Jerry V. DeRosa, CHMM, Pennoni’s Pittsburgh Environmental Division Manager, recently received the ACHMM/AHMP Hazardous Materials Manager of the Year. He is a Senior Environmental Scientist with over 22 years of experience in the environmental field. The award is given to an outstanding, peer nominated member of the AHMP and Mr. DeRosa received the award because he has made outstanding accomplishments in the Environmental, Health & Safety field while promoting the vision & mission of the AHMP and the integrity of the credential. The AHMP, formerly known as the “ACHMM”, is a professional association with a membership of more than 4,000 CHMM’s and other experts in environmental, health and safety management.

At Pennoni, Mr. DeRosa is responsible for the day-to-day operations and growth of our Environmental Division in western Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Slippery Rock University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Sciences, and he has been a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager since 1992. Mr. DeRosa specializes in environmental due diligence and risk mitigation, site investigation, asbestos, and indoor air quality related issues. Additionally, Mr. DeRosa is active professionally on a local and national level. He serves on the Board of Directors for four organizations: the Three Rivers Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (TRC-ACHMM), the Allegheny Land Trust (ALT), Construction Junction, and the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC). Between 2005 through 2007, he served annually on the American Bar Association (ABA) seminar planning committee that produces the webcast entitled “Environmental Science for the Non-technical Professional”. Mr. DeRosa is also a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E-50 Subcommittee on Environmental Assessment.

Jerry DeRosa, CHMM serves as Acting Office Principal and the Environmental Division Manager for Monroeville, PA. Jerry is responsible for client service and business development efforts for the Pittsburgh area as well as the management, growth and success of the Monroeville office. He joined Pennoni in March of 2007 and has extensive experience in the environmental field, primarily involving corporate environmental affairs, risk minimization, due diligence, and regulatory compliance services to major corporations, including direct responsibility for managing EH&S programs.

Jerry is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and has over 25 years of experience in the environmental field.  He is a graduate of Slippery Rock University, where he earned a B.S. degree in Environmental Science.  Additionally, he is active professionally on a local and national level, serving as a Director for four organizations: the Allegheny Land Trust (ALT); Construction Junction; the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC); and the Three Rivers Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (TRC-ACHMM).

In 2007, the AHMP presented Jerry with the nationally recognized “Hazardous Materials Manager of the Year” award for his service to the organization and his contribution to the EH&S field.
 

Edward P. Guetens serves as Vice President and Regional Manager for Southern NJ, as well as Office Principal for Haddon Heights, NJ.  Ed is responsible for client service and business development efforts for the Haddon Heights and Vineland Offices, and for managing the success and growth of the Haddon Heights staff and projects. Ed joined Pennoni Associates in 1998, and has experience designing and managing environmental remediation and hazardous material abatement projects throughout the United States.  He has been responsible for technical staff providing services such as hazardous materials surveys, environmental site assessments, indoor air quality investigations, air monitoring, safety inspections, quality control inspections, risk assessments and the enforcement of Federal, State and local regulations. Ed attended both Camden County College and Drexel University.

Edward P. Guetens serves as Vice President and Regional Manager for Southern NJ, as well as Office Principal for Haddon Heights, NJ.  Ed is responsible for client service and business development efforts for the Haddon Heights and Vineland Offices, and for managing the success and growth of the Haddon Heights staff and projects. Ed joined Pennoni Associates in 1998, and has experience designing and managing environmental remediation and hazardous material abatement projects throughout the United States.  He has been responsible for technical staff providing services such as hazardous materials surveys, environmental site assessments, indoor air quality investigations, air monitoring, safety inspections, quality control inspections, risk assessments and the enforcement of Federal, State and local regulations. Ed attended both Camden County College and Drexel University.

Pennoni Associates provides engineering and fuel storage tank services for major petroleum suppliers, independent retailers and other private and public facilities. Services provided include:

COMPREHENSIVE TANK SYSTEM SERVICES

• Tank System Design, Install, & Removal
• Precision Tank, Line, & Leak Detector Testing
• Stage II Vapor Recovery Testing
• ATG Certifications / Installs / Repairs
• UST / AST Repair Services
• Spill Bucket & Sump Testing
• Helium Pinpoint Testing
• Corrosion Protection Testing
• Third Party UST Inspection
• AST Annual Inspection

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

• Site Design / Landscape Architecture
• C-Store / Kiosk / Car Wash Design
• Traffic Planning & Engineering
• Electrical / Mechanical / Plumbing & Fire Protection Design
• Drainage / Utility Design
• Construction Monitoring & Inspection Services
• Structural Design Assessments

