superfund Articles
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Epa can recover more federal superfund money
Purpose The purpose of this evaluation was to examine issues related to recovering Superfund expenditures from the potentially responsible parties (PRPs) at a sample of Superfund national priority list (NPL) sites. We addressed the following questions: 1 What were the total Superfund expenditures at NPL sites where a viable business is the primary responsible party, and have those ...
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Top 10 questions to ask when buying a superfund site
The purpose of this document is to provide answers to some of the questions that a prospective purchaser may have when considering whether to purchase property at a privately owned Superfund site. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports the reuse of Superfund sites and believes this document may be useful in clarifying some of the opportunities and issues associated with their ...
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Elements for Effective Management of Operating Pump & Treat Systems
This fact sheet summarizes key aspects of effective management for operating pump and treat (P&T) systems based on lessons learned from conducting optimization evaluations at 20 Superfund-financed P&T systems. The lessons learned, however, are relevant to almost any P&T system. Therefore, the document may serve as a resource for managers, contractors, or regulators of any P&T system, whether ...
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Tracking Disease Clusters and Environmental Health
On March 29, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing entitled “Oversight Hearing on Disease Clusters and Environmental Health.” Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Senator Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health Subcommittee, introduced the Strengthening Protections for Children and ...
By Acta Group
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Project - Summitville Superfund Cleanup Hydro
In the tilted wire wedge wire screen business, the projects are seldom routine. Hydroscreen recently furnished the hydro diversion screens for the Summitville Superfund cleanup site located at 12,800 feet (3901 meters) elevation, high in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Extreme snow and hydraulic loadings required that the support framing be substantially heavier than what is traditionally ...
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Success in the Lab Leads to Success in the Field
Success in the Lab Leads to Success in the Field Superfund Site in Pennsylvania Problem: Degrade TCE in the presence of 1,1,1-TCA They said it couldn't be done. Most strains of Dehaloccoides (Dhc) would not dechlorinate TCE in the presence of 1,1,1-TCA. Solution: BCI Lab in 2005 BCI developed the first strain of Dhc that could resist TCA toxicity at concentrations of TCA at 15 ppm. ...
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Monitoring Arsenic in discharges from a remediation site
This case study describes the application of an OVA5000 at a USEPA Superfund site where high levels of arsenic contamination have ...
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The extent of environmental disclosures: effects of regulatory costs and level of exposure to environmental risk
This paper examines the relation between environmental disclosures resulting from environmental legislation and the regulatory costs and level of the environmental exposure for a sample of 51 US chemical firms. The results show that environmental disclosures included as discretionary disclosures in the 10-K reports in 1984 prior to the enactment of SARA (The Superfund Amendments and ...
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Can Stigma Explain Large Property Value Losses? The Psychology and Economics of Superfund
This research documents the long term impacts of delayed cleanup on property values in communities neighboring prominent Superfund sites. The research examines the sale prices of nearly 34,000 homes near sites in three metropolitan areas for up to a 30-year period. To our knowledge, no other property value studies have examined sites in multiple areas with large property value losses over the ...
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Disclosing effects of climate change in energy, financial companies` 10-K`s
The authors review scientific and legal developments related to climate change in 2007 that those preparing disclosure forms for the Securities and Exchange Commission will want to consider. They say that not since companies first struggled with disclosure of their superfund contingent remedial liabilities has there has been so much focus on securities disclosure of environmental issues. Their ...
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Nonaqueous Phase Liquids Compatibility with Materials Used in Well Construction, Sampling, and Remediation
The EPA Regional Ground Water Forum is a group of EPA professionals representing Regional Superfund and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Offices (RCRA), committed to the identification and resolution of ground-water issues impacting the remediation of Superfund and RCRA sites. The Forum is supported by and advises the Superfund Technical Support Project. The compatibility of remediation, ...
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Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Innovative Technology Verification for Field Measurement Technology of Mercury in Soil and Sediment
Five different companies attended the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation “Innovative Technology Verification for Field Measurement Technology of Mercury in Soil and Sediment” during 2003. These reports are all now available on the EPA website (see Appendix A). The demonstration was to verify a wide range of performance attributes and included both primary and secondary ...
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Low-Flow (Minimal Drawdown) Ground Water Sampling Procedures
The Regional Superfund Ground Water Forum is a group of ground-water scientists, representing EPA’s Regional Superfund Offices, organized to exchange information related to ground-water remediation at Superfund sites. One of the major concerns of the Forum is the sampling of ground water to support site assessment and remedial performance monitoring objectives. This paper is intended to provide ...
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Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer Installation #1284 Pharmaceuticals Manufacturer in Gary, IN - Case Study
A superfund cleanup site adds pollution control with the help of Alliance Corporation. Application: Soil Remediation – Gary, IN Project: A 3,000 SCFM KRONUS™ Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer. Installed by customer. ...
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Ground Water Sampling for Metal Analyses
The Regional Superfund Ground Water Forum is a group of ground-water scientists, representing EPA’s Regional Superfund Offices, organized to exchange up-to-date information related to ground-water remediation at Superfund sites. Filtration of ground-water samples for metals analysis is an issue identified by the Forum as a concern of Superfund decisionmakers. Inconsistency in EPA Superfund ...
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EPA Names New Director of the Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division
On February 1, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Yu-Ting Guilaran has been selected as the new Director of the Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division (PRD) within the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), effective February 7, 2016. Yu-Ting has been the Biological and Economic Analysis Division (BEAD) Director since 2013, and with the agency for nearly 25 years. She has ...
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Reactive mat used in creosote sediment cap remedy at a Portland superfund site case study
Project: McCormick & Baxter Superfund Site Location: Portland, OR Products: Organoclay Reactive Core Mat Background: The former McCormick and Baxter Creosoting Company is located in Portland, Oregon on the Willamette River. This Superfund Site encompasses approximately 41 acres of land and an additional 23 acres of contaminated sediment. Challenge: To successfully install a reactive ...
By CETCO
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Maywood, Ca - Pemaco superfund site
Thermal Remediation Services, Inc. (TRS) subcontracted to TN & Associates to provide an Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH) remediation of trichloroethene (TCE) in soil and groundwater at the Pemaco Superfund Site located in Maywood, California. This is the first EPA Record of Decision (ROD) in California that includes ERH as the selected technology for the treatment of a deep TCE source ...
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Superfund Site, MO - Case Study
Accelerated Remediation Technologies, LLC (ART) in-situ remediation system was selected by Black & Veatch for installation at a superfund site in Region VII. The objective of the ART Technology implementation was to remedy soils and groundwater impacted with Tetrachloroethylene (PCE). ART provided a turn-key system, under the supervision of Black & Veatch. The ART technology was installed ...
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Chitorem chitin complex barrel test at the national tunnel NPL site in black hawk, Colorado
Background Superfund Study Area covering 400-square mile drainage basin of Clear Creek. Discharge from National tunnel Adit contains elevated levels of metals and low p H. CHITOREM chitin complex tested as substrate for sulfate reducing bioreactor (SRB). CHITOREM chitin complex evaluated against corn stover, wood chips, and continuous feed ethanol. Project Status Over 90% Mn removal ...
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