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ANCO Environmental Services, Inc. assists in protecting family health and rescuing property value by managing chemical and biological pollutants in residential and commercial properties in New Jersey and the tri-state area. 

Mark Annis ANCO facilitates residential oil tank services, radioactive sites, biological clean-up, trauma response, redevelopment of contaminated property, mold services site investigation services, and geo-probe drill rig and subsurface investigation services to limit the risk of personal exposure.  

Their expertise in oil tank removal and disposal allows ANCO to uphold the trust and referrals of customers throughout the area. Upholding the high standards of the Environmental Protection Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mark Annis ANCO also ensures 24-hour emergency response for the public’s safety.  

With 26 years’ experience, ANCO utilizes its own equipment and professional personnel to provide efficiency, cost-control, and smooth job progression. 

Hazardous materials could be located in the most unlikely places such as the Kiddie Kollege Day Care Center in southern New Jersey where one-third of the children tested abnormally high for mercury levels. Their nursery sat on the grounds of a former thermometer factory that had never been appropriately investigated and cleaned.  

If the realtor and authorities would have enlisted Mark Annis ANCO’s services, the devastating health violation could have been avoided by cleaning the site to comply with state guidelines and municipal regulations.  

With their innovative techniques and advanced monitoring of progress in the field, ANCO offers the most up-to-date, quality services such as the underground storage tanks that offer an alternative to above ground tanks when New Jersey’s regulated commercial tanks number 80,000. 

Mark Annis Gillette Focus on America segment will feature interviews with ANCO representatives and tips on what to look for and consider when seeking out a solution for a potential or existing hazards.  

Mark Annis ANCO first obtained municipal permit #1458-14, then after completion of an underground utility mark out, mobilized to the site and excavated around the tank. Vapors were purged via displacement with dry ice. The tank was cut open with a sparkles air chisel, then was vacuumed and cleaned by Lorco Petroleum of Elizabeth, NJ. Corrosion holes were observed through the tank shell.  

Once soils were transported to a disposal facility, total tonnage was reported to equal 49.03 tons. Mark Annis Gillette ANCO remobilized to the site the next day with a larger excavator and dug out two triaxle truckloads of impacted soil, which was staged on site on plastic, then covered with plastic sheeting. 

The tank was found to be lying in a bedrock “cradle”, meaning that at the time of tank installation the pit had been advanced into bedrock. Weathered shale was encountered at the 30” depth and the competent bedrock depth was found to lie at 3-4’ below grade. Four (4) post-excavation soil samples, identified as SA through SD, were collected at the soil-bedrock interface from the tank excavation pit sidewalls.  

Samples were collected in Encore samplers then analyzed for Volatile Organic compounds and Lead. The post excavation soil sample results for samples SA through SD indicate that VO levels were below detection limits and that Mark Annis Gillette Lead levels were well within compliance limits.

No groundwater was encountered during excavation and sampling activities; however a groundwater investigation was required and performed. A bedrock monitor well was installed and sampled. Analytic results proved there to be no groundwater impact. 

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Mark Annis summarizes the tank removal activities

 

With 26 years experience, Mark Annis Gillette ANCO utilizes its own equipment and professional personnel to provide efficiency, cost-control, and smooth job progression. Their expertise in oil tank removal and disposal allows ANCO to uphold the trust and referrals of customers throughout the area. 

Upholding the high standards of the Environmental Protection Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mark Annis ANCO also ensures 24-hour emergency response for the public’s safety.  

Hazardous materials could be located in the most unlikely places such as the Kiddie Kollege Day Care Center in southern New Jersey where one-third of the children tested abnormally high for mercury levels. Their nursery sat on the grounds of a former thermometer factory that had never been appropriately investigated and cleaned. 

If the realtor and authorities would have enlisted ANCO’s services, the devastating health violation could have been avoided by cleaning the site to comply with state guidelines and municipal regulations. 

SITE REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES 

One (1) 550-gallon gasoline UST and was removed then soil remediation activities were immediately authorized. The following provides a summary of remedial activities.

