Late fall and early winter business trends were showing significant increases in environmental work for RT. Leading off the pack are a series of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments assignment out of RT's Southwest Pennsylvania office for a regional bank. In addition, Greene County retained RT Environmental Services, Inc. to assist with reclamation of a gob pile, including evaluation of reclamation alternatives to address acid mine discharge. Justin Lauterbach is Manager of RT's Southwest Regional office in Washington, Pennsylvania, a short distance southwest of Pittsburgh, located in a growing area where I-70 and I-79 meet. RT is expecting to add staff in this office per our 2010 Business Plan.

Gloucester City's Southport Redevel-opment project, featured as a lead article in a previous RT Review is ramping up with several additional phases of activity. In addition to one site undergoing remediation prior to redevelopment for a fruit importation and warehousing facility along the port, two other sites are being evaluated for solar energy production. Glenn Graham is managing the project for RT, and William Lindner of NJDEP is the Case Manager.

Walter Hungarter and Larry Bily of RT's King of Prussia's office are working on several Pennsylvania beneficial use projects, one involving materials from a source separated recyclables, facility and another involving materials that can be reused from semiconductor products manufacturing. Recovery of precious metals from these materials allows for maximum recycling and beneficial use, throughout a wide area of the United States.

Lisa Mascara of our Southwest Pennsylvania office has been ramping up marketing and sales opportunities, to allow us to meet efficiently with each and every potential client. We try to make our marketing and sales opportunities very focused, and to be able to offer services which will be of specific value to our potential clients. Lisa has shown that in-depth preparation and knowledge of commercial, lender, and industrial clients and understanding their needs allows our business meetings to be focused and beneficial. Lisa also keeps track of Southwest Pennsylvania regional events and government needs to help us be there for future growth and environmental service opportunities.

Gary Brown received his Licensed Site Remediation Professional temporary licensing, for the State of New Jersey. Burling Vannote has accepted responsibilities to track LSRP projects, in terms of deliverables, and regulatory and mandatory compliance dates. RT already has five LSRP projects in house, including one Imminent Environmental Condition project.

RT's business trends are clearly up early in 2010, and we look forward to being of service to our clients this year and beyond.

- Gary R. Brown

GLENN GRAHAM IS RT’S NEW JERSEY OFFICE MANAGER

Gary R. Brown, P.E., President of RT, announced that Glenn Graham has accepted responsibility as RT’s New Jersey Office Manager. Glenn has a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from LaSalle University, and is a Professional Geologist in Pennsylvania and a Subsurface Evaluator in New Jersey. Glenn has in-depth experience at New Jersey investigation and remediation sites, and is managing the Gloucester City Southport Redevelopment project, and is the lead Geologist on the Bellmawr Waterfront Development project. Glenn’s in-depth geologic experience works really well, in New Jersey and Southeast Pennsylvania. He has extensive project experience over 15 years in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and downstate New York, and has project experience on investigation and remediation sites in sedimentary, coastal plain and piedmont/rock environments, allows him to concept and implement site investigations very efficiently. Glenn has received increased responsibilities and has undertaken more complex assignments every year since he started with RT, and we can congratulate him on his promotion.