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Projects & Experience

Public-safe Pacific & federal experience

Selected, public-safe examples of the firm's Pacific and federal environmental work, framed as team, leadership, and program experience. Where work is sensitive or ongoing, we describe it generally — sensitive details are intentionally withheld.

Ex-situ low-thermal-desorption soil treatment near a Saipan village — staged excavated soil, a clean thermal treatment unit and lined staging pad, with palms and turquoise lagoon beyond.
RemediationStakeholder & Community

Tanapag Village PCB Remediation

Saipan, CNMI

Management of PCB-contaminated soil remediation at a Pacific island village, combining innovative cleanup with Indigenous and community-sensitive coordination.

Client:
DoD service component
Expertise:
Complex remediation delivered with deep community and cultural-resource sensitivity, plus clear public-health communication.
In-situ bioremediation site in Aua, American Samoa — oxygen-injection wellheads and piping treating fuel-contaminated soil, with recovering green vegetation and a steep tropical ridgeline.
RemediationInnovation

Aua Fuel Farm Innovative Bioremediation

American Samoa

In-situ bioremediation recognized for innovative technology (U.S. EPA SITE program) with documented government cost savings.

Client:
U.S. federal — petroleum site recognized by U.S. EPA
Expertise:
Innovative, lower-cost remediation proven on a real federal site; recognized under the U.S. EPA SITE program and delivered significant government cost savings.
Hazardous-waste containment on Kwajalein Atoll — neatly stacked sealed drums inside a lined secondary-containment berm, power-plant infrastructure at a distance, flat reef and turquoise lagoon.
International / E&SCompliance & Policy

South Pacific Environmental Liaison & Standards

South Pacific region

Participation in South Pacific regional environmental coordination and standards development across Pacific partners.

Client:
Regional / inter-agency
Expertise:
Senior-level regional environmental coordination and international standards experience.
Pacific environmental program coordination — an outdoor field table on an island overlook holding a multi-island map and planning tablet, with a sweeping ocean-and-island horizon beyond.
Compliance & PolicyStakeholder & Community

Pacific Water & Wastewater Technical Assistance

Pacific Islands

Water and wastewater operator training, compliance support, and grant technical assistance for Pacific Island communities.

Client:
Pacific Island communities / agencies
Expertise:
Practical water/wastewater capacity-building and compliance support for remote communities.
Controlled hazardous-material remediation on a Pacific island jungle site — a sealed white containment tent, lined exclusion zone with cones, and workers in protective suits handling sample drums.
International / E&SCompliance & Policy

Current Indo-Pacific Environmental Support

Indo-Pacific

Active federal environmental support across the Indo-Pacific. Sensitive details are not disclosed.

Client:
Federal
Expertise:
Current, active federal environmental program experience in the region.

Described generically — sensitive details intentionally withheld.

Environmental planning and compliance review in Hawaii — professionals examining site plans over a protected coastal landscape, representing NEPA/EIS and regulatory documentation work.
Compliance & Policy

Environmental Policy & EIS Regulations

Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi environmental policy and EIS regulation experience at the policy level.

Client:
State of Hawaiʻi
Expertise:
Foundational experience in the rules and review processes projects must satisfy.
Radon field assessment outside Okinawa family housing — a technician with a handheld monitor beside a sub-slab depressurization vent pipe on a low concrete home, subtropical greenery around.
RemediationInnovation

Green Technology / Innovative Remediation

Hawaiʻi & Pacific

Evaluation and application of innovative, eco-friendly remediation across a range of contamination challenges.

Client:
Public & private
Expertise:
Forward-looking, cost-aware remediation capability.
Emergency power response in a Pacific community after a storm — staged portable diesel generators and cabling on a pad, a hi-vis worker in a branded Environmental Assistants LLC vest assessing the units, debris-cleared palms behind.
Emergency ResponseStakeholder & Community

Emergency Power & Critical-Infrastructure Prioritization

Pacific (incl. Saipan)

Environmental and operational support for Pacific emergency response, including typhoon response and infrastructure prioritization.