--> Soil Characterization 

Soil stratigraphy was noted during tank removal activities. Mark Annis ANCO utilized an adaptation of ASTM D422-63, the Standard Test Method for Particle Size Analysis of Soils to determine soil type and silt content at depth. 

--> Waste Characterization Sampling and Analysis 

Mark Annis Gillette ANCO collected one composite soil sample, identified as Chemtech order F5198 from within the tank excavation pit and analyzed for waste characterization analytes as required by the disposal facility. The results were used to obtain approval to facilitate soil disposal at Clean Earth of Carteret, Carteret, New Jersey. 

--> Remedial Action 

On 12/2914 and 12/30/14, a total of 49.03 tons of gasoline-contaminated soils were excavated, transported and properly disposed of at Clean Earth of Carteret, Carteret, New Jersey. The contamination was limited to the immediate vicinity of the tank excavation pit. Neither soil staining nor odor was observed beyond the immediate tank cradle area. The excavation pit measured 12’ (L) x 10’ (W) x 6’ (D). A PID was available on site to screen soils as well as visual and olfactory method used to establish clean zones.

--> Post Excavation Soil Sampling and Analysis 

On 12/18/14 a total of four (4) post-excavation soil samples were collected from the tank excavation pit. All soil samples were collected in accordance with N.J. Technical Regulations for Site Remediation (N.J.A.C. 7:26E). Samples were collected via Encore samplers and transported in a cooler to W.A.T.E.R. Works Laboratory in East Orange. 

All post-excavation soil samples were collected, maintained, and transported in accordance with standard quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) protocol. 

With their innovative techniques and advanced monitoring of progress in the field, Mark Annis ANCO offers the most up-to-date, quality services such as the underground storage tanks that offer an alternative to above ground tanks when New Jersey’s regulated commercial tanks number 80,000.    

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Mark Annis ANCO performed the physical site remediation work

 

The Flanagan site referred to as Kwon's Auto Service has been a gasoline service station for many decades. The oldest documents (see attached tank replacement documents from 1955 and 1989) produced by the Flanagans (owners for approximately the last half century) show a proposed Amoco station with new 3,000 gallon tanks. 

Tell-tale references on the document indicate these to be replacement tanks. These tanks were replaced at least once including the 1989 double walled tanks that Mark Annis ANCO subsequently removed in 2006. We believe successive tank installations were initiated due to failure of the old system. This hypothesis is supported by forensic analysis performed by World Wide Geosciences Inc. 

Historic concentration decreases are apparent in the benzene, methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), and tertiary-butyl alcohol (TBA) analytes that have either recently exceeded or currently still exceed the respective GWQS. The decreases began by 2005, before the 2006 removal of the 1989 USTs, suggesting that a significant fraction of the contamination remained from an earlier pre-1989 UST system. 

Mark Annis Gillette As concluded by Worldwide Geosciences (WWG), Inc. of Houston Texas, the overall petroleum assemblages observed in the two groundwater samples collected at MW-4 and MW-S on July 29, 2005, appear to consist at least in significant portion of petroleum, specifically gasoline, produced before 1976, and not comprised predominantly of either fresh or weathered gasoline produced within the last 34 years. 

The bulleted portions of the summary below are excerpted from the WWG 2/8/2006 Fingerprint Analysis report from a chromatograph of dissolved contaminants from 7/29/05 groundwater samples collected at MW-4 and MW-5 and analyzed for the remedial investigation. Monitor wells were installed by Mark Annis ANCO and have been monitored since 2003 at the site. 

Mark Annis Gillette ANCO Environmental Services, Inc. assists in protecting family health and rescuing property value by managing chemical and biological pollutants in residential and commercial properties in New Jersey and the tri-state area. 

The TBA contamination at the latest gasoline underground storage tank (UST) field was highest (11,000 and 42,000 pg/L of TBA at MW-4 and -5, installed on 2/14/05) on May 18, 2005 and had declined (to 2,000 and 480 pg/L of TBA, respectively) by 2009 following the 2006 UST removal. 

