Emergency Response

• TestAmerica, teaming with a major environmental engineering firm, successfully responded to an off-hours spill at a leading telecommunications provider. The coordinated effort involved the receipt and processing of a large number of samples on a Friday afternoon of a holiday weekend. Results were furnished immediately upon completion allowing the response team to initiate a remedy the very next morning.

• The TestAmerica network of laboratories collaborated to support emergency level support effort for an impacted river and aquifer caused by the accidental release of 5.4 million cubic yards of fly ash sludge. TestAmerica lead the effort to supply high-quality data to identify and define the physical and chemical characteristics of fly ash, soils, groundwater, surface water, sediment, drinking water, biota, and macro invertebrates in support of the recovery effort. Data was used for characterization and for assessing the degree of remediation achieved, as well as potential litigation.

• TestAmerica provided analytical support for an emergency response effort resulting from a fire at a Midwest chemical manufacturing facility. Work included accelerated turnaround of a high volume of soil and water samples analyzed for metals, organic and wet chemistry parameters. Post emergency response work continued with waste classification analyses required for waste disposal and soil, groundwater and drinking water analyses conducted to assess residual environmental impacts associated with the chemical fire. TestAmerica continues to provide long-term monitoring support to the site.