Several TEA professionals will be participating in the annual Environmental Regulatory Compliance Conference (ERCC) to be held in Alexandria, Louisiana, January 27 & 28. Dr. Brad Droy will serve as moderator for a discussion titled “Going Green,” as well as present “Green” DNAPL Remediation using the Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron (EZVI) technology. The conference will provide valuable information for municipal engineers and consultants, public works/utility directors, attorneys, and anyone with environmental regulatory compliance responsibilities.

If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Dr. Linda Cummings at lcummings@teainconline.com or 225-767-3880.

Dr. Linda Cummings, Director of Toxicological Services for TEA, was recently named the New Orleans Program Director for the Southeast Louisiana chapter of the Women’s Energy Network (WEN-SELA). WEN is an international association for women professionals that provides networking opportunities for women in the energy industry and fosters career and leadership development.
Dr. Cummings will be responsible for securing appropriate speakers and programs for lunches and other WEN events. It is WEN’s desire to have women at the top of their careers speak about their experiences in the energy industry.

TEA has recently signed a licensing agreement with the U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to produce, distribute, and continue developmental work on the patented Activated Metal Treatment System (AMTS) technology. The technology has been demonstrated at multiple sites, including NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Badger Army Ammunition Plant. The AMTS technology consists of an activated metal within a solvent system and a thickening agent to form a paste. The technology extracts PCB’s from materials such as paints and soils. The extracted PCB’s react with the activated metal and are degraded into benign by-products. TEA is scheduled to implement a pilot study on a site in the Northeastern United States in early 2010.

For more information on this new technology, contact Dr. Greg Booth at gbooth@teainconline.com or 225-767-3880.

TEA is pleased to announce the addition of Les Porterfield, P.E. to our team of environmental professionals. Mr. Porterfield has 30 years of civil engineering experience. He has 26 years of total environmental management experience of which 18 involve major environmental program and project management for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Navy, Air Force, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US Department of Transportation (DOT), US Coast Guard (USCG), and a variety of industrial clients. His project management background includes Underground Storage Tank (UST) removal, bioremediation, thermal treatment, groundwater treatment, vacuum extraction, remedial design, site investigations, and closure certification. He has managed large, multidisciplinary project teams and engineering staffs performing field work, process and conceptual design functions and operation and maintenance of hazardous waste, solid waste and wastewater treatment facilities. He has extensive experience with federal, state and local issues related to Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and other regulations. He is a registered professional engineer in five states, including Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida. Mr. Porterfield can be reached at lporterfield@teainconline.com.