That is a sobering quote.  Although most everyone understands the “cradle to grave” concept of their generated wastes, still too many corporations place themselves at risk by not knowing enough about their liabilities with respect to long term waste management.  Attitudes range from the minimal “out of sight out of mind” approach all the way to aggressive third party auditing of proposed or continued-use facilities.  Further, many companies employ inside personnel for TSDF facility reviews who may be experts in such areas as air permitting or wastewater compliance but lack in full understanding of other environmental liability concerns.

With David Gibson, a founding partner of the company, IEA has one of the most experienced  Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) and Hazardous Waste Transporter auditors available, with over 200 audits being conducted across the US and in Canada and Mexico  for clients such as Alcoa, ChevronPhillips, Conoco Phillips, and Coca-Cola.   Mr. Gibson has experience with a large variety of waste handlers including hazardous waste incinerators,  alternative fuel blenders and cement kilns, used oil processors, fluorescent bulb recyclers, injection wells, and all types of disposal operations from C&D landfills to RCRA Subtitle C-regulated facilities. 

As a licensed Professional Geologist in Texas, Mr. Gibson's experience in soil and groundwater assessment and remediation provides  valuable insight in to a facility's potential for soil and/or groundwater contamination - where the greatest amount of liability exists for a generator.  

In addition to conducting the audits for you, Mr. Gibson is also available to train your staff on the intricacies and detail that should be examined at a TSDF should you elect to conduct the audits in-house.  His one-day training seminar was recently reduced to a one-hour technical paper presented at the National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP) annual convention.

"On behalf of the attendees of NREP's 2005 Technical Conference, I would like to personally thank you for your great presentation.  We have received outstanding comments as a result of your presentation, and, because of you, we broke attendance records.  It is obvious to me, and I believe everyone else, that you spent a great deal of time and effort preparing and presenting your paper for which I am extremely grateful."

Richard A. Young, PhD, REM

 Give our Audit Team a call. We welcome the opportunity to sit down and discuss your needs.

David C. Gibson, P.G., REM  713-623-5099 ext. 103