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Due Diligence & Property Transactions

  • Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)
  • Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)
  • Liability Assurance Letters
  • Regulatory Agency Liaison
  • Vapor Intrusion
  • Response Action Planning (RAP) and Implementation
  • Construction Contingency Plan (CCP) Assessments
  • Brownfield Funding Evaluation and Application

Site Investigation & Cleanup

  • Risk Assessment
  • Petroleum Release Investigation and Cleanup
  • Petrofund Reimbursement
  • Land Use Restriction Determinations
  • Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs)
  • Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)
  • Remediation System Designs & Permitting
  • Remediation Construction Services and Oversight
  • Remediation System Operations and Maintenance
  • Feasibility Study Preparation
  • Sediment Sampling

Sediment Sampling & Bathymetry

  • Sediment Sampling
  • Vibracore Sampling
  • Sediment Loading Studies
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Sediment Poling
  • Toxicity Sampling
  • Biota Characterization
  • Remedial Investigations
  • Bathymetry & GPR

Regulated Materials

  • Asbestos
  • Mercury
  • Lead
  • CFCs
  • PCBs
  • Other Materials
  • HAZMAT Surveys
  • Pre-Demo Surveys
  • Abatement Oversight
  • PCM Cassette Analysis
  • Air Monitoring
  • Remote Perimeter Air Monitoring

Facility Closure

  • Decontamination
  • Decommissioning
  • Pre-demolition Surveys
  • Asbestos Inspections and Abatement/Mitigation Oversight
  • Hazardous Materials Surveys and Management Planning

Bay West is Paving the Way on Emerging Contaminants

All eyes are currently on the states of Michigan and Minnesota, where Federal and State regulators are blazing the trail for other regulators with their efforts to remediate challenging emerging contaminant sites. Bay West is their selected partner as they navigate an uncertain path and continue to install practical solutions and the path forward.

Trusted by regulators to build practical solutions and create the path forward.

Environmental Consulting Projects

Former Superior Plating Superfund Site

Bay West was hired by the MPCA to provide additional technical support and third-party oversight. We have performed a wide variety of environmental activities for the MPCA at this site.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Bay West supported cleanup following the Hurricanes Katrina/Rita disasters in Texas/Louisiana by providing more than a dozen task force leaders/supervisors to serve as EPA representatives on cleanup crews during removal of hazardous waste/debris.

Solvent Plume, St. Louis Park, MN

Bay West was a subcontractor to Weston Solutions as an EPA Region 5 START contractor assisting with EPA activities in Minnesota.

Duluth Brownfield Inventory Assessment

The City of Duluth retained Bay West to complete Limited Area-Wide Brownfield Inventories (AWBIs) in three select areas of the St. Louis River Corridor. These consisted of the following (collectively, the Study Areas): Gary-New Duluth, the Western Port Area Neighborhood (WPAN), and Lincoln Park/Rice’s Point.

Engineering and Environmental Teaming

We frequently team with engineering firms, both locally and on a national scale, that provide services we do not self-perform and/or that provide additional resources to develop cost-competitive, value-based solutions for our customers

Urban Infill – Jay Street Gas Holder

The property known as the Jay Street Gas Holder is currently owned by the City of Duluth, which plans to redevelop the property for residential uses.

PFAS Remediation: Former DoD Facility

Former DoD Facility PFAS Central Treatment System

Military Munitions Response Program

Bay West provided on-call UXO Construction Support services to Army construction projects at Fort Lewis as part of the Army’s program to deconstruct, construct, and upgrade its facilities at Fort Lewis.

Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP), Arden Hills, MN

Bay West and our key staff have played an integral role at TCAAP over that past 20 years as the investigation and remediation contractor on several of the most high-profile waste disposal sites on the property, the redevelopment consultant for a development firm, and the third-party consultant for Ramsey County, providing technical expertise and oversight of cleanup activities.

Seymour Johnson AFB, Goldsboro, NC

In support of the US Air Force’s Performance-Based Remediation initiative, Bay West developed and executed closure/exit strategies for 16 Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) sites under this fixed-price, performance-based contract.

Eglin AFB, Fort Walton Beach, FL

Bay West performs munitions investigation and removal actions at Eglin AFB, which has historically conducted munitions development, testing and training.

Pacific Air Force Sites (PACAF), AK

Bay West performed Supplemental CSE Phase I and Phase II Investigations at eight PACAF facilities in Alaska (total of 1,813 acres within 47 Munitions Response Areas [MRAs]).

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Matt Schemmel, PG

Matt Schemmel, PG

Director, Commercial Consulting

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Rick Van Allen, PG

Rick Van Allen, PG

Environmental Services Group Leader

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Jason Kunze

Jason Kunze

Brownfield & Due Diligence

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Jeff Gordon, CHMM

Jeff Gordon, CHMM

Waste Management

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Bruce Johnson

Bruce Johnson

Senior Project Manager

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