A small business client required specialized air permitting and compliance services for its unique mineral products manufacturing facility.

eSPARC performed multiple air permitting services for numerous years. Services included preparing Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) emissions inventories, a Title V Federal Operation Permit renewal application, Title V deviation reports, and a New Source Review permit renewal application. eSPARC also provided support for a Compliance Assurance Monitoring Plan and for litigation related to a force majeure incident that impacted operations.

eSPARC’s tailored air quality support services allowed the facility owner to cost-effectively and efficiently manage its environmental compliance obligations.

A client needed a New Source Review (NSR) air permit application filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a new copper tube production facility in southeast Texas

The facility featured Chinese furnace technology that was new to the United States and required substantial work to support the Best Available Control Technology analysis. Additionally, the client’s engineers were all located in China. eSPARC’s Project Manager was fluent in Mandarin and gathered all the technical information and reviewed engineering calculations with the client via conference calls.

The NSR permit was successfully negotiated and timely issued through the TCEQ’s expedited air permit application process, allowing construction to start according to schedule.

eSPARC was contracted to perform an environmental fatal flaw diligence review for a midstream oil and gas acquisition. The potential owner was not able to attend the site walkthroughs in person and needed eSPARC to identify red flag environmental liabilities associated with the purchase.

During the fatal flaw analysis of available environmental public data, eSPARC discovered that a compressor had recently caught fire and damaged the compressor building itself. This compressor fire was not disclosed to our client and incident details were not provided in the data room.

By immediately alerting our client about the equipment destruction, our client was able to cover the $1.5 million in damages via the final negotiated purchase price of the asset.

CAMS was tasked with supporting the acquisition of LINN Energy’s Wyoming-operated properties in the Green River Basin. The buyer did not have documented accounting and finance related procedures or established field processes and systems. The seller was undergoing a corporate restructuring which prohibited their ability to provide basic transition support. Additionally, the buyer’s management team had a history of non-op management, and were thus less familiar with the requirements for operators

CAMS created two new companies and transitioned executive and field employees to new entities. This included onboarding, interviewing, and training on the new companies’ goals. We designed and implemented back office and field systems, including accounting, production accounting, land, SCADA, and regulatory reporting. CAMS also hired and provided ongoing, outsourced finance, accounting, production accounting, regulatory, and human resources services to the new companies.

CAMS designed and implemented the new company structures and safely transitioned assets in 60 days. This was 30 days ahead of the 90-day TSA. We designed and implemented over $600K of accounting, geology, operations, and field measuring systems and infrastructure, including all data transfer activities. CAMS also staffed and transitioned all finance and accounting responsibilities to the internal CAMS team and produced timely and accurate monthly financial reports to the management team.

A renewable energy startup needed to establish a new office, procure new computer hardware and software, and provide collaboration tools for employees.

CAMS consulted low voltage wiring and implemented wireless access and networking equipment during office construction. We procured new hardware, provided a completely hosted environment in our data centers, and provided voice and video capabilities.

A complete, end-to-end turnkey network was implemented in two weeks to establish a solid foundation for collaboration, voice and video.

A national logistics company was spending excessive amounts of telephony, long distance, and conferencing solutions. The client had multiple phone systems in multiple company locations.

CAMS implemented one centralized phone system hosted in Bluewire Voice service for all locations, with all new hardware for end users.

The single, centralized phone system eliminated location-to-location long distance charges and introduced four-digit dialing. The company phone book also became accessible from the phone to improve collaboration. In addition, telephony line costs were reduced by 55%, and the savings were used to pay for video conferencing.

A 150-year old ductile iron pipe foundry needed to be redeveloped into a 155-acre commercial development on the New Jersey Turnpike. This $25 million development would be completed over four years and add 700 jobs to the local community.

CAMS became the managing general partner in the purchase, demolition, remediation, and redevelopment of the former pipe foundry. We completed subsurface remediation, which included heavy metal contaminants, leaking underground storage tank removal and soil remediation, groundwater remediation, and Delaware River shoreline remediation. CAMS also imported 800,000 cubic yards of alternative fill to raise grade above the Hurricane Sandy Flood Plain, making the site suitable for 1.2 million sq. ft. of warehouse distribution space.

CAMS negotiated with the local municipality and county to rezone the site and obtain a 10-year PILOT. We also enrolled the project in the New Jersey Protection Divison’s Brownfield Redevelopment Program.

A 3.6 million sq. ft. General Motors (GM) manufacturing facility needed to be redeveloped into a 165-acre, transit-based development in the Atlanta metro area. This $10 billion development would be completed over 10 years.

CAMS became the managing general partner in the purchase, demolition, remediation, and redevelopment of the former GM facility. We completed asbestos abatement and demolition of the above-ground structure, and completed subsurface environmental remediation resulting from decades of heavy industrial use. Installation of all utilities, such as water, sewer, power, and fiber optics in accordance with the city’s approved Master Plan were completed. CAMS then sold parcels in accordance with that plan.

CAMS negotiated with local, state, and federal agencies to obtain $350 million in public funding for infrastructure construction. We also enrolled the project in the Georgia Protection Divison’s Brownfield Redevelopment Program.

A $16.5 billion private equity firm required a cost-effective ESG program to address investor sustainability concerns and highlight unreported efforts already in progress.

eSPARC designed a customized ESG program to address the firm’s investments in the midstream, power generation, and production sectors. The program incorporated quantitative, sector-specific ESG metrics to monitor the ESG performance for individual investment holdings.

eSPARC implemented an ESG program responsive to investor concerns that incorporated meaningful data, case studies, and program progress with input from portfolio companies. We also supported the development of Annual General Meeting materials and an annual ESG report.

A leading private equity firm with over $10 billion in assets under management (AUM) needed assistance with an underperforming 175,000-acre Midland Basin asset with above-market G&A.

Within 60 days, CAMS developed a company reorganization plan. We implemented financial controls, a reporting regime, cost reduction initiatives, and a comprehensive budgeting process. We then documented processes and procedures, internal controls, and segregation of duties

CAMS achieved over 50% reduction in LOE, over $3 million per year improvement to G&A, several successful divestitures, and 3.8 X ROI and 37% IRR.