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Soil classification · CCDD / LPC-662 & 663 certification · Manifesting & hauling · Illinois
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(888) 405-1742Give us the address or GPS coordinates of your soil stockpile or debris pile. We’ll be out to sample quickly — even inside 24 hours when your project can’t wait.
We collect samples under chain-of-custody and send them to an accredited laboratory. The data tells clean dirt from dirty dirt and determines exactly how your soil must be classified.
Based on the results we complete and certify the paperwork — including the LPC-662 for CCDD clean fill — manifest the trucks, and arrange hauling to the correct, legal destination.
Soil management is what happens to the dirt once you know what’s in it. Sampling tells clean soil from contaminated soil; soil management classifies it, certifies the paperwork, and gets it hauled to the right place — and clean soil routed to a CCDD facility is far cheaper than the landfill.
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Lab-validated sampling
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Soil management is the work of deciding what to do with the dirt a project digs up. In Illinois, different facilities accept different waste streams, and the law cares which one your soil goes to. To know clean dirt from dirty dirt you need A3 Environmental to sample and classify the soil, complete the proper paperwork, manifest the trucks, and have the material delivered to the correct facility. Done right, it keeps clean soil out of expensive hazardous-waste disposal and keeps your project on the legal side of the line.
Not all excavated soil is contaminated, and not all of it is clean. The only way to know is to test it. A3 Environmental collects soil samples under chain-of-custody and has them analyzed by an accredited laboratory, then compares the results to the applicable objectives — such as Illinois' Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objectives (TACO). Soil that comes back below those objectives can be certified as uncontaminated; soil that exceeds them has to go to a licensed facility built to accept it. That single distinction is what drives the cost of moving your dirt.
Illinois Clean Construction & Demolition Debris (CCDD) facilities accept uncontaminated soil and clean debris as fill at a fraction of what a landfill charges. Before a facility can accept your soil, the IEPA requires a certification, and which form you need depends on the property’s history. For a site that is not potentially impacted, the LPC-662 (“Source Site Certification by Owner or Operator”) is signed by the source-site owner or operator, typically backed by a historical review and pH testing. For a potentially impacted property — a former commercial or industrial use — the LPC-663 (“Uncontaminated Soil Certification by Licensed Professional Engineer or Geologist”) is required, supported by laboratory analysis compared to the IEPA Maximum Allowable Concentrations. Either way, all soil sent to a CCDD fill operation must also be pH-tested to the 6.25 to 9.0 range. A3 Environmental figures out which form your site needs, collects and interprets the samples, and completes the certification so your clean soil qualifies for CCDD rather than the much costlier hazardous-waste route. On a project that moves thousands of cubic yards, getting that classification right is real money.
Send us the address or GPS coordinates of your soil stockpile or debris pile and we’ll be out to sample quickly — even inside 24 hours when a project is time-sensitive. We collect the samples, run the laboratory analysis, complete and certify the paperwork the results call for, manifest the trucks, and — if you’d like — arrange a hauler to move the material to its proper, legal destination. You get one point of contact for sampling, classification, design, oversight, and disposal. A3 Environmental is based in Lisle, Illinois and serves the Midwest, backed by 5,000+ reports and a 4.9★ Google rating since 2015.
