asbestos contaminated soil News
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Settlement clears way for cleanup of Easthampton, Mass. site (MA)
Two parties have entered into an agreement with EPA to clean-up asbestos-contaminated soils at a site in Easthampton, Mass. in the near future. According to the agreement, the two parties, W. R. Grace & Co. and Oldon Limited Partnership, will pay an estimated $833,000 to clean the contaminated soil. They have also agreed to pay EPA’s past cleanup costs of $72,537. The 2.3-acre site is ...
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Settlement reached to expedite cleanup for walpole, mass. superfund site (MA)
A $13 million settlement has been reached between four parties and the United States to expedite cleanup of the contaminated Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The parties involved in the settlement include W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., a former owner and operator of the site; Tyco ...
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Settlement will help expedite cleanup for walpole, mass. superfund site (MA)
A $13 million work settlement has been reached between four parties and the United States to expedite cleanup of the contaminated Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass. The parties involved in the settlement include W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., a former owner and operator of the site; Tyco Healthcare Group, also former owner and operator; as well as BIM Investment Corp. ...
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The MACK Group, LLC completes large asbestos abatement project
The MACK Group, LLC completed a large asbestos abatement removal project at the former GAF Plant located in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. The asbestos removal project consisted of asbestos abatement of 300,000 sf of asbestos transite roof & siding panels, 100,000 sf of asbestos built-up roofing, 11,000 ft of asbestos piping, 15,000 sf of asbestos tile & mastic, three 5 story high ...
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WR Grace agrees to pay $250m for asbestos clean-up in US
WR Grace, a global supplier of specialty chemicals, has agreed to pay $250 million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to reimburse the federal government for the costs of the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination in Libby, Mont., the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The action settles a bankruptcy claim brought by ...
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Environmental Consulting Services for Midwest Healthcare Facility Renovation
Hygieneering, Inc. is providing ongoing environmental consulting services that included asbestos, lead and contaminated soil remediation work to support a large Midwest healthcare facility renovation project. Hygieneering’s team of Certified Industrial Hygienists and other staff professionals provide indoor air quality testing, mold inspection and industrial hygiene exposure assessments. ...
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EPA estimates on toxicity of Libby Asbestos available for public comment and independent scientist review
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing the public with an opportunity to comment on draft toxicity values for a unique form of asbestos called Libby Amphibole asbestos. The toxicity assessment provides a toxicological review of a specific type of asbestos found in northwest Montana and proposes draft toxicity values for both cancer and non-cancer health effects. When final, ...
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EPA and LDEQ celebrate cleanup of superfund site in Louisiana
Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) joined local public officials and members of the community this week to celebrate the completion of the cleanup at the Ruston Foundry Superfund site in Alexandria, Louisiana. EPA and LDEQ have completed cleanup activities at the site and determined that no further cleanup action is ...
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EPA releases draft estimates of asbestos toxicity in Libby and Troy, Montana
At a public meeting at the Libby Memorial Center this evening, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented new draft toxicity estimates on the specific type of asbestos in Libby and Troy, Montana. These toxicity estimates, when final, will help secure the best path forward for asbestos cleanup and protection of public health at the Libby Superfund site. The Agency is releasing this draft ...
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HMRC: Landfill waste taxable ‘unless expressly exempt’
All materials sent to landfill sites will be taxable ‘unless expressly exempt’, under the government’s proposed changes to Landfill Tax legislation from 1 April next year. HMRC elaborated on its plans on the 5th of December in a Policy Paper “Landfill Tax: definition of taxable disposal”. In it, the tax body confirmed that the current list for deciding materials ...
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Asbestos Containment Scheduled to begin at Court Street in Nashua, NH
(Boston, Mass. – September 24, 2007) – Federal, state and local cleanup experts are jointly moving forward to address soil contaminated with asbestos adjacent to the Nashua Public Library. The work is being coordinated between the U.S.EPA, the city of Nashua and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Asbestos was found in elevated levels in the half acre lawn area between the ...
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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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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Calls for the US Government Accountability Office to Investigate the Two Ambler Superfund Sites in Pennsylvania
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), the largest independent non-profit organization in the U.S. which combines education, advocacy, and community to prevent exposure and protect asbestos victims’ civil rights; released laboratory results confirming that a debris sample collected outside a former asbestos superfund site fence line in Ambler, PA (Montgomery County) tested ...
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Vermont Receives over $2 million EPA Brownfields Funding and Announces State BERA Program winners
EPA is awarding a total of $2 million in Brownfield Assessment and Cleanup Grant dollars to municipalities and organizations across the state of Vermont. Additionally, three communities have been selected by the State of Vermont for inclusion in the Brownfield Economic Revitalization Alliance (BERA) program. The EPA Brownfields grants, funded by EPA’s Brownfields Assessment, and Cleanup ...
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EPA proposes north ridge estates near Klamath falls for national priorities list
Today, the North Ridge Estates site, located approximately three miles north of Klamath Falls, Oregon, was proposed for addition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priorities List of the most contaminated sites in the nation. If listed as proposed, the site will be cleaned up under the agency’s cleanup program known as Superfund. EPA and the Oregon Department of ...
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Work Begins to Remove Contamination at Newtown, Conn. Site
This week EPA began work to remove contaminated materials from the Batchelder site at 46a Swamp Road in Newtown, in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The cleanup is expected to be completed in approximately two months. Contamination at the Site does not present health risks to the neighboring area; however, Town officials would like to remind residents that it is important to remain off the site. ...
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