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ABOUT US
Established in 2003, Elemental Services & Consulting, Inc. (ESCO) provides oil spill and mercury response services to clients nationally and internationally. Our services include:
Here are just a few innovations that ESCO has developed to help bring spill response into the 21st century
Oil Spill Response
CLICK HERE for information on our Oil Spill Technical Response Guide
ABOUT US
Established in 2003, Elemental Services & Consulting, Inc. (ESCO) provides oil spill and mercury response services to clients nationally and internationally. Our services include:
- Oil Spill Consulting - "Boots on the Ground" perspective
- Geographic Response Plans - Augments SPCC, FRP, etc. Plans
- Permanent Anchor Systems
- Contractor Audits - Determines actual capabilities
- Training and Education
- Mercury Spill Response, Cleanup, Consulting and Education and Training
- Spill Response Resource Directory
- Tactical Response Field Guides
- Conference and Meeting Presentations
- Training is not experience.
- Experience is not competence.
- Effective response and recovery requires BOTH.
- At the intersection of training and experience is a safe, effective and efficient response and recovery project.
- Our response methods bring science into spill response and spill response into the 21st century.
Here are just a few innovations that ESCO has developed to help bring spill response into the 21st century
Oil Spill Response
- Published Oil Spill Resource Guide, 2012 - this Guide simplifies and speeds response actions as well as improves safety and minimizes environmental impact
- Published Spill Response Resource Directory, 2011 - present (updated annually)
- Developed multiple alternative anchor systems for booming operations
- Developed alternative, adjustable anchoring method for various booming techniques
- Introduced alternative equipment from other disciplines into spill response, improving the speed, effectiveness and safety of response operations
- Adapted booming adjustment method to ensure proper boom alignment, angle and effectiveness
- Introduced color coding rope for faster response, line deployment, ferry line, etc.
- Much more
- Published First Responders Guide to Managing Mercury Spills, 2009
- Published Pocket Field Guide Lumex MVA for Mercury Vapor Determinations, 2011
- Published various Mercury Alerts, 2003 - Present (published online)
- Developed proprietary mercury decontaminant chemical
- First to describe the "vacuum/scatter effect" and countermeasures when vacuuming uncontained mercury
- Developed and has available for sale, home mercury spill kits; specially designed for thermometer size mercury spill cleanup, include decontamination. Detailed instructions for cleanup and disposal included.
- Much more
- Various locations and groups, 2010 - present, "Improving Oil Spill Response"
- Chemical Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council (CEPAC) Franklin County (Ohio) LEPC, April 20, 2011, "The Insanity of Spill Planning, Prevention and Response," "Geographic Response Plans - Low Risk, High Return" and "Responsibility and Accountability"
- Ohio Safety Congress, Columbus, Ohio, March 31, 2011, "Understanding Mercury Spills and Cleanup Levels"
- U.S. EPA Region 5 Annual OSC Training, Angola, Indiana, March 16, 2011, "Oil Spill Booming"
- U.S. EPA Region 5 Annual OSC Training, Angola, Indiana, March 17, 2011, "Mercury Cleanup Product Update and Refresher"
- Ohio Environmental Health Association (Southwest District), Dayton, Ohio, October 7, 2010, "Oil Spill Response in Private Septic Systems"
- Ohio Environmental Health Association (Southwest District), Dayton, Ohio, October 7, 2010, "Decreasing Response Times and Cleanup Costs Through Geographic Response Plans"
- Ohio LEPC Conference, Columbus, Ohio, August 12, 2010, "Mercury Response Issues"
- American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 2, 2009, "The Mercury Conundrum Revealed"
Last update: 4/15/2013
