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Mountain
Research has conducted many Brownfield characterizations, cleanups and
closures. In Pennsylvania, Brownfield projects are conducted under
Pennsylvania's Act 2. Pennsylvania has a memorandum of
understanding with the USEPA that Act 2 meets USEPA Brownfield's
standards. The
primary goal of Act 2 is to encourage the voluntary cleanup and reuse of
contaminated commercial and industrial sites. This strategy of
encouraging the redevelopment of sites with existing roads, sewers,
water lines and utilities is often more cost effective than providing
this infrastructure at undeveloped sites. The strategy also helps
to preserve prime farmland, forests and open areas from future
development.
Act 2 provides incentives to promote the voluntary development and implementation of cleanup plans. Clear, uniform cleanup standards and standardized review procedures promote the voluntary elimination of public health and environmental hazards. Cleanup plans are based on the actual risk that contamination on a site may pose to public health and the environment.
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Edward A. Dobson,
P.G., President of Mountain Research, has been a member of the Governor's thirteen member Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board
(CSSAB) that continues to work with the PADEP on the creation and implementation of the Act 2 programs and standards.
Notably, Mountain Research was the first company to successfully complete an Act 2 Release of Liability in
Central Pennsylvania. We have successfully completed numerous Act 2
projects throughout the Commonwealth revitalizing thousands of acres of
contaminated property. Mountain Research also completed the first successful regional Non-Use Aquifer designation in
Pennsylvania under Act 2. Mountain Research currently has dozens of Act 2 projects in progress throughout the
Commonwealth
and has successfully used all four Act 2 standards (Statewide Health Standard, Site Specific Standard, Background Standard, and Special Industrial Area Standard).
Satisfied
clients include national and regional developers, national law firms,
global financial institutions, large convenience store chains, federal,
state and local government agencies and a wide variety of industrial and
manufacturing companies.
We
look forward to working with you.
Please
feel free to Contact Us for any additional information or to set up a
meeting with our staff to discuss how the dedicated professionals at
Mountain Research can be of service to you.
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