stormwater containment News
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A-LOk Premium- The first Installation of the newest A-lok watertight pipe to manhole connector
This is a story about the very first installation of the newest A-Lok product, The A-LOK “Premium”, pipe to manhole connector for stormwater and sanitary containment systems.This connector has the ability to change shape as the outside diameter of the pipe changes shape. This happens when the liquid filled core material inside the A-LOK Premium redistributes itself to maintain ...
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Ayer, Mass. developer protects wetlands to settle clean water violations
The owner and general contractor of a residential development in Ayer, Mass., have agreed to pay a penalty of $27,500 and to donate a 7.6-acre parcel to the town to settle EPA claims that they discharged pollutants into nearby waters without the required stormwater permit and failed to apply for this permit. According to the agreement signed recently with EPA’s New England office, Crabtree ...
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Puerto Rico Land Authority Agrees to Stop Clearing Wetlands in Guanica, Puerto Rico; Will Mitigate Damage Done
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has signed a legal agreement with the Puerto Rico Land Authority to stop the Land Authority from damaging wetlands on a property in Guanica, Puerto Rico. The excavation of the wetlands caused sediment to wash into the Guanica Bay, threatening water quality and potentially impacting sensitive coral reefs. The Land Authority did ...
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The City of Newport, RI will upgrade facilities and pay fine to settle clean water violations
Under the terms of a settlement lodged in federal court, the City of Newport has agreed to eliminate illegal discharges of sewage into Narragansett Bay from its wastewater treatment plant and wastewater collection system. The City has also agreed to take actions to reduce the pollutants associated with storm sewer discharges to Easton’s Beach; purchase and distribute rain barrels to ...
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EPA releases new report on sewage pollution in New York and New Jersey
When it rains, did you ever think about where all that rainwater is going? It flows down storm drains, carrying pollution from the streets, and if it is a heavy rain, causes sewage to overflow into rivers, lakes and streams. Sewer overflows, especially from combined sewer systems that carry sewage from buildings and stormwater from street drains, are a major environmental problem. The U.S. ...
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Cleanup complete at Sayreville Landfill superfund site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed the cleanup of the Sayreville Landfill Superfund site in Sayreville, New Jersey and removed it from the Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. The soil and ground water at the closed 30-acre landfill were contaminated with volatile organic compounds, cadmium, lead, benzene, arsenic and polycyclic aromatic ...
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EPA Opens Comment Period on Proposed Modifications to Draft NH Stormwater Permit
EPA has proposed modifications to the draft General Permits for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) in New Hampshire based on comments received. These proposed modifications both clarify and increase flexibility to the permit requirements by aligning it more closely with New Hampshire State Standards. The sections with the proposed modifications are now ...
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EPA Settles Stormwater Case to Protect Richmond Water Quality
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the city of Richmond has settled alleged violations of Clean Water Act regulations that protect waterways from polluted stormwater runoff. In a consent agreement with EPA, Richmond has agreed to pay a $12,000 penalty to settle the alleged violations related to its storm sewer system and notified EPA that the city is now in compliance ...
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Portsmouth N.H. scrap metal company faces fine for polluted water discharges
Stormwater monitoring by the property owner of Grimmel’s Portsmouth facility (Pease Development Authority) confirms stormwater discharges from Grimmel’s metal scrapyard operations contain metals, suspended solids and chemical oxygen demand which exceed permit benchmarks. Further, the stormwater discharges contain mercury and PCBs that cause or contribute to an exceedance of water ...
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Stormwater pollution tackled to improve water quality in Charles River, MA
EPA is taking strong action to enact the next generation of environmental protection for the Charles River by tackling pollution problems caused by stormwater. Specifically, EPA today announced a targeted effort to apply more stringent controls on stormwater pollution in the Charles River watershed, where stormwater containing high levels of phosphorus is a chief culprit in dramatic algae blooms ...
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Portsmouth N.H. Scrap yard ordered to address polluted water discharges
Discharges of polluted stormwater and other pollutant discharges in violation of the Clean Water Act has prompted EPA to issue an enforcement order to Grimmel Industries, LLC, a metal scrap recycler located on the banks of the Piscataqua River in Portsmouth, N.H. Grimmel leases the property from Pease Development Authority. Monitoring by Pease shows the stormwater discharges from Grimmel’s ...
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EPA and Baltimore`s CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. settle water and waste violations
CNX Marine Terminals, Inc. has agreed to pay a $34,600 penalty to settle alleged violations of federal environmental laws involving the discharge of pollutants in stormwater runoff, the operation and maintenance of underground storage tank systems and waste storage, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. The alleged violations were at the CNX terminal at 3800 New Gate Ave., ...
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EPA announces framework to help local governments manage stormwater runoff and wastewater
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new framework to help local governments meet their Clean Water Act obligations. The Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework assists EPA regional offices, states, and local governments to develop voluntary storm and wastewater management plans and implement effective integrated approaches that will ...
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On 20th Anniversary of Effort, EPA Gives Charles River a B+ and Publishes Live Water Quality Data
EPA has given a grade of “B+” for water quality in the Charles River during 2014. The grade reflects the slight drop in water quality, encouraging more work to be done. This is the 20th year EPA has issued a Charles River Report Card. EPA is announcing a grade of “B+” for the lower Charles River based on bacterial contamination found in analyzed samples collected by the ...
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All green roofs are not equal
Green roofs, covered with growing vegetation, help conserve energy and water by cooling temperatures inside buildings in hot weather and containing storm water runoff. New research shows striking differences in the ability of different types of green roof to retain water. Researchers compared six different green roof designs with non-reflective black roofs and reflective white roofs. The ...
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Turning brownfield land into a successful green space
Regenerating derelict land into green space is a popular land use policy, but it is not always considered successful. Recent research examines six case studies and concludes that evaluations of greening projects tend to ignore social and environmental impacts. More continuous and focused monitoring is needed. The urban environment is an important area of EU land policy and is the subject of one ...
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EPA Settlement with Raymore, Mo., Results in Stream Protections for Tributary to South Grand River
EPA Region 7 has reached an administrative settlement with the city of Raymore, Mo., to resolve municipal stormwater violations under the Clean Water Act. Under the settlement, the city will come into compliance with its Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit, pay a penalty of $22,000, and implement a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP). EPA investigations found Raymore was in ...
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Fertilizer Company agrees to pay $1.8 million penalty to resolve hazardous waste violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Agrifos, a former phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizer producer, has agreed to pay a $1.8 million dollar penalty and conduct an environmental project to resolve alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Clean Air Act. Violations include processing and disposing of hazardous wastewater ...
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Experience the “Wow Factor” of Liquid-Proofing Almost Anything
An industrial-product video showing the amazing ways Ultra-Ever Dry® uses nanotechnology to waterproof and liquid-proof almost any item is rapidly gaining popularity on YouTube, having received more than 4.3 million views. The Official Ultra-Ever Dry Product Video is close to topping the charts with about 300,000 views per day since Feb. 6. The latest innovative product offering from ...
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Spill Berm Choosing - Secondary Containment News -Ultratech Spill Containment Berms , Justrite, Eagle, Husky
Interstate Products Inc.(IPI) continues to expand our spill containment berm product line with additional manufacturers; now offering Ultratech, Justrite, Eagle and IPI Specialty Containment Berms models. IPI has also revamped its spill containment website by expanding the portable and secondary spill containment berms line while adding modular spill containment products. IPI now carries more ...
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