soil vapor only. The subcontractors involved include a geophysical sbirvey company for utility clearance and location of subsurface structure, a drilling company (drill/direct-push rig) for soil sampling and vapor probe installation, and an environmental laboratory.
Reports will be letter-style reports.
Summary De(iverables for Task 3
In summary, the deliverables under Task 3 include the following:
* Completed Site Eligibility Forms
ii Database maintenance and updating
ii Site-specific health and safety plans
* ASSiSt Cityin obtaining site access
Completion ofll Phasel ESAs (2-3 months)
* Completion ofa generic QAPP
* Completion of six site-specific QAPPs
* Completion of six Phase II ESAs (4-8 months months)
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Task 4: Remedial and Reuse Planning, Reporting
Tetra Tech will track progress of the SOW using the US EPA's ACRES. Tetra Tech will prepare and submit the required progress reports to the US EPA for compliance. The proposal assumes fourABCA Cleanup Strategy Plans will be written for four sites. The plans will comply with the local oversight agency requirements and regulations.
The ABCA is a key redevelopment planning document and Tetra Tech has completed hundreds ofthem for US EPA and other clients. Lead by Cart Lenker, PE, our top-notch engineers identify and evaluate feasible options and estimate costs to address specific contamination and environmental issues, such as soil and groundwater contamination, vaporintrusion, and sometimes the presence of asbestos-containing material orlead-based paint. Mr. Lenker has twenty years of performing Feasibility Studies and Remedial Action Planning Documents and he and his team know state-of-the art approaches to more effectively and less intrusively address a contaminant problem. Mr. Lenker and his team are well versed for example in the rising issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) an emerging contaminant that was used as a coating substance and does not breakdown in the environment and can cabise several negative health effects.
Mr. Lenker will evaluate several remedial approaches per remedial need and based on the remedial objectives chose an appropriate cost-effective method.
Tetra Tech will assist the Cityin reporting to the US EPA the Quarterly Progress Reports and reporting required by the local oversight agency (i.e., the DTSC), and other federal reports such as Federal Financial Reports (FFR) and minority bcisinessenterprise (MBE)/women's business enterprise (WBE) reports.
Qciarterly Reports and a Final Report will be written in keeping with the outlines and items indicated in the RFP under Task 4. Closeout will be managed by Ms. Sherry Weedman and will be completed per the EPA requirements.
Assumed Deliverables
* Four (4) ABCA Cleanbip Strategy Plans
* Quarterly progress reports
* ACRES reporting
* Final Report
* Field reports,ifapplicable
* Annual Federal Financial Reports (FFR, SF-425)
ii Final FFR
* MBE/WBE Utilization Reports
Assumptions
* Quarterly Reports will be submitted and will include successes and challenges as well as a Financial Statcis by task and cumulatively.
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4. Representative Project Experience
The following matrix demonstrates Tetra Tech's experience with brownfields sites in the Gateway Cities region of southeastern Los Angeles County. Additionally, it demonstrates Tetra Tech has extensive experience in each of the scope areas involved in this project.
Exhibit 3 - Experience Matrix
Database Search/Source
Former Target/Lazar GasStation Site
Tweedy Blvd., South Gate
Hibco Site, Hibco Corp.,
Cerise Avenue, Hawthorne
Clopay Corp. Site, Griffon Corp.,
Rancho Dominguez
Lynwood On-Call, Variocis Locations
Long Beach Boulevard, Lynwood
FormerlCI Paint Facility,
Prologis/KTR, City of Commerce
TT Cannon, Shea Properties
Dyer Road, Santa Ana
Park Avenue Elementary School, Los
Angeles Unified School District,
Cudahy
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Remediation, and Redevelopment
Highlycontaminated redevelopment
manufactciring Site, Tetra Tech
Planning
y;,), Old petroleum refinery waste buried
aX ; ,, =i7 Successfully performedRemedial
Investigation and Remedial Planning
:' while involving and updating
Community.
The following Project Descriptions provide additionalinformation on each ofthe projects above and demonstrate our experience with Brownfield Redevelopment activitiesincluding performing Phase I and II ESAs, remedial planning, and site remediation.
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u The Site is adjacentto an operational
strip mail with numerous restaurants
and senior living apartments above and
behind
ffl Former gas station that operated from
the early 1950s through the 1990s with
numerous undergrocind storage tanks
s Approximately 60,000 pounds of gasoline
were reported to have been released
s PhasellESAactivitieswerecondbicted
within the very busy strip mail and city
intersection
s AnabundanceofsubsurFacecitilitieswas
navigated during drilling/sampling
s Abenzeneplumewaslocatedunderthe
Avenuein shallow groundwater
s TobelessinvasivetotheCommunity,
Tetra Tech installed two horizontal vapor
extraction wells underthe parking lot
s Tetra Tech operated an SVE system to
remediate subsurface contaminants for
one year
a Using geophysical techniques Tetra Tech
found old existing vapor extraction wells
b uried under the asphalt and utilized
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Former Target/Lazar Gas Station, Tweedy
Boulevard, South Gate, CA
A fuel station with a maintenance garage operated at the corner ofTweedy Boulevard and California Avencie from the 1950s to the early 1990s. In the mid-1990s three on-site and three offsite groundwater monitoring wells were installed to delineate impacts observed at the Site. Twenty soil borings were sampled. Groundwater concentrationsindicated
benzene concentrations as high as 20,800 micrograms per liter (pg/L). Benzene in soil beneath the USTs reached 287
milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg). The several underground storage tanks (UST) were removed in 1996.
A soil vapor extraction (SVE) system wasinstalled by 1999. The SVE unit operated from 1999 through 2000 extracting soil vapors from five vertical dual-nested wells. In 2000, the former Redevelopment Agency (funded through the State) headed the redevelopment of the adjacent propertyinto a bearitiful strip mall with senior housing and the Site became parkinglot.
After directives were issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) to the Successor Agency, Tetra Tech was retained by the City of South Gate Sriccessor Agencyin 2017 to implement an investigation and if necessary,
remediation program designed to achieve regulatory closure through the Low Threat Undergrocmd Storage Tank Case
Closure Policy (LTCP).
Tetra Tech completed a Site Assessment Work Plan that was approved by the RWQCB. They then installed and sampled six dual-nested vapor probes to 5 and 15 feet below ground
surface (bgs) and five soil borings to 45 feet bgs. Three old grocmdwater monitoring wells were d ry were properly
destroyed, and three new monitoring wells were installed, two onsite and one offsite. Samples of each media (soil, soil vapor, and groundwater) were analyzed and analytical results from all three media exceeded applicable screening levels.
Groundwater offsite (west of the Site) contained elevated benzene (i.e., 9,200 I.ig/L), and vapor and soil onsite contained elevated benzene, ethylbenzene, and naphthalene.
Tetra Tech performed downgradient grab groundwater
sampling and installed two additional grorindwater
monitoring welts to delineate the downgradientimpacts. The groundwaterinvestigation indicated that the benzeneimpacts exceeding the LTCP screening levels extended offsite to the west under California Avenue and a parking lot. In response to a 2018 directive, Tetra Tech developed an Interim Remedial Action Plan for both Soil and Water that was later approved. It called for soil vapor extraction and ISCO.
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s Utilizedastateoftheartremedial
technology application for groundwater
PerFormed In Situ Chemical Oxidation on
shallow groundwater to treat and break
down the benzene
Key Personnel:
Jay Neuhaus, PG - Project Manager
Carl Lenker, PE - Sr. Environmental Engineer
Walter Bell, PE - Environmental Engineer
Vidhya Ramalingam, PhD - Project Design
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In order to be less invasive to the Strip Mall patrons and tenants as well as the senior villas tenants, Tetra Tech installed two horizontal vapor extraction welts under the parking lot.
Throcigh the use of geophysics some legacy SVE wells used in the previous system were unearthed and utilized. The system operated from Spring of 2020 through Summer 2021 extracting approximately 9,327 pounds TPH and 1,686 pounds of volatile organic compounds. To attack the high concentrations of benzene in shallow groundwater under California Avenue, In Situ Chemical Oxidation wasimplemented in the Spring of 2020 (using PersulfOx") which lowered benzene
concentrations quite well. An IRAP addendum was written in 2021 and Klozur' wasinjected in early 2022 and early 2023 since there had been some rebound. Benzene concentrations havedroppedby90%. LTCPClosureisanticipatedin2023.
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ii Hibco is a 16-acre Brownfields Site that
was an old Manufacturing Site
a Phase I and II ESAs were performed
s The Team developed Remedial Action
Plans and Pilot Test plans for soil and
groundwater
s RedevelopmentisplannedattheSite
once the cleanupis well underway. The
Site is currently a parking lot being
leased by SpaceX
s The current plan is to build
manufacturing or warehouses with
offices and sell the property
ffl The Remedial Action Plan will involve
Full Scale Enhanced Reductive
Dechlorination
Key Personnel:
Jay Neuhaus, PG - Project Manager
Carl Lenker, PE - Sr. Environmental
Engineer
Waiter Bell, PE - Environmental Engineer
Vidhya Ramalingam, PhD - Project Design
Engineer
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Former Hibco Corporation Site Assessment,
Pilot Testing, and Remediation,
Hawthorne, CA
Tetra Tech performed a Phase I ESA and Site Assessment
activities at this former manufacturing plant (dating back to the early 1960s) that over the years has become a Brownfields property. The plant had utilized solvents for cleaning parts and eqriipment, and a leakyinterceptor sand trap tied to the industrial sewer leaked. Soil borings and vapor probes were installed and sampled. Twelve groundwater monitoring welts have been installed on and off Site.
Tetra Tech completed feasibility studies and remedial action plans for groundwater, soil, and soil vapor to address
chlorinated solvent concentrations in each of these media, and Tetra Tech is currentlyimplementing the preferred remedial approaches of Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) and Enhanced
Redcictive Dechlorination (ERD). SVE is currently being installed at the parking lot with little disturbance to parking.
Prior to determining the full scale remedial alternative Tetra Tech performed anln-situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) pilottest involving the injection of alkaline-activated persulfate to evaluate the effectiveness of treating the contaminants of concern (COCs)in groundwaterwithin the source area. The pilot test was conducted in accordance with the prepared ISCO Pilot Test Work Plan and in compliance with the waste
discharge requirement (WDR) permit.
A baseline grormdwater sampling event was conducted prior to the first round of sodium persulfate (persulfate) injection (with sodium hydroxide activator) into the subsurface soil and groundwaterin a limited area. The oxidant liquid wasinjected in a top-down approach in 2-footintervals. The targeted volume oflSCO solution was injected at each ofthe 14
injection points. Parameters were monitored duringinjection activities. The oxidantinjectate was observed atthe source area monitoring wells. Following the ISCO injection event, Tetra Tech performed direct-push groundwaterinvestigation and groundwater monitoring events. Fourteen direct-push borings were advanced.
Results of the post-injection groundwater monitoring
indicated that: The ISCO resulted in successful reduction of PCE and other chlorinated hydrocarbonsin theinjection area by 80-90 percent. However hexavalent chromium was slow to reverttoChromelll. ApilottestofEnhancedReductive
Dechlorination (ERD) was then completed usinginjection of molasses and emulsified vegetable oil as well as
Dehalococccoides to enhance bacterial growth. The ERD pilot test was a success and full-scale ERD implementation is planned in 2023.
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s SVE System O&M
s Remediation-focused Investigations
s Groundwater Monitoring: Chlorinated
Solvents
a Remedial Action Plan
ii Public Outreach Materials
Key Personnel:
Carl Lenker, PE - Project Manager
Jay Neuhaus, PG - Project Geologist
Waiter Bell - Sr. Project Engineer
Vidhya Ramalingam, PhD - Staff Engineer
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Former Clopay Property
Griffon Corporation
Rancho Dominguez, CA
The Site consists oftwo adjoiningindustrial properties located at 2930 and 2970 East Maria Street. The 2930 East Maria Street property is currently utilized for distribution and warehousing operations and the 2970 East Maria Street property is used for sheet metal fabricating and machining. An abandoned rail spur and the concrete-lined Los Angeles County Flood Control channel borderthe Site to the south, and immediately
surrounding the Site are several industrial properties, including two facilities that continue mancifacturing race vehicle parts and accessories. Extensive lateral soil, soil vapor, and grorindwaterinvestigations were completed for the Site and surrounding properties beginningin the late 1990s
through the present day revealing chlorinated volatile organic compounds (VOCs), primarily tetrachloroethelyne (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE), as the main contaminants to the subsurface.
Tetra Tech repaired and restarted an existing SVE system at the propertyin 2015 and have continued to operate and maintain the system to present. Concurrently during the SVE system O&M, Tetra Tech staff have been conducting routine
groundwater monitoring events and remediation-focused
investigations to better define the extent ofimpacts. As such, Tetra Tech conducted several rounds ofinvestigations,
including use of Membrane Interface Probes to develop a 3-D model ofthe contaminantimpacts and lithology.
Upon completion of the investigations, Tetra Tech developed a Remedial Action Plan with an in-situ injection program
targeting the residual contaminant zones. Tetra Tech assisted the regulatory oversight agency, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, with the preparation of public outreach
materials for the 30-day pciblic comment period.
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Successful delivery of project deliverables that
meet or exceed regulatory and project objectives
including schedules and cost budgets, and
reduction of long-term environmental liability.
s Application ofin situ and ex situ remedial
technology based on site-specific conditions to
assistwith reduction ofimpacted subsurface
media.
ffl Obtainingadditionalfundingmechanismsforthe
City of Lynwood to allowinvestigation and
remediation activities to occurincluding S1.5 M
through the Emergency, Abandoned, and
Recalcitrant (EAR) Program - Administered by the
State Water Resources Control Board.
ii Third-party review, strategic planning, litigation
support, and cost-recovery services for
completed and projected remedial site activities.
s Tetra Tech worked extensively with
environmental oversight and permitting agencies
including the CalEPA DTSC, California RWQCB,
Los Angeles County departments, SCAQMD, and
City of Lynwood engineering, planning,
redevelopment, fire, and public works
departments.
Key Personnel:
CarlLenker- Remediation/TaskManager
Jay Neuhaus - Senior Geologist
City of Lynwood On-Call
Environmental Services, City of
Lynwood, Lynwood, CA
PROJECT SERVICES
Tetra Tech staff has provided comprehensive
environmentalinvestigation and remediation support
for more than a decade to the City of Lynwood.
Services have included Phasel and II ESAs, regulatory
agency coordination and negotiations, soil, soil-gas,
and groundwaterinvestigations, remediation design
and implementation, feasibility studies, remedial
pilot studies, human health risk assessments,
regulatory permitting, geologic and water qciality
evaluations, public participation scipport, third-party review of environmental documents, health and
safety document preparation, data processing and
database preparation, environmental compliance,
and litigation supportservices.
PROJECT SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
Northgate Markets - Tetra Tech spearheaded the
site assessment and theimplementation of
expedited remedial actions for the redevelopment of
a 6-acre brownfields site. The Site had inclcided a
gas station, a strip mall containing a former drycleaning facility, a tire service center, a national moving and self-storage facility, a restaurant, and
several contiguous residential properties. The
project involved the assessment and remediation of
several feet of light non-aqueous phase liquid
(LNAPL); the forensic investigation of two LNAPL
plumes; theinvestigation of a "second-occurrence"
gasoline release at the private trust-owned gas
station; and used a Rapid Optical Screening Tool
laser-induced fluorescence and membraneinterface
probe in conjunction with Environmental
Visualization System (EVS) modeling to quickly
define the lateral and vertical distribution of residual LNAPL and chlorinated solvents at the site. The EVS
modeling provided compelling three-dimensional
images of LNAPL plume distribution that existed
within the redevelopment area and demonstrate to
regulators that there were two distinct sources.
Tetra Tech staff helped secure S1.5 million in
funding for the City of Lynwood through the EAR
program and provided litigation support to assistin
winning significant funding from the responsible
parties through settlements. The additional funding
allowed remediation activities to commence and
attract potential redevelopers.
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a Phase I and II ESAs were completed by Tetra Tech
for this Site
s Remedial Planning was completed with the
development of a Feasibility Study and Remedial
Action Plan that were implemented
s AFeasibilityStcidywithseveralremedial
alternatives being considered was written by
Tetra Tech
s A preferred alternative was selected, and Tetra
Tech completed a Remedial Action Plan
Key Personnel:
Carl Lenker- Remediation/Task Manager
City of Lynwood On-Call
Environmental Services (continued)
Alameda Triangle - Tetra Tech conducted a multiphaseinvestigation for a 27.4-acre property consisting of six separate property owners with an
extensive history of commercial/industrial. Tetra
Tech performed the following activities:
Review of historical site assessments reports
Phase I and II ESAs, including soil gas survey
Additional Site Assessments
Screening and baseline Human Health Risk
Assessments
Remedial investigation report
Feasibility study
* Remedial action plan
During the investigation phase, Tetra Tech staff
coordinated access with the various property
owners to address data gaps from petroleum
hydrocarbons, VOCs, and metal impacts. This
allowed Tetra Tech to provide a comprehensive
assessment ofthe potential environmental isSues
and develop a feasibility study and remedial action
plan. Drie to Tetra Tech's familiarity with the Site,
we are providing third-party oversight ofthe future
remedial work at the property.
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s Phase II ESAs
ii UST removals
a Soil excavations
ffl SVE system installation and operation
during site redevelopment activities
Key Personnel:
Carl Lenker, PE - Sr. Environmental
Engineer
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Former ICI Paint Facility, Prologis and KTR
Capital Partners, Commerce, CA
Historical operations atthe Site consisted ofcoppertubing prodciction by Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation from 1942 to the mid-1980s, and through the 1990s in a portion of the property. Paint manufacturing operations began in 1985 and continued up to 2008/2009. Six industrial buildings were present at the Siteincluding the Main Warehouse, which
consisted of office space as well as the primary warehouse area; the Auxiliary Building; the Sundries Building; the Paint Manufacturing Building; the Flammable Warehouse; and the Lease Building, which was formerly a maintenance room and resin room. In addition, there were several tank farm areas and otherfeatures of environmental significance located
throughout the Project Site. The remainder of the Site was covered with concrete and asphalt and used for parking. The historical bciildings and other site features were
demolished/removed in late 2012/early 2013 in preparation of redevelopment activities.
The historicalindristrial use ofthe Site resulted in soil and soil vapor contamination above regulatory cleanup limits rinder a commercial land use scenario. Contaminants reqciiring
remediation included total petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and volatile organic compounds.
From 1985 through 2015, numerousinvestigations were peformed to adequately characterize the extent ofthe impacts at the Site and various remedial measures were implemented during this time period to remove the impacts or reduce concentrations to levels below applicable screening levels. Remedial activities included: UST removals, various soil excavations, resin and monomer pipeline removal,impacted soil management, and installation/operation of an SVEsystem. Remediation activities at the Site were overseen by the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD). The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works was the lead agency for closing out permits for former features (e.g., clarifiers, pits, USTs).
KTR commenced with redevelopment activities in 2012. While previocisly "known" areas of environmental impact were addressed prior to site redevelopment, many ofthe environmental isSues and soil vaporimpacts were addressed concurrently with redevelopment activities, both during site demolition and grading and as part of the building construction. Tetra Tech staff worked with ICS, Inc. to address several of the environmentalissues discovered during grading activities, including the removal of a 4,200-gallon heavy oil UST discovered in the northern portion of the Project Site. A final closure of the UST file was issued by the Los Angeles RWQCB on November 17, 2015. The site development activities were completed in 2014, with the construction of a 615,000 ft2 warehocise. In May 2015, Prologis acquired the assets of KTR and is the current property owner.
An SVE system was designed and installed at the Site from 2013 and 2014 while the warehouse was being constructed in coordination with the general contractor. In 2014, Tetra Tech took over the operation and maintenance ofthe SVE system, which operated for approximately 6 months from July 2014 to January 2015 before obtaining regulatory closure. Driring this period, an approximately 72-pound cumulative mass, primarily carbon tetrachloride, was removed.
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Both a Phase I and II ESAs were completed at a
complex largeindustrial Site
The Phase I determined there were numerous
RECs
u 36 soil borings and 75 vapor probes were
sampled
s A soil gas survey was completed across much
ofthe42-acresite resultingin exposingvapor
plumes beneath the buildings
s AMembranelnterfaceProbesurveywas
completed and demonstrated the presence of
VOCs at depth
s Coordinatedwithotherconsultants
representing the manufacturing company and
participated in meetings
ffl RedevelopedSiteinto Warehouse/Office
Key Personnel:
Jay Neuhaus - Task Manager
ITT - Cannon, Dyer Avenue,
Phase I and II Site Assessments Santa
Ana CA, for Shea Properties
Under Mr. Neuhaus's management, an unrisually large
Phase II Site Assessment was performed at this 42-acre
rurmer metal electronic parts manufacturing facilityin
Santa Ana. The manufacturing plant had operated
since the 1950s and had contaminated the soil and
groundwatercontributingto a Regional Plume
problem.
A Phase I ESA determined that several Recognized
[nvironmental Conditions existed including a former
plating shop, chemical storage areas, former USTs,
former PCB based parts machining shop, and a Tormer
on-site laboratory
Soil and shallow soil vapor samples were collected and
were tested in the laboratory. Seventy-five vapor
probes wereinstalled. Thirty-six soil borings were
sampled atseveral Recognized Environmental
Conditions (RECs). Resultsindicated the presence of
VOCs and metals in the soil. Tetra Tech attended
planning meetings and excavation and thermal
treatment wereimplemented as remediation
approaches.
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s PreliminaryEndangermentAssessmentwith
PhaseI
ii Soil Assessment
n Indoorand OutdoorVaporAssessment
Drinking Water Assessment
s Arsenic in Soil
s 01drefinerywastedumpsiteunder
playground
o Delineated waste
s Public Meetings
o Highly attended by community
o Presented findings
o Politicalleaders participated
Key Personnel:
Jay Neuhaus - Project Manager
Park Avenue Elementary School
Los Angeles Unified School District,
Cudahy, CA
Under Mr. Neuhaus's management, a Preliminary
Endangerment Assessment was perFormed followed by
a Remedial Investigation at the elementary school site
playgrocind areas during a prior employment. The work
was performed under the oversight and coordination
with the DTSC. The back playground area, which had a
landfill-type cap, had been the site of refinery waste
dumpingin the early to mid-1900s prior to the
construction ofthe school.
The petroleum waste had been buried along the Los
Angeles Riverbanks and later a cap was placed over it.
However, some apparentfailing ofthe cap had
occcirred with oil seeping through the rubber surface in places.
Soil, soil vapor (indoor and outdoor), and drinking
water samples were collected and were tested in the
laboratory.
High arsenicin some playground areas was removed
and a cover placed.
Health risks were calculated indicating no significant
risk if the CAP could be improved and vapor monitoring
performed periodically.
