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Pesticide Storage Tanks and how Anglian Water is reducing metaldahyde entering water supplies
Slugs are of course a huge problem across farming and metaldahyde is used extensively to combat them each year. Although harmless to humans, the chemical is extremely difficult to remove from water treatment works and meeting the tough EU targets on its control is a challenge. Even the equivalent of one drop in an Olympic-sized swimming pool would go against EU regulations. Anglian Water has ...
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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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Chemical incidents at swimming pools and leisure centres on the rise
The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), part of leading climate and energy consultancy AEA, is experiencing a higher than normal level of calls related to incidents at swimming pools and leisure centres. NCEC receives calls from the UK emergency services, with its trained chemists advising the sector on how to deal with the mitigation of incidents involving chemical substances. Every ...
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EPA announces summary of enforcement actions for winter 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed 35 enforcement actions from January 1 through March 31, 2012 to ensure individuals, businesses, and governments are complying with environmental regulations. The EPA’s compliance assistance programs help people understand and follow federal environmental laws. Enforcement deters those who might otherwise profit from violating the law ...
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Innatank - A Revolution for the Safe Storage of Hazardous Liquids
The safe storage of hazardous liquids is a perennial challenge facing the water treatment and chemical processing industries - but things could be about to change thanks to a ground-breaking innovation by leading British tank producer Forbes Technologies Ltd. Following an investment of over £1.7 million at their main manufacturing plant located in the Borders of Scotland at Kelso, Forbes ...
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National cooperative refinery association to pay $700,000 in penalties for violations at Kansas refinery and storage facility
The National Cooperative Refinery Association (NCRA) has agreed to pay $700,000 in penalties to the United States and the State of Kansas, and perform a series of injunctive relief actions, to settle violations of federal environmental laws and the Kansas State Implementation Plan at its petroleum refinery and underground storage facility in McPherson County, Kan. As part of a consent decree ...
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ERG enjoys record year with 40% sales growth
ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd, the UK-based leading supplier of odour and air pollution control systems has reported record sales success, with turnover for the year to the end of February 2011 up by more than 40%. Further consolidating ERG’s consistent growth, this represents a compound annual rate over the last 8 years of 26%. ERG’s order book for the year ahead is also looking ...
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EPA Announces Summary of Enforcement Actions for Spring 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed 38 enforcement actions from April 1 through June 30, 2012 to ensure individuals, businesses, and governments comply with the nation’s laws that protect public health and the environment. Before taking enforcement actions, the EPA offers compliance assistance to help regulated industries and individuals understand and comply with ...
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