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Integral Consulting Has Banner Year on Contaminated Sediment Projects
In 2008, Integral’s sediment scientists, ecologists, and engineers were busier than ever with new projects on both U.S. coasts and continuation of existing projects around the country. New contract awards included environmental services to conduct a large sampling program for Washington Closure Hanford on the Columbia River and a site characterization project at the Jemez Canyon Reservoir ...
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ENSR assists offshore California LNG project
ENSR is providing environmental permitting and pipeline engineering support for the OceanWay liquefied natural gas (LNG) project located 28 miles off Los Angeles, California. ENSR, part of AECOM, is a leading global environmental services provider. The OceanWay project will provide natural gas to California, which currently uses natural gas for 40% of its electricity needs. The project ...
By AECOM
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Employee promotions recognize talent and include new client services division at Integral
Integral Consulting Inc. announces several promotions within the company. The promotions include the establishment of a new position of Vice President of Client Services as well as recognition of scientists and administrative staff who contributed to the firm’s success in 2009. Despite a challenging economic climate, the company grew last year—adding a geochemistry and mining group to the Denver, ...
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NASA Researchers Discover Ancient Microbes In Antarctic Lake
In one of the most remote lakes of Antarctica, nearly 65 feet beneath the icy surface, scientists from NASA, the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno, Nev., the University of Illinois at Chicago, and nine other institutions, have uncovered a community of bacteria. This discovery of life existing in one of Earth's darkest, saltiest and coldest habitats is significant because it helps ...
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Patience pays off with methanol for uranium bioremediation
The legacy of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy development has left ground water and sediment at dozens of sites across the United States and many more around the world contaminated with uranium. The uranium is transported through ground water as uranyl (U6+). In one bioremediation strategy, uranium immobilization in contaminated ground water and sediment may be achieved by the addition of ...
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Secrets of Sediment: Using Ion Chromatography to Analyze Sediment Formation in Heating Oils
In a research study recently published, Kerkering and Andersson investigated the formation of sediments in various biogenic and fossil heating oils as well as blends of both over a storage period of two years. While some of their findings confirm known phenomena such as the oxidation of the fatty methyl esters (FAMEs) in biodiesel, others were more startling. More precisely, the authors ...
By Metrohm AG
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EPA to Begin Site Investigation at Superfund Site in Windham, ME
Starting the week of October 26th, the US EPA will initiate a further investigation of the Keddy Mill Superfund Site in Windham, Maine to determine current site conditions. This investigation is known as a Remedial Investigation (RI). The RI will primarily include collection and analysis of samples from soil, surface water, sediments, groundwater and fish tissue. This investigation will identify ...
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Final agreement to study contamination at Smurfit Stone Mill site (Missoula County, Mont.)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a final agreement to investigate contamination at the Smurfit Stone Mill Superfund site, in Missoula County, Montana. Under the terms of the agreement, M2Green, International Paper, and WestRock will conduct a comprehensive investigation of soils, river sediments, and ground and surface water to determine the nature and extent of ...
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Cleanup at North Penn Area 2 Superfund Site Eliminates Risks; Provides Long-Term Groundwater Protection
The U.S. Environmental Agency today announced the completion of construction activities for the cleanup of the North Penn 2 Superfund Site in Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pa. The construction completion is an important milestone in protecting human health and the long-term goal of restoring contaminated groundwater to drinking water quality. The soil, sediment and groundwater at the site were ...
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Modifications Recommended and Proposed to Part of the Cleanup of Industri-plex Superfund Site in Woburn, Mass.
EPA has proposed recommended modifications to part of the cleanup of the Industri-plex Superfund Site in Woburn, Mass. The site used to be a former chemical and glue manufacturing facility, and the cleanup for the site is being addressed in two stages called operable units (OU). EPA recommends modifications to the cleanup plans for OU-2 at the Industri-plex Site. The details of EPA’s ...
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New stormwater treatment at boeing field will reduce toxic PCBs and help protect the Duwamish River and Puget Sound (WA)
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement with The Boeing Company to construct a new stormwater treatment system at North Boeing Field in Seattle. The treatment system will greatly reduce the amount of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are an on-going source of pollution to the Duwamish River. The North Boeing Field storm drain system carries stormwater to ...
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EPA places a section of the black river in Jefferson County, N.Y. on the superfund list (NY)
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed a section of the Black River, which runs through the villages of Carthage and West Carthage in Jefferson County, NY, on its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The Black River empties into the eastern end of Lake Ontario. Sediment in the river and along its banks is contaminated with ...
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EPA adds eighteen mile creek in Niagara County, N.Y. to the superfund list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has added the Eighteen Mile Creek site in Niagara County, New York to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sediment in some areas of the creek is contaminated with harmful chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals and dioxin, which can have serious effects on ...
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Arctic Ocean Ice Thinner By Half in Six Years
BREMERHAVEN, Germany, September 14, 2007 (ENS) - Large areas of Arctic sea ice are only one meter thick this year, about 50 percent thinner than they were in the year 2001, according to measurements taken by 50 scientists on board the research ship Polarstern. The international team is conducting research on sea ice in the central Arctic Basin.'The ice cover in the North Polar Sea is dwindling, ...
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EPA proposes to add eighteen mile creek in Niagara County, N.Y. to the superfund list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed adding the Eighteen Mile Creek site in Niagara County, New York to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sediment in some areas of the creek is contaminated with harmful chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), heavy metals and dioxin, which can have serious effects on ...
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EPA approves additional field work at Fletcher’s paint superfund site in Milford, N.H.
EPA has approved additional field investigations requested by the General Electric Co. (GE) at the Fletcher’s Paint Works and Storage Facility Superfund Site in Milford, New Hampshire. GE’s contractor, Arcadis US Inc. began these investigations in April 2012. These activities will continue for approximately three months. Implementation of these field investigations will result in ...
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Innovative dredging technology accelerates removal of residual contamination in Ashtabula River
The US EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) and their non-federal sponsor, the Ashtabula City Port Authority, along with the State of Ohio, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and a consortium of private companies collaborated to design and implement an innovative approach for addressing extensive sediment contamination in a portion of the Ashtabula River near Lake Erie. The ...
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