Izzo promoted to a vice president at CA RICH

Richard Izzo, CA Rich

Plainview, NY Richard Izzo, CPG, has been named vice president of CA RICH. Izzo joined CA RICH in 1985, and during his tenure has helped shape the firm’s professional service capabilities and has contributed to its stellar reputation for excellence. During the 1980s, Izzo, along with the firm’s founder and president, Charles Rich, worked with NYC to develop an environmental testing protocol which became the basis for subsequent testing and remediation requirements under the NYC Environmental Quality Review (CEQR).  In addition, Izzo developed one of the first “Phase-I” environmental due diligence assessment protocols (pre ASTM) for property transfer and worked with several lenders to assist them in developing their internal due diligence standards.

Over the past three decades, Izzo has designed, implemented and managed countless environmental testing and remediation programs involving soil, groundwater, and soil vapor impacts for private clientele, municipalities and regulatory agencies throughout NYC, Long Island, and the surrounding tri-state area. He has successfully guided clientele through numerous regulatory compliance programs such as CEQR, the New York State Voluntary Cleanup Program (NYSVCP), the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program (NYSBCP), the New York State Environmental Restoration Program (NYSERP), and the New York City Voluntary Cleanup Program (NYCVCP).

In addition, he has helped clients satisfy or close out orders on consent, petroleum and chemical spill cases, and stipulation agreements. 

Izzo has been called upon as an expert witness in several matters involving the transfer of environmentally impacted real property, and remediation of chemical and petroleum releases. In addition to environmental projects, Richard heads up the Firm’s water resource exploration, development and management capabilities including watershed hydrologic budgets, groundwater investigations, aquifer mapping, safe yield determination, and water allocation permitting.     

As vice president at CA RICH,  Izzo provides management, organizational continuity and technical direction that supports the firm’s valued clientele. He holds credentials as a Certified Professional Geologist and as a Hazardous Waste Emergency Response Supervisor.