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DOE completes demolition of K-31 gaseous diffusion building
Demolition of the K‐31 Building at Oak Ridge’s East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) was completed today, marking the removal of the fourth of five gaseous diffusion buildings at the former uranium enrichment site. ETTP, once called the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, was built as part of the Manhattan Project in the 1940s to enrich uranium for the atomic bombs that would end ...
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Asbestos and Lead Concerns Plague Hurricane Irene Victims
WNCT, a CBS affiliate in Greenville, North Carolina, broadcast a story earlier this month about a woman trying to rebuild her life following Hurricane Irene. The woman experienced extensive storm damage to her home, but when rebuilding efforts got underway the whole process came to a sudden halt. The home, built in 1926, was found to be filled with both asbestos and lead. The woman then ...
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Allied Environmental Services Earns the Position of 2133 on the 2012 Inc. 5000
Allied Environmental Services is being recognized as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. 500/5000. To be honored this year is a particularly notable achievement as it highlights Allied Environmental Services' ability to thrive through three of the toughest years this economy has ever seen. Allied Environmental Services' success in such times is testimony to the ...
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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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Restoration Environmental Contractors announce 20th Anniversary of being GREEN LEED Contractors
'Restoration Environmental Contractors REC Demolition are announcing our 20th Anniversary this year of being Green, now LEED qualified specialty contractors' states; Don Bremner President CEO, ' We have had great success, REC achieved 94.7% per cent LEED certification, at the Regent Park, the Toronto Revitalization environmental remediation and demolition project, by enforcing the three R's: ...
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Are you ready for a Disaster - Plan ahead in case of Fire Flood Water Damage and Natural Disasters
Emergency Response with the REC Group of Companies. REC Disaster Recovery, REC Fire Water Flood Damage Restoration, Restoration Environmental Contractors and REC Demolition A REC DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICE CONTRACT is your peace of mind for all industrial commercial governmental institutional and insurance companies. Be prepared for any disaster. Why wait until disaster ...
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EPA announces completion of mission assignment in response to Minot, ND floods
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the field mission assignment in response to flooding in Minot, North Dakota has been completed. EPA Emergency Response staff first mobilized to Minot on July 11th, 2011 and began mission activities at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the City of Minot, and the State of North Dakota on July 17th, 2011. ...
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Demolition of K-31 gaseous diffusion building begins
Demolition of the K-31 Building at Oak Ridge’s East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) began today, marking the removal of the fourth of five gaseous diffusion buildings at the former uranium enrichment site. The two-story building covers 750,000 square feet and spans a 17-acre footprint. The K-31 facility began operations in 1951, and it was used to enrich uranium for defense and commercial ...
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Los Angeles County’s Sun Valley Watershed Multi-Benefit Project Receives ISI’s Highest Sustainable Infrastructure Award - Envision Platinum
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) announced today that the Sun Valley Watershed Multi-Benefit Project in Los Angeles County, Calif., has earned the Envision™ infrastructure rating system’s Platinum award—the highest level attainable in the Envision system. The L. A. County Board of Supervisors will accept the award from ISI President and CEO, William Bertera, ...
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Restoration Environmental Contractors-REC Demolition-REC Disaster successfully completes 9,000 asbestos, demolition, lead, mould/mold and environmental remediation projects
Since 1989, Restoration Consultants - Restoration Environmental Contractors - REC Demolition has successfully completed over 9,000 environmental remediation, Asbestos, Lead, Mold and Demolition projects throughout Canada, specializing in GREEN - LEED demolition and environmental remediation projects. We provide remediation options tailor-made for each project from the start, whether they are ...
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Environmental Consultants Respond to CDC’s New Lead Guidelines
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced they had accepted an advisory committee’s recommendation to redefine the level of lead in children considered at risk for lead poisoning. The CDC’s ‘level of concern” has been reduced from 10 micrograms per deciliter to just 5. This change will increase the number of children considered at risk ...
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EPA begins cleanup at site of former Testworth Labs in Columbia City, Indiana
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week began cleaning up hazardous materials left behind when Testworth Laboratories Inc. closed last year in Columbia City, Indiana. The EPA is removing numerous drums and other containers of flammable, corrosive and hazardous chemicals at the request of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. An inspection of the site, located on Main ...
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EPA and municipality of guaynabo removing 1,500 toxic drums and containers from abandoned warehouse
Removing a significant threat to public health and safety, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico are proceeding with an emergency cleanup of improperly stored hazardous materials at a storage facility in Barrio Vietnam, Guaynabo. EPA is working closely with Guaynabo fire, police and hazardous materials personnel on the removal of over 1,500 drums ...
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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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WEEE fails to deliver, claims recycling firm
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is failing to live up to what it originally set out to do and there is now an increase in the level of waste being exported, claims plastic and WEEE recycler Axion Recycling. Axion Recycling director Keith Freegard said: “It is clear the WEEE Directive is failing to deliver what it set out to do. The best treatment, recovery and ...
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EPA begins cleanup at pickens plating superfund site in Albion, Mich. (MI)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has begin cleanup of an abandoned zinc electroplating facility in Albion, Mich. EPA will spend a little more than $1 million to clean up approximately 100,000 gallons of uncontrolled hazardous waste at the Pickens Plating Superfund site on Industrial Drive. This summer Albion officials asked EPA to help clean up hazardous materials left behind when ...
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EPA removal work begins at Danvers, Mass. Site
This week EPA began work to remove hazardous materials from 33 Water Street, in Danvers Mass. The removal project is expected to take eight weeks. Starting in 1903, the Creese & Cook Company operated a leather tannery and finishing facility located at 33 Water Street. In 1914, the tannery operation was expanded across the Crane River to 55 Clinton Avenue. Creese & Cook conducted ...
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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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New series of ISO standards assists stakeholders in recycling ships
ISO has launched the first document of a new series of management system standards for the recycling of ships. The new series, ISO 30000, Ship recycling management systems, will support environmental protection and increase the safety of workers. Ship recycling contributes to the global conservation of energy and resources. However, the presence of asbestos, hydrocarbons and other ...
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The Roof Authority of Fort Pierce, Fla., cited for exposing workers to fall and struck-by hazards following inspection by US Department of Labor`s OSHA
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited The Roof Authority Inc. of Fort Pierce for one willful and one serious safety violation following an August 2013 inspection at a job site on North Palm-Aire Drive in Pompano Beach. OSHA conducted its inspection as part of the agency's regional emphasis program for falls in construction. Proposed penalties total ...
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