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BCI Seeking Partners for Projects to Degrade PCB's in the Field
BCI Seeking Partners for Projects to Degrade PCB's in the Field The BCI culture could be used for inoculation and treatment of PCB-contaminated groundwater and soil and for sediments that have been dredged from rivers (such as the Hudson River and Fox River). BCI already has the ability to grow this culture in the laboratory in volumes sufficient to add to pilot treatment ...
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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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Current, former owners of Earlysville, Va., aircraft plant to investigate site contamination
In a settlement announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the former and current owners and operators of Avionics Specialties Inc. in Earlysville, Va., have agreed to investigate discharges of hazardous chemicals into the soil and groundwater at the manufacturing plant and to evaluate alternatives for cleanup of the releases. The 12-acre facility, located in Albermarle County ...
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EPA Completes Cleanup System for Soil, Water Contamination in Grants, NM
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Mexico Environment Department marked the completion of a new system to address contamination from a plume of chemicals in Grants, New Mexico. The chemicals, called chlorinated solvents, are believed to have come from a dry-cleaning business. The contamination spread through soils and a shallow aquifer under the city, which led the EPA to ...
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Innovative Environmental Technologies, Inc Announces Publication Of Exciting New Patent Application
INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (IET) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE PUBLICATION OF ITS LATEST PATENT APPLICATION. This most recent patent application presents a unique and innovative method of inducing reducing conditions and stimulating anaerobic process through the addition of dried micro-blue green algae (Spirulina, Arthorospira Platensis, Arthrospria Maxima, Aphanizomen flos-aquae, ...
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CL-Solutions offers rapid aerobic bioremediation for chlorinated solvents
Commonly used in the dry cleaning, metals manufacturing, printing, and electronics manufacturing industries, CL-Out™ from CL-Solutions has been shown to deliver active, rapid aerobic bioremediation of environmental contamination caused by a wide range of chlorinated solvents. The product contains highly-concentrated solutions of live patented strains of lyophilized (freeze-dried) microscopic ...
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Project - Africa 1, Ghana
Project Description: RLC Technologies was contracted by ZOIL Services Limited to deliver a 72” diameter ATDU facility for operation in Ghana. The unit was to treat crude oil tanker bottoms and marine waste, drill cuttings, fixed tank bottoms and oily sludge, general refinery waste, filter cakes, PAHs, PCBs as well as soils contaminated with engine and hydraulic oil, kitchen and galley ...
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EPA Adds Seven Sites and Proposes 12 Sites to the Superfund List
(Washington, D.C. - Sept. 19, 2007) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding seven new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the list for investigation and clean-up. The list, known as National Priorities List (NPL), sets priorities under the federal Superfund program that addresses complex uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the ...
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News Brief: U.S. EPA Accepting Public Comments on Cleanup Plan for National Fireworks OU2 Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host a public meeting and begin accepting comments on its proposed plan to clean up the National Fireworks (OU) 2 Superfund Site. EPA’s proposed cleanup plan for the site consists of treating the contaminated groundwater and contaminated subsurface soil at the site using ...
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Environmental Cleanup Technology Honored
A technology that uses “green” chemistry to help microbes break down contaminants in soil before they reach the groundwater has earned kudos from the editors of Environmental Protection website as 2011 Soil & Groundwater New Product of the Year. The technology, which was invented by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory, and licensed and ...
By Redox Tech
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EPA Provides Nearly $3.8 Million to Communities in New Jersey to Support Assessments, Cleanups and Revitalization of Contaminated Properties
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing nearly $3.8 million to Atlantic City, Camden, Jersey City, Maurice River Township, Newark and Trenton, New Jersey to help those communities clean up abandoned and contaminated sites. The funding was awarded through EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up, redevelop and reuse contaminated properties. ...
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Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Expands Team To Support Recent Strategic Growth
Ship & Shore Environmental Inc., a leading U.S. pollution abatement firm, announced today the expansion of its sales force to meet the growing market demand for pollution solutions and the ever-increasing demand by local regulatory agencies. Each of the newest additions are key players in the company's 2018 sector diversification strategy and will support the rise in activities generated from ...
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Aerobic cometabolism of tetrachloroethylene (PCE)
Tetrachloroethylene (PCE) is a problem contaminant because of its widespread use, potential toxicity and persistence in the environment. Like other chlorinated solvents, remediation of PCE in soil and ground water has proven to be very difficult. While there has been has been widespread success under anaerobic conditions, the application of bioremediation under aerobic conditions has not been as ...
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EPA Adds Two, Proposes Six Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding two hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites, reducing health impacts, including protecting infant health, and encouraging economic revitalization of a formerly toxic site. In addition, the agency is proposing to add six additional sites to the ...
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Innovative Environmental Technologies, Inc. Awarded
Innovative Environmental Technologies, Inc. is proud to announce it has again added to its in-house intellectual property with the addition of a groundbreaking advancement in the materials and technologies available for the remediation of CVOCs. IET has expanded the tools available for in-situ remediation of soils and groundwater with our most recent patent. The integration of dried blue-green ...
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California Residents Concerned over Trichloroethylene and Vapor Intrusion
Last month, Palo Alto’s Mountain View Voice published a story about concerns over toxic chemicals at a former military housing complex. The focus has been on Orion Park ever since trichloroethylene (TCE) has been found in the groundwater and from air samples taken from buildings on the site. The TCE is believed to have contaminated the area from its years of military use. Last ...
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EPA releases final health assessment for TCE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the final health assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE) to the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database. IRIS is a human health assessment program that evaluates the latest science on chemicals in our environment. The final assessment characterizes the chemical as carcinogenic to humans and as a human noncancer health hazard. ...
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U.S. EPA secures $7 million settlement for cleanup at the Omega Chemical site in Whittier California
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced a multi-million dollar settlement for soil cleanup work at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund site in Whittier, Calif. The settlement is with 169 parties – 73 parties comprising the Omega Chemical Site PRP Organized Group, commonly known as OPOG, and 96 others paying cash. According to the consent ...
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AECOM Experts to Present New Environmental Remediation Insights and Methods at Battelle Conference
AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today that its scientists and engineers are presenting technical papers with new insights on remediation technologies at the Battelle “10th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds,” in Palm Springs, Calif., from May 22-26. Based on research and vast experience remediating ...
By AECOM
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ASTM D6429 - 99(2011)e1 standard guide for selecting surface geophysical methods
This guide applies to commonly used surface geophysical methods for those applications listed in Table 1. The rating system used in Table 1 is based upon the ability of each method to produce results under average field conditions when compared to other methods applied to the same application. An “A” rating implies a preferred method and a “B” rating implies an alternate ...
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