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News & Press | April 24, 2024

From Paper to Progress: Cloud-Based Technology Streamlines School Facility Management

Reprinted from the Spring 2024 PASBO Report The official publication of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials   By: Elaine Dasti | MEP Company Practice Leader   For any school district, managing facilities and assets effectively is paramount. Traditionally, this involves a cumbersome mix of paper forms, spreadsheets, and siloed data storage, leading to inefficiency, errors, and frustration. But things are shifting, and the days of paper forms are fading fast. Cloud-based platforms designed...

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Water | April 16, 2024

T&M Can Help Estimate Your Public Water System’s PFAS Settlement

The window to submit for your maximum settlement will soon close. It’s important to understand that such settlements can vary widely depending on the circumstances of each case. Putative members of the Settlement Classes can calculate estimated allocation amounts for each of their Impacted Water Sources (groundwater well or surface water system with PFAS contamination) using the 3M and DuPont Entities Public Water Provider Settlement Estimated Allocation Range Tables linked in this post. These tables...

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News & Press | April 15, 2024

USEPA Finalizes National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for Six PFAS

On April 10, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) finalized a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR), establishing legally enforceable maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for six (6) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. Five PFAS (perfluorooctanoic acid [PFOA], perfluorooctyl sulfonate [PFOS], perfluorohexanesulfonic acid [PFHxS], perfluorononanoic acid [PFNA], and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid [HFPO-DA, or “GenX”]) have individual MCLs. Additionally, the USEPA finalized an enforceable Hazard Index (HI) MCL of 1.0 when mixtures containing...

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News & Press | April 15, 2024

NJBIZ Ranks T&M #6 on Top Environmental Firms List

We are honored to announce that T&M has ranked #6 on NJBIZ’s Top Environmental Firms list! With in-depth expertise in local and national regulatory standards, emerging technologies, and our clients’ operational business needs, T&M delivers comprehensive, tailored solutions to address environmental challenges. Congratulations to the environmental practice for this well-deserved recognition!

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T&M Foundation | April 10, 2024

T&M Foundation Awards Purdue University Scholarship

The T&M Associates Foundation was proud to award their first Purdue University scholarship in the amount of $5,000 to Jacob Malone. Jacob was a researcher for Dr. Wells Lab, a safety intern at G&W Electric, and is involved in many organizations such as Purdue Votes, the Student Environmental Health and Safety Association, and ASSP’s Central Indiana Chapter. He is currently a Bayer Industrial Hygiene intern and anticipates graduating from Purdue’s OEHS program in May 2026....

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Environmental | April 9, 2024

Krzyston Discusses Environmental Realities and Regulations

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has adopted additional and more stringent rules/regulations in recent years, and the business community is at times struggling to navigate them. T&M Associates’ Kris Krzyston discusses whether or not the the environmental regulations hamper New Jersey’s competitiveness, especially since such rules often don’t exist in other nearby states. He explains overall, “before these various new rules were adopted, people were trying to get their applications in underneath...

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News & Press | April 6, 2024

CIANJ’s Commerce Magazine Recognizes T&M’s Environmental Leadership

In honor of Earth Month, CIANJ and Commerce Magazine dedicated its April issue to the environment by celebrating environmental achievements. They feature the leadership taken by many members of the environmental industry and higher education to protect and preserve our land, water, and air through green building, recycling, brownfield remediation, and more. CIANJ recognized T&M’s environmental leadership for their work on Middletown Township’s new $56 million town hall that is free of environmental concerns. T&M...

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News & Press | March 27, 2024

Importance of Improving Noise Monitoring in OHS Magazine

Don’t underestimate the constant hum of equipment at your manufacturing facility or construction site – the insidious nature of hearing loss lies in its cumulative effect and does not solely reside in sustained decibel levels. Meeting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standard of 85 decibels is only the beginning of noise monitoring for employers. Overlooking the importance of hearing protection goes beyond a simple safety oversight; a risk can affect an employee’s overall...

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