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March 23, 2023

By: Justin Johnston

East Palestine Follow-Up Sampling

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, Justin C. Johnston, MS, MBA, President of Big Pine Consultants LLC, completed a second, independent, self-funded, sampling event related to the East Palestine Train Derailment. The Norfolk Southern train containing several hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine on February 3, 2023. On February 6, 2023, responders from Norfolk Southern, Ohio […]

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March 8, 2023

By: Justin Johnston

East Palestine Water Quality – Full Report

As discussed in previous posts on the topic, Big Pine Consultants LLC completed water quality sampling of nine stream sites “downstream” and “downwind” of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio on February 17, 2023. We received our laboratory analytical results on March 3, 2023. We have drafted a report of the findings and provide that […]

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March 3, 2023

By: Justin Johnston

East Palestine Water Quality FULL RESULTS, No Interpretation

As discussed in my previous post, we have been awaiting the full results from our water quality sampling of the creeks near East Palestine. The results have arrived and are available in raw PDF format here. Note that these are the raw results and it will take me some time to assess the implications of […]

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February 25, 2023

By: Justin Johnston

East Palestine Water Quality Sampling Partial Results

Author: Justin C. Johnston, MS, MBA, President, Big Pine Consultants LLC On February 17, 2023, Justin C. Johnston, MS, MBA, President, and Mr. Alex Brown, Technician, collected self-funded, independent water quality samples related to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment that occurred on February 3, 2023. Big Pine collected samples from nine stream locations after […]

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February 21, 2023

By: Justin Johnston

East Palestine Train Derailment Water Quality Field Observations

Big Pine Consultants LLC has produced a Story Map depicting field observations from our water quality sampling related to the train derailment in East Palestin, OH. Please take a look at the story map available here: East Palestine Train Derailment Water Quality Sampling Story Map.

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February 16, 2023

By: Justin Johnston

East Palestine Train Derailment Water Quality

Pittsburgh, PA — Big Pine Consultants LLC will be collecting water quality samples in waterbodies ”downstream” and “downwind” of the East Palestine train derailment tomorrow, Feb. 17, 2023. Big Pine is a small Pittsburgh-based environmental consulting firm and our mission is to serve the communities where we live and work. As this is our line […]

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July 21, 2022

By: Justin Johnston

Dangerous Attitudes

Author: Justin C. Johnston, MS, MBA Attitudes drive a culture of safety At Big Pine Consultants LLC, we try really hard to promote a “culture of safety” whereby safety is the #1 priority in everything we do. We start meetings with a safety minute. We talk about near misses so we can all learn from […]

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June 19, 2022

By: Big Pine Consultants

Archaeology and African American Cultural Heritage

In honor of Juneteenth, we discuss selected local Pittsburgh history of an underrepresented community uncovered by archaeology. In particular, we discuss the work of Angela Jaillet-Wentling in Mercer County, PA at the Pandenarium site.

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April 13, 2022

By: Big Pine Consultants

Civil and Environmental Engineering Services

Big Pine believes in and commits to helping people and the communities in which our family and friends live and work. We make sure that our clients can keep communities warm in the winter, keep the lights on at night, stay connected, get people to and from work safely, and keep our ecosystem healthy for […]

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March 18, 2022

By: Big Pine Consultants

Bettye J. Broyles – She Out Dug the Best of Them

In March, we celebrate the accomplishments of women past and present with National Women’s History Month. In honor of women in archaeology, I highlight the life and work of one of my intellectual great-grandmothers, the late archaeologist Bettye J. Broyles (1928-2011). I first learned about Broyles from my artifact analysis mentor, Dr. Stanley Lantz. As […]

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