spill management Articles
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Pilot Project 2 Case Study
Conducted in Saguenay, on a 28 MVA three-phase transformer installed on a 10’ x 20’ concrete base in an HV substation. Our hosts were the first to understand the potential of our concept and to support a pilot installation. Priceless data was gathered from both sites, which had vastly different characteristics. This allowed us to design a new-generation oil spill management ...
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Research implications: an evaluation of residential evacuation practices following a train derailment/oleum spill incident
This research paper outlines the specific elements involved in the evacuation of approximately 3000 residents following a train derailment in the spring of 2002 in a suburban community in the Southeastern United States (USA). The derailment caused the release of an oleum (sulphuric acid) spill/plume. A major focus is the post-accident assessment of the procedures used for the evacuation, ...
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ChemSIS - first choice for the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency
The Counter Pollution Branch of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a duty to respond to chemical spills in UK waters. Spill models are important tools to enable effective spill management and advice. MCA were using a DOS—based model Eurospill, developed by Warren Spring Laboratory, to predict the fate of chemical spills, but the software was not Mlillenium compliant. Working against ...
By Ricardo plc
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Characteristics of urban chemical spills in Southern Ontario
Thousands of chemical spills occur as a result of accidents or natural disasters each year worldwide and have the potential to harm human health and the environment. More than 700 recorded chemical spills involving more than 1,000 types of chemical occur every year in Southern Ontario, resulting in multiple environmental impacts. This paper presents characteristics of urban chemical spills ...
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Comparative effects of biological and chemical dispersants on the bioavailability and toxicity of crude oil to early life stages of marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma)
We assessed the bioavailability and chronic toxicity of water‐accommodated fractions of crude oil (WAFs) and two dispersants plus dispersed crude oil (chemical dispersant + crude oil, CE‐WAF, and biological dispersant + crude oil, BE‐WAF) on the early life stages of marine medaka, Oryzias melastigma. Results showed that the addition of the two dispersants caused a three‐ and four‐fold increase ...
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Railroad Fueling
Small Spills = Large Problems: A Look into Fueling Best Practices for the Railroad Industry Fact – fuel contains toxic substances. Thus, fuel spills can have a decidedly negative impact on the environment. Specifically, with regard to diesel fuel use in the transportation industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has strict regulations in place to help prevent the ...
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Following deepwater horizon spill, are we really prepared to avert / respond effectively to such an incident?
With recent oil spill incidents taking toll on environment, we as industry professionals should be more proactive than reactive towards such incident – the industry does not need a spill to happen to learn lessons from it. Creating a culture of preparedness/ prevention and learning from past incidents to gain a foothold in the future is what the industry should be striving for. At 6th ...
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Why Your Company Needs Workplace Health and Safety Policies
Health and safety policies might not sound like the most interesting topics to many people. But without them, a company risks serious interruption of its operations, whether it’s due to illness, injury or accident. There are several components to crafting effective health and safety policies, and good reasons to make sure an organization gets it right. What Do Health and Safety Policies Cover? ...
By EHS Insight
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How do Lamor Business Hubs and partners network cover all continents in case of any environmental incident?
The strength of the Lamor lies in our network. How do our customers benefit from it? I can be proud to say Lamor provides the best after-sales services in our field. But that wouldn´t be the case without the carefully created global network of professional hubs and partners. Lamor has witnessed many major oil spills in different corners of the world: Siberian oil spills in critical icy ...
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10 Pre-Incineration Tips for Medical Waste
Here is a list of 10 useful tips for pre-processing of medical waste to get the best from your waste management process. Segregate wastes at the source to minimize the volume of actual regulated medical waste (RMW). Isolate RMW that must be incinerated; depending on local regulations, at least a small portion of biohazardous waste, including sharps, may have to be incinerated. Include ...
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Lamor Integrated Environmental Response Services
Following 35 plus years of Lamor Corporations continuous investment in building a global service organization, in late 2015 the decision was taken to fully integrate this service offering and fully promote our extensive experience, expertise and resources that have been developed over the past decades and build upon Lamor’s manufacturing heritage. Some new additions to the Lamor family were ...
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Anglo platinum and ultraspin clean up
At Waterval mine, 69% of environmental incidents are related to the spillage of fuel, oil, grease and lubricants. Most of these hydrocarbon spillages can be attributed to TM3 equipment used at the mine. As part of a long-term management plan to address these hydrocarbon spillage incidents, Anglo Platinum has installed Ultraspin technology at Waterval mine. This technology has two main ...
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Oil skimming solution keeps national railway running year round
A North American railway that prides itself on environmental responsibility recently worked with an engineering firm to design a new wastewater treatment facility for one of its refueling stations in British Columbia. The design challenge required a careful balance of meeting the railway’s commitment to environmental sustainability, while still being able to operate in severe weather ...
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The contribution of the Oil & Gas Industry to the Sustainable Development Agenda
Energy is the main driver of the global economy and production and since the 19th Industrial Revolution, countries have been using fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil) as the main sources for energy consumption. Today, oil accounts for around 40% of the world energy mix and gas for around 23%. These facts indicate that oil and gas have been key pillars of the global energy system and as such ...
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Supporting best in class performance case study
Challenge: A precious metals refiner retained Antea Group to evaluate and improve their EHS programs with the end goal of achieving best in class EHS performance among the industry as a way to differentiate itself and create additional business opportunity. As their current New Jersey industrial facility with deteriorating infrastructure was recognized as a significant source of the ...
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Spill prevention, control and countermeasure
Background One of the EPA’s mandates is to prevent oil spills from polluting our nation’s navigable waterways which are defined under the Clean Water Act and Oil Pollution Act as any waterway or body of water that is used for interstate and foreign commerce, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, wet meadows, playa lakes and natural ponds. This description basically covers ...
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BJ’s Wholesale Club Stocks up on 3E’s Environmental Regulatory Compliance Solutions
Background Headquartered in Westborough, MA, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. is a leading operator of membership warehouse club stores in the Eastern United States. The Company currently operates over 200 clubs in 15 states from Maine to Florida and employs more than 25,000 team members. Challenges As a large retailer, BJ’s faces many unique safety and environmental compliance ...
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Pebble Beach Community Services District backup monitoring to an existing SCADA system - Case Study
Most people, not just golfers, recognize the name Pebble Beach as being one of the premier residential communities. Nestled on the shoreline and bluffs of the California Monterey peninsula, Pebble Beach is home to hundreds of multi-million dollar estates and some of the most meticulously maintained golf courses in the world. One course, the Pebble Beach golf links, hosts the annual Pebble Beach ...
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Reducing coal plants effluent discharge and waste pit volumes
The OSEI Corporation manufactures Oil Spill Eater II a first response bioremediation product that utilizes natures own process to convert hydrocarbon contaminants to CO2 by speeding up natures process to remediate hydrocarbons in a matter of days or weeks compared to waiting decades, reducing the time toxic hydrocarbons can adversely effect the environment. OSE II can quickly address pipeline or ...
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How quickly can Lamor deliver equipment in case of an emergency, and where will it come from?
Lamor´s network of equipment and personnel around the world is a strong advantage to support customers during emergencies, in addition to everyday needs or ...
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