Pciblic meetings were held with the involvement of a
public participation specialist. The community was
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Exhibit 4 - Cost Estimate by Task provides an estimate of cost by task and SLIbtask along with person-hours required. Additionally, a tableindicatingtotal hours by team member by task, with rates is provided in Appendix B.
7. General Assumptions
General project assumptions are included below (in addition to those presented above):
Travel costs include mileage to and from the Tetra Tech office in Irvine, California. * Tetra Tech assumes a period of performance to initiate in April2023 through June 2025 and can meet this schedule assuming access agreements are reached expeditiously (i.e., no more than 1 month), and comment periods do not exceed 1 month and there are no unexpected delays or scope growths.
* Assumes personnel listed in the Time Allocation can be substituted with other similarly experienced and rated Tetra Tech team members and charged following the fee schedule.
8. Cost Estimate
Tetra Tech proposes to conduct this work on a time-and-materials not to exceed basis for an amount of 9398,872 as itemized in Exhibit 4. The cost and schedule are based on the assumptions provided and could vary depending upon the number of Phase I and Phase II ESAs and the ability to obtain access agreements, etc. Ifthere should be unused budget due to scope variability and/or cancellation of some items, we will inform the City right away so that they can work ocit, with the Tetra Tech team, an appropriate reallocation strategy. Tetra Tech's Fee Schedule is provided in Appendix C.
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[%TETRA TECH Walter Bell, PE
Environmental Engineer
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Waiter Bell brings 14 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry, working on site assessment and remediation of chemically impacted groundwater, soil, and soil vapor. Walter's professional experience consists of management of unauthorized release cases with regulatory agency oversight to ensure compliance, monitor human health risk, conduct site assessment, develop feasible remediation plans, and achieve case closure. As an Environmental Engineer, Walter prepares remediation system designs and manages the installation and operation of remediation systems. Walter prepares detailed scopes of work to facilitate a path to closure, that include cost estimates for proposal and planning purposes. Walter oversaw the preparation of budgets in accordance with the California Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund requirements including coordinating with the Expedited Claim Account Program (ECAP) teams and developing Project Execution Plans (PEPs). As an Environmental Engineer, Walter prepares remediation system designs and manages the installation and operation of remediation systems.
Walter prepares detailed scopes of work to facilitate a path to closure, that include cost estimates for proposal and planning purposes.
CORPORATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
BS, Industrial Engineering,
Oregon State University, 2006
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Site Investigations
Remediation System
Installations
Remediation System Operation
and Maintenance
REGISTRATIONS/
AFFILIATIONS
Professional Civil Engineer
California, 2022 (C39404)
Professional Environmental
Management Association -
Board Member
Project Engineer, August 2020-Present
Sunset Waste, LNAPL Remediation at Former Parsley-Kennedy Site, San Diego, CA
Managed former UST Release case as part of the ECAP team and in accordance with UST Cleanup fund policies. Implemented a Remedial Action Plan to address LNAPL and dissolved-phase groundwater impacts beneath an existing shopping center. The Remedial Action Plan outlined the remediation program consisting of injecting persulfate and oxygen release compounds through both horizontal and vertical injection wells to treat the dissolved-phase petroleum hydrocarbon impacts as well as LNAPL recovery strategies. A Vapor Mitigation Plan was also developed and implemented to mitigate the potential for vapor intrusion to the on-site tenants. A vapor barrier, Retro-Coat@, was installed in one of the suites due to the presence of elevated indoor air concentrations.
Project Engineer, August 2020-Present
Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, Site Assessment and Remediation of Soil Vapor and Groundwater, South Gate, CA Project engineer for the city-owned property. Designed and implemented a soil remediation program to address residual petroleum hydrocarbon impacts in the vadose zone consisting of installation of horizontal and vertical SVE wells. Implemented in-situ chemical oxidation to address high benzene concentrations in groundwater located off-site. Prepared an Interim Remedial Action Plan to further address offsite groundwater impacts. Working with the Regional Water Quality Control Board to achieve No Further Action under the Low Threat Underground Storage Tank Case Closure Policy.
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40-Hour Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency
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30-Hour Construction Safety
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Basic CPR, AED, and First Aid
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Irvine, CA
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Lockheed Martin, SVE Engineering Design Services, Former Plant B-I Facility, Burbank, CA Assisted with the engineering design services for SVE weli installation and conveyance piping that included the preparation of 60% and 100% design drawings, a Basis of Design Report, technical specifications, and Opinion of Probable Construction Costs.
Project Engineer, August 2020-Present
Griffon Corporation, Site Characterization and Remedial Activities, Rancho Dominguez, CA Developed the scope of work and cost estimate on $1.2 million fixed price project to conduct a remedial-focused investigation and remediation program to address chlorinated solvents in soil and groundwater. The groundwater plume is commingled with impacts from adjacent properties. Utilized MIHPT technology to determine the horizontal and vertical limits of the source area for remediation and to evaluate potential offsite impacts.
Remediation of the soil impacts are being conducted utilizing a SVE system, while groundwater impacts will be treated by the pneumatic emplacement of iron slurry mixed with EVO due to the presence of a tight silt formation.
Project Engineer, August 2020-Present
NRG Energy, Daggett Solar Power Facility, San Bernardino County, CA Performed site reconnaissance for the Phase I ESA for the proposed Daggett Solar Power Facility encompassing approximately 3,393 acres of land in San Bernardino County. The Phase I ESA was completed in general accordance with the ASTM Standard E2247-16.
Project Engineer, August 2020-Present
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Portfolio, Southern California, CA and Mexico Assisted with conducting site inspections and managing the preparation of Phase I ESAs for a portfolio of five commercial properties throughout the United States and Mexico.
Project Engineer, August 2020-Present
Nevada Environmental Response Trust, In-Situ Perchlorate and Hexavalent Chromium Treatment BenchScale and Treatability Studies, Henderson, NV Assisted in the preparation of a workplan and detailed budget to implement a source area in-situ bioremediation treatability study to address extreme concentrations of hexavalent chromium, chloroform, chlorate and perchlorate present in groundwater.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Project Engineer, 2012-2020
Frey Environmental, Inc., Newport Beach, CA
Project management for five to ten ongoing UST Cleanup fund cases with regulatory agency oversight to ensure compliance, monitor human health risk, conduct site assessment, develop feasible remediation plans and achieve case closure. Mr. Bell fostered a strong working relationship with UST Cleanup Fund staff, regulatory personnel and agencies throcighout Southern California. He prepared comprehensive budgets and schedules encompassing complete scope of work to achieve case closure. Also, developed efficient site assessment programs and prepared workplans clearly outlining proposed scope of work. Conceptualized, tested, designed, permitted, and installed remediation systems working with city, county, and state agencies. Mr. Bell supervised and delegated the preparation of technical reports documenting work conducted on environmental cases. He was involved in bid process, hiring subcontractors, and enforcing quality control on subcontractor work. Managed New Business Development Team and Health and Safety Program.
Project Engineer, 2012-2020
On-Call Environmental Assessment, Remediation, and Compliance Services, Los Angeles County Public Work,
Coordinate RFB and bid packages for Los Angeles County. Coordinate Los Angeles County requirements for maintaining compliance with contract guidelines.
Project Engineer, 2012-2020
Cumulus District, Site Characterization, Construction Soil Management and Remedial Activities, Los Angeles, CA
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excavation and soil disposal. Secured economical disposal for non-hazardous, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act soil from areas of the property identified in the site characterization phase. Oversite of construction excavation, air quality monitoring services, and soil profiling for disposal.
Project Engineer, 2012-2020
Fueling Station, Site Characterization and Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparge Remedial Activities and Case Closure, Oceanside, CA
ASSiSt in the management of this $800,000 project to conduct a remedial-focused investigation and remediation activities to address petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater. The Site was an active gas station with a historical release from underground storage tanks. Soil vapor extraction and air sparge remediation were conducted at the Site. It is estimated that approximately 6,497 pounds (1,074 gallons) of petroleum hydrocarbons were removed from soil beneath the Site by the operation and maintenance of a 250 cfm SVE system and 100 scfm air sparge system. This remediated the groundwater, soil and soil vapor impacts to achieve proposed clean up goals, and a No Further Action Letter was issued by the San Diego Department of Environmental Health after confirmation soil vapor sampling indicated limited vapor concentrations beneath the adjacent properties.
Project Engineer, 2012-2020
Fueling Station, Site Characterization and Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparge Remedial Activities and Case Closure, Carson, CA
ASSiSt in the management of this $500,000 project to conduct a remedial-focused investigation and remediation activities to address petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater. The Site was an former gas station with a historical release from underground storage tanks. Soil vapor extraction and air sparge remediation were conducted at the Site. This remediated the groundwater, soil and soil vapor impacts to achieve proposed clean up goals, and a No Further Action Letter was issued by the Regional Water Quality Control Board after confirmation soil vapor sampling indicated limited vapor concentrations beneath the adjacent properties.
Project Engineer, 2012-2020
Former Fueling Station, Site Characterization and Soil Vapor Extraction Pilot Testing and Case Closure, San Clemente, CA
ASSiSt in the management of this $600,000 project to conduct a remedial-focused investigation and remediation testing to address petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater. The Site was an active gas station with a historical release from underground storage tanks. Soil vapor extraction and air sparge remediation were conducted at the Site. It is estimated that approximately 6,497 pounds (1074 gallons) of petroleum hydrocarbons were removed from soil beneath the Site by the operation and maintenance of a 250 cfm SVE system and 100 scfm air sparge system. This remediated the groundwater, soil and soil vapor impacts to achieve proposed clean up goals, and a No Further Action Letter was issued by the San Diego Department of Environmental Health after confirmation soil vapor sampling indicated limited vapor concentrations beneath the adjacent properties.
Project Engineer, 20"l2-2020
Uniform Rental Service, Site Characterization and Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparge Remedial Activities, Compton, CA
Provided assistance with site assessment work planning and on-site management for the site characterization and assisted in the preparation of various Remedial Action Plans to treat chlorinated solvents impacts in stratified subsurface soils utilizing an air sparging with soil vapor extraction (SVE) system remediation. The building on-site was destroyed by a fire in January 1981 and an unknown number of aboveground polyethylene tanks containing tetrachloroethene (PCE) melted during the fire. Subsurface investigation at the site indicates that soil, soil vapor, and groundwater have been impacted by releases at the site. Investigation to determine the lateral and vertical limits of impacted groundwater was conducted, air sparge and soil vapor extraction continues to operate.
Project Engineer, 2012-2020
RS Bills, Site Characterization and Soil Vapor Extraction and Air Sparge Remedial Activities, Oceanside, CA Assisted in the management of this $800,000 project to conduct a remedial-focused investigation and remediation activities to address petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater. The site was an active gas station with a historical release from underground storage tanks. Soil vapor extraction and air sparge remediation were conducted at the site. It is estimated that approximately 6,497 pounds (1074 gallons) of petroleum hydrocarbons were removed from soil beneath the site by the operation and maintenance of a 250 cubic feet per minute (cfm) SVE system and 100 standard cubic feet per minute air sparge system. This remediated the groundwater, soil, and soil vapor impacts to achieve proposed clean up goals, and a No Further Action Letter. [fTETRATECH 3
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Juan A. Guerrero, PG
Vice President, Environmental Geology
EDUCATION
Mr. Guerrero has more than 35 years of geologic and environmental management experience. His technical experience encompasses soil and groundwater investigations of commercial/industrial properties and landfills, soil gas surveys, vadose zone and groundwater remediation of petroleum and chlorinated hydrocarbons, drilling and installation of oil and water wells, and management and development of oil fields and exploration for new petroleum reserves. He has extensive knowledge of project management and technical development of geologic staff, remedial engineering design, environmental drilling and water well oversight, geochemical evaluations, hazardous waste management, cosUschedule responsibility, technical review and approval of remedial action work plans, drilling and sampling plans, groundwater monitoring reports and site closure reports. Additionally, Mr Guerrero served as a City Planning Commissioner for the City of La Habra approving Capital Improvement Projects and reviewing and approving California Environmental Quality Act documents for 13 years. Mr. Guerrero has been selected by the State of California Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as a Subject Matter Expert and writes questions for use on the California Professional Geologist Exam.
Mr. Guerrero has supervised the drilling and installation of hundreds monitoring/vacuum extraction wells and performed procurement and maintenance of geologic drilling, sampling and monitoring equipment. He has experience in drilling petroleum oil & gas exploration and development welts enhanced oil recovery wells (steam & water injection) and geophysical logging of wells for formation evaluation. He was responsible for training geologists in drilling techniques, well site geology, and log evaluation including electrical, radioactivity, dielectric, resistivity, and magnetic resonance logs. He has drilled wells up to 22,000 feet in depth in various geological environments including Prudoe Bay, Alaska, the San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento and onand off-shore in the Santa Maria, Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Basins.
CORPORATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
BS, Geological Sciences
University of Southern
California
Master's Thesis: Geology of the
Northern White Pine Range,
East-Central Nevada, California
State University - Long Beach,
California
REGISTRATIONS/
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Geologist,
(#6321), California
Registered Environmental
Assessor I (#6299), California
(1995)
Registered Environmental
Assessorll (#20169),
California, 2001
40-hr HAZWOPER
8-hr Supervisor HAZWOPER
First Aid/CPR Certified
Transportation Worker
Identification Card
OFFICE
Irvine, CA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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Soil & Soil Vapor Investigation and Remediation, Area Y, City of El Monte Public Works Department/Engineering, El Monte, California. Managed environmental investigation and remediation that included a Phase I ESA and Supplemental Site Investigations under the oversight of the DTSC.
Assessment of former oil depot, auto repair facility, former packing houses and railroad impacted with arsenic, lead and soil vapor VOCs. Conducted onsite investigations involving soil & soil vapor and prepared a human health risk assessment for site redevelopment as multi-family residential project. (El Monte 2021 - present)
43 YEARS WITHIN FIRM
12 Phase I & II Investigation and Vacuum Extraction Remediation, Rodriguez Street Sweeping, Fullerton, California. Proiect Manager.
Directed and managed the remediation of a former county public works yard impacted with petroleum hydrocarbon due to leaking underground gasoline and diesel storage tanks. Prepared a Phase I and Phase II ESA for the property under the oversight of the RWQCB- Santa Ana Region. The remediation system included a thermal/catalytic oxidizer with vacuum extraction wells. Duties included construction of above-grade piping and manifold system, performing a geophysical survey, obtaining air f'il TETRATE(;H:
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emissions permit, operation and maintenance for 1-year, monitoring, optimization and site closure reporting. (Rodriguez Street Sweeping, 2019 - present)
Soil, Soil Vapor & Groundwater Investigation, Former Crown Cleaners Shopping Center, Fullerton, California. Managed environmental investigation that included review of 6 years of environmental investigation and remediation data from a former consultant, re-assessment of subsurface conditions and performed years of soil vapor and groundwater monitoring to identify remediation and site closure alternatives. Conducted onsite investigations involving soil, soil vapor and groundwater sampling to 140' bgs and prepared a human health risk assessment. Represent the client with the RWQCB (Enright Trust 2018 - present) Phase I and II ESA at a Confidential Location, Marina del Rey, California. Managed a Phase I and II environmental investigation that included direct push borings for an operating recreational club property acquisition. (Confidential Client 2022 - 2023)
Phase II Soil Gas Survey, Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Managed a Phase II environmental investigation that included a soil gas survey to assess VOC migration onto the subject site from an adjacent rug cleaning facility. (Western Manager LLC 2022 - present) Groundwater Investigation, Basin By-Products, Wilmington, California. Provided technical review and quality assurance/quality control on quarterly groundwater monitoring reports for this site that is a current refuse transfer station. Includes assessment of chemical trends in groundwater and preparation of groundwater maps.
Also conducted a CPT/MIP investigation to delineate the extent of VOC contamination in groundwater and a soil gas survey of onsite and offsite impacts. Performed discrete zone groundwater sampling and well profiling (ambient and dynamic flow profiling surveys) of offsite USGS and Los Angeles County Public Works wells to depthsof300+feetgroundwatersampling. (BKKCorporation2010-2021) Soil, Soil Vapor & Groundwater Investigation, Pacific Palisades Village, Pacific Palisades, California.
Managed a complex environmental investigation of PCE-impacted soil, soil vapor and groundwater resulting from a former dry cleaner. Conducted onsite and offsite investigations involving soil, soil vapor and groundwater sampling to 1l O' bgs, CPT/MIP and hydropunch characterization of groundwater and preparation of a site investigation workplan, remedial action plan and human health risk assessment for site development. Presented results to sellers and buyers legal teams and the DTSC. (CAH, LLC 2012 - 2021) Soil Vapor Investigation & Human Health Risk Assessment, Anaheim, California. Project Manager for a property transaction on an industrial site used for street sweeping operations and vehicle repair. Based on limited soil vapor sampling, Tetra Tech prepared a HHRA and determined VOC and petroleum hydrocarbon impacts were not significant and the property transaction was completed. (Orange County Erectors, 2018) Phase II Investigation, Lakewood, California. Project Manager for a Phase II ESA at an existing auto dealership. Assessed 13 hydraulic lifts, USTs, above-ground USTs, stained areas and hazardous materials prior to property transaction activities. Conducted soil sampling via direct-push, geophysical survey searching for suspected laboratory drains identified in a Phase I ESA and represented the Client located in Georgia.
Site/property transfer was completed without issue. (Timmons Subaru, 2C)18) Asphalt Plant Environmental Investigations, Santa Maria, Atascadero, Paso Robles, California. Conducted site investigation services and remedial action at four operating asphalt plants to evaluate TPH, VOC, PAH and heavy metal impacts to soil and groundwater as part or acquisition or a new company's' assets. (CalPortland - 2009)
As Needed Site Assessment Services, Various Locations, Los Angeles County, California. Program Manager for a contract to provide multiple site assessment services at various County facilities on an as-needed basis. The scope of work included site assessments and preparation of remedial action plans based on previous underground storage tank removals. Gasoline, diesel and PCE contamination were detected at these sites during previous sampling. Sites included the San Dimas Sheriff's Station, East Los Angeles Sheriff's Station, Bonelli Park, Arboretum and Biscailuz Men's Jail facility. (Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Works, 1997-1998) Environmental Assessment, Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium, Confidential Client, Los Angeles, California.
Performed an environmental assessment of the stadium property and buildings including oil well and methane evaluations as part of the purchase of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Stadium. (2012) Subsurface Environmental Investigation, Former Auto Dealership, Confidential Client, Lakewood, California. Performed a subsurface environmental investigation of a former auto dealership at former hydraulic (TETR A TECH (,- , 2
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lifts, clarifiers and sumps. Included hazardous materials inventory and disposal, geophysical survey of former areas of concern and providing findings to both seller and buyer. (2018)
REMEDIATION
Vacuum Extraction Remediation, Former Gasoline Service Station, Hawthorne, California. Project Manager. Managed the remediation of a former gasoline service station facility impacted with gasoline hydrocarbons due to leaking USTs. The VES included an internal combustion engine under the oversight of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. The system was installed at an operating major shopping center. Permits for air emissions, construction of security fence and equipment were procured from local and state agencies. Equipment was installed below grade. (The Hahn Corporation, 1992-1993)
LANDFILLS
Chiquita Canyon Landfill, Los Angeles County. Managed the UST removal of a diesel tank at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill. Prepared UST removal permit package and permitted with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. Removed and disposed of the UST, collected soil samples and prepared a UST Closure Report. (Chiquita Canyon LLC, 2021)
Royal Boulevard Land Reclamation Site, Torrance, California. Conducted quarterly and semi-annual groundwater sampling along with maintenance of the landfill cap, asphalt, landscaping and site security.
Prepared an environmental investigation of mercury in groundwater at the Site & vicinity. Successfully requested and received a No Further Action for further groundwater monitoring at the landfill from the RWQCB- Los Angeles. Abandoned all existing 24 on and offsite groundwater monitoring wells. (AK Steel, 2013 - present) Groundwater Monitoring, Former Sparks, Anderson and Rains Pits Site, Anaheim, California. Provided technical review and quality assurance/quality control on quarterly groundwater monitoring reports for this former landfill that was used for sand and gravel quarrying, received drilling muds from oil wells and was used for disposal of municipal solid waste and construction debris. Quarterly and semi-annual reports included chemical analysis, time-concentration graphs of volatile organic compounds and evaluation of hydrogeology of the site.
Performed well abandonments and re-drilling of groundwater monitoring wells. (City of Anaheim Redevelopment Agency, 2010 - present)
Kalico Dump #1, Santa Fe Springs, California. Provided technical support to design and install 3 new groundwater monitoring wells at an existing landfill. Due to drought conditions in southern California, the existing monitoring well network was dry due to lowering of the water table below total depth of existing wells. Drilled, installed and sampled groundwater at the landfill. (Greenstone Investments, LLC - present)
MILIT ARY/SUPERFUND
Aquifer Pump Test, LIS Army Corps of Engineers, Mathews Canyon Dam, Caliente, Nevada. Project Manager for a pump test at 5 existing wells that had not been tested for approximately 25 years. Obtained a Nevada NPDES permit for discharge of pump test water, performed groundwater quality testing and prepared an aquifer pump test report. Prepared a USACE-approved health and safety plan, performed video recordings of well conditions and utilized 4-wheel drive vehicles to reach this remote site. (US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, 2020 - 2022)
Dam Relief Well Inspection, Painted Rock Dam, Gila Bend, Arizona. Project Manager for a relief well inspections for 337 dam relief wells. Prepared a USACE-approved health and safety plan and accident prevention plan, performed video recordings of well conditions, sounded groundwater elevations and prepared a relief well inspection report. (US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, 2022 - Present)
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The Grove at Farmers Market, Los Angeles, California. Sr. Technical Reviewer. Performed environmental consulting services for a 9-acre regional entertainment and retail facility. The project site is a historical landmark that underwent extensive remodeling and construction of new entertainment and retail services adjacent to the historic structures. Performed Phase I and II ESAs, and human health risk assessmenUcorrective action plan.
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Soil Vapor Evaluation and Vapor Intrusion Modeling, Nordstroms Glendale Galleria, CA. Conducted a soil gas survey of an existing vacant retail store within an operating retail center that was suspected of being impacted by dry cleaners and gasoline stations. Installed temporary soil gas borings and collected samples and performed vapor intrusion modeling to assess indoor air risk. (Confidential Client 2015).
Americana at Brand, Glendale, California. Project manager to investigate subsuface utilities at locations within the shopping center considered for security barriers. Tasks included geophysical surveys and excavation of corridors to expose known and unknown utilities. (Americana at Brand, LLC- 2017) Former Masonic Temple, Glendale, California. Performed a Phase I and Phase II ESA at a former Masonic Temple of 9-stories. Performed soil and soil vapor sampling. Discovered an unknown UST and removed the UST and obtained No Further Action. The site was redeveloped into a retail/commercial facility. (CAH Acquisition Co Vl, LLC - 2015)
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Costco Wholesale, Gateway Center, Hawthorne, California.
