Showing results for: superfund cleanup Articles
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Improved controls would reduce superfund backlogs
Neither EPA nor the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) took actions needed to ensure progress at seven New Jersey-led Superfund site clean-ups. These sites were listed on the NPL over 20 years ago but still have not had a final clean-up remedy constructed (construction completion). Delays occurred primarily because EPA Region 2 and New Jersey did not use available ...
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Performance of method 8270 using hydrogen carrier gas on Bruker Scion GC-MS
As the cost and scarcity of helium rises, laboratories have begun to convert methods to hydrogen carrier gas. Introduction USEPA Method 8270 [1] for semivolatiles is used by laboratories to measure a mixture of acids, bases, and neutrals in a wide variety of matrices. Sample extracts can range from clean water to sludge coming from Superfund clean-up sites. The complexity of these extracts ...
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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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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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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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Vapor Intrusion: Risks and Challenges
Vapor Intrusion (VI), defined as the migration of volatile contaminants from the subsurface into the indoor air of overlying buildings, is a major and challenging environmental issue for both regulators and the regulated community—one that continues to elicit heated debate among stakeholders. Eight factors associated with the VI pathway that contribute to its challenging nature are discussed ...
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2011 Predictions for EPA`s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention
The Acta Group, L.L.C.'s (Acta) thoughts are below on what may be headed our way in 2011 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP). In short, the general trends established by the Obama Administration during the past two years are expected to continue notwithstanding the 2010 election results. At the same time, the impact of ...
By Acta Group
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Superfund Investigates Land Pollution from the Past…and Present
On September 7, 2016, we took steps to respond to states, tribes and citizens who asked for our help addressing contaminated sites. In response, we are adding 10 hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is our list of more than 1,300 of the most contaminated sites in the country that we are addressing under the Superfund program. Superfund is one of the most important ...
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How the post-flint effect could continue to affect industry
This post originally appeared on Enablon Insights as part of a three-part series, Between Flint and a Hard Place. The first post identified how lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan sparked a heightened awareness about water quality in the U.S. The second post dove deeper into water contamination trends affecting industry actors, analyzing how Flint, an issue created by public officials, ...
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A dynamite job? Cleaning up trinitrotoluene waste at the Apache powder superfund site.
The clean up of trinitrotoluene (TNT) wastes and contaminated soils from an abandoned TNT salvage operation is underway at the Apache Powder Superfund Site in Cochise County. Clean-up operations involved an unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey, on-site pre-burn of high-grade materials, excavation, and off-site disposal. Approximately 5,400 lb of high-grade TNT wastes (averaging approximately 33 ...
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DE HSCA Environmental Standards
The Delaware Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act (HSCA): DE HSCA Environmental Standards & Regulations The Delaware Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act (DE HSCA Environmental Standards) environmental standards for risk assessment, clean-up, and remediation planning for polluted sites are determined by the DNREC Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances. These standards enable DNREC to oversee the ...
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