Archives by Tag 'risk assessment'

Design and Facilitation of a Stakeholder Involvement Process: Port of Oakland Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (2007-2009)

Throughout 2007 and 2008, CONCUR facilitated the Port of Oakland Maritime Air Quality Task Force, a body created to engage stakeholders in developing the Port of Oakland’s Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (MAQIP).
The Port of Oakland is the fourth-busiest container port in the United States and one of the nations’ gateways for trade with Asia. [...]

Strategic Advice/Stakeholder Assessment on Proposed Alcoa Aluminum Smelter for Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Management Agency (2006)

CONCUR was a member of a team retained to provide advice to the Trinidad and Tobago Environmental Management Authority (EMA) on the review of a major aluminum smelter proposal. Alcoa applied to the EMA for a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) to build an aluminum smelter and associated facilities. The proposed smelter would be located [...]

Baldwin Park Operable Unit Superfund Site Mediation Assessment (2006)

In July and August 2006, CONCUR was retained under a national contract with SRA international to conduct an assessment for USEPA and DOJ to evaluate the prospects for mediation to finalize cost recovery actions at the Baldwin Park Operable Unit (BPOU) Superfund site. CONCUR conducted a series of interviews with key parties including PRPs and [...]

Ecological Risk Assessment Procedures at Vandenberg Air Force Base (2001)

CONCUR was retained by the US Air Force and DTSC in the summer of 2001 to design and mediate a dispute resolution process to get site remediation efforts at Vandenberg back on track. For several years, the California State Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has been working with Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in [...]

Baldwin Park: Mediating a Multi-party Dispute on the Remediation of a Superfund Site/Contaminated Drinking Water Supply (2000-2001)

In March of 2000, CONCUR was asked to assist the U.S. EPA, the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster, and the Aerojet General Corporation in mediating negotiations over the containment and cleanup of contaminants at the Baldwin Park Operable Unit (BPOU) of the San Gabriel Valley Superfund sites. The BPOU is located just east of Los [...]

The Louisiana Statewide Comparative Risk Project (1991)

In late 1991, CONCUR completed the successful mediation of the Louisiana Comparative Risk Project, a major accord to improve management of the state’s environment. Representatives of 12 state agencies and over 30 interest groups, including the chemical and oil industries, environmentalists, fish and wildlife interests, labor and community activists, as well as federal agencies, signed [...]