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Dangerous flames: Uncontrolled combustion and fires on landfills
Landfills are not merely massive receptacles for our waste since they pose plenty of risks. It is common enough for explosions and uncontrolled fires to occur within them, claiming human lives every year. When waste, especially organic matter, decomposes without adequate control, it can generate flammable gases such as methane. This combustible compound, notorious for its ignition capacity, can ...
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EPA Proposes All Lead Service Lines Be Replaced within Ten Years
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed strengthening its Lead and Copper Rule to require water systems across the country to replace lead service lines within a decade. EPA is also proposing additional changes to protect public health. These include lowering the lead action level and improving sampling protocols utilized by water systems. The proposed Lead and Copper ...
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GFL Environmental receives CN Rail’s Safe Handling Award
Congratulations to our Environmental Services Division on receiving CN Rail’s Safe Handling Award! This year commemorates the 30th anniversary of this prestigious accolade, recognizing providers who load CN freight cars with hazardous materials and adhere to stringent criteria for the secure handling and shipping of regulated products. “Receiving this award underscores our ...
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GFL’s Emergency Response goes beyond the field
The words “emergency response” may evoke a picture of workers in hazmat suits attending incidents from oil spills to train derailments. No matter how these events begin, GFL’s on-site responders enter every emergency, regardless of scale, with a level of knowledge and professionalism that is the backbone of the company’s success in the ER space. Meet three of our ER ...
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Case Study: Contract Title - PCI
Contract Location: East Chicago, IN Contract Start Date: 2/16/2004 Contract Finish Date: 10/14/2004 Quantity Treated (m3): Hazardous Materials, Industrial Wastes Treatment Method: Thermal Desorption Rate of Treatment (m3/hr): 1.5 to 2.5 tons per hour Working Hours per Day: 24 Working Days per Week: 6 Project Description: RLC Technologies was contracted by PCI to supply an ATDU system for a ...
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Ohmsett Staff to Exhibit at Clean Waterways
Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Research & Renewable Energy Test Facility will have an exhibit at the Clean Waterways Conference April 16-18, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency in Cincinnati, Ohio. Clean Waterways will focus on the issues most important to improving oil and hazardous materials spill prevention and response on inland river systems. will focus on spill prevention and ...
By OHMSETT
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Ohmsett Staff to Exhibit & Present at Clean Waterways
Ohmsett will have an exhibit, Booth #314, at the Clean Waterways Conference August 3-5, 2020, at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana. Clean Waterways will focus on the issues most important to improving oil and hazardous materials spill prevention and response on inland river systems. On Wednesday, August 5, Ohmsett Program Manager Len Zabilansky will present "Training the Next ...
By OHMSETT
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PHMSA Awarding $32.4MM for Hazmat Safety
Originally published by Railway Age The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will distribute $32.4 million to states, territories and tribes for six hazardous materials safety grant programs in FY 2022. One of the programs is rail-related: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/">PHMSA will provide $1.2 million in Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training grants to... ...
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Biden-Harris Administration Launches $2.6 Billion Funding Programs To Slash Carbon Emissions
The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy, this week (July 13) issued Notices of Intent to fund two programs that will advance carbon capture demonstration projects and expand regional pipeline networks to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) for permanent geologic storage or for conversion into valued end uses, such as construction materials. The two programs - the Carbon ...
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Hazardous Materials Webinar on Spills & Soil Contamination
Statistics from the Department of Transportation reveal that 21,539 hazardous material incidents occurred within 2021 in the United States alone. These incidences can have a detrimental effect on the environment and public health, in the long and short term. With increasing scrutiny on companies and individuals to meet stricter environmental targets, mitigating and preventing hazardous material ...
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Hazardous Materials: Spills and Soil Contamination – an ION Science webinar
Statistics from the Department of Transportation reveal that 21,539 hazardous material incidents occurred within 2021 in the United States alone. These incidences can have a detrimental effect on the environment and public health, in the long and short term. With increasing scrutiny on companies and individuals to meet stricter environmental targets, mitigating and preventing hazardous material ...
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AMPOL December 2021 Newsletter Volume XX
As We Near the End of the Fourth Quarter AMPOL Continues to Grow! AMPOL Opens Up a New Facility in Gonzales, LA AMPOL Continues to expand despite the troubling effects of the pandemic, our newest facility is located in Gonzales, LA and will enable us to serve the response needs of many additional plants and facilities in the Gulf Coast area. Learn more about OLR Response ...
By AMPOL
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Sphera Wins $55M Contract to Support Hazardous Materials Management for U.S. Defense Logistics Agency
Sphera, a leading global provider of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance and risk management software, data and consulting services, announced today it has been awarded a $55 million contract to support hazardous material management for the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Sphera offers an integrated solution that gives visibility into the complex landscape of managing ...
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Smiths Detection HazMatID Elite Command Systems expand MABAS-Illinois Hazmat response capabilities
Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI), a leading threat detection and security technology company, today announces that it has fulfilled a multi-year $2.2 million contract with Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) of Illinois to expand their hazardous materials response capabilities with HazMatID Elite handheld chemical identifiers. SDI began supplying MABAS with HazMatID Elite identifiers in 2016 as part ...
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PHMSA adopts changes to DOT 4-series cylinder requalification for non-corrosive gases.
On October 20, 2020, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued Final Rule HM-219B. This Rule addresses the requalification requirements for DOT 4-series cylinders used in non-corrosive gas service. Based on a petition (P-1696) submitted by the National Propane Gas Association, the Final rule reverses changes made in HM-233F that were not supported by incident data. ...
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Smiths Detection Inc. receives a $90.8M IDIQ contract to manufacture Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) Adapter for US Department of Defense
Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI), a global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, announced it will initiate manufacturing of the Solid Liquid Adapter (SLA) following an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) award, worth potentially $90.8M over a maximum nine (9) year ordering period, with the US Department of Defense (DoD). The SLA adds new and expanded detection and ...
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Using PID for HAZMAT response procedures
HAZMAT response procedures – The versatile nature of a PID instrument makes it an indispensable device for the emergency services in response to a HAZMAT incident. The photoionisation detector (PID) measures low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) making them a vital tool in the decision-making process following a hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incident. In the immediate aftermath of ...
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KROHNE increases workforce and services offering to support customers with implementing PHMSA `Mega-Rule`
Pipeline projects team in Houston, TX has been expanded Extended pipeline management services offering to meet PHMSA requirements for pipeline safety and integrity management In October 2019, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published new regulations on the design, construction and operation of onshore gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines ...
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Interstate Products Inc announces the new UltraTech Ultra-Hard Top S4 steel spill pallet
Interstate Products has announced their new offering of The UltraTech Ultra-Hard Top S4 Steel Spill Pallet. Interstate Products and UltraTech love the polyethylene spill containment products. However, there are times when steel spill containment is a better option. The Ultra-Hard Top Steel Spill Pallet provides safe and effective outdoor containment for flammables and other hazardous ...
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Half-Year Review: It’s time to focus on digital occupational safety
Despite the tense economic situation, Quentic was able to win over more than 30 new customers interested in advancing their Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and Corporate Responsibility (CSR) management during the first half of the year. The software platform and app combine to support users in meeting the new regulations and requirements imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19-related ...
By Quentic GmbH
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