Al Fuan

Mr. Fuan brings to TRG hands on work experience and advanced technical knowledge of environmental issues involved with air, soil, and water contamination. As a Professional Civil Engineer, Mr. Fuan routinely supervises/performs environmental site assessments and monitoring, engineering, construction, installation and operation of remediation systems.

He is a versatile engineer with excellent communication and project skills. Mr. Fuan is responsible for and proficient in scheduling, coordinating, and implementing all assigned projects. He also remains current on regulatory requirements and interacts with regulatory authorities on behalf of The Reynolds Group and its clients.

Mr. Fuan earned his Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Southern California. As an undergraduate student at the University of Southern California, Mr. Fuan was selected to conduct laboratory research on chlorinated volatile organic chemicals, petroleum hydrocarbons, and mathematical modeling. He is a member of the civil engineering honor society, Chi Epsilon. He is also a California Registered Civil Engineer.

DRY CLEANER SOIL AND GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION (6597.VI)

Client:	DOUBLETREE CHEVIOT HOLDINGS, LLC
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Real Estate Managers/owners Drycleaners	Service:	Soil Remediation Litigation Support Regulatory Response & Negotiation Health Risk Assessments Groundwater Monitoring Groundwater Remediation
This active, contaminated dry cleaner site is found in an urban retail shopping center. Decades of dry cleaning activities at the site have impacted the soil and groundwater with PCE. The owner of the retail center is seeking reimbursement from both current and former dry cleaner operators, and there is litigation pending on payment for cleaning up the source of PCE with the dry cleaner operators. To avoid a protracted cleanup schedule and reduce litigation costs, TRG was retained by the land owner to assess and cleanup the site. Moving into the remediation phase involved coordination with a large number of permitting agencies to perform assessments, constructing a remediation system, operating the remediation system (vapor extraction and air sparging), and monitoring discharges. A major law firm is involved in overseeing The Reynolds Group's work with an eye towards efficiency and minimizing third party liability. TRG is working closely with legal counsel as they seek input into the sources of PCE and cost basis of remediation.

Hexavalent Chromium (6687.IV)

Client:	CHROMAL PLATING & GRINDING
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Metal Finishers Manufacturers	Service:	Regulatory Response & Negotiation Site Assessment
The Los Angeles Regional Water Board (LARWQCB) began searching in the early 2000's for sources of chromium that had impacted key beneficial drinking water supplies in the Los Angeles area. One of TRG's clients, a plating company, was asked to look into its past practices and assess the subsurface because another Fortune 500 company downgradient had detected highly elevated concentrations of chromium and believed it to originate from TRG's client. Working with the law firm of Franklin, Bevins, Walsworth & McCall, TRG was able to advance work enough to demonstrate that the problem at the Fortune 500 company was more likely its own problem than TRG's clients. By creating a compilation, surveyed regional issues report, TRG was able to graphically demonstrate that its client's chromium issue was "de minimus". In this case, TRG worked through its clients insurer, Zurich Insurance North America.

Drycleaner PCE Contamination (6875.VI)

Client:	STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Drycleaners Insurance Companies Real Estate Managers/owners	Service:	Soil Remediation Litigation Support Regulatory Response & Negotiation Soil Vapor Extraction Health Risk Assessments Site Assessment Operations And Maintenance Of Remediation Systems
Standard Insurance Corporation (Standard) is a publicly traded Fortune 500 corporation and Exxon Mobil Corporation is one of the largest oil companies in the world. In this project, The Reynolds Group is untangling the liabilities and cost responsibilities of a commingled plume. The case is being overseen by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and involves drafting and implementing work plans under the DTSC s stringent Quality Assurance/ Quality Control requirements. Several prominent law firms are engaged in this matter. DTSC and client interaction are critical to the effective advancement of the project. Standard is pleased with The Reynolds Group's performance. The case involves the assessment and remediation of chlorinated compounds associated with a commercial facility that are commingled with contaminants associated with the Exxon Mobil operation. The Reynolds Group completed the assessment under DTSC guidelines and is currently removing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the subsurface via soil vapor extraction. The Reynolds Group will commence remediation of the groundwater soon. Because of the sites proximity to a residential neighborhood, The Reynolds Groups Health Risk Assessment (HRA) capabilities are also utilized.

