Identity Values
and Integrity
Matador Environmental Professionals, PLLC (MEP) is a group of independent EP’s headed by the founding member, Ray L. McKim, III CPL/ESA, who is a Certified Professional Landman/Environmental Site Assessor under the requirements as a member of the American Association of Professional Landmen; Member No. 3231. [ On November 1, 2005, the EPA issued new rules and regulations defining the “environmental professional” conducting “all appropriate inquiries”. To qualify without a Professional Engineer’s License or Professional Geologist License, an individual must have ten years of relevant full-time work experience.]
MEP is a group consisting of a licensed mechanical engineer, an experienced, certified Health, Safety and Environmental professional (HSE) and a certified building inspector. All of us at MEP believe in “common sense” assessments and one way to insure integrity to the process is that MEP does not engage in the Phase II process- we have relationships with very good licensed, third party consultants if truly there is a need for soil sampling, tank removal etc. This Phase II separation of an ESA removes all conflicts of interest to find “recognized environmental conditions “ (REC), that by experience, almost all the time are issues that should be categorized as “housing cleaning”.
Locations
Dallas, Midland, Lubbock, San Angelo & Abilene
Pricing
Our standard fee for properties where there appears to be no apparent or significant RECs on the subject or adjacent to, and no extra data needed, the fee is $1,650.00 (which includes travel expenses- and usually no mileage charges within Texas- and the cost of the database). The client will be informed on all phases of the investigation if any significant environmental conditions are found- after our initial inspection of the subject and the ordering of the environmental database (records research), we can be further assured that the quote for the report is firm for the subject site, and the client notified.
Also, having an extensive background in land titles as a 40 year Certified Professional Landman in the oil and gas industry, we usually do our own 50 year chain of titles and there is no extra for this service. This is a $300-500 savings to the client. Certain site scenarios may be subject to my judgment to waive the need of certain investigative historical data, such as the 50 year chain of title, especially where the improvements were the first on an otherwise raw land tract, and other data that may be waived are historical aerials (usually before 1996) and topos. If in our judgment we feel the necessity to order such data, then the client will be notified to the extra charges.
Additional
MEP will also perform “Baseline Risk Assessments” , the “Exit” Phase I ESA and Audits, SBA Environmental Questionnaires, plus for the telecom folks, we also do FCC NEPA/Section 106 environmental reports. An MEP EP will also come to your office to present “lunch seminars” at your business locations (or the Lubbock, Midland, Dallas locations).
Never hesitate to give us a call to answer any environmental questions.
- Cell: (432) 296-0091
- [email protected]
- Offices: Dallas, Midland, Lubbock, San Angelo & Abilene