SITE/CIVIL/MEP & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

• Due Diligence / Environmental Site Assessments
• Asbestos & Hazardous Materials Inspections
• Soil & Groundwater Investigations
• Remediation System Design & Installations
• Site Clean-up / Risk Assessment / Closure
• Environmental Permitting
• Regulatory Compliance Strategies

Environmental services such as due diligence, remediation and permitting are all important components of development and growth today.  Pennoni’s Environmental Technology consists of environmental, civil and chemical engineers, geologists, industrial hygienists, and environmental scientists experienced in performing a wide range of environmental support services. Our client base includes financial institutions, commercial and residential developers, municipalities, and law firms. 

Pennoni’s environmental professionals can provide a complete scope of services including Phase I environmental site assessments for due diligence, Phase II soil and groundwater investigations, remedial alternative analyses, and remedial design and implementation for in-situ and ex-situ remediation of soil and groundwater.

Our Environmental staff is qualified and experienced in providing hazardous materials surveys, asbestos, lead-based paint, mold, and PCB management, indoor air quality studies, and health and safety planning.  Pennoni has a working relationship with area regulatory agencies and can provide air permitting, solid and hazardous waste management, underground storage tank management, as well as, agency negotiations, and expert testimony/litigation support services.  We also have experience with environmental impact statements, endangered species and wetland delineations/mitigations, compliance audits, and landfill investigations/closures.

Pennoni was ranked 184th on Engineering News-Record's 2010 list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms.

The standards set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA’s) Storage Tank Management program require that states and corporations meet compliance deadlines to avoid further risk to soil and groundwater. Many states have formulated underground and aboveground storage tank (UST/AST) regulations that are more stringent than the EPA's regulations.

Pennoni is certified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJDEP’s) Underground Storage Tank Program, N.J.S.A. 58:10A-24.1-8, for the closure, installation and subsurface evaluation of underground storage tanks.  We have experience in inspecting tanks for compliance, assessing tanks for leaks, and planning and implementing remediation of contaminated sites. We work closely with clients to provide a management plan that accommodates their individual operational and economic constraints.

Our UST/AST services include:

• Inspections
• Compliance Audits
• Engineering Design and Tank System Construction
• Management Plan and Emergency Response Plan Preparation
• Site Investigations
• Reimbursement Applications
• Regulatory Guidance 

Pennoni has developed practices and reviewed and tested various technologies to address above ground and buried tanks containing petroleum products and hazardous materials in a variety of environments.
 

Pennoni Associates’ industrial site remediation and compliance experience covers the vast range of services needed by chemical, pharmaceutical, and raw materials processing plants to maintain compliance with the latest USEPA or state agency requirements. 

Compliance-related services include Indoor air quality monitoring, Tier 2 and SARA Title 3 reporting, SPCC Plan updates, air and stormwater permitting, routine groundwater monitoring, monthly DMR sampling and reporting.

Operational services include process audits, chemical tracking and mass balance calculation, emissions control, hazardous materials surveys, utilities and infrastructure design, UST management and remediation. 

As your preferred environmental consultant, Pennoni will help to resolve your environmental compliance issues in a typical engineer-procure-contract relationship or on a turnkey design-build relationship to suit your corporation’s contracting preference.  We understand production and we do our best to avoid all interruptions to existing plant operations.  Our expert scientists, engineers and technicians routinely help our clients stay in compliance with operating, reporting and environmental permits, as well as assisting them to improve operations while controlling costs of production.
 

Site assessment, investigation, alternatives analysis and remediation are key strengths of Pennoni’s Environmental Technology.  We have designed and implemented in-situ and ex-situ remediation technologies for soil and groundwater contamination sites.  With extensive experience from our scientists, technicians, geologists, chemists and engineers, Pennoni performs all aspects of remediation projects, including turnkey solutions.  We have completed numerous remediation projects for CERCLA, RCRA, NJ-ISRA, PA-Act 2, NY STARS and related state agency-controlled regulations at sites in the Mid-Atlantic and across the United States. 

Pennoni’s experience in remediation technologies includes soil stabilization, soil removal and disposal, UST removal and management, bioremediation, in-situ air sparging, chemical oxidation, cometabolic degradation, air scrubbing, hazardous materials abatement, pump and treat, vapor extraction and waste management.  We routinely apply this knowledge in assessing solutions to our clients’ needs and optimizing a design to minimize remediation costs and achieve a practical and efficient result that is acceptable to each regulatory agency.