The predecessor to HRMC, NUI Environmental Group (NUIEG) was established in 1996 as a subsidiary to NUI Corporation with Mr. Behan as President, in response to a crisis that threatened the continuing growth and viability of the New York Harbor. NUIEG engaged a leading environmental company Tetra Tech to perform a study of more than 200 technologies to determine the best treatment technology for the dredged sediment. 1n 1997, NUIEG also signed an agreement with the US Brookhaven National Laboratories (BNL) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collaborate on determining the most viable and cost effective technology to solve this problem.
In an effort to promote the development of new technologies to process contaminated dredged materials in a manner that renders them useful, known as beneficial use, the State of New Jersey, Office of Maritime Resources (NJ OMR) began a program of funding demonstrations of new technologies, with the goal of having successful technologies establish commercial-scale, cost-effective processing facilities to serve the New York/New Jersey Harbor. The overall scope of the NJ OMR-sponsored project involves two principal tasks, a contract for a small-scale pilot study and a contract for a larger-scale demonstration project. In 1998, NUIEG responded to the Sediment Decontamination Demonstration Project Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Office of New Jersey Maritime Resources (NJMR), and was selected as one of five contractors to first perform a pilot study and then develop a demonstration-scale facility to evaluate their processing technology under the terms outlined in the RFP. This RFP was issued by NJMR in March 1998, as part of the effort to demonstrate innovative technologies that may be capable of economically transforming large volumes of dredged material from the New York/New Jersey Harbor into beneficial use products.
The pilot study was conducted from February 13, 2001 to May 7, 2001. Review and evaluation of the pilot study test results clearly indicated that the Dredged Material Process has the ability to reduce the concentration of target organic chemical contaminants in materials dredged from the New York/New Jersey Harbor and as such, warranted further evaluation as part of the NJMR Demonstration Program. The final report was submitted to NJMR in February 2002. The evaluation of the analytical results from the pilot study confirmed that the Dredged Material Process demonstrated the ability to reduce target contaminant levels in dredged material from the New York/New Jersey Harbor to levels below New Jersey Non-Residential Direct Contact Soil Cleanup Criteria (NRDCSCC) levels and to demonstrate a new and innovative technology to process dredged material into marketable end products.
In 2003, NUI made a corporate decision to spin off all its un-regulated businesses that were non-utility related. Michael J. Behan, who was President of NUI Environmental Group, did a management buyout of NUIEG. He formed Harbor Resource Management Corporation (HRMC) and acquired NUIEG changing its name to Harbor Resource Environmental Group (HREG). The responsibility for conducting the sediment decontamination demonstration contract valued at $2 million was transferred from NUIEG to HREG.
The large-scale demonstration project was conducted under contract by HREG from March 10, 2005 through March 23, 2005 to test the effectiveness of a continuous process using commercial-scale equipment. Twenty truckloads of successfully processed dredged material, containing a total of 332 tons were placed at EnCap Golf’s Lyndhurst & Rutherford facility through the application of HREG’s process. Based on these results, HREG was now confident that its process could reduce levels of contaminants from dredged sediment and create a Beneficial Use Product that satisfies the requirements of a particular end user. The Demonstration Report can be viewed below or downloaded from the State of New Jersey, DOT Office of Maritime Resources website under Harbor Resource Environmental Group using the link below.
www.nj.gov/transportation/freight/maritime/documents/PDM_FINAL_4.24.13-cs.pdf
harborresourceenvironmentalgroup-sedimentdecontaminationdemonstrationprojectreport.pdf
In an effort to promote the development of new technologies to process contaminated dredged materials in a manner that renders them useful, known as beneficial use, the State of New Jersey, Office of Maritime Resources (NJ OMR) began a program of funding demonstrations of new technologies, with the goal of having successful technologies establish commercial-scale, cost-effective processing facilities to serve the New York/New Jersey Harbor. The overall scope of the NJ OMR-sponsored project involves two principal tasks, a contract for a small-scale pilot study and a contract for a larger-scale demonstration project. In 1998, NUIEG responded to the Sediment Decontamination Demonstration Project Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Office of New Jersey Maritime Resources (NJMR), and was selected as one of five contractors to first perform a pilot study and then develop a demonstration-scale facility to evaluate their processing technology under the terms outlined in the RFP. This RFP was issued by NJMR in March 1998, as part of the effort to demonstrate innovative technologies that may be capable of economically transforming large volumes of dredged material from the New York/New Jersey Harbor into beneficial use products.
The pilot study was conducted from February 13, 2001 to May 7, 2001. Review and evaluation of the pilot study test results clearly indicated that the Dredged Material Process has the ability to reduce the concentration of target organic chemical contaminants in materials dredged from the New York/New Jersey Harbor and as such, warranted further evaluation as part of the NJMR Demonstration Program. The final report was submitted to NJMR in February 2002. The evaluation of the analytical results from the pilot study confirmed that the Dredged Material Process demonstrated the ability to reduce target contaminant levels in dredged material from the New York/New Jersey Harbor to levels below New Jersey Non-Residential Direct Contact Soil Cleanup Criteria (NRDCSCC) levels and to demonstrate a new and innovative technology to process dredged material into marketable end products.
In 2003, NUI made a corporate decision to spin off all its un-regulated businesses that were non-utility related. Michael J. Behan, who was President of NUI Environmental Group, did a management buyout of NUIEG. He formed Harbor Resource Management Corporation (HRMC) and acquired NUIEG changing its name to Harbor Resource Environmental Group (HREG). The responsibility for conducting the sediment decontamination demonstration contract valued at $2 million was transferred from NUIEG to HREG.
The large-scale demonstration project was conducted under contract by HREG from March 10, 2005 through March 23, 2005 to test the effectiveness of a continuous process using commercial-scale equipment. Twenty truckloads of successfully processed dredged material, containing a total of 332 tons were placed at EnCap Golf’s Lyndhurst & Rutherford facility through the application of HREG’s process. Based on these results, HREG was now confident that its process could reduce levels of contaminants from dredged sediment and create a Beneficial Use Product that satisfies the requirements of a particular end user. The Demonstration Report can be viewed below or downloaded from the State of New Jersey, DOT Office of Maritime Resources website under Harbor Resource Environmental Group using the link below.
www.nj.gov/transportation/freight/maritime/documents/PDM_FINAL_4.24.13-cs.pdf
harborresourceenvironmentalgroup-sedimentdecontaminationdemonstrationprojectreport.pdf