perchlorate groundwater News
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U.S. Government Announces $1.1 Billion for Henderson Perchlorate Clean Up
A settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice secured $1.1 billion in funds to cleanup a former chemical manufacturing site in Henderson, Nev. The Henderson site is the largest perchlorate groundwater plume in the country. The plume has contaminated Lake Mead, which feeds into the Colorado River, a major source of drinking water in ...
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Public Comments Accepted on Proposed Cleanup Plan for J-3 Range on Joint Base Cape Cod
EPA is seeking public input on a proposed cleanup decision for the J-3 range located on the Joint Base Cape Cod (formerly the Massachusetts Military Reservation). The J-3 Range is a former military training and defense contractor test range that operated from the 1930s until the 1990s. A 30-day public comment period will begin on Oct. 13 and end on Nov. 13, for the “Remedy Selection ...
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EPA joins Pasadena for NASA JPL Superfund site water treatment plant groundbreaking
The US Environmental Protection Agency joined the City of Pasadena, Calif. and NASA to celebrate the groundbreaking for a facility that will remove perchlorate and other chemicals from the groundwater near the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Superfund site. “The EPA is pleased to support the Monk Hill water treatment plant, which will bring clean water to the people of Pasadena and prevent ...
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Envirogen Announces Start-Up of Large Fluidized Bed Reactor System for Perchlorate Remediation at Nevada Industrial Site
Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced the successful start-up of a large-scale fluidized bed bioreactor (FBR) system for American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), to achieve the biodegradation of perchlorate and other constituents from groundwater in the area of a former manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nevada. The 1.2 million gallon per day (MGD) capacity system replaces a smaller ...
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U.S. EPA begins perchlorate contamination sampling at residence associated with former mojave pyrotechnics, inc., site in Barstow
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency began collecting surface and subsurface soil samples to test for perchlorate contamination at the Poplar Street home of the former owner/operator of Mojave Pyrotechnics, Inc., a defunct fireworks manufacturing company that operated on North Yucca Street in the 1980s, in Barstow, California. “EPA will work with the City of Barstow and the ...
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Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc agrees to US$5 million groundwater and soil cleanup
The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Apache Nitrogen Products, Inc. entered into a consent decree for future groundwater and soil cleanup at the Apache Powder Superfund Site, near St. David, Ariz. Apache Nitrogen Products will continue to remove nitrate and perchlorate from groundwater and perform long-term groundwater monitoring. The work will cost up to ...
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EPA reaches decision for central impact area cleanup at Camp Edwards
EPA, in consultation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has decided upon a cleanup strategy for the Central Impact Area (CIA). The CIA was the largest single remaining area of unaddressed contamination on the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) in the northern portion of Camp Edwards. The final Remedy Selection Plan outlines actions for both the groundwater contamination and the ...
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EPA seeking public input on significant remaining cleanup area on Camp Edwards
The EPA and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are approaching a final cleanup decision regarding the largest single remaining area of contamination from former military training on the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR). A public comment period begins Wed. July 25, 2011 for a Remedy Selection Plan outlining the proposed cleanup alternatives for groundwater contamination and its related ...
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$2 billion in funds headed for cleanups in Nevada and on the Navajo Nation from historic Anadarko settlement with U.S. EPA, States
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement reached with Anadarko and Kerr-McGee is now final, allowing funds to be disbursed for cleanups across the country. The settlement secures payments of $5.15 billion to resolve claims that the defendants fraudulently transferred assets in part to evade their liability for contamination at ...
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U.S. EPA settlements to provide more than $4 million for drinking water at San Gabriel Valley Superfund cleanup
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has entered into two settlements totaling $4,407,000 to help pay for cleanup costs at the South El Monte section of the San Gabriel Valley Superfund Site in Los Angeles, Calif. The first decree settles claims brought by EPA and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control against Aerojet-General Corporation. The second decree settles claims ...
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Patent for Perchlorate Bioremediation Granted
The US Patent Office has granted a patent for bioremediation of perchlorate-contaminated media to Michael Saul of CL Solutions, Cincinnati, Ohio and Andrew Irwin of Irwin Engineers, Natick, Massachusetts. The patent is based on the successful application of a novel approach to in situ bioremediation of nitrate and perchlorate in soil, ground water and sediments at a site in Massachusetts. The ...
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Biopico Systems, Irvine, CLEW, Pasadena, and AquaNano, Monrovia Win $300,000 in Green Technology Contracts from EPA
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Biopico Systems of Irvine, Calif., CLEW of Pasadena, Calif., and AquaNano LLC of Monrovia, Calif. will receive $300,000 in green technology contracts for their innovative water testing and treatment system proposals. The contracts are part of $2 million awarded to 21 small businesses nationwide to advance sustainable and innovative ...
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EnSafe wins third Secretary of the Navy Environmental Restoration Award
EnSafe Inc.’s contributions to the restoration of Naval Weapons Industrial Plant McGregor in Texas recently merited the Fiscal Year 2006 Secretary of the Navy Award for Environmental Restoration. This work also received the precursor Chief of Naval Operations Award for Environmental Restoration. The awards will be presented in June 2007 in Washington, D.C. EnSafe also received these same ...
By EnSafe Inc.
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Additional cleanup decision finalized at camp edwards (MA)
EPA has signed a final decision document to address contamination near the “L Range” at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR) on Cape Cod. The decision addresses both the groundwater contamination and its source. The majority of the L Range groundwater contamination is located on the eastern portion of the base, abutting the Town of Sandwich boundary, and sampling and ...
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Santa Clarita Faces Environmental Challenges with Whittaker-Bermite Property
In the California city of Santa Clarita there is a 996 acre piece of land that developers would like give a new lease on life to with new construction. The problem is the property has been found to be contaminated with various toxic substances. For decades the land was the site of various manufacturing plants that included everything from the manufacturing of dynamite and fireworks to ...
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EPA target agrees to soil testing
The US Environmental Protection Agency has reached agreement with Emhart Industries to conduct soil testing and other investigation work at a portion of the proposed B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site in San Bernardino County, Calif. This agreement follows negotiations that began after the EPA notified Emhart Industries in March 2008 that it may be responsible for the contamination. Other companies ...
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EPA Reaches Cleanup Decision for J2 Range and Groundwater Plumes at Camp Edwards
EPA, in consultation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has reached a final cleanup strategy for the “J2 Range” and its two affiliated “Northern and Eastern” groundwater plumes. The final cleanup plan outlines actions to address both groundwater contamination and affiliated source areas in the soil. One plume and multiple soil areas on Camp Edwards await final cleanup ...
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EPA Seeks Public Input on Proposed Actions for Two Massachusetts Military Reservation Sites
EPA is seeking public input on proposed actions for two sites on the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR). A 30-day public comment period, ending Aug. 16, begins today for two “Remedy Selection Plans” which outline the proposed alternatives for addressing groundwater contamination at the sites. There will also be a public information meeting on July 24 on these topics. The plans ...
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Microvi and Aquatech Break Ground on Large Demonstration System at Aerojet Site in Rancho Cordova, CA
Microvi Biotechnologies, in partnering with Aquatech International, has been awarded a contract for a demonstration system for degradation of perchlorate at Aerojet General Corporation's site near Rancho Cordova, California. The demonstration system, which was installed in April 2013, is designed to treat 175,000 gallons of groundwater per day containing perchlorate, a component of solid rocket ...
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