Specialty Service Areas

Real Estate Due Diligence

Industrial Hygiene

Mold Consulting

Petroleum Storage Tank Management

Environmental Compliance & Hazardous Materials Management

NORM & Oilfield Waste Characterization and Management

Risk-Based Closure Remediation

Wetlands, Endangered Species, & NEPA

Litigation Support

Compliance

We have extensive experience in Petroleum Storage Tank (PST) Management within the retail industry and the industrial and commercial regulated community. Services include compliance consulting, corrective action project management (site characterization/testing), tank system upgrade (retrofit) management, and closure/removal consulting. We successfully completed more than 250 petroleum storage tank projects designed to maintain compliance with various state and federally mandated programs. Typical PST projects include comprehensive portfolio assessment prior to purchase/divestiture and single property remediation/corrective action.

• National Waste Management Firm - Bulk and Fleet Fuel Distribution Facilities (Regional (Six State) Facility Portfolio)
  As a comprehensive corporate-led effort, TGE conducted PST audits of more than 350 facilities, including transfer stations, landfills, vehicle maintenance “barns” and recycleries. This effort involved review of client and state PST files, comparison of this information to state and federal statutes, preparation of a client/facility database, and compilation of costs necessary to bring all facilities into compliance within a defined time line. TGE also conducted numerous Phase I/II assessments for this client as well as remediation efforts and tank closures.
  
  

• National Bank - Branch Bank Redevelopment (Six State Area)
  As a result of a desire to build and redevelop properties with a history of underground storage tank use (retail), TGE performed comprehensive environmental assessments related to potential or known risks of ownership, and necessary improvement of properties as branch banks. TGE managed tank removal efforts, ground water and soil assessment, exposure assessment, risk-based closure and submission of funds for reimbursement from the associated state fund (when available). TGE continues to function as this client's on-call consultant during its expansion efforts and during construction of associated banks on affected property.
  
  

• Multiple PST Facilities (Fort Bend County, Texas)
  TGE conducted more than 25 comprehensive PST file reviews for county-owned vehicle maintenance facilities, public safety locations, road and bridge facilities, and drainage control departments. This effort involved a review of county and state PST files, a comparison of these files to both visual observations and state and federal statutes, preparation of a client/facility database and compilation of cost estimates and work plans to bring all facilities into compliance within a defined time frame. Within existing PST program requirements, TGE assisted Fort Bend County in PST closure management of facilities including ambulance maintenance barns, jails and other County-owned properties. TGE worked closely with the county and state to complete this work within the existing budget and time frame.
  
  

• National Bank (Multiple Sites Throughout Texas)
  TGE has assisted in managing select customer-owned facilities that operate, or have operated, with the use of underground/aboveground storage tanks. TGE also provided guidance for PST compliance in operating systems for which the bank my have financial interest (collateralized loans or special assets). TGE conducted aspects of site assessment, primarily associated with industrial property, and agency file review to allow this client to determine risk related to loaning or foreclosing upon real property with a history of tanks and former releases. TGE prepares cost estimates and work plans for corrective action in tank closure concerns.
  
  

• Numerous Automobile Dealerships (Houston, Beaumont and Austin Metropolitan Areas)
  Given specialized needs of the auto industry and TGE’s ability to manage all aspects of projects that originate form such operations, TGE assisted in PST closure projects and environmental real estate acquisition/compliance in the monitoring and closure of PSTs. To meet the state’s statutory deadline for reporting and "grandfathering" such concerns under former clean-up values, TGE has worked closely with this client.
  
  

• Major Healthcare System (Houston, Harris County, Texas)
  As a result of this healthcare system's expansion of its hospital campuses, it became necessary for the acquisition of properties which were impacted by historical releases of hydrocarbon from former on-site tanks or tank systems on adjacent property. Within the network of regulatory programs, TGE represented its client during all aspects of investigation, monitoring, agency negotiation, closure and site redevelopment. Additionally, TGE maintains project efforts in compliance with state reimbursable guidelines.