East Palestine Follow-up Water Quality Results
Background As discussed in our last post, Justin C. Johnston collected additional water samples related to East Palestine on March 21, 2023. Samples were collected at Big Pine 02, Big Pine 04 and Big Pine 07 locations. Samples were tested for Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds (SVOCs) and Diesel Range Organics (DRO) at all sites since those […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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