Environmental Priority Service, Inc

Environmental Priority Service, Inc.

Statement of Qualifications

July, 2013

For More Information, Please Contact:

Environmental Priority Service, Inc.

7193 E. Benfield Rd.

Salina, Kansas 67401

PH: (785) 823-6205

FAX: (785) 823-6412

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...... 1

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ...... 1

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS / EXPERIENCE ...... 2

BUSINESS REFERENCES ...... 16

KEY PROFESSIONAL PROFILES...... 17

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Environmental Priority Service, Inc.

INTRODUCTION

Environmental Priority Service, Inc. consists of qualified environmental professionals experienced in providing direct push and mobile laboratory assistance for your environmental needs. The following brochure outlines the environmental services and qualifications that our firm provides. If you have any specific questions once you have read this document or require additional information, please call us at (785) 823-6205.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION / SERVICES PROVIDED

Environmental Priority Service (EPS) was formed to provide direct push subcontract services for other consultant firms. The services that we offer include:

* Site Assessments: soil gas, soil and groundwater investigations for commercial real

estate transactions utilizing direct push.

* Site Assessments: soil gas, soil and groundwater investigations and soil conductivity

profiles for contaminated areas of underground storage tanks, pipelines, pipeline sub-

stations, industrial and manufacturing facilities, refineries and landfills.

* Soil and groundwater contaminant delineation / point source identification.

* Expert witness and litigation support services.

* Installation of piezometers and groundwater monitoring wells.

* Direct Image Electrical Soil Conductivity profiles

* Contamination Remediation / Injection

* Nitrate Groundwater Investigations w/ On-Site Analysis

* Membrane Interface Probe (MIP) Logging

* Track mount auger drilling / 2” well installation

EPS, founded in 1993, is headquartered in Salina, Kansas. EPS personnel have project experience in over 10 states throughout the midwest region of the United States, and have performed site assessments for a variety of private and large environmental consultant firms. During the company's first eighteen years of operation, its consultant client base has increased considerably and currently totals approximately 80 different consultant firms. This is a result of our commitment to providing the highest level of service to our consultants. The number of customer referrals and 90% rate of repeat business also reflect our high level of service and consultant satisfaction.

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REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS / EXPERIENCE

The professional experience of EPS personnel allows us to provide a wide variety of environmental investigative services. The following are several representative projects conducted by EPS personnel for other consultant firms. Site specific locations have remained confidential at the client’s request.

Emergency Response

* EPS was contracted by a major pipeline company to determine the degree of

surficial water contamination that had migrated to a lake in northeast Texas.

The contamination originated from a pipeline rupture that occurred approximately

30 miles upstream from the lake. Approximately 600,000 gallons of refined

gasoline, containing MTBE, was lost during the pipeline rupture. Dissolved-phase hydrocarbons, primarily MTBE, migrated within a creek and down into the lake. EPS was contacted to utilize its mobile laboratory on site. Initially, all water samples were shipped to certified laboratories for rapid 24-hr. turnaround results. Once it was determined that EPS's mobile laboratory provided quantifiable results comparable to the certified lab's, and that results could be obtained every fifteen minutes rather than overnight, it was determined that EPS's mobile lab would be utilized strictly to analyze all samples. Once lake-water contaminant levels had fallen below safe drinking water levels, EPS assisted in collecting soil samples at the rupture site to determine the extent of the soil contamination. The project has recently been completed and closed by the State of Texas.

* EPS was contracted by a major pipeline company to determine the lateral and vertical extent of subsurface soil and groundwater fuel contamination that had migrated from a leaky valve in southeast Oklahoma. The valve was repaired and

EPS was contracted to perform the consulting work, including a Phase II environmental investigation. The soils were profiled down to weathered bedrock layers and piezometers installed to facilitate groundwater collection. Soils collected from pvc soil liners, as well as the groundwater collected from the piezometers were examined for fuel staining and odor. All samples were then analyzed on-site for fuel voc’s utilizing a mobile lab equipped with a gas chromatograph. Splits were also collected for analysis by an off-site lab for comparison. Reporting was completed upon receiving lab results, including site maps with testhole locations and analytical results maps to aid remediation plans. Several piezometers were converted into permanent 2 inch monitoring wells for continuing monitoring purposes.

