Mark Annis

Mark Annis ANCO uphold the trust and referrals of customers

ANCO Environmental Services, Inc. assists in protecting family health and rescuing property value by managing chemical and biological pollutants in residential and commercial properties in New Jersey and the tri-state area.

ANCO facilitates residential oil tank services, radioactive sites, biological clean-up, trauma response, redevelopment of contaminated property, mold services site investigation services, and geo-probe drill rig and subsurface investigation services to limit the risk of personal exposure.

With 26 year’s experience, Mark Annis ANCO utilizes its own equipment and professional personnel to provide efficiency, cost-control, and smooth job progression. Their expertise in oil tank removal and disposal allows ANCO to uphold the trust and referrals of customers throughout the area. Upholding the high standards of the Environmental Protection Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ANCO also ensures 24-hour emergency response for the public’s safety.

Hazardous materials could be located in the most unlikely places such as the Kiddie Kollege Day Care Center in southern New Jersey where one-third of the children tested abnormally high for mercury levels. Their nursery sat on the grounds of a former thermometer factory that had never been appropriately investigated and cleaned. If the realtor and authorities would have enlisted ANCO’s services, the devastating health violation could have been avoided by cleaning the site to comply with state guidelines and municipal regulations.

With their innovative techniques and advanced monitoring of progress in the field, Mark Annis ANCO offers the most up-to-date, quality services such as the underground storage tanks that offer an alternative to above ground tanks when New Jersey’s regulated commercial tanks number 80,000.

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Mark Annis Gillette ANCO Environmental Services, Inc. (ANCO) was retained by Robert Ford, Executor to provide professional environmental services specifically with respect to the removal of one (1) 550-gallon regulated gasoline Underground Storage Tank (UST) at the 38 State Highway 31, Flemington, New Jersey commercial property. This report specifically addresses the UST removal, remedial action for soils, then soil and groundwater sampling activities.

Note this project involved the removal of a regulated underground storage tank, thereby, in the State of New Jersey requiring oversight by a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP). The LSRP is responsible for filing certain forms with NJDEP, which lead to his issuance of a Response Action Outcome (RAO) letter. Mark Annis Gillette ANCO performed the physical site remediation work, then via this report, recommends RAO letter issuance.

A basement is present at the subject site, however far enough from the tank as to not have been impacted. None the less, the entire basement was inspected by ANCO. No odors or discoloration were found. ANCO concluded that there is no basement contamination present from the leaking gas tank.

Mark Annis Gillette ANCO first obtained municipal permit #1458-14, then after completion of an underground utility mark out, mobilized to the site and excavated around the tank. Vapors were purged via displacement with dry ice. The tank was cut open with a sparkles air chisel, then was vacuumed and cleaned by Lorco Petroleum of Elizabeth, NJ. Corrosion holes were observed through the tank shell. Gasoline contaminated soil was observed after removing the tank.

The NJDEP was notified of the confirmed discharge and case 14-12-17-1208-44 was assigned. ANCO remobilized to the site the next day with a larger excavator and dug out two triaxle truckloads of impacted soil, which was staged on site on plastic, then covered with plastic sheeting. Once soils were transported to a disposal facility, total tonnage was reported to equal 49.03 tons.