oil spill response News
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Applied Research Associates, Inc. Selected as Contractor for the Operation of Ohmsett
Ohmsett, the National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility, is a national research asset within the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The test facility provides a unique environment for the development and testing of new oil spill response technologies, assessing spill prevention and response methods, and providing oil ...
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Slickbar secures major contract with Suez Canal Authority
The Suez Canal Authority, one of the busiest shipping canals in the world connecting the Mediterranean Sea in Port Said with the Gulf of Suez approximately 165 km long, selected Slickbar Heavy-duty style containment boom for their arsenal of oil spill response equipment. 3,000 meters of oil boom was inspected, tested and delivered to the Port in Egypt. During the 10 day inspection tour ...
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EPA: More Work Needed to Clean up Enbridge Oil Spill in Kalamazoo River
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today notified Enbridge that more work is needed in Michigan’s Kalamazoo River to clean up oil from the company’s pipeline spill in July 2010. EPA is proposing further action upstream of Ceresco Dam, upstream of the Battle Creek Dam (Mill Ponds area), and in the delta upstream of Morrow Lake. Enbridge has 10 days to request a conference with ...
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Texas Boom Company Joins SCAA
Texas Boom Company is proud to join many other leading companies and organizations involved in the spill response industry who are active participants in the Spil Control Association of America (SCAA). We join this group as a means to further contribute with oil spill response, and TBC is eager to engage in the positive work of the SCAA. As a manufacturer of oil spill containment boom and ...
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EPA requires Chevron Pipe Line to provide funding for oil spill response
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today reached a settlement with Chevron Pipe Line Company resolving Clean Water Act violations associated with two oil spills at the company’s facilities in Utah. As part of the settlement, the Bellaire, Texas-based company will pay a civil penalty of $875,000. The penalty will be deposited into the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, a fund used ...
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Maine Company Faces Penalty for Violations of Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations
A Maine company that provides motor vehicle services and fuel oil sales is facing a fine of up to $177,500 for violations of the Clean Water Act. EPA recently filed a complaint against the J&S Oil Co., Inc. for failing to maintain and fully implement an oil spill prevention plan, which contributed to the release of approximately 1,500 gallons of used motor oil from a tanker truck at the ...
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Oil Spill Gulf of Mexico: Portable Tanks To Contain And Store Hazardous Spill Equipment And Recovered Oil In Stock And Ready To Ship
Sebastian, FL, April 30, 2010 – Portable Tank Group, Inc., located in Florida, USA, has ready to ship and in stock multiple sizes of folding frame containment pools, also known as oil spill response frame tanks, that can be used to contain and store oil rags, absorbents, and other hazardous material. Our portable collapsible flexible tanks and bladders, used to store recovered oil, are also in ...
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Edinger incorporated fined for violating the clean water act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fined Edinger Incorporated of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, $2,950 for violating the Clean Water Act's Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations. During a recent inspection of the company's oil production facility in Caddo County, Oklahoma, EPA uncovered a variety of SPCC violations. These included improper or inadequate ...
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Oregon fuel companies fined for federal oil spill prevention and response violations
Tyree Oil Inc., Carson Oil Co., and Ferrell’s Fuel Network will pay fines and invest in facility upgrades for violating federal oil spill prevention and response rules at their Oregon facilities, according to separate settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA inspections of each facility from 2007 and 2011 found multiple violations of federal spill prevention rules and ...
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U.S. EPA Serving as On-Scene Coordinator in Emergency Response to Ohio River Oil Spill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the emergency response to an oil spill that occurred last night when approximately 3500 gallons of diesel fuel was released into the Ohio River from Duke Energy’s Beckjord power plant. Twenty-four hour operations are underway to contain and clean up oil along a 12 mile stretch of the Ohio River ...
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New England Ski Companies Reminded that Oil Spill Prevention Protects the Environment
As with all businesses that store significant quantities of petroleum-based fuel and oil at their facilities, New England ski resorts have a legal responsibility to create and implement updated oil spill prevention plans to be in compliance with federal oil pollution prevention laws. Adhering to “Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure” rules helps ensure that the local ...
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Spill boom deployment around a capsized ship
Ship wrecks are an unfortunate reality in the ever expanding global marketplace. Weather, inexperienced or inattentive crews, and equipment failures can all be contributing factors. When ships do sink, capsize, or run aground, and immediate concern is the likliehood of the escape of oil, fuel, and other hydrocarbons that can have a negative impact on the environment. The damage that can be ...
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Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico: Granite Environmental Inc has in excess of 150,000 feet fast oil cleanup boom in stock, ready to ship
Sebastian, FL, April 30, 2010 – Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico: Granite Environmental, LLC, located on the East Coast of Florida, has ready to ship 150,000 feet fast oil cleanup boom (FOC Boom) in stock. The FOC Boom is a rapid response system. This fast oil cleanup boom uses a combination of proprietary high-extension sorbent barrier and easy-to-use deployment system that is unlike anything ...
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`Significant` oil spill closes United States ship channel
No timetable has been set to reopen a major U.S. shipping channel after nearly 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil spilled into the Texas waterway, but more help was being called in Monday to contain the spill and protect important shorebird habitat. A barge carrying about 900,000 gallons of the heavy oil collided with a ship Saturday in the busy Houston Ship Channel, spilling as much as a fifth of ...
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