| List of Environmental Consultants
Disclaimer
Choosing an environmental consultant is a serious responsibility. No other single
factor within the Fund Applicant's control will so significantly affect the cost, the
effectiveness, and the duration of the remediation project. To assist persons in the
consultant selection process, and to increase assurance that reimbursement from the Fund
is for activities that are both technologically and cost effective, the Division
of Oil and Public Safety Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (OPS) has developed a
program to list environmental consulting companies and environmental scientists.
This is a voluntary program. To become listed, a company must provide to the
OPS its
company listing application form, its quality assurance/quality control plan, its health
and safety plan, and individual environmental scientist1 listing
application form(s). By becoming listed, an environmental consulting company certifies its
agreement to perform the following to the best of its ability:
- Abide by federal, Colorado, and local statutes, ordinances, regulations, guidelines,
standards, practices, policies and other requirements pertaining to assessing and
remediating petroleum contamination in soil and water.
- Comply with Colorado's Reasonable Cost Guidelines, including providing to any client who
may seek reimbursement from the Fund a copy of the Guidelines and Client Notification form
MHN showing the client has been advised that any otherwise allowable costs billed at rates
exceeding those in the Guidelines may not be reimbursed at the higher rate unless
considered justified by the Petroleum Storage Tank Committee, submitting invoices that are
compatible with the format established in the Guidelines, and not marking up materials or
services provided by any company or person with whom the company has a financial interest.
- Ensure that all activities billed at labor rates for a principal, senior
engineer/scientist, project manager or project engineer/manager will be conducted by a
listed environmental scientist1.
- Notify the OPS within 30 days of any change in information provided on the listing
application form(s).
| DISCLAIMER By publishing the list of consultants, the Division of Oil
and Public Safety makes
no representation that it has verified any of the information provided
on company
or individual application forms nor that it endorses any company or
person. |
1Minimum qualifications for becoming a Listed Environmental Scientist:
(1) At least 5 years of qualifying experience (experience that is pertinent or
related to site assessments, remedial
investigations, and corrective actions necessary to remediate water or soil contaminated
with petroleum); AND,
(2a) A recognized professional license or certification (e.g., professional
engineer/geologist/geological scientist);
- OR -
(2b) Degree from an accredited college/university with at least 30 semester (45
quarter) hours of undergraduate work in engineering; biological, chemical, environmental,
or physical science; or industrial hygiene. |
