JG Prime News - ENVIRON OPENS NEW OFFICES IN PHOENIX AND SAN FRANCISCO

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - With more than 70 offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, these newest US locations will provide new and existing clients enhanced access to ENVIRON's full suite of services.

Phoenix Office Expands Reach in Southwest

Ronald E. Hutchens, President of ENVIRON International Corporation, is pleased to announce the firm's expansion in the southwestern United States with the addition of a new office in Phoenix, Arizona. According to Hutchens, "The Phoenix office's strategic location in the fifth largest metropolitan area in the US places ENVIRON directly on hand to serve our clients in this dynamic and rapidly growing region."

An integral component of ENVIRON's worldwide network of offices the new Phoenix location offers the firm's broad range of environmental, energy, health, safety, and sustainability services to national and multinational industries, law firms, developers and property managers, private equity firms, and lending institutions. Key Phoenix staff members include Principal Consultants Paul Harper and Gavin Thompson, and Manager John M. Pekala.

Principal Consultant Paul Harper has more than 25 years of experience in environment, health, and safety management and engineering and risk management. His experience has focused on corporate management of EHS and risk management matters, including safety improvement, loss prevention, insurance acquisition, productivity, dealing with complex environmental liabilities in mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy and corporate restructurings, remediation, and EHS management systems.

Principal Consultant Gavin Thompson, PhD, has 20 years of broad experience in analytical, environmental, product, and regulatory chemistry. Dr. Thompson has designed, supervised, and interpreted the analysis of additives, ingredients, and chemical contaminants in a wide variety of environmental media, consumer products, drug excipients and medical devices, foods and food-contact substances, and novel industrial and commercial materials. He has provided critical expert opinions on chemical characterizations for safety assessments, regulatory consultations and compliance, litigation support, and product stewardship.

Manager John M. Pekala has more than 10 years of experience in environmental consulting with particular expertise in the subsurface characterization of geologic and ground water conditions that affect contaminant distribution, migration, remediation, and site redevelopment. His work has involved conducting Phase I and II environmental site assessments; managing environmental aspects of brownfield site redevelopment projects; performing sediment, soil, and water quality assessments; conducting remediation activities; managing water quality monitoring programs; and providing consulting support for environmental litigation cases.

Doors open in San Francisco

Located in the heart of the city, the new San Francisco office provides easy client access to ENVIRON's full suite of services. Key San Francisco staff include Principals Shari Libicki and Elizabeth Miesner.

Shari Libicki, PhD, specializes in chemical fate and transport as applied to managing greenhouse gas emissions and estimating air emissions and dispersion from chemical processes, hazardous waste sites, and emergency releases. Her experience includes negotiating complex technical agreements and permits with agencies, assisting facilities with compliance programs, and providing technical expertise to entitlement and litigation teams. Dr. Libicki has lectured widely on estimating chemical exposure for risk assessments and carbon management and is a member of the faculty of the Chemical Engineering Department at Stanford University.

As a Principal in the Health Sciences practice at ENVIRON, Elizabeth Miesner brings vast experience in all aspects of human health risk assessments including evaluating analytical data, statistically analyzing data sets, calculating/modeling exposure point concentrations, developing human exposure criteria, estimating cancer risks and noncancer health effects from exposure to contaminated media, and characterizing uncertainties associated with risk assessment methodology. Ms. Miesner is familiar with agency requirements and guidelines and has provided technical risk assessment support for clients at client/agency meetings and negotiations. ____________________________________________________________________________ An international consultancy, ENVIRON works with clients to assess and manage potential environmental, sustainability, and health issues associated with their activities and products, both locally and globally. The firm currently employs more than 1100 individuals across a network of offices in North America, Europe, Australia, and

SOURCE: ENVIRON Holdings, Inc.
CONTACT: For more information, please contact: Britta Zygler, Marketing Communications Manager ENVIRON Holdings, Inc.
TEL: 1 609.243.9868
EMAIL: bzygler@environcorp.com
Our Phoenix office can be reached at: 1702 E. Highland Avenue, Suite 412 Phoenix, Arizona 85016
TEL: 1 602.734.7700
WEBSITE: www.environcorp.com/phoenix
Our San Francisco office can be reached at:
201 California Street, Suite 1280 San Francisco, CA 94111
TEL: +1 415.796.1950
WEBSITE: www.environcorp.com/sanfrancisco