Hazardous materials

Sapphos Environmental, Inc. works with clients to identify applicable, relevant, and appropriate federal, state, and local statutes, ordinances, or policies regarding hazards and hazardous materials. These issues must be considered during the decision-making process for projects that have the potential to interact with existing hazards, may require the use of hazardous materials, or may generate hazardous materials or hazardous substances or wastes. 

Sapphos Environmental, Inc. has the technical capacity to provide a range of environmental analysis pursuant to achieving hazardous materials compliance, analytical, and management services, including sampling plan design and coordination; asbestos and lead-based paint surveys; brownfields identification, assessment, and redevelopment; and compliance auditing and monitoring. Additional activities in support of environmental compliance documentation may include work required to secure required regulatory permits and approvals, public participation activities, scoping meetings, and mitigation monitoring.

The firm’s experience working on high-profile projects involving multiple federal, state, and local entities has fostered the development of excellent working relationships with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; California Department of Transportation (Caltrans); California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC); California Air Resources Board (CARB); Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB); South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD); County of Los Angeles; Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD); City of Los Angeles; and City of Long Beach.

Services

• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
• Input to documents pursuant to CEQA, including Initial Studies, Negative Declarations, Mitigated Negative Declarations, and Environmental Impact Reports
• Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments
• Due diligence investigations prepared in accordance with ASTM standard E252705 and U.S. EPA “all appropriate inquiry” rule
• Asbestos and Lead Surveys
• Services to identify, treat, and/or abate asbestos-containing  materials and lead pursuant to federal, state, and local regulations
• Brownfields Policy
• Brownfields Property - Utilization Policy to promote infill  development, revitalization of site and adjacent communities, and conservation of open space
• Brownfields grant application preparation
• Hazardous Materials Management Consulting

                 - Litigation support

                 - Remedial Investigation /Feasibility Study

                 - Oversight and coordination

                 - Master Plan development