Company was founded in 1989 as an environmental firm capable of providing both consulting and contracting services

Office is located in Bohemia, NY, on Long Island

Impact Environmental employs 20-25 people, consisting of environmental engineers, environmental scientists, sales reps, and contracting service providers

Most of Impact’s work involves the inspection and remediation of contaminated soil, usually involving the transfer of property

Generally speaking, a lot of the bigger jobs are conducted in the five boroughs of New York City, where there’s especially a lot of contamination

List of Services ProvidedList of Services Provided

Environmental Site Assessments

Geotechnical Services / Subsurface

Investigations

Corrective Action / Remedial Services

Waste Management

Land Use & Planning

Environmental Engineering Consulting

Phase I ESA reports are usually required by banks for real estate purchase loans or refinancing

A Phase I normally includes:

Visual inspection of the subject property Review of corporate records Review of available Government

documentation Aerial photographic interpretation Review of private databases (Cole

Directory and Sanborn Maps) Limited scope survey for lead-containing

paints and asbestos containing materials Evaluation of factors obtained during the

assessment (recommendations & conclusions)

A Phase II can include:

Subsurface soil sampling Groundwater sampling

(monitoring wells and Geoprobe)

Leaching pool/underground injection well sampling

Surface water sampling Asbestos sampling Lead paint and dust sampling Geophysical surveying

A Phase III ESA determines the nature and

extent of the contamination, and classifies the

impacted media detected materials in

accordance with Local, State, and Federal

codes, rules and regulations for disposal.

Contaminated materials are classified as

either hazardous or non-hazardous.

Working within the parameters of the

NYSDEC, Impact Environmental determines

proper waste disposal options which may

include land filling, incineration, and recycling.

Most of the excavated soil or solid waste is

shipped to Clean Earth facilities in New

Jersey.

Much of my internship towards the beginning of the summer involved assisting environmental engineer Ted in conducting subsurface soil investigations using the Geoprobe.

The Geoprobe is an incredibly valuable tool because it allows an easy soil probing at any desired depth up to 50 feet underground.

Most soil investigations only require the Geoprobe to drill to 10-15 feet, where UST’s and water wells are usually found.

The long poles to the left are called soil probes and are used by the Geoprobe to drill through almost any material

Shown on the lower left is a Geoprobe® GH-40 sampling system mounted on a 4x4 Kawasaki Mule which is capable of investigating a variety of terrains and environments

We used the mule at the Verizon Site in Manhattan to get the geoprobe through narrow doorways

The Geoprobe on the van folds up for easy transportation

The GPR is used to locate and define the nature of buried objects without disturbing existing conditions

Used for Underground Storage Tank (UST) detection, Underground Injection Well (UIW) detection, locating construction debris, and hazardous waste mapping.

Very useful for Geoprobe drilling and any excavation activities.

Database for the Verizon site’s analytical contaminant testing (Using Microsoft Excel)

Assisting in the Phase II subsurface soil investigations at the Verizon site

Conducting various Phase I inspection procedures for other environmental scientists

Assisted in the proof-reading and editing of various corrective action work plans for other environmental scientists

Completed a Health and Safety Plan for NYSDEC Spill #03-12646

Traveled around with company president to business meetings and conferences

Additional information on Impact Environmental can be found at their company website: www.impactenvironmental.com

Other ESA-based companies: Assessco Inc.: www.assessco.com Phase One Inc. www.phasei.com Stargroup: www.stargroup.com

Phase I ESA Video Clip