EPA

Proven Experience

WESTON has extensive experience initiating innovative field data collection and management techniques and has developed improved technologies for EPA site investigations and remedial actions. WESTON also prepares for and responds to emergency response actions requiring EPA support.

Region 1: WESTON provided critical preparation support before, and standby and investigation support during the Democratic National Convention in Boston. WESTON personnel provided 24/7 support during the event, including conducting air monitoring and operating EPA's Mobile Command Post.

Region 2: For over 20 years, WESTON has provided support to EPA's Region II under three former Technical Assistance Team Contracts and the initial Superfund Technical Assessment Response Team Contract. WESTON currently provides consistent advisory and assistance services to the Region under the Removal Support Team (RST) Contract within the States of New Jersey and New York, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Region 3: WESTON mobilized over 50 personnel to provide emergency response anthrax decontamination, sampling, and health and safety operations to support recovery efforts at nine U.S. Senate facilities in Washington, DC and Springfield, VA. WESTON worked with multiple federal agencies and other contractors within the Unified Command Structure 24/7 to achieve the zero-spore cleanup standard.

Region 4: WESTON helped prepare and participated in a 60-hour full-scale weapons of mass destruction field exercise in Louisville, KY. The exercise involved 650 responders from 70 agencies and organizations, testing EPA’s capability to coordinate multiple federal agencies within the structure of the Incident Command System. WESTON provided 40 Level-A Responders and developed a real-time personnel tracking tool to support this exercise.

Region 5: WESTON worked at 187 sites providing remedial planning, design, and removal action oversight under the START and ARCS contracts, where we earned "Excellent" and "Above Average" performance ratings. We also represented 158 clients in negotiating more cost-effective cleanups and ensuring regulatory compliance.

Region 6: WESTON responded immediately, providing planning, field recovery, and data management support for the Space Shuttle Columbia recovery efforts. The shuttle response was the largest in WESTON’s (and the federal government’s) history, involving 319 WESTON personnel from 33 offices in 26 states. WESTON personnel accompanied each recovery team into the field, often working 18-hour days and 7 days per week, to locate and catalog shuttle materials.

In May 2003, EPA Headquarters awarded EPA Region 6 the EPA Mason Hewitt Award for Excellence for the Columbia Shuttle Recovery Field Data Collection Application. EPA cited WESTON for helping to develop and implement the application during the response.

Region 8: WESTON has 10 years of experience developing strong relationships through interactions on more than 2,000 projects. We received commendations from the region for establishing a proactive and cooperative working relationship with regulatory agencies to facilitate timely completion of the CERCLA process at a Superfund site.

Region 9: For the past 7 years, WESTON has completed PA/SI/HRS scoring at 15 sites and has provided technical oversight of RI/FS, RD, and RA activities, as well as field sampling and groundwater modeling and risk assessment support at CERCLA sites. WESTON has consistently received an “outstanding” rating for these efforts and is currently under contract for approximately $750,000 of work at four sites.

Region 10: WESTON installed an in situ redox manipulation treatment wall to intercept and treat groundwater contaminated with high levels of hexavalent chromium. This innovative treatment technology, installed at a federal Superfund site in southwestern Washington, chemically neutralizes the contaminant, enabling WESTON to treat approximately 23,000 cubic yards of soil in place.