Methane Consulting FAQ

Understanding environmental laws, regulations, and codes at various levels can be overwhelming, let alone trying to figure out which correspond with your project.

To save time, money, and sanity it is imperative to hire experienced professionals who can help communicate these requirements. 

Methane Specialists has over ____ years of expert experience in the design, testing, monitoring and reporting procedures in the soil gas mitigation and environmental fields.

Methane testing is required in Los Angeles when owners intend to build a structure on a property that is within the specific methane hazard zoning districts. This is important because the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS) is unclear about how high methane gas concentrations can be in any specific lot at first. To be cautious, they require a Level-5 Methane Mitigation System by default. If data from a certified Los Angeles Methane Testing report shows lower quantities of the combustible gas, the LADBS will lower the mitigation requirements for proper safety and health measures and lower construction costs.

If you are unsure whether your property is in a methane hazard zone, you can visit ZIMAS to confirm. 

It is important that Methane Consultants are certified with up to date licenses for —-----. Methane Specialists is among the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety list of approved Methane Testing agencies.