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Thank you to our Clients for a Fabulous 2022

In the spirit of the season, a donation has been made in honor of all our clients to the following charities:

Heifer International  https://www.heifer.org/

Nature Center at Shaker Lakes (https://shakerlakes.org/)

Travis Mills Foundation  http://www.travismillsfoundation.org

Cancer Research Institute (http://www.cancerresearch.org/)

end68hoursof hunger (https://www.end68hoursofhunger.org/find-your-community/ohio/lake-county/)

Summit County Humane Society https://www.summithumane.org/

Alliance for the Great Lakes (http://www.greatlakes.org/)

Unlikely Northeast Ohio site gets state grant for hazardous waste cleanup

The president of HZW Environmental Consultants in Mentor, Matt Knecht, has golfed here (Brandywine). But he’s also studied it and found contaminants.

Read the whole story here, as included on the WKSU website

Unlikely Northeast Ohio site gets state grant for hazardous waste cleanup | WKSU

We've Moved!

We enjoyed our time at the Agora, but as is the trend downtown, our office space is being converted to apartments.

We are now located in the Baker Electric Building, located at 7100 Euclid Avenue, Suite 173, in Cleveland. Stop in and say “Hi”!

In the Spirit of the Holidays

In the spirit of the holidays and in honor of awesome clients, HZW made donations to the following:

The City Mission- Laura’s Home

Haven of Rest

Disabled American Veterans

End 68 Hours of Hunger

Cleveland Housing Network

World Central Kitchen

Proud to be a Part of the Opportunity Corridor Project

HZW has been working on the environmental portions of the Opportunity Corridor project since 2009.  Doug Wetzel of our office was part of the ribbon cutting ceremony.

HZW is pleased to announce the acquisition of federally permitted bat ecologist Benjamin Schuplin

HZW is pleased to announce the acquisition of federally permitted bat ecologist Benjamin Schuplin. Mr. Schuplin has extensive experience conducting field surveys of endangered and threatened bats for a variety of clients across the United States. He has independently, accurately, and safely identified 743 bats to date! We are pleased to be able to offer our clients a new suite of services including presence/absence surveys, radio telemetry tracking, emergence surveys, and guidance with the USFW’s compliance process.

New Ohio EPA Hazardous Waste "Generator Improvement" Rules

The Ohio EPA has finalized the hazardous waste “generator improvement” rules.  These rules, which were finalized at the federal level in 2016, include many significant changes that apply to small quantity generators and large quantity generators of hazardous waste.  These include:

• Small quantity generators must submit an updated generator Notification of Generator Activity to Ohio EPA by September 1, 2021 and every four (4) years after that;
• When large quantity generators (LQGs) create a new or updated Contingency Plan, they also need to create and submit to emergency response agencies a “Quick Reference Guide” that includes a facility map showing waste locations and how to access them, locations of water supplies (hydrants), an area map showing surrounding residences, businesses and schools, and a list of the wastes described in “layman’s” terms with the associated hazards and estimated amount of each waste;
• Large quantity generator closure requirements (previously only in guidance);
• A new emphasis on characterizing waste “at the point of generation”;
• Changes the term “conditionally exempt small quantity generator” to “very small quantity generator” (VSQG);
• If a company operates a plant that is a VSQG and another plant that is a LQG, the company can consolidate the waste from the VSQG to the LQG plant prior to transportation for disposal.  Additional recordkeeping is required; and,
• Containers in satellite accumulation areas must be marked with the words “Hazardous Waste” and their contents.  The words “Hazardous Waste” were previously optional.

For more information on these important rules changes, please contact Barbara Knecht, CHMM (bknecht@hzwenv.com).

In the Spirit of Giving

In the spirit of the 2020 holiday season, HZW is donating to the following:

City Missions Laura’s Home

Haven of Rest

Lake County Humane Society

Ottis Moss and UH in Fairfax

Providence House

School Lunch Fairy

Steven Stiller Tunnel to Towers Foundation

Air Permit Approval- Chattanooga Tennessee

HZW assisted their client in getting an air permit approved for a major manufacturing facility in Chattanooga Tennessee.  This facility will support car manufacturing in the southeast United States.

Another Covenant not to Sue

Matthew Knecht, Certified Professional 0105, just secured another Covenant not to Sue (CNS) for his client’s site.  This site was a former landing gear/plating facility in Cleveland.  They have been plating since the 1960s and it was originally a motor oil canning facility for Standard Oil.  The future intended use will be a warehouse.  Matt has more CNSs than any other Certified Professional in the State of Ohio.

HZW Completed Over 150 Toxic Release Inventory reports this Reporting Season

Another busy and successful TRI reporting year for HZW’s Compliance Group.  They completed over 150 TRI reports to meet the July 1st deadline.  This is what happens when the team has the experience and knowledge to conquer TRI reporting season!