We are a full-service firm focused on the oilfield.
OTA Environmental provides compliance and regulatory services at the local level by having field offices in the major shale and conventional basins of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Our diverse staff of environmental scientists and engineers understand the everyday difficulties and demands that go along with managing and resolving environmental issues in the oil patch, the office, and with stakeholders.
Our sister companies develop products and services for the oil and gas industry.
Response Stakeholder Compliance Concerns
Landowner/Surface Owner Concerns
Response to State or Federal Agency Directives
Regulatory Negotiations
Support Environmental Insurance Claims
Communication
Air Analysis
Inspections
Regular SPCC and Compliance Inspections
Pipeline Impact Evaluations
Right of Way Assessments
Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments
Pipeline SWPPP Compliance Inspections
Leak Surveys
Emissions Inventory
Environmental Audits Wetland Delineation
Spill Prevention, Control, & Countermeasure Plans (SPCC)
During your initial planning phase, OTA can determine which of your facilities would require a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan per the applicability criteria specified in 40 CFR, Part 112.1 and 112.9.
SPCC Plan applicability determinations can be accomplished through site visits and a thorough review of topographic maps, aerial photographs, site-specific precipitation data, site drainage pathways, prior spill history, storage capacity, and proximity of each site to navigable waters.
Based upon the SPCC Plan applicability determinations, OTA will prepare Certified Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans to prevent discharges of oil to navigable waters.
The primary elements that OTA Environmental includes for each SPCC Plan are:
Adequate passive diked secondary containment around bulk storage containers (110% of the volume of the largest container or volume of largest containers plus rainfall from a 24-hour 25-year storm water event)
Equipment Inventories
Site Diagrams and descriptions of all ongoing activities, equipment, piping, and storage present at the station
Environmental equivalence descriptions and rationale for active (i.e., non-passive) containment
Adequate site security to protect against vandalism
Site visits and facility inspections
SPCC Plan certified by a Professional Engineer
Incident Investigation,
Characterization, & Reporting
Release Investigations
Spill Response Coordination
Third Party Site Characterization/Sampling
Remediation Design, Planning, and Implementation
Water Quality Sampling
Monitor Well Installation
Surface and Subsurface Sampling
Data Evaluation & Reporting
Voluntary Cleanup Program Management
Air
Compliance
Air Compliance & Permitting
Leak Detection and Repair
Emissions Inventory
Greenhouse Gas Reporting
Method 22
Direct Measurement
View the full list of air compliance services here.