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Environmental Contractors’ Insurance Needs Explained by Legends
Environmental contractors provide vital services to help protect the public and the environment from possible harm. Due to the nature of their work, it is essential that they are protected by an insurance policy that covers their needs and that they understand what types of insurance programs are available to them. Environmental insurance usually addresses the three major types of liability ...
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Allied Environmental Services Earns the Position of 2133 on the 2012 Inc. 5000
Allied Environmental Services is being recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. 500/5000. To be honored this year is a particularly notable achievement as it highlights Allied Environmental Services' ability to thrive through three of the toughest years this economy has ever seen. Allied Environmental Services' success in such times is testimony to the ...
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The Mack Group, LLC reports impressive safety record for 2008
The MACK Group is Pleased to Announce 2008 to be a Year of Non-Recordable Incidents and Continued EMR of Below 1.0. The MACK Group is proud to announce that the 2008 year was a year of non-recordable OSHA incidents. Due to this impressive safety record, The Mack Group has been able to maintain an EMR rating of below 1.0. This safety record was accomplished through the dedication to safety and ...
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Environmental Insurance Expert Shares Knowledge with Students from The Asbestos Institute
Beginning this month, one of the nation’s leading environmental insurance experts has begun sharing his knowledge with students attending The Asbestos Institute’s Contractor Supervisor Initial Course. Brian Mcfarland, from Legends Environmental Insurance Services, began his role as a monthly guest lecturer last week. Mr. Mcfarland has over 15 years in the environmental industry and ...
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Employer exposes 3 workers to asbestos dangers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nearly invisible to the eye, asbestos* fibers can literally take someone's breath away. Fibers in the air can be inhaled unknowingly and trapped in the lungs. Regular exposure to asbestos can cause serious respiratory illness and several forms of cancer. Three workers removing thermal pipe insulation at an unoccupied residence on North Second Street in Harrisburg were exposed to these serious ...
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Plaster silica removal project completed by The Mack Group, LLC
The MACK Group, LLC Completes Plaster Silica Removal within Active Laboratory FacilityThe MACK Group, LLC, a premier asbestos abatement, mold, lead, biological, chemical and demolition contractor recently completed the removal of plaster silica ceiling and walls within an active laboratory facility in New Jersey.A large Fortune 500 pharmaceutical client needed 15,000 square feet of former ...
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St. Louis Community College Selected to Receive $199,994 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Grant
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7 today announced that St. Louis Community College (SLCC) has been selected to receive $199,994 to train unemployed and underemployed residents of St. Louis in hazardous waste cleanup. Residents who are unemployed, receive public assistance, or are low-income employed and living within the St. Louis metropolitan area, including the City of St. Louis ...
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EnviroVantage abating asbestos, sandblasting lead paint and providing demo services for Claremont Mill Project
Claremont, NH - Preparation for conversion into 200 seat Common Man RestaurantThe downtown mill district along the Sugar River in Claremont, NH is undergoing major renovations to convert the structures into the future locations of several new businesses to the city. The Monadnock Mills produced fine textiles for almost 100 years and are known as one of the most complete and best preserved 19th ...
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EPA provides $192K job training grant to Denver Indian Center
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Denver Indian Center, Inc. a $192,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grant to deliver targeted environmental workforce instruction and certifications to American Indians in a seven-county area (Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson) comprising Colorado’s Front Range. ...
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EPA Announces Southern University in Shreveport, LA, as Workforce Development and Job Training Grant Recipient
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing Southern University in Shreveport, LA, as a recipient of the Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grants support local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communities. By providing Americans in economically ...
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EPA awards $200,000 for environmental job training grant in Hartford, Conn.
A $200,000 EPA grant will assist North Star Center for Human Development, Inc. in Connecticut to train 60 students, and place at least 54 graduates in environmental jobs. The grant is available through EPA’s Brownfields “Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training” program. North Star will use the EPA funding to recruit, train and place local unemployed and ...
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EPA Selects Florida State College at Jacksonville, Fla. for Job Training Grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Florida State College at Jacksonville, Fla. is one of 19 communities in 17 states and territories selected for approximately $3.6 million in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grants. Each grantee will receive up to $192,300 to operate environmental training programs to clean up Brownfields sites in ...
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EPA Announces Florida State College at Jacksonville as Workforce Development and Job Training Grant Recipient
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the selection of Florida State College at Jacksonville, Fla. as a recipient of the agency's Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grant supports local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communities. By providing Americans ...
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Iowa western community college to receive $200,000 in environmental workforce development and job training funds
Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) has been selected to receive $200,000 in workforce development and brownfields job training funds from EPA to train unemployed and underemployed residents in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb. IWCC is one of only 15 workforce development organizations in the nation to receive the funding this year. Its project will specifically serve residents of the ...
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EPA Announces More Than $3 Million in Grants for Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Nationwide
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the selection of 16 grantees for a total award of $3.2 million through the agency's Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) program. The grants support local work to recruit, train, and place unemployed individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in their communities. By providing Americans in ...
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EPA Develops Workforce in Camden, Arkansas
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected the City of Camden, Ark. for an Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grant of $200,000. The grant will support local work to recruit, train, and place individuals in jobs that address environmental challenges in the Camden area. The grant is part of $3.6 million awarded to 17 other grantees across the U.S. ...
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City of Tacoma awarded $300,000 in EPA Brownfields job training grant funds to train workers for a better, “greener” future
The City of Tacoma will receive $300,000 in EPA Brownfields grant funding to provide job training to assess, manage and clean up solid and hazardous waste sites. Celebrating their fifth EPA financed job training program, the City of Tacoma and its partners boast a 75% placement rate for its graduates at an average wage of $13.74. Brownfields was originally focused on training workers to ...
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EPA Selects CLIMB Community Development Corporation in Biloxi, Miss. for Job Training Grant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that CLIMB Community Development Corporation in Biloxi, Miss. is one of 19 communities in 17 states and territories selected for approximately $3.6 million in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grants. Each grantee will receive up to $192,300 to operate environmental training programs to clean up Brownfields ...
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EPA Training Grants Create Job Opportunities Across the Country
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the selection of 19 communities in 17 states and territories for approximately $3.6 million in Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grants. Each grantee will receive up to $192,300 to operate environmental training programs to clean up Brownfields sites in economically distressed communities. ...
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EPA to Provide Nearly $200,000 for Environmental Job Training in Puerto Rico
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced that the EPA has selected a leading nonprofit organization, PathStone Corporation, to receive $192,300 to provide green job training in Puerto Rico. PathStone provides services to low-income families and economically distressed communities throughout Puerto Rico, as well as in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, ...
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