KEMRON, under contract to USEPA, reengineered the water treatment process at the Mississippi Phosphate Corporation Superfund Site to accelerate treatment and maximize throughput. Water management volumes from low pH (<2) leachate and rainfall coming in contact with the gypsum stacks on this 400 acre site exceeds 1.5 billion gallons since KEMRON took over management. One inch of rain fall generates 9 million gallons of low pH contact water. The existing treatment process was able to effectively treat 1.5 million gallons a day. Through a series of modifications to include construction of mixing and settling ponds, KEMRON increased the treatment capacity to 4 million gallons per day.

KEMRON further reengineered the treatment process by installing an in-line mixing operation that introduces spent lime slurry from the mechanical plant into the low pH water before piping the lime slurry three miles to a series of mixing and settling ponds. This provided a marked improvement to pH adjustment through a much shorter treatment time frame further increasing overall efficiency by 20%. Cost savings in reduced quick lime are $22,000 per month. Savings on total treatment costs are in excess of $2.5M per year.

We are pleased to announce that Dee Roberts has joined KEMRON as a Senior Project Manager. Ms. Roberts brings more than 8 years of project management, site investigation and remediation experience to KEMRON. As a Senior Project Manager, Ms. Roberts will be managing for commercial clients under a variety of regulatory programs including Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, RCRA and Voluntary Remediation/Brownfields. KEMRON, a small business in the environmental remediation market, provides a nationwide resume of support to the federal government and private industry providing expertise under RCRA, CERCLA, UST and Voluntary Remediation/Brownfields regulatory programs.

KEMRON is pleased to announce that Stephen Callihan has received his certification as a Professional Geologist. Stephen joined KEMRON in 2016 and has experience implementing environmental remediation and due diligence projects under the guidance of federal and state regulatory requirements. His experience also includes soil and groundwater characterization and sampling, environmental compliance testing, UST and AST compliance, military munitions response program support, and emergency release response. Congratulations, Stephen!

Paul G. Wiseman has joined KEMRON as the Program Chemist. Mr. Wiseman brings more than 35 years of environmental chemistry experience. He has an extensive and diverse environmental chemistry background from sample collection and instrumental analysis; through managing environmental laboratories and associated quality assurance/quality control; the successful management of environmental laboratory programs; preparation and implementation of project/program documents (QAPPs, FSP, SAPs, SOPs, contracts); and data quality review and assessment in support of a hundreds of environmental investigation and remediation projects. He will be responsible for development, coordination and management of subcontracted laboratory services and processes, providing support and integration of chemical data within the data management group, conduct and review data validation, develop and approve QAPPs, and act as the prime point of contact for analytical support needs throughout KEMRON. Responsible for all aspects of project chemistry data management, technical project support, client interface and proposal support.

Don Rigger is the most recent addition to the KEMRON team in the role of Program Manager. Don joins KEMRON from EPA Region 4 after a 31-year career in the Superfund program. For his first 12 years at EPA, Don served as an On-Scene Coordinator (OSC) in the Emergency Response program where he managed removal actions and responded to environmental emergencies. After a few years in a supervisory role in Emergency Response, Don transitioned to a program management role in the Region 4 Superfund Remedial program. In that role, Don had two primary management responsibilities: Region 4’s site assessment program which adds new sites to the National Priorities List (NPL), and Region 4’s remedial program which investigates and remediates NPL sites across the Southeast.

Don’s project management portfolio as an OSC includes the Jackson County Pesticide Site in the late 1990’s which was, at that time, the most expensive removal action in the history of EPA’s Superfund program. Under Don’s leadership, Region 4’s remedial program built a strong reputation for moving sites quickly and cost effectively through the Superfund pipeline from Remedial Investigation to cleanup completion.

Prior to joining EPA, Don served brief stints in the oil/gas exploration business and geotechnical consulting. He hold a BS degree in geology from Washington and Lee University and an MBA from Georgia State.

KEMRON Environmental Services, Inc. is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Multiple Award Environmental Services (MAES) contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)–Baltimore District. This contract has a 5-year term, with a maximum total shared contract value of $230 million to be executed among the 10 selected contractors. Task orders under the contract will support USACE–Baltimore District and its customers primarily at locations across the USACE’s North Atlantic Division with incidental use in CONUS, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Services to be provided under this contract may include a wide range of environmental services for hazardous, toxic, radioactive waste as well as support for munitions constituents as well as other explosives of concern.

KEMRON was an incumbent on this contract having been awarded multiple task orders under the previous contract to include work at Fort Detrick, Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant, Fort Pickett and the former Water Reed Medical Center.

“The MAES contract allows us to continue our work in support of the Baltimore District’s environmental mission,” said John M. Dwyer, President. “We’ve assigned a qualified team of environmental professionals to lead this contract, including the Program Manager Marilyn Zumbro.”