DTSC Site Investigation (6532.IV)

Client:	NORAC, INC.
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Manufacturers	Service:	Regulatory Response & Negotiation Health Risk Assessments Spill Prevention Control And Countermeasure
TRG's client is the leading supplier of ketone peroxides in North America, supplies specialty chemicals to the metallic stearate market and also produces Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). TRG's client specializes in complex multi-stage organic synthesis and separation. The site is located in the San Gabriel Valley Superfund area within the Baldwin Park Operable Unit. Groundwater in the site vicinity is known to be contaminated. Depth to groundwater is more than 200 feet below ground surface. Drilling conditions at the site are difficult due to the presence of cobbles and boulders in the subsurface. The Reynolds Group was originally hired by its client in 1996 to perform an assessment. Because of The Reynolds Group's work, the client contacted us in 2004 to perform additional consulting services. Our client was in the process of obtaining closure for one of the areas of concern identified by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). During the DTSC visit to the site, the DTSC observed conditions requiring further investigation. The Reynolds Group prepared and implemented the RCRA Facility Investigation Work Plan, DTSC Corrective Action, Current Conditions Reports, and assisted with the Public Participation requirements of the DTSC. The Reynolds Group participated in meetings with DTSC staff to negotiate realistic assessment work scopes. Investigation methods included: soil gas sampling, soil gas probe installation and sampling, soil boring advancement with sonic drilling techniques, and shallow direct push (probing) methods.

Brownfield Redevelopment (5946.III)

Client:	LAW OFFICE OF STAN RALLS
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Attorneys Manufacturers	Service:	Soil Remediation Regulatory Response & Negotiation Health Risk Assessments Groundwater Monitoring Site Assessment Groundwater Remediation
This site had lain fallow for a decade. It had contained a mechanical manufacturing business, a dry cleaner and a gas station at one time. TRG worked with the clients counsel to enable the client to sell the property to a new owner for redevelopment. In order to facilitate the sale, TRG identified the environmental liabilities associated with the past uses of the property, negotiated with the Voluntary Oversight Program at the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board to separate soil and groundwater contamination into two issues, and addressed the soil contamination based on health risk standards. The Reynolds Group obtained a no further action letter for the soils issue which was key to allowing the real estate transaction to proceed. The seller provided a discount on the market value of the property to the buyer to accept the risk and liability of future costs associated with further groundwater assessment and remediation. Both parties were ultimately satisfied. The client was able to sell the property for cash and transfer liability to the seller. The buyer was able to buy the property at a risk appropriate discount for future development. The City of Long Beach benefited by having a formerly blighted property developed as a major grocery center.

Drycleaner Assessment (6881)

Client:	HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	11/30/2007
Industry:	Drycleaners	Service:	Soil Remediation Regulatory Response & Negotiation Health Risk Assessments Groundwater Monitoring Site Assessment
During the due diligence for a real property transaction, contamination was discovered at this site. The seller retained the liability to remediate the contamination and hired The Reynolds Group to provide turnkey environmental services to advance the project to a "No Further Action" letter. To expedite closure for the seller, The Reynolds Group was able to obtain "No Further Action" letter for the vadose zone, while continuing to remediate the groundwater at the site. The unconditional "No Further Action" letter for final closure (including groundwater) at the site was obtained only a few months later.

Dig and Haul (4976)

Client:	H & S FOOD AND GAS
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Real Estate Developers	Service:	Underground Storage Tank Removals
The Reynolds Group is working with a Korean Developer in downtown Los Angeles on a mixed use development. The client purchased a contaminated property in a tax distress sale and has been admitted to receive Orphan Account funds. The site is in a blighted area of Los Angeles (west of downtown at 3rd Street). TRG is helping the developer scope the environmental portion of the project and we have been instrumental in helping them secure grant funding from the State. The City of Los Angeles Redevelopment Agency, the Federal and State EPA, and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board are all part of the project process.

Gasoline Plume Assessment (6066)

Client:	STRAUB DISTRIBUTING
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	09/17/2010
Industry:	Not Assigned	Service:	Mtbe Remediation Groundwater Remediation
Working for Straub Distributing, The Reynolds Group assessed and remediated gasoline (including MTBE) impact to shallow soils and groundwater at the site of a former distribution center. During the completion of vertical and horizontal assessment of the gasoline plume, a groundwater pump and treat system was installed and operated at the site as an Interim Remedial Action to control the off site migration of the gasoline plume in the groundwater. While gasoline (BTEX and MTBE) concentrations decreased significantly in the groundwater, a high pressure air sparge and soil vapor extraction system was installed and operated to address the remaining gasoline impact at the site. The air sparge and soil vapor extraction systems were operated continuously for 26 months and intermittently in a "pulsing mode" for approximately 12 months. TRG petitioned for closure from the Orange County Health Care Agency, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board and the California Water Quality Control Board. Closure was obtained, and the clients real assets' value was restored.

