hazardous materials building News
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Removal effort begins at gardner, Mass. site (MA)
EPA has begun an effort to remove hazardous materials from a former furniture mill, Country Home Furnishings, in Gardner, Mass. The former Country Home Furnishings building has been vacant since 2000, and signs of trespassing are obvious on the property. Due to hazardous material inside the building, the property has been deemed unsafe (materials include asbestos, hazardous waste, and flammable ...
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Justrite® Acquires Industrial Maintenance Group, Inc.
With more than 25 years of expertise, the Plant City, FL company services the power, petroleum, and water/wastewater industries with cost-effective solutions for secondary fuel containment systems, coating and liner options for containment and corrosion needs, concrete degradation, restoration, waterproofing, holding pond liners, and manhole rehabilitation. Product benefits include long life ...
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U.S. EPA to begin cleanup of former plating shop in Paw Paw, Michigan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today will begin cleaning up hazardous materials at the site of Paw Paw Plating in Paw Paw, Mich. An abandoned building on site contains chemicals used in the electroplating process. The EPA expects contractors to complete the cleanup within 90 days. Paw Paw Plating began custom electroplating in the 1950s and stopped operating in December 2009. The ...
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EPA provides $145K to the Cut Bank Area Chamber of Commerce to advance the cleanup and revitalization of the Public Drug Building
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Cut Bank Area Chamber of Commerce $145K in Brownfields grant funding to clean up and redevelop the Public Drug Building on Main Street in Cut Bank, Montana. Today’s announcement is among 243 EPA grant investments totaling $54.3 million to 147 communities across the U.S. These grants will provide communities with funding ...
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Environmental Risk Innovations, LLC Announces Key Hire – Bill McGuinness
Environmental Risk Innovations, LLC (ERI) is pleased to announce the recent hire of Bill McGuinness as a sign of the company's continued commitment to expand its environmental risk management services. Mr. McGuinness possesses over 25 years of experience in the environmental consulting field and will serve as ERI's Hydrogeologist and Environmental Risk Scientist. Prior to joining ERI, Mr. ...
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EPA Announces Excellence in Site Reuse Awards at the Avtex Fibers Site, Front Royal, Virginia
EPA Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin announced today that FMC Corporation, the Economic Development Authority and Warren County have been recognized with EPA’s Excellence in Site Reuse Awards for their involvement in the redevelopment of the Avtex Fibers Site in Front Royal, Va. Avtex Fibers, located in Warren County, Va., is a 440-acre former manufacturing plant that ...
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Dr Deegan From Tetronics Selected As Speaker For Envirotech, Part Of Sustainabilitylive, 2011
Tetronics will be speaking on using plasma technology to create a valuable product from hazardous APC residues from incineration. DATE: 25 May 2011 TIME: 15:25 DURATION: 15 Minutes Description Environmental Technology (ET) 2011, part of Sustainabilitylive!, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as the UK’s biggest industry event within the environmental sector. It forms the largest ...
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Asbestos, Lead and Other Exposure Hazards Encountered by Firefighters and Fire Damage Cleanup Crews
Firefighters play a crucial role in protecting public safety and the property of people, businesses and institutions. Responding to fires and emergencies, their work can be dangerous and these dangers can include more than just flames and extreme heat. Building fires could also expose firefighters to a number of hazardous substances. For example, the Board of Health in Orange, Massachusetts ...
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Dry Out Hazards Following a Flood or Water Incursion Discussed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate the public about issues that may impact their health. Their latest educational video discusses hazards associated with drying out a structure after a flood or other type of water incursion. A water incursion can create an indoor environment that can be hazardous to ...
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EPA accelerates work at aerovox, resumes eighth season of harbor dredging in new bedford
The U.S. EPA has successfully moved ahead of the Aerovox Mill demolition schedule anticipated earlier this year. The initial phase of the demolition process, involving the removal of hazardous materials from inside the building, is expected to be completed in early July. The careful deconstruction of the building structure is now set to begin by August. Three truck loads of waste from the ...
