Rick has over 25 years experience in the environmental consulting field working for several regional and national environmental consulting firms prior to the formation of the Falling Creek Environmental Group. His primary professional experience includes managing enviromental assessment and remediation projects dealing with petroleum hydorcarbons as well as other types of chemical releases.  

 

Rick has extensive experience in:

• Installing groundwater monitoring wells

• Performing soil & groundwater sampling

• Removal of underground and above ground storage tanks 

• Wellhead protections surveys

• Field location monitoring of domestic drinking water wells

• Pump tests

• Health and Safety monitoring

• Risk Assessment reporting

• Phase I & II Environmental Assessments

• Corrective Action Plan development and implementation

• Remedial System Pilot Studies

• Construction and Installation of mobile and permanent remediation systems, including vapor extraction, pump and treat, dual phase extraction and air sparging systems

• Chemical injection for in-situ soil and groundwater remediation

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Rick's geographical areas of expertise include Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. and North Carolina.