Josh Hagadorn and Gary Brown are hard at work on a Contingency Plan at a pharmaceutical services organization in North-central Pennsylvania. Contingency Plans are also being prepared for three York County, PA facilities. Josh and Gary as well as Walter Hungarter are also overseeing closure of a former industrial wastewater system at major industrial manufacturing facility in York, PA, which is undergoing Brownfields redevelopment.

Dominic Marino and Robert McKenzie were overseeing ACM work in South Philadelphia, where a former defense facility is being redeveloped into commercial office space.

Mark Cefalo, Larry Bily and Walter Hungarter were evaluating large scale remedial options for a PCB impacted former auto parts stamping facility in Philadelphia. Work at that site may continue through the summer.

Justin Lauterbach is hard at work on a Wilmington, DE redevelopment site, where a new pharmacy retail store is planned in the downtown area. Craig Herr and Tom Donovan were evaluating two dry cleaner facilities, where releases were found as a result of due diligence activities.Justin Lauterbach is evaluating a similar situation at a site in Camden County, NJ.

Service station releases are also continuing to play a continuing part of our environmental practice. At a North Jersey site, we are completing oversight at a station with a persistent benzene groundwater impact situation. Remediation is also scheduled to be undertaken at two Cumberland County sites, one of which was a service station, and one of which was a petroleum distribution facility. Enhanced product recovery activities have proven successful using state of the art oil recovery technology at other sites in Jersey City and Vineland, as well. Justin Lauterbach is in charge of work at these sites.

Tri-State Realtors, who represent commercial and industrial realtors throughout the region, sponsors continuing education training. During the late winter and early spring, Gary Brown completed continuing education training on environmental due diligence to hundreds of Realtors, at Philadelphia and Valley Forge, PA locations. Although the real estate market is unquestionably tightening, Philadelphia's market, on average, is much better, than much of the rest of the United States. Initiatives in New Jersey and Pennsylvania to prevent "sprawl", and promote "smart growth", continue to make Brownfields redevelopment strong.

We at RT Environmental Services, Inc. continue to appreciate the opportunities you give to be of service, and look forward to continue serving you in the future. -Gary R. Brown