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Unique collaborative hazardous material containment solution features multi-use buildings for managing chemical & pharmaceutical actives, biologics and hazardous materials
An enterprise-wide, collaborative approach for chemical and life science companies to use when working with toxic or flammable chemicals, pharmaceutical and biologic materials, reagents, solvents or wastes has been introduced by SAFETY STORAGE Inc., the pioneer in developing pre-engineered hazardous material containment structures. A cross-functional material and usage review process begins with ...
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Asbestos Removal from Ottawa Federal Buildings Goes Undocumented
According to a list recently compiled by the Public Works and Government Services Canada, the Canadian federal government owns 318 building that are known to contain asbestos. Yet despite this high number, the government has not been actively tracking projects to remove asbestos from these buildings. This list is not comprehensive and does not contain any buildings which are owned by departments ...
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Ohio Proposes Database of Meth Laboratory Locations
EMSL Analytical provides analytical services to test for meth laboratories to determine contaminated properties and to ensure cleanup efforts were successful. Westmont, NJ, May 26th, 2010 On May 19th the Ohio House approved legislation that would create a new publicly accessible database listing former meth laboratories in the state. The production and use of methamphetamines has plagued ...
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Methamphetamine Production Creates Toxic Environments
EMSL Analytical provides chemical testing solutions to ensure safe outdoor and indoor air quality (IAQ) for building occupants after meth labs have been discovered. Cinnaminson, NJ, September 16th, 2010 Earlier this week the Alabama District Attorneys Association completed their 2010 Methamphetamine Summit. Discussed at the conference was the damage that meth use causes to society and what ...
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Maine to Receive Over $4 Million in EPA Brownfields Grants
Today EPA announced nine Maine organizations will receive $4.3 million in EPA brownfields grants. The funds are a combination of assessment, cleanup and revolving loan fund (RLF) grants. “This is important federal funding that will help communities clean up contaminated sites so they can be redeveloped. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said. Without this funding, many of these pieces of ...
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EPA provides $192K job training grant to Denver Indian Center
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Denver Indian Center, Inc. a $192,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training (EWDJT) grant to deliver targeted environmental workforce instruction and certifications to American Indians in a seven-county area (Arapahoe, Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson) comprising Colorado’s Front Range. ...
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Anderson Man Sentenced for Knowing Endangerment by Release of Asbestos
United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Scott William Farmer, age 37, of Anderson, South Carolina was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Knowing Endangerment by Release of Asbestos, a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 7413(c)(5). United States District Judge Mary Geiger Lewis of Spartanburg sentenced Farmer to 41 months imprisonment and 3 years ...
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Planned Demolition of Thousands of Hurricane Damaged Structures in Puerto Rico Raises Health and Safety Concerns
Earlier this spring, The New York Times and dozens of other media outlets published reports about a plan announced by the government of Puerto Rico to demolish structures that were heavily damaged by Hurricane Maria. According to the media reports, government officials are seeking $400 million in federal funds to demolish 16,000 structures across the islands. The removal of the damaged ...
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Agreement ensures removing contaminated buildings from nuclear metals superfund site in Concord, Mass.
A new agreement will set the stage for more work to occur at a Concord, Mass. Superfund site, including the demolition of contaminated buildings which are unsound and need to be removed. The agreement, an Administrative Settlement Agreement between EPA, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Energy, Textron, Inc. and Whittaker Corporation, outlines responsibilities for $70 million for performance of a ...
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UL and QUATEST3 sign alliance agreement to develop furniture testing and emissions laboratory in Vietnam
UL (Underwriters Laboratories), and QUATEST3 (Quality Assurance and Testing Center 3) today announced the signing of an Alliance Agreement to develop a furniture and chemical emissions testing laboratory in Vietnam. The goal of the agreement is to provide a world-class product testing facility and expertise in regulations that will enable Vietnamese furniture manufacturers to expand their ...
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