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SAK Environmental LLC was recently admitted to the National Association of Environmental Managers. NAEM is the largest professional trade association of corporate EH&S Managers. Membership was no easy task and required sponsorship, interviews, and board approval.  Learn about NAEM....

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SAK Environmental received approval for a Massachusetts Brownfields Generic Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) by US EPA Region 1. This Generic QAPP was developed in accordance with US EPA guidance documents to provide a framework to Brownfield assessments and cleanup within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The purpose of the QAPP is to establish Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for sampling...

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SAK Environmental celebrates 10 years of business success! Starting as a small one person office to annual revenue over $1M, SAK Environmental has grown over the past ten years. One thing that has not changed however is how we do business; our very first customer continues to do business with us today.  Repeat and referral business are what...

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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP) recently released a final Solid Waste Master Plan through 2020 for the state, themed with putting Massachusetts on a “zero waste” path. The Plan includes a goal of reducing waste by 30% by 2020 and 80% by 2050.  A major component to achieving this goal is expansion of third party, independent...

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Massachusetts Air Source Registrations and Emissions Statements (April to July) MassDEP requires submittal of Air Source Registration/Emission Statements annually for some sources and triennially (every three years) for others. MassDEP has implemented on-line source registration filings and has staggered filing deadlines as follows – Annual filers – Operating Permit facilities must file by April 15, 2013; Non-Operating Permit facilities must...

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SAK Environmental Volunteers at Earth Day 2013 SAK Environmental’s team of volunteers assisted volunteers from Groundwork Lawrence and Comcast by planting trees, spreading mulch and cleaning up Campagnone Common in Lawrence on Earth Day 2013!  Excited to support Groundwork Lawrence in their Earth Day initiative, a team of environmental engineers & scientists set to work early Saturday...

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SAK Environmental’s team of volunteers assisted volunteers from Groundwork Lawrence and Comcast by planting trees, spreading mulch and cleaning up Campagnone Common in Lawrence on Earth Day 2013!  Excited to support Groundwork Lawrence in their Earth Day initiative, a team of environmental engineers & scientists set to work early Saturday morning and successfully planted a row of trees...

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SAK Environmental, LLC assisted a confidential major lending institution in determining environmental risks at a commercial property as part of foreclosure proceedings. The slow economy took its toll on a commercial real estate owner and forced the bank’s hand to initiate foreclosure on a privately owned retail gasoline station. Phase I and II investigations revealed that a release of...

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