Project Manager. Conducted a Phase I ESA of this 44-acre site that consisted of over 75 historical addresses.
Reviewed approximately 120 reports/documents as part of the assessment used to develop the history of the site. (Costco/Mulvanny Architects - 1999)
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, 19 Albertsons Shopping Centers, Southern California. Sr.
Technical Reviewer. Completed various Phase I Site Assessments utilizing ASTM standards. Performed regulatory agency records review, historical land use review, site reconnaissance, aerial photo review and site interviews. Assessed 19 shopping centers within a four-week period, including a fault investigation, building conditions report and geoprobe assessment of sites with dry cleaners. (Albertsons - 1998) Phase II Site Assessment, Former Shopping Center, Pasadena, California. Project Manager. Managed assessment of PCE plume in the vadose zone utilizing a soil gas vapor survey and excavation and removal of impacted soil. Involved real-time plume delineation with an on-site mobile laboratory to determine extent of PCE.
Received regulatory site closure. (City of Pasadena - 1995) Site Investigation, 8500 Burton Way, Los Angeles, CA. Conducted a Phase I and II environmental screening evaluation that included soil and groundwater borings at a former Mercedes Benz/BMW auto dealership to be redeveloped into an 8-story mixed-use facility with apartments and retail services. The site was located in a methane district adjacent to the South Lake and San Vicente Oil Fields and included redevelopment of the property into 87 luxury apartments. (Caruso Affiliated Holdings - 2010)
TRANSPORT ATION
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA, conducted various Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments for hazardous materials as part of the expansion of Light Transit Rail lines that included former aerospace facilities, fast-food restaurants and parking lots. Soil and soil vapor sampling and reporting. (LA County MTA, 2000 - 2015)
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Various Clients, Southern California. Project Manager performing Phase I ESAs in accordance with ASTM standards for numerous facilities including the following:
California Highway Patrol, intermodal transportation centers, industrial/manufacturing facilities, gasoline service stations, new school construction, retail shopping centers, food industry facilities, lumber facilities, financial institutions, plastics/steel manufacturing, gravel and rock quarries, assisted living facilities, auto dealerships and residential housing developments.
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, Proposed Multi-Modal Transit Transfer Center Property, San Luis Obispo, California. Project Manager for site assessment that included the collection of vadose zone samples from 16 soil borings that provided a representative sampling of the subsurface to establish a soil chemical profile. The site had a history of industrial railroad uses, including a freight house used for storing herbicides and pesticides. This project involved close coordination with the City, the Fire Department and the San Luis Obispo County Health Department. (City of San Luis Obispo - 1999) Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, East Valley Intermodal Transportation Center, Indio, California.
Project Manager for a site assessment on a former railroad facility located at the northeast Phase II Limited Subsurface Investigation, Metrolink Railroad Right-of-Way, Anaheim, California. Project Manager for Phase II Limited Subsurface Investigation, peformed for Sea/Land Construction & Environmental [DTETRATECH- .
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These provided a representative sampling of the soil along the east side of the Metrolink Railroad right-of-way.
The investigation was performed to determine whether PCB-impacted soil existed along the eastern side of the railroad track. (Sea/Land Construction & Environmental Management, Inc. - 1996) Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, 101 Freeway/Los Angeles Street Bridge Overpass, Downtown Los Angeles, California. Project Manager for a Phase I ESA requested by the City of Los Angeles in an effort to identify potential environmental concerns prior to the potential expansion of the Los Angeles Street Bridge. (City of Los Angeles - 1997)
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Communication Manager
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Ms. Hunter is a communication manager with community outreach, media relations, risk communication, event planning expertise, and project management experience. Ms. Hunter has provided community involvement support to a variety of internal and external project teams in the development of community involvement plans, fact sheets, newsletters, press releases and public notices. Ms. Hunter has managed on-site community involvement for high profile emergency response projects, with tasks including assisting with formation of a community advisory group, website updates, communication and media debriefs, and managing outreach for on-scene staff. Ms. Hunter has organized and executed an array of diverse community outreach events, including an award-winning Kids Day at Hunters Point Shipyard. Ms. Hunter is knowledgeable on writing and designing effective visual aide for presentations and educational tools. Ms. Hunter has used her versatile project coordination and management skills to assist a range of project teams, which include multiple contractors and clients. Ms. Hunter has over 23 years of experience as a communication manager.
BA, Communication/Media
Relations, Saint Mary's College
of California, 2000
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Program Management
Community Involvement
Risk Communication
Facilitation
REGISTRATIONS/
AFFILIATIONS
National Registered
Environmental Manager
121760 175771 90430
International Association for
Public Participation
RELEV ANT EXPERIENCE
TRAINING/
CERTIFICATIONS
Program Director for United States Postal Service (USPS), 20al5 to Present. Ms. Hunter is the program/project manager for over three hundred projects for the USPS including emergency responses, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and industrial hygiene projects addressing lead and asbestos. The majority ofthese projects address asbestos assessment, oversight, and abatement. Her work includes coordination between the USPS and a variety of regulatory officials logistics and communication managemenI review of work plans, health and safety plans, air sampling plans, and clearance reports and schedule and budget management.
Community Involvement Project Manager for Militaiy Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO/Army) - 2008 to Present. Ms. Hunter is the community outreach project manager for Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) support with responsibilities including coordinating with the Army, public, regulatory agencies, and internal teams to ensure successful bi-monthly public meetings for the past 8 years. Work includes meeting setup, coordination, transcripts, meeting minutes, public notices, poster boards, visual aid design, and presentation coaching. Ms. Hunter drafted the MOTCO Community Involvement Plan for the Army which was well-received by the regulatory agencies and RAB. Ms. Hunter developed and maintains the Administrative Record for MOTCO, maintains the public Information Repository, and coordinates community site tours.
Risk Communication Training,
2013
Public Participation Training
2005
Prolect Management Training,
2005
Essential Facilitation 2004
OFFICE
Rancho Cordova California
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understanding the cleanup process after the fire. Ms. Hunter led an outreach event to provide backpack school supplies and BBQ for all families in the Paradise area who lost their homes. Over 1200 community members attended.
Community Involvement Team Manager for the City of Modesto for their Dry Cleaner Remediation Site Program, Modesto, California, 201 "l to Present. Ms. Hunter provided communication strategies to the City of Modesto to provide information to the community surrounding the dry cleaner remediation sites. Ms. Hunter prepared a community survey and profile in conjunction with Department of Toxic Substances Control (California Environmental Protection Agency) in both English and Spanish.
Community Involvement Team Manager for u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IV, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fly Ash Release, 2009 to 20al5. Ms Hunter provided on-site community outreach support for this high profile, EPA emergency response project under intense media and public scrutiny. She managed all day-to-day communication strategies, community involvement activities, and worked side-by-side with stakeholders and the client representatives. During the course of the project she managed communications with international and national media organizations, handled all details of public meetings including facilitation, prepared newsletters and fact sheets, coordinated with mu1tiple stakeholders, and provided web content support. Ms. Hunter won the People's Choice Award for presenting the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fly Ash Release Emergency Project at the EPA Community Involvement Conference in July 2011 .
Risk Communication and Media Management for the American Jewish Llniversity, Brandeis Barden Campus, Simi Valley April 2016 to Present. Ms. Hunter is providing risk communication planning to inform the public on radiological education in relation to studies conducted at the Brandeis Barden Campus. This is in response to a series of investigative pieces conducted by a NBC reporter in Los Angeles, California. The NBC investigative pieces created unnecessary public concern which prompted the need for a risk communication plan.
Ms. Hunter has also assisted in the coordination and execution of media site tours for AJU to help address the concerns.
Community Involvement Project Manager for Former Naval Air Station Moffett Field, 2008 to Present. Ms.
Hunter is the project manager for a Community Involvement Support contract and is responsible for coordinating with the Navy, public, agencies, and internal teams to ensure successful public meetings for a high-profile site.
Work includes meeting set up, coordination, transcripts, meeting minutes, public notices, poster boards, site tours, and presentation coaching. Ms. Hunter successfully executed and facilitated a contentious public meeting that was publicized nationally both on television and newspapers to discuss Site 29, Hangar 1 in 2008. More than 250 members of the public attended the meeting.
Community Involvement Project Manager for Former Naval Weapons Station Concord (Navy), 2004 to Present. Ms. Hunter is the project manager for the RAB and Community Involvement Support task order and is responsible for coordinating with the Navy, public, agencies, and internal teams to ensure successful public meetings. Work includes meeting set up, coordination, transcripts, meeting minutes, public notices, poster boards, presentation coaching, and conducting site tours.
Community Involvement Team Manager for u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IX, Yerington, Anaconda Mine, 2008 to 2018. Ms. Hunter assists EPA with coordinating logistics and facilitating meetings that have a large amount of public participation for the Anaconda Copper Mine site. This site in the process of being placed on the National Priorities List due to groundwater contamination which impacted surrounding residents resulting in a bottled water program. Ms. Hunter conducted interviews and prepared the community involvement plan for Yerington Anaconda Mine.
Community Involvement Team Manager for u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region IV, North Birmingham 35th Avenue, 2012 to Present. Ms. Hunter provided on-site community outreach support for a high profile, high interest EPA environmental justice project, handling all day-to-day communication strategies, [TETRA TECH 2
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community involvement activities and planning including: assisting with scheduling over 2000 access agreements and sampling efforts, organized public meetings, prepared fact sheets, and coordinated with multiple stakeholders.
Community Involvement Team Manager for Maryland Square Dry Cleaner Remediation Site, Las Vegas, Nevada, and 2008 to 2012. Ms. Hunter provided communication strategies to multiple clients and stakeholders to present information in a highly politically charged environment. This project was contentious due to the site location and liability of the high-profile clients. Ms. Hunter assisted with a communication plans to inform the neighboring community of the cleanup work being conducted by a private company.
Community Involvement Manager for the Lynwood Shopping Center Diy Cleaner Site, Twin Falls Idaho, 2013 to 2015. Ms. Hunter coordinated and executed community involvement strategies and communication plans during the remediation of a historic dry cleaner site for a private client. Ms. Hunter provided onsite support during the fieldwork with residents to ensure their safety and address their concerns during the remediation implementation in their neighborhood.
Community Involvement Project Manager for United States Postal Service (USPS), 2003 to Present. Ms.
Hunter was the project manager for over twenty-five community outreach and facilitation projects for the USPS.
Work included coordination between the USPS and a variety of city officials, meeting set up, facilitation as well as developing a report to capture community comments received.
Community Involvement Project Task Lead for Basewide Support for Hunters Point Shipyard, 2002 to 2010. Ms. Hunter was the task lead for a multi-million-dollar contract for base wide and community outreach support for Hunters Point Naval Shipyard which is a high-profile site. Work included being responsible for coordinating with the Navy, public, regulatory agencies, and internal teams to ensure successful public meetings in a contentious environment. Work included monthly meeting setup, coordination, transcripts, meeting minutes, public notices, poster boards, presentation coaching and conducting site tours. Ms. Hunter wrote a Community Notification Plan for the Bayview/Hunters Point community afier a contentious landfill fire that made national news. The Community Notification Plan provided an arrangement to inform the community of Shipyard incidents, such as releases, that may affect the surrounding community. Ms. Hunter coordinated and facilitated contentious meetings with the community stakeholders, City of San Francisco, the Navy, the San Francisco Fire Department, Police Department and Department of Public Health.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS
National Registered Environmental Manager - April 2019
Risk Communication Training - July 2013
Project Management Certificate, Tetra Tech - August 2005 Public Participation - April 2005
* Techniques for Effective Public Participation - April 11-12, 2005 ih Communications for Effective Public Participation - April 13, 2005 * Planning for Effective Public Participation -April 14-15, 2005 Essential Facilitation Workshop - December 1-3, 2004
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Senior Vice President, Western Operations
Experience Summary
Mike is a senior project manager and environmental scientist/planner with 30 years of experience. Mike has a demonstrated ability to lead environmental projects from start to finish. Mike also works with clients and a team of technical specialists to meet environmental requirements and obtain permits at the local, state, and federal levels. Mike has experience working through land use permitting processes in various states, counties, and municipalities in multiple u.s. states. Mike's experience includes wind, solar, electric transmission line, natural gas pipeline and other energy projects.
Mike's areas of expertise include project management for complex environmental projects, often entailing coordination with federal, state, and local environmental agencies, and environmental permitting and regulatory compliance.
Mike has demonstrated success in public relations, facilitating training programs, and leading multidisciplinary technical teams to achieve planned and desired goals on diversified projects.
Mike also serves is versatile in technical roles, serving as Senior Reviewer Technical Lead, and Specialist across a breadth of subjects. Mike is able to synthesize complex technical information and communicate conclusions clearly.
CORPORATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
EDUCATION
BS, Environmental
Science/Business, University of
Socith Alabama, 200'l
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Project Manager
Environmental Permitting
Regulatory Compliance
Siting & Routing
Hazardous Materials
Management
REGISTRATIONS/
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Hazardoris Materials
Manager (CHMM), 2008
Registered Environmental
Professional (REP), 2009
TRAINING
Currently serves as Senior Vice President, Western Operations with accountabilities for 200+ staff, oversee 60+ project managers/300+ projects revenues of $50-$55M.
Mike leads daily/strategic operations consisting of sales/marketing, client management, project delivery and execution, health and safety, quality control, employee engagement and P&L of environmental and engineering consulting services. Accountable for energy, industrial, commercial, municipal and federal government markets. Full-service consulting to these markets includes Geomatics, Multi-Discipline Engineering, Multi-Discipline Environmental Services, Remediation, Infrastructure Siting, Routing, Permitting, Natural Resources, Water Resources, GIS, Visual, Public Outreach.
FERC Environmental Review
and Compliance for Natural
Gas Facilities November 2001
OFFICE
Denver CO
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
YEARS WITHIN FIRM
Director of Operations (March 2015) Promoted Vice President, 6 Denver/Minneapolis (February 2017); Promoted Vice President, Midwest, Rockies & California (2020) Promoted Senior Vice President, Western Operations (January 2023).
Lead Corporate Key Account Program for Xcel Energy.
Serves on the Leadership Team for the ESG/Sustainability/Carbon Capture Initiatives.
Serves as Partner with Corporate Initiatives to target $'100M renewable engineering design program.
Developed employee engagement programs consisting of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Recognition and Mentoring Programs.
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Served on Transition and Operational Start-up Team (15-year period) for $1.39B (10-year) contract to onboard 50+ staff, execute subcontracts and develop operational/business systems/QC/HSE for legacy waste management activities at the DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Deputy Project Manager, March 20"l4-March 2015
National Fuel Gas, Northern Access 2016 Project, PA and NY Deputy Project Manager accountable for third-party review of Resource Reports, scoping meetings, attendance at open houses and ELS on behalf of the FERC. Project consisted of approximately ninety-seven (97)-miles of new 24-inch diameter pipeline in Pennsylvania and New York.
Project Manager, March 2014-March 2015
Spectra Energy Corp, Bailey East Panel 2L Longwall Mining Project, PA Project Manager accountable for environmental field surveys, FERC environmental report preparation and environmental permitting for multiple pipelines to ensure integrity of pipelines during mining activities.
Project Team Member, 2013-20al4
Williams/Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P., Bluegrass Pipeline Project, KY 530 miles of new 20- and 24-inch-diameter natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky: Support Project Manager responsible for permitting and serving as liaison with engineering firm to execute routing and constraints analysis.
Project Team Member, March 2014-March 2015
Williams Transco Corp., Atlantic Sunrise Project, PA, MD, VA, NC, and SC Approximately 178 miles of new greenfield pipeline, pipeline replacement, and compressor facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Project Team Member responsible for thirdparty review of Resource Report 5 and preparation of socioeconomics section of a third-party ELS on behalf of the FERC.
Project Manager, September 2013-March 2015
Petrogas Energy Corp., IN
Dewatering processes for intrusion of 16 million gallons of groundwater within an underground propane/bcitane storage cavern in Lake County, Indiana: Project Manager accountable for leading multidisciplinary team to facilitate dewatering processes with oil and gas boards, engineering firms, and town officials related to the intrusion of 16 million gallons of groundwater within an underground propane/butane storage cavern. Completed Indiana Department of Natural Resources Oil and Gas permitting for caverns and Class II injection well.
Project Team Member, 2013-2014
Trunkline LNG Company, LLC, Lake Charles Liquefaction Project, LA Liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction facility, approximately 18 miles of natural gas pipeline, and new compressor station in Louisiana: Project Team Member responsible for reliability and safety section of a thirdparty ELS on behalf of the FERC.
Project Team Member, 2012-2013
Williams Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company, Rockaway Delivery Lateral Project, NY
3.2 miles of 26-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline in New York: Project Team Member responsible for third-party review of Resource Report 11 and preparation of the reliability and safety section of the FERC thirdparty ELS.
Project Team Member, 2012-2013
Gulf South Pipeline Company, L.P., Southeast Market Expansion Project, MS and AL 70 miles of 30- and 24-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline and three compressor stations in MissiSsippi and Alabama: Project Team Member responsible for third-party review of Resource Reports 5 and 8 and preparation of the reliability and safety section of the FERC third-party EA. (TETR A TECH 2
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Project Manager, 2012-2013
ONEOK, Inc., Texas Gas Line 165BI-2 Abandonment Project, TX
1.5 miles of 2-inch-diameter natural gas gathering pipeline in Texas (Rio Grande River crossing): Project Manager responsible for obtaining environmental clearances, u.s. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Refuge Access, managing onsite biological monitoring during construction, and ensuring compliance with FWS regulations.
Project Manager, 2012-2013
Kinder Morgan Cochin, LLC, LeSueur County Highway Relocation Project, MN Approximately O.5 mile of 12-inch-diameter NGL transmission line in Minnesota: Project Manager responsible for u.s. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) Section 404 permitting; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting for construction stormwater and hydrostatic discharge; and preparation of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan; and Drilling Mud Plan and managing biological surveys and ongoing stormwater inspections and compliance.
Project Team Member, 2011-2012
Williams Laurel Mountain Midstream, L.L.C., Rejiss Pipeline Project, PA Approximately 4 miles of 24-inch-diameter gathering pipeline in the Marcellus Region of Pennsylvania: Project Team Member responsible for regulatory research pertaining to preparation of the Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit, and conducting post-construction monitoring of erosion and sediment control devices for approximately 15 natural gas gathering pipeline projects.
Project Manager, 2010
Kinder Morgan Cochin Pipeline, MN
Relocation and replacement segment in Blue Earth County, Minnesota: Project Manager responsible for environmental permitting (air, stormwater, COE, water appropriation, and hydrostatic discharge) and the wetland and protected species surveys.
Project Team Member, 2010-2012
Spectra Energy Corp, New Jersey-New York Expansion Project, NJ, NY 20 miles of multi-diameter natural gas pipeline and related aboveground facilities in New Jersey and New York:
Project Team Member responsible For preparing the land use section of a FERC third-party ELS.
EI Paso Corporation, Marcellus Ethane Pipeline System Project, 2010 and June-August, 2011, abandonment of approximately 850 miles of pipeline currently transporting natural gas from Louisiana to Ohio and the subsequent conversion of the pipeline to transport ethane from Ohio to Louisiana: Project Team Member responsible for assisting with the preparation of a FERC Section 7(c) Environmental Report Application and developing permitting and implementation strategies.
Operations/Office Manager, Client Management Lead, March 2007-March 2015 Natural Resource Group, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
Accountable for the management of operations and maintenance, regulatory, and public affairs services offered to multiple energy clients. Lead daily and strategic operations consisting of sales/marketing, customer service, delivery and execution, and P&L.
Senior O&M Specialist (2007-2010), Charlotte, NC. Promoted to Office Manager for the Baton Rouge, LA location (2010). As part of a corporate initiative, arranged for office closure and re!ocation of staff to Houston, TX. Promoted to Office Manager (2011) of new Pittsburgh office and Client Management Lead.
Lead proposal efforts for RFPs related to engineering and environmental services for wide range of energy clientele with value up to $2M. Serve as technical specialist and proposal manager on RFPs and RFIs.
Coordinate NRG branding initiatives; lead development of multiple sector related marketing materials; website developmenI and tangible elements (logos, SOQs, etc.) of brand management for the company.
Manage multiple energy-related projects (capital pipelines; E&P and midstream assets LNG power generation; and natural gas fractionation, storage and distribution) simultaneously, including RFP review and proposal development, contract acquisition, scope of work preparation, staff selection and management, subcontractor oversight, project execution, and budget oversight ranging from $5K to $2M representing projects across more than 15 states and comprising of 30 clients. [ TETR A TECH 3
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Selected for the strategic initiative to establish a new office in Pittsburgh, PA and procure pipeline/energy services in the Marcellus Shale region. Within 30 months, recruited and onboarded nine new staff and maintained a 70% billable component resulting in 15% in company growth.
Develop and execute regional marketing and business development strategies resulting in solicitation of new master service agreements, preparation of statement of qualifications and requests for proposals, and awarded project work with new clientele and expansion of service offerings with existing clientele resulting in an increased revenue generation of 25-30% annually ($1.5M - $3M).
Participate in company-wide operations including Go/No-Go Committee company acquisition integration, client and business development initiatives workload utilization; and CRM beta testing.
Prepared, initiated, and promoted ($1.5M projected annually) corporate-wide initiative (business plan) to explore the benefits of expanding company operations to include civil and chemical engineering services.
Lead business integration efforts for Operations and Maintenance sector. Accountable for leading teams with identification, development and execution of marketing strategies to strengthen current relationships, broaden client base and expand services across multiple subsidiaries ($2M - $4M annual revenue).
Originate and orchestrate marketing directives as a representative of the Marcellus Shale Coalition. Pursue potential clients to broaden networking and sales distribution channels which have generated $500K within six months. Lead regional trade show/industry conference exhibition and staff attendance.
Cultivate and foster relationships with oil and gas service companies, EPC's, and engineering/consulting firms to capitalize proposal opportunities resulting in annual project authorizations ($500-$L5M). * Partner with clients consisting of regulatory, legal, government affairs, finance, engineering, and business development in the origination and execution phases of energy infrastructure development projects.
Manager of Regulatory and Quality, March 2005-March 2007 Huntsman LLC, Mclntosh, AL
Duties encompassed environmental, health, safety, quality and security & DOT management for 24/7 global chemical (union environment) manufacturing/packaging facility and offsite distribution center.
Spearheaded the planning, implementation and coaching of Global Management System (Responsible Care Program@) for two locations which achieved increased audit scores of 5% and 8% consecutively.
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Senior Project Environmental Engineer
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Environmental engineer with more than '17 years of environmental consulting experience consisting of conducting Phase I and If environmental site assessments (ESAs), treatability studies, feasibility studies, pilot testing, and remedial design work. Has experience with the design and installation of several remediation technologies including slurry walls, soil excavation, soil vapor extraction, dual-phase extraction, in-well air sparging, groundwater aeration, in situ chemical oxidation, and in situ bioremediation. Mr. Lenker manages a variety of projects to satisfy client objectives.
CORPORATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
BS, Chemical Engineering,
University of Michigan, 2001
MS, Environmental
Engineering, University of
Michigan, 2003
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Site Investigation/Remediation
Environmental Compliance
Engineer of Record, March 2019-Present
Lockheed Martin, SVE Engineering Design Services, Former Plant B-I Facility, Burbank, CA
Engineer of record for engineering design services for SVE well installation and conveyance piping. Prepared 60% and 100% design drawings, a Basis of Design Report, technical specifications, and Opinion of Probable Construction Costs.
Project Manager, July 2018-Present
PacWest Management, Data Gap Investigation and SVE Remediation, Lancaster, CA
Project manager responsible for conducting additional investigations and remediating tetrachloroethylene (PCE) impacts within the vadose zone resulting from a former dry cleaner operation. Activities conducted included preparing work plans, conducting soil, soil vapor, and groundwater investigations, preparing a Remedial Action Plan, a SVE pilot test, and SVE system installation and operation.
Project Engineer, 2016-Present
Hibco Corporation, Site Assessment and Remediation of Soil and Groundwater, Hawthorne, CA
Project engineer responsible for designing and implementing soil and groundwater remediation strategies to address petroleum hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvent impacts associated with a former latex manufacturing facility. Designed and implemented an in-situ chemical oxidation pilot test to treat groundwater utilizing pH-activated sodium persulfate. Prepared the Remedial Action Plan to address remaining groundwater impacts using enhanced reductive dechlorination. Soil and groundwater remediation efforts are ongoing.
Project Engineer, July 2017-Present
Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, Site Assessment and Remediation of Soil Vapor and Groundwater, South Gate, CA Project engineer for the city-owned property. Designed and implemented a soil remediation program to address residual petroleum hydrocarbon impacts in the vadose zone consisting of installation of horizontal and vertical SVE wells. Implemented in-situ chemical oxidation to address high benzene concentrations in groundwater located off-site. Prepared an Interim Remedial Action Plan to further address offsite groundwater impacts. Working with the
REGISTRATIONS/
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Engineer, CA,
Number C72516, Earned
6/30/08
Qcialified SWPPP
Developer/Qualified SWPPP
Practitioner
TRAINING
40-Hour Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency
Response Training OSHA
8-Hour HAZWOPER Refresher
Training; 2018
8-Hour HAZWOPER Site
Supervisor Training:
Enwonmental Health & Safety
Training Center; 2004
Basic CPR, AED, and First Aid
for Adults: MEDIC First Aid
International,Inc, 2018
Environmental Training and
Compliance (ETAC), 2004
USGBC-LEED Green
Associate; 2012
OFFICE
Irvine, CA
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Regional Water Quality Control Board to achieve No Further Action under the Low Threat Underground Storage Tank Case Closure Policy.
Project Manager, July 2015-January 2018
Griffon Corporation, Background Arsenic Evaluation and Feasibility Study, Frankfort, NY Developed and implemented a plan under the NYSDEC and NYSDOH to conduct a background soil evaluation to demonstrate elevated arsenic and metal concentrations in on-site soil and groundwater are largely naturally occurring and not attributable to over 100 years of historical operations. The results of the background soil evaluation will be incorporated into a feasibility study to refine the areas requiring remedial evaluation potentially resulting in over $1 M in savings for the client.
Project Manager, August 2014-Present
Griffon Corporation, Site Characterization and Remedial Activities, Rancho Dominguez, CA Manages the guaranteed maximum project to conduct a remedial-focused investigation and remediation activities to address chlorinated solvents in soil and groundwater. The groundwater plume is commingled with impacts from adjacent properties. Utilized MIP technology to determine the horizontal and vertical limits of the source area for remediation and to evaluate potential offsite impacts. Remediation of the soil impacts are being conducted utilizing a SVE system, while groundwater impacts will be treated by the pneumatic emplacement of sand slurry mixed with potassium permanganate due to the presence of a tight silt formation.
Senior Project Engineer, August 2015
Port of Los Angeles, Aeration System Design for Enhanced Biodegradation, San Pedro, CA Designed an aeration system to enhance biodegradation of petroleum impacts at the Port of Los Angeles. The aeration system consists of 22 horizontal injection wells with screen lengths ranging from 60 to 130 feet.
Performed detailed head loss calculations to minimize head loss over the entire length of conveyance piping.
Designed the well screen to allow for equal air distribution throughout the entire screened interval. Selected an appropriate air compressor to meet the flow rate and pressure requirements. Developed an innovative cycling strategy to minimize potential air emissions and to ensure aeration only occurs when sufficient water is present due to the location within the tidal zone where elevations vary up to 8 feet in a day.
Project Manager, June 2014-June 2016
Prologis, Site Characterization and Remedial Activities, Commerce, CA Managed this fixed-price $300,000 contract to remediate carbon tetrachloride impacts in soil beneath an operating 650,000 square foot warehouse. Included the operation and maintenance of a I,000 cfm SVE system which was able to remediate the soil vapor impacts within six months of operation, as originally designed. A No Further Action Letter was issued by the Los Angeles County Fire Department after confirmation soil vapor sampling indicated no detectable vapor concentrations beneath the warehouse.
Senior Project Engineer, May 20"l4-June 2016
IHP Capital Partners, Site Characterization and Remedial Activities, Northridge, CA Provided a technical review for the site characterization and prepared a Remedial Action Plan to treat residual PCE, Freon-113, and benzene impacts utilizing a SVE system. The impacts associated with a former aerospace parts manufacturing facility that operated on the property. Worked closely with the Los Angeles County Fire Department to expedite the investigation and remedial activities to allow for redevelopment of the property for residential use.
Project Manager, May 2014-Present
Sunset Waste, LNAPL Remediation and Vapor Mitigation at an Existing Shopping Center, San Diego, CA Prepared and implemented a Remedial Action Plan to address LNAPL and dissolved-phase groundwater impacts beneath an existing shopping center. The Remedial Action Plan outlined the remediation program consisting of injecting persulfate and oxygen release compounds through both horizontal and vertical injection wells to treat the dissolved-phase petroleum hydrocarbon impacts as well as LNAPL recovery strategies. A Vapor Mitigation Plan was also developed and implemented to mitigate the potential for vapor intrusion to the on-site tenants. A vapor barrier, Retro-Coat@, was installed in one of the suites due to the presence of elevated indoor air concentrations. (TfTRA TKH 2
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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Gannett Fleming, Irvine, CA
Senior Project Engineer, June 2011 -May 2014
KTR Capital Partners, Site Characterization and Remedial Activities, Commerce, CA Senior Project Engineer responsible for providing technical review of the site characterization and remedial investigation as well as preparing the Feasibility Study, Remedial Action Plan, and construction drawings for the installation of a 1,000 cfm SVE system to treat wide-spread carbon tetrachloride impacts. Coordinated the SVE system installation efforts with the construction manager to minimize impact to site grading activities and the construction of a 650,000 square foot warehouse.
Many of his projects involve redevelopment of brownfields.
Senior Project Engineer, September 2009-January 2011
Private Developer, Brownfield and Real Estate Development, Acquisition, and Redevelopment of a Former Airplane Parts and Thermostat Manufacturing Facility, Lynwood, CA Senior Project Engineer for a comprehensive soil and groundwater investigation to supplement prior data collected by the seller and further characterize the lateral and vertical extent of chlorinated solvents and other constituents of concern in the soil and groundwater. The project involved delineating solvents and petroleum hydrocarbons in soil; was performed using a membrane interface probe and Environmental Visualization System software; and included soil, soil vapor, and groundwater sampling.
Senior Project Engineer, September 2009-January 2011
Confidential Client/City of Lynwood, Lynwood Springs Redevelopment, Lynwood, CA ProjectManager for a private trust and the City of Lynwood to spearhead the assessment of the implementation of interim remedial actions for, and the redevelopment of a 6-acre brownfield site that included a gas station, a strip mall containing a former dry-cleaning facility, a tire service center, a national moving and self-storage facility, a restaurant, and several contiguous residential properties. The project involved the assessment and remediation.
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., Pasadena, CA Project Engineer, 2005-2007 u.s. Environmental Protection Agency (u.s. EPA), Hassayampa Landfill Superfund Site, Maricopa County, AZ
ProjectEngineer responsible for overseeing and/or performing schedule and budget preparation, SVE treatment and piping layout and design, wellhead construction, start-up testing, and continued monitoring and reporting activities. A soil vapor treatment system was installed at the landfill under u.s. EPA oversight to replace a former treatment system and to adequately protect human health and the environment.
Project Engineer, 2005-2006
Private Industry, Former Production Facility, Rialto, CA Project Engineer for a u.s. Environmental Protection Agency-directed investigation of a former facility where components of solid propellant rockets were produced. Underlying aquifers had been contaminated with perchlorate, trichloroethane (TCA), and other chemicals. Tasks overseen and/or performed included budget preparation, soil and soil gas sampling using the direct push technique, soil sampling from trenching, logging boreholes for the installation of groundwater wells up to 600 feet below ground surface, gauging wells using the Westbay System, and evaluation of analytical data.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENT ATIONS
Lenker, c., and Arul Ayyaswami. "Combined In-situ Remedial Approach Using Activated Carbon and Bioremediation to Treat and Prevent Off-Site Migration of a Chlorinated Solvent Plume in Southern California." Presented at Battelle's International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Palm Springs, California. April 2018.
Batista, a't Arul Ayyaswami, Carl Lenker, et al. "Biological Reduction of Multi-Contaminants that are Electron Acceptors." Presented at Battelle's International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Palm Springs, California. April 2018.
Lenker, C., Leo Rebele, and Arul Ayyaswami. "In Situ Permanganate Slurry Emplacement for Source Zone Treatment of Chlorinated Solvents in Fine-Grained Material." Presented at Battelle's International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Palm Springs, California. May 2016. [%ThTRA TtCH 3
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Project Manager/Principal
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Mr. Neuhaus is an environmental project and technical manager with 33 years of experience. He has managed many Brownfields projects involving site investigations/assessments, Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) remedial investigations, remedial actions, remediation implementation/operation, and surface water and groundwater programs.
Many of his projects involve redevelopment of brownfields Interfaces with many agencies including the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), EPA, the California Regional Water Qciality Control Board (RWQCB), County and City agencies working toward, and obtaining site closures.
MS, Geological Sciences, San
Diego State University, 1989
BS, Geology (Magna Cum
Laude), California Lutheran
University, 1984
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Project Management
Remedial Investigations/Actions
Environmental Site
Assessments
CORPORATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE Site Investigations/
Assessments
Project Manager, July 2017-Present
Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, Site Assessment and Remediation of Soil Vapor and Groundwater, South Gate, CA Project manager of the State-funded underground storage tanks (UST) case closure project. Has managed the writing of work plans, the implementation of a variety of site assessment and remedial field activities and the associated report writing. Activities under his management include:
A soil vapor survey was completed with 5-foot- and I O-foot-deep probes at six locations.
* Abandonment of four dry groundwater monitoring wells.
Installation of five groundwater monitoring wells.
Development of a Traffic Control Plan.
Sampling of borings downgradient of the Site.
Two horizonal soil vapor extraction wells were installed.
Three vertical soil vapor extraction wells were installed.
A soil vapor extraction (SVE) system was installed in a designated compound and operated for I year 2 months. Request for closure of vadose zone has been submitted.
SVE Wells from a previous consultant, that were paved over, were located with geophysical tools and added to the SVE system.
In Situ Chemical Oxidation remediation was performed on a benzene hot spot off-Site and a second round is anticipated.
Project Manager, 2016-Present
Hibco Corporation Brownfield Site, Site Assessment and Remediation of Soil and Groundwater, Hawthorne, CA
The site is a former latex manufacturing plant dating back to the 3950s.
Chemical storage and recycling occurred. As project manager, has supervised the following activities:
REGISTRATIONS/
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Geologist, CA,
Number 5501 Earned 1/U92
Registered Environmental
Assessor (REA) Level II, CA,
Number 20037, Earned 1/1/99
Qualified SWPPP Developer,
CA No. GO5501 obtained
Acigust 2016
TRAINING
Contracts and Subcontracting
Training; AMEC
Leadership Training
"Leadership for Results",
AchieveGlobal: 2003
Stormwater Professional Class
See additiorial at end
OFFICE
Irvine CA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
33 YEARS WITHIN FIRM
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Installation and monitoring of eight monitoring wells.
Excavation of 650 tons of contaminated soil
School Site Environmental Evaluations (7), Preliminary Endangerment Assessments, Remedial Investigations, Feasibility Studies, Public Participation, Los Angeles, Carson, Cudahy, CA Managed teams of people for $2 million contract covering preliminary environmental assessments, remedial investigations/feasibility study, remedial action plan, and phase I site assessments for several school sites throughout Los Angeles area included one school site on the State superfund list (former dump site in Cudahy).
Worked with California Environmental Protection Agency/DTSC on nine preliminary endangerment assessments and two remedial assessments, including: work plan, design and install wells, sampling soil vapor, outdoor air, soil, groundwater, drinking water; performed risk and toxicology assessment, and budget and schedule management worked with the client on a daily basis. High profile sites with variety of contaminant situations.
Responsible for assisting in public participation, and risk communication. Involved in organizing 8 public meetings and presentations. Coordinated with Los Angeles City and County Sanitation for sites involving landfill issues.
Technical Oversight and Project Professional Reviewer, 2020-2021 Gannett Media Corporation, Desert Sun Phase I & II ESA and Soil Removal, Palm Springs, CA Technical for the preparation of Phase I ESA for the news company building property in Palm Springs. The property was assessed to determine the potential impacts to the environment from historic and current activities.
The due diligence activities were conducted following the ASTM standard, and included the review of facility information, collection of independent environmental information, a site reconnaissance. Based on the findings, a small removal was planned in the rear ocitdoor area of the property near a drain outfall. Tetra Tech performed the soil removal and collected confirmation samples. Mr. Neuhaus provided technical oversight for the team including determining cleanup levels.
Technical Oversight and Project Professional Reviewer, 2020-2021 AES North America Development LLC, Mountain View Wind Repower Project Phase I ESAs, Whitewater, CA
Environmental scientist for the preparation of Phase I ESAs of seven parcels for the Mountain View Wind Repower Project in Riverside County, California. The property was assessed to determine the potential impacts to the environment from historic and current activities. The due diligence activities were conducted following the ASTM standard, and included the review of facility information, collection of independent environmental information, a site reconnaissance, and review of potential environmental issues. information, collection ofindependent environmental information, a site reconnaissance, and review of potential environmental issues.
Project Manager, August 201 6-December 2017
Shea Properties, Phase II Environmental Site Assessment/Investigation, Extensive Investigation at Former ITT Cannon Manufacturing Brownfield Facility, Santa Ana, CA Managed an extensive Phase II ESA of a 42-acre industrial property in Santa Ana, California that was being remediated and later sold for redevelopment. The property had been used for manufacturing (primarily electromechanical components such as connectors and connector assemblies). Contaminants included polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), solvents, metals, and petroleum hydrocarbons. The following sampling was completed: 39 soil borings were sampled in and around 15 areas of concern 70 soil gas sample locations were sampled and 10 membrane interface probe survey locations were surveyed, and 3D modelling was performed of the data.
The sampling of this Site was challenged by the ongoing pre-demolition activities and in some cases active demolition of the manufacturing buildings. Additionally, this Site was challenging from a Health and Safety standpoint since some areas were highly impacted with PCBs and potentially with metals.
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Project Manager, April 2€)17-October 2017
Confidential Owners under Site Cleanup Subaccount Program (SCAP) Funding of the State Water Resources Control Board, Site Investigation of Serrano Plaza, Los Angeles, CA Under oversight of the State Water Resources Control Board a site investigation work plan was written and submitted for review and approval for this open Case Site at a property with ongoing businesses and restaurants.
The following work was performed:
Eight soil borings were drilled and sampled.
Four groundwater monitoring wells were sampled (soil and groundwater) and installed.
Program Manager, Environmental Services for Brownfield Redevelopment of Los Angeles County Hospital Property, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Downey, CA Managed contract task orders pertaining to performing site investigation/assessments for portions of a I 00-acre area of land in Downey. Responsible for performing ESAs of 11 areas. Some areas required risk evaluations.
Reviewed existing reports of eight USTs and investigated five USTs, four pesticide storage facilities, hazardous waste storage facilities, transformers, and generators. Recommendations were made for construction/redevelopment purposes.
Oversaw the removal of USTs, wrote the UST closure reports for eight UST removals and gained case closures for the client.
Principal and Site Manager Former Metal Die-Casting Facility, West Rancho Dominguez, Los Angeles, CA Former die-casting facility impacted by chlorinated VOCs, benzene, and hydrocarbons. The hydrogeology and geology beneath the site were complex due to the Newport-lnglewood Fault Zone being located nearby. The following work was performed at this site:
In charge of offsite characterization of chlorinated solvent plumes in shallow and deep groundwater zones using CPT, soil and groundwater sampling, well installations and groundwater monitoring. A groundwater Remedial Action Plan was submitted recommending closure of shallow groundwater and further investigation.
Project Task Manager Confidential Fortune 500 Client, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation and Risk-Based Closure, Former Photo-Chemical Processing Plant, Vernon, CA Led a team through a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation (RFI) at a site where formerly a photo-chemical processing plant had operated. Contaminants included trichloroethylene and acids. Under a Consent Order Agreement, investigation of the site included investigating soil gas, subsurface soil, concrete, groundwater and finally, subslab vapor. The site was regulated by the DTSC. [%TETRATE(H 3
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Environmental Engineer
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Mr. O'Connell has provided support for a broad range of site investigations throughout his career as an environmental technician and consultant. Daniel has experience in consulting for unplanned releases of contaminants and identifying hazards. Mr. O'Connell has had experience in communicating with regulatory agencies and executing work plans that remain in compliance of established regulatory law regarding recognized environmental conditions and hazards. Daniel has utilized skills in scientific investigation, state of the art sampling techniques, technical report production, and consulting.
Additional responsibilities include site reconnaissance processes for contaminated areas, remediation projects, various forms of sampling, as well as site monitoring contractors' execution of planned work.
BS, Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Merced
2018
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Environmental Engineering
Subsurface Hydrology
Industrial Hygiene
SoilNVater/Bulk Sampling
Report Writing
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Health and Safety
Project Manager December 2021 - July 2022
Envirocheck, Inc.
Managed teams of technicians using leadership and in-depth investigative techniques to uncover environmental, industrial hygiene concerns.
Interpreting samplings by evaluating laboratory data to provide technical reports, data analysis, and solutions
Creation of proposals/cost estimates, planning sampling procedures, solutions/scopes of work for remediation
Environmental Technician / Environmental Consultant, December 20"l8 - July 2021
Strategically collected environmental/industrial hygiene samples.
Evaluated laboratory data and created technical written reports under the direct supervision of a senior consultant.
TRAINING
40-Hour HAZWOPER Health &
Safety for Hazardous Waste
Operations (29 CFR 1910.120),
2022
REGISTRATIONS/
CERTIFICATIONS
Engineer-in-Training
Certification (NCEES)
(Certification No. 177748)
Division of Occupational Safety
and Health Certified Asbestos
Consultant (Certification No.
22-7145)
OTHER INFORMATION (ADDITIONAL TRAINING,
PUBLICATION(S), AWARD(S), ETC.)
Division of Occupational Safety
and Health Certified Site
Surveillance Technician
(Certification No. 19-6580)
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS
American Council for Accredited Certification, Fire and Smoke Damage Technician (Registration No. 2201017)
National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health 582 Certified (Sampling and Evaluating Airborne Asbestos Fibers)
State of California Department of Public Health Lead-Related Construction Certification (No. LRC-00002277)
First Aid/CPR/AED - Adult and Pediatric; American Red Cross; 2023 11CRCCertified Water Damage
Restoration Technician
(Registration No 7809411)
OFFICE
Irvine, CA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
3 YEARS WITHIN FIRM
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Environmental Engineer
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Vidhya Ramalingam is an environmental engineer with 8 years of cumulative experience in supporting environmental projects, engineering, research, and consulting. As an environmental engineer, Vidhya prepares remediation action plans and manages the operation of remediation systems. She facilitates multiple projects simultaneously with excellent problem-solving skills.
CORPORATE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
PhD, Environmental
Engineering, Michigan State
University, 2021
MSE, Environmental
Engineering, University of
Michigan, 2013
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Environmental Engineer, August 2021-Present
Griffon Corporation, Site Characterization and Remedial Activities, Rancho Dominguez, CA
Environmental Engineer on the $1.2 million fixed price project responsible for coordinating groundwater monitoring activities and soil vapor extraction system operation and maintenance. Conduct semi-annual groundwater sampling for a cluster of active manufacturing facilities situated on top of a chlorinated solvent plume that was the resbilt of several historical releases from former facility operators. Prepare soil/groundwater monitoring reports after each monitoring event. Groundwater sampling efforts are ongoing.
Environmental Engineer, August 202"l-Present
Hibco Corporation, Site Assessment and Remediation of Soil and Groundwater, Hawthorne, CA
Environmental engineerworking on designing and implementing soil and groundwater remediation strategies to address 1,4-dioxane and chlorinated solvent impacts associated with a former latex manufacturing facility.
Prepared the Interim Remedial Action Plan to address subsurface contamination. Conduct groundwater sampling and soil vapor sampling. Soil and groundwater remediation efforts are ongoing.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Bioremediation
Compound Specific Isotope
Analysis
Remedial Investigations
Bench-scale studies
TRAINING
40-hour HAZWOPER
Fitst Aid/CPR/AED
OFFICE
Irvine, CA
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
8 YEARS WITHIN FIRM
1 Graduate Research Assistant, 2016-2021
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Ml
Provided research and development support for Department of Energy and Department of Defense projects.
Collaborated with an international team of scientists on projects focused on soil and groundwater remediation.
Notable projects/tasks include the following:
Developed bench-scale experiments and cultures that can biodegrade organic solvents, capable of advancing to pilot-scale and full-scale implementation.
Developed a novel anaerobic culture capable of biodegrading 1,4-dioxane with a high potential for usage in CERCLA sites.
Developed cost-effective and innovative methods for analytical measurements of solvents, antibiotics, and hazardous chemicals leading to faster and more efficient processing of samples.
Served as a teaching instructor for Environmental Chemistry ENE 481 course with undergraduate and graduate students.
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Actively participate in project meetings and mentor students in laboratory settings.
Following safe tab practices, ensuring chemical library maintenance including ordering chemicals and ensuring compliance with EHS.
