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EPA picks cleanup plan for two creeks near Ohio Superfund site
US Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has selected a plan to clean up mirex-contaminated soil and sediment in two creeks near the Nease Chemical Superfund site in Columbiana County, Ohio. EPA evaluated three cleanup options and held a public comment period this past summer. The $3.8 million option selected includes: Removal of the most contaminated sediment in the Middle Fork of Little ...
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Cleaned-up superfund site to benefit New Jersey town
Exhibiting the very spirit of the Superfund program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regional Administrator, Alan J. Steinberg, joined Congressman Frank Pallone and Edison Township Mayor Jun Choi today in announcing the closure of the sale of a 5.7-acre property, which once was marked as a Superfund site, and will be put to productive use by the community of Edison Township, New ...
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EPA selects cleanup plan for standard chlorine superfund site (PA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the Standard Chlorine of Delaware Superfund Site in New Castle County, Del. that includes constructing a surface cap over a contaminated area and a soil gas collection and treatment system. The Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc. Superfund Site (also known as Metachem) is three miles northwest of ...
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EPA removes over 18,000 tons of contaminated soil in Newark
It took less than six months for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to turn an abandoned piece of property, located just across the street from private homes in the Ironbound section of Newark, into a parcel of land that no longer poses a threat to the surrounding community. EPA’s Regional Administrator, Alan J. Steinberg, was joined by City of Newark Mayor Cory Booker, as well as City ...
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Geovariances helped NUVIA process to try Kartotrak
After several technical exchanges between NUVIA Process and Geovariances about the use of geostatistics for radiologically contaminated soil characterization, a guided evaluation was conducted to try Kartotrak on a real dataset. The first objective was to ensure that the resulting data was compatible with NUVIA Process georeferenced equipments before running Kartotrak workflow. Indeed, NUVIA ...
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EPA removal work begins at Danvers, Mass. Site
This week EPA began work to remove hazardous materials from 33 Water Street, in Danvers Mass. The removal project is expected to take eight weeks. Starting in 1903, the Creese & Cook Company operated a leather tannery and finishing facility located at 33 Water Street. In 1914, the tannery operation was expanded across the Crane River to 55 Clinton Avenue. Creese & Cook conducted ...
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Settlement Nets $5.7 Million for Cleanup Costs at A.C. Lawrence Superfund Site in S. Paris, Maine
Today, the United States, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, settled a lawsuit against ConAgra Grocery Products Company, LLC (“ConAgra”), which will pay $5.7 million to reimburse EPA for cleanup costs at the A.C. Lawrence Leather Company Sludge Lagoons Superfund Site in South Paris, Maine. From at least 1955 to 1975, the A.C. Lawrence Leather Company disposed of ...
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EPA issues proposed cleanup plan for Woonasquatucket River
EPA has issued its Proposed Plan for the cleanup of the Centredale Manor Restoration Project Superfund Site in North Providence, R.I. The Proposed Plan presents multiple long-term cleanup alternatives for the cleanup of sediment, soil, surface water and groundwater contamination. EPA’s preferred cleanup alternative generally includes: Removing buried waste material from Source Area ...
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EPA proposes to remove state marine of Port Arthur and palmer barge line superfund sites from its superfund list
All cleanup work has been successfully completed at the State Marine of Port Arthur and Palmer Barge Line Superfund sites, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to remove the sites from its National Priorities List (NPL). EPA has consulted on its decision with the State of Texas and is taking public comment on its proposal. “Finishing the cleanup of these sites is an ...
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US$3.8m cleanup planned for tainted creeks near Ohio superfund site
A month-long public comment period begins this week on a proposed US$3.8 million plan to clean a toxic insecticide from soil and sediment in two creeks near the Nease Chemical Superfund site in Columbiana County, Ohio. The Nease Chemical Co. operated from 1961 to 1973, producing household cleaning products, fire retardants and pesticides, including an uncommon chemical called mirex. Mirex has ...
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EPA and MDEQ to Meet with Stakeholders regarding Soil Cleanup and Land Use plans at the Picayune Wood Treating Site
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will meet with Mayor Ed Pinero and other local officials to tour the Picayune Wood Treating Superfund Site in Picayune, MS and to discuss the final phases of the soil cleanup on January 24, 2013. The meeting will also provide the opportunity to update the conceptual Reuse/Redevelopment Plan. The ...
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EPA to fund monitoring of groundwater wells at California pesticide dump
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking for public comment on a proposed agreement with Target Corporation to allow for redevelopment of land adjacent to the Frontier Fertilizer Superfund site. Under this agreement, Target Corporation, with EPA oversight, will fund and perform movement of eight groundwater monitoring wells at privately-owned parcels lying to the north and west of the ...
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Final cleanup plan approved for Cabot carbon/koppers superfund site in Gainesville, Fla. (FL)
A final cleanup plan, formalized in a document known as the Record of Decision (ROD), has been signed by EPA for the Cabot Carbon/Koppers Superfund Site in Gainesville, Fla. The ROD outlines how the Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) Beazer East will be required to address soil, sediment, groundwater and surface water contamination from the site. EPA will oversee the work to ensure all the ...
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U.S. EPA reaches settlement with company for nearly $1 million at anaconda copper mine superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARC) to reimburse EPA for costs incurred from cleanup actions at the Anaconda Mine site near Yerington. The settlement, for $940,085, is the third settlement for costs at this site, bringing the total collected to $5,910,121. The funds will be placed into an account and used for future actions ...
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Worcester Mass. Company Faces Penalty for Environmental Violations
(Boston, Mass.) – A general warehousing and storage facility located in Worcester, Mass. faces a penalty of up to $157,500 for Clean Water Act (CWA) violations and up to $32,500 per day for Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) violations. According to EPA, TI Logistics, Inc. and a closely related warehousing and storage company illegally discharged styrene into waters of ...
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EPA Removes Burrows Sanitation Site in Michigan from National List of Most Contaminated Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Burrows Sanitation Superfund site in Hartford Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, has been officially removed from the Agency’s list of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the nation. “After years of cleanup and monitoring by EPA and the State of Michigan, the Burrows site no longer ...
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Are Your Children Being Exposed to Toxic PCBs at School?
EMSL Analytical provides polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) testing solutions to keep students and faculty safe from the dangerous associated with PCB exposure. Cinnaminson, NJ, February 4th, 2011 This week The New York Times published an article entitled, “Parents Seek More Action on PCBs in Schools”. The article discussed hundred of parents that kept their children home from a New ...
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Is Your Child Exposed to Toxic PCBs at School?
EMSL Analytical provides polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) testing solutions to keep students and faculty safe from the dangerous the chemicals posses. Cinnaminson, NJ, September 8th, 2010 Production of PCBs in the United States was halted in the late 1970s, but prior to then it was used in some building materials, including caulks. Caulking materials were used in virtually all schools for ...
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A Real Danger in Schools - PCBs
EMSL Analytical provides polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) testing solutions to keep building students and faculty safe. Cinnaminson, NJ, August 30th, 2010 Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an agreement with several schools in New York for the assessment and remediation of PCB caulk in the school buildings. Several schools had been tested and found to have elevated ...
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Photographs of Field Applications of Bioaugmentation
These photographs show actual field applications of CL-Out and ...
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