ECI features United States citizens with strong English, technical, financial, and computer skills, and knowledge of Chinese policies, procedures, and customs. Also included are local/native Chinese individuals who are fluent in the written and spoken language, China’s political system, as well as Chinese customs including proper questioning techniques that allow a complete understanding of any and all projects within China.

ECI employs personnel that perform activities such as developing and implementing programs/documents that include the following:

1. Definition of the environmental operating requirements (i.e., Chinese Regulations) for the facility including:
   
   • Wastewater sampling and analysis;
   • Air Emissions sampling and analysis;
   • Noise monitoring requirements;
   • Reporting requirements;
   • Record keeping requirements; and
   • Other miscellaneous environmental requirements.
     
     
2. Identification and use of laboratories that employ US EPA or Chinese standards.
   
   
3. Identification of appropriate disposal or recycling alternatives for process waste streams.
• Locate industrial facilities that may use the waste streams in their processes; and
• Identify costs associated with the disposal/resale of the waste stream.
• Support negotiations for the reuse/disposal of the waste streams.
  
  
4. Identification of environmental “Best Management Practices” for the facility.
   
   
5. Development of an environmental compliance plan for the facility.

Specifically, Marc Schneckenberger, Executive Director of ECI, has extensive international experience covering the Asian Pacific Rim, Russia, South America, and the Middle East. Mr. Schneckenberger has managed the technical work for numerous Asian Development Bank and World Bank projects (i.e., cumulative project totals of over $1 billion) and worked for private clients and government agencies.

Marc Schneckenberger is a United States citizen and a registered professional engineer with over 27 years technical experience. Since 1988, he has traveled extensively throughout China and has managed numerous projects and tasks for World Bank and Asian Development Bank funded projects and United States based multinational corporations. He speaks and understands the Chinese language to a minor degree, but is currently taking private lessons to improve his abilities. His major asset is his extensive knowledge of Chinese history, culture, and his ability to understand the significant differences between Western and Chinese practices regarding technical matters/personnel (i.e., engineers, cost accountants/engineers, and financial personnel). He has conducted thousands of meetings with Chinese technical personnel and fully understands the transference of data, thoughts, and concepts needed for a negotiated and full understanding between all parties.

He has assisted over 50 Chinese state, provincial, and local government agencies; Chinese design institutes; and multilateral lending institutions in the development and implementation of projects worth over $1 billion in China. He has provided training to hundreds of Chinese personnel during the development and implementation of these projects including numerous State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and local (i.e., Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Shenyang) Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) personnel. He has been involved with ambient air quality, water quality, solid waste management, and specifying laboratory equipment in over 15 major Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Shenyang.