Environmental Waste Management Associates, LLC (EWMA) is pleased to announce that Margaret Halasnik, of Metuchen, NJ, has joined the firm as Director of Compliance Services.  Ms. Halasnik comes to EWMA from URS where she managed Environmental Site Assessments and Environmental, Health and Safety Regulatory Compliance Assessments for law firms, commercial and industrial clients and financial institutions throughout the United States.

In 2006, Kiddie Kollege Day Care Center was closed by New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS) because elevated levels of mercury were found in the children’s blood.  It was discovered the day care center had been operating on the former site of a mercury thermometer factory.  The how and why the center was allowed to be built are still being investigated.

Just before the June 30 Statute of Limitations deadline the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) filed natural resources damage lawsuits against 120 NJ companies identifying them as the worst polluters in the state.  The state’s lawsuits targeted polluters that have damaged river resources.  In particular it focused on numerous manufacturers and marketers of the gasoline additive, MTBE.

NJDEP Cleanup Star Case Closure Success Stories

EWMA managed two expedited case closures by receiving timely No Further Action (NFA) letters under the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (NJDEP)'s Cleanup Star Program in Paterson and Irvington, New Jersey, which allowed pending property transactions to proceed without environmental related delays.

EWMA is proud to announce that all of our applicants have been accepted into the NJDEP Cleanup Star Program. For further details, view the EWMA Cleanup Star Press Release or our Cleanup Star list.

Parsippany, N.J. and New York City, May 15, 2007 – Environmental Waste Management Associates is pleased to announce the opening of its New York City office. The office is located at 750 Lexington Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022. The phone number is 212-688-8036. EWMA will be better able to serve the New York region.

Parsippany, N.J., June 4, 2007 – Environmental Waste Management Associates, LLC (EWMA) is pleased to announce that Robert P. Blauvelt has joined the firm as Senior Vice President.  Mr. Blauvelt comes to EWMA from URS and Dames & Moore where he managed the NJ/NY Environmental Services Department.  He is a Certified Professional Geologist, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, Licensed Environmental Professional, CT and Licensed Site Professional, MA.  He will be responsible for the overall management of the technical staff including the technical aspects of EWMA’s fixed-priced Secur-it® remediation program.  Mr. Blauvelt will be taking an active role in expanding our regional services to New England.

Robert M. Edgar, Senior Project Manager at EWMA, wrote an article titled "Historic Fill Building on the Past" that was featured in the December, 2003 issue of Commerce Magazine.

An article titled “Abandoned Gas Stations Increasingly Get New Life” appeared on page A3 of the January 19^th, 2004 edition of USA Today that quoted Daniele Cervino, Vice President and General Counsel of EWMA.

An article titled “Town Dump’s Buried Treasure: Location” appeared in the April 4^th, 2004 edition of the New York Times that quoted Daniele Cervino, Vice President and General Counsel of EWMA