The Principals, David R. Kerschner, CPG and Mark R. Urbassik, PE, JD, RBP, each have considerable experience in the environmental management and environmental consulting fields. As former clients themselves, the Principals had experienced the results of high overhead structures and low levels of personalized service inherent with larger consulting firms. Due to this experience, the Principals decided to focus on hiring key individuals and reduce overhead to provide a competitive cost structure to their clients.

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David R. Kerschner
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David R. Kerschner is a hydrogeologist responsible for managing regulatory and technical activities for large projects under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and similar state statutes. Mr. Kerschner entered the environmental industry in 1979 and has substantial experience in conducting and managing environmental investigations, feasibility studies, and remedial actions at hazardous waste sites. He specializes in regulatory management, soil and groundwater investigation, and remediation program management at current and former industrial facilities.

As a former hydrogeologist and corporate environmental manager for a large wood preserving and coal tar chemical production company, Mr. Kerschner has extensive experience in all aspects of environmental issues affecting current and former industrial operations. He was responsible for developing and performing investigations and remediation activities at the company’s sites throughout the country, as well as, for maintaining day-to-day environmental compliance and permitting activities at a number of operating locations. Since entering the environmental consulting field, he has continued to provide a variety of services to the industry. Currently, his experience extends to over 50 industrial facilities and disposal sites throughout the United States.

Dave’s Resume

Mark R. Urbassik
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Mark R. Urbassik has more than 30 years of experience in the environmental regulatory field and is a key provider of environmental science, engineering, remediation, program management, and project management services related to environmental compliance and soil and groundwater environmental issues. His broad base of technical environmental experience includes detailed knowledge of regulatory mechanisms used by federal, state, and local governmental agencies. He has served as a senior environmental staff advisor to a major coal tar chemicals and treated wood products manufacturer, has prepared numerous state and local air permit applications, and has supervised the preparation of a federal air permit application for a major modification to an organic chemical plant in Illinois. Mr. Urbassik’s involvement with solid waste regulations dates back to 1978 on the state level, and began in 1980 on the federal level with the issuance of the RCRA regulations. He has supervised the preparation of more than 30 federal hazardous waste permit applications. Mr. Urbassik’s solid waste experience also includes responsibility for general management of the Superfund sites for a major organic chemical manufacturer.

He has extensive experience with brownfield redevelopment, including projects funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields Program and state Voluntary Action Programs. He is currently serving, as he has since 1996, as an appointed member of Pennsylvania’s Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board, which advises Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection management of technical ramifications associated with their actions under Pennsylvania’s Land Recycling Program. He has developed project strategies and approaches for numerous brownfield projects, including former industrial locations seeking to meet risk-based standards and implementing institutional controls, and sites within specifically-designated economic recovery zones. One of his projects, the re-start of a coke plant in southwestern Pennsylvania, was nominated and became a finalist for the Phoenix Award, a national award for brownfield redevelopment. As a Registered Brownfield Professional, Mr. Urbassik provides the most currently available knowledge to clients interested in environmental services associated with land recycling projects.

Mark‘s Resume