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ARG Announces Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility…

ARG Announces Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility Approved for Induction as a Member of EPA’s National Performance Track Program.

Air Resources Group is pleased to announce that it has teamed with the Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration (BNYCP) facility located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to obtain recognition by the US EPA as a National Performance Track Member. Acceptance by EPA into the Performance Track Program is a high honor and recognition of the member’s exceptional environmental management program; its efforts to improve environmental performance in important indicator categories; and its participation in community and public awareness of environmental issues. ARG provided services to BNYCP to conduct the necessary review of its environmental management system, to prepare the application for review, and to work with the EPA as BNYCP’s agent in the Performance Track Program. ARG is honored to have worked with the management of BNYCP for many years in assisting the plant in its environmental stewardship and compliance issues.

The US EPA recognized these efforts and achievements of Performance Track Members at a ceremony in Chicago on April 12, 2005 hosted by the EPA Administrator, Stephen L. Johnson.

Contaminated Site Assessment

An ESA provides the client a clear approach on how to meet industry, federal, state, and local standards for liability protection, and will meet the buyer or seller's needs in terms of due diligence . ARG's savvy and expertise played a pivotal role at a contaminated industrial property in achieving the proper liability protections for our client.
ARG contracted with a local financial institution to perform a Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) at an abandoned gas station. This property has an extensive history of environmental contamination, ranging from underground tank leakage to five (5) spill incidents reported to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). Additionally, nearly a dozen spills have been reported within an 1/8th mile radius around the property, including in a nearby residential area.

Initial remediation efforts began in 1987 with the installation of product recovery wells and an air sparging and soil vapor extraction system. By 1995, contamination levels were found to be decreasing until further contamination was discovered in the late 1990s. This resulted in the removal of the storage tanks and contaminated soil. In 2001, NYSDEC declared the contamination to be "weathered and collapsing" and deactivated remedial systems.

To attain the highest level of liability protection for our client, ARG evaluated all available documents to determine the property's current and probable future status. Our forensic chemists performed a surface and subsurface migration analysis and a differentiation analysis on the contaminants to generate the insight necessary to properly advise our client. Our extensive experience within the regulatory community allows ARG to accurately interpret NYSDEC's intent regarding the future of this site providing some indication about the client's potential future risk.

ARG affirmed NYSDEC's initial expectation that remaining contamination will naturally attenuate by discharge and the Spill Fund's identification of Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs). When coupled with the extensive remedial efforts already performed to date, ARG concluded a potential new owner who has performed reasonable due diligence not be held liable for remaining contamination.