TEC sends an expert...a CHEMIST...to process each and every lab pack, because there are usually unexpected wastes to profile. TEC can efficiently inventory, collect, identify, segregate, consolidate, catalog, package, label, transport and dispose of all your miscellaneous chemical wastes. TEC will handle your small containers of hazardous wastes -- such as jars, bottles and jugs up to 5 gallons in size -- and pack them in 55 gallon drums for storage, transportation and disposal. This service can be provided as a one-time cleanout, on an "as needed" basis, or on a set schedule during the year.

Yes, If you combine your waste in containers, you must comply with the applicable requirements for waste consolidation. Lab packs have special requirements with regard to packaging prior to transportation and disposal. For packaging prior to disposal, you must use DOT approved non-leaking "inside containers" that are compatible with the waste being packaged. These inside containers must be over-packed ie lab packed in compatible "outer-containers" that is also compatible. The inside containers must be surrounded by enough compatible sorbent material to safely absorb all the contents in the container should a container rupture. A drum is considered lab-packed or full when it is packed with inside containers and sufficient sorbent material, sealed and completely categorized by an accurate inventory of the containers contents. In addition, incompatible hazardous waste can not be placed in the same outside container. As an example: reactive hazardous waste, such as cyanide or sulfide-bearing wastes, must not be packaged with acidic wastes.

With the stressful last quarter behind us, we here at Tonawanda Tank, know how demanding deadlines and crunches can be. The last thing any company needs is an unforseen problem...  Well, this is exactly what happened to one of our customers.

An otherwise unknown underground tank, began to leak. The greatest potential hazard from a LUST (Leaking Underground Storage Tank) is that the hazardous substance can seep into the soil and contaminate groundwater. Being familiar with the Tonawanda Tank remediation team of experts - they called us immediately! After contacting the DEC on their behalf, we inspected the site and began remediation within hours. A few days later, the entire project, including; tank removal, soil removal and DEC site closure, was complete!!

Our expert team’s experience in environmental engineering, analytics, safety, regulatory compliance, transportation and disposal allowed us to accommplish this remediataion project efficiently, timely, within budget and in compliance.

If you have any questions regarding some of our services, please don’t hesitate to call our field services department for a complimentary consultation.

Contact Mark Hageman, CHMM (716) 874-0400

Each remediation project is individually planned and priced to meet your deadline and budget in a way that is in full compliance with all OSHA guidelines, Federal and State regulations, and your internal safety protocols.

• Underground Storage Tank Remediation

• Contaminated Soil Excavation and Disposal

• Abandoned Waste Sites

• PCB Contaminated Facilities

• Container Management and Consolidation

• Tank Decontamination and Decommissioning

• Industrial Cleaning

• Plant Closures

• Environmental engineering and lab analysis.

• Project evaluation, planning and management.

• Storage tank cleaning and/or removal.

• Soil excavation and disposal.

• Soil bioremediation, vaporization,and thermal desorption.

• Groundwater remediation.

• Cleanup of spills and leaks.

• Remediation of abandoned waste sites.

• Waste characterization and consolidation.

• In-plant services.

• Pit cleanouts.

• Equipment cleaning and decommissioning.

• Confined space entry work.

• Sampling and laboratory analysis.

• Transportation and dispoal.

We combine environmental engineering, analytical service, safety, regulatory compliance, transportation, disposal, and experience to accomplish remedial projects on time, within budget, and in compliance.

• Preparedness, training, and attitude are the keys to safety.

• Management support and emphasis on safety is as stringent as in any Fortune 500 company.

• Employees are taught that safety is PRIORITY ONE in any project we do.

• Specific health and safety plan for each project, developed in coordination with your plant's safety plan; covers expected hazards, practical emergency contingency plans, closest health care facilities, lockout/tagout proceedures, expected potential chemical hazards, exposure symptoms, and much more.

• All work crews are equipped with cellular communications.

• All workers are trained in accordance to OHSA's Hazwopper 40-hour program for hazardous waste sites and sill response.

• All supervisors are trained in hazardous waste site management and supervision. Our field services manager is a Certified Hazardous Waste Manager (CHMM) at the master level.

• Workers are trained in first aid and CPR proceedures.

• All workers have OSHA confined space entry training.

• All employees are enrolled in a stringent medical survillance program.

Why place your inexperienced staff at risk, when you can call the experts from TEC for confined space entry? Hazards present in a confined space are not easily seen, smelled, heard or felt, but can represent deadly risks.  The highly trained and safety-equipped TEC professionals can enter such workspaces to perform activities on your behalf. TEC customers are often advised to schedule a confined space entry procedure when other on-site services, such cleanup and maintenance, are being scheduled with TEC.

TEC staff can provide you with kits of spill containment supplies, customized and packaged to meet your unique needs. Also, TEC maintains an inventory of common supplies and can get these materials to you in emergency. Call 800-782-4832 for assistance.

TEC is experienced in plant cleaning and decontamination. In-house technical consultants assist with the proper analysis of any problems which cleaning teams may encounter. Work plans are provided, giving you details of all procedures, equipment and personnel involved in the project, along with a schedule for the completion of milestone events. All work is performed in compliance with federal, state and local regulations. Teams are qualified to decontaminate structures, machinery and storage areas.

You may have a known or potentially contaminated plot of land. TEC staff can assess your site, using the latest in technologies and methods, to identify hazardous materials in the soil and water. From here, TEC can devise a work plan to seamlessly integrate site characterization and cleanup (containment removal, segregation and disposal) in the most cost-effective manner.

Rapid response. Knowledgeable response. TEC is your answer when confronted with a spill containment or site remediation situation. TEC will dispatch a team of experts to secure all hazardous spills and then complete the site cleanup to the letter of the law. TEC handles everything from start to finish. You can trust TEC to handle your issues, whether big or small.

Internal tank cleaning can be complicated, dirty and potentially dangerous work. TEC offers a comprehensive service for the internal cleaning of tanks, transforming them to a certified gas-free standard. This includes tanks contaminated with aviation fuels, oil-based products, acids, phenols, chemicals, agricultural products, cyanides and other hazardous substances. All TEC team members are fully trained and practice stringent safety protocols.

TEC has extensive experience in Underground Storage Tank (UST) removal and closure, having completed many projects involving gasoline stations and commercial properties. TEC is your turnkey source for UST removal, providing geological and engineering services, facility inspections, UST removal and disposal, soil screening, de-watering, excavation, and groundwater sampling.