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Linde North America Passes EPA Protocol Gases Audit
Linde is among a select group of companies that passed a rigorous audit by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for producing and supplying gases used to calibrate instruments for emissions testing. Linde North America is a member of The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company. Linde produces EPA Protocol gases at its plant in Alpha, New ...
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Bioremediation Project: Local labratory assists local community land use transition
C&T is participating in a project to evaluate the application of phytoremediation (plant based remediation) approach to clean up a long abandoned contaminated railway right of way inBerkeley. This project will be the first real world test of this approach and involves the planting of more than 2, 000 Chinese brake ferns (Pteris vittata) that have been shown to suck Arsenic out of the soil ...
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ENSR`s pollutant testing procedure receives ASTM approval
A new provisional analytical method co-developed by an ENSR toxicologist for assessing organic pollutants in sediments has been adopted by ASTM International (ASTM). The method measures the concentration of contaminants in sediment porewater - the water filling the spaces between grains of sediment - to which aquatic organisms become exposed. ENSR, part of AECOM, is a global environmental ...
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Call for nominations for U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Awards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting award nominations by March 1, 2010, for individuals, teams and organizations that have made significant contributions to ozone layer protection. The stratospheric ozone layer prevents excessive harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching people, plants and animals. The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is ...
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PANalytical’s MiniPal 4 Sulfur keeps you ahead of new
With regulations on acceptable levels of sulfur in diesel fuels tightening all around the world, the need for analysis systems that offer maximum sensitivity and extremely low limits of detection has never been greater. PANalytical’s compact EDXRF spectrometer - MiniPal 4 Sulfur – is designed to deliver best in class performance, keeping you ahead of these new standards. MiniPal 4 Sulfur delivers ...
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EPA honors awardees for preserving the ozone layer (HQ)
Scientists, federal investigators, international government officials, and a pop music artist are among the recipients of the 2010 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Montreal Protocol Awards. Honorees are being announced today to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. "Recognizing these accomplishments is important to foster innovation and inspire ...
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Detection limit determination for Tekran 2700
The new Tekran 2700 Methyl Mercury Auto-Analyzer continues to exceed the performance specifications it was designed to meet. We have established that the unit is capable of sample runs times below 8 minutes. With our all new electronics platform and advanced optics, we have reached even lower sensitivity levels. Using the EPA 40 CFR 136 protocol, we have determined the method detection limit ...
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Cryptosporidium Protection for one of Europe’s Largest Drinking Water Plants.
The ultra-compact UV systems, manufactured in the UK by atg UV Technology are designed to meet the very latest UK and European potable drinking water regulations, including the recent WIMES 801.B specification guidance for closed vessel drinking water UV systems. Pictured, atg UV Technology have recently dispatched 3 x 5,000 m3/hr capacity medium pressure UV systems for the disinfection of ...
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EPA authorizes critical uses of methyl bromide for 2008
In accordance with the Clean Air Act and Montreal Protocol, EPA has issued final methyl bromide production and import critical use exemptions for 2008. EPA also authorized uses that qualify for the 2008 critical use exemption. The exemptions for continued production and import of methyl bromide will honor the U.S. commitment to obtain methyl bromide for American farmers, in a manner consistent ...
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Epa begins study of air pollution near HOVENSA Oil Refinery in ST. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun a three-month study of air pollution from the HOVENSA oil refinery and other sources of air pollution near the facility in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. HOVENSA is the second largest oil refinery in the United States. EPA has installed air monitoring equipment at three locations where the biggest impacts of air pollution from HOVENSA and ...
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EPA Authorizes Critical Uses of Methyl Bromide for 2007
(Washington, D.C.) - In accordance with the Clean Air Act and Montreal Protocol, EPA has issued final methyl bromide production and import critical use exemptions for 2007. EPA also authorized uses that qualify for the 2007 critical use exemption. The exemptions for continued production and import of methyl bromide will honor the U.S. commitment to obtain methyl bromide for American farmers, ...
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What’s in Your Air?
Original story at MIT News Every senior at MIT has come to know the campus in a personal way, having established favorite haunts for studying, eating, resting, and playing during their four years at the Institute. But the Course 1 Class of 2014 is getting to know the campus on an even more intimate level, and wants to share that with others. These students in the MIT Department of Civil and ...
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Online Conference to Address Anticipated Changes to the Emissions Estimates for Stationary Sources of Pollution
Pittsburgh, PA (October 30, 2006) – Changes are anticipated for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s development and use of emissions estimates for stationary sources of air pollution. What role will EPA have in the development and compilation of emission factors? How will these anticipated changes affect the roles of industry and state and local agencies? And will the “Compilation of ...
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EPA’s Draft Residual Efficacy Protocols for “Long-Lasting” Efficacy for Antiviral Products
On October 14, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a much-anticipated draft guidance that will allow companies to demonstrate that their products have “long-lasting” or “residual” effectiveness on surfaces against viruses like SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. EPA’s guidance specifies scientific testing requirements for two ...
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Second round of sampling for PCBs in two buildings at Bannister federal complex reveals no indoor air health concerns (KS, MO)
Results from March air sampling at a child care center and an adjacent building at the Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City do not reveal health concerns at the facilities related to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), EPA Region 7 officials announced today. The results include tests for 209 different forms of PCBs in indoor air samples and from air samples taken from beneath the concrete floor ...
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NeoTech Aqua Solutions, Inc. awarded EPA performance validation for UV Systems in municipal applications
NeoTech Aqua Solutions, Inc., the industry leader in High-Efficiency Ultra-Violet (UV) water treatment systems, announces the validation of their D438 UV disinfection system and large Patriot manifolds for municipal and potable water applications. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through their Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program in cooperation with the National ...
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EPA Approves Three alternative refrigerants to replace hydrofluorocarbons in commercial and household freezers/first time that hydrocarbon substitutes will be widely used in the U.S.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added three hydrocarbons as acceptable alternatives in household and small commercial refrigerators and freezers through EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program. EPA took action after requests from Ben and Jerry’s and General Electric, as well as A.S. Trust & Holdings, and True Manufacturing, a family-owned small ...
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Pennsylvania Native Wins Prestigious EPA Award For Protecting Wetlands
Regina Poeske, a resident of Doylestown, Pa., and the Wetlands Ecologist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, received the Edward T. “Red” Heinen Wetlands Award, EPA’s most prestigious national award recognizing superior work to protect wetlands. The award is named after a highly respected leader from the formative years of EPA’s Wetlands Program. It is presented ...
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NSPS OOOOb and EG OOOOc rules: OGI perspective
In this action, the EPA is finalizing a protocol for the use of OGI as appendix K to 40 CFR part 60. The EPA notes that while this protocol is being finalized in this action, the applicability of the protocol is broader. The protocol is applicable to facilities when specified in a referencing subpart to help determine the presence and location of leaks; it is not currently applicable for use ...
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Calculating carbon emissions
Refrigerant Gas & Fugitive Emissions Compliance Includes CO2 Calculations If you manage a facility using a refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) system or heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC-R) system, it’s time to comply with federal and state environmental laws regarding carbon emissions. To help reduce greenhouse gases, the law requires calculating carbon emissions. This ...
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