Project Engineer, 2013-2015
FutureNet Group Inc., Detroit, Ml
Extensive experience working on soil/sediment and water sampling projects for the client u.s. Army Core of Engineers. Notable projects/tasks include the following:
Conducted sampling of soils, sediments and water in Chicago river and Burns Harbor as part of a large MATOC contract with the Army Core of Engineers - Chicago District.
Served as a project engineer for a large-scale remediation project in Vicksburg, MS with the client US Army Core of Engineers - Omaha District.
Worked with soil and water treatment projects using ex-situ thermal desorption, in-situ injections at wells, soil borings and groundwater monitoring.
Provided technical expertise on bioremediation and in-situ chemical injections for treatment of groundwater in
ERDC, MS
Prepared MATOC proposals, responded to RFQs and pricing.
Collaborated with other professionals, contractors, and clients in managing projects (>$500k) with technical expertise.
* Appointed as a member of the 'Innovation Committee' to strategize growth across the organization and actively pursue business development opportunities.
Maintained close collaboration with fellow engineers in a team environment and managed projects to completion.
Student Intern, 2012-2013
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Lansing, Ml Performed data analysis of emissions from a manufacturing complex and chemicals including those not listed in Part 1 4'1and Part 201 EPA cleanup criteria and produced significant results to aid the State of Michigan in ensuring Environmental Quality.
Identified which detected hazardous substances are lacking one or more Part 201 cleanup criteria at manufacturing sites.
Modelled and calculated benchmark dosage and Benchmark Dosage Levels [BMDL] for Benzophenone from a large manufacturing facility which can aid other RCRA facilities going through corrective actions.
OTHER INFORMATION
PuBLICATIONS & PRESENT ATIONS
Ramalingam, V. and A. M. Cupples. 2020. Anaerobic 1,4-dioxane biodegradation and microbial community analysis in microcosms inoculated with soils or sediments and different electron acceptors. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. doi:10.1007/s00253-020-10512-3
Ramalingam, V. and A. M. Cupples. 2020. Enrichment of novel Actinomycetales and the detection of monooxygenases during aerobic 1,4-dioxane biodegradation with uncontaminated and contaminated inocula.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. doi: 10.1007/s00253-020-10376-7 Ramalingam, V. and A. M. Cupples. 2C)19. 1,4-Dioxane Biodegradation Potential in Aerobic and Methanogenic Microcosms. Battelle Fifth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies Conference, April 16th, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland Cupples, A. M. and V. Ramalingam. 2019. 1,4-dioxane biodegradation in microcosms inoculated with contaminated or uncontaminated soils and sediments and various electron acceptors. SERDP & ESTCP Symposium, December 3rd, 2019, Washington, DC
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Jessica A. Vickers
Senior Chemist/QA Manager
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Ms. Vickers is well versed in a wide range of chemistry skills related to the environmental response, removal, and site assessment programs. Ms.
Vickers has served as a quality assurance (QA) manager on the EPA Region 4 START contract for the past 15 years. She has performed laboratory procurement and auditing, field auditing, data management, data validation, quality improvement, data evaluation and reporting, and QA/quality control (QC) activities, both under START and for department of defense (Dog) and commercial clients. Additionally, Ms. Vickers has provided training to EPA On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs) on hazard characterization, as well as writing and reviewing several quality assurance project plans (QAPPs) and data quality assessment reports.
Ms. Vickers has also provided subject matter expertise for training materials and training for Chemistry for Environmental Professionals (CEP), Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) fundamentals, and on Uniform Federal Policy-Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP) for federal, state, and local officials, as well as data validation training to in-house personnel to bolster capabilities.
Previously, Ms. Vickers served as a chemist for other consulting firms. In that position, she has performed immunoassay field screening methods and colorimetric testing methods for various chemical parameters, as well as several of the tasks described above.
Ms. Vickers has a thorough familiarity with all EPA-approved methods, including the CLP Statements of Work (SOW) Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods (SW-846); Methods for Chemical Analysis for Water and Wastes (MCAWW); and Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols (MARLAP). In addition, Ms.
Vickers also has a thorough familiarity with the CLP National Functional Guidelines (NFG) for environmental data review, with the DoD Quality Systems Manual (QSM), and with the Scribe and EQulS database management tools.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
B.S, Cheinistry & Biology
Kennesaw State University, 1993
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Project Cheinistry
Data Validation and lianagement
QAPP Preparation and Review
Laboratory Procurement and
Coordination
Technical Report Review
Field Sampling/Auditing
REGISTRATIONS/
AFFILIATIONS
Society of American Military Engineers
(SAME)
KEY TRAINING/
CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management Level II
Training, 2013
OSHA 40-Horir Heal(h and Safety
Training and Annual Refreshers
1993 - 2022
OSHA Supervisory Instruction
[29 CFR Part 1910 I 20(e)],
2008
ncident Command System/ National
ncident Management System 100
and 200
DOT Hazardous Materials Training.
2015
UFP-QAPP Training, 2006
OFFICE
Talladega, AL
Chemistry/Quality Assurance Management
Superfund Technical Assistance and Response Team (START) Contract, EPA Region 4, Atlanta, GA, Multiple Sites, 2007-2022. As Tetra Tech's START QA manager under the START contract in Region 4, Ms. Vickers has prepared/reviewed Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs) and overseen the laboratory procurement activities, data management, and data validation for hundreds of sites. These included emergency responses, removal investigations/actions, remedial investigations, targeted brownsfield assessments (TBAs), oil program
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
CONT ACT
678-775-3094
[email protected]
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sites, and site assessments. Ms. Vickers addressed questions and concerns of both the laboratories and the project managers and OSCs; work involved providing guidance to the laboratories on how to proceed with analyses when matrix interferences or other analytical problems occurred. In addition, Ms. Vickers also performed method capabilities research and laboratory procurement and set-up for the emerging contaminants of perfluorated alkyl substances (PFAS), including PFOA/PFOS, as well as implementation of EPA SOP modifications to existing analytical methods (alkyl PAHs) and newly-developed EPA SOPs (for the dispersant compound bi-products for COREXIT).
Superfund Technical Assistance and Response Team (START) Contract, EPA Region 3, Newark, DE, Multiple TDDs, 2020-2022. As Tetra Tech's START analytical QA manager under the START contract in Region 3, Ms. Vickers has prepared/reviewed QAPPs and overseen the laboratory procurement activities, data management, and data validation for several sites. These included emergency responses, removal investigations/actions, remedial investigations, TBAs, oil program sites, and site assessments. Ms. Vickers addressed questions and concerns of both the laboratories and the project managers and OSCs; work involved providing guidance to the laboratories on how to proceed with analyses when matrix interferences or other analytical problems occurred.
Superfund Technical Assistance and Response Team (START) Contract, EPA Region 5, Chicago, IL, Multiple Sites, 2015-2022. Ms. Vickers has assisted in laboratory procurement activities, data management, and data validation for hundreds of sites. These included emergency responses, removal investigations/actions, remedial investigations, TBAs, oil program sites, and site assessments. Ms. Vickers addressed questions and concerns of both the laboratories and the project managers and OSCs; work involved providing guidance to the laboratories on how to proceed with analyses when matrix interferences or other analytical problems occbirred.
Superfund Technical Assistance and Response Team (START) Contract, EPA Region 8, Denver, CO, Multiple Sites, 2020-2022. Ms. Vickers has assisted in laboratory procurement activities, data management, and data validation for hundreds of sites. These included emergency responses, removal investigations/actions, remedial investigations, TBAs, oil program sites, and site assessments. Ms. Vickers addressed questions and concerns of both the laboratories and the project managers and OSCs; work involved providing guidance to the laboratories on how to proceed with analyses when matrix interferences or other analytical problems occurred.
California Wildfire Response, CalRecycle and USACE, Oakland, CA, 2017-2022. Ms. Vickers directed and managed the validation activities, which involved the coordination of up to 50 personnel, as well as validation subcontractor entities, to meet technical and turnaround reqbiirements of validation deliverables for several California wildfire responses, including NorCal, Erskine, Clayton, Helena, Detwiler, ECC, Ashbritt, Carr, Mendocino Complex, Camp, North Branch, and Dixie.
USS Lead Indoor Air, EPA Region 5, Chicago, IL, 2016-2018. Ms. Vickers directed the validation activities which involved the rapid turnaround of validation deliverables for samples collected and submitted on a daily or every two day basis.
Grand Rapids Vapor Intrusion Emergency Response, EPA Region 5, Chicago, IL, 2016-20al7. Ms Vickers directed the validation activities, which involved the rapid turnaround of validation deliverables for samples collected and submitted on a daily or every two day basis.
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, EPA Region 4, Atlanta, GA, 2010-2011. Ms. Vickers developed QAPPs with coordination between EPA Regions 4 and 6 to insure that comparable activities were being performed, regardless of whether the spill was impacting Louisiana or the Region 4 coastline. Additional coordination was required with EPA/Region 4 because they assumed responsibility for the sample collection and with the laboratory because four different locations were utilized. Ms. Vickers also developed a specialized tracking matrix to manage the data flow, which involved tracking turnaround from sample shipment to receipt of samples by the laboratory, turnaround from sample receipt to laboratory submission to Tetra Tech of Level II data results, turnaround from receipt or Level If data results to submission of Stage 2A validation results to EPA For [%TETR ATECH 2
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publication, and turnaround of final data packages (including raw data). In addition, Ms. Vickers performed method capabilities research and laboratory procurement for the implementation of EPA SOP modifications to existing analytical methods (in the case of alkyl PAHs) and newly-developed EPA SOPs (for the dispersant compound bi-products for COREXIT) used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.
Biological Processors of Alabama, EPA Region 4, Atlanta, GA, 2009. Ms. Vickers' duties involved chemistry services tasks, including the development of a QAPP, method capabilities research and laboratory procurement for analysis of PFASs (including PFOA/PFOS), and validation of analytical data.
Chemistry for Environmental Professionals (CEP) Training, EPA Environmental Response Training Program (ERTP), 2014-2022. Ms. Vickers participated as a subject instructor for the ERTP CEP training for federal, state, and local officials. Tasks included presenting training information, providing revisions/refinements to presentation materials, and providing meeting summaries of feedback received from training attendees.
Uniform Federal Policy-Quality Assurance Project Plan (UFP-QAPP) Training, EPA ERTP, 2021-2022. Ms.
Vickers participated as a subject matter contributor to materials to be used in the creation of a training program for EPA personnel tasked with reviewing UFP-QAPPs. Tasks included compiling subject matter information and creating presentation materials to be used in the training sessions.
Fundamentals of the Contract Laboratory ProgramTraining, EPA ERTP, 2022. Ms. Vickers participated as a subject matter contributor to the updating of materials used in the presentation of a training program for federal, state, and local officials tasked with collecting samples using the CLP.
Project Management/Chemistry
Superfund and Technology Liaison Research (STLR) Lead Bioaccessibility Study, EPA Region 4, Atlanta, GA (2020-2022). Ms. Vickers duties involved management of the activities performed by EMI, which included soil sampling at two existing START lead removal sites (Westside Lead in Atlanta, GA and Southside Chattanooga Lead in Chattanooga, TN) to obtain samples for use in verification testing to assess the performance of a soil lead bioaccessibility field screening method developed by EPA Office or Research and Development (ORD). Ms. Vickers was also responsible for chemistry services, which included development of the QAPP, coordinating with EPA Region 4 Laboratory Services and Applied Sciences Division (LSASD), and coordinating support for evaluation and reporting of the results of the verifications testing.
Regional Applied Research Efforts (RARE) Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Fate and Transport Study, EPA Region 4, Atlanta, GA (2021-2022). Ms. Vickers duties involved management of the activities performed by EMI, which included soil and groundwater sampling at the Galey & Lord existing START PFAS removal site to obtain samples for use in evaluating environmental fate and transport of PFAS in both soil and groundwater. Ms. Vickers was also responsible for chemistry services, which included development of the QAPP, coordinating with EPA Region 4LSASD, and coordinating support for evaluation and reporting of the results of the sampling and testing
Mud and Produced Water Characterization Study, Offshore Operators Committee, Gulf of Mexico, 2013- 2015. Ms. Vickers' duties involved management of the activities performed by EMI, which include chemistry services and sampling logistics for approximately 500 drilling rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Ms. Vickers was also responsible for directing the production of training videos to be used by the rig/platform operators to instruct on correct sample collection procedures for water-based mud and produced water, and to be used as the basis for remote QA oversight of the sampling program. In addition, Ms. Vickers participated in the development of the QAPP and SAP, procured and coordinated with the subcontract laboratory, tracked sample flow from the operators to the laboratory to Tetra Tech, and coordinated the validation of the analytical data. 8TETRATECH 3
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Program Manager
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY EDUCATION
Sherry Weedman is a senior program manager, environmental scientist, and brownfields program manager with 20 years of consulting experience for government and private-sector clients. She has managed and provided technical expertise for more than 150 environmental, brownfields projects and hazardous waste sites across the United States. As a manager, she has directed multi-faceted, multi-year projects, ranging in value from $20,000 to several million. For these assignments, she assembled and supervised project teams established and tracked schedules and budgets procured and directed subcontractors; reviewed work products; and maintained communications with clients. Ms. Weedman oversees the Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) program under the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) Region 4 contract for EPA. She has extensive experience working with the EPA Region 4 Brownfields program and assists communities across the Region with federal grant writing. Ms. Weedman works closely across the country with state agencies, as well as a number of commercial/industrial clients. She collaborates with local, state, and federal project stakeholders to ensure that project redevelopment goals are met-immediate attention is given to each site upon receipt to ensure schedule timelines from implementation to completion. She serves as the Louisville manager, team leader, and responder for site assessment, response, removal, and remedial projects. Her expertise also includes multimedia field sampling and compliance evaluations.
RELEVANT PROJECT EXPERIENCE
s's'i Environmental Health
Science, Eastern Kentucky
University, 2001
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Program/Project Management
Environmental Site
Assessments
Brownfields Assessment,
Cleanup, and Redevelopment
Support
Federal Grant Writing
Emergency Response and
Removal Actions
Soil and Groundwater Studies
Asbestos Surveys and
Abatement Management
Hazardous Materials Sampling
Air Monitoring
Multimedia Compliance
Evaluations
BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT & CLEANUP, FEDERAL GRANT
WRITING, & JOB TRAINING
Targeted Brownfield Assessments Program Manager, EPA Region 4.
Ms. Weedman oversees the Brownfields program under the START Region 4 contract. During the course of the TBAs, Ms. Weedman collaborates with local, state, and federal project stakeholders to ensure that project redevelopment goals are met - immediate attention is given to each site upon receipt to ensure schedule timelines from implementation to completion.
TBAs generally include Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) conducted at various sites, including former gasoline stations and distribution facilities, various industrial complexs, textile and carpet mills, printing shops, and former hotels. Phase I activities include a site visit, records review, and identification of RECs. Phase II ESA activities include collecting multi-media environmental samples for laboratory analysis and to formulate the basis for an ABCA. Phase II activities also may include geophysical surveys, monitoring well installation, Triad techniques to rapidly screen soil for VOC contamination to delineate areas of contamination, assess the potential for vapor intrusion from subsurface contamination into indoor air, and removal and closure of USTs systems. Data gathered during the Phase I and II ESAs are used to prepare an analysis of brownfields cleanup alternatives that provides EPA and the TBA applicant with cleanup options and associated costs. The TBA applicants often use this information to apply for EPA cleanup grants. Ms. Weedman manages and serves as the technical lead on EPAs comprehensive survey of brownfields sites in Community Engagement
Support
REGISTRATIONS/
CERTIFICATIONS
Registered Sanitarian
Asbestos Inspector, Kentucky
#104-01-0119
Asbestos Inspector, North
Carolina #1 2660
Asbestos Hazard Abatement
Air Monitoring Technician, Ohio
#AM70690
Air Monitoring Specialist
#DOO61401 -03-AMS
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
National Environmental Health
Association
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
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Region 4 and provides support to EPA on the evaluation and update of information contained in the ACRES database. Example TBA projects Ms. Weedman manages under this Region 4 contract include:
Gallant Maritime site in Beaufort, North Carolina was a fish processing facility Toccoa North and West properties in Georgia operated as ice companies McClung Warehouses site in Knoxville, Tennessee was a multi-functional facility for the sale of various household items and railroad freight and administrative operations Savannah Riverkeeper Education Center site in Augusta, Georgia was an automobile crushing and recycling business
Pinetops-Jenkins Cleaners site in Pinetops, North Carolina was a dry-cleaning facility Historic Foley Bakery site in Foley, Alabama was a bakery and restaurant Fort Valley Medical Center site in Fort Valley, Georgia was a hospital Villas Mobile Home Park in Kannapolis, North Carolina was a mobile home park Former Bibb Elementary School in Columbus, Georgia was an elementary school Little River Gas and Oil in Louisburg, North Carolina conducted gas sales Former State Correction Facility in Cocoa, Florida was a prison Lyman Mills #2 facility in Lyman, South Carolina was a former mill Region 4 TBA Survey was a regional effort to visually inspect and document all former region 4 TBAs to determine current reuse/redevelopment status
Hartsell Medical Center in Hartselle, Alabama was an active medical center Boys and Girls Club in Jackson, Mississippi was an active Boys and Girls Club Mobley Brake Property in Erin, Tennessee included a former recycling facility and former car dealership property
Titan Tire in Natchez, Mississippi was a former industrial facility Millen Lumber in Millin, Georgia was a former lumber facility Former Binford High School in Binford, MiSSiSSippi was a former historic school King and Williams Hall in Tuscaloosa, Georgia were former dormatories at Stillman College, a HBCU Conalco Drive in Jacskon, Tennessee was a property suspected to contain buried materials from an adjacent facility
Mountain Goat Trail Railbed in Sewanee, Tennessee was a former railroad revitalized for recreational trails Former Tannery in Boliver, Tennessee was a former Tannery with complex environmental history Former Knight's Auto and Truck Repair in Sharpsburg, North Carolina was a former auto repair shop with USTs
Walker Gas Station in Newbern, Tennessee was a former gas station with USTs Office of Brownfields and Land Revitilization (OBLR) Technical Assistance, Nationwide. For EPA headquarters, Ms. Weedman is a project manager on a contract that Tetra Tech manages the Funding and Financing Task Order. Specifically, Ms. Weedman works collaboratively with EPA headquarters, EPA regional brownfield coordinators, and community stakeholders in all 10 regions to scope projects based on the needs of the local grantee. Ms. Weedman prepares and provides hands-on training sessions with community representatives to demonstrate the understanding of brownfield programs, and manages the teams production of various financial models, policy research, and guidance on strategies for redevelopment. The scope continues to broaden for this contract to meet the needs of the the community.
OBLR Technical Assistance and Targeted Brownfield Assessment, City of Bolivar, Tennessee. For this multi-contract project, Ms. Weedman and her team provided assistance to EPA headquarters brownfields, EPA region 4 brownfield coordinators, and community stakeholders to complete a detailed TBA Phase I and Technical Assistance focusing on an in-person training workshop for understanding all appropriate inquiry and how to manage a brownfield with a complicated environmental history.
US EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant Management, City of Paducah, Kentucky. Ms. Weedman is the program manager for the City of Paducah Brownfield Assessment Grant awared to the City by EPA in 2023. This three year grant will include a wide focus across the City to provide community engagement, outreach learning opportunities, collaboration with public and private stakeholders, phase I and II environmental assessments hazardous materials surveys, preparation of analysis of brownfield cleanup alternatives, cleanup planning, redevelopment planning, market study analysis, and identification and pursuit or additional grant Fuding opportunities to meet the needs and interest of the community. [%TtTRA TICH 2
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Mack Theater Brownfields Assessment, Grant Writing, Community Involvement, and Cleanup, Irvine, Kentucky. For EPA Region 4, Ms. Weedman managed and conducted a brownfields assessment and preparation of the analysis of brownfields cleanup alternatives (ABCA) for the former Mack Theater property.
Working with the City of Irvine and the local non-profit River City Players, she researched the history of the property and plans for revitalization of the property. She then interviewed the owner and local residents to identify potential contaminants on the property: performed a site reconnaissance to identify suspect environmental conditions; oversaw ground-penetrating radar surveys to identify potential USTs, piping, and other subsurface items of interest; led the site investigation team in conducting the soil sampling, indoor lead, and asbestos investigations; managed the analysis and validation of laboratory data; and led the preparation of the combined Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessment report. Ms. Weedman assisted the city and River City Players in preparing a grant application to obtain Brownfields cleanup funding from EPA. EPA awarded $200,000 in cleanup funding and Ms. Weedman managed this grant for the River City Players. Upon completion of the grant Ms. Weedman worked in coordination with the River City Players and Bluegrass Area Development District to prepare and submit for a Community Development Block Grant to continue revitalization of theater. The $500,000 grant was awarded, and Ms. Weedman is currently managing that for the River City Players.
CSX Railyard Brownfield Assessment, Grant Writing, Community Involvement, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup, Irvine, Kentucky. For EPA Region 4, and in accordance with KDEP regulation, Ms. Weedman managed and conducted a brownfields assessment and preparation of the analysis of brownfields cleanup alternatives (ABCA) for an approximate 50-acre property that served as a CSX railyard for over 100 years.
Working with KDEP, the City of Irvine and the local non-profit Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation, she researched the history of the property and plans for revitalization of the property. She led the site investigation team in conducting the soil, sediment, surface water, groundwater, and soil gas sampling, indoor lead, and asbestos investigations managed the analysis and validation of laboratory data; and led the preparation of the combined Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessment repor(. Ms. Weedman assisted the city and Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation in preparing a $500,000 grant application to obtain Brownfields cleanup funding from EPA, and is now managing that cleanup grant award. While awaiting receipt of the award, Ms.
Weedman assisted Kentucky Steam with obtaining a partially forgivable, $120,000 loan from Kentucky's revolving loan fund (RLF).
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US EPA 2023 Community-Wide Brownfields
Assessment Grant Project, California
Appendix B Time Allocation Table
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Environmental Engineering Services
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ATT ACHMENT C
US EPA 2023 Community-Wide Brownfields
Assessment Grant Project, California
Appendix C Fee Schedule
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Rates are good through 2023 only and are subject to annual escalation thereafter.
