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Next Generation of Dust Collector Controllers Provides Remote Monitoring and Greater Economy for Worksites with Multiple Baghouses
MikroPul's new PulsePro EC™ dust collector controller provides expanded capability: remote monitoring - the ability to remotely check status and change the setpoints of baghouses from any computer on the internet (using the control's built-in IP address) - as well as the ability to monitor multiple baghouses from one controller, which will provide economies for large plants. PulsePro EC can also ...
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Asbestos Containment Scheduled to begin at Court Street in Nashua, NH
(Boston, Mass. – September 24, 2007) – Federal, state and local cleanup experts are jointly moving forward to address soil contaminated with asbestos adjacent to the Nashua Public Library. The work is being coordinated between the U.S.EPA, the city of Nashua and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Asbestos was found in elevated levels in the half acre lawn area between the ...
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Beijing issues rare air pollution alert
When the air gets really bad, Beijing says it has an emergency plan to yank half the city's cars off the road. The only problem is: It may be difficult to ever set that plan in motion. It wasn't triggered in January, when the city recorded extremely poisonous air pollution. And not last week, when pollution was expected to continue for several days at hazardous levels. A rare alert issued Friday ...
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Control of hazardous dust with new 100% environmental solution
Now It Is Available And Finally The World Has An Effective, Inexpensive, Environmentally Friendly proven Dust Control Solution To Solve The Hazardous Airborne Threats Plaguing The Entire World's Atmosphere Today. Dust Stop benefits municipal roads, agriculture, mines, oil operatons, safety concerns and the multitude of medical problems today that are the direct cause of every nations massive ...
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The EnergyTech 301 – A Total Solution for Dust Monitoring
A low-cost dust monitor using well proven tribo-electric technology delivering accurate and rapid results. A perfect solution for dust monitoring that requires zero critical alignment with no optical surfaces to keep clean. The sensor is easy and quick to install requiring only a simple probe that can be used on a wide range of duct sizes making it suitable for most dust collectors. The many ...
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Soil Cleanup to Begin at Smalley-Piper Superfund Site in Collierville, TN
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that soil cleanup at the Smalley-Piper Superfund Site in Collierville, TN is scheduled to start May 30, 2012. The soil cleanup is expected to be completed by August 2012. The cleanup is being funded by the EPA. Black & Veatch, an EPA contractor, will manage the cleanup performed by a team of subcontractors. EPA and the Tennessee ...
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EPA Oversees Sampling at Centredale Manor Property in N. Providence R.I.
EPA will oversee a sampling effort at the Centredale Manor Property in North Providence, R.I. Contractors will be digging under some of the parking lot and through the cap to sample material under the cap in order to determine what and how much material may need to be excavated as part of the remedy. This is pre-design phase work that was outlined in the ROD, and will help better define the cost ...
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Forrec solutions for the correct disposal of tires
With regards to the treatment of special industrial waste, today we increasingly deal with the disposal of end-of-life tires. In fact, unlike Italy, where the management of this special waste is regulated by the Ecopneus consortium, other countries of the world are not yet equipped and organized to treat it properly. The consequence is the presence of huge areas used to collect tyres, which ...
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Combustible Dust Hazards Discussed in New Online Video
The IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video today. Their newest production discusses combustible dust explosions and protecting workers from this deadly hazard. “There are countless materials used in industry and agriculture that can be a combustible hazard when in a finely divided form and when suspended in air under certain ...
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Magnesium: A Potential Combustible Dust Hazard in the Workplace
Magnesium (Mg) is a chemical element and an alkaline earth metal. It is one of the most common elements found in the Earth. The free element is a highly reactive material that is not found naturally, but is used by today’s industry. The material is one of the most commonly used structural metals. It is used as a component of aluminum alloys, for die-casting and to remove sulfur during ...
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Phoenix home builder fined $155,000 to settle dust violations
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today fined with Richmond American Homes of Arizona, Inc. $155,000 for alleged dust violations that occurred at five residential construction sites in Maricopa County. The violations were discovered during routine inspections from 2003 to 2005 conducted by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department. “Maricopa County's particulate air ...
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EMSL Releases Combustible Dust Poster
EMSL is pleased to announce the release of a new Combustible Dust Testing poster available for distribution on the company’s website: www.EMSL.com. The poster is free and is a great informational resource for those in industries with combustible dust hazards, including food, grain, wood, pulp, paper, plastics, pharmaceutical, rubber, metals and fossil fuel power generation. The ...
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Geosynthetics for CCR Containment and Closure
New federal regulations on the disposal of coal combustion residuals represent new approaches in response to events where coal ash has been inadvertently released from impoundments, the blowing of contaminants into the air and the leakage of potential contaminants into groundwater. “The rule establishes technical requirements for landfills and surface impoundments under Subtitle D of the ...
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ENVEA presents a new continuous Indoor Dust Exposure Monitor
The AirSafe PM is a new measuring instrument to monitor particulate matter exposure such as PM1, PM2.5, PM4.25, PM10 and TSP in indoor ambient air. The AirSafe PM is used to monitor safety levels of air quality for personnel as well as to optimize process and dust control systems. The measured data can also be used by health and safety departments to be proactive in reducing PM ...
By ENVEA
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How to Set Up a Perimeter Monitoring Kit
It’s that time of year again: construction season! Which means perimeter monitoring has again become necessary to measure worker exposures to noise, dust, gas emissions, and provide documentation that you’ve implemented procedures to keep the surrounding community safe from these issues. RAECO Rents perimeter monitoring kits include several pieces of equipment, packaged together for ...
By Raeco Rents
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Resources to Protect Workers and Communities from Combustible Dust Hazards
Last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a revised Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP). The original Combustible Dust NEP, issued in 2007, followed a number of combustible dust incidents that resulted in fatalities, serious injuries and property destruction. The purpose of the revised NEP is to continue OSHA inspections of facilities that generate ...
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EPA Receives Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry`s Health Consultation for West Lake Landfill; Report Shows No Public Health Risk for St. Louis
A health consultation conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a part of the U.S. Health and Human Services, shows that groundwater, air, and soil data do not indicate a health risk to communities surrounding the West Lake Landfill. EPA Region 7 had asked ATSDR to determine if radiological contamination buried at the West Lake Landfill poses any harm to human ...
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Forging a Sustainable Future: Our Commitment to Eco-Conscious Dust Control
In a world increasingly concerned about environmental sustainability, every industry is striving to reduce its ecological and carbon footprint. Road construction and dust control are no exceptions. Dust control, while essential for maintaining road safety and cleanliness, has historically posed environmental challenges. In fact, many dust suppressant products on the market today, including those ...
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US testing confirms worn out artificial turf poses lead exposure risk
While conducting a routine health investigation at a scrap metal facility in Newark this spring, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the federal Agency for Toxic Substances tested a nearby community athletic field for lead contamination. When samples taken from the field showed high levels of lead in the field dust, but not from the scrap metal facility, red flags went ...
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EPA Begins Construction of Groundwater Treatment System for Torrance Superfund Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the start of construction of a groundwater treatment system that will clean up groundwater contamination from past operations at the Montrose and Del Amo Superfund sites in Torrance, Calif. The treatment system is expected to be completed in 18 months at an estimated cost of $15 million and will be used to remove chlorobenzene, benzene and ...
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