site environmental risk Articles
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Remediation oversight and monitoring case study
Service(s) performed: Underground storage tank removal and contaminated soil excavation and disposal Summary: In a residential and commercial area of a major U.S. city, an abandoned gas station site was targeted for redevelopment. To assist the area’s remediation efforts, our environmental team removed a 15,000-gallon underground storage tank, performed associated impacted soil sampling ...
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Spatial and seasonal variations and ecotoxicological significance of sediment trace metal concentrations in Kebir-Rhumel basin (Northeast of Algeria)
This study sought to assess sediment contamination by trace metals (cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, manganese, nickel, lead and zinc), to localize contaminated sites and to identify environmental risk for aquatic organisms in Wadis of Kebir Rhumel basin in the Northeast of Algeria. Water and surficial sediments (0–5 cm) were sampled in winter, spring, summer and autumn from 37 sites along ...
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Remove the Burden of Skipping and Shipping - Case Study
Safe and swift “at source” fluid disposal solution End Client Muehlhlan Industrial Services Location UK, North Sea Asset FPSO Services Mechanical Separation, Decanter, Centrifuges STRONG RESULTS: There are numerous benefits to discharging at source, several of which were realised during this project. Overall approximately 8,000m³ of waste fluids and solids ...
By Osso Ltd
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Project - Environmental Due Diligence in Ohio
Environmental Due Diligence and Risk Management Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Phase Ii Environmental Site Assessment Vapor Intrusion and Indoor Air Quality Issue(s): Former Drycleaners, Environmental Due Diligence (EDD), No Further Action (NFA), Rescinded NFA/Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) BLDI was retained by a national consulting firm in 2019 to assist with EDD work for a site at ...
By BLDI
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HD#5 - In-Situ BioLogix Application - Case Study
Summary BioLogix bioremediation is used to remediate petroleum contamination in soil and ground water under many different conditions. From surface spills to deep soil and groundwater contamination, Custom Blend bioremediation has successfully removed the contamination and environmental risk. While every site is unique, the following case studies provide a basis for confidently selecting Custom ...
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Petroleum Bioremediation by Custom Blend Surface Spills to Deep Subsurface Success - Case Study
Custom Blend bioremediation is used to remediate petroleum contamination in soil and ground water under many different conditions. From surface spills to deep soil and ground water contamination, Custom Blend bioremediation has successfully removed the contamination and environmental risk. While every site is unique, the following case studies provide a basis for confidently selecting Custom ...
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Application of current risk-based remediation criteria for the post-closure assessment of a former National Priorities List (NPL) site
Hurricane accelerated erosion and land loss of the Mississippi River coastal zone has necessitated a re evaluation of environmental risk at closed National Priority List (NPL) industrial waste sites in Louisiana, USA. Clean up criteria of a site were evaluated under the Louisiana Risk Evaluation Corrective Action Program (RECAP 2003). An assessment of the closed site using RECAP 2003 indicated ...
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Transfer Your Environmental Risks to a Third Party
Remediation of contaminated sites often is costly and time-consuming, diverting scarce corporate resources from a company’s core operations. Moreover, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and recent Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board rules and standards governing accounting for and reporting of environmental liabilities (e.g., FIN 47 Accounting for Conditional Asset ...
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Outstanding Outdoor Environmental Noise Measurement
The Nova Outdoor Noise Measurement Kit - 24/7 Environmental noise measurement We often get asked about continuous mid- and long-term environmental noise measurement for outdoor sites such as construction sites, outdoor entertainment venues, and for boundary noise assessments. Whilst we have provided several incarnations of outdoor kits which turn our handheld sound level meters into outdoor ...
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Exploring the Hydrological Impact of Abandoned Mines in Colorado
In 2015, three million gallons of water escaped the abandoned Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, turning the Animas River orange and drawing national headlines as the contamination passed through Durango. Over time, the polluted water traveled nearly 400 miles to Lake Powell, with the EPA ultimately designating the mine a Superfund site. An environmental disaster? Yes. An isolated risk? ...
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Do I need a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I ESA) and What do they cost?
A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, often called a Phase I ESA, is generally performed on a commercial property usually as part of a sale/purchase or commercial financing by a broker or other lending institution. The objective is to protect a prospective buyer, property owner, or lending institution from some unforeseen aspect of the property that could affect the value or saleability of ...
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Who needs a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I ESA) and What do they cost?
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, often called a Phase I ESA, is generally performed on a commercial property usually as part of a sale/purchase or commercial financing by a broker or other lending institution. It is intended to protect a prospective buyer, property owner, or lending institution from some unforeseen aspect of the property that could ...
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Environmental Assessments – An Important Component of CSR Programs
Companies and industries strongly engaged in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have taken significant steps in their sourcing policies to reduce unethical and inhuman working conditions by controlling their subcontractors along the supply chain. Until now, the primary focus has been on working conditions, but CSR also encompasses environmental concerns as part of a global sustainability ...
By SGS
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I need a Phase I Environmental site assessment (Phase I ESA) Who do I call?
A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I ESA) A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I ESA) is used to determine the liability to property buyers or financial institutions during mergers and acquisitions, refinancing of commercial real estate, and other situations in order to identify the environmental risks of a site and satisfy the “due diligence” efforts to ...
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Integrated Site Closure Achieves Business and Regulatory Goals
A new concept for cleanup of contaminated properties and hazardous waste sites applicable under federal and state regulatory programs is helping clients achieve both business and regulatory goals at their sites. The concept, called 'Integrated Site Closure', is the seamless integration and delivery of services necessary to reach regulatory closure of contaminated properties. Regulatory closure ...
By AECOM
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The New Environmental Insurance Products: When Does it Make Sense to Buy Them?
Part One Introduction Real estate transactions with environmental problems often founder on attempts to shift the liabilities from one party to the other. In transactions with other types of problems, insurance is a popular risk transfer mechanism, and is regularly used for that purpose, but it is used far less often when there are environmental risks. This so-called 'environmental insurance ...
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