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Prevailin Wa Concrete / Corin Overtime
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Va r Probe, Tubin= and Valve Kit l / l 1, ound water
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Vapor Pin Kit: Generator, Vacuum, Hammer drill
Brass vapor pins, silicone sleeve & cap, plastic cover
Brass vapor pins, silicone sleeve & ca ,SS cover
SS vapor pins, silicone sleeve & ca , plastic cover
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Item Description Unit Unit Price
Field Support
Field Survey Crew & Equipment* Hour $270.00
Round Trip Travel Time & Costs Hour $155.00
Office Support
Principal Hour $260.00
Director Surveying/Professional Land Surveyor Hour $220.00 Senior Project Manager " Hour $185.00
Project Surveyor Hour $170.00
GPS Post Processing Hour $160.00
!xirvey Technician Horir $155.00
Drafting/AutoCAD Technician Hour $120.00
Accounting / Clerical Hour $85.00
Reimbursable Costs
In-House Reproductions Cost + 15%
Printing and Materials Cost + 15%
Parking and Tolls Cost + 15%
Express Mail, Courier, Next Day Service Cost + 15 %
Special Sub-Consultant Services (GPR, etc.) Cost + 10%
Miscellaneous Services
Per Diem (wlien required) Day Per GSA Schedule
Consultation in Connection with Litigation Hour $450.00 Transportation (per 2023 IRS Mileage Rate) Mile $0.655
Overtime and Saturday Rates
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Database + PSR
Environmental Lien Search
Lien and Title Bundle
Chain of Title
Physical Setting Report (PSR)
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5145/§375
5345/9550
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Aerial Photo Package
City Directory 1 Street
City Directory 2 Street
Historical Topo Maps
Vapor Screening Tool
Call
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REFERENCE FEE SCHEDULE
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Laboratory Overview
SunStar Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1996 by John Shepler. John staited with a single mobile laboratory and through his dedication and the loyalty of our clients SunStar Labs has grown into our cunent state-of-the-ait 13,000 sq. ft. laboratory. SunStar also operates a service center in Northern CA, staffed with seasoned professionals, and provides courier service throughout much of California. We continually invest in our future by acquiring the most advanced instrumentation and hiring and training the best chemists, analysts, and project managers in the industry. Our philosophy is that the strongest business relationships are forged as partnersliips, focused on our shared long-term success, and based on professionalism, and a commitment to excellence at our craft. We never forget that the laboratory's performance has a tremendous impact on our client's personal and organizational success. We appreciate tlie trust you place in SunStar Laboratories.
Location & Hours
Southern California
25712 Commercentre Drive
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Phone: (949) 297-5020
Fax: (949) 297-5027
Mon - Fri: 8:00AM - 6:00PM
Saturday: 8:00AM - 12:00PM
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Plione: (530) 304-5525
Fax: (916) 372-7523
Mon - Fri: 8:00AM - 7:00PM
" We can arrange for sample receipt and analysis outside normal hours of operation on an individual project basis.
Courier & Shipping Services
SunStar Labs provides FREE sample pick-up service within 50 iniles of our Northern and Southern California locations. For service outside our courier area, we provide FREE overnight shipping.
SunStar Labs provides sample containers. preservatives. coolers, and chain-of-custody forms.
Customers can order supplies online at our web site or by calling the laboratory.
Turnaround Times
Our rapid standard turnaround times for water and soil samples-3 days for VOC Analysis, 5 days for SVOC/Inorganic Analysis, and 5-7 days for Air Methods-distinguish us from other laboratories.
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CA Sinall Busii'iess Certification: 3)511
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Rusli Ancdysis
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Electronic Data Deliverab7es
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Geotracker EDF: $25.00
Voiume Discounts
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Accreditations
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Volatile Organic Compounds by GC/MS, Std 3-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
VOCs + Oxygenates
BTEX + Oxygenates
1,4-Dioxane SIM
Ketones
Halogenated VOCs (8010 List)
Dissolved Gases: Methane, Ethane, Ethene
Seini-Volatile Organic Coinpounds by GC, Std 3-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons - Carbon Chain
Gasoline Range Organics
Diesel Range Organics
Diesel Range Organics w/ Silica gel clean up
Diesel & Motor Oil Range Organics
Stoddard Solvent
Glycols
Methanol/Ethanol
Method
EPA 8260B
EPA 8260B
EPA 8260B
EPA 8260B
EPA 8260B
EPA 8260B
RSK175
Method
EPA 8015B
EPA 8015m
EPA 8015B
EPA 8015B
EPA 8015B
EPA 8015B
EPA 8015B
EPA8015B
Price
$85.00
$90.00
$70.00
$120.00
$80.00
$85.00
$80.00
Price
$50.00
$40.00
$45.00
$50.00
$50.00
$45.00
$85.00
$80.00
Seini-Volatile Organic Coinpounds by GC, Std 5-7 Day TAT Analvsis Description
Chlorinated Pesticides
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Organophosphorus Pesticides
Chlorinated Herbicides
Method
EPA 8081A
EPA 8082
EPA 8141
EPA8151
Price
$70.00
$65.00
$155.00
$185.00
CA ELAP Certification: 2250
CA Small Brisiness Certification: 31511
Nevada Certification :CAO12842019- I
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Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds by GC/MS, Std 5-Day TAT Analysis Description
Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons SIM
1.4-Dioxane SIM
LC/MS/MS, Std 10-15 Day TAT
Analysis Description
Explosive Compounds
PFAS/PFOA
Extractions, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Soluble Threshold Leaching Characteristic (STLC) - 48hr Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) - 18hr Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP)-1 8hr Method
EPA 8270C
EPA 8270C
EPA8270C
EPA 8270C
Method
EPA 8330m
EPA 8327
Method
EPA 1311
EPA 1311
EPA 1312
Price
$125.00
$100.00
$125.00
$125.00
Price
375.00
325.00
Price
$60.00
$55.00
$55.00
CA ELAP Certification: 2250
CA Small Business Certification: 31511
Nevada Certification:CAOl28420l9-1
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Lake Forest, CA 92630
Lab: (949) 297-5020
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Cell: (949) 469-3 124
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Metals Analysis by ICP, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Title 22/CAM17 Metals
RCRA 8 Metals
L{JFT 5 Metals
Priority Pollutant 13 Metals
TAL 23 Metals
Cations (Ca, K, Mg, Na)
Individual Metal
2 Metals
Ferrous Iron
Feriic Iron
Hardness
Metais Analysis by ICP-MS, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Title 22/CAM17 Metals
RCRA 8 Metals
L{JFT 5 Metals
Priority Pollutant 13 Metals
TAL, 23 Metals
Individual Metal
2 Metals
Mercury
Other Metals Analysis, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Mercury
Mercury
Hexavalent Chromium
Hexavalent Chromium
Method
EPA 6010/200.7
EPA 6010/200.7
EPA 6010/200.7
EP A 6010/200.7
EP A 6010/200.7
EPA 6010A
EPA 6010/200.7
EPA 6010/200.7
SM3500
EPA 6010m (calc.)
EPA 6010m (calc.)
Method
EPA 6020/200.8
EPA 6020/200.8
EPA 6020/200.8
EPA 6020/200.8
EPA 6020/200.8
EPA 6020/200.8
EPA 6020/200.8
EPA 6020/200.8
Method
EPA 7 470/7 47 l
EPA 245. l
EPA 7196
EP A 71 99/2 18.6
Price
$95.00
$85.00
$75.00
$90.00
$130.00
$60.00
$30.00
$35.00
$35.00
$30.00
$30.00
Price
$125.00
$100.00
$80.00
$95.00
$150.00
$40.00
$45.00
$40.00
Price
$40.00
$45.00
$50.00
$85.00
Title 22/CAM17: Sb, Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cd, Cr, CO, CLI. Pb, Mo, Ni, Se, Tl, V, Zn, Hg RCRA 8: As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Pb, Se, Ag, Hg
LUFT 5: C(1, Cr, Pb, Ni, Zn
Prioi'ity Pollutant 13: Sb, As, Be, Cd, Cr, CLI, Pb, Ni, Se, Ag, Tl, Zn, Hg TAL 23: Sb, Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Pb, Mo, Ni, Se, Tl, V, Zn, Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn, Na, K, Hg CA ELAP Certification: 2250
CA Small Btisiness Certification: 31511
Nevada Certification:CAO128420l9-1
25712 Coi'ni'nercentre Dr.
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Lab: (949) 297-5020
Joann Marroquin
Cell: (949) 469-3124
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Laboratories, Inc.
Puoviouva QUALITY ANALYTICAL SERVICES NATIONWIDE
Tetra Tech Irvine
2023
Inorganic Analysis by Ion Chromatography (IC), Std 5-Day TAT Analysis Description
Single Anion: Br, Cl, F, NO2, NO3, PO4, SOa"
Anions (Cl, NO2, NO3, SO4)
Method
EPA300.0
EPA 300.0
Price
$25.00
$75.00
"' Single Anions: Broinide, Chloride, Fluoride, Nitrite, Nitrate, Phosphate, Sulfate Inorganic Bench Amdysis, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Sulfide (Waters Only)
Ammonia
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
Total Nitrogen as N (Group Analysis)
Cyanide
pH
Alkalinity
Conductivity/Resistivity
Turbidity
Oxidation Reduction Potential
Surfactants (MBAS)
Inorganic Solids Analysis, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Total Solids
Total Dissolved Solids
Total Suspended Solids
Settleable Solids
Percent Moisture Content
Inorganic Dissoived Compounds, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Total Organic Carbon
Dissolved Organic Carbon
Biological Oxygen Demand
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Dissolved Oxygen
Method
SM4500-S-D
SM 4500-NH3 F
SM 4500-NH3 F
Various
SM 4500
SW 9040B/9045C
SM 2320B
SM 2510B
EPA 180.1
SM 2580B
SM 5540C
Method
SM 2540B
SM 2540C
SM 2540D
SM 2540F
EPA 160.3
Method
SM5310C
SM 5310C
SM 5210B
EPA 410.4
SM 4500-O G
Price
$25.00
$65.00
$65.00
$125.00
$50.00
$10.00
$25.00
$20.00
$15.00
$20.00
$75.00
Price
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$10.00
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$50.00
$55.00
$50.00
$35.00
$30.00
CA ELAP Certification: 2250
CA Small Business Certification: 31511
Nevada Certification:CAOl28420l9-1
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Lake Forest, CA 92630
Lab: (94')) 297-5020
Joai'in Marroquin
Cell: (949) 469-3124
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Pgovioisa QUALITY ANALYTICAL SERVICES Nix'rioswioa
Tetra Tech Irvine
2023
Hydrocarbon Bench Testing, Std 5-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Oil & Grease
AirAnalysis, Std 7-Day TAT
Analysis Description
Volatile Organic Compounds"
Volatile Organic Compounds"
Volatile Organic Compounds'P'
Gasoline Range Organics
Hydrogen Sulfide*
Fixed Gases (CO2, 02, N;)
Methane
Sampling Supplies
Item Description
5035 VOA Kit (3 vials w/ preservative & sampling syringe) 5035 VOA Kit (3 vials w/preservative & disposable 5g T-sampler) T Handle for 5035 Kits (Green - Reusable)
5g T-Sampter for 5035 Kit (Disposable)
Summa Canister Rental Fee 'k
Certified Cleaned/Tested Summa Canister Fee
Sub-Slab (5') Tubing & Filter
Manifold/Regulator Rental Fee "
Variable Manifold for Indoor Air
Shut in Test Manifold and Duplicate Manifold Rental Fee 3-way Polycarbonate Stop Valve
Nuts, Ferrules
Tedlar Bag
Purge Cans
Purge Pump Rental (Each sampling event)
Note: 'k Applies to all TO methods
Method
EPA 1664
Method
TO-14
TO-15
TO-15 SIM
TO-3
TO- 14m
ASTM D-1946
EPA 8015m
Price
$60.00
Price
$100.00
$125.00
$155.00
$70.00
$125.00
$70.00
$55.00
Price
$10.00
$12.00
$20.00
$5.00
$25.00
$65.00
$25.00
$25.00
$35.00
$55.00
$5.00
$6.00
$lO.OOea
$20.00ea
$25.00
CA ELAP Certification: 2250
CA Small Btisii'iess Certification: 31511
Nevada Certificatioi'i:CAO128420l9-1
25712 Comi'iiercentre Dr.
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Lab: (949) 297-5020
Joani'i Marroqtiin
Cell: (949) 469-3 124
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TETRA TECH
17885 Von Karman Avenrie
Irvine, CA 92614
Tetra Tech is Leading with Scienceoato provide innovative, sustainable solutions that help our clients address their water, environment, inTrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development challenges. We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in every sector and to use that expertise throughout the projectlife cycle. Our commitment to safety isingrained in our culture and at the forefront otevery project. We combine the reSOurCeSof a global, multibillion-dollar company W:th local, client-focused delivery. tetratech.com 195
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City of Sotith Gate
US EPA 2023 Community-Wide
Brownfields Assessment Grant Project
Environmental Engaineeringa Services
l iipr
GRincon Consultants,Inc. Proposal
LosAngeles i February13,2023
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GRincon Consultants,Inc.
25€ East 1st Street. Suitel400
Los Angeles, California 900'l2
213-788-4842
February 13, 2023
Dena Fuentes, Director
RSG Inc.
Via email: [email protected]
Subject: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES CITY OF SOUTH GATE - US EPA 2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFlEu)S ASSESSMENT GRANT PROJECT
Dear Ms. Fuentes,
There are countless consultants in California that can perform Phasel and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), but few offer the expertise in community planning, engagement, and environmental justice that comprise the foundation of Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon). From our experience, understanding community needs, interests. and sensitivities combined with clear and transparent communication will facilitate efficient planning and implementation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Community-Wide Browmield Assessment Grant (Assessment Grant) Program with the City of South Gate (City). With nearly 30 years of experience in community planning and site assessment and remediation in southern California, Rincon is uniquely qualified to support the City as they strive to repurpose economic revitalization areas and enhance well-being within the community.
From our first discussions regarding this opportunity, we were excited to put pen to paper to describe not only our technical and managerial capabilities applicable to this scope of work, but ourintention and purpose in pursing these types of opportunities. Rincon formed an internal practice recently, Healthy Communities, to add structure around Rincon's collective passion to use principals of science, engineering, and technology to transform places where we live, work, and play through innovative and equitable solutions for environmental, social, and climate justice issues, and meaningful and inclusive community partnerships. Rincon's Healthy Communities team comprises environmental engineers, geologists,land use and policy planners, GIS specialists, and environmental justice and equity professionals, who workin concert to seamlessly move projects from planning through implementation.
Specific to this opportunity, Ryan Thacher, Phil, PE, will serve as the Program Lead. Ryan is Rincon's [)irector of Site Assessment and Remediation and is based out of Rincon's local office in Little Tokyo, about10 miles north of South Gate. He has a successful track record supporting cities, public agencies, and private developers with brownfield redevelopment across Los Angeles County, as well as experience working under EPA grants and oversight. Helooks forward to working with the City's brownfields team, various City departments, the community engagement consultant, and RSG Inc. (Project Team)to accomplish the objectives of this project. Ryan will contribute to technical work related to assessment and remediation; however, more importantly, his role includes integrating Rincon's technical team in appropriate work scopes and establishing communication channels across the Project Team to facilitate a collaborative environment.
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250 Eastlst Street. Suitel40 €
Los Angeles, California 90012
213-788-4842
Other key team members include Nina Bellucci, who will serve as the EPA Grant Advisor. Nina has prepared and administered an EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant and will contribute that expertise to the Project Team with identification of critical path tasks and overseeing reporting requirements and grant compliance. In addition, Kimiko Lizardi and Torin Snyder, PG, CHG, 0SP/ € ToR, will serve as Principa Technical Advisors to oversee the implementation and quality of deliverables under this contract. Kimiko has over 20 years of experience in strategy development to increase housing, enhance community character, create transit-oriented and pedestrian-friendly development, and address sustainability and resilience. Torin has over 20 years of experience in site assessment and remediation, with expertise in navigating and simplifying convoluted environmental regulatory frameworks.
We are confident in our ability to meet the objectives of this project based on our experience in identifying and prioritizing sites for redevelopment in accordance with housing elements, specific plans, and community feedback; performing community engagement activities within the Gateway Cities; performing hundreds of Phase I and Phase II ESAs throughout Los Angeles County, including in South Gate; remedia and reuse planning expertise; and experience working under grant funded assessment and remediation programs. We will strive each step of the way to be viewed not only as a trusted consultant with the City's best interests in mind, but as an extension of the City.
We look forward to the opportunity to discuss our approach and team qualifications with the City. Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions.
Sincerely,
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
Ryan Thacher, Phi, PE
Director Environmental Site Assessment
[email protected]
Contact for Clarification
John Dreher
President/CEO
[email protected]
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Torin R. Snyder, PG, CHG, 0SD/P ToR
Principa
[email protected]
Authorized to contractually obligate and
negotiate on behalF of Rincon Consultants, Inc.
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
CITY OF SOUTH GATE - US EPA 2023 COMMUNITY-WIDE BROWNFIELDS
ASSESSMENT GRANT PROJECT
NOTE: PLEASE ENSURE THAT ALL REQUIRED SIGNATURE BLOCKS ARE COMPLETED. FAILURE TO SIGN THIS FORM WILL RENDER PROPOSAL INV ALID.
Issue Date: I January 17, 2023
Issuing Agent:
City of South Gate
8650 California Street
South Gate, CA 90280
Proposal Due Date: Monday, February 13, 2023, at IO:OO a.m.
Proposal Directed To: Dena Fuentes
Electronic Email
Submission Only:
[email protected]
In compliance with this Request for Proposal and to all conditions imposed herein, the undersigned offers and agrees to furnish the services in accordance with the attached signed proposal or as mutually agreed upon by subsequent negotiation. By signature hereto, the proponent certifies that all representations and certifications contained in its proposal are complete and accurate as required.
Name of Firm: Rincon Consultants, Inc.
Address of Firm: 250 East 1st Street, Suite 1400
Los Angeles, California 90012
Contact Name: Ryan Thacher, PhD, Director
Signature: ,',-p=-[--_
Title: Director
Date: February 13, 2023
Phone Number: 213-254-3733
Email Address:
[email protected]
Federal Employee ID
Number: (if
applicable)
77-0390093
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Table of Contents
Section1: Introduction/Understanding.
Section 2: 0ualifications/Team
Section 3: Approach to Scope of Work
Section 4: Relevant Experience
Section 5: Project Schedule.
Section 6: Fee Schedule
,lppendix.'l: Resumes
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Introduction
Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon)is excited for the opportunity to work with the City of South Gate (City) and the local community to identify, prioritize, and assesses brownfield sites that offer high potential to improve the well-being of the community. As with many communities in Los Angeles, deindustrialization, among other factors, is providing land use challenges and opportunities for the City. Changing economic structures, employment base, as well as significant growth and diversification in population is driving the need to think creatively about how cities can support the growth of their community while emphasizing safety, health, and environmental justice. For example, itis our understanding that the City estimates population growth of15 percent over the next 30 years, and under that scenario,local housing needs cannot be met with the existing supply of predominantly single-family homes. The City's three economic revitalization areas (i.e., Gateway District, Tweedy Boulevard, and Hollydale Village) are hindered with brownfield sites, but offer great potential for future housing development. With the support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2023 Community-wide Brownfields Assessment Grant (Assessment Grant), the City is able to make significant strides towards repurposing brownfield sites for safe and beneficial community use.
From the initial outreach regarding this Request for Proposal (RFP) from RSG, Inc., we've been inspired to pursue this opportunity. Nearly all of Rincon's service lines, illustrated in the graphic below, could contribute to the various scopes of work under the Assessment Grant. We will bring the City a diverse team of professionals with the technical and managerial background to plan and implement a streamlined program that will meet the project objectives and exceed expectations.
Environmental and Land Use Planning
Sustainability
Services
Water
Resources
Site Assessment and Remediation
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}Vl'iy Rincon?
Rincon has decades of experience supporting communities with integrated approaches to land use planning, housing, safety, climate resilience, environmental justice, and assessment and remediation.
Rincon's planning team works in concert with our professional engineers and geologists to plan and implement redevelopment projects that improve the well-being of the communities we work and live in. From our collective passion to use principals of science, engineering, and technology to reimagine and revitalize our neighborhoods, communities, and cities, Rincon's Healthy Communities practice was born. In a constantly changing world, we believe our collective prosperity and resilience is intrinsically tied to balancing the adaptation of natural systems and diverse communities. The goal of our Healthy Communities practiceis to transt'orm places where welive, work, and play through meaningful and inclusive community partnerships. Rincon offers innovative and equitable solutions for environmenta social, and climate justice issues that benefit us all.
To support the Cityin optimizing the use of the Assessment Grant, we've assembled a diverse team of professionals with expertise in the policy, regulations, laws, and planning processes that will play an essential role in grant implementation. We bring the following experience to the City:
* EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant application preparation and administration * Extensive site assessment and remediation experience with EPA, [)epartment of Toxic Substances Control (mSC), and Los Angeles Regional Water 0uality Control Board (LA RW0CB) regulatory frameworks, including projects funded through agency grant programs * Depth of experience developing site inventories, identifying and prioritizing redevelopment sites, and presenting data to clients and the public using customizable GIS data visualization platTorms * Experience leading and supporting large scale policy planning efforts including housing elements, environmental justice, and safety elements with robust community engagement programs that incorporate equitable engagement strategies
* Conducted hundreds of Phasel andll Environmental Site Assessments(ESAs)throughout Los Angeles County for cities, public agencies. and private clients * Extensive experience implementing site assessment and remediation programs under regulatory oversight for brownfield redevelopment throughout southern California Our approach on all pi-ojects is grounded in providing experienced and responsive projectleadership, prioritizing health, safety, and environmental justice, striving for technical excellence. promoting solutionoriented critical thinking, and emphasizing communication and transparency across all project phases.
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Approacli Higliliglils
Strategic Approach: Dynamic, Customizable Data Visualization Tool for Site Inventory and Public Engagement
Following the preparation of GIS data packages for
dozens of cities throughout California in support
of community planning, Rincon developed the
Housing Connect Tool to provide cities an effective
platform for database development that also
serves as a powerful visualization tool for public
outreach. Housing Connect is an interactive mapping
application offering a suite of tools that allows local governments to manage their sites inventory and
track residential development from start to finish.
This application includes a variety of environmental.
socio-economic, and parcel-specific data used to
determine the best locations for future housing development. Rincon will bring this user-friendly tool to the City as an economic andimpactful way to store and present valuable data.
Strategic Approach: Meaningful Engagement
The Rincon team will develop a systematic and inclusive engagement plan in concert with the Community Engagement Consultant and the City that outlines a transparent process, identifies key stakeholders and diverse segments of the community to strengthen existing bridges and ensures community ownership of the plan moving into the future. The engagement will be clear and visual, allowing complex concepts to be understood by all members of the commcinity. Feedback will be recognized by clearly illustrating how communityinput shaped decision making throughout implementation of the Assessment Grant. The community engagement process will serve to both inform the community and obtain theirinput to support the site prioritization process. Rincon supports a three-step approach to meaningful engagement.
1. ListenandLearn-meetwiththecommunitytoprovideoverviewandcontextfortheproject and listen to their concerns for future development.
2. Prioritize - use community input to help inform the strategies and prioritization for site selection and be transparent about how the community shaped the strategy.
3. Inform - check backin to show how the project plan will be used to meet community goals and the City's next steps towards site readiness.
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Strategic Approach: Streamlined Site Assessment Approach for Analysis of (,leanup Alternative (AB(,A) (,leanup Strategy
When it comes to site assessment and remedial action planning, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. No matter the scale of the project, we take the time to develop a project strategy that is consistent oversight agency expectations, grounded in technical excellence, and gets our clients to the finish line on schedule and within budget.
