Yes, you heard it right! Traditionally, Trinity has been an environmental consultancy which focuses on "air" issues; however, ever so often we get requests for non-air work. Since a lot of the consulting staff at Trinity has years of multi-media permitting and compliance experience, its not difficult to find someone who can complete the "non-traditional" projects. Recently, we completed and submitted to TCEQ, not one but two wastewater permits! I'm excited about it since as an environmental engineering grad student, I took classes in all the different aspects of environmental permitting and compliance (haz wastes, wastewater, air, fresh water, stormwater, etc.) Even as I was interviewing with Trinity for the position of a consultant two and a half years back, the thought that I might not get an opportunity to utilize my knowledge and work in fields of environmental engineering other than air was niggling at my mind. However, now I realize that I should not have worried! Since I joined Trinity, I have worked on several multi-media projects. Last to last year, I got an opportunity to help with industrial waste (haz and non-haz) and wastewater permitting/compliance at a site for a couple of months. Later on, I also got opportunities to work on TRI, Tier II, and RMP for several clients.
Coming back to the wastewater permits, I'd like to acknowledge the efforts of one of our new consultants at the Corpus Office who assisted me with the permit applications and continues to do so with TCEQ permits review and negotiations; thanks, Raghu!