Boston Chemical Data Corp. provides comprehensive environmental investigation services. We perform the field and laboratory research required to document the sources and potential hazards of chemical waste exposures. These techniques can track the environmental fate and sources of wastes, and measure environmental damages or exposures.
Our firm will locate, collect, analyze, and testify about physical evidence related to chemical releases and wastes. We also will audit and supervise laboratory and engineering contractors to ensure optimal performance and to help maintain reasonable contractor costs. We will review the health and safety aspects of plant processes. CAD mapping and large exhibits can be prepared from your data.
Our clients include municipalities, law firms, individuals, R & D firms, Real Estate Investment Trusts and property managers, Native Lands projects, and manufacturers.
Recent projects include a Lead Field Engineering role in the successful Murphy Oil Co. Settlement in Louisiana and other US and International projects.
Web-enabled data reporting and distribution
CAD-data mapping and large format exhibits
Laboratory, Field and Remote Site Testing
Massachusetts Licensed Site Professional and
New Hampshire Certified Professional Geologist services available
Contractor Auditing & Cost Control
Process & Technology Reviews and Briefings
Environmental Fate & Exposure Assessment
Literature & Database Research
Environmental Investigations
- Experienced in environmental investigations and analytical design, Boston Chemical Data performs studies of environmental conditions and performance. BCD can aid and evaluate pollution prevention measures, monitor environmental compliance and remediation, and assist with environmental fate and transport investigations.
Testing - Boston Chemical Data can perform sampling and analyses of air, indoor dusts, water, soils, groundwater, wastes - including mining wastes, and consumer products. We can set up onsite and continuous monitoring of air quality, dusts, water chemistry, weather, and ground vibrations and movement.
Microscopy - BCD specializes in collecting and preserving physical evidence of chemical exposures and releases. Using tools such as our Microscopy Laboratory we can document exposures using samples collected hours, years, or even decades after chemical release incidents. Aided by atomic spectroscopy, xray microanalysis, and digital optical microscopy; we can identify and document ultratrace quantities of metals, ores, crystals, petrochemicals, or other artifacts.
Reporting - BCD will provide a comprehensive written report which explains test results and their importance to you. We will produce graphic materials, locate comparable sites, and contrast environmental performance with industry standards. BCD helps clients save time and effort by reviewing the environmental history of industrial companies and their facilities and products. Call BCD at (508) 651-1661 for a complimentary initial consultation and proposal.
Remediation - BCD can assist with site remediation including contractor and tenant review and assesment.
Communications - BCD has extensive experience communicating through print and broadcast media. This track record in public communication helps ensure that your report has maximum impact and credibility. BCD's reports have appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, as well as on CNN and other television news networks.
Photo above from BCD's October 2003 environmental analysis contract at a former weapons grade plutonium production reactor, on the Columbia River
Mr. Kaltofen is a Registered Professional Engineer (Civil, Massachusetts) and an environmental scientist with more than 25 years experience in environmental, workplace and product safety investigations in North America and Eastern Europe. He has provided expert testimony and consulting as a chemist and as an engineer for cases in Massachusetts, Texas, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, California, Georgia, New Jersey, and New York. Mr. Kaltofen has also reviewed groundwater and subsurface remediation projects, and performed laboratory and engineering data systems integration and management.
Recent Publications:
Microanalysis of Heterogenous Radiation in Particulate Matter, an examination of radiation in dust samples from the regions surrounding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Midnite Uranium Mine. Master's Research Report, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, accepted August 2009.
Microanalysis of Workplace Dusts from the Mixed Waste Tank Farm of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, J. Environmental Engineering Science, accepted November 2009,
Affiliations: Co-Chair, Superfund Restoration Advisory Board - US Army Soldier Systems Command, Citizens Environmental Laboratory, founder; EPA Committee on National Accreditation of Environmental Laboratories, American Chemical Society, member; American Society of Civil Engineers, member; Environmental Technology Education Center, founding boardmember, Metrowest Chamber of Commerce, member - Continue biography
Brian Moore is a Massachusetts Licensed Site Professional (LSP) and a New Hampshire Certified Professional Geologist. Mr. Moore heads our partner firm of CarriageHouse Consulting, Inc. of Natick, MA.
James Stiles is an I.T. specialist with specialization in GIS, mapping, and database design and management.
Strong Bear is a 40-hour hazwoper certified environmental technician. Strong Bear is a member of the field operations team and the Gulf Coast/Hurricane Katrina contamination assessment group. Strong Bear, (Paucunawaw Menaki), is a Natick Ponkapoag and a tribal member of the Massachuset Chipissuog Peantamoonk, (Praying Tribe).
