"New Horizons' staff are diligent in their work. They know the environmental regulations and how to comply with them. And they do it all at a really good price!"

Tara L. Gilbert, CHMM
Nebraska Army National Guard
Environmental Assistance Coordinator

"Stephanie and her team were very responsive and worked diligently to ensure the project was a success."

Paula Yancy
Sprint Center, Project Manager

New Horizons was contracted by the City of Leavenworth to remove petroleum contaminated soil from the former Tire Town manufacturing location in downtown Leavenworth to achieve a “No Further Action Letter” from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.  New Horizons excavated more than 4,000 tons of petroleum contaminated soil and transported to a special waste landfill.  New Horizons completed this over 2 separate contracts of about equal value. 

New Horizons was contracted by Mission Bank, located in Mission, Kansas to complete asbestos abatement at the former Best Western Villager Hotel Complex in Lincoln, Nebraska.  The former Best Western Villager Hotel Complex consists of 10 acres of land, and eight buildings with over 180 hotel rooms.  New Horizons completed asbestos removal associated with the demolition of the structures on site.  During removal operations New Horizons worked in conjunction with Sandstone Construction for the demolition of the property and salvage operations that were on-going during asbestos abatement.  New Horizons also worked with the Mission Bank to ensure that the property is safe for redevelopment in order to better serve the community of Lincoln. 

New Horizons was awarded a multi-year environmental services contract with the City of Kansas City, Missouri Office of Environmental Quality.  The first purchase order that New Horizons received was to complete asbestos abatement at the Municipal Corrections Institute located in eastern Kansas City.  New Horizons completed the asbestos abatement under the proposed schedule although there was additional asbestos that was located. 

The Kirkwood Building located at 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Missouri, is an on-going 360 degree environmental solutions project of New Horizons Enterprises, LLC.  New Horizons was first hired by Copaken, White & Blitt on behalf of Service Management Group, LLC. (SMG) to perform an environmental assessment of the property along with three other buildings scheduled for demolition.  The environmental assessment was for lead and asbestos.  After New Horizons completed the assessment, we were hired to complete the remediation of the buildings.  The three buildings scheduled for demolition required complete asbestos removal prior to demolition.  The Kirkwood building was lead based paint removal and stabilization along with selective asbestos abatement.  New Horizons worked with the property manager, Copaken, White & Blitt, to minimize the environmental remediation costs by only removing items necessary for the renovation and stabilizing other areas.  This reduced the overall cost of the project.  After remediation was completed New Horizons worked with Copaken, White & Blitt and the General Contractor, HarrisWilson to remain accessible for the duration of the renovation to remove materials as necessary. 

New Horizons also aided Copaken, White & Blitt when the lending agency needed a current and updated Phase I Environmental Site Assessment on a rush turnaround.  After this, the Phase I indicated that there was a possibility of an old surface station located on the parking lot adjacent to the Kirkwood.  New Horizons developed a plan with the property manager to remove the asphalt of the parking lot and remove the contaminated soil that was detected during the Phase II Environmental Assessment. 

Over the last few years, New Horizons has been contracted by the Nebraska Army National Guard’s (NEARNG) to conduct environmental consulting services.  These services include NEPA documentation, CERCLA documentation, P2 Plans, and Hazardous Waste Management Plans. 

New Horizons completed NEPA documentation for the Greenlief Training Site, located in Hastings Nebraska.  The NEARNG’s Plans to redevelop the training site to allow the NEARNG a mechanism to provide military readiness training for their personnel that would allow mission objectives to be achieved in a safe, secure, and productive environment.  The current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have highlighted the shift in combat tactics to urban warfare.  The NEARNG has identified the need to establish a training area within Nebraska that would further prepare troops for immersion into these types of combat situations.  New Horizons analyzed the proposed actions by comparing potential environmental consequences against existing conditions related to 12 resource areas including threatened and endangered species, wetlands, environmental justice, cultural resources, hazardous materials/waste, land use compatibility, and air space. 

New Horizons completed Phase I documentation for two separate sites located in Nebraska.  The first site was located at the Nebraska National Guard Airbase in Lincoln Nebraska.  A Phase I environmental site assessment was conducted on property located south and east of the airbase.  New Horizons conducted a site survey, reviewed documentation, and coordinated with the Lincoln Airport Authority.  New Horizons was asked to provide a recommendation on areas that would be suitable for possible expansion and redevelopment.  The second Phase I documentation was conducted at Greenlief Training Site, located in Hastings Nebraska.  A Phase I environmental site assessment was conducted on property that is owned by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and is a current superfund site.  New Horizons was asked to review areas of land that are slated for possible future development, and provided recommendations to the National Guard where property can safely be developed. 

New Horizons worked closely with NEARNG environmental staff to develop the P2 plan by documenting cost-effective means of meeting the organizational environmental objectives in an era when Army National Guard (ARNG) installations are simultaneously subject to more stringent standards for pollution control, public criticism of their environmental records, and declining budgets. The P2 plan, created by New Horizons will aid NEARNG in meeting those environmental objectives. 

The hazardous waste management plan (HWMP), created by New Horizons documents the NEARNG hazardous waste management program, and also selected elements of the NEARNG hazardous material management program that relate to minimizing waste generation (hazardous material inventory control, procurement, and storage).  The procedures included in the plan were designed to comply with applicable requirements, as well as to minimize hazardous material (HM) usage and the associated hazardous waste (HW) generation. New Horizons developed this plan so that it integrated seamlessly with the NEARNG existing Solid Waste Management Plan.