Client:
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
Expertise:
Dependable performance under disaster conditions, framed around public health and resilience.
Maui regional wastewater environmental assessment — an engineer in a branded Environmental Assistants LLC hi-vis vest taking readings beside water-reclamation infrastructure, green Maui ridgeline and ocean beyond.
Compliance & PolicyStakeholder & Community

Maui Regional Wastewater Environmental Assessment

Maui, Hawaiʻi

Biological, cultural, and historic-resource surveys for a Maui regional wastewater initiative, paired with direct landowner access coordination.

Client:
Regional wastewater initiative (private/landowner)
Expertise:
Environmental documentation paired with on-the-ground landowner coordination.
Three-person survey crew in branded Environmental Assistants LLC hi-vis vests walking a rural Pacific land-parcel boundary at golden hour, securing access for fieldwork.
Right-of-Entry & AccessStakeholder & CommunityInternational / E&S

Pacific Federal Right-of-Entry Programs

Guam & Hawaiʻi

Landowner identification and signed right-of-entry agreements supporting federal munitions-cleanup site investigations across Guam and Hawaiʻi. Described generically — sensitive details intentionally withheld.

Client:
Federal environmental program
Expertise:
Proven right-of-entry execution on federal Pacific programs.

Generalized — no agency name or solicitation. Sensitive details intentionally withheld.

Environmental professionals at a Pacific advisory meeting, a presenter at an easel outlining an environmental and social due-diligence framework for stakeholders.
International / E&SCompliance & Policy

Indo-Pacific Environmental & Social Advisory

Indo-Pacific

Environmental and social risk screening and due diligence across the Indo-Pacific, aligned to international (IFC-style) performance standards. Described generically — the agency is not named.

Client:
Federal / development-finance (generalized)
Expertise:
Multi-country environmental review aligned to international (IFC-style) standards.

Generalized — agency not named. Sensitive details intentionally withheld.

Munitions-response field investigation on a Pacific island site — protective-suited crew and a marked exclusion zone, representing advanced geophysical classification work.
RemediationInnovation

Advanced Geophysical Classification — Munitions Response

Hawaiʻi (Island of Hawaiʻi) & Saipan, CNMI

Use of advanced geophysical classification on Pacific munitions-response sites to improve detection and reduce cost. Sensitive details intentionally withheld.

Client:
DoD service component
Expertise:
Innovative munitions-response technology that improves detection accuracy and reduces unnecessary excavation and cost.

Generalized — no installation, agency, or solicitation named.

DSMOA Pacific grants coordination — an Environmental Assistants liaison in a branded hi-vis vest briefing U.S. Department of Defense staff and Pacific-island environmental regulators at a large Pacific-islands map, with an island harbor beyond.
Compliance & PolicyInternational / E&S

DSMOA Pacific Grants Framework & Oversight

Guam · American Samoa · CNMI · Hawaiʻi

Two decades of DSMOA grant-framework development and oversight coordinating the Department of Defense and Pacific island environmental regulators.

Client:
DoD & Pacific environmental regulators
Expertise:
Sustained, multi-jurisdiction grant and compliance coordination between the Department of Defense and Pacific island regulators.
Environmental compliance review in Hawaii — professionals examining monitoring data and site plans over a protected coastal landscape.
Compliance & Policy

Air Quality Compliance & Monitoring — Hawaiʻi

Hawaiʻi

Clean Air Act compliance, monitoring, and modeling support for federal facilities across Hawaiʻi.

Client:
Federal facilities (Hawaiʻi)
Expertise:
Regulatory air-quality compliance experience across federal installations in Hawaiʻi.
Fuel-contaminated soil assessment at a Pacific site — monitoring wellheads and sampling equipment with recovering green vegetation and a tropical ridgeline.
RemediationCompliance & Policy

Petroleum Risk Assessments — Guam & Hawaiʻi

Guam & Hawaiʻi

Risk-based assessments for petroleum-contaminated soils in Guam and Hawaiʻi, supporting cost-effective, regulator-approved decisions.

Client:
Federal / DoD
Expertise:
Risk-based, cost-aware decisions that satisfy regulators while avoiding unnecessary cleanup cost.

Past projects

Historical experience

Documented experience areas across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific — fuel-tank and site investigations, munitions response, laboratory analysis, water resources, planning and compliance, and Pacific Island work.

