Environmental Assessment and Remediation

	EAR’s reputation for excellence is attributed to the character and experience of its growing staff. EAR has recruited a highly qualified staff of technical specialists who bring a combination of state-of-the-art knowledge and multi-year experience. The individual experience of our key personnel ranges from 5 to 35 years.

	David Vigliotta	President, Dave leads EAR’s technical staff of engineers, hydrologists, geologists, chemists, environmental scientists, and urban/regional planners. Dave has over twenty-six years experience in all phases of business operation and administration, and he is responsible for overall strategic management and administration. Prior to founding EAR in 1985, Dave gained extensive experience in the environmental consulting and contracting field, particularly from the government perspective. While attending Cornell University, he held a federally appointed student position with the USGS in Ithaca, New York, where he learned practical water-shed and surface water hydrology principles and practices. Dave began his career in the environmental industry as a project manager for a pollution clean-up contractor based on Long Island. His primary responsibility was to investigate and remediate sites with subsurface contamination of soil and groundwater. During that time, he refined his water resource management expertise, and he developed the critical community relations skills needed when dealing with pollution incidents affecting the environment and public health. Upon founding EAR, Dave, as its sole employee, managed the investigation, remediation and subsequent compliance testing of what was, at the time, the largest known subsurface release of gasoline (estimated at 60,000 gallons) from a retail service station in North Babylon, New York. Applying state of the art technologies, EAR restored the water of the upper glacial aquifer to levels acceptable to the NYSDEC, New York State Attorney General, and SCDHS. In addition, EAR handled public relation concerns involving the acquisition, maintenance and later divestment of twenty-three residential properties affected by the contamination.

	Donald A. Trego	Senior Project Manager, is responsible for the oversight of all EAR projects. Don’s vast experience is used to provide oversight and technical assistance to project managers and members of the technical staff. His current areas of interest include detailed site characterizations and on-going research and publication of innovative remedial and analytical technologies. Prior to his more than ten years of service with EAR, Don worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources and the Pennsylvania State University. Don has investigated and remediated numerous private and public potable water supplies during his tenure at EAR. He is currently working with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to advance the understanding of the hyporheic zones in estuarine, lacustrine, and riverine settings. In addition to his technical abilities, Don’s outstanding organizational and communication skills, particularly his ability to communicate with non-technical people about complex technical issues, have made him a successful project manager and respected leader.

	John Hofmann	Environmental Manager and Project Coordinator, is responsible for the oversight of EAR’s day-to-day activities, including project coordination with clients, staff and regulatory personnel. These responsibilities have required ongoing contact and interaction with various government agencies, along with many other local entities. John has thirty-one years of experience in the environmental arena, with over 22 years at the NYSDEC. John’s work experience with the NYSDEC includes time in the Division of Marine Resources, the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste, and the Division of Environmental Remediation. Through his valuable experience in government service, he contributes extensive regulatory knowledge and insider perspective to all EAR projects. John is a certified environmental inspector and a member of the Environmental Assessment Association.

	Robert Ancona	Senior Hydrogeologist, possesses eleven yeas of experience related to in-situ groundwater remediation. Robert has applied and developed his skills in all many aspects of subsurface investigation, groundwater modeling, and remediation system design. Currently, Robert provides guidance to the staff geologist and project managers with regard to site investigation planning and data interpretation, remediation system design, reporting and graphical presentations. Several specialties include exposure assessments, groundwater flow and chemical transport modeling, hydrogeologic field data interpretation and well design. Bob’s experience and education provide an invaluable source of knowledge to support and assist geologists, project managers, and technical staff.

	Daniel Cornacchiulo	Staff Hydrogeologist. In addition to numerous years of experience in the environmental consulting field, Dan has an exceptional research background with regard to flow and transport and modeling. His research includes investigation of Chaotic Advection Enhanced Natural Attenuation (CAENA), a concept that describes the effect of induced mixing in subsurface laminar flow to enhance natural attenuation. In the summer of 2000, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ranked CAENA the number two topic in the nation for water resources. CAENA topics that Dan investigated are the effects of mixing frequency, heterogeneity, ambient flow, and comparison to pump and treat technology. Dan’s modeling expertise includes development of a finite-difference computer code for tidal influence on unconfined aquifers. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, where his current research involves numerical modeling of pollution source identification using the Marching-Jury Backward Beam Equation (MJBBE) and the Quasi-Reversibility methods. This research includes stability analysis of the backward methods, applying real life conditions such as sampling densities and uncertainties, and developing an efficient computer code using an algorithm developed specifically for the MJBBE. Dan provides EAR with advanced technical advice in hydrogeology transport modeling, geophysics, and remediation system design

	These key personnel support a growing staff of 40 + experienced technical professionals who provide and maintain a high standard of quality. EAR’s dedicated staff has developed investigation methodologies and techniques that have enhanced our capabilities and allowed us to be a leader in the field. We have collaborated with the NYSDEC, the USEPA, the USGS, the API, the Cornell Co-operative Extension, and other leaders in the environmental field to research and present advanced investigative and remedial technologies. Dedication of financial resources to researching new technologies and retaining a qualified staff of professionals who are committed to providing our clients with outstanding environmental and hydrologic services allow us to maintain a presence at the forefront of the environmental field. EAR has exhibited both managerial and financial stability throughout its 18-year history. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has assessed EAR (Long Island Environmental Assessment, Inc., DBA Environmental Assessment & Remediations), and, based on worth from its fiscal balance sheet, they issued EAR a 3A1 Rating (Highest Rating of Composite Credit Appraisal) in January 2004.