EPA conducted a survey to evaluate compliance with RCRA Hazardous Waste determination and has recently released the results of that study and we wanted to share key information with you.

In April, W&M Environmental was pleased to make a generous donation to the Environmental Club of Ereckson Middle School in Allen, TX.

Pumping oil and gas out of the ground also produces large volumes of water sometimes with undesirable quality which is known as produced water. Safely disposing of this highly saline and metal impacted water and mitigating the effect of past disposal practices is a national concern for environmental officials, land managers, petroleum companies, and land owners.

"The Earth Breathes", this was an "epiphany" to Dr. Mark Kram, one of the speakers at the ASTM Symposium on Continuous Soil Gas Measurements: Worst Case Risk Parameters.  What he was refering to was recent work done in England by Ion Science and their new product, GasClam, they've done continuous soil gas monitoring and showed that as the atmospheric pressure changes, methane readings also change.  Some times very dramatically.

Recently, I provided environmental forensics services to a client during a remediation project. The client, who entered the TCEQ voluntary clean-up program for a gasoline spill, encountered a secondary plume. It was determined that this plume was not gasoline; however, the TCEQ recommended the client continue the remediation efforts to include the entire area of contamination - at the client’s expense.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has added a five-module, online training course, Air Permitting 101, which covers the organization and basic functions of the Air Permits Division and is designed to assist external customers who are interested about the division or who are required to submit a permit request. Begin the online course by going to their Air Permitting 101 website.  Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to learn how W&M Environmental Group, Inc. (W&M) can assist with air permitting requirements. 

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a new Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Orientation Manual in October 2011 which was the first since the initial publication in 1990.

The following  press release, issued by the EPA, provides TRI information to communities.  For more information on how to comply with Toxic Release Inventory requirements, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Managing the Eagle Ford Development

Diana Rader of W&M attended a workshop on managing the oil and gas development of the Eagle Ford Shale hosted by the Environmentally Friendly Drilling Systems (EFD) Program.