Beacon Environmental Services

The Leaders in Soil Gas Surveys and Vapor Intrusion Monitoring

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Beacon Environmental Services is known for providing the most accurate and reliable soil gas and vapor intrusion data in the industry.

Beacon Environmental Services meets your most stringent project and data quality objectives, setting the standard for:

Informed planning
Superior methodology
Effective sampling
Expert analysis
Comprehensive reporting
Expeditious turnaround

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LOOK FOR BEACON IN THE JOURNAL OF REMEDIATION

Beacon Environmental recently published an article in the Journal of Remediation (John Wiley & Sons Inc.). The paper, which discusses the performance of several passive diffusion devices for time integrated sampling of indoor air, appeared in the Fall 2009 issue and is entitled:
Evaluation of the Performance of Multiple Passive Diffusion Devices for Indoor Air Sampling of VOCs

BEACON IS A CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR TO NEW PUBLICATION ON FIELD SAMPLING METHODS

Mark Byrnes, author of Field Sampling Methods for Remedial Investigations (Second Edition), requested BEACON contribute to the revised edition of this popular book, which provides guidance on how to develop cost-effective and defensible environmental sampling programs to support site characterization. BEACON wrote the section on advanced passive soil gas sample collection and analysis procedures for the identification of VOCs and SVOCs in the subsurface.

BEACON JOINS INTERSTATE TECHNOLOGY & REGULATORY COUNCIL (ITRC)

ITRC brings together a diverse mix of environmental experts and stakeholders from both the public and private sectors to broaden and deepen technical knowledge and streamline the regulation of new environmental technologies. BEACON will provide you with updates on important developments from ITRC.

Upcoming Meetings:

2010 Spring Meeting, April 19-23, 2010, Austin, Texas
2010 Fall Meeting, October 25-29, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri

BEACON JOINS SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION FORUM (SURF)

The Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF) promotes the use of sustainable practices during implementation of remedial action activities with the objective of balancing economic viability, conservation of natural resources and biodiversity, and the enhancement of the quality of life in surrounding communities. BEACON will provide you with updates on important developments from SURF.

Upcoming Meeting:

January 26-27, 2010, Sacramento, California

LOOK FOR BEACON AT UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

Look for Beacon Environmental at the following events where we will be presenting and/or exhibiting. We invite you to stop by to discuss our recent research results related to soil gas, vapor intrusion and indoor air testing methods.

Waste Management Conference
March 7-11, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ
Platform Presentation — Innovative Field Monitoring for Environmental
Remediation Session on March 10, Afternoon

TN Solid/Hazardous Waste Conference & Exhibition
April 28-30, 2010 in Gatlinburg, TN
Booth No. 101

TCEQ Environmental Trade Fair and Conference
May 4-6, 2010 in Austin, TX
Exhibitor

Battelle Seventh International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
May 24-27, 2010 in Monterrey, CA
Booth No. 301
Platform Presentation – Application of Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis in Forensic Analysis on May 24
Poster Presentation – Innovative Site Assessment Tools and Techniques Session on May 25
Platform Presentation – Data Enhancements Using Innovative Approaches to Contaminant Monitoring Session on May 26
Poster Presentation – Data Enhancements Using Innovative Approaches to Contaminant Monitoring Session on May 26

BEACON INNOVATIONS AND RESEARCH

Beacon Environmental is always performing applied research on improving methods for passive soil gas and vapor intrusion evaluation using sorbent technologies.

For recent technical notes on passive soil gas applications, please see the link below.

For recent technical notes on vapor intrusion applications (indoor air testing via passive diffusion devices and active methods for both indoor air and soil gas), please see the link below.

BEACON PERFORMS PASSIVE SOIL GAS SURVEYS ON MULTIPLE SITES IN THE MIDDLE EAST

BeSure Passive Soil Gas Kits™ have been employed at multiple sites in the Middle East to characterize sites for releases of petroleum contamination and to delineate the extent of the contamination. BEACON continues to provide BeSure Kits™ to our clients around the world to destinations such as Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia, where in all those areas regulatory acceptance of our methods is becoming commonplace. BeSure Kits™ contain adsorbents that trap trace levels of compounds so the Kits easily make it through customs without incident, unlike shipping soil or groundwater samples internationally. Also, the holding time for our adsorbent samplers is at least four weeks, which ensures holding times will not be exceeded when collecting samples over an extended time and returning them all in one shipment.

BEACON SELECTED TO CHARACTERIZE URBAN
RENEWAL AREA IN NEW YORK CITY

Beacon Environmental has been awarded a contract to characterize a multi-acre area within New York City as part of an Urban Renewal Area program. Beacon Environmental was selected after performing a side-by-side demonstration of capabilities with another passive soil gas vendor. Data from both companies were reviewed by the contractor, NYC Department of Health, and the U.S. EPA prior to the selection of Beacon Environmental. The selection of our technology further validates the value of the BeSure Passive Soil Gas method over other soil gas technologies being offered in the market.