OAKLAND (January 25, 2023) — ACC Environmental Consultants, Inc., an employee-owned full-service environmental consulting and design firm, announced on December 22 that it has acquired HydroCon, significantly adding to ACC’s environmental services business in the Pacific Northwest Region.

HydroCon, which serves throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, is an environmental consulting firm that specializes in a wide range of environmental and engineering services to facilitate investigation and remediation of environmental sites. Established in 2014 the HydroCon team adds over a dozen highly experienced environmental professionals, that complement ACC’s existing group of professional consultants. Combining our experience in four locations Vancouver, Longview and Seattle, Washington and Bend, Oregon) expands ACC’s reach throughout the West.    

“ACC is so excited to bring such a high quality organization as HydroCon into the ACC family of employee owners! The merging of our two companies now allows ACC the ability to provide quality environmental consulting services throughout the Pacific Northwest.” 

-Mark A. Sanchez, President/CEO of ACC Environmental Consultants, Inc

On December 22, ACC Environmental announced a definitive agreement to acquire HydroCon, a transaction that closed on January 1, 2023. The combined company, including HydroCon, makes us a full-service environmental consulting and design provider with more than 45 employees in 6 different states.

“The entire staff at HydroCon Environmental is excited to be expanding our environmental services as well as our geographical area with a parent company that has the same core values and goals as us.” 

– David Borys, President of HydroCon  

About ACC Environmental Consultants, Inc. 

Established in 1986, ACC Environmental Consultants, Inc. (ACC) is an employee-owned full service environmental consulting and design firm recognized for its excellent and reliable client service.

ACC’s mission is to assist in the management of environmental and health & safety issues for corporations, state and local governments, universities, school districts, hospitals, housing authorities, residential developers, financial and insurance firms, research and bio-tech facilities and manufacturers. We work to provide sound, timely and cost-effective solutions to meet our clients’ goals by facilitating the management of liabilities and regulations and maintaining a suitable working environment. 

ACC maintains one of the most qualified and experienced staffs in the state of California and is now servicing the Seattle, Washington and surrounding regions.  Our experience in large-scale community-sensitive projects is deep and ongoing. We utilize project management best practices, state of the art equipment and our own innovative data gathering software systems to assist our clients in accomplishing their near and long-term hazardous materials and industrial hygiene compliance programs goals. 

ACC’s Staff Includes:

• Professional Geologists
• Environmental Professionals
• Certified Industrial Hygienists
• Indoor Air Quality Specialists
• Certified Asbestos Professionals
• Certified Lead-based Paint Professionals        
• Certified Hazardous Materials Managers

Our Core Services Include:

• Asbestos and Lead-Based Paint Testing and Consulting
• Silica Dust Monitoring and Exposure Control Plans
• Hazardous Material Consulting Services (including PCBs)
• Industrial Hygiene and Health and Safety Consulting 
• Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments
• Soil Profiling for Disposal and/or Re-Use Purposes
• Site Characterization (Soil, Groundwater, & Soil Vapor)
• Work Plan Preparation and Implementation
• Indoor Air Sampling Related to Subsurface Contamination
• Environmental Health and Safety Plans
• Soil and Groundwater Management Plans 
• Regulatory Agency Interaction 
• Indoor Environmental Quality Testing and Consulting
• LEED Environmental Testing and Certification
• Water Intrusion and Mold Inspections
• OSHA Employee Training – Asbestos, EPA Lead RRP,OSHA 30 Silica, Mold 
• Hazardous Chemical Materials Inventory Management and Business Plans

About HydroCon

HydroCon’s technical service delivery qualifications are diverse.  Due to the decades of our individual professionals’ experience and their combined hundreds of years of experience, our technical service delivery lines are extensive.  Our numerous geologic, engineering, and science categories of environmental consulting capabilities include:

Environmental Property Due Diligence: Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessments Hazardous Building Material Surveys (Lead & Asbestos) Brownfields and Site Redevelopment Environmental Impact Studies Environmental Remediation: Remedial Investigation & Feasibility Studies (RI/FS) Remedial Design, Construction Oversight, and Operations & Maintenance Groundwater Fate & Transport Modeling Regulatory Compliance Ecological Assessments   Facility Operations: Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures Plans (SPCCs) Stormwater Management, Design, Analysis (including SWPPP and AKART), and Sampling Erosion and Sediment Control Plans (ESCPs) and Site Inspections NPDES Permits UST Decommissioning & Closure LUST Removal and Cleanup   Infrastructure and Vertical Construction Support: Waste Characterization & Disposal Contaminated Waste Management Plans Hazardous Materials Corridor Studies Environmental Construction Management Planning and Zoning   Supplemental Services: Litigation and Insurance Claim Support Forensic Chemistry Toxicological Evaluations CAD Drafting & Design Emergency Spill Response

HydroCon’s qualifications and ability to deliver diverse high quality technical services is the result of the extensive experience and expertise of our professional staff, which includes:

Professional/Licensed/Registered:

• Geologists
• Hydrogeologists
• Engineers
• Geological Engineers
• Environmental Scientists
• Chemists
• Toxicologists
• HOT Supervisors
• AHERA Inspectors
• Groundwater Modelers
• Field Technicians
• Analytical Forensics Fingerprinting Experts
• Cost Estimators
• Database Managers
• CAD Draftsmen

HydroCon’s broad range of well qualified professionals from licensed/registered senior geologists, engineers, and hydrogeologists to seasoned field technicians enables HydroCon to deliver a full spectrum of environmental consulting services.  The extensive experience of our staff more specifically includes managing and performing: soil, sediment, groundwater, surface water, sediment, air, and soil gas environmental sampling and monitoring for diverse contaminants related to CERCLA, RCRA, MTCA, TSCA, UST, LUST and other regulated sites; contaminated media management including IDW testing and disposal; and environmental oversight and field monitoring/verification sampling during construction projects at known and suspected contaminated sites.  

Our HydroCon project team members have substantial understanding, knowledge, and experience with federal, state, and local regulations and guidance necessary to execute these projects in an efficient, beneficial, and compliant manner.  For example, on our UST and LUST projects, HydroCon’s professionals are well versed in applicable regulations, specifically in Washington: Chapter 173-360 WAC for USTs and Chapter 173-340 WAC associated with the extensive Model Toxics Control Act regulations.  In addition, our regulatory expertise in Oregon includes: OAR 340-163 regarding HOT registration and licensing of Service Supervisors & Service Providers; OAR 340-160 regarding Service Providers licensing for non-residential regulated tanks; OAR 340-122 regarding releases and remediation for regulated Leaky Underground Storage Tanks (LUST); OAR 340-150 regarding UST rules, especially gas station systems; and the recently promulgated (January 2016) Oregon residential HOT rules for decommissioning through cleanup.