In conjunction with work on the Hanford Plateau Remediation Contract, INTERA has opened a corporate office in Richland, Washington to provide an off-site work location for personnel supporting the contract at Hanford and to provide a base for pursuing other business opportunities in the environmental and water resources areas in the northwestern U.S. The new office is located at 1955 Jadwin Avenue, Suite 440, Richland, Washington, 99354 and the phone number is 509-946-9898.
Continue ReadingINTERA Approved for $900,000 Contract to Provide Environmental Services for Austin Energy
The Austin City Council approved staff recommendations to award a 3-year contract to INTERA for providing Austin Energy (AE), the city-owned electric utility, with environmental consultation, engineering and project management services to assist the Environmental Care & Protection Section in addressing existing and future environmental concerns within its area of responsibility. INTERA and a team of subconsultants will provide environmental services related to AE’s operations including:
- studies, sampling, testing, analyses, recommendations, designs, regulatory review and/or construction management for projects that may involve environmental assessments
- petroleum storage tank issues
- storm water pollution prevention plans
- 316B assessments
- toxicity reduction evaluations
- spill response plans
- spill prevention and countermeasures plans
- site remediation
- air quality permitting and monitoring
- soil monitoring
- surface water monitoring
- groundwater monitoring
- hazardous and non-hazardous waste analysis
- design/redesign of pollution controls and monitoring systems
- environmental data collection and reporting
- research studies and strategies related to greenhouse gas mitigation including off-sets, carbon market advisory services, environmental training, feasibility studies, modeling studies, industrial hygiene issues and environmental permitting.
INTERA Wins Contract to Revise Groundwater Model for the St. Johns River Water Management District in Florida
Through a highly competitive procurement process, INTERA was determined by the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to be the most qualified firm to perform a planning level assessment of the potential impacts of projected 2030 groundwater withdrawals on groundwater levels, stream base flow and Floridan aquifer spring flow rates throughout the eastern portion of the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) and the northern portion of the SJRWMD. In general, the scope of this project includes making modifications to an existing documented model (the United States Geological Society Mega Model) for the purposes of performing predictive simulations. Work will include modifying the northern portion of the Mega Model to address water resource concerns to both the SRWMD and the SJRWMD.
Continue ReadingINTERA Staff Members Publish Article on Texas Groundwater Availability Modeling in the August Issue of The Water Report
INTERA’s Van Kelley, PG and Neil Deeds, PE, in conjunction with the Texas Water Development Board’s Dr. Robert Mace, published an article in the August 2008 issue of The Water Report entitled “Groundwater Availability Modeling – The Texas Experience.” The article provides background information on the comprehensive water use planning process in Texas, fundamental aspects of the State’s groundwater modeling program, and insight into the successes and challenges
For additional information on The Water Report, click this link: www.thewaterreport.com
Continue ReadingINTERA Names Marsh Lavenue President & CEO
INTERA is pleased to announce Dr. Marsh Lavenue as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Since joining INTERA in 1985, Dr. Lavenue has served in a variety of positions including Albuquerque Group Manager, Director of Marketing and Sales, Vice President of Western Operations and, most recently, as Senior Vice President of INTERA’s Performance Assessment Division. He has played a key role in establishing several domestic and international offices for the company and has served on INTERA’s Board of Directors for the past six years.
Dr. Lavenue is succeeding Suresh Pahwa who announced his retirement after serving as the company’s top officer since 2002.
Continue ReadingINTERA Employee Receives Special Recognition for Work at NTS
Greg Ruskauff, INTERA’s Modeling Manager for supporting environmental restoration efforts on the Underground Test Area (UGTA) Sub-Project at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), received special recognition from the National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Site Office for his lead effort in completing the draft Frenchman Flat Corrective Action Unit transport modeling report “on time and at a level of technical excellence that exceeded milestone requirements.” The letter of recognition goes on to say that “he continues to play the integrating leadership role and provides technical vision for solving complex modeling problems that are crucial to successful execution of the overall UGTA CAU strategy.”
The UGTA Sub-Project involves using groundwater flow and transport models to define contaminant boundaries and design monitoring networks as part of the corrective action strategy to address subsurface contamination resulting from over 800 historical nuclear detonations that occurred in shafts or tunnels at the NTS.
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