Environmental field experience across Hawaii and the Pacific.

What we do

A full-lifecycle environmental capability

  1. Investigate & Assess

    Site investigation, field sampling, surveys

  2. Analysis & Data

    Lab coordination, QC & technical evaluation

  3. Remediate

    Cleanup planning, green technology, oversight

  4. Comply & Deliver

    NEPA / EIS, permitting, reporting

Military Munitions Response Program — representative environmental fieldwork

Saipan, CNMI

Military Munitions Response Program

Munitions-response (MRS / formerly used defense site) support, field coordination, and safety discipline at Pacific munitions-response sites, including right-of-entry and land-access coordination.

Innovative & Green Remediation — representative environmental fieldwork

Hawaiʻi & Pacific

Innovative & Green Remediation

Bioremediation and eco-friendly cleanup evaluation for fuel, PCBs, and PFAS-relevant contamination — innovative, lower-cost approaches proven on real federal sites.

Environmental Planning & Compliance — representative environmental fieldwork

Hawaiʻi & Pacific

Environmental Planning & Compliance

NEPA / EIS documentation, permitting, and regulatory coordination across complex, sensitive, and remote-site projects.

Fuel Storage Tank Investigations — representative environmental fieldwork

Hawaiʻi & Pacific

Fuel Storage Tank Investigations

POL / underground storage tank investigation, characterization, and remediation support.

Site Investigations & Risk Assessments — representative environmental fieldwork

Guam

Site Investigations & Risk Assessments

RI/FS, soil and groundwater, and ecological assessments for federal sites.

Water Resources Management — representative environmental fieldwork

Maui, Hawaiʻi

Water Resources Management

Surface-water, groundwater, watershed, and Pacific water/wastewater compliance and monitoring support.

Laboratory Testing & Analysis — representative environmental fieldwork

Laboratory Testing & Analysis

Environmental sampling, chemistry coordination, analysis, and data quality.

Pacific Island Project Experience — representative environmental fieldwork

Guam · CNMI · American Samoa

Pacific Island Project Experience

Decades of documented Pacific Island environmental program and field experience.

Where we work

Interactive project map

Click a marker for client category, service type, period, and status. The public map shows our Hawaiʻi base, verified project locations, and documented regional experience only.

Headquarters / Hawaiʻi baseVerified project locationDocumented regional experience
  • Hawaiʻi

    Headquarters / Hawaiʻi base

    Honolulu base — statewide environmental work

    Main Hawaiian Islands

    Headquarters and home base. Environmental policy and EIS regulation experience, water/wastewater compliance support, and remediation across the main Hawaiian Islands.

    Related projects
  • CNMI / Saipan

    Verified project location

    Tanapag Village PCB Remediation

    Northern Mariana Islands

    PCB remediation and Saipan ordnance/MRS context — technical cleanup delivered with cultural-resource and community sensitivity.

    Related projects
  • American Samoa

    Verified project location

    Aua Fuel Farm Innovative Bioremediation

    South Pacific

    Aua Fuel Farm in-situ bioremediation — recognized under the U.S. EPA SITE program with documented government cost savings.

    Related projects
  • Guam

    Documented regional experience

    Pacific environmental program experience

    Western Pacific

    Documented key-personnel field-investigation and landowner/community coordination experience in Guam.

    Related projects
  • Marshall Islands / Kwajalein

    Documented regional experience

    USAKA / Kwajalein environmental standards

    Republic of the Marshall Islands

    Documented environmental-standards experience in the Marshall Islands, including U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) environmental standards participation.

    Related projects
  • Palau

    Documented regional experience

    South Pacific environmental liaison & standards

    Western Pacific

    Documented South Pacific regional environmental liaison and standards experience covering Palau and the freely associated states.

    Related projects
  • Indo-Pacific

    Documented regional experience

    Current federal environmental support

    Regional federal support

    Current federal environmental support across the Indo-Pacific, including documentation review and multi-country coordination. Sensitive details not disclosed.

    Related projects

Capability summary

Experience at a glance

A quick-reference summary of representative work by client category, location, scope, and expertise.

