Environmental Engineering

ATLAS has a technically professional staff covering a broad spectrum of environmental disciplines.  Also, ATLAS has an approved Comprehensive Quality Assurance Plan (ComQAP) in place with the FDEP.

ATLAS has developed working relationships with several nationally recognized laboratories. Each of these laboratories has been selected based on their particular expertise within a specific analytical field. We are capable of sampling and analyzing innumerable varieties of contaminants / chemicals / microbes, etc.

ATLAS is experienced and positioned to provide services of the following:

• Hazardous Waste Management
• Storm Water / Water Quality Management
• Water / Waste Water
• Ecological Services
• Permitting

ATLAS’ professional staff includes degreed chemists and environmental engineers who have specialized training in hazardous chemicals handling and hazardous waste management. All personnel have completed the EPA / OSHA 40-hour hazardous waste site training. Services that are typically provided to our clients include:

• Hazardous materials site audits
• Waste practice evaluation
• Compliance auditing
• Waste / facility characterization
• Waste minimization program
• Product control / substitution
• Hazardous materials / waste handling procedures
• Program development and documentation
• Regulator interface / permitting
• Special customized training

ATLAS provides all of the scientific, engineering and support services to evaluate, design and permit storm water retention / detention / management programs.

ATLAS has also provided extensive water quality consulting services involving surface water studies in lakes and streams as well as drinking water compliance sampling. One of the drinking water compliance programs involved county-wide sampling of all Duval County Public Schools for lead and/or copper for regulatory compliance. This resulted in collection of more than 2,500 water samples.

ATLAS has completed numerous projects involving drinking water distribution design and waste water treatment system design. Many of these projects have been completed for UPS Truck Leasing and Dollar Rent A Car. The projects have involved evaluating regulatory compliance, site sampling, system design, permitting, contractor selection and supervision and project coordination.

ATLAS has conducted numerous diverse projects involving many types of ecological studies. Some of these studies have included:

• Groundwater contamination
• Surface water contamination
• Soil contamination
• Soil type classification
• Wetlands delineation
• Botanical diversity studies
• Florida gopher tortoise population distribution
• Native reptile diversity studies
• Esturine fish population / diversity studies
• Macro invertebrates.

Nearly all the projects that we execute involve some type of regulatory permitting.  ATLAShas developed excellent working relationships with local POTW (industrial waste water), various Florida water management districts, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, USEPA, Florida Department of Transportation, various local planning and zoning boards and other regulatory agencies.