* EPS was contracted by a major insurance company to conduct a Phase II environmental investigation at a fuel tanker turnover site in central Kansas

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The tanker had been transporting 8000 gallons of gasoline when the driver lost

control of the rig, turning it over and setting it and the ditch of a highway on fire.

Much of the fuel soaked into the ground. Soil samples were collected to determine the lateral and vertical extent of the gasoline contamination utilizing direct push equipment. Soil samples were collected from pvc liners and examined for fuel staining and odor. The samples were analyzed on-site for gasoline related voc’s utilizing a mobile lab equipped with a gas chromatograph. A final report was sent with maps outlining the spill area and analytical results from soil samples taken. Recommendations were made for site clean-up strategies.

EPS was contracted to perform the environmental consulting work, including a Phase II environmental investigation. The soils were profiled down to below contamination and piezometers installed to facilitate groundwater collection. Soils collected from pvc soil liners, as well as the groundwater collected from the piezometers were examined for fuel staining and odor. All samples were then analyzed on-site for fuel voc’s utilizing a mobile lab equipped with a gas chromatograph. Soil samples were collected by pipeline environmental personal during excavation activities. A complete Report was provided by EPS, including site maps with testhole locations and analytical results maps to aid remediation plans. One piezometer was left in place near the leading edge of the soil contamination plume for evaluation once excavation activities were completed.

Commercial Real Estate Transfers

* EPS was contracted by a large petroleum company to determine the presence

and/or absence of any petroleum-related soil or groundwater contamination that

may have existed at several of its substations. The substations were part of a

property transferral to another gas company. Both parties involved agreed to contract with EPS personnel to perform the site assessments. Under the direct supervision of the petroleum company's consultant firm, ten (10) of the sub-station sites were assessed within one working week.

* EPS has been contracted to perform Phase II assessments at various sites throughout the central US. Any possible sources of contamination were investigated on the sites or coming from adjacent properties. Soils were profiled and lithologies determined. Evidence of contamination was noted. Soil and groundwater samples were collected and analyzed to determine the existence of any volatile compounds (VOC’s).

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Final reports were submitted including maps with hole locations and detailed explanations of procedures and findings. The properties have currently been sold at the lender's approval.

* EPS was contracted by another consultant firm to perform a groundwater investigation at a vacant site in Wichita, Ks. The groundwater underlying the

property was analyzed at the lender's request to determine the presence or

absence of any VOC's. It was determined that the groundwater was free of

any contamination, and the property was sold.

* EPS was contracted to determine the existence/absence of any petroleum-

related contamination located within the soil and/or groundwater at a former

bulk fuel plant in Abilene, Kansas. Several above-ground fuel storage tanks

were located throughout the subject property. Groundwater samples were

collected and analyzed on site. It was determined that the groundwater

contained no detectable contamination and the property was sold.

* EPS was contracted to provide sample collection and analytical services for an

environmental consulting firm in Wichita, Kansas. The consultant firm was hired

to determine if an innocent landowner's property was affected by an adjacent

service station. The service station had underground storage tanks located near

the property boundaries. Contamination was found to be present on site, thus

eliminating any potential property transaction for the innocent landowner. A

lawsuit has been filed, and at the request of the Kansas Department of Health

and Environment (KDHE), the adjacent service station's owner has been instructed to further investigate the contamination in question.

* EPS was contracted by a nationwide consultant firm to perform a groundwater

and soil investigation at a large manufacturing facility in Sioux City, Iowa. The

investigation was conducted to determine the vertical and horizontal extent of

the previously discovered groundwater contamination. The contamination

consisted of degreasers and solvents. EPS was hired to determine the point

source(s) as well as the extent of the plume. Once the field work was completed

and all data compiled, it was determined that several "hot spots" had been

discovered within the groundwater, and three differing contaminant-type plumes

did exist. This investigation remains ongoing.

