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Closure of chlorinated solvent-contaminated sites

Risk-Based Decisions, Inc. has successfully cleaned up or otherwise obtained regulatory sign-off on 21 chlorinated solvent sites between 1996 and 2008. If you have a chlorinated solvent soil or groundwater site, contact us for cost-effective, innovative and timely cleanop approaches. No pump-and-treat ...

Jun. 16, 2008

By Risk-Based Decisions, Inc.

Call for Participants - Contaminated Sites Video Case Study Series

ECO Canada is looking for participants to be a part of their Premier Contaminated Sites Video Case Study Series. Six organizations will be selected to showcase their company’s achievements in the following areas: Employee recruitment Employee retention Employee training or professional development Hiring transferable workers from other industries Community involvement and ...

Nov. 24, 2010

By ECO Canada

New Zealand government funding boost for contaminated sites

Four contaminated site projects, in Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Otago, and Tasman and Nelson, will be allocated about NZ$150,000 from the Government’s clean-up fund, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard announced. The allocations are the first from the Ministry for the Environment’s Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund this year. A total of NZ$890,000 of the US$3.28 million annual fund is ...

Aug. 18, 2008

By New Zealand Government

North Carolina General Assembly ratifies Regulatory Reform Act of 2015 (H765)

NCGA ratified Regulatory Reform Act of 2015 including expanded of Risk-Based Remediation in NC. Next comes Governor's signature. Legislative staff summary of the bill at http://bit.ly/RegReformActSummary (SEE PAGE 7). Solutions-IES has been involved from the beginning, including FIRST successful termination of a RCRA permit under risk-based law.http://bit.ly/1stRCRARBCA! AMEND RISK-BASED ...

Sep. 30, 2015

By Solutions-IES

EarthSoft CEO Presenting at Conference on Remediation and Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites

EarthSoft CEO, Mitch Beard, will be presenting at Ekos Brasil Institute’s conference on Remediation and Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites He will introduce Electronic Data Deliverables (EDDs) for field and lab data, and the concept of good/bad EDDs. He will review EDD specifications and statements-of-work for contracts, share experience from integration of GIS and relational databases ...

Oct. 7, 2010

By EarthSoft, Inc

MEPs take aim at EU soil directive

The European parliament's rapporteur on a draft EU framework soil directive is proposing a significant softening of the European commission's proposals. Spanish centre-right MEP Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines told the parliament's environment committee on Tuesday that a 'complete change' to the law is needed to give EU countries more flexibility in meeting its objectives. Under her plans an ...

Sep. 14, 2007

By Environmental News and Data Services (ENDS)

Is oxygen overrated when it comes to in-situ hydrocarbon remediation? Let`s take a look at a few of the facts.

Fact: Many millions of dollars are spent annually to artificially add oxygen to the subsurface of fuel contaminated sites by either chemical or mechanical means. Most fuel-contaminated sites are naturally anaerobic, so oxygen is often added to stimulate the indigenous bacteria to “eat” the contamination. When the added oxygen is inevitably depleted again, the indigenous bacteria quit eating ...

Apr. 20, 2010

By Remediation Products Incorporated (RPI)

EPA seeks public comment on integrated cleanup initiative implementation plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing for comment today the draft Integrated Cleanup Initiative (ICI) Plan, a three-year strategy to focus on the agency’s land cleanup programs. Sites covered under the cleanup programs include Superfund, federal facilities, brownfields, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act corrective action, and underground storage tank. The goal of ...

Dec. 9, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

$1 Million Grant to Clean Up Contaminated Sites in Milwaukee

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today announced a $1 million Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund grant to clean up contaminated properties in Milwaukee to prepare the sites for reuse. Hedman was joined by U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and Mayor Tom Barrett for the announcement at a brownfield site in the Park East Corridor, where a prior EPA grant was used for cleanup ...