Environmental Assistants LLC environmental service reach across Hawaiʻi and the Pacific — a stylized island map with core service markers.
ProjectClientLocationScopeExpertise
Tanapag Village PCB RemediationDoD service componentSaipan, CNMITechnical remediation of PCB-contaminated soil with cultural-resource protection and community-sensitive coordination.Complex remediation delivered with deep community and cultural-resource sensitivity, plus clear public-health communication.
Aua Fuel Farm Innovative BioremediationU.S. federal — petroleum site recognized by U.S. EPAAmerican SamoaIn-situ bioremediation of fuel-contaminated soil at a former fuel farm.Innovative, lower-cost remediation proven on a real federal site; recognized under the U.S. EPA SITE program and delivered significant government cost savings.
South Pacific Environmental Liaison & StandardsRegional / inter-agencySouth Pacific regionRegional environmental coordination and environmental standards work, including Marshall Islands / Kwajalein context.Senior-level regional environmental coordination and international standards experience.
Pacific Water & Wastewater Technical AssistancePacific Island communities / agenciesPacific IslandsOperator training, drinking-water compliance support, and grant technical assistance.Practical water/wastewater capacity-building and compliance support for remote communities.
Current Indo-Pacific Environmental SupportFederalIndo-PacificOngoing federal environmental support, including environmental documentation review and multi-country coordination.Current, active federal environmental program experience in the region.
Environmental Policy & EIS RegulationsState of HawaiʻiHawaiʻiEnvironmental policy and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regulation experience — law, permitting, mediation, and public outreach.Foundational experience in the rules and review processes projects must satisfy.
Green Technology / Innovative RemediationPublic & privateHawaiʻi & PacificEvaluation and application of eco-friendly remediation relevant to PFAS, fuel contamination, algae, wastewater ponds, soil, and water supply.Forward-looking, cost-aware remediation capability.
Emergency Power & Critical-Infrastructure PrioritizationFEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)Pacific (incl. Saipan)Environmental and operational support for emergency response — typhoon response, emergency power coordination, and water-system prioritization.Dependable performance under disaster conditions, framed around public health and resilience.
Maui Regional Wastewater Environmental AssessmentRegional wastewater initiative (private/landowner)Maui, HawaiʻiBiological, cultural, and historic-resource surveys with landowner access coordination.Environmental documentation paired with on-the-ground landowner coordination.
Pacific Federal Right-of-Entry ProgramsFederal environmental programGuam & HawaiʻiLandowner identification and securing signed access agreements for federal munitions-cleanup site investigations.Proven right-of-entry execution on federal Pacific programs.
Indo-Pacific Environmental & Social AdvisoryFederal / development-finance (generalized)Indo-PacificEnvironmental and social risk screening and due diligence against international performance standards.Multi-country environmental review aligned to international (IFC-style) standards.
Advanced Geophysical Classification — Munitions ResponseDoD service componentHawaiʻi (Island of Hawaiʻi) & Saipan, CNMIApplication of advanced geophysical classification (metal-mapper / MPV sensors) for military munitions response site investigation.Innovative munitions-response technology that improves detection accuracy and reduces unnecessary excavation and cost.
DSMOA Pacific Grants Framework & OversightDoD & Pacific environmental regulatorsGuam · American Samoa · CNMI · HawaiʻiFramework development and grant monitoring for Defense-State Memorandum of Agreement (DSMOA) cooperative environmental programs over 20+ years.Sustained, multi-jurisdiction grant and compliance coordination between the Department of Defense and Pacific island regulators.
Air Quality Compliance & Monitoring — HawaiʻiFederal facilities (Hawaiʻi)HawaiʻiAir-quality compliance, monitoring, and modeling support for federal facilities under the Clean Air Act.Regulatory air-quality compliance experience across federal installations in Hawaiʻi.
Petroleum Risk Assessments — Guam & HawaiʻiFederal / DoDGuam & HawaiʻiHuman-health and environmental risk assessments for petroleum-contaminated soils in lieu of full excavation and cleanup.Risk-based, cost-aware decisions that satisfy regulators while avoiding unnecessary cleanup cost.