Well MW-3 (installed on 6/19/03 along with MW-1 & -2) exhibited a high of 1,700 pg/L of TBA on July 8, 2003, and concentrations have declined rapidly at the well since then. 

WWG's Forensic Fingerprint Analysis on petroleum-impacted groundwater from MW-4 and MW-5 collected on 7/29/05, indicates the presence of contaminants representing residual fractions of severely weathered gasoline produced prior to 1976. 

Lines of evidence and reasoning toward this conclusion are as follows: 

• Both the chromatographic signatures of the MW-4 water sample and the BTEX concentration values obtained on May 2005 water samples indicated a significantly older gasoline as the source of these hydrocarbons. The MW-4 and MW-5 water samples show similar characteristics and indicate multiple events have contributed constituents to these water samples. 

• The reported BTEX (target compound volatile hydrocarbons) concentrations alone indicate the hydrocarbon assemblage (severely weathered gasoline) associated with the MW-4 water sample is at least a pre-1980 and probably pre-1975 gasoline ('Petersen, 1995). 

• The very high predominance of ethylbenzene over total xylenes indicates the parent gasoline most probably was produced prior to 1975 ('Yang et al., 1995). 

• The low proportion of benzene and toluene compared to ethylbenzene and the xylenes (8+T/E+X) indicates the dissolved phase hydrocarbons in the MW-4 water sample were derived from a highly weathered gasoline, not a fresh gasoline. 

Mark Annis Gillette ANCO facilitates residential oil tank services, radioactive sites, biological clean-up, trauma response, redevelopment of contaminated property, mold services site investigation services, and geo-probe drill rig and subsurface investigation services to limit the risk of personal exposure.

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Mark Annis Founder and President at ANCO Environmental Services

Mark Annis ANCO Environmental Services, Inc. assists in protecting family health and rescuing property value by managing chemical and biological pollutants in residential and commercial properties in New Jersey and the tri-state area. 

Mark Annis ANCO facilitates residential oil tank services, radioactive sites, biological clean-up, trauma response, redevelopment of contaminated property, mold services site investigation services, and geo-probe drill rig and subsurface investigation services to limit the risk of personal exposure. 

Baseline Ecological Evaluation (BEE)

A Baseline Ecological Evaluation (BEE) was conducted at the subject property in accordance with NJDEP’s Technical Requirement (N.J.A.C. 7:26E). The purpose of BEE is to identify the potential for adverse ecological effects resulting from site contamination on potential sensitive ecological receptors (if any) within the immediate vicinity of the subject property. 

The following sections of this BEE provide and evaluation of the area of concern on the property, a general qualitative description of any environmentally sensitive areas identified within and immediately adjacent to the subject property, a description of the potential contaminant migration pathways, and BEE conclusions. 

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

ANCO Environmental Services, Inc. (ANCO) was retained by the Estate of Janet S. Ford to provide professional environmental services specifically with respect to the removal of one (1) 550-gallon gasoline Underground Storage Tank (UST) at the 38 Route 31, Flemington, NJ commercial property. 

The tank was found to be leaking. The following summarizes the UST removal, remedial action, groundwater and soil sampling activities, followed by Mark Annis Gillette ANCO’s recommendations. 

Mark Annis Gillette ANCO’s Recommendations 

Based on the activities performed at the site, no additional work/investigation is required. The rationale is as follows: 

a) The primary sources of contamination- the UST and contents were removed and properly disposed. 

b) The secondary source of contamination, impacted soil surrounding the tank, has been removed. 

c) The UST area has since been backfilled with certified clean fill and area restored. 

d) All post-excavation soil sample results were well within limit. 

e) Groundwater analysis proves the discharge did not affect the water table.

 

 

Therefore, based on the activities performed at the site and the results obtained ANCO respectfully recommends a “No Further Action” finding for the subject site, and the issuance of a Response Action Outcome letter. 

