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Shell Gannet Field oil spill

Further to the update issued by Shell on 21 August, statement by Mr Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention, appointed by the UK Government to oversee the operation. Mr Shaw said: “Following the successful closure of the valve by Shell UK on Friday, Shell now plan to continue to secure the pipeline to protect it from the threat of ...

Aug. 22, 2011

By Department of Energy and Climate Change

SediView software suite

WES continue to assist *HR Wallingford with their ongoing development programme for SediViewTM, a software suite designed to more readily quantify suspended sediment concentrations during dredging operations for example using acoustic backscatter data from an ADCP. The work involves carrying out water quality profiles and water sampling concurrent with the ADCP measurements in order to calibrate ...

May 8, 2013

By Wallingford Environmental Surveys Ltd.

Innovative dredging technology accelerates removal of residual contamination in Ashtabula River

The US EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) and their non-federal sponsor, the Ashtabula City Port Authority, along with the State of Ohio, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and a consortium of private companies collaborated to design and implement an innovative approach for addressing extensive sediment contamination in a portion of the Ashtabula River near Lake Erie. The ...

Nov. 6, 2008

By The Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN)

REDmeters Launches The Dredging RM2

REDmeters just released the new RM2, a non-nuclear in-line density meter that can be mounted on any dredging vessel. This is new for the dredging world, that has been struggling to justify contractual pricing with performance. As a result, contractual negotiations today, are mostly based on estimated time to complete the project, not on the work itself. Non-Nuclear The company prides the RM2 as ...

Mar. 31, 2016

By REDmeters

Rio Tinto QIT Madagascar Minerals buy MP5

QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) is a company owned by Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) and has created a mining operation on the tropical island of Madagascar, which lies in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. The mine came on line in December 2008 and recovers the ilmanite mineral from the coastal dunes and dredging operations. The material, after primary purification on site, is sent ...

Dec. 2, 2010

By EHS Data Limited

EPA Issues Clean Water Act Permit for Small Suction Dredge Miners in Idaho

Starting today, small-scale suction dredge miners may begin applying for a new federal water discharge permit to lawfully operate their dredges in Idaho’s rivers lakes and streams.Mining for gold using small suction dredges is a popular activity in Idaho with hundreds of dredges in use, especially during the summer. Small-scale suction dredge miners (using intake nozzles of five inches in ...

Apr. 4, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Rio Tinto QIT Madagascar Minerals Purchase MP5

The mine site will now use both MP5 and MP5.Web to manage their environmental data QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM) is a company owned by Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) and has created a mining operation on the tropical island of Madagascar, which lies in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. The mine came on line in December 2008 and recovers the ilmanite mineral from the coastal dunes and ...

Apr. 6, 2011

By EHS Data Limited

Two firms face fines for Ocean dumping violations in dredging operations in Mass. (MA)

Two New England firms are the subject of enforcement actions by both the U.S. EPA and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for improper disposal of dredged sediments in ocean waters during recent dredging projects in Massachusetts Bay harbor communities. With end of summer boating season and the resumption of annual dredging operations throughout New England waters, companies who are contracted to ...

Dec. 6, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Another Successful Year of Hudson River Cleanup Draws to a Close; One More Year of Dredging Expected

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that next week the Hudson River dredging will conclude for the year. Dredging is expected to continue in spring 2015. To date, about 2.5 million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been removed. In 2014 approximately 575,000 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated sediment were dredged from the bottom of the ...

Oct. 30, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Thermo Fisher Scientific participates in Muddy River restoration project

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is participating in the massive remediation of the Muddy River, in cooperation with Simmons College, by supplying instruments that are used to screen for levels of sulfur in river sediment. Muddy River is part of Boston's Emerald Necklace, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 1800s as a 1,100 acre chain of parks linked ...

Jul. 1, 2008

By Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers

Great Lakes announces receipt of $88 million award for coastal restoration on the gulf coast

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes”) (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and remediation services, announced today the receipt of an $88 million award for Phase I of the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program (MsCIP) Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration. MsCIP was initiated in ...

