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MEI STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Middleton Environmental Incorporated (MEI) is a multi-faceted firm that offers a broad range of professional services. MEI offers the public, corporate or individual clients, a broad range of professional services including the services of environmental planners, engineers and architects. The skills of an experienced staff, coupled with the ability to bring specialized consultant services to bear upon the delivery of these services, offers the client the highest possible level of professional performance. MEI also has the capacity to develop joint venture client services, utilizing associated firms of exemplary caliber to tailor fit particularized services to particular project demands.

MEI seeks to join timely delivery of client services to the need for valid, creditable and superior results. The management of project performance, including the submission of periodic client progress reports, provides the foundation of the MEI management method. MEI services will be presented to the client in a timely fashion and will be represented, as necessary, at public forums, hearings or regulatory related proceedings.

Our senior staff includes individuals with extensive experience in industry, local government and environmental problem solving, involving federal, state and local laws. The clients have ranged from small entrepreneurs to large industrial organizations. The combination of environmental management, manufacturing and engineering skills provide our clients with timely solutions to their problems.

MEI is prepared to offer the following services in environmental planning, comprehensive development and design:

ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT SERVICES

• Phase One Environmental Site Assessment Reports
• Phase Two Environmental Site Assessment Reports
• Soil, Water & Air Analyses
• Tank Testing
• Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Studies
• Asbestos Management
• Transaction Screen Process Reports
• Lead Based Paint Testing &Management

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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING

• Environmental Impact Studies
• Health Effect Analysis
• Toxic Analysis
• Testing Services
• Permit Services
• Pollution Control
• Monitoring and Surveillance
• Resource Management
• Waste Management
• Recycling Studies
• Ecological and Archaeological Investigations

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PROJECT EXPERIENCE

MEI is a small firm (formerly MKA), founded in 1983 with in-depth experience in environmental planning, comprehensive design and development services. The principals, staff and associated consulting experts at MEI have a solid foundation and proven excellence in a wide range of professional services. The following is a partial listing of projects that have been managed by principals of MEI and MKA.

Environmental Site Assessment Program:
1986 to Present

The Environmental Site Assessment Program is a Four-Phased effort aimed at helping clients (banks, private corporations, lending institutions, insurance companies, etc.) to assess and avoid the enormous clean-up liability and litigation costs so often associated with asbestos or hazardous waste contaminated properties.

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Phase I Environmental Site Assessment/Transaction Screen Process (TSP) Reporting:

The Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and TSP’s are conducted in order to determine any potential recognized environmental conditions that may have an adverse impact on the subject site as well as the value of such site under the American Society of Testing and Materials Standard E1527-94/E1528-94. All Phase I ESA and TSP reports must conform to this standard in order to quality for the “Innocent Landowner Defense” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Cleanup Liability Act (CERCLA). The Phase I ESA consists of a site investigation of any structures and outside grounds for the possible presence of Potential Asbestos Containing Materials (PACM), 55 gallon drum storage, above ground storage tanks, lead based paint conditions, floor drains or any areas of particular environmental concern. The site investigation also attempts to locate buried storage tanks, transformers, cesspools/drywells (if any), in order to determine if any related environmental problems may exist with the site. All documentation pertaining to the present and past usage of the site are obtained in order to evaluate the potential for improper chemical disposal on the subject site. The surrounding sites area also examined (to the fullest extent possible), in order to determine if the past and current land use could have an apparent adverse impact on the subject site.

During the preparation of the Phase I ESA report, environmental databases are reviewed in order to determine if there are any hazardous waste sites, landfills, leaking underground storage tanks (LUST) sites, hazardous waste generators or cases of improper chemical disposal on the subject site or within the vicinity of the subject site that may adversely impact the property. Databases such as the USEPA’s NPL, CERCLIS and RCRA databases as well as state and local hazardous waste site lists are also examined in order to ascertain whether any hazardous wastes, landfills, oil spills or any related problems exist at the subject site or in the vicinity of the subject site.

If the physical site inspection, historical site analysis and review of regulatory agency records demonstrate that a large scale contamination concern does not exist regarding the subject site, the Phase I ESA report is submitted and our service is completed.

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ESA PROGRAM HISTORY

Since 1988, MEI has prepared over 10,000 Environmental Site Assessment & Transaction Screen Process Reports on commercial, industrial and multi-family properties for lending institutions in the tri-state area and throughout the nation. MEI has examined buildings that have ranged in size from 800 square feet to over 1.5 million square feet. Below is a highlighted list of properties that were examined in the past by MEI (clients are not listed for confidentiality purposes):

1. Penta Hotel: Seventh Avenue, New York. Twenty Six (26) story hotel in the heart of New York City (approximately 1.5 million square feet in size).

2. Macy’s Former World Headquarters: Newark, New Jersey. Vacant twelve (12) story commercial building approximately 1.25 million square feet in size.

3. Hygrade Metal Moulding: Smith Street, East Farmingdale. Single story industrial building approximately 25,000 square feet in size. Site was placed on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Inactive Hazardous Waste Site list after Phase I, Phase II and Phase III environmental investigations. Remediation is underway.

4. MEI has examined over 750,000 square feet of industrial buildings in the Hauppauge Industrial Area (Oser Avenue buildings, Commerce Drive buildings, Willets Path Buildings, etc..). This area is highly industrialized and contains ten hazardous waste sites.

5. MEI has examined over 450,000 square feet of industrial buildings in the East Farmingdale Industrial Area (Smith Street buildings, Schmitt Boulevard buildings, etc..). This area is highly industrialized and contains twelve hazardous waste sites.

