petroleum contamination News
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CL Solutions' Canadian Partner Featured for Cleantech Oil and Gas Sector Services
Delta Remediation of Acheson, Alberta, Canada is featured in the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service as a leader in clean technologies for the oil and gas industry in Canada and internationally. Delta Remediation uses a proprietary blend of CL Solutions' organisms called Biologix for bioremediation of hydrocarbons in soil,water and ground water. Download the article here. Delta Remediation has ...
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NASA Selects Contracts For Environmental Remediation Services
NASA has selected three companies to provide architect and engineering professional environmental remediation services at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., the adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) and other NASA locations. The combined maximum potential value for the three contracts is $91 million. Services will be performed during a five-year period beginning this year. The companies ...
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CL Solutions to provide Munox® for petroleum surface spill remediation including marine spills.
CL Solutions, LLC is pleased to announce that they will be the distributor of Munox® for petroleum surface spills. This development comes in response to interest in using Munox® for cleaning shore and near-shore environments impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. CL Solutions was selected by Osprey Biotechnics, Inc. to provide distribution and technical support for this ...
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EPA awards Little Tokyo agency US$200,000 to clean up petroleum contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today presented a $200,000 Brownfields grant to the Los Angeles, Calif.-based Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation to clean up an oil field drilling site in Historic Filipinotown. The center is partnering with the Pilipino Workers Center to cleanup and redevelop the site at 153 Glendale Boulevard. The partners plan to develop 48 ...
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NANO IRON company is a participant of `FRAC-IN` project
Together with partners from Czech Republic (Dekonta, a.s.) and Belgium (ABO and Adviesbureau inzake Grondwater Technieken n.v), NANO IRON works on research and development of in-situ remediation technologies based on hydraulic fracturing of subsurface. These methods are tested within the EUROSTARS project “Innovative suspensions for hydraulic fracturing enhanced remediation”, in short ...
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Fueling the revitalization of petroleum brownfields
The abandoned corner gas station can look toward a new life with an action plan that focuses on cleaning up brownfields sites contaminated with petroleum. EPA's plan, 'Petroleum Brownfields Action Plan: Promoting Revitalization and Sustainability,' describes specific actions, new tools, and opportunities for expanding partnerships to foster the reuse of sites. The petroleum brownfields program ...
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EPA takes action to protect ground water from petroleum contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a complaint to the owners and operators of several upstate New York gasoline stations for violating federal regulations governing seventeen underground storage tanks. The complaint, which seeks $233,000 in penalties, was issued to Andrew B. Chase; Chase Services, Inc.; Chase Convenience Stores, Inc., and Chase Commercial Land Development, ...
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St. Louis development corporation to receive $400,000 for assessment of hazardous substances and petroleum
The St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC) has been selected to receive $400,000 in EPA brownfields funding to assess and conduct cleanup planning for hazardous substances and petroleum in the St. Louis metropolitan area. The funding is being awarded through EPA’s Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup process. SLDC will use $200,000 to conduct approximately seven Phase ...
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Cost Effective In-Situ Soil Bioremediation
Petrox organisms yield cost-effective in-situ soil bioremediation to remove residual petroleum contamination. Instead of ripping up the service station to excavate the soil or installing a slow vapor extraction remediation system, an environmental consultant in east Texas used Petrox microbes to remove high concentrations of benzene and xylene from soil at a gas station. Petrox bioremediation ...
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EPA Cleanup Funds Will Help Transform Vacant Properties in Easton’s Historic District into Thriving New Center
Today, EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin joined Governor Martin O’Malley and former Governor Harry Hughes for a ground-breaking at the site of what will become the new Eastern Shore Conservation Center in Easton’s historic district. The redevelopment project, supported by state, federal and local funds, will transform the former McCord Laundry Building and several vacant ...
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Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis to Receive EPA Brownfields Grants to Help toward Cleanup of Contaminated Properties
EPA has selected the communities of Kansas City, Mo., and St. Louis to receive a total of $900,000 in grants from the Agency’s Brownfields Program to assist with the environmental assessments of contaminated brownfields properties, a key step in paving the way toward their cleanup, redevelopment and sustainable reuse. Kansas City and St. Louis were among the 147 communities announced today ...
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Kentucky Leads the Race for Site Closures
The State of Kentucky continues to stay on the forefront of UST in situ remediation with the successful implementation of BOS 200 at many of the State’s petroleum contaminated sites. To date, sixty five (65) sites have received BOS 200 injections: Thirty two (32) sites have been granted No Further Action (NFA), twenty eight (28) sites are in closure monitoring associated with 2014 and 2015 ...
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U.S. EPA finishes cleanup at cadie auto Salvage in Belvidere, Ill. (IL)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced today the completion of an emergency cleanup of hazardous materials at Cadie Auto Salvage in Belvidere, Ill.. The site, located at 1451 McKinley Ave., previously was used as an auto hauling and salvage yard until the business closed in 2007. EPA contractors removed approximately 250 compressed gas cylinders and 60 drums and other ...
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EPA awards $1.2 million brownfields grants to three Arizona communities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the City of Phoenix, Pima County, and the City of Yuma, Ariz., are among 147 communities nationwide receiving funding to assess and clean up historically contaminated properties, also known as brownfields, for reuse and development. “EPA is committed to helping communities strengthen their local economy and neighborhoods by ...
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EPA awards nearly $600,000 to cleanup and revitalize two Washington communities
EPA is providing nearly $600,000 in Brownfields grants that will help two Washington communities to assess, cleanup and redevelop abandoned or contaminated properties. The funding is part of more than $76 million in EPA brownfields investments across the country announced this week by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to protect health and the environment, create jobs and promote economic ...
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Austin to Receive EPA Grants for New Brownfield Investment to Boost Local Economy, Leverage Job Creation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the city of Austin will receive $400,000 to assess several sites throughout the city for petroleum and hazardous substance contamination. Nationwide, 171 communities will receive 264 grants totaling $67 million in brownfields funding to clean and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while ...
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San Antonio, TX, Receives EPA Investment Grant
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the city of San Antonio is one of 146 communities across the country to be awarded a total of $54.3 million in investment grants. These grants will provide communities with funding to assess, clean and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while protecting public health and the environment. The city ...
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Houston to Receive EPA Grants for New Brownfield Investment to Boost Local Economy, Leverage Job Creation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that the city of Houston will receive $400,000 to assess several sites throughout the city for petroleum and hazardous substance contamination. Nationwide, 171 communities will receive 264 grants totaling $67 million in brownfields funding to clean and redevelop contaminated properties, boost local economies and leverage jobs while ...
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Former Lupton, Ariz. truck stop owners to pay $80,000 penalty for violating hazardous waste laws
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the former owners and operators of Speedy’s Truck Stop $80,000 for violating federal hazardous waste and community right-to-know laws. The violations at the Lupton, Ariz. facility were found following a series of inspections by Navajo Nation EPA, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. EPA in 2004. Inspectors uncovered ...
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EPA Takes Legal Action Against Western New York Gas Stations to Protect Ground Water from Petroleum Contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a legal complaint to the owner and operator of seventeen underground storage tanks at six gasoline stations in Western New York for violating federal regulations. The complaint, which seeks $42,295 in penalties, was issued to United Refining Company for violations at its Kwik Fill stations in Dunkirk, Westfield, Jamestown, Fredonia and ...
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