TECHNICAL & CONSULTING SERVICES
Our experienced personnel ensures a high-quality standard for all types of environmental consulting projects.
Mev’s management has had a continuous, successful following in its technical services even before it became a licensed contractor. For assessments on real estate transactions, land-use changes such as agricultural to residential use, and completing required environmental permitting to preserve the state’s environmental quality and beauty.
We pride ourselves in assisting energy developers with permitting multiple solar and wind farms on Maui and Oahu. We have contributed to defining wetland boundaries in coastal areas prior to land development. These tasks were conducted with the EPA and local agencies having jurisdictional responsibilities. When necessary, we have provided legal depositions and expert testimony.
Our sampling documentation includes Chain of Custody ties for the shipment to qualified and government-approved labs. We follow the protocol and guidance of the EPA, OSHA, DOT, HAWAII DOH and the respective solid waste and hazardous waste regulations.
MEV works in association with a Maui-based licensed engineer for a multitude of our projects requiring the investigation, management, monitoring, and final sign-off of projects requiring licensed P.E. This engineer has previous experience of responsibility that includes completing federal projects of several million-dollar awards in our pacific region. Other hazardous material contamination sites include chemical site cleanups, multiple underground storage tank removal, and their respective closure projects.
Environmental Site Assessments
Phase-1 ESA to identify concerns, primarily for real estate transactions
Phase -2 ESA to sample and identify the extent and toxicity of pollutants.
Building Material & Hazmat
Various media collected for laboratory analysis. These surveys are required for governmental, contracted projects and for natural disaster, cleanup planning.
Indoor Quality Surveys
Typically used for determining safe-air environments in residential living spaces and safe-air environment in the working conditions at industrial facilities as well as sealed office buildings
Sampling, Air, Water, Soil, Asbestos, CANEC, Mold, Silica, Dust…
Typical Media sampled for any health risk, Toxic or Hazardous and regulated under EPA and/or OSHA and equivalent Hawaii Regulations.
EPA-Hud, Lead Paint Assessments
Lead paint, in environmental assessments, is required when occupied children under the age of 6 years in pre-schools, childcare facilities, and in residential units financed by federal loans.
Environmental Audits
Usually conducted for Commercial Business and Industrial Operations under monitoring requirements for EPA regulatory waste management and OSHA standards. Also used by property owners to verify their vacating tenants have not left a toxic mess.
Under-Ground Storage Tank Closures (UST)
EPA and HI-DOH: MEV provides the documentation for tank registration, sampling and monitoring the excavation, removal and closure of existing UST’s and newly discovered tanks during the property development stages.
Environmental Compliance, Permit Assistance & Wetland Investigation
Typically demolition, remediation and property development activities that require a wetland permit application process. The permit application may require a specific document addendum prepared by an environmental scientist. Usually required for property-development permit at a site near or in a water saturated area, shoreline, or ponding areas. Geologists, Hydrologists, Botanists, Surveyors, may have to coordinate and document efforts with the State and EPA agencies to process and approve a planned development in these identified areas.
