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IDEM Evaluating Revisions to Excess Liability Trust Fund
IDEM Evaluating Revisions to Excess Liability Trust Fund The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) recently solicited public comment on possible revisions to the rule governing the Excess Liability Trust Fund (ELTF). The ELTF program plays a crucial...
Wilcox Welcomes Three New Employees to Indianapolis
Wilcox Environmental Engineering, Inc. (Wilcox) is pleased to announce recent staff additions to its corporate headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Alexis Litz joins the Investigation and Remediation Services Division as a Field Geologist. Alexis graduated from...
Visual Analysis Tool for Plume Behavior Assessments
Visual Analysis Tool for Plume Behavior Assessments Groundwater trend analysis for the purposes of demonstrating plume behavior has many facets. Wilcox has developed this radial trend tool (RaTT) using Microsoft Excel as a means to incorporate the analysis of the four...
Groundwater & Vapor Intrusion – Better Data for Better Decisions
Groundwater sampling at environmental cleanup sites has been going on for decades, and sampling methods have continued to evolve and improve. The simplest of these methods sends a glorified bucket (bailer) down a hole to pull up a water sample. For many sites this...
Storm Water Inspections
Most environmental managers or directors in states like Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Wisconsin faithfully perform their required storm water monitoring, periodic inspections, recordkeeping, and annual reporting like clockwork. They also diligently...
Reduce Costs for Groundwater Monitoring – New IDEM Guidance
Over the years groundwater monitoring has been performed by a variety of methods; from a glorified bucket on a string (bailer) to sophisticated pumps matched with high tech multi-meters assessing a variety of groundwater parameters to identify when the extracted water...
Air Permit Review – Catching Critical Errors
Recently, I have run into several first-time clients that I am assisting with permit modifications and renewals. Over 13 years of air permitting in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky, I have seen errors in permits that have strongly negative impacts on...
New Hire in Milwaukee Area Office
Wilcox Environmental Engineering, Inc. is excited to announce Andrew Heeter has joined us as a Staff Geologist at our Milwaukee, Wisconsin location. Andrew has a BS in Geology from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. He has over 5 years of experience conducting and...
Important IDEM 2015 Screening Table Changes
The New IDEM 2015 Screening Tables has removed 1,2 DCE (mixed isomers) Wilcox Environmental Engineering keeps a continual watch on shifting regulations, and analyze the shifts with respect to our clients’ environmental liabilities. IDEM revisits the risk-based closure...
Toxics Release Inventory Reporting – DO I HAVE TO DO THIS?
The Emergency Planning Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting season is here. The report is due July 1stfor the preceding year (reporting year). But, now is the time to start it. The question is “do I have to do it”? If you have...