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EPA to hold a public availability session regarding the capital city Plume Site, Montgomery, Alabama
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a Public Availability Session on Thursday, November 3, 2011 regarding the Capital City Plume Site in Montgomery, AL. Representatives from EPA, the United States Geological Survey, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry will be available to provide information and answer ...
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New partnership supports leachate and groundwater pumps
To help landfill operators with leachate management, surveyors with groundwater analysis and remediation specialists, Geotech and enitial have partnered for supply and service of pneumatic QED AP pumps. Jointly they will provide comprehensive and integrated supply-and-service of these high performance pumps in the UK at lower costs. Responding to requests Geotech customers have been requesting ...
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EPA Region 7 Receives Report of Groundwater Analysis by U.S. Geological Survey for West Lake Landfill Superfund Site
EPA Region 7 has received an independent report issued today by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) about groundwater conditions at the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo., and will carefully review the report’s findings as the Agency moves toward selection of a final remedy for the site. The USGS study, which was requested by EPA in April 2013, summarizes an analysis and ...
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EPA outlines next steps at the capital city plume site in Montgomery, AL
EPA will communicate to building owners and the general public the results of indoor air quality and outside soil vapor sampling that took place in mid-August 2011 as soon as those results are available. If warranted by the results of the sampling data, EPA may undertake additional sampling and/or mitigate exposure to contaminants through indoor air utilizing its emergency response authority. ...
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Marathon Oil Company agrees to propose and implement remedy for groundwater contamination at Sidney, Neb. (NE)
Marathon Oil Company, of Houston, Texas, has reached an agreement with EPA Region 7 to conduct a cleanup study and implement a remedy for groundwater contamination at its former West Sidney Gas Plant in Sidney, Neb. Under an administrative order on consent, filed in Kansas City, Kan., Marathon will first conduct a study of alternative remedies for the groundwater contamination, and then ...
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Identifying areas at risk for arsenic contamination
The contamination of groundwater with arsenic poses a risk to the health of millions of people, especially in the densely populated river deltas of Southeast Asia. To date, no method has been available for identifying high-risk areas without conducting costly sampling campaigns. Now, Eawag has developed a model that allows vulnerable areas to be pinpointed using existing data on geology and soil ...
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HPR-40 MIMS System Assists in Denitrification Studies
Denitrification is the process carried out by bacteria that converts nitrites and nitrates to nitrogen, nitric oxide and nitrous oxide gases. Two of these gases have been linked with ozone layer depletion and global warming. Denitrification is an anaerobic process and occurs in environments where oxygen levels are depleted, such as within soils and groundwater. The Hiden HPR-40 membrane inlet ...
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Innovative Remediation: Integral Geochemist Presents Papers at Battelle Conference in Monterey
Integral geochemist Steven Helgen presented papers on enhanced site remediation techniques at Battelle’s Seventh International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds held in Monterey, California, on May 24–27, 2010. Attracting more than 1,000 participants, the conference focused on the innovative application of existing or new technologies or approaches to ...
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New Jersey Loses Hundreds of Millions in Natural Resources Damages
TRENTON, New Jersey, October 1, 2007 (ENS) - New Jersey may not be able to get compensation for damage to the state's natural resources by polluters in thousands of contaminated groundwater cases, according to an analysis of a recent court ruling by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, PEER, a national alliance of state and federal agency resource professionals. This ruling ...
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EPA Seeks Public Input on Proposed Actions for Two Massachusetts Military Reservation Sites
EPA is seeking public input on proposed actions for two sites on the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR). A 30-day public comment period, ending Aug. 16, begins today for two “Remedy Selection Plans” which outline the proposed alternatives for addressing groundwater contamination at the sites. There will also be a public information meeting on July 24 on these topics. The plans ...
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EPA Finalizes $11 Million Plan to Clean Up Soil and Groundwater at Toxic Site in Glen Cove, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its cleanup plan to address contaminated groundwater and soil at the Mattiace Petrochemical Co., Inc. Superfund site in Glen Cove, New York. The groundwater and soil are contaminated with volatile organic compounds as a result of previous operations at the site by a chemical distribution and drum-cleaning business. The plan amends a prior, ...
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