Due Diligence (7115)

Client:	FULLERTON UNIVERSAL
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	04/05/2007
Industry:	Manufacturers Real Estate Managers/owners	Service:	Operations And Maintenance Of Remediation Systems Real Estate Due Diligence And Transaction Support
During the course of a multi-million dollar commercial real estate transaction, TRG provided the buyer with an estimated cost to assume the environmental liability in the purchase of the property. The buyer was able to negotiate a significant discount on the deal because of the chlorinated solvent contamination associated with the former manufacturing activities at the property. Once the deal closed, TRG set out to clean up the contamination in the soil beneath the building on site. Operating a soil vapor extraction unit with a network of a dozen multi-nested vapor wells has reduced the contaminant concentrations to minimal levels, and TRG is negotiating closure of the case with the Orange County Health Care Agency based on minimal health risk to employee occupants of the building. The cost of cleanup and closure of the case is well within the estimate TRG provided during the transaction. Closure is expected within months.

Groundwater Monitoring in Glennville (7210.V)

Client:	CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	City, County, State And Federal Agencies	Service:	Groundwater Monitoring
TRG typically interacts with Regional Water Quality Control Boards as agencies to which we report on our clients behalves, but in this case, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board contracts with TRG to conduct quarterly gauging and groundwater monitoring of 47 monitoring and supply wells in the southern Sierran foothill town of Glennville, California. Many of the wells are impacted by MTBE, a gasoline additive. TRG works closely with the CVRWQCB as a client and ensures the fieldwork and reporting meet the Boards expectations and standards. Since being contracted to perform the work in 2008, the Board has renewed the contract for the project.

Subsurface Soil and Groundwater Cleanup (4068.V)

Client:	ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	City, County, State And Federal Agencies	Service:	Groundwater Monitoring Underground Storage Tank Removals
TRG was retained by the Orange County Sheriff Department to prepare a case summary and recommendations pertaining to a gasoline fuel release into the subsurface soil and groundwater from a former UST at the Musick Jail Facility. TRG reviewed all historical environmental work and performed additional groundwater assessment to determine current conditions at the site. TRG also interacted openly with the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board (SARWQCB) to discuss the closure criteria for the site. TRG determined that remedial action of the subsurface soil at the site would be necessary to attain case closure at the site. TRG has been retained by the Orange County Sheriff Department to present the cleanup strategy to the SARWQCB.

Due Diligence (7474.XII)

Client:	THE DEWEY GROUP
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	11/25/2009
Industry:	Real Estate Developers Real Estate Brokers	Service:	Soil Remediation Site Assessment
The Dewey Group was considering a real estate transaction in Long Beach. The deal involved a property that had been redeveloped prior to current regulatory statutes so, it was unknown if past activities had impacted the site. TRG developed a limited scope of work based on historic aerial photographs to screen the soil and groundwater at the site for chemicals associated with the past uses of the property. The results of the investigation allowed The Dewey Group to consider purchasing the property at a risk reduced price or to pass on the purchase. The work TRG performed in one day helped The Dewey Group avoid acquiring an environmental liability over half a million dollars.

Contamination Findings (7362.I)

Client:	ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Attorneys	Service:	Real Estate Due Diligence And Transaction Support Litigation Support
The Reynolds Group is working with an environmental team for a proprietary client on a matter that involves the Orange County Water District and the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board in Central Orange County. A number of consultants have worked on the project over two decades. The Reynolds Group was the first one to propose linking a number of sites together to look a causation of contamination and reasonable remedies including buyout of the liability. The Reynolds Groups reasonable and measured approach to the project allows its client to satisfy regulatory requirements, plan cash flow, and move toward reasonable, less surprising legal and financial future outcomes.

Advancing Remediation at a Dry Cleaner (7489.I)

Client:	ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEY
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Attorneys	Service:	Soil Remediation Site Assessment Health Risk Assessments
The Reynolds Group has worked with an environmental attorney to assist a retail center owner in advancing remediation of a dry cleaner Riverside County under a voluntary program. The case involves a number of factors including financial distress, Human Health Risk, Assessment, and Remediation. Timing and sequencing of work activities are coordinated with the attorney.