Analysis of Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA) reports are typically considered a preliminary evaluation. Our objective is to streamline the scope of Phase II ESAs such that we can prepare a ABCA consistent with EPA guidance, while avoiding lengthy and costly Phase II efforts that don't add significant value to remedial planning at the preliminary level. Furthermore, we will work closely with Rincon's Field Program Manager and network of trusted subcontractors to schedule and implement Phase II ESAs as economically as possible. Due to anticipated short distances between potential Phasell ESA sites, there is opportunity for reducing the number of mobilizations and field time, optimizing schedule and cost-efficiency. "., jXffli;
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Project Understanding
The Assessment Grant provides funding for the City to being implementing plans identified in the Housing Element within the Gateway District, Tweedy Boulevard, and Hollydale Village, that will add to the housing inventory and promote well-being within the community. More specifically, the Cityis developing a team as they seek the following support:
* Undertake a community wide assessment to identify priority sites for cleanup and redevelopment, and develop selection criteria and site prioritization process. * ASSiSt in the development and implementation of Community Engagement Plan, provide technical assistance to the Community Engagement Consultant, provide information to the Brownfield Advisory Committee, participate in outreach meetings, provide monthly updates to City and Community Engagement Consultant, participate at City Council meetings, and assist in providing the information needed to communicate the City's efforts.
* Prioritize sites to be evaluated through performance of Phase I and/or Phasell ESAs, including the preparation of Quality Assurance Project Plans (0APPs) for EPA review and approval. * BasedonthePhasellESAfindings,developAnalysisofCleanupAlternatives(ABCA)strategyplansfor multiple sites in accordance with EPA guidance.
* ASSiSt the Cityin complying with EPA reporting requirements from project kickoff through project closeout.
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As described in detail in the following sections, this work will be accomplished throughout implementation of four primary tasks:
@ Task1: Target Areas and Brownfield Sites
* Task 2: Community Need and Engagement
* Task 3: Projectlmplementation & Reporting
* Task 4: Remedial/Reuse Planning, Measuring Environmental Results, Reporting and Project Closeout In addition, weave incorporated information presented in the EPA Brownfields Assessment Program Work Plan (Work Plan) for the City of South Gate Assessment Grant (Cooperative Agreement # BF98T43301)into our approach to the scope of work.
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"Rincon liclpcd tlic City of Carmcl-by-tiicSea develop its fiiast Climatc zldaptation Plan.
Thc Rincon tcam provided cxccllcnt supliort
tlirotigliout tlie planning process, providing
crcativc sohitions tailored to the spccific nccds of
our town. ixiducling tlic use of effective tcclnnology
for community cngagcment during tlie COVID
slit'itdoiion, and rcsponding tliouglitt"ull3iT to tlic con'imunity fcedback rcccived. Tlic tcam also
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place. Rincon did a fantastic joli on tliis projccl,
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Qualifications
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Rincon Consultants, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary environmental science, planning, and engineering consulting firm that provides a diverse range of professional services to government and industry. Our principal service is to provide environmental support to create and sustain innovative solutions to natura resource, sustainability, and environmental impacts. Rincon prides itself on the considerable depth of its staff, which includes certified urban planners, environmental scientists and engineers, accredited LEED professionals. noise and air quality experts, geologists, biologists, and cultural and historical resource specialists. In addition, Rincon has a corporate Health and Safety Manager who oversees our robust health and safety program, as well as Corporate Counsel to support with risk mitigation from initial contracting through project implementation. These resources are always available to our clients whether it's addressing routine questions or concerns or navigating project challenges.
Rincon has decades of experience supporting the development oflivable, safe, and interconnected communities. We believe our collective prosperity and resilience isintrinsically tied to balancing the adaptation of natural systems and diverse communities. Rincon's Healthy Communities practice evolved from this experience and mutual belief. Our Healthy Communities practice transforms places where we live, work, and play through meaningful and inclusive community partnerships. and state of the art science. Rincon offers innovative and equitable solutions for environmental, social, and climate justice issues that benefit us all.
An outcome of our community driven initiative was the Housing Connect Tool. which is a fully customizable data visualization tool that we are applying to Housint;) Elements, General Plans, and area-wide assessments. The Housing Connect Tool is based on a GIS platform that serves as a valuable database for our clients, and an effective community engagement tool to present community data clearly and in an easy to digest format.
RinconAt A Glance
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Rincon focuses on providing environmental consulting services in a manner that is beneficial to both the environment and our client's needs. When hired, we perceive ourselves as an extension of our client's team and function with the best interests of the client in mind. By managing each project with a focus on three primary objectives - economic efficiency, technical excellence, and sustainable approach - we can provide superior service that efficiently and effectively meets the needs of our clients. Our approach to every project is centered upon the design and development of innovative solutions that respond to our clients' specific needs in a cost-effective manner.
HOUSING
CONNECT
Parent/Subsidiary Relationships
Rincon, a California "S" Corporation. has been in business for 28 years. Rincon is overseen by a sevenmember Board of Directors. There are 23 active Principals and 21 Directors of the firm, expanded from the four founders. The company has a limited stock ownership program that is available to select employees in addition to the Principals. There are a total of 22 company shareholders and no parent company or affiliates.
(,ompany Size and Organization
Among the 400+ professional staff among ourl2 California-wide offices, ourlocal Los Angeles office wil have primary responsibility for managing this account. Our team has the knowledge and expertise to meet the City's needs and requirements. Additionally, ourlocal office is n close proximity to the City allowing us to be available and on-site quickly and efficiently.
Staff by Discipline
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Planners
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Paleamologists
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Climate,Sustainability. and Resilience
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CEQA Compliance: Environmenta
Impact Reports, Initial Studies,
Categorical Exemptions,
Environmental Impact Report
Addendums, Mitigation Monitoring
Reporting Plans
Community Involvement Programs
a NEPA Compliance: Environmenta
mpact Statements, Environmental
Assessments, Finding of No
Significant Impacts
a Noise Studies, including
Bio-acoustic Evaluation
a Air Quality Analysis
Planning Services: General Plans,
Specific Plans, Housing Elements,
and Neighborhood, Community,
and Area Plans
Recreation and Open
Space Planning
Grant Application Assistance
afllMl,
Literature Reviews/Records
Searches/ArchivalResearch
Native American Consultation
California Register of Historical
Resources and National Register
of Historic Places aigibility
Evaluat'ons: Archaeological Site
Testing, Historic Built Environment
Resource Evaluation, Traditiona
Cultural Property Evaluation
Cultural Resource Surveys
Paleontological Resource Surveys
a Archaeological Data
Recovery Programs
a Paleontological Monitoring
a Native American Monitor
Training Programs
a Section 106 Consultation
Memoranda ofAgreement
s Findings of Effects
Historic Preservation Plans
State Historic Preservation Officer
Consultation
Cultural Resources and
Paleontological Management Plans
Third Party Peer Review
Phase 1, II, and Ill Cultural
Resources Analysis
Archaeological and Native
American Monitoring
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Mitigation Monitoring
s Baseline Biological
Resources Inventories and
Vegetation Mapping
s Biological Resources Effects/
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Threatened, and Endangered Plant
and Wildlife Species Surveys
s California Rapid Assessment
Method for Wetlands
Nesting Bird Surveys
lurisdictional Delineations: u.s.
Army Corps of Engineers, Regional
Water Quality Control Board,
California Department of Fish and
Wildlife, u.s. Fish and Wildlife
Service, and California Coastal
Commission Methodologies
California Endangered Species
Act Section 2081 Permits/
Memorandum of Understandings
Tree Inventory, Health Assessment,
Risk Assessment, and Tree
Protection P ans
Regulatory Permitting: USACE Clean
Water Act Sect'on 404, RWQCB
CWA Section 401, CDFW Fish and
Game Code Section 1602
Certified Arborist Tree Surveys and
Impacts Assessments
Federal Endangered Species Act
Section 7 Consultations and Section
10 Habitat Conservation Plans
Wetland, Riparian, and Upland
Habitat Revegetation and
Restoration Planning
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Phase I and II Environmental
Site Assessments
Hazardous Waste Characterization
Site Remediation: Planning, Design,
and Construction
Health Risk Assessments
Site Monitoring: Groundwater, Air,
Soil, and Vapor
Underground Storage Tank
Removal and Investigation
Environmental Construction/
Grading Monitoring
Methane Soil Gas Testing
Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasure Plan
Transaction Screens
Asbestos/Lead Based Paint Testing
Geological and Seismic Studies
Storm Water Pollution
Prevention P ans
Water Supply Assessments
Storm Water Management and
Compliance Monitoring
Water Rights Permitting
Watershed Management
and Planning
Ir'm1fm
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GHG Emissions (GHG) Inventories
Assembly Bill (AB) 32 GHG/Gas
Offset Verification
Green Building Analysis - LEEDo'
and Build It Green"
Strategic Growth Council Prop 84
Sustainable
Community Planning
Grants Projects
Grant Writing for Sustainability and
Climate Action Planning
Energy Action Plans
Comprehensive Public Engagement
and Outreach Programs
ASHRAE Level 1 and 2 Energy Audit
Community Planning
Grants Projects
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Site Assessment and Remcdiation
The Rincon team has conducted hundreds of Environmental Site Assessments (Phasel - historica assessments, Phase II - soil/groundwater/soil vapor/indoor air sampling and analysis, and Phaselll - remediation and long-term monitoring) throughout the state, with a high density of work in Los Angeles County. In addition, we have completed work plans, closure reports, permitting, oversight of field contractors, human health risk assessments, environmental compliance assessments, regulatory agency coordination, and environmental review andlitigation support services on a multitude of projects, many of which under the oversight of the EPA, Regional Water Quality Control Boards, DTSC, and local Certified Unified Program Agencies such as the Los Angeles County Fire Department. This experience affords us a thorough understanding of site conditions throughout Los Angeles, applicable regulatory frameworks, permitting requirements, and more, and has led to decades oflessons learned that we bring our clients. o'in my 13 years in lliis liositioui for llie City of Sauita Barhara as Environmental Speci;ilisl, I liavc ivorlicd willi Rineon Consultants, Inc. on numcrous projccts, vcry likcly numliciaibig two dozcn or morc. From UST rcmovals. to groundivatcr monitoring. to ivorliplan devcloHmicnt, all'll'OlllllCllT21l asscssinenls, rClllL'(l!; €1 aetll'lt}eS 211}d n}Ore, RlneOJl l1aS lirovcn tlicmsdvcs an orgauizetl. rcslionsivc, :mtl lliorougli consulting firm.
Ntis a Hilcasurc to wtnak witli llicir team and I looli fonvard to many morc projccls witli tlicm.
-Richard CenenAparicio, Environmental Specialist - (,ity of Santa Barbara Rincon has provided ESAs or other related environmental services for housing and community development on behalf of multiple cities and public agencies:
* City of South Gate
* City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Bureau of Sanitation (LASAN)
* Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
(HACLA)
* Los Angeles Community Development Authority
(LAC € A)
* County of Los Angeles
* City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation
and Parks
* City of Santa Ana Community [:)evelopment
Agency
* City of Camarillo, Community Development
[)epartment
* Long Beach Unified School [)istrict
* San [)iego Unified School District
* California [)epartment of Transportation
* City of San Diego
* The Salvation Army
* People's Self-Help Housing
* BRI[)GE Housing Corporation
* AMCAL Multi-Housing, Inc.
* Resources for Community Development
* Oakland Affordable Housing Preservation
Initiatives, Inc.
* San Francisco Housing Authority
@ Chinatown Community Development Center
* Mission Economic Development Agency
* City and County of San Francisco, Mayor's Office
of Housing
* City of Santa Barbara, Department of Public
Works
* Santa Clara Housing Authority
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Exivironmental Justice
Rincon has nearly 30 years of experience preparing
housing elements, general plans, specific and area
plans, and environmental documentsin various types
of ecological, land use, and socioeconomic settings.
Our mission is to provide our clients with high-leve
professional expertise, leveraging ourlocal experience
and diverse team of experts to create a plan that
is contextual and implementable, and meets the
requirements and needs of the community. Our team's
statewide experience highlights a breadth and depth of
knowledge of ourinternal staff and teaming partners,
demonstrating the strength we can bring to the City
to identify and prioritize brownfield redevelopment
sites in accordance with the sites identified in the City of South Gate Housing Element, the Gateway District
Specific Plan, Hollydale Specific Plan, and along Tweedy Boulevard, while incorporating community feedback.
Rincon excels in environmental planning and brings
this expertise to the leading edge of environmenta
justice planning efforts. Our team has helped over 25
clients incorporate environmental justice into their
planning documents that help to address environmental
pollution, public health needs, affordable housing, and equitable access to community services and facilities.
For example, we worked with the City of Monterey Park
to integrate an Environmental Justice Element into their General Plan, as well as to meet affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) requirements for their Housing
Element update, which include addressing environmental
justice and equityin the future placement of housing.
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-Jane Riley,AICP,(omprehensivePlanniru;l Manager
(Retired) - County of Sonoma
Rincon's experience conducting AFFH analyses for 6th Cycle housing elements is well-aligned with the requirements for Environmental Justice analysis and policy development. AFFH analysis requires data gathering and quantitative and spatial analysis of census, segregation and integration, economic, and environmental hazards data to develop an overview of a community with consideration to equity and inclusion. Community outreach and local knowledge then provides context to the data in a way that only peoplein the community with the experience ofliving in the community can provide. 14 i Rincon Consultants, Inc.
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Organization (,hart
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Program Lead
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EPA GrantAdvisor/Sen!or
LandUsl Planner
Kimiko Lizardi Torin Snyder, PG, CHG
Principal Technical
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Principril Technical
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TARGETAREASAND, JUSTICE, EQUITY IMPLEME NTATION ANo , REMEDIAL ANDREUSE BROWNFIELDSITES ANDCOMMuNITY PLANNING
ENGAGEMENT REPORTING
JasonMontague SaaraChaudry JulieWelch JenniferSchwartz,PE Hous!nrg Sites and Fair Justice and Equr[y Lead Phase I ESA Lead Remedial Plann!nq Lead Housimg Pol!cy Lead
Jon Montgomery
GIS/Da[ribrise Lead
Lisa Bestard
Phase II ESA Lead
Kerry (.ampbell
Field Program Manager
Project Team
Rincon has assembled a team of highly skilled California-licensed Professional Engineers and Geologists, housing policy and environmental planning professionals, and GIS specialists who combine extensive experience and qualifications to support the City through all tasks under the Assessment Grant.
Ryan Thacher, PhD, PE, will serve as the Program Lead. Ryan is Rincon's Director of Site Assessment and Remediation and is based out of Rincon's local office in Little Tokyo. He has a successful track record supporting cities, public agencies, and private developers with brownfield redevelopment across Los Angeles County, as well as experience working under EPA grants and oversight. He looks forward to working with the City's brownfields team, various City departments, the community engagement consultant, and RSGlnc. (RSG)(Project Team) to accomplish the objectives of this project. In addition to management, Ryan will contribute technical expertise to assessment and remediation planning; however, more importantly, his roleincludesintegrating Rincon's technical team in appropriate work scopes and establishing communication channels across the Project Team to facilitate a collaborative environment. 218
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Other key team members include Nina Bellucci, who will serve as the EPA Grant Advisor. Nina has prepared and administered an EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant and will contribute that expertise to the Project Team with identification of critical path tasks and overseeing reporting requirements and grant compliance. In addition, Kimiko Lizardi and Torin Snyder. PG, CHG, 0SP/ € ToR, will serve as Principal Technical Advisors to oversee the implementation and quality of deliverables under this contract. Kimiko has over 20 years of experience in strategy development to increase housing, enhance community character, create transit-oriented and pedestrian-friendly development, and address sustainability and resilience. Torin has over 20 years of experience in site assessment and remediation, with expertise in navigating and simplifying convoluted environmental regulatory frameworks.
Brief resumes for all key team members are included on the following pages. Detailed resumes are provided in Appendix A.
Management Team
Ryan Thacher, Phi, PE
Program Lead
Experience Level: 13 Years
Ryan Thacher, Phi, PE, will serve the City as the Program Lead for this contract, and he will be the City's primary point of contact. His responsibilities will include maintaining clear communications and expectations with the Rincon team, the City, and the Community Engagement Consultant; ensuring that experienced, qualified staff and resources are available to execute quality work and products within budget and on schedule; and manage overall execution ot the contract.
As an environmental engineer with 13 years of experience in developing strategic. creative solutions to complex environmental issues in support of brownfield redevelopment projects throughout California, Ryan will also contribute technical expertise to site assessment work to be performed under this contract.
Based out of Rincon's Los Angeles office, Ryan provides seniorlevel technical and regulatory support to Rincon's environmental due diligence team, environmental land use and community planning team, and oversees a wide variety of site assessment and remediation projects. He supports public agencies and private clients with site assessment, remediation, and technical studies in support of housing, transportation, open space, and commercial redevelopment projects. He is highly knowledgeable on the environmental regulatory frameworks apply to and may constrain brownfield redevelopment, including experience with the EPA, DTSC, and the LA RW0CB. Furthermore, heis experienced in mitigation and remediation approaches to address environmental issues associated with historical or current industrial and commercial land use. 18 i Rincan Cansultants, Inc.
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JenniTer Seitz, PG will be the Assistant Program Manager under this contract, where she will support the Program Lead with administrative project management tasks; track budget, schedule, and progress towards milestones; coordination with subcontractors; and support deliverable production and submittal. Jenniferis a Geologist and Project Manager with nearly 6 years of experience in environmental due diligence, site assessment, and remediation consulting. She has prepared several Phase I ESAs in accordance with ASTM standards to evaluate the presence of"recognized environmental conditions (RECs)" associated with various property types. Based on the results of Phase I ESAs, Ms. Seitz has scoped and implemented numerous Phase II ESAs to assess potential impacts resulting from historical activities. In addition, Ms. Seitz has conducted other environmental consulting services such as sampling services, oversight and management of subcontractors, and providing key research and supportin litigation projects. Ms. Seitz also has experience in remediation using soil vapor extraction systems and ozone gas injection systems to remediate volatile organic compounds in the vadose zone.
Jennifer Seitz, PG
Assistant Program Manager
Experience Level: 6 Years
Nina Bellucci Rincon's EPA Grant Advisor, Nina Bellucci, will oversee the Assessment Grant compliance and reporting requirements. She will support the Program Lead with identifying critical path tasks and milestone planning to avoid project delays. Nina's experience includes preparing an EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant application and secured S392,000 for the County of Sonoma's Community Development Commission, where she also oversaw grant administration. Through her experience, Ms. Bellucci understands the necessity of community buy-in, from both residents and property owners throughout the grants process. The balance of economic and communityimpact should be considered during grantimplementation; site prioritization criteria should account for benefit to the community, howeverin some scenarios a smaller investment (e.g., a less impacted site) could still lead to a large-scale community benefit. In her experience, misunderstanding of the scope of an EPA grant by the public is a common pitfall, where some community members expected immediate remediation of priority sites following assessment. She has approached this challenge by increasing transparency throughout grant implementation, and ensuring complexinformation was presented in a way that not onlyinformed but educated the public. Nina is a Senior Plannerin Rincon's Environmental Sciences and Planning and Sustainability group. She has a strong background in public sector housing and community development policy and programs, housing element implementation, housing development project review, and other current and long-range planning projects. Some of her significant achievements include substantial zoning code amendments to facilitate housing development, federal and local funding policy development, and process improvements designed to reduce processing times for housing development. Nina also has experience in grant writing and administration. Outside of the public sector, she also has several years oT experience as a writer and editor.
Nina Bellucci
EPA Grant Advisor/Senior Land
Use Planner
Experience Level: 74 Years
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Technical Leadership Team
Kimiko Lizardi
Principal Technical Advisor
Experience Level: 27 Years
Kimiko Lizardi has over 21 years of experience managing and preparing land use and environmental documents. Her expertise includes the management of complex planning projects, largeinterdisciplinary consultant teams, and preparation of a broad range of plans, including General, Community, Master, Specific and Corridor Plans, Local Coastal Programs, and associated environmental documents for communities including the Marina Downtown Vitalization Specific Plan and Marina General Plan Update. Kimiko's projects have focused on strategies to increase housing, enhance community character, create transit-oriented and pedestrian-friendly development, and address sustainability and resilience. Kimiko also designs and implements effective community-based outreach strategies to support project work including informal and formal community engagement, technical and stakeholder committees, and other outreach events for government leaders, elected officials, developers, CBOs, and general public participants with diverse backgrounds and needs.
Target,alreas and Broivnf-ickl Sites
Jason Montague
Housing Sites and Fair Housing
Policy Lead
Experience Level: 5 Yerirs
Jon Montgomery
GIS/ € atabase Lead
Experience Level: 10 Years
Jason Montague has experience in current. long-range, and environmental planning. and has worked on numerous Housing Elements in the SAN[)AG, SCAG, and ABAG regions. He has experience compiling Sites Inventories, performing Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing analysis, and writing Housing Element chapters and programs. Mr. Montague has worked closely with the California Department of Housing and Community Development to address all statutory requirements for Housing Elements to achieve certification. He also has relevant planning experience with the Ventura County Planning Division working on the County's General Plan Update and Non-Coastal Ordinance.
Jon Montgomery oversees Rincon's GIS department and specializes in data management, custom mapping tool development, spatial analysis, and graphics production. His expertise includes extensive ESRI software experience, field tool equipment management, python programming, Adobe product suite software, CAD, and open-source solutions. Mr. Montgomery's10 years of GIS experience include working with regional and local government agencies, nonprofit orgamzations, and private firms to provide the highest quality analysis and products.
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Enviromnental Justice. Equity ;u'itl Comnmnity Engagcment Saara Chaudry is a skilled Land Use Planner with experience developiru:) General Plans and community plans for communities across California. She has a foundation in public policy development forlocal governments and is passionate about community development through the lens of equity and strategic community empowerment. Saara is skilled in creating broad outreach strategies that serve to engage diverse stakeholders, exceed regional standards, and ensure equitable and community-focused policy development.
Technical Leadership Team
Saara Chaudry
Enwonmental Justice and
Equity Lead
Experience Level: 5 Years
Torin Snyder, PG, CHG, OSD, is a professional geologist with over 20 years of experience, which includes working in a variety of geological conditions throughout California. His scientific knowledge of geology and experience in the earth science industry enables him to prepare useful hydrogeological research, accurate environmental assessments. and appropriate approaches for remediation. He has conducted environmental site assessments, groundwater monitoring, fault and landslide investigations, grorindwater resource studies, geological mapping, and geotechnical investigations. His experience includes hydrology and water quality, vadose zone hydrology environmental investigations, hydrogeology environmental investigations. hazardous waste investigations, and soil and groundwater remediation/mitigation. Mr. Snyder has prepared and implemented compliance programs set forth by Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plans forlarge infrastructure projects.
