Emergency Spill Response and Readiness

I.                   EMERGENCY SPILL RESPONSE
 
Wheatstone’s comprehensive environmental spill response services are designed to effectively respond to sudden releases. We quickly initiate the cleanup process, and provide professional regulatory and technical approaches, which are protective of the environment with cost-saving considerations.
 
Wheatstone’s knowledgeable staff and has several years of experience in responding to these unforeseen events. The key for emergency response is to quickly stabilize environmental impacts through containment, assessment and remediation. Wheatstone guides the project in an orderly manner through the regulatory phases required to achieve site closure.
 
One of Wheatstone’s Principals, also a Licensed Site Professional, was formerly the general manager of a remediation contracting firm, and provides significant insight into the tools and strategies for effective and efficient response actions.
 
Wheatstone assists our commercial clients and homeowners in communicating with insurance carriers regarding coverage of emergency response costs. Wheatstone is experienced at working with insurance carriers, maintaining and providing detailed records of activities to account for the tasks and communication conducted as part of the response mode, which are necessary to achieve resolution with insurance institutions that may cover associated costs.
 
II.                EMERGENCY READINESS
 
Without a readiness plan with preparation and training, emergency response actions to a sudden release of OHM to the environment, and regulatory-driven events, may be a shock to a company’s operations. These releases may occur in routine operations, or may be discovered during property redevelopment as an unforeseen event.
 
Wheatstone’s staff works with our clients to prepare a readiness plan and provide training to take actions in the event of a release. Wheatstone provides our clients with the training to respond to, and control, sudden releases of oil and hazardous materials to the environment. The readiness plan is a precautionary measure to reduce the risk to the environment and to our client.
 
We understand the responsibility of our role in providing an understanding of readiness and preparation for unforeseen occurrences and releases of oil and hazardous materials to the environment.
 
For more information, we invite you to link to Wheatstone’s Total Facilities Environmental Management section.