Services

PIC Services


  • Underground Storage Tank Removal

  • Field Investigations

  • Site Assessments

  • Soil / Soil Gas / Groundwater Remediation

  • Vadose / Groundwater Monitoring

  • Soil Gas (Vapor) Assessment

  • Vapor Intrusion Assessment and Mitigation

  • Regulatory Permitting

  • Hazardous Waste Management

  • Bioremediation

  • Geoprobe & Specialty Drilling

  • Storm Water Compliance

Experience

PIC ENVIRONMENTAL is an experienced, trusted, and fully insured company offering complete environmental services. Capitalizing on diverse and extensive petroleum industry experience, PIC has the skill set to evaluate your site, find the most efficient and economical solution to your environmental problem, and implement a work plan in a timely manner.

Federal, State, and Local Environmental Regulations become more complicated with each passing year. PIC stays current with these many changing regulations. PIC staff have designed, permitted, and installed a large number of Vadose and Groundwater Monitoring Wells, supervised and completed tank removal operations, and engineered solutions to major and minor problems resulting from tank, piping, and equipment leaks from a variety of storage products. Additionally, PIC has represented clients to a long list of municipal, county, and state-wide agencies including the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB).

PIC has an excellent record in establishing what needs to be done in order to:

1)   Reach Compliance with Regulatory Requirements

2)  Avoid Future Liabilities

3)  Minimize Costs

4)  Make the Environment Safe for Future Generations

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UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (USTS)

Several million underground storage tank systems (USTs), in the United States contain petroleum or hazardous chemicals. As many as 25% of USTs, including their piping, are currently leaking and many more are expected to leak in the future.  Leaking USTs and related piping release stored products into surrounding soil and groundwater. We depend on groundwater for drinking and agriculture.

To comply with new UST standards, tank owners have had to remove or replace older single-wall steel tanks. PIC has supervised the excavation of over 3,000 underground storage tanks. PIC files closure plans, excavate the tank and piping, coordinated disposal of the tanks, perform the required soil sampling and return the site to its original condition. A comprehensive geologic report with description of subsurface and groundwater conditions is submitted to the client and the appropriate regulatory agency. All aspects of operations are supervised by State Certified / Registered geologists and engineers who make sure that regulatory requirements are met. In case of contamination, PIC will recommend the most efficient remediation method to eliminate potential liability and advise the client regarding financial reimbursement by the State Fund.

SOIL, SOIL GAS AND GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION

PIC stays abreast of the latest and most inexpensive techniques available for remediation of soil, soil gas and ground-water contamination. After site investigation to assess the magnitude of contamination, PIC will design, propose, and implement an appropriate solution to effectively remediate environmental hazards.  PIC has successfully remediated a diverse suite of contamination problems including leaks from underground and surface storage tanks, clarifiers, buried and abandoned drums, chemical sumps, oil field sumps, metal plating pits, pesticide contamination, and many others.

PIC interfaces with governmental agencies to insure compliance with all pertinent regulations. PIC will not promote any particular remediation method but instead recommend the most appropriate method which minimizes client costs and liabilities.

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT / INVENTORY CONTROL

PIC's professional staff investigates each unique environmental situation by examining your waste stream(s) and its sources. Based on this initial on-site audit, PIC’s engineers will pinpoint potential safety concerns and develop a detailed action plan designed to minimize hazards, improve regulatory compliance, identify alternative solutions to handle, store, and dispose or re-use the waste stream(s). PIC oversees the implementation of a plan which focuses on reducing your liability and increasing the economic incentive to manage your waste more sensibly with:

  • Inventory Control 

  • Health & Safety Plan

  • Treatment / Recycling Feasibility Study

  • Short / Long Term Economic Incentives

SITE INVESTIGATION / ASSESSMENT / PHASE I & II

Property owners may be liable by state and local regulation for any surface or subsurface contamination that may exist on their property. If you are interested in buying property, loaning money on property, or selling property that has any risk of soil, soil gas or groundwater contamination, it is in your best interest to have a thorough environmental evaluation done to avoid potential and costly present, future, or unexpected liability. PIC has extensive experience in evaluating potential contamination of soil, soil gas or groundwater at hundreds of sites.

Site Evaluations Include the Following Steps:

1.) Determining Risk

The history of industrial and agricultural development of your property is investigated to determine the potential sources of contamination. Every industry uses a unique suite of potentially hazardous chemicals. PIC has extensive experience in determining the possible contaminants in soil, soil gas and groundwater based on the history of the property and surrounding area.

2. Determining Environmental Sensitivity

A preliminary geological and hydrological evaluation is done based on available published and in-house data. PIC uses these data to determine the environmental sensitivity of your property and the most appropriate method of site investigation.

3. Evaluating Your Site

PIC’s geologists and engineers use a graduated program of soil borings, soil vapor probes and groundwater wells to quickly and efficiently obtain the data necessary to properly evaluate subsurface conditions. During the investigation, all interfaces with regulatory agencies are handled by PIC to assure compliance.

4. Drilling and Laboratory Results

PIC quickly incorporates your lab results into a comprehensive report. In addition to the findings, PIC will make recommendations for the best available remediation alternatives, if required, and the potential costs involved in remediating the site.