PHE would like to congratulate Kevin Johnson and the rest of the staff of the Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton Environmental Department for their selection as a Secretary of Defense Environmental Award winner for 2021, in the category of Environmental Quality - Industrial Installation! This award comes on the heels of the Department’s selection in the same category for the 2021 Secretary of the Navy Environmental Awards competition. Kevin sits onsite in the Environmental Department in support of the Air Station’s environmental training program, which PHE has supported since 2007.

PHE recently completed pro-bono energy benchmarking data verifications for two non-profit owned properties in Montgomery County. If you own or manage a building and need help with your energy benchmarking, or if you have any questions about the process, reach out to PHE today!

PHE’s Samir Qadir is speaking tonight at the monthly meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) National Capital Section. Come and learn about climate change, its causes, and what we can do about it!

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently announced significant revisions to its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations, which govern how NEPA is implemented across the Federal government. These changes represent the first major update to NEPA regulations in over 40 years. The new regulations went into effect on September 14, 2020 and agencies will have 12 months to update their NEPA regulations. While the goal of these changes is to streamline NEPA processes and provide additional flexibility to agencies, at least in the short term there may be some growing pains as agencies and NEPA practitioners adapt to the new requirements.

PHE, with our joint venture partner Michael Baker International, was recently awarded two indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District. The awards include an Unrestricted contract and a Small Business contract with respective contract capacities of $45 million and $4 million. Through these contracts, the PHE-Baker Joint Venture will support the USACE Mobile District’s Environmental Quality Program, to provide solutions to complex environmental compliance and pollution prevention problems.