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Markleen wins Spanish public tender for the supply of sorbent booms
Markleen has been awarded a Spanish Maritime Safety Agency (Spanish Coast Guard) government tender for the supply of 30,000 m of sorbent boom. The prestigious contract, for which a number of domestic and international sorbent suppliers also bidded, is to equip 6 different Coast Guard bases all over Spain. It includes three different models of sorbent boom, as well as a large quantity of sorbent ...
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SEACOR Response and Pollution Control Equipment Ltd Form Alliance for Provision of Oil Spill Response in Uganda
SEACOR Response, a global leader in emergency preparedness and response solutions, and Pollution Control Equipment Ltd (PCE), a local provider of pollution services and equipment, announced today that they have formed an alliance to provide a broad range of oil spill preparedness and response solutions to support the developing oil and gas sector in Uganda. "SEACOR Response has seen considerable ...
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Chinese oil spill reveals research gulf
The first, large-scale oil spill in Dalian Bay in China last month has revealed a host of problems with safety management and environmental impact assessment including a dearth of environmental and geochemical studies on such disasters. 'As scientists, we do not have the funding or the opportunity to conduct in-depth research into these accidents,' Peng Xianzhi, a scientist at the Guangzhou ...
By SciDev.Net
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Granite Environmental LLC has turbidity curtains and silt barriers for water pollution prevention and dredging jobs in stock, ready to ship
Sebastian, FL, May 3, 2010 – Granite Environmental, LLC, located on the East Coast of Florida, has in stock and ready to ship turbidity curtains and silt barriers. Due to the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, American manufacturers for oil spill and water pollution control products have had to fulfill the need to manufacture and provide oil booms to first responders. Production ...
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Oil Skimmers for Hydroelectric Power Plants: Another Green Idea from Abanaki
CLEVELAND - Abanaki announced a full range of oil skimmers and emergency oil spill systems for the special challenges facing hydroelectric power generation facilities, who must protect water resources from spills of hydraulic fluid. Although hydroelectric-generated electricity is considered clean, small leaks of hydraulic oil from turbines at hydroelectric plants are not uncommon. The oil can ...
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Workers in Alaska and Washington to receive training for environmental safety and cleanup jobs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $400,000 in federal job training grants to the City of Tacoma and Zender Environmental, Alaska through the EPA Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program. EPA’s Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program provides environmental and health and safety training and helps graduates develop a broader set of ...
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Claremont, N.H. Auto Dealer Settles with EPA for Oil Spill
Howe Motors Inc., a Claremont, N.H. auto dealer, has agreed to pay a penalty of $17,500 to settle EPA claims regarding a January 2014 oil spill, and inadequacies in Howe’s oil spill prevention plan. The Jan. 2014 oil spill originated from tanks stored at the Howe Motors dealership, when a small quantity of oil was released to an unnamed stream that leads to the Sugar River. Additionally, ...
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SES calls for new oil pipeline safety measures
The Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) is asking the provincial government to adopt major new initiatives to ensure the safety of oil pipelines in Saskatchewan. These initiatives would build upon and go far beyond the amendments to the provincial Pipelines Act announced last week by Hon. Dustin Duncan, Minister of Energy and Resources. SES is also making several proposals it views as ...
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Medford, Mass. Company Settles with EPA for Oil Spill
Erickson Fuel Company, Inc., a Medford, Mass. oil distributor, has agreed to pay a penalty of $14,500 to settle EPA claims regarding a January 2014 oil spill, and Erickson’s failure to prepare an oil spill prevention plan. The January 2014 oil spill originated from a parked diesel fuel delivery truck and ultimately caused oil to be released to Winter Brook, which flows into the Mystic ...
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EPA Settlement with Beltsville, Md. Company Improves Oil Spill Prevention and Protects Anacostia River
As part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Greenlight WVO LLC, located in Beltsville, Maryland, has come into compliance with oil spill prevention requirements to resolve EPA claims that the company was not prepared to prevent or contain an oil spill. These spill prevention improvements will better protect Beltsville residents and the local waterway, Indian Creek, a ...
