PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES, LLC. (PEA) is intimately familiar with State and Federal Laws and Regulations. They continually spend countless hours reviewing existing and proposed regulations so as be better advise and assist clients. They are highly respected by agency personnel, client, engineers and their competitors for their familiarity and knowledge of the regulations. Their services have included consulting to attorneys, providing expert testimony, training other environmental professionals as well as obtaining permits and approvals and resolving enforcement actions for landowners and investors. PEA is often hired to specifically conduct regulatory reviews or evaluations for properties, projects, operations or investment strategies, sometimes as a second opinion.
Many have thought that David L. Poling, President of PEA, had worked for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) because of his familiarity with the regulations and how successful PEA has been in obtaining permits/approvals. In actuality, he has been applying for and obtaining permits/approvals since the early 1970’s, has been a consultant to many local, State and Federal Agencies and has participated in training and regulation review. Mr. Poling has also taught college courses in environmental regulations and conducted workshops and training on environmental regulations for a multitude of years including at at a multitude of annual conferences of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors.
PEA has assisted a variety of private and government clients in Permitting, Licensing, Enforcement Action Resolution and Environmental Compliance under the following regulations:
- Section 404 and 10 of the Federal Clean Water Act
- Water Quality Certification
- Flood Hazard Area
- Tidal and Freshwater Wetlands
- Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA formerly ECRA)
- Child Care Centers Licensing
- Site Remediation and Management
- Soil and Groundwater Sampling and Remediation
- Vapor Intrusion Studies
- Brownfield and Contaminated Site Development
- Underground Storage Tanks
- Highlands Water Quality Protection and Management
- Pinelands National Reserve
- Solid Waste Management
- Waterfront Development
- Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA)
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)