CEMML’s environmental compliance experts have extensive experience addressing air, water, hazardous materials, toxic waste, and solid waste regulations in a timely and legally defensible manner.
Environmental Compliance Services
Clean Water Act Programs
- Construction site inspections, permit review, stormwater outfall inspections and monitoring, stormwater infrastructure condition assessments.
- Development of stormwater pollution prevention community outreach materials and protocols.
- Infrastructure GIS review, reconciliation, and field verification.
- Stormwater and wastewater monitoring review and analysis.
- Post-construction stormwater management.
- Clean Water Act section 404 permitting through US Army Corps of Engineers.
- Clean Water Act Program compliance reviews and recommendations for installations.
Hazardous Waste Management and Pollution Prevention
- Expertise in hazardous materials management, hazardous waste stream management, pollution prevention, and recycling programs.
- Waste stream characterization.
- Environmental compliance training and inspection program development and implementation.
- Creation of effective management plans and strategies.
Specialized Services
- Camera inspection of stormwater lines.
- Lead paint and asbestos program management.
- Clean Air Act program and permit management.
- Safe Drinking Water Act program management
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At the end of June, Reymundo “Tony” Chapa will leave his post as executive director of Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML). After a five-year tenure, marked by transition, Chapa is hopeful new leadership can pickup where he left off and continue to expand upon it.