(281) 397-9016Risk Assessment and Remediation
A release of petroleum or other chemicals on a property requires informed decision-making to protect human health and the environment. Risk assessment is an evaluation of the potential or actual impacts of such a release to both environmental and human receptors. C-K has extensive experience with both traditional and emerging remedial technologies for both soil and groundwater.
Related areas of expertise include the following:
- » Risk Assessment - Experienced using EPA's Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS) approach and the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) and the Louisiana Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP). This experience includes the use of a modified RAGS approach as implemented by the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR), and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC).
- » Toxicology Evaluations - Site specific evaluation of human health and ecologic risk-based cleanup levels.
- » Remediation - C-K Associates is currently implementing remediation projects involving soil excavation, land farming, groundwater pump and treat, hydrocarbon recovery, enhanced bio-remediation, and monitored natural attenuation. C-K Associates invests considerable resources in screening new remedial technologies as they develop to make full use of emerging technology. C-K Associates also conducts bench scale treatability studies to model site-specific conditions for remedial designs.
- » Due Diligence - C-K Associates routinely conducts due diligence investigations on behalf of buyers and sellers of commercial and industrial property. Unlike many consultants, C-K Associates has special expertise in diligence evaluations unique to the oil & gas industry and provides regulatory compliance audits in conjunction with standard Phase I-oriented services.
- » Forensic Evaluations and Expert Witness Support - C-K Associates routinely works with our clients and their attorneys to evaluate environmental liabilities and provide technical consultation and expert testimony during settlement negotiations.