On 12 March 2021, Orion received the 2020 Project Merit Award from the Climate Change Business Journal (CCBJ) for Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Remediation. This project involved the accelerated shut down of active remedial systems and a reduction in groundwater monitoring at a complex site. Sustainability evaluation results indicated a 99 percent reduction in sustainability metrics including greenhouse gas and air emissions, water and energy usage, and accident risks.
The site contains two active bulk fuel terminals and a former retail gasoline station with multiple water-bearing zones, heterogeneous lithology, and residential and surface water receptors. Remedial operations in 2016 included dual-phase extraction and oxygen injection systems, monthly manual LNAPL monitoring and recovery, and quarterly to annual groundwater monitoring at 90 monitoring wells. Orion transparently communicated with the regulatory agency with the goal of shutting down active systems and