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EPA Proposal Strengthens Nation’s Preparedness Level and Response to Oil Spills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend requirements under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) to improve the nation’s ability to plan for and respond to oil spills. This proposal addresses issues raised by the public, responders, government, and industry officials during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. “Our ...
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Marine services: environmental protection & preservation
We’re called Global Diving & Salvage but there’s much more to us than what’s in our name. Global offers expansive services beyond diving and salvage work, including environmental marine services. Our people, experience, and proven track record make us the top provider of marine services on the West Coast, with environmental crews based in Washington and California. ...
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Maine Pulp Mill and Connecticut Cardboard Manufacturing Company Settle Clean Water Act Violations
Two companies operating under the control of Cascades USA, Inc. have agreed to settle EPA allegations that they violated the federal Clean Water Act. The companies are Cascades Auburn Fiber, operating in Auburn, Maine; and Norampac New England, Inc., operating in Thompson, Conn. Cascades Auburn Fiber has agreed to pay a fine of $65,000 for alleged clean water violations at its Auburn, Maine pulp ...
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Railway Company Settles Clean Water Act Violations in Maine and Mass.
Pan Am Railways has agreed to settle EPA allegations that they violated the federal Clean Water Act at two of its railyards operating in Waterville, Maine, and East Deerfield, Mass. The company has agreed to pay a fine of $152,000 to resolve the violations. According to allegations in a complaint filed by EPA this past winter related to the Waterville facility, Pan Am violated the conditions of ...
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Lamor cleans up environmental incidents in Latin America despite COVID-19 challenges
8 April 2020 - Oil Spill in Ecuador, the Coca and Napo rivers. On April 8th, Corena, a Lamor Group company, received a call to assist with oil spills in eastern Ecuador from three major pipelines, broken due to landslides in the area. As one of the three companies coordinating the response actions, Lamor was given the responsibility of a 118 kilometre-long part of the contaminated area. In ...
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Johnstown Wire Settles Violations of Chemical Reporting Requirements at Johnstown, Pa. Plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc. (Johnstown Wire) has agreed to pay a $14,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of hazardous chemical reporting requirements at its manufacturing facility in Johnstown, Pa. Johnstown Wire violated two federal laws protecting the public and environment from toxic chemical releases, according to EPA. ...
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Companies settle alleged environmental violations at Hercules Franklin Plant in Courtland, Va.
The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached a settlement with Hercules Inc. and GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc. who have agreed to pay a $700,000 penalty for alleged violations of several federal environmental laws. In an earlier January 2011 settlement, Eastman Specialty Chemicals, Inc., which owned and operated a portion of the ...
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U.S. EPA Serving as On-Scene Coordinator in Emergency Response to Ohio River Oil Spill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is serving as the Federal On-Scene Coordinator for the emergency response to an oil spill that occurred last night when approximately 3500 gallons of diesel fuel was released into the Ohio River from Duke Energy’s Beckjord power plant. Twenty-four hour operations are underway to contain and clean up oil along a 12 mile stretch of the Ohio River ...
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Culpeper, Va. settles alleged environmental violations at water treatment facility
The town of Culpeper, Va. will pay a $27,420 penalty and make more than $100,000 in upgrades at its water treatment facility to settle alleged environmental violations at the town’s water treatment facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. According to a consent agreement with EPA, the town did not immediately notify the EPA’s National Response Center as ...
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US Coast Guard Response Leader to Join O`Brien`s Response Management
O'Brien's Response Management is pleased to announce that Captain Ed Stanton, United States Coast Guard, will join O'Brien's as Executive Vice President, Response Services on July 18, 2011, following his retirement from the Coast Guard. Stanton comes to O'Brien's after 36 years on active duty in the Coast Guard. During his long career he specialized in emergency management, oil spills and ...
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