Location: Lancaster County, PA
Summary: Brickhouse Environmental is providing ongoing expert hydrogeologic consulting services to two manufacturing companies regarding the Elizabethtown Landfill in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Under the Federal Superfund program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified these companies as Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) to groundwater contamination caused by this inactive unlined landfill, and thus they have been assigned […]
Projects
Emerging Contaminants – PFAS and 1,4-Dioxane Sampling
Location: Binghamton, NY
Summary: Due to the detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a number of drinking water supplies across New York State, the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has initiated a Statewide evaluation of remediation sites to better understand the extent that PFAS and 1,4-dioxane are present in groundwater across the State. These contaminants have […]
Residential Heating Oil Spill
Tank Seam Rupture
Location: Pottsville, PA
Summary: An overfilled heating oil tank resulted in the release of a substantial amount of No. 2 fuel oil to the soils immediately adjacent to a family’s home. As a result, fuel oil seeped through the basement wall, and fumes were spread throughout the house by the forced-air heating system.
Residential Heating Oil Spill
Location: Delaware County, PA
Summary: An overfilled heating oil tank resulted in the release of a substantial amount of No. 2 fuel oil to the soils immediately adjacent to a family’s home. As a result, fuel oil seeped through the basement wall, and fumes were spread throughout the house by the forced-air heating system.
Residential Heating Oil Spill
Location: Belvidere, NJ
Summary: An emergency contractor excavated more than 500 cubic yards of No. 2 fuel oil-impacted soil after the homeowner suspected a fuel loss from an underground storage tank (UST) system. Heating oil impacts were observed to extend in the bedrock at the base of the excavation.