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EPA recognizes Hillsborough County, Fl., for Taylor Road Landfill superfund site reuse (FL)
At a ceremony this morning, EPA honored Hillsborough County, Florida, with the 2010 EPA Region 4 Excellence in Site Reuse award for creatively reusing the former Taylor Road Landfill site to serve multiple purposes that benefit the community. Region 4 created the Excellence in Site Reuse award to recognize those who have gone above and beyond in redeveloping a Superfund site. Since clean up ...
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China to improve its groundwater
China aims to improve its overall groundwater quality and restore ecosystem functions at a basic level by 2035, according to an official plan issued on Monday. The plan was unveiled by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and four other ministries, including the Natural Resources, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Housing and Urban-Rural Development ministries. The goal will ...
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Insitu cleanup of hydrocarbons in 4 1/2 months
Florida Deparment of Environmental Protection issued a site closure order after 1 year of monitoring. The contaminants on site consisted of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylenes and Trimethylbenzene.The owner of the property obtained pricing to clean up the property from several environmental companies and the cost was approximately $230,000.00 for a typical air sparge, vapor recovery system. ...
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Investigation begins to track suspected pollution from the Lahaina wastewater facility (HI)
Federal and state agencies have begun important research to evaluate the suspected discharge of pollutants to the coastal waters along the Kaanapali coast of Maui. Funded by the U. S. EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Hawaii Department of Health, the University of Hawaii will measure how long it takes for wastewater from the Lahaina sewage treatment facility to flow to the near-shore ...
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Auburn Systems Illustrates the Advantage of DC/AC Technology for Detecting Baghouse Emissions
Auburn Systems' schematic illustrates the new, unified DC/AC platform which represents the latest major technology for particulate monitoring and detecting baghouse emissions where industrial pollutants are problematic. Particulate monitoring is a critical factor for manufacturing plants where industrial pollutants are problematic. Many dusts are hazardous or combustible, and those operations ...
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Contaminated Site Remediated in 4 months (Clay)
CROOKS FARM – FT PIERCE, FLORIDA FDEP FACILITY ID#56-9807808 A discharge at the above site had contaminated the soil and groundwater. The soil characteristic on this site was sandy soil from 0’ to 2’ and dense nonpermiable gray clay from 2’ to 15’. Groundwater fluctuated between 3’ to 6’. The phase II assessment on May 19, 2004 had determined that approximately 500 cubic yards of ...
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Conquered at First BOS 100 Pilot in Oregon
RPI-Group Approved Installers BB&A Environmental (offices in Portland and Eugene, Oregon) have been successfully remediating hydrocarbon sites for several years with BOS 200, but had not had an opportunity to tackle a chlorinated solvent site with BOS 100. This changed in the summer of 2012 when BB&A was contracted to test Trap & Treat BOS 100 at an industrial site in Eugene, Oregon ...
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EPA to excavate contaminated soil, monitor groundwater at Ellenville scrap iron and metal superfund site in Ulster County, N.Y. (NY)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has finalized the steps it will take to clean up the Ellenville Scrap Iron and Metal Superfund site in the Village of Ellenville, N.Y. in Ulster County. EPA will excavate contaminated soil from six different areas at the site, consolidate the soil on the landfill portion of the site and then securely cap the landfill, which ...
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EPA Orders Hercules Incorporated to Perform Response Actions at its Hattiesburg Facility
Hercules Incorporated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi has entered into a Consent Order with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that requires response actions to be taken in two areas near the facility to ensure the protection of public health and the environment. The Consent Order is issued pursuant to Section 3008(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for the implementation ...
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Abanaki Corporation Releases DNAPL Groundwater Remediation System
Abanaki Corporation is pleased to announce a DNAPL Groundwater Remediation System designed to remove high viscosity oils such as creosote from groundwater. These systems are used to remove oil contamination from existing monitoring wells. DNAPLs such as creosote tend to sink to the bottom of a well and require a specially designed system to ensure the oil is removed. Stabilizer bars are ...
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Particle Measuring Systems Expands Line of Microbial Sampling Single-Use Products to Include 100 LPM Applications
The BioCapt Single-Use (BCSU) microbial impactors from Particle Measuring Systems (PMS) are now available for use with applications at 100 Liters Per Minute (LPM), expanding the range of uses the active air microbial impaction plates can be used for. The BCSU 100 is a ready-to-use, lightweight and integrated microbial impaction plate designed for both portable and fixed monitoring systems in ...
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$3 billion market for air pollution monitoring, sampling and process control
The world market for stack continuous emissions monitors (CEMs) will be $900 million this year. However, if one takes into account the additional revenues for ambient monitoring systems, intermittent stack sampling and process control using pollutant analyzers, the market is above $3 billion. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine Air Pollution Monitoring and Sampling World Markets. Some ...
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New Degassed Cation Conductivity System for Detection of Corrosive Contaminants in Power Plants
High purity water is used in the water/steam cycle in power generation and maintaining its purity is essential to ensure that sensitive equipment such as turbines are not damaged by contaminants. As a leading manufacturer of process analytics instrumentation, METTLER TOLEDO Thornton has launched the the DCC1000 Degassed Cation Conductivity System for use in pure water applications in power ...
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EPA releases plan for next phase of cleanup at radiation technology site in rockaway, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan for the next phase of cleanup work at the Radiation Technology, Inc. Superfund site in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The 263-acre site was used for testing and developing rocket motors and developing propellants. Ground water at the site is contaminated with volatile organic compounds, a group of chemicals that can have serious ...
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EPA awards over $145,000 to protect drinking water in New Mexico (NM)
The New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (NM EMNRD) will receive $145,176 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to monitor underground injection wells in the state of New Mexico. The project will primarily cover two important areas: permit application review and water pollution reduction. The funds will be used for both Class II and Class V wells. Class II wells ...
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EPA sampling results announced for capital city Plume Site in Montgomery, AL
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the sampling results for part of a remedial investigation of the Capital City Plume site in Montgomery, AL. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and EPA collected samples of indoor air, outdoor soil gas, and an indoor water sample in August 2011 in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, at two locations considered to be potential ...
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New beach designations and signage for the bathing water season
The Scottish bathing water season got underway last weekend (1 June 2008), with 20 additional designated beaches being sampled for water quality and a new prediction system being installed in the Borders. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) began its annual water quality monitoring of official bathing waters in Scotland from Sunday 1 June. As well as the beaches it monitored last ...
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PIDs for Environmental Air Quality Monitoring
hotoionization detectors (PIDs) can provide efficient monitoring and real-time information about the presence of toxic gases, explosive limits, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and other gases in the environmental industry. PIDs rely on ionization as the basis of detection. When chemicals being monitored have been ionized, or the ions have been positively charged inside of the instrument from ...
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South Africa – Durban reinforces its air quality surveillance network
Two brand new and modern air quality monitoring stations have joined the network already established in the South Durban Basin. The South Durban Basin, located on the eastern seaboard of South Africa, has a mix of heavy industrial activity and residential settlements in close proximity. Two brand new and modern air quality monitoring stations based on Environnement S.A pollution monitoring ...
By ENVEA
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Reducing emissions in construction
Here at Casella, we’ve long been on our soapbox promoting better understanding of construction site emissions. So we were delighted to recently hear news of the London Low Emission Construction Partnership, which sees a variety of London stakeholders joining forces to encourage and convince the construction industry to reduce its emissions. The London Low Emission Construction Partnership ...
By Casella
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