• Waste Studies, Investigations, and Regulatory Analyses
• Waste Characterization and Treatability Studies
• Environment, Safety and Occupational Health Program Development and Operation
• Technology Evaluation
• Waste Management Program support
• Hazardous, Toxic and Reactive Materials Management Software
• Hazardous Materials Inventory and Tracking Systems; and
• Develop Information Systems and Decision Support tools

Waste Studies, Investigations, and Regulatory Analyses include a wide range of scientific, technical, engineering, and management studies and assessments to evaluate waste management options and program decisions. The work includes determination of the nature and extent of hazardous, toxic, energetics and mixed wastes including their quantification and identification of hazards, treatment, disposal and possibility of recycling. Specific services rendered include RCRA and CERCLA related investigations, assistance in preparing Part A and Part B permit applications, site investigations, Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies (RI/FS), underground storage tanks (UST) investigations, hazard assessments and ranking, exposure assessments, safety analyses, and risk assessments. Amtec provides asbestos management support including inspections, evaluation, asbestos surveys and abatement designs, chemical fate-transport modeling, hazardous waste inventories; spill prevention and countermeasure plans; pollution prevention studies; and regulatory and economic analysis.

Waste Characterization and Treatability Studies include laboratory analyses of contaminated soils, water and air samples, development of quality assurance/quality control procedures for data and samples collection, analysis, handling, and reporting.; media sampling, aquifer evaluations and environmental pathway analyses including development, use, or modification of computerized models. Sampling includes installation of monitoring wells and soil borings.

Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Program Development and Operation includes environment and safety policy and procedures development, environmental and safety site surveys, environmental and safety assessments, hazardous materials assessments, development of a chemical inventory tracking system (including the pharmacy concept), audits, program evaluations, and training.

Technology Evaluation: Market factors, both economic and regulatory drive the feasibility of a technology. Three major factors of the technology evaluation are, life cycle cost analysis, sustainability of the technology its advantages in comparison with competing technologies. Amtec provides a full range of technology evaluations

Waste Management Program Support: This service includes studies, research, and site, facility, operational impact analyses pertaining to waste management issues. Amtec provides independent reviews and technical assessments of waste management activities, documentation, and system/equipment including environmental protection, health, and safety programs. We provide assistance in planning, scheduling, performing, and documenting facility operational readiness reviews. We develop and review waste management program plans and procedures addressing operation, maintenance, technical support, design control and support, and configuration management practices for waste management facilities. Amtec also develops waste management program tools such as review/evaluation guides, acceptance criteria, contractor requirements, and data management. We provide technical assistance in the preparation for and/or conduct of surveillance, audits, appraisals, inspections and reports of waste management operations and programs. We develop and review safety analysis reports and assessments, monitoring data, special studies and investigations, site development plans and methodologies for waste management activities. Amtec also assists in the review of project scoping, planning, scheduling, and budgeting activities associated with environmental restoration and waste management programs. Our staff performs independent cost evaluations and value engineering studies of waste management facilities and projects.

Amtec capabilities include complete waste management services incorporating applicable regulatory requirements and best management practices in the areas of permitting, reporting, storage, shipment, recycling, reusing, selling, and disposal. In addition our staff is experienced in planning, coordinating and conducting audits of both government and commercial treatment, storage and disposal facilities to evaluate the potential for liability and compliant disposition of client wastes and materials.

Amtec is aware that any program for hazardous waste management depends on two Federal laws: The resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and its amendments and changes, which is concerned with proper management of newly generated hazardous waste, their transportation and operation of waste management facilities; and The Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980 (also known as superfund) and its subsequent amendments that deal with uncontrolled release of hazardous materials into environment, and specifically uncontrolled hazardous waste sites (including abandoned dumps, inactive sites or those still operating).