Jan. 23, 2017

By Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company

Tetra Tech awarded $20 million environmental management contract for the expansion of miami harbor

Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a $20 million contract, with option years for an additional $3.5 million, with the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC to perform environmental management services and provide construction oversight as part of the Miami Harbor Construction Dredging Project. Tetra Tech’s scientists will provide environmental ...

Aug. 1, 2013

By Tetra Tech

Water quality protected during dredging of Somerset Levels

A special monitoring system is helping protect water quality on the Somerset Levels and Moors where a major dredging operation is under way following severe flooding. The system, which was supplied by OTT Hydrometry and installed by Wavelength Environmental, is designed to protect the river ecology by issuing email alerts if water quality deteriorates beyond pre-set conditions. Any such alerts ...

Jun. 30, 2014

By OTT HydroMet

Dredging of Toxics Resumes in Upper Hudson River for Fifth Season; PCB Cleanup Designed to Restore Hudson River; Created Hundreds of New Jobs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that dredging operations are expected to resume on Wednesday in the Upper Hudson River. In 2014, dredging will begin south of Schuylerville, New York and proceed south towards Troy. Dredging will also occur in a two-mile section of river near Fort Miller that is not easily accessed by boat. Dredging is being conducted to remove sediment from the ...

May 5, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Lagersmit appoints Hagler Systems as distributor for USA and Alberta, Canada

Lagersmit further strengthens its position in the United States of America and joins forces with Hagler Systems. During the WEDA conference, Hagler Systems was officially appointed distributor for the USA and Canada Alberta dredge and mining market. In the past decades, Lagersmit has made name with its Liquidyne and Supreme sealing solutions, delivering to a majority of the biggest dredge ...

Jul. 24, 2019

By Lagersmit

Fourth Season of Dredging Begins in Upper Hudson; Project Expected to Reach Halfway Point during Fourth Season

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Deputy Commissioner Eugene Leff today to kick off the start of the fourth season of dredging in the Upper Hudson River. Portions of the Upper Hudson are being dredged to remove sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are ...

Apr. 29, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Envisan inaugurates its first treatment centre for soils and sediments in France

Attended by the national and regional political world, the Sedimed research project partners and co-funders, Envisan France inaugurated its Eco-Materials Production Centre today in La Seyne-sur-Mer, the first centre of its kind in the Mediterranean area. Envisan France is the French environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, world leader in marine dredging. “We are very proud to ...

Sep. 24, 2015

By Envisan N.V.

EPA Completes Fourth Season of Hudson River Dredging; Project Now about 73% Complete with GE, Not Taxpayers, Paying the Full Cost of Cleanup; $2 Billion Dredging Project Continues to Create Local Jobs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that more than 612,000 cubic yards of river bottom sediment contaminated with PCBs were removed from the upper Hudson River during 2013, exceeding the annual goal of 350,000 cubic yards for this historic dredging project. This is similar to the amount dredged in 2012 when more than 650,000 cubic yards were removed. The Superfund cleanup ...

Nov. 5, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Sixth Season of Hudson River Dredging Begins; Historic Dredging Project Draws to a Close; Next Up: Cleaning Up Floodplains

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced the start of the sixth, and final, season of dredging of PCB-contaminated sediments from the bottom of the Hudson River. The historic dredging project – one of the largest and most complex cleanups in Superfund history – began in 2009. The EPA is overseeing the dredging project that is being ...

May 7, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA marks the startup of the final phase of Hudson River PCB dredging; 500 jobs created by this cleanup project

EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck was joined today in Fort Edward, New York by Representative Maurice Hinchey, Representative Paul Tonko and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens to mark the start of the second and final phase of the Hudson River cleanup that began on June 6, 2011. During this phase of dredging, General Electric will remove ...

Jun. 10, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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