Financial Responsibility (6687VII)

Client:	CHROMAL PLATING & GRINDING
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Insurance Companies	Service:	Hexavalent Chromium Clean-up
The Los Angeles Regional Water Board (LARWQCB) began searching in the early 2000's for sources of chromium that had impacted key beneficial drinking water supplies in its jurisdiction One of TRG's clients, a plating company, was asked by the LARWQCB to provide a history of its past practices and assess the subsurface. A Fortune 500 company downgradient from The Reynolds Groups client had detected elevated concentrations of chromium and believed it originated from TRG's client. Working with the law firm of Franklin, Bevins, Walsworth & McCall, TRG was able to advance work enough to demonstrate that the problem at the Fortune 500 company was more likely its own problem than TRG's clients. By creating a compilation, surveyed regional issues report, TRG was able to graphically demonstrate that its client's chromium issue was "de minimus". In this case, TRG worked through its clients insurer, Zurich Insurance North America. Zurich had very specific terminology in its insurance policies and The Reynolds Group had to work very closely with Zurich and its third party overseer, Vertex to partition what was Zurichs financial responsibility and what was the Clients.

Insurance Policy Case (7115VIII)

Client:	FULLERTON UNIVERSAL
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	04/05/2007
Industry:	Real Estate Managers/owners Insurance Companies Real Estate Brokers	Service:	Regulatory Response & Negotiation
In some environmental cases, The Reynolds Group discovers issues that may be covered by insurance policies. On one case in Fullerton, California that The Reynolds Group performed, a forensic investigation of insurance policies led to finding that a Firemans Fund policy existing for a case. Once pressed, the insurance company processed the policy and paid. Although The Reynolds Group was not contracted to be the consultant of record because the insurance company had its own preferred vendors, the Client won in that the insurance company began funding the environmental work and the Clients use of its own financial resources were diminished.

Case Closure in San Diego (7306.VII)

Client:	SWALL FINANCIAL SERVICES
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	05/16/2011
Industry:	Gas Station/ Underground Storage Tank Owners	Service:	California Cleanup Fund Regulatory Response & Negotiation Site Assessment
TRGs client had an open case at the San Diego Site Assessment/Mitigation Unit since 1991. When TRG was contracted as the environmental consultant of record in 2008, the case had already been transferred to the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board (SDRWQCB). We helped our client gain access to the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (USTCF) which reimbursed them for previous costs associated with assessment and source removal. TRG then completed the assessment of the contamination at the site and aggressively pursued case closure from the SDRWQCB arguing there was no need for active cleanup at the site. In less than two and a half years, TRG was able to obtain funding and close a case that had lingered for well over a decade. All work performed by TRG was within USTCF cost guidelines and was fully reimbursed by the USTCF. In less than two and a half years, TRG was able to obtain funding and close a case that had lingered for well over a decade.

Remediation at Gas Station Site (6122.CUF)

Client:	MAGIC GAS
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	11/23/2010
Industry:	Gas Station/ Underground Storage Tank Owners	Service:	Soil Remediation Soil Vapor Extraction Health Risk Assessments California Cleanup Fund
When The Reynolds Group was brought onto this project in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, the soil and groundwater contamination had not been fully assessed. The site was, therefore, not eligible for closure consideration. We assisted our client with their Cleanup Fund application and secured funding for the project. Once funding was in place, the cost of all subsequent work was pre-approved by the Cleanup Fund in order to guarantee reimbursement of costs, and the contamination was fully assessed. Upon completion of the assessment, TRG performed a limited amount of soil remediation and demonstrated the groundwater plume was stable (not increasing or spreading in area). Results of soil vapor sampling and a Human Health Risk Analysis (HHRA) demonstrated there was no risk of detrimental effects to human health by way of gasoline vapor intrusion.

Passive Ventilation of Methane (7172)

Client:	PRIMESTOR DEVELOPMENT
Proj Mgr:	Al Fuan	Completed:	In Progress
Industry:	Real Estate Developers	Service:	Vapor Intrusion Mitigation
Sometimes, the threat of vapor intrusion is associated with naturally occurring compounds such as methane. Dangers associated with methane include explosive environments and asphixiation at higher concentrations. In areas where methane is known to exist in the subsurface, engineered barriers are part of the building design requirements. TRGs client, a major shopping center developer, built a large retail center and needed to mitigate the possibility of methane intruding into the buildings of the center. A passive sub-slab venting system was designed and installed during the construction of the shopping center. The vapor intrusion mitigation program requires periodic monitoring of methane concentrations. TRG regularly performs these site visits at minimal cost to the management of the property.

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