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 […]
Read moreOn 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 […]
Read moreAs 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 […]
Read moreAs 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 […]
Read morePittsburgh, 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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