Airline Philips - Underground Storage Tank
Site Assessment and Remediation

Since 1959, the Phillips 66 site on Airline Drive in Metairie, Louisiana was used as gas station and auto repair shop. In January 1995, an underground storage tank at the site began leaking gasoline. Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. was contracted to be the response Action Contractor (RAC) on the project.

 BKI performed initial spill response activities including tank tightness testing, free product recovery, and abatement measures. BKI supervised the tank closure, performed site assessment, designed and installed groundwater monitoring wells, evaluated site geology and hydrogeology, and made recommendations for a corrective action plan. The firm evaluated the site in accordance with the existing Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP) document, developed site-specific corrective action levels, and prepared a corrective action plan.

BKI then managed all aspects of the corrective action plan implementation, including project design, plans, and specifications; Health and Safety Plan; remediation management; and post-remediation monitoring. The project also included the preparation of a trust fund reimbursement application and expert testimony in a case involving the property owner and the tenant.