Aug. 7, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

NJDEP issuing remedial priority scores for contaminated sites

Very shortly, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) will be issuing letters to responsible parties containing a draft Remedial Priority Score (RPS) for their particular site. It is unclear how the rankings will be used, but the RPS system has been described as a tool to sort sites out for further discussion. The Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA), N.J.S.A. 58:10C-1 et ...

Nov. 7, 2011

By The Law Office of Christopher D. Hopkins, LLC

PEN announces report on contaminated site remediation

The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Projecton Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) announced the availability of an article entitledNanotechnology and In situ Remediation: A review of the benefits and potential risks, whichdiscusses the use of nanomaterials in the environmental cleanup process. According to thearticle, nanomaterials have the potential to reduce the costs and time of ...

Jul. 8, 2009

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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 ...

Feb. 23, 2007

By Biovation Environmental Services, LLC

Stop the remediation waiting game

Why Wait? Remediate! Studies. Frustration. Expense. If you're convinced that the waiting game is simply part of the in situ remediation process, it's time for a change. The Trap & Treat® approach for solvent (BOS 100®) and fuel hydrocarbon (BOS 200®) remediation sounds simple because it is simple. And it works—fast. Our experienced RPI-Group affiliates know that the ...

May 4, 2012

By Remediation Products Incorporated (RPI)

EPA Awards Grant to Assess Contaminated Sites in Lorain County

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today announced a $600,000 grant to Lorain County, Ohio, for environmental assessments of brownfield sites. Hedman was joined by U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Lorain County Commissioner Ted Kalo for the announcement at the Black River Landing in Lorain. “EPA’s first brownfield grant to Lorain County is a solid ...

Sep. 4, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Fort Valley, GA group receives EPA citizen excellence in community involvement award (GA)

The Woolfolk Alliance Group was recognized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the winner of the 2010 Citizen Excellence in Community Involvement Award. This award is presented annually to an individual or a community group working with a Superfund team for outstanding achievements in the field of environmental protection. “The Woolfolk Alliance Group serves as a great ...

Sep. 15, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA dishes $69.3 million towards contaminated sites cleanup & community revitalization

Contaminated sites stemming from abandoned industrial and commercial properties are a problem. Other than being an eyesore, they can significantly prohibit the growth and economic development of their surrounding communities. It is for this reason the EPA announced on May 24th that they will be dispersing $69.3 million in grants towards new investments that will provide funding for communities to ...

Jun. 1, 2012

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

SUSTAINABLE REMEDIATION, EXPERTS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY IEG AT ECOMONDO

Sustainable management of remediation? It’s possible. Once again this year, Ecomondo – from 6th to 9th November at Rimini Expo Centre – will offer a meeting and networking point for all those interested in the remediation and upgrading of contaminated sites, from institutions (Ministries, Regions, Institutions and National and Regional Scientific Agencies) to enterprises. Since ...

Nov. 9, 2018

By Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG)

Submit your abstract on Environmental Forensics applied to Waste Management and contaminated sites

In the last years, the increasing attention to the environment themes with a specific attention to the pollution, to the legal responsibilities of it and to the effects on the human health has created the condition for the development of a new discipline: the “Environmental Forensics”. The environmental investigation is a very peculiar frontier among the forensic disciplines ...

Apr. 11, 2017

By EuroWaste Srl

Scots turn to whisky in battle to clean contaminated sites

Scottish scientists have developed a technology to clean contaminated land and water which relies on a by-product of the whisky-making process. The Device for the Remediation and Attenuation of Multiple Pollutants - affectionately known by its creators as the DRAM - is said to remove a variety of contaminants cheaper and faster than most current clean-up techniques. The designers claim that the ...

Mar. 19, 2008

By edie.net - Faversham House Ltd.

Federal contaminated sites – the problem that won’t go away

Thousands of abandoned industrial and military sites across Canada owned by the federal government, contain soils contaminated with PCBs, hydrocarbons, asbestos and heavy metals. Although remediation of these sites has been declared a key federal priority, the number of such sites in Canada remains surprisingly high and the rate of remediation of these sites remains low. Across Canada, ...

Apr. 10, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

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