The conference will be held January 25-26, 2012 at the Alexandria Riverfront Conference Center in Alexandria, Louisiana. Dr. Cummings has participated in this conference in various capacities since its inception. This year’s conference will focus on state and federal environmental updates, wetlands compliance, regulatory requirements for storm water, wastewater, and water systems, air quality, building green and many other timely environmental issues. If you would like further information on the conference or to register, please follow the link to their website http://www.cityofalexandriala.com/erccla.

For more information related to the LSBA Environmental Law Section Annual Seminar, please contact Dr. Brad Droy at 850-231-1939 or bdroy@teainconline.com.

For more information on TEA, Inc.’s involvement in the GM project, please contact Dr. Brad Droy at bdroy@teainconline.com or 850-231-1939.

JODER was established by General Joe Oder, a retired U.S. Army Brigadier General, and is a certified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), located in Destin, Florida. Gen. Oder’s background in the U.S. Army has given him the necessary project management skills and understanding of the federal marketplace to prepare and deliver products to government standards on time and within budget.

According to Gen. Oder, “the marketing agreement between JODER and TEA, Inc./RemQuest will afford the federal marketplace direct access to some of the world’s premier environmental remediation products for use at federal facilities in the United States and around the globe. Not only will we be able to help the federal government with their environmental remediation concerns, we’ll also be helping the government meet their socioeconomic goals and Executive Order 13360 which directs that at least 3 percent of all federal agencies’ contracting dollars go to businesses owned by service-disabled veteran-owned businesses. As such, coupling JODER’s strategy consultants and contracting vehicles with TEA, Inc./RemQuest’s line of green and sustainable environmental remediation products and technologies provides a common sense approach to environmental problem solving.”

For more information on this newly established alliance, contact Dr. Brad Droy at bdroy@teainconline.com or 850-231-1939.

The role of the TEA, Inc. team, led by Dr. Brad Droy, in providing environmental consulting for Motors Liquidation Company (MLC) is highlighted in the most recent issue of the Baton Rouge Business Report (July 27, 2011). The article titled An Engineering Feat covers the General Motors Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and its Baton Rouge connection. Mr. Jim Redwine, a Baton Rouge environmental attorney, was chosen to manage the environmental liabilities for Motor’s Liquidation Company (MLC), formerly General Motors Corporation. A team of TEA, Inc. professionals worked with Mr. Redwine in the enormous task of putting together realistic feasibility plans for the cleanup of multiple MLC sites across the nation, as well as developing a green and sustainable remediation matrix to evaluate strategies to be considered. This bankruptcy is the largest and most complex in U.S. history. Mr. Redwine has cooperated with government regulators, including officials from 14 states, an American Indian tribe, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the Department of Labor and—last but not least—the White House to accomplish this feat in record time. TEA, Inc. was honored to contribute environmental services toward this monumental effort. Click here to view the entire Baton Rouge Business Report article.

 The objective at RemQuest is to seamlessly interact with environmental consultants and other end users of remediation products to enhance their remediation capabilities and optimize the effectiveness of their remedial designs.

Click on this link (www.remquestonline.com) to visit the RemQuest website for additional information, or contact Mr. Wes Theriot at 225-767-3819 or wtheriot@remquestonline.com.

TEA, Inc. recently implemented an ENGINEERED_PHYTOREMEDIATION^SM pilot study (EnPhySys^SM) at an active chemical facility on the West coast. The plantation consists of 80 trees, including 13 different species. The purpose of the pilot study is to evaluate and select a species of tree(s) to hydraulically control groundwater at the site. The trees were planted in closed bottom TreeWell^® units with metered water supplies. The observed transpiration rates and viability of the various species of trees will be used to design a full scale ENGINEERED_PHYTOREMEDIATION^SM  system to affect hydraulic control of groundwater. TEA, Inc. is one of the few remediation companies able to fully implement an ENGINEERED_PHYTOREMEDIATION^SM project at an active industrial/chemical facility. The TEA, Inc. team was able to meet the stringent safety and health requirements set forth by OSHA, Cal OSHA and the client.

To learn more about the benefits of EnPhySys^SM, please contact Mr. Wes Theriot at 225-767-3819 or wtheriot@teainconline.com.

Mr. Theriot can be reached at 225-767-3819 or wtheriot@remquestonline.com.