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Marion Environmental, Inc. – MEI Monthly

Upcoming Events

Poster PresentationThe Railroad Environmental Conference will be held in Octoberin Urbana, IL. Jeb Barrett will be presenting a poster on“Remediation without Devastation”. The poster points out thatusing a mobile industrial vacuum loader (vacuum truck) providesa type of cleanup that minimizes the impact to the environmentand neighboring structures. With the use of vacuum trucks bothsolid and liquid contaminates can be safely recovered withoutremoving extra soils and vegetation that can increase disposal andrestoration costs.

Marion Environmental Inc. is one of the leading providers ofenvironmental consulting, remediation, and emergency responsein the southeast. Our goal is to provide cost effective solutionsto environmental problems.

Making our standard, industry standard.

Volume # 1 issue #2

Employee of the Month – GeneRedmond

October 2012

GENE REDMOND IS EMPLOYEE OFTHE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2012

Gene is the Emergency Response Manager andBranch Manager for Marion Environmental’sDalton Office. Gene has been with Marionsince 2000. His energy and experience makehim a favorite contact of ER companies forspills in Georgia. Gene commands his spillsites with authority and has a knack for quick-ly surmising the best clean-up method. Thismonth Gene participated in 3 spills in one daywith the third lasting through the night in therain. Thanks for your hard work Gene.

Safety Tip

“Use Tools the Right Way”Choose the correct tool for the job. It willmake it easier to do the task, as well as safer.Unplug power tools or remove the batterywhen servicing or changing accessories.

115 Parmenas LaneChattanooga, TN 37405423-499-4919 Office • 423-892-5122 faxwww.marionenv.com

Marion Environmental, Inc.

Marion Environmental, Inc. MEI MonthlyVolume #1 issue #2October 2012

Audit-able – Aqua Treat is often askedby clients about our auditing process.Though this can sometimes be aburdensome process (for both parties),here at Aqua Treat we keep extensiverecords of regulatory audits, wastefingerprints, facility permits, and otherrelevant materials close at hand, whichis why we frequently pass auditsconducted by some of the largestFortune 500 companies. Our friendlyand professional staff is always happyto answer your questions, or to giveyou a tour of the facility. For moreinformation, please contact HamiltonGallant or Gary Patton at (423) 265-0132.

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UpdatesOctober 16-17 – MarionEnvironmental will be attending andpresenting a poster at The 2012Environmental Railroad Conference inUrbana, IL. Presentation topics willinclude: pollution prevention; energy,emissions, and air quality; noise andvibration; environmental managementsystems; compliance; risk and liabilitymanagement; remediation; andtraining. We hope to see you there!

October 22-26 – MarionEnvironmental representatives will beattending CSX Tank Car SpecialistTraining in Marietta, GA for 4 days.

617 Hudson RoadChattanooga, TN 37405423-265-0132 Office • 423-265-3665 faxwww.aquatreat.com

AquaTreat, Inc.

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPMarion’s Emergency Response Manager,Bubba Bryan, is involved with the North Amer-ican Railcar Equipment Engineering Commit-tee, a twelve member committee. The missionof the committee is to develop the best, mostdependable and safest railcar possible. Thecommittee is made up of railcar manufacturers,engineers, metallurgists and professionalresponders from all parts of North America.Bubba will be attending the annual meetingnext month in Dallas.

Consulting Department

Phase I:

Consultation – Marion Environmental made a Phase I presentation at anational bank about area services our consulting department provides. Ourexperts explained the Phase I process and ASTM standards to a dozen lend-ers. Another presentation is scheduled for October at another national bank.For similar presentations or consultation, please contact Mike James, PaulVan Alstyne, or Jeb Barrett at (423) 499-4919.

American Institute of Professional GeologistGeorgia Section 4th Conference Innovative Environmental Assessmentand Remediation Technology

The American Institute of Professional Geologist (AIPG) Georgia Sectionconducted its fourth annual environmental conference in Kennesaw, Georgiaon September 12th & 13th. Attendees received an update on Georgia Envi-ronmental Protection Division’s recently developed (2009) VoluntaryRemediation Program and potential regulations concerning vapor intrusionconsiderations associated with Phase I Environmental Site Assessments.Presentations detailing subsurface remediation case studies touched on mul-tiple types of chemical injections (successes and failures), electrical resis-tance heating, new spins on pump & treat systems, and natural attenuation.MEI prides itself on service, thus, MEI employees in attendance were eagerto incorporate additional treatment methods and regulations to benefit bothcurrent and future clients.