Torin Snyder
Principal Technical Advisor
Experience Level: 20+ Years
Target,alreas ;uid Brmvnficld Sites
Jennifer Schwartz, PE,is a California-licensed professional engineer with18 years of experience in environmental consulting in the southwestern United States. She has contributed to the success of diverse projects related to emergency spill response, environmental compliance, site assessment and remediation design, and litigation support. She will contribute her expertise in soil, soil vapor, and groundwater remediation strategy and design to the City under this contract. Her diverse experience covers various industries, including real estate, developers, manufacturing, solid waste management, oil and gas industry, electric power utilities, aerospace, and government agencies.
Jennifer Schwartz, PE
Remedial Planning Lead
Experience Level: 18 Years
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I)rojccl Implementation ;u'itl Rcportix'ig
Julie Welch
Phase I ESA Lead
Experience Level: 27 Years
Julie Welch serves as the [)irector of Rincon's Due Diligence team which involves the execution of hundreds of Phasel and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) annually. She qualifies as an "Environmental Professional" according to the American Society for Testing and Materials 2021 guidelines and United States Environmental Protection Agency's "All Appropriate Inquiry" requirements and has extensive experience managing multi-site real estate portfolios Torlocal agencies, developers, banks, and other commercial, industrial, and private entities. Ms. Welch has 27 years of professional experience in the field of environmental science and assessment, during which time she has managed and contributed to a variety of successful projects forland use, water and energy planning, and residential, commercial, industrial and infrastructure.
Lisa Bestard
Phase II ESA Lead
Experience Level: 20 Years
Lisa Bestard has over 20 years of experience in environmental due diligence assessment, investigation, and remediation. Ms. Bestard has experience performing Phasel and Phase II ESAs and remediation, providing regulatory compliance, soil and waste management services, conducting/supervising soil and groundwater sampling, providing remediation design and implementation services, preparing remedial action work plans and corrective action plans, supervising and performing site remediation, and preparing and providing technical guidance/input for reports and documents, including documents prepared under CE0A. She has extensive experience working with governmental agencies, including mSC, LA RWOCB, EPA, Caltrans. and others.
Kerry L. Campbell
Field Program Manager
Experience Level: )4
Kerry L. Campbell will be the Field Program Manager under this contract, the same role he plays within Rincon. He will support this contract by optimizing field work schedules with a focus on quality, compliance, and efficiency. He has professional experience as an on-site team lead and project manager for environmental assessment and monitoring services. He is OSHA 40 Hour HAZWOPER certified with over14 years of experience in schedule coordination, oversight, and perfonnance of varying levels of environmental compliance on petroleum sites, refineries, and military bases with an emphasis on ground water and soil gas monitoring and collection. Mr. Campbell has direct experience in site investigation and environmental sampling for various contaminants throughout Southern California.
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Approachto Scope ofWork
Rincon's professional and technical approach to the scope of work described in the RFP is presented below. In developing our approach and associated project costs, we assume the project will be authorized by April1, 2023, and extend through June 2025, which will include an estimated 9 quarters for reporting purposes.
Professional Approacli
Rincon's Healthy Communities team will approach this project will clearly defined staff roles and responsibilities, but will maintain frequent, and open communication across all stafflevels to ensure effective transition of knowledge and efficiency between tasks. To accomplish this, we propose an organization structure that includes the following:
* Program Lead - The City's primary point of contact; maintains clear communications and expectations within the team and City; provide experienced, qualified staff and resources needed to execute quality work and products; manage contract execution.
* EPABrownfieldGrantAdvisor-Grantadministrationandimplementationoversight;confirm adherence to grant reporting requirements; critical path taskidentification and milestone forecasting. @ PrincipalTechnicalAdvisor-Overseeandadviseonexecutionoftechnicalwork;ensureoverall technical quality assurance/quality control (04/0C).
* AssistantProgramManager-Administrativeprojectmanagement;budgetandmilestonetracking; coordinates with staff and resources executing project tasks; City's Accounts Payable direct point of contact.
Rincon takes an open-minded approach to each project with the objective of identifying the most streamlined pathway to meet the project goals and avoid potential pitfalls that may adversely affect the project outcome. While our work product is always conducted in accordance with applicable requirements (e.g., ASTM standards, DTSC guidance, etc.), we exercise critical thinking and encourage creativityin the project planning stage to optimize efficiency. Our approach on all projects is to encourage early agency and stakeholder consultation (when appropriate) and to develop and maintain close communication between project owners, consultants. regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure technical adequacy and timely review of project deliverables. This approach enables us to avoid costly and time-consuming constraints earlyin the assessment process, thereby minimizing or avoiding potential conflicts.
Rincon's goal on all projects is to achieve an outstanding and enduring consultant/client relationship.
One of the keys to our high level of success has been our development of client-specific management programs that outline the focused needs ofthe client and our tailored approach to meeting those needs.
These programs include but are notlimited to defining reporting structure protocols and quality control procedures, systems development (billing, progress reporting, etc.), and other technical and operational elements that will be followed throughout the duration of the program. 24 i RinconConsultants,Inc.
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We understand that budgetary constraints are real-world issues; costs must be reasonable, justified, and well allocated. With this in mind, we always consider cost whenever we propose a scope of work. Each project is different; therefore, it is not reasonable to expect a one size fits all approach to environmental site assessments. By tailoring the assessment to site-specific conditions and project objectives, we are able to present what we believe is the most cost-effective solution for a particular project. 0uality Assurance/0uality Control
Rincon employs project management and 04/0C protocols throughout the project planning, implementation, and reporting stages. including peer review of all technical sections, and Principal review of all final products. For this contract, the Program Lead will be responsible for frequent programlevel internal reviews to ensure that appropriate administrative protocols and procedures are adhered to throughout project planning, implementation, and
close out, to minimize disruption to City staff. Technical Principal Advisors will be responsible for verification that work is technically defensible, completed in consistently with Rincon's 04/0C protocols, and consistent with the
approved scope of work.
Management Plan
'l Communication Plan
I 0uality Assurance Plan
I Monthly Project Performance
Reports and Invoices
I Budget Tracking, Deliverable
Status, and Milestone Reviews
The Program Lead, Principal Technical Advisors, and
Technical Leads initiate the project by holding a brief internal meeting in which the work scope, expectations, budget, and schedule are determined. The Technical
Leads are i-esponsible for the overall quality of their work effort, maintaining the schedule, and are responsible for maintaining communication with the Technical Principal
Advisors to confirm that work is proceeding as envisioned.
Once the work product has been completed by the
Technical Lead and other support staff, it undergoes
technical review by the Technical Principal Advisor.
after which the Program Lead reviews the final product
for conformance with City expectations and contract
requirements before it is provided to our administrative staff for publication. As part of the review, the document is checked against the prior established expectations and requirements of the work scope. More complex documents are also checked for specific formatting and other requirements by technical editing and document production staff using a formal 04/0C checklist to ensure that the final delivered product meets the expectations of the City. 228
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GIS/Database Management
Rincon is an ESRI Silver Network partner and holds an ESRI ArcGIS Online Specialty designation. Our 17-person team has extensive GIS experience including a certified GIS professional (GISP) and an ESRI certified ArcGIS Desktop Professional. We are fluent with ESRI products and have demonstrated experience in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of cost-effective cloud-based mapping and spatial data management systems. Rincon uses ArcGIS Online web portals, ESRI application templates, web maps, field data collection applications, management dashboards, and reporting tools every day for its internal data management activities and has experience implementing these systems on large-scale and linear projects.
Rincon also has extensive experience managing large complex datasets for municipalities, agencies, and organizations throughout the state. We know multiple industry data standards and are familiar with a variety of industry GIS data models. We also have experience with different standards of metadata documentation and data deliverable packaging practices.
We offer high quality, responsive data management services that comprises data management, analysis, data conversion, and periodic maintenance of agency GIS datasets. Our GIS team also has expertise in geodatabase design, GIS add-in and custom application development. We are well versed with a variety of programming environments and have specific domain expertise in data management for environmental site assessments, permitting, and planning, among other applications. with direct experience integrating GIS data with asset and document management systems.
Rincon GIS team frequently utilizes graphics applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Adobelllustrator in combination with our map-sets to create presentation ready poster-boards for public display or enhancement details which improve the visual appeal of our products.
Digital Resources
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The Housing Connect Tool is an interactive online mapping portal offering a suite of tools that allows local governments to manage their sites inventory and track residential development from start to finish. Rincon will create a customized Housing Connect Tool for the City of South Gate under this contract with input from the City and the Community Engagement Consultant. This application can be tailored to include a variety of environmental, socio-economic, and parcel-specific data used to determine the best locations for future housing development. Residential projects can be tied to parcel data to show past and present residential activity and establish ocal residential development trends. The Housing Connect Tool includes a public facing web map and can effectively be used to implement housing element programs, provide transparency to the public and state agencies, and establish development trends.
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Task 1- Target Areas and Brownfield Sites
Rincon's Healthy Commu'nities team has prepared dozens of GIS data packages and created numerous user-friendly web mapping portals to provide clients with an intuitive digital dashboard to view GIS data and information forlarge areas in developing Housing Elements and General Plans. Similarly, our environmental due diligence team has expertise in evaluating environmental data and information for ong linear projects and have developed creative approaches to reviewing large environmental database reports efficiently, while maintaining a high level of quality control.
We understand that the purpose Task1is to gain an understanding of potential contaminated sites in the Gateway District Specific Plan, Hollydale Specific Plan, Tweedy Boulevard, the City's commercial and industrial areas, and the affordable housing site inventory. The inventory of brownfield properties identified through this exercise will identify opportunities for redevelopment and serve as a valuable tool in community outreach. We anticipate that the Task1objectives will be accomplished as follows.
Identify Target :'ircas ;'ind Broivfield Sites
Rincon will develop customizable, interactive online portal using the Housing Connect Tool. For budgeting purposes, we assume the data package will include the most recent and complete versions of the following datasets described below; however, Rincon looks forward to the opportunity to fine tune the online portal to meet the City's needs.
nitially, Rincon will develop a database of all sites in the City's commercial and industrial areas and the affordable housing sites identified in the Housing Element. Of these sites, those within the Gateway [)istrict Specific Plan, Hollydale Specific Plan, or along Tweedy Boulevard will be identified. These sites will be subject to further analysis by overlaying additional GIS datasets providing information that may contribute to prioritization. All of the GIS datasetslisted in the proposal come from publicly available GIS portals and can be "joined" to a project sites GIS layer (when you click on a specific project site that relevant 230
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information will show on the pop-up). This enables the overall parcel database to be attributed with these environmental datasets (parcel characterization consistent with the City's Housing Element, type of environmental issue, severity of issue, name of environmental impact, etc.) to provide specific information to stakeholders or the public on each project site the potential environmental issues that could impact development.
Environmental Status
GIS information will be obtained from the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) online GeoTracker [)atabase, which also contains DTSC online listed sites (EnviroStorlistings). Theselistings contain latitude and longitude and, in most cases, street addresses for open and closed sites. These sites will be matched to parcels based on listed street address or closest proximity if no street address islisted and will be assigned an environmental ranking (low to high) depending onlevel of contamination. Rincon may recommend that an environmental database report package is ordered, which will include regulatory and environmental databaselistings for priority sites.
All cleanup sites and permitted facilities available through GeoTracker and EnviroStor will be downloaded and mapped for comparison to specific parcels. Based on neighboring facility type and status, environmental conditions will be evaluated and ranked. For example, a closed LUST site from the 1980s may still present risk to groundwater or human health adjacent to a specific parcel based on less conservative cleanup standards and less precise analytical instrumentation of 30+ years ago - while "Closed" this type of site may present more risk than an open cleanup site with more recent, robust data to review. Open cleanup sites (e.g.. LUST, Cleanup Program, Military and [)TSC) will be subject to the most scrutiny when ranking contamination levels, but historical closed sites will also be reviewed. In addition, parcels identified within a City of Los Angeles Methane Zone or Methane Buffer Zone will be identified and ncorporated into the Housing Connect Tool.
EPABrownfield Grant Eligibility
Based on findings of the environmental status and environmental database review, Rincon will evaluate if a parcel may be eligible for an EPA Brownfield Cleanup grant. While there are multiple factors to consider, we will provide a screening level assessment of whether a site is likely eligible, ineligible, orif additiona information is needed to determine eligibility for EPA Brownfield cleanup grant funding.
Likely Eligible Sites
* Lowrisk(i.e.,nouseofleakingundergroundstoragetank[LUST]fundsandnotsubjecttothe0il Pollution Act)
* No viable Responsible Party(including the City of LA ) * Owner not eligible for underground storage tank cleanup fund Ineligible Sites
* Sites on National Priorities List
* Sites under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) cleanup orders (court ordered)
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Site with To Be Determined aigibility
* Sites with planned or ongoing CERCLA removal action
* Sites subject to court ordered cleanup under Solid Waste Disposal Act (i.e., Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA]), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), or Safe Drinking Water Act
* Sites under RCRA corrective action
* Land disposal units under a RCRA closure notification under subtitle C * SiteswithreleasesofpolychlorinatedbiphenylssubjecttoTSCA * Sites receiving funding for remediation from the federal LUST trust fund Location of Sensitive Receptors
Hydrologic GIS information will be obtained from United States Fish & Wildlife Service's (USFWS) National Wetlands Inventory database, the United States Geological Survey's (USGS) National Hydrography Database and supplemented by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife's California Lakes and California Streams datasets. Hospitals, schools. places of worship, and other sensitive sites will be obtained from the Los Angeles County eGIS data portal. The locations will be mapped and analyzed using the "Proximity" toolset within the Esri suite to analyze distance from identified parcels. The type of receptor and anyinformation regarding status will beincluded (e.g., a water body characterized as a water of the State or of the United States will be identified as such).
Location of Oil Fields/Wells
Oil fields and well GIS information will be obtained from the California Energy Management [)ivision (CalGEM), formerly Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR), dataset.
Proximity to Residential Areas
This GIS information will be calculated based on thelatest assessor parcel dataset from Los Angeles County (public zoning/land use data). Proximity to the nearest residential area will be attributed to each parcel as a calculated distance.
Ownership (Private vs. Public)
This information will be part of thelatest Parcel Dataset from Los Angeles County. It will be verified and checked based onlocal, state, and federal sources. In addition, ownership information can be purchased from the Los Angeles Assessor's office.
Environmental Justice Areas (C:alEnviroScreen)
Areas of elevated environmental justice concern will be obtained from the CalEnviroScreen 4.0 dataset, which uses environmental, health, and socioeconomic information to produce scores per census tract and track vulnerable communities and the pollution burden they experience. 232
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Opportunity Zone
Opportunity Zone GIS information, which provides information on census tracts that are economicallydistressed and may be eligible for preferential taxtreatment or benefits, will be obtained from the California Opportunity Zones website.
State Enterprise Zone
State Enterprise Zone GIS information will be obtained from the City of Los Angeles State Enterprise Zone Website. These State Enterprise Zones (Zone)identify areas where preferential tax treatment or benefits may be eligible for development. The analysis around these zones will be whether the parcel islocated within a Zone or not within a Zone.
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The Los Angeles Methane Zone Map is an official publication by the Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) that displays each location of subsurface methane gas hazard. These locations may require mitigation systems for construction. The Los Angeles Methane Zone Map assists users in defining hazard zone boundaries on their property. Per the Los Angeles Building Code, the Los Angeles County [)epartment of Building and Safety(LADBS) refers to the Los Angeles Methane Zone map to determine a projectas necessity for a mitigation barrier system. Unless there is a prerequisite methane test report that proves a site has alower-level hazard, the LA€BS will require the highestlevel of methane mitigation (Level-5) upfront. Thus, projects in Methane Zones and Methane Buffer Zones generally start with the methane testing process.
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* In coordination with the City. Rincon will develop a custom GIS visual display of the site inventory and specific attributes that will be evaluated to prioritize sites (discussed under Task 3). @ Rincon will provide the City with a GIS data package comprising the source data and information displayed on the Housing Connect Tool.
* We assume that the City will provide GIS files (i.e., shapefiles) used to develop maps prepared for the housing element and specific plans referenced in the RFP. If GIS files are not available, Rincon will require additional budget to create GIS files representing site inventory. * Nowrittendeliverablewillbepreparedunderthistask.
@ A preliminary Project Management and Meetings budget was established for this task to support nternal planning, staffing, and communication. as well as to support ongoing communication with the City. We anticipate up to12 hours may be required for successful taskimplementation. 30 i RinconConsultams.Inc.
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Task 2 (,ommunity Needs and Engagement
The Rincon team will initiate a discussion regarding the community engagement strategy at the project kick-off meeting and will be prepared with a set of questions to ask the City regarding their engagement history, challenges and goals. As part of the Housing Element Update completed in September of 2021, the City performed a significant amount of community outreach to support the update process. Our approach will ensure we learn from the City's recent engagement activities. identifying successes and anylessons learned on techniques or approaches that may not have worked so well within South Gate.
One of our first steps will include development of a Community Engagement Plan. Our scope of work includes recommendations for an initial engagement strategy and activities that, based on our experience in other simila2urisdictions, have worked well. This is intended to provide an initial understanding of potential scope and costs, but we will work closely with City staff to customize and establish a Community Engagement Plan that best fits the needs of South Gate. We also suggest that once the Community Engagement Plan is finalized that it be posted publicly for transparency and review by potential community stakeholders and other organizations. This will ensure we invite all the relevant parties to the table in a format that works for them. Also, if any additional engagement is requested that is not included in the original Community Engagement Plan, it can be addressed early in the work program. We see a successfu community engagement program as resting on three pillars:
1. Listen and Learn - meet with the community to provide overview and context for the project and listen to their concerns for future development.
2. Prioritize - use community input to help inform the strategies and prioritization for site selection and be transparent about how the community shaped the strategy.
3. Inform - check back in to show how the project plan will be used to meet community goals and the City's next steps towards site readiness.
Based on our experience in the Gateway Cities, we recommend a robust community engagement strategy, ncluding a series of outreach tasks that are collaborative in nature and inclusive of all members of the community, including a project website, community surveys, social media support, informational flyers, stakeholderinterviews, educational videos, walking tours, community workshops and additional optional strategies such as pop-up events, educational toolkits, and Spanishinterpretation. 234
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The Rincon team understands the critical importance of community engagement and outreach. Through our work on Housing Elements and General Plans, we understand that a plan reflecting the vision of the community is a successful and inspired plan. The Rincon team will develop and refine a Community Engagement Plan and launch a comprehensive effort that will educate, inform, and build interestin this planning effort.
Community engagement will focus on the community at-large, directly affected stakeholdersincluding property owners, businesses, residents and interest groups, and civic
decision-makers. This effort will be designed to effectively build collaborative interest and to ensure that the diverse perspectives and varying needs and interests oflocal community members and stakeholders are represented through the outreach process.
Our goal is to work with the City and the Community Engagement Consultant to design community outreach to engage the public and communityleadersin a fun and interactive way that wi educate them on the value and purpose of this project, create a common vision, and to obtain their feedback. Additionally, the plan will be structured to be inclusive of all of those who make up the "community" and will be designed to effectively build collaborativeinterest, identify common values and goals, and to bring new participants to the conversation. Thisincludes building from the Housing Element outreach effort and defining equity and equitable outcomes and developing methods to measure the success oF the engagement efforts.
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Projects Through a Racial Equity Lens
The drive for sustainable communities and cities is not simply a call for a greener world. but for a more equitable one that mitigates and hopefully reverses environmental injustices that have disproportionately affected people of color. Approaching each project through a racial equitylens, we strive to best to serve disadvantaged communities, elevate their voices during the project process, and adjust project outcomes to avoid disproportionate impacts.
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* One qualified Rincon staff will attend up to six City Council meetings. We assume that City Counci meeting attendance will be virtual; we are happy to attend in person at the City's request for an additional fee to compensate for travel and meeting duration.
* OnequalifiedRinconstaffwillattenduptosixstakeholdermeetings.Weassumethatstakeholder meeting attendance will be virtual: we are happy to attend in person at the City's request for an additiona fee to compensate for travel and meeting duration.
* WeassumeRinconwillattendvirtualstakeholderandCityCouncilmeetingsforupto2hourseach,and 30 minutes of preparation will be required prior to each meeting. If additional meeting time or preparation timeis required to meet the project objectives, Rincon will request additional budget from the City. 32 i Rincan Consultants. Inc.
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* Rincon will provide nine quarterly written quarterly reports to the City and Community Engagement Consultant that can be used for quarterly City Council updates, media relations, social media platforms, and website updates. The quarterly reports will be provided in a standard format 1-2 pages in length, describing progress made during the quarter, milestones achieved, issues encountered and resolutions, and anticipated progress for the following quarter. For budgeting, we assume these reports will not be subject to external review and comment.
* Rincon will work in concert with the Community Engagement Consultant to develop the Community Outreach Plan; following determination of roles and responsibilities and scope of work, Rincon wil provide a cost estimate for the Community Outreach Plan. * A preliminary Project Management and Meetings budget was established assuming up to12 hours of work for this task to support internal planning, staffing, and communication, as well as to support ongoing communication with the City and the Community Engagement Consultant. We anticipate additional project management, meetings, and coordination budget will be required under this task. As Rincon's role is further defined in coordination with the Community Engagement Consultant, we will revise this level of effort accordingly for the City's review and approval.
Task 3 - Project Implementation and Reporting
Project implementation and reporting comprises several tasks that will result in the assessment of priority brownfield sitesin the City of South Gate. Theseinclude: prioritization of sites. performing11 Phasel ESAs, selecting sites for Phase II ESAs, preparing 0APPs for EPA approval, implementing the 6 Phase II ESAs and completing reporting. A figure depicting the anticipate work flow is presented below. Additional detail describing Rincon's approach to complete this scope of work follows the flow chart.
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I)rioritization illell'nmologv
Rincon will develop a site prioritization methodology to identify priority sites that will be subject to further assessment. A key aspect of our approach will be identifying community members that may have a disproportionate exposure to environmental pollution. This is a critical step in addressing historical land use practices and otherinstitutionalized policy decisions that have contributed to environmental justice concerns. Rincon will identify the key issues present in South Gate which will be further vetted by engagement with the community. The site prioritization process can bring opportunities to the most vulnerable members of the community to have a more healthy and prosperous quality oflife in South Gate.
Other factors that may be incorporated into the prioritization strategyinclude:
* Sites identified as an imminent threat to public health * High-opportunity brownfields to meet City goals
* Sites with heightened community interest
* Sites within environi'nental justice areas
* Sites within enterprise or opportunity zones
* Sitesthatmayqualifyforcleanupgrantfunds
Sites will be ranked according to eligibility criteria and ranking criteria, a value will be assigned to the site with the highest values to be nominated to a Phasel and II.
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