Environmental Services
Environmental Due Diligence
Elm Creek can help to assess if current or historical property uses have impacted the soil or groundwater beneath a property that could pose a threat to the environment or human health. If these issues are found, it presents a potential liability for the lender and/or owner, as well as affecting the value of the property.
The first step of environmental due diligence is typically a Phase I Environmental Site
Assessment. This is a report prepared for a real estate holding that identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities. This investigation typically addresses both the underlying land as well as physical improvements to the property. A Phase I ESA completed prior to the closure of a real estate transaction can be used to satisfy the requirements of CERCLA’s (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act) innocent landowner defense under All Appropriate Inquiries (AAI).
Air Quality
Elm Creek offers a full range of air quality permitting and compliance services for many different types of industries and facilities including concrete batch plants, asphalt plants, crushing and screening operations, frac sand processing facilities, and more. Our group of air permitting and compliance experts can help navigate you in all aspects of air permitting and compliance for your operations.
Air quality services include:
Air Quality Permitting
- Permitting Strategy and Planning
- Permit By Rule
- Air Quality Standard Permits
- Minor Source New Source Review Permits
- Alteration and Amendments to Existing Permits
- Change of Representations
Air Quality Regulatory Compliance
- Emission (Stack) Testing Coordination
- New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) Compliance
- Visible Emissions Observations (EPA Test Method 9)
- Compliance Audits
- Annual Emission Inventory Reporting
- Training
- Recordkeeping Guidance
- Client Advocacy with Regulatory Agencies
- OSHA/MSHA Silica/Dust Monitoring
Air Dispersion Modeling
Stormwater Permitting
Elm Creek provides comprehensive stormwater compliance services for construction projects and industrial facilities.
Stormwater Compliance Services Include:
Stormwater Compliance
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWP3) as required by Texas Pollution Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) General Permits:
- ATXR15000 Construction Stormwater
- ATXR05000 Industrial Stormwater Discharge
- ATXG11000 Concrete Production Facility Discharge
- Routine Compliance Inspections
- Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR)
- Compliance Training
- Stormwater and wastewater sampling
- Assistance with TCEQ investigations
Other Environmental Services
- Assistance with TCEQ investigations
- Compliance Audits under the Texas Environmental, Health, and Safety Audit Privilege Act
- Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans (SPCC)
- Aggregate Production Operation (APO) Registrations
- Aboveground Storage Tank Registration
- Tier II Chemical Reporting
- Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting
