fugitive dust control News
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Elgin Debuts Waterless Eagle
ELGIN, Ill. – Elgin Sweeper has unveiled the latest model in its fleet of street sweeping machines with the introduction of the waterless Eagle. The Eagle is the second model of waterless dust control sweepers following the 2002 rollout of the waterless Pelican. The waterless Eagle continues the tradition of excellence of this popular truck-mounted sweeper. It maintains all the popular features ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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