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Project - USA 6 - Waste Management
Project Description: RLC Technologies was contracted by Waste Management to construct an 84” diameter by 56’ length ATDU system for the processing of petroleum hydrocarbons and contaminated soil. The plant is fired with natural gas oil and features an RLC built Thermal Oxidizer Unit for the handling of non-condensable vapors. Material: Refinery Waste including centrifuged tank ...
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Gas Spill? Chill - Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) system to alleviate high levels of gasoline vapors
It's not often you get instant gratification. Unless you're in this bind: a 600-gallon gasoline spill due to vandalism that threatened a local municipal pump station in Oregon. As gas made its way along a sewer line trench, it infiltrated soil and below-ground infrastructure. A lost cause, right? Wrong. Enter BB&A Environmental, an RPI Group member. After installing an interim Soil Vapor ...
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CRC CARE: Health screening levels for petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater
Why have health-based screening levels (HSLs) for petroleum hydrocarbons been developed?The health-based screening levels (HSLs) for petroleum hydrocarbons was developed by the CRC CARE to address an identified need for consistent human health risk assessment of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in Australian conditions. HSLs represent the best collective view of the available science and ...
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IFAT 2016: econ industries shows how to remediate industrial waste and contaminated soil
From May 30th until June 3rd econ industries will present its method for remediation of contaminated soil at the IFAT – World’s Leading Trade Fair for Environmental Technologies in Munich (Hall B3, stand 251). The technology favoured by the cleantech company from Starnberg is vacuum distillation. The VacuDry® technology was specifically developed in-house to completely remove ...
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ISO consults on draft standard for petroleum hydrocarbons assessment
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has published a draft standard on 'Soil quality – assessment of impact from soil contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons' (ISO DIS 11504) for public comment. The draft standard provides guidance on "the choice of fractions and individual compounds when carrying out analysis for petroleum hydrocarbons in soils, soil materials and ...
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Project - UAE 1 - Ruwais
Project Description: Commissioned for the TAKREER Central Environment Protection Facility (BeAAT) in the United Arab Emirates, this 54" ATDU system was put into operation in the fall of 2008 and has now been in continuous operation for more than 10 years. The equipment is used to process petroleum hydrocarbon sludge, filter clays and contaminated soils from the Takeer facility located in Ruwais, ...
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EOS remediation wins an EBJ award for EAS
EBJ Honors Outstanding Environmental Firms with 2009 Business Achievement: Technology Merit Award EOS Remediation, LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced technologies for groundwater restoration is a winner of an Environmental Business Journal 2009 Business Achievement Award. The Technology Merit Award was granted for successful commercialization of EAS™, a sulfate-enhanced ...
By Redox Tech
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Advantage by energy efficiency
When you speak of energy efficiency in thermal soil remediation, you cannot get past the VacuDry – technology. econ industries’ VacuDry technology has an energy efficiency of more than 80%. Concretely, 80% of the energy of the source fuel is transferred to the soil as thermal energy. A highly efficient boiler/burner unit ensures an exceptionally effective heat transfer from the ...
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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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US$22m Kinnickinnic River cleanup begins
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources have begun work on the $22 million cleanup of the Kinnickinnic River. The agencies will oversee the removal of 170,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the river between Becher Street and Kinnickinnic Avenue. The river will be cleaned up using $14.3 million from the Great Lakes Legacy Act fund and $7.7 ...
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Rhodococcus bacteria can help clean up fuel-contaminated sites
Fuel spillages and leaks from petroleum storage facilities can lead to serious pollution of soils and underground water. In a recent study, two strains of Rhodococcus bacteria were found to be effective at degrading a number of petroleum hydrocarbons and thus helping clean up contaminated sites. Fuels can be significant pollutants of soils and groundwater, especially around fuel storage ...
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EPA Provides $2 Million to Clean Up and Revitalize Contaminated Properties Across New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing a total of $2 million to communities in New Jersey to clean up abandoned and contaminated properties. The funding was awarded through the EPA’s Brownfields Program, which helps communities assess, clean up, redevelop and reuse previously contaminated properties. Brownfields are properties with moderate contamination which can threaten ...
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Detecting Coal Tar in Road Binder
In the UK, utilities dig approximately 2.5 million holes in roads and pavements every year. WM3 guidance states that any soil or other material excavated is waste and should be assessed and classified for waste management purposes. Any excavated material identified as hazardous must be disposed of at a licenced hazardous waste receiver and the hazardous waste landfill tax paid. New laws in April ...
By QROS Ltd
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