Disclaimer/Limits of Liability 

In performing its services, Mark Annis Gillette ANCO Environmental Services Inc. of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey uses that degree of care and skill exercised under similar conditions. The standard of care shall be judged exclusively as of the time these services are rendered and not according to later standards. 

Mark Annis ANCO findings and conclusions must be considered not as scientific certainties, but rather as opinions concerning the significance of the data available. Specifically, ANCO does not and cannot represent that the site contains no hazardous materials, oils or other latent condition beyond that observed. ANCO makes no express or implied warranty beyond its conformance to these standards. 

ANCO shall not be responsible for conditions or consequences arising from relevant facts that were concealed, withheld or not fully disclosed. Mark Annis Gillette ANCO believes that all information contained in this report is factual, but no guarantee is made or implied. ANCO shall not be responsible for any loss, damage or liability arising from any negligence of others in the interpretation or use of any results, report or communication.

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Mark Annis, President of ANCO Environmental Services

VAULTS EMERGING AS Answer TO NEW JERSEY'S TANK DILEMA 

Thousands of New Jersey businesses need to store petroleum products at their facilities, whether for heating, to fuel vehicles, for emer-gency generators, or a dozen other pressing needs. Today there are es-timated to be in excess of 80,000 regulated commercial tanks in New Jersey, most underground, some above ground and, recently, some combining the best of both methods, the concrete vaulted tanks. In this ar-ticle I will take a look at each ap-proach for their strengths, weak-nesses and cost factors. 

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (LISTS) 

Mark Annis, President 

ANCO Environmental Services 

Historically,  Mark Annis 

Mark Annis Founder and President at ANCO Environmnetal Services Inc. petroleum storage was literally driven underground by a variety of concerns centered around fire safety. Because of these concerns and the regula-tions they spawned, the overwhelming majority of storage tanks in use today are underground tanks. In the past five years the federal EPA and the NJ DEPE have formulated new construction criteria for both the installa-tion of new tanks and the required upgrade of existing tanks. 

With Mark Annis Gillette scheduled deadlines for these tank upgrades quickly approaching, tank owners are faced with some difficult economic decisions. The cost for tank and piping upgrades starts at $10,000, and, in most cases, retrofitting an existing steel underground storage tank is a short-sighted and expensive undertaking. Due to high water tables and the predominance of clay and silt soils in New Jersey, both vapor monitoring and con-tinuous groundwater monitoring are im-practical, if not impossible, and in all cases will only alert a tank owner of a leak after the damage has occurred. 

USTs are exempt from BOCA codes while any above-ground construction over 100 foot square must obtain site plan approval in most communities. If the ownership is corporate, such ap-proval must be presented by legal coun-cil. This process involves public hearings with mandatory notice to neighbors within 200 feet of the property line. Un-sightliness of the AST may become a minor sticking point as more significant concerns such as environmental impact and overall nature of the owners opera-tion come under the scrutiny of often hostile neighbors. 

Mark Annis, president of ANCO Environmental Services,The process of gaining AST ap-proval can become quite costly, bringing the upper end of costs plus maintenance of our 12,000 gallon project to $55,000. This, of course, is all contingent upon ac-tually winning a zoning board's resolu-tion allowing the project to proceed. 

Mark Annis Gillette Vaulted Storage Tank Systems (VSTS) 

It is my premise that vaulted storage tank systems, our third tank alternative, offers a combination of the best features of USTs and ASTS. In VSTS, the primary tank is completely surrounded by an impermeable concrete enclosure. Designed in such a way that the primary tank is completely inspectable, VSTs are exempt from DEPE registration and regulation, yet they can be installed below grade and are therefore exempt from municipal planning board and zoning approval. And finally, when all the long-term operating costs are fac-tored in, and even when anchoring of the system is required, VSTs can be in-stalled at a significantly lower cost than conventional USTS. 

Mark Annis Gillette With these concerns complicating the upgrade, the most effective solution, if we stay with conventional underground storage, is often complete replacement of a given storage tank system. This then ex-pands the price range for a standard 2,000 gallon tank job to a minimum of $20,000. (triple this number for a 12,000 gallon tank. 

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