6. MEI has examined over 500,000 square feet of industrial buildings in the Plainview Industrial Area (Skyline Drive buildings, Express Drive South buildings, etc..). This area is highly industrialized and contains three hazardous waste sites.

7. MEI has examined over 500,000 square feet of industrial buildings in the Ronkonkoma Industrial area (Second Avenue buildings, Fifth Avenue buildings, etc..).

8. MEI has examined over 10,000,000 square feet of multi-family buildings in the New York City Metropolitan area over the past 5 years. Phase I and Transaction Screen Process Report have been prepared through the metropolitan area.

9. MEI has examined over 1,000 acres of vacant land for the Suffolk County Department of Real Estate for open space preservation.

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Environmental Site Assessment Program

Partial List of Program Clients, Addresses and Phone Numbers

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Phase II Environmental Site Assessment:

If a recognized environmental condition is suspected during the preparation of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment is conducted in order to evaluate the extent and type of contamination that may exist on the subject site.

Depending upon the type of recognized environmental condition that was observed during the Phase I ESA, samples of asbestos, lead based paint, on-site soils, cesspool/drywell sediments and groundwater can be extracted and analyzed at a certified testing laboratory in order to determine if elevated levels of contamination have impacted the subject site.

Elevated levels of contamination can have a large impact on the value of the property. The Phase II ESA report will indicate the levels of contamination observed during the extraction of samples from the property, recommend a method of cleanup of the contamination and estimate cleanup costs.

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Phase III Environmental Site Assessments:

The Phase III ESA is the remedial phase of the ESA Program. If contamination is encountered during a Phase II ESA, the Phase III ESA will involve the planning and methodology of environmental remediation. Costs associated with conducting a Phase III ESA will vary greatly due to factors such as the nature and extent of contamination, contaminant type and method of contamination disposal.

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

The following professional profiles present an experience outline of some of the principals, staff and associated consulting experts of MEI.

MEI's staff, coupled with sub-consultant services and appropriate joint venture services, offers the client optimum flexibility and the capacity to tailor fit services to particular project demands.

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DONALD J. MIDDLETON JR. PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

EDUCATION

Fordham University; College of Business Administration Bronx, New York.
Bachelors of Science, May 1988. Concentration in Finance.
Completed Undergraduate education in three years.

Iona College, New Rochelle, New York September 1985 - May 1986.

Institute for Asbestos Awareness. January 1989.
New York State and New York City Asbestos Handlers Licenses. New York City Asbestos Supervisors License, May 1989.

EXPERIENCE

President of Middleton Environmental Incorporated. October, 2000 to present.
Senior Vice President; Middleton, Kontokosta Associates Ltd.
May 1988 to October, 2000.

Don Middleton Jr. has been President at Middleton Environmental Incorporated from May 1990 to present. Serves as the manager of the Environmental Site Assessment Program. This program helps lenders to avoid clean up liability and litigation cost often associated with asbestos and hazardous waste contaminated properties. Conducting and supervising field inspection of the subject property, a regulatory agency search and a survey of past and current property use. A "Phase One" report is then submitted and if analysis shows no sign of contamination, the service is concluded. If contamination is suspected, air water, and soil samples are collected and a report on the laboratory analyses and findings is then submitted. This "Phase Two" report includes mortgage or loan recommendations and clean up costs.

Since 1988, MEI has prepared over 10,000 Environmental Site Assessment & Transaction Screen Process Reports on commercial, industrial and multi-family properties for lending institutions in the tri-state area and throughout the nation. Assessments have also been conducted for real estate & law firms, the FDIC & RTC.

Don Jr. received his Bachelors of Science from Fordham University College of Business Administration in May of 1988 (where he completed his undergraduate education in three years). Don Jr. attended Iona College in New Rochelle, New York from September 1985 May 1986. Don Jr. has also attended the NYU School for Continuing Education where he received his New York State Department of Health Asbestos Investigator & Management Planners Licenses in 1993.

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THOMAS W. ROBINSON, III PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

EDUCATION

B.S., Civil Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 1997
Extensive course work in structural and environmental engineering.

EXPERIENCE

Certified Environmental Inspector. November 2003 to present.

Thomas W. Robinson III serves as Don Middleton Jr. has served as a Certified Environmental Inspector at Middleton Environmental Incorporated from November 2003 to present. Thomas has inspected over one thousand pieces of commercial and multi-family apartment buildings for many lending institutions over the past 6 years.

This program helps lenders to avoid clean up liability and litigation cost often associated with asbestos and hazardous waste contaminated properties. Conducting and supervising field inspection of the subject property, a regulatory agency search and a survey of past and current property use. A "Phase One" report is then submitted and if analysis shows no sign of contamination, the service is concluded. If contamination is suspected, air water, and soil samples are collected and a report on the laboratory analyses and findings is then submitted. This "Phase Two" report includes mortgage or loan recommendations and clean up costs.

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CHRISTOPHER A. KOCH, P.E.

EDUCATION

Manhattan College. Riverdale, New York.
Bachelor of Engineering, 1978
Masters of Business Administration, 1982.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Project Manager, Middleton Environmental Incorporated
May 1995 to present

Chris is an engineer who has conducted many building engineering inspections for various clients. Chris is a licensed P.E. in the State of New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Chris also hold a New York State of Environmental Conservation Wastewater Treatment Operators Permit Class IIIA.

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