* EPS was contracted by a nationwide consultant firm to determine the lateral extent of the previously discovered groundwater contamination at a site in Omaha, Nebraska. An on-site monitoring well, installed within the excavation area of a former 500 gallon underground fuel storage tank, indicated a trace amount of free product floating on the groundwater. EPS collected and analyzed groundwater samples to determine the plume's boundaries. It was determined that

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the hydrocarbon plume had not migrated beyond the boundaries of the former

excavation area. Therefore, the on-site monitoring well was converted to a

recovery well, and the property was successfully sold.

* EPS was contracted by a real estate company in Salina, Kansas to determine the presence of any fuel or solvent contamination that may be present in the soils and groundwater underlying an old salvage yard they were purchasing. A Phase II environmental investigation was performed and a report issued including maps and outlining findings. Recommendations were made and a subsequent excavation was performed under the direction of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment utilizing EPS data as a guideline. The property was then sold.

Groundwater Investigations

* EPS was contracted by a government agency to perform groundwater sampling at a site in Hastings, Nebraska. The project was conducted to determine the configuration of a known groundwater plume to determine whether an additional remedial system should be installed. Depth to groundwater was 120 ft., and EPS personnel collected interval water samples from 120’ down to 200’ (and broke several probing depth records in the process!). The groundwater plume was accurately identified, and no need for an additional remedial system was necessary, saving the EPA millions of dollars.

* EPS was contracted by a nationwide consultant firm to conduct a

groundwater investigation at a site near Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The site

was near a sharp curve in the road within the Ozarks where a tanker truck

had overturned spilling over 6000 gallons of gasoline onto the ground and

into a nearby creek. EPS was contracted to determine the extent of the

free product plume as well as the dissolved phase plume. EPS collected

and analyzed approximately 85 groundwater samples on site within 3 days.

Both plumes were successfully delineated and the remedial plan approved

by the State of Missouri.

* EPS was contracted by an environmental consultant firm to delineate the

petroleum contamination that was found to be present upon the groundwater.

within two small cities in Oklahoma. The domestic water wells were known

to be contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons. EPS personnel

successfully determined the lateral extent of the petroleum contamination as

well as the source of the contamination. Remediation is currently underway.

* EPS was contracted by the city of Highland, Indiana, to determine the potential

source of the petroleum contamination that was found within the groundwater on

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the city's property. Four major pipeline companies as well as an adjacent

landowner were considered potential sources of the contamination. Groundwater

samples were collected surrounding the suspect area and analyzed. The subject

area was successfully delineated and a "hot spot" located. Once all analytical data was reviewed and plotted, it was determined that the contamination had originated from a landowner up-gradient of the suspect area. Monitoring and remedial

activities are currently underway.

* EPS was contracted by a large consultant firm to conduct a groundwater

investigation at a manufacturing facility in Topeka, Kansas. Degreasing

solvents were the analytes in question at this particular site. Upon the

recommendation of the KDHE, the out-of-state consultant firm hired EPS to

conduct the field sampling and analysis. During the investigation, it was noted

that bedrock was greatly influencing contaminant migration. It was determined

that EPS personnel would log the depth to bedrock as well as analyze

the groundwater within each testhole. Once all field data was reviewed, a

bedrock map and subsequent isoconcentration map was drafted. It was

determined that the area had been successfully delineated and the undulating

bedrock surface was indeed influencing the migration of the contaminants

within the groundwater. Consequently, this mapping of the bedrock aided

in determining the location of recovery wells and trenches throughout the site.

* EPS was contacted by a large consultant firm to conduct a groundwater

investigation at a manufacturing facility in Norfolk, Nebraska. It was

discovered in a previous investigation that a degreasing solvent had leaked from

an above-ground storage tank and into the underlying groundwater. EPS was