Amtec's approach to waste management services begins with issue definition, followed by the development and application of standard analytical methods. For each project, tailored criteria for risk are developed along with the parameters of our technical evaluation. Where possible, similar projects are researched for lessons learned. The best method for the development of alternatives and possible options are selected in the comprehensive areas of feasibility analysis, economic analysis, hazard assessments, risk and exposure analysis. Special emphasis is placed in determining impact of regulatory uncertainty. Amtec maintains up-to-date core knowledge of regulatory status and changes continuously reviewing new and past interpretations issued by regulatory agencies, technical clarifications, proposed rules, final rules, preamble language and legislative history. Hence, clients are provided real-time notices of potential problems and solutions to mitigate issues and minimize impacts to overall operations, compliance, and efficiency. With a view to health and safety risks, early involvement of regulatory authorities is important along with public information

Increasingly, federal environmental managers are turning to information technology for efficient programmatic, policy and technical tools in hazardous materials management. Amtec keeps pace with emerging information technology, and from it, creates powerful environmental solutions for the clients from modeling complex environmental processes to designing and implementing hazardous materials management plans.

Hazardous, Toxic and Reactive Materials Management: Amtec provides a broad range of technical and management support services to assist clients with hazardous, toxic and munitions materials management and operations. Services offered include development, implementation, and review of management problems, procedures and systems to ensure safe and compliant storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous, toxic and energetics materials. Amtec performs risk assessments; develops risk management plans; conducts audits and assessments including review of incident and deficiency reports; and provides training and quality assurance programs. We also evaluate, modify, and develop hazardous substances spill contingency plans, controls, and emergency response programs as required to comply with appropriate Federal and State regulations and agency directives.

Hazardous Materials Inventory and Tracking Systems includes design and implementation of the data management programs and procedures to track hazardous, toxic and other controlled materials, waste management, and compliance activities. This service includes furnishing Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and the design, development, and application of hazardous materials tracking, reporting and compliance software. The Hazardous Substance Management System (HSMS) is the Defense Department's standard tool for tracking hazardous substances. HSMS allows Army installations to monitor the procurement, use release and disposal of all hazardous substances. It also helps installations cut environmental reporting costs, reduce material inventories, prevent pollution and integrate smart business practices into "Hazmat" management. One of the most effective monitoring methods is the Hazardous Materials Control Center (HMCC) concept. The HMCC idea - also known as the "pharmacy" concept - requires close control of hazardous materials. Many centers use HSMS in conjunction with MSCC to better manage hazardous substances. By setting up an HMCC as a central distribution point, an installation can monitor and track hazardous substances from the time they arrive on the installation, through their use, release and disposal. All departments receive their hazardous materials from the HMCC. Departments also return unused hazardous materials, report any release to the environment and report all hazardous disposal amounts to the HMCC. HSMS can track all of these activities - and more. Amtec can assist you in installing a system that meets your needs.

Information Systems and Decision Support Tools: The key to accomplishing Amtec's goal of providing superior environmental advisory services at a lower cost is to make better use of available information in decision-making in every aspect of daily operations. This means that information seemingly disconnected parts of an organization, e.g. hazardous waste generation, accounting, finance, analytical chemistry must be brought together in user friendly graphical displays so that managers can readily use it for decision making. An example might be to reduce hazardous waste disposal cost by assembling and using information from several key databases, integrating them, and presenting the results in an easy-to-analyze graphical form. This could lead to coordination of waste collection and taking advantage of required minimum volumes for disposal and optimum pricing formulas for transportation and disposal. These databases could consist of:

• Hazardous waste manifests and tracking the location and volume of waste
• Hazardous waste characterization data tracking the type of hazardous material and its properties.
• Material Safety data Sheets (MSDS) providing information how to handle the materials, and
• Information on the transportation, storage, disposal facilities (TSDFs), location, costs, minimum pick-up volumes and other related information.

A typical Hazardous Materials Management Program includes measures for the elimination, reduction, or control of hazardous materials. The following tasks will be tailored to reflect the program and acquisition phase:

• Organization structure
• Hazardous materials identification/Analysis/Evaluation
• Environmental and Health Evaluation
• Trade-off analysis documentation and recommendations
• Milestones and schedules
• Functional program integration

Amtec's staff of highly trained personnel is experienced with providing technical review and evaluation of proposed controls needed to prevent or mitigate the consequences of hazards. Through the application of safety evaluation screen comprehensive analyses can be performed. The introduction of information and computer based tools is dependable strength of our advisory services capability. In addition, support for activities involving verification, control and containment, the evaluation of training of personnel involved in the handling, transportation of hazardous materials, the control, accountability, and safety of munitions materials are among the services Amtec is capable of applying in the management and tracking of these hazards.