Fugitive Dust News
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Vibrock Celebrate 30 Years
Vibrock is one of the UK's leading environmental consultancy firms. We provide specialist environmental advice and monitoring ranging from air quality and fugitive dust to the measurement and assessment of vibration and noise. As an independent consultancy company, Vibrock provide our clients with environmental services of the highest quality, based upon the strength of our experience, technical ...
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Earthbind Dust Control on Roads Previously Treated with Chlorides
Magnesium and calcium chlorides are commonly used as dust suppressants on unpaved roads. These chloride compounds are used for dust control because they are hygroscopic and deliquescent…meaning that they have the ability to absorb moisture from the humid air. The absorbed moisture helps limit dust by keeping the surface of the road moist enough to hold the dust particles down and reduces ...
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Earthbind Dust Control for the `Do-it-yourselfer`
Earthbind® is considered to be an environmentally-friendly bio-based modified asphalt emulsion that is specifically made for dust control. Both Earthbind® 100 and Earthbind® Stabilizer can be used for dust control on unpaved roads. For aggregate roads, we recommend Earthbind Stabilizer or Earthbind 100 on roads with more of a soil/aggregate mixture. EnviRoad, LLC is the creator and ...
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Typical Earthbind Dust Control Procedure using a Pressurized Water Truck
Earthbind® is considered to be an environmentally-friendly bio-based modified asphalt emulsion that is specifically made for dust control. Both Earthbind® 100 and Earthbind® Stabilizer can be used for dust control on unpaved roads. For aggregate roads, we recommend Earthbind Stabilizer or Earthbind 100 on roads with more of a soil/aggregate mixture. Earthbind can be applied in ...
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Joint Project Between Red River College and Cypher Environmental Showcased at Notre Dame Campus
In 2016 Cypher unveiled its most recent road stabilization and dust control product, known as Dust Stop Municipal Blend (DSMB).The product formula was produced in a joint Applied Research Project, with the help of NSERC & IRAP and involved significant in-kind contribution from Cypher, and involvement by students and faculty from the college. The overwhelmingly successful result has been a ...
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California’s Rule 1466 to Control Toxic Particulate Emissions from Earth-Moving Operations is in Full Effect
Last July, California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) adopted Rule 1466 – Control of Particulate Emissions from Soils with Toxic Air Contaminants. The new rule was amended last December before going into effect earlier this year for all applicable earth-moving operations that take place in parts of California regulated by the SCAQMD. The purpose of Rule 1466 ...
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Geosynthetics for CCR Containment and Closure
New federal regulations on the disposal of coal combustion residuals represent new approaches in response to events where coal ash has been inadvertently released from impoundments, the blowing of contaminants into the air and the leakage of potential contaminants into groundwater. “The rule establishes technical requirements for landfills and surface impoundments under Subtitle D of the ...
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Air quality/emissions event approved for CPD
The Conference and Workshops at AQE 2015, the international Air Quality and Emissions event (Telford, UK, on 22-23rd April) have been approved for Continuing Professional Development (CPD). “This is great news for the event because it provides formal recognition of the value of the many learning experiences at AQE 2015 and provides delegates with reassurance that their visit will be ...
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EPA Announces First National Regulations to Safeguard Disposal of Coal Ash
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) from coal-fired power plants. The final rule establishes safeguards to protect communities from coal ash impoundment failures, like the catastrophic Kingston, Tenn., spill in 2008, and establishes safeguards to prevent groundwater ...
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EPA Clean Air Settlement with Asphalt Company to Minimize Emissions in Rhode Island
An EPA settlement will require that a Rhode Island asphalt manufacturing company comply with its Clean Air Act permit designed to minimize air emissions and protect air quality around the community where it operates. The company, T. Miozzi, Inc., will also pay a total penalty of $23,700 to settle EPA claims that the company operated its facility in violation of an air permit issued by the R.I. ...
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EPA Fines Fisher Sand and Gravel $150,000 for dust violations
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have issued a civil penalty against Fisher Sand and Gravel of $150,000 for failing to comply with dust mitigation regulations at three of its Maricopa County facilities. In addition, the company is required to take steps to minimize the generation of dust at its Phoenix plant. “Our goal is to prevent airborne dust ...
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ATMOS Global New ´DustFinder+ Ultra Intelligent Dust Management and Dust Control System´ Launches in the Asia-Pacific, North America, South America and Europe
ATMOS Global ™ (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ™) launches globally its newest ground-breaking dust management and dust control technology: DustFinder+™ a first-of-its- kind "Ultra Intelligent Dust Assessment and Dust Management System ™" that offers mining operators a ...
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ATMOS Global Offers a New Perspective on Dust Management and Dust Control: `DustFinder+`
ATMOS Global™ (ATMOS Global Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ™) launches globally its newest ground-breaking dust control technology: DustFinder+™ a first-of-its- kind "Ultra Intelligent Dust Assessment and Dust Management System™" that offers mining operators a technologically advanced ...
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ATMOS Global launches ‘DustFinder+’ the next new frontier for Virtual Dust Management
ATMOS Global (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants ) launches globally its newest ground-breaking dust control technology: DustFinder+ a first-of-its- kind Ultra Intelligent Dust Assessment and Dust Management System that offers site operators a technologically advanced systematic methodology to ...
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ATMOS Global Launches ATMOS-5D+ an Energy Efficient Dust Management and Dust Control Platform for Mine Haul Road Dust Emissions
ATMOS Global ™ (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants™) launches ATMOS-5D+ ™ world’s first Integrated 5D Global and Site Specific Dust Impact Forecasting and Management Platform for Mine Haul Road Dust Control ™ - a major breakthrough in environmental dust control and dust management in mining. Growing ...
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Dust Management 5.0: ATMOS Global Launches ATMOS-5D+ first-of-its-kind forecasting and management platform for mine haul road dust control
ATMOS Global (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants) launches ATMOS-5D+ world’s first Integrated 5D Global and Site Specific Dust Impact Forecasting and Management Platform for Mine Haul Road Dust Control TM - a major breakthrough in environmental dust control and management in mining. Growing ...
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Cognitive Dust Management: ATMOS Global™ Launches DustAlert+™ World’s First Artificially Intelligent Dust Control and Management System.
ATMOS Global™ (ATMOS Australia Pty Ltd – Elite Atmospheric Air Quality Modelling & Forecasting and Climate Change Research Consultants™) launches DustAlert+™ world’s first Artificial Intelligence Multi-factor Multi-criteria Dust Impact Early Warning System™ - a major breakthrough in environmental dust control and management in mining. DustAlert+™ is ...
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ARCO pays US$2.7m to contain waste at old copper mine
The Atlantic Richfield Company, ARCO, has been ordered to reimburse the federal government US$2.77 million for work already performed to clean up abandoned wastes from the Anaconda copper mine that are contaminating air and water in central Nevada. The order issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency also requires ARCO to fund and develop a plan for a technical assistance program to ...
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The McGill Dust Suppression Baffle System controls fugitive dust
The service division of McGill AirClean offers a dust suppresion baffle system. The baffle is a gravity-operated dust control device consisting of pivotally mounted baffles and fixed metal deflectors. It controls fugitive dust when free-flowing bulk materials are being loaded and unloaded. The McGill dust supression baffle system can be used for a variety of dust-handling applications, including ...
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Phoenix home builder fined $155,000 to settle dust violations
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined with Richmond American Homes of Arizona, Inc. $155,000 for alleged dust violations that occurred at five residential construction sites in Maricopa County. The violations were discovered during routine inspections from 2003 to 2005 conducted by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department. “Maricopa County's particulate air ...
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