EPA · RCRA · CERCLA · ASTM E1527

WE WRITETHE PLANTHAT GETSYOU BACKTO CLEAN.

From Phase I assessments to Superfund negotiations — we navigate every regulatory framework between contamination and closure. Your liability ends where our fieldwork begins.

340+Sites Closed
18States Licensed
100%Closure Rate
Core Services

From first boring
to closure letter.

We handle the full remediation lifecycle — investigation, planning, agency negotiation, and closure documentation. One firm, one file, one number to call.

01

Phase I & II ESA

ASTM E1527-21 compliant assessments. Recognized Environmental Conditions identified, documented, and ranked by risk.

ASTM E1527REC Classification
02

Remedial Action Planning

Site-specific RAPs drafted for agency submission. SVE, bioremediation, MNA, and excavation — engineered to close.

RCRA CAPState LUST Programs
03

Regulatory Navigation

We write the technical comments, attend the agency meetings, and negotiate the risk-based standards — you focus on the deal.

EPACERCLA RI/FSState VCPs
04

Litigation Support

Expert witness testimony, cost allocation analysis, forensic source attribution. CERCLA § 107 and § 113 experience.

Cost RecoverySource Attribution
Closed Case Archive

The clients speak.
The files confirm.

Every row below is a real engagement — contamination type, regulatory path, and timeline from first call to closure letter. Attorneys, developers, engineers. Same outcome: clean.

Commercial Developer"
"We had a 19-acre brownfield under purchase agreement with a 60-day due diligence window. Remediate delivered a Phase II and preliminary remediation cost estimate before we even hit day 45. The numbers held at closing."

Marcus Delgado

Principal · Meridian Capital Partners

Project Outcome

Former auto salvage yard. Four decommissioned USTs, BTEX plume extending 140 ft. Negotiated institutional controls with IEPA — buyer closed.

ContaminationPetroleum Hydrocarbons (UST)
FrameworkIL LUST Program · TACO Tier 2
Timeline38 days — Phase II to cost estimate
StatusNo Further Remediation Letter issued
LocationJoliet, IL
Project Outcome

Dry-cleaning solvent plume migration dispute. Forensic dating via compound-specific isotope analysis. EPA NRCS database cross-referenced. Liability apportioned to prior operator.

ContaminationChlorinated Solvents (PCE/TCE)
FrameworkCERCLA § 107 · RCRA Corrective Action
Timeline14 months — expert engagement to settlement
StatusCost recovery litigation resolved
LocationDetroit, MI
Environmental Attorney"
"My client was facing a $4.2M cost recovery demand from a neighboring landowner. Remediate's expert report established the contamination predated our client's ownership by two decades. The case settled for $180K."

Patricia Osei

Environmental Partner · Holloway & Fitch LLP

Municipal Engineer"
"Three city blocks of lead paint abatement on 1940s housing stock — HUD funding, state oversight, and a neighborhood watching every move. Remediate kept us on schedule and out of the news."

James Whitfield

Capital Projects Director · City of Akron, OH

Project Outcome

47 residential units. XRF survey, dust wipe sampling, bulk ACM sampling. Abatement specs, contractor oversight, post-abatement clearance. Zero OSHA citations.

ContaminationLead-Based Paint · Asbestos-Containing Material
FrameworkHUD 24 CFR Part 35 · NESHAP Subpart M
Timeline22 months — design through final air clearance
StatusHUD clearance report accepted
LocationAkron, OH
Project Outcome

Former metal foundry. Cadmium, lead, and arsenic in soil. Dual-phase extraction for petroleum fraction. Remediate drafted CAP, negotiated RAOs, designed SVE/AS system.

ContaminationHeavy Metals · PAHs · Petroleum
FrameworkOhio RCRA Corrective Action · Consent Order
Timeline87 days — engagement to remedial design filing
StatusConsent order milestone met — active remediation
LocationCleveland, OH
Commercial Developer"
"We were 90 days from a consent order deadline with OEPA and hadn't started the remedial design. Remediate came in, took the agency relationship, and filed the design on day 87. That's the only kind of firm I'll call again."

Renata Kowalski

VP Environmental Affairs · Steadfast Industrial Group

Environmental Attorney"
"The EPA had our client on a Superfund NPL shortlist. Remediate's technical comments during the Remedial Investigation pushed back on the agency's risk model — successfully. We were delisted. I've never seen that done."

Thomas Brannigan

Senior Environmental Counsel · Cascades & Moreau PC

Project Outcome

Superfund-adjacent former transformer manufacturing facility. 22-acre site. Remediate challenged EPA's cancer slope factor application. Site-specific risk assessment accepted. Client avoided $18M+ ROD obligation.

ContaminationMixed — PCBs · Heavy Metals · VOCs
FrameworkCERCLA NPL · RI/FS Process · ROD Challenge
Timeline31 months — RI engagement to delisting confirmation
StatusNPL delisting — no further federal action
LocationGary, IN
Site Review Request

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the address.

Tell us where the site is and what you're dealing with. We'll come back within one business day with an initial assessment scope and fee estimate — no obligation.

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Closure Case Studies

Not ready to engage directly? Download our closure case study binder — 12 anonymized projects, each with full regulatory timeline, cost summary, and agency correspondence excerpts. The evidence file your due diligence needs.

LUST program closures — IL, OH, MI, IN
CERCLA cost recovery defense precedents
Voluntary cleanup program success paths
Asbestos abatement — HUD/NESHAP compliance
NPL avoidance — risk-based corrective action

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