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Ralph J. Tella, LSP, CMMH, President
Mr. Tella has a broad background of over 30 years of experience in environmental consulting including: hazardous waste site investigations; property transfer assessments; quantitative risk assessments; fate and transport modeling; remedial action; laboratory analysis; quality control; and health and safety training. He has been the Licensed Site Professional (LSP-of-Record) for numerous private industrial hazardous waste sites since 1993. He has directed hundreds of site assessments and remedial projects since 1986. These projects have included coordination and negotiations with legal counsel, lending institutions, and state agencies.
Mr. Tella also served as project manager on complex technical issues including risk assessments and innovative remedial technologies. He has characterized risk at sites contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds, heavy metals, PCBs and cyanide. Many of these sites were classified as “priority disposal sites” in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He has been a pioneer in the development of models to describe the partitioning of contamination from groundwater and soil-to-soil gas and indoor air, and implementing programs for accelerated bioremediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons and in-stu chemical oxidation.
Mr. Tella participated in the development of Massachusetts’s regulations and guidance as an appointed Associate Member of the Superfund Advisory Committee in the late 1980’s. He has also been a member of numerous work groups including; The Contaminant Specific-Coal Gas Subcommittee, LSPA Regulations Committee, and the Indoor Air Work Group. In Rhode Island, Mr. Tella participated in the review and development of the Remedial Regulations of 1996. Mr. Tella is a master-level Certified Hazardous Materials Manager and a Licensed Site Professional (LSP) in Massachusetts.
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Henry J. Lord, LSP, CWTO, PG, LSP, Senior Consultant
Mr. Lord has over thirty years of experience in various areas of soil and ground water studies, hazardous waste investigations, and the characterization, design and implementation of corrective actions at contaminated sites. He was a pioneer in developing soil vapor extraction systems and bioremedial technologies. Previous positions have been with several major international consulting firms including projects at over 300 sites in 20 different states, Canada and Puerto Rico.
As founder and co-owner of two successful environmental companies, responsibilities have included overall corporate, financial and staff management. Prior to forming Lord Associates Inc., Mr. Lord has held key management positions with two major environmental consulting and service companies during their start up period.
Mr. Lord is a master-degreed Professional Geologist, who has held many professional certifications and licenses throughout the United States. He is certified as a Licensed Site Professional in Massachusetts.
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Nathaniel L. Finsness, Senior Project Manager
Mr. Finsness has established a trusted reputation with over 25 years of experience in the environmental assessment industry, performing environmental investigations and managing all types of remedial projects throughout New England, with a concentration in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Extensive experience includes all phases of environmental assessments and remedial projects. He is an approved consultant with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and has served as an LSP in Massachusetts.
Mr. Finsness graduated from New England College in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science. He has also completed numerous courses and seminars to remain current in the soil/groundwater assessment and remediation fields. Nat has been certified as an asbestos inspector through an EPA-accredited training program and has performed all required OSHA hazardous waste site training.
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Oliver P. Leek, Project Manager
As a Project Manager with ten years of experience in regulatory compliance and in the environmental sciences, Mr. Leek has performed multiple subsurface investigations including ground penetrating radar survey oversight, drilling oversight, soil and groundwater sampling, groundwater elevation surveying, and test pitting in Massachusetts and in other jurisdictions throughout the United States (including AZ, AR, CA, GA, MI, RI, SC, WA).
Mr. Leek has performed various remediation projects that include soil excavation, groundwater treatment, and chemical oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. Mr. Leek has executed the installation and operation & maintenance of various remedial systems including soil vapor extraction systems, pump and treat systems, oil/water separators with subsequent granular activated carbon treatment, and various forms of light non-aqueous phase liquid recovery.
Mr. Leek has directed various underground storage tank removals under 527 CMR 9.000 and has conducted associated remediation, and prepared associated reports. Where applicable, he has prepared 21J reimbursement submittals to the State of Massachusetts on behalf of various clients. Mr. Leek has prepared various Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP) reports including Immediate Response Action reports, Release Abatement Measure reports, Phase I through Phase V reports, Tier Classification, Limited Removal Action reports, Activity and Use Limitations, and various classes of Response Action Outcome reports with appropriate Risk Assessments.
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Andrea J. Lang, Project Manager
Ms. Lang serves as Environmental Scientist/Project Manager with Lord Associates, Inc. Primary responsibilities include coordination, implementation, compilation, and writing of environmental site assessments (ESAs) to meet the requirements of state and federal regulations. ESAs are completed in accordance with standard industry practices as well as guidelines established by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Assessments also include investigations and remedial projects to meet requirements of the MADEP, RIDEM and other state regulating agencies.
Ms. Lang is responsible for site inspections, photographic documentation, background and historical research (including interviews and document review), and determinations as to the potential impact of hazardous materials to soil and groundwater at investigation sites. Responsibilities also include drilling, soil characterization, groundwater gauging/sampling, elevation surveys, soil sampling, remedial excavation oversight/direction, and preparation/submittal of various state regulatory documents.
Andrea has held professional positions in the environmental chemistry and investigation fields since 1997 and graduated from Rhode Island College with a Bachelors degree in Biology/Environmental Studies.
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Ronald Bukowski, P.E., LSP, Senior Associate Engineer
Mr. Bukoski has more than twenty-five years of environmental, civil and geotechnical engineering consulting experience. His professional consulting experience was preceded by four years in the United States Air Force as a B-52 Crewmember. Mr. Bukoski has planned, supervised and reviewed over a thousand site assessments (Preliminary through Phase IV). He has designed and implemented numerous soil and groundwater remediation systems in a variety of geologic conditions. He has designed and supervised underground storage tank removal and installation programs, has developed comprehensive site designs and investigation programs for environmentally sensitive and contaminated sites and is currently conducting a four state, multi-site geotechnical engineering project for a NYSE wireless communications company. Mr. Bukoski provides ongoing litigation support services to the special risks groups of two national insurance firms regarding “sudden and accidental release” contaminant claims. He also has conducted technical seminars regarding ground penetrating radar surveys and associated services. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Licensed Professional Engineer in Maine and is a Licensed Site Professional in Massachusetts. He is also a Massachusetts licensed Title V System Inspector and Soils Evaluator.
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