contaminated site Articles
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Who will do the Cleanup? (Contaminated Sites Report 2007)
To better understand Canada’s current capacity to meet this unique labour demand, ECO Canada undertook this study in early 2006. Our work was guided by a 29-member National Steering Committee from government, industry, and academia. In addition, a full-day National Forum on Contaminated Sites was held in Vancouver on March 28, 2006 to gain support and gather comments on the project from ...
By ECO Canada
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Spatial Patterns and Rankings of Contaminant Concentrations in Herring Gull Eggs from 15 Sites in the Great Lakes and Connecting Channels, 1998–2002
Mean values of eight contaminants in Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) eggs were calculated for 15 Great Lakes sites for the 5 year period 1998–2002. The sites were ranked according to the concentrations of each of seven compounds relative to fish flesh criteria for the protection of piscivorous wildlife, and a single overall rank of contamination was calculated for each site. Based on this ...
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When Supply does not Meet Demand (Contaminated Sites Report 2008)
During the next few decades, federal, provincial, and municipal governments, as well as the private sector, will commit large sums of money to clean up contaminated sites across Canada. A combination of regulatory and economic drivers will keep the sector buoyant, resulting in a strong demand for labour to work on contaminated sites. Between 2004 and 2019, the federal government has committed up ...
By ECO Canada
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Revitalizing contaminated sites: the revitalization handbook addressing liability concerns
The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, (“Brownfields Amendments”), Pub. L. No. 107-118, enacted in January 2002, amended the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), to provide important liability limitations for landowners that qualify as: (1) bona fide prospective purchasers, (2) contiguous property owners, or (3) innocent ...
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Fast bioremediation of a hydrocarbon contaminated site
The use of bioremediation has been demonstrated to be a very effective treatment technology for a hydrocarbon contaminated site within a month of starting. In addition to selection and preparation of an appropriate microbial inoculum the other key considerations were effective mixing, addition of suitable nutrients and maintenance of soil moisture levels. Careful management of all these ...
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Yukon Contaminated Sites Regulations
The Government of Yukon’s Environmental Programs Branch regulates contaminated sites under the Contaminated Sites Regulation and the Environment Act. The Yukon Contaminated Sites Regulation provide regulations for identification, restoration and liability for contaminated sites. It states that a site is contaminated if the contaminant concentration equals or exceeds the defined numerical ...
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Comparisons of different risk-based approaches for managing contaminated sites
Over recent years, an increasing public and private concern has arisen over soil contamination following the closure of former industrialised sites or due to publicity over certain "scandals" (Love Canal in the United States) which occurred on former redeveloped industrial sites, affecting human health. Subsequently most countries have started a register of all industrial contaminated ...
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Public policies for contaminated site cleanup: evidence from a survey of the Italian public
Cleaning up contaminated sites is currently considered one of the most important environmental policy priorities in many countries. Remediation of contaminated sites is attractive because it reduces risks to human health and ecological systems, and brings a host of potential social and economic benefits. Public programmes are deemed necessary by the law and in practice to address contamination at ...
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BOS 200® - BTEX (gasoline)
Study conducted to evaluate effectiveness of BOS 200® in treating BTEX contamination at the ...
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A fuzzy multi-criteria decision analysis approach for the management of petroleum-contaminated sites
This paper presents an effective Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (FMCDA) approach for contaminated site management. The development was based on: selecting eight criteria for remedial alternative evaluation and determining the weight of criteria importance under uncertainty; addressing various uncertainty issues in remedial alternative assessment process using a fuzzy-set approach based on ...
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A framework for establishing restoration goals for contaminated ecosystems
As natural resources become increasingly limited, the value of restoring contaminated sites, both terrestrial and aquatic, becomes increasingly apparent. Traditionally, goals for remediation have been set prior to any consideration of goals for ecological restoration. The goals for remediation have focused on removing or limiting contamination while restoration goals have targeted the ultimate ...
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Mapua, New Zealand - Case Study
In collaboration with the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment and Tasman District Council, EDL undertook its largest project to date at the Fruitgrowers Chemical Company site in Mapua. 8,650 m3 of soil heavily contaminated with Lindane, DDT, Dieldrin, and Aldrin was treated at what was known as country’s most contaminated site. All soil was successfully remediated to levels below soil ...
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Building and breaking a bridge of trust in a Superfund site remediation
Trust is widely recognised as a key variable in perceptions and decision-making about environmental risks. However, most considerations of trust treat it as a simple two-agent relationship. Based on an analysis of a contaminated site cleanup in New Jersey, we identify a more complex construction of trust formed between multiple stakeholders. We refer to this construction as 'bridging'. In the ...
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Transforming Ecosystems: When, Where, and How to Restore Contaminated Sites
Chemical contamination has impaired ecosystems, reducing biodiversity and the provisioning of functions and services. This has spurred a movement to restore contaminated ecosystems and develop and implement national and international regulations that require it. Nevertheless, ecological restoration remains a young and rapidly growing discipline and its intersection with toxicology is even more ...
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Research on the process-based risk evaluation method of groundwater pollution for contaminated site
A universal method to evaluate groundwater pollution risk with the site scale has not been established. The groundwater pollution risk is commonly evaluated by overlaying the results of groundwater vulnerability and pollution sources, but this method is inapplicable for contaminated sites. Considering the current supervision demands of groundwater pollution in China, this paper suggests a ...
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British Columbia Protocol 10 for Contaminated Sites
British Columbia Protocol 10 allows for developing water quality standards for cadmium and zinc and is applied in specific sites to protect freshwater aquatic life. The protocol provides a table containing precalculated and preapproved water quality standards for water hardness up to 500mg/L. The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) provides cadmium and zinc standards, while ...
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Quantitative risk assessment for contaminated sites in Spain
Environmental Quantitative Risk Assessment is one of the key factors in the Decision Making Process for contaminated sites. Numerous decisions have to be made before, during and after conducting a quantitative risk assessment.Risk assessment is based on the information gathered previously: Historical information (Phase I) Site characterization (Phase II) Toxicological ...
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Development of quality objectives for contaminated sites: state of the art and new perspectives
Local soil contamination, mainly associated with industrial facilities (both in operation and after closure), uncontrolled (industrial and/or municipal) waste landfills, mining and diffused leaching underground storage tanks and pipelines, is an actual and relevant environmental priority in Europe. Different approaches have been applied in the European countries during the past few years to ...
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Remediation of a mercury contaminated site - Case study
Remediation of mercury contaminated industrial site for future expansion of industrial area. 70,000 tons of mercury contaminated soil and building rubble have to be cleaned in an industrial facility in the south of France until 2013. For the realization of this remediation work, an econ industries VacuDry 12,000 has been in operation since early 2011. After the treatment the mercury free soils ...
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NJDEP issuing remedial priority scores for contaminated sites
Very shortly, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will be issuing letters to responsible parties containing a draft Remedial Priority Score (RPS) for their particular site. It is unclear how the rankings will be used, but the RPS system has been described as a tool to sort sites out for further discussion. The Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA), N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1 et seq. ...
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