contaminated site cleanup News
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EPA dishes $69.3 million towards contaminated sites cleanup & community revitalization
Contaminated sites stemming from abandoned industrial and commercial properties are a problem. Other than being an eyesore, they can significantly prohibit the growth and economic development of their surrounding communities. It is for this reason the EPA announced on May 24th that they will be dispersing $69.3 million in grants towards new investments that will provide funding for communities to ...
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$438 Million in Funds Headed for Contaminated Site Cleanups in New Jersey from Major Bankruptcy Court Settlement
Money from a historic settlement reached with Anadarko and Kerr-McGee has now been disbursed for cleanups across the country, including $438 million that will go toward paying for past and future cleanup work at two New Jersey Superfund sites. The settlement funds will be used at the Welsbach Superfund site in Camden and Gloucester City, New Jersey and reimburse the federal government for ...
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High-resolution groundwater profiling and monitoring for cost-effective, accurate, and detailed results
Understanding contaminant migration pathways, concentration gradients, and monitoring these over time, is key to a successful contaminated site cleanup. To achieve this, high-resolution groundwater profiling and monitoring is essential. This workshop will present tools that can be used to gain the detailed data required, and how their principles and operation allow this in an accurate and ...
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EPA to introduce new measures to increase soil recovery at contanimated sites
As part of the US EPA's goal of improved environmental stewardship across its programs, the Agency has begun examining opportunities to integrate sustainable practices into the decision-making processes and implementation strategies used to remediate and manage contaminated lands. Three major efforts under this umbrella will be discussed in this seminar; 1) Green remediation, 2) soil amendments ...
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MFA Brings Brownfield Redevelopment Planning Workshop to Portland, Oregon
The leading brownfields consulting firm in the Pacific Northwest is bringing its Brownfield Redevelopment Planning Workshop to Portland, OR, on June 13-14. Join the MFA team as they take you through an interactive workshop that gives attendees the opportunity to create a strategy to successfully redevelop a contaminated property. Developed as a method of testing the effectiveness of the ...
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AECOM Promotes US Air Force Sustainable Remediation Tool for Contaminated Site Cleanups - New Technology Optimizes Green and Sustainable Site Remediation Practices
SAN ANTONIO - AECOM has expanded its role assisting the United States Air Force Center for Engineering and Environment (AFCEE) by promoting awareness and use of AFCEE’s publicly available Sustainable Remediation Tool. AECOM’s global environmental practice, a world leader in developing environmental solutions, has a leading Green and Sustainable Remediation (GSR) practice that is ...
By AECOM
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New ENSR Online Seminar Addresses Phytoremediation for Site Cleanups
Phytoremediation Technology Presents - Cost Effective Remediation Solutions WESTFORD, Mass. (September 11, 2006) - A new online seminar focusing on using Phytoremediation for site cleanups is being given by ENSR, a leading nationwide environmental consulting and engineering firm. Phytoremediation uses plants (trees, grasses and wetland species) to remove or stabilize environmental ...
By AECOM
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City of Marco Island and quality enterprises USA, Inc. agree to pay penalty to resolve clean air act violations (FL)
The city of Marco Island, Florida, and Quality Enterprises USA, Inc. (Quality) have entered into an administrative consent agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to settle allegations that the city and Quality violated the Clean Air Act and the federal asbestos regulations known as the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Asbestos. Under the consent ...
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EPA: Most Waste Sites Used for Renewable Energy Subject to State Laws, Not CERCLA
The “vast majority” of contaminated sites requiring cleanup are likely to be addressed by state cleanup programs and won't involve federal cleanup or enforcement laws, the Environmental Protection Agency said in a reference guide addressing liability for renewable energy projects at contaminated sites. Such state programs include superfund, brownfields and voluntary cleanup programs, ...
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EPA Provides $300,000 in Grants and Loans to Clean Up Contaminated Properties in the Bronx
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing a total of $300,000 in grants and low-interest loans to the City of New York to clean up abandoned and contaminated properties. The funding is being awarded under the EPA’s brownfields program, which helps communities assess, clean up, and reuse properties at which moderate contamination threatens environmental quality and public health ...
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Senior EPA Officials Pay Tribute to Ira Leighton, who Helped Shape Environmental Protection since 1972
EPA officials made the following statements regarding the passing, on July 26, 2013, of Ira W. Leighton, of Holliston, Mass., Deputy Regional Administrator of US EPA Region 1: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy: “During his 41 years of public service, Ira Leighton was truly a force for environmental protection and an institution within EPA. Ira was innovative, practical, and ...
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Hanford tank may be leaking waste into soil
An underground tank holding some of the worst radioactive waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site might be leaking into the soil. The U.S. Energy Department said workers at Washington state's Hanford Nuclear Reservation detected higher radioactivity levels under tank AY-102 during a routine inspection Thursday. Spokeswoman Lori Gamache said the department has notified Washington ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for the Cayuga County Ground Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to address contaminated ground water at the Cayuga County Ground Water Contamination Superfund site in Cayuga County, New York. Ground water at the site is contaminated with volatile organic compounds, which can cause serious damage to people’s health and the environment. The EPA held a public meeting in Union Springs, New York ...
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EPA and General Electric Company Sign Agreement to Protect Drinking Water at Cayuga County, New York Superfund Site; Drinking Water Impacted by Volatile Organic Compounds
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed an agreement with the General Electric Company requiring the company to take over the maintenance and replace, if necessary, treatment systems on wells that supply drinking water to four properties within the Cayuga County Groundwater Contamination Superfund site. GE will pay $50,000 of the EPA’s past costs associated with the site, as ...
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EPA to hold public meeting on the Cayuga County ground water contamination superfund site in Cayuga County, New York; Protecting Drinking Water EPA Priority
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to clean up contaminated ground water at the Cayuga County Ground Water Contamination Superfund site located in Cayuga County, New York. The General Electric Company (GE) owned and manufactured semiconductors at a facility on Genesee Street in the City of Auburn. For a time, Powerex, Inc., a joint venture of GE and others, bought the ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Scientific Chemical Processing Superfund Site in Carlstadt, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated ground water at the Scientific Chemical Processing Superfund site in Carlstadt, New Jersey. Past industrial activities contaminated shallow and deep levels of the ground water with volatile organic compounds, which can have serious health effects. The cleanup plan calls for the ground water to be treated to ...
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EPA Grant Aids Waynesboro Downtown Redevelopment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced $400,000 in funding to the City of Waynesboro, Va. to help assess the clean up needed for contaminated properties that will lead to potential redevelopment. These are the first EPA brownfields funds awarded to Waynesboro, and also the first in Augusta County. “I’m pleased to present Waynesboro this $400,000 grant to assess 17 ...
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EPA Finalizes Plan to Address Contaminated Soil at Maywood Chemical Company Superfund Site in NJ
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to address chemically-contaminated soil at the Maywood Chemical Company Superfund site in Maywood, Lodi and Rochelle Park, New Jersey. Previous industrial activity at the site resulted in contamination of the soil and groundwater with volatile organic compounds, radioactive waste and heavy metals. Exposure to these pollutants can ...
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$900K EPA grant to address revitalization challenges along Colfax Avenue in Denver and Lakewood, Colorado
The Colfax Mainstreet Coalition, a partnership among the City of Denver, the City of Lakewood, and the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA), today announced a $900,000 Brownfields grant it received from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will be used to study the Colfax Avenue corridor to foster redevelopment of Colorado’s original main street. Twenty community ...
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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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