brownfield remediation Articles
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GCL serves as cap in brownfield remediation site
PROJECT: Patterson Plank Road Brownfield Remediation LOCATION: Patterson, New Jersey PRODUCTS: BENTOMAT® SDN BACKGROUND: This New Jersey brownfield was formerly the site of a chemical recycling facility. CHALLENGE: The soil at the site was heavily contaminated, and off-site removal would have been extremely costly. High winds and very cold weather also posed a problem. SOLUTION: The site ...
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Remediated sites and brownfields: Success stories in Europe
This document presents examples of success stories of remediation of contaminated soils in various contexts and different European countries. Thirteen countries comprising 19 European regions present a total of 29 cases which illustrate how soil and brownfields remediation along with sustainable land management have become essential for reversing the trend of soil degradation and ensuring the ...
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Improving the Predictability of Petroleum Brownfield Restoration
It’s no secret that the United States has an aging infrastructure problem. The public’s attention is focused on the repair of roadways and bridges, but there is also an ongoing initiative to address the existing infrastructure of legacy underground storage tanks, abandoned gas stations and truck stops, that are designated petroleum brownfields. As of July 2021, approximately 21 ...
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Sea Power 101: Award Winning Bioremediation Solution
Case Study: Gasworks, Chertsey At the 2008 Brownfield Briefing Remediation Innovation Awards, Tamdown won ‘Best Use of a Single Remediation Technique’ for their treatment of a former gasworks in Surrey using Sea Power 101. Applied to vented biopiles housed in large poly tunnels, Tamdown were able to treat and re-use 3,250 tonnes of contaminated soil. Method: Tamdown's installed long ...
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New Perimeter Air Monitoring Guidelines Expected Soon in New Jersey
This summer, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is expected to introduce a long-anticipated guidance document on perimeter air monitoring. The guidance will apply to sites for which an NJDEP spill case has been generated, placing them under regulation of the Contaminated Site Remediation and Redevelopment Program unit (formerly referred to as the Site Remediation ...
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Insurance Matures for Redevelopment
After going through an often-painful learning curve in the late 1970s and 1980s, insurance underwriters have developed increasing expertise in writing policies to protect property owners, contractors and other parties in site-remediation projects against unforeseen cost exposures. Two principal insurance vehicles - remediation cost-cap and pollution legal liability (PLL) - are used on many ...
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Vibration Monitors Help Protect Property During Remediation
Vibration instrumentation on hire from Ashtead Technology helped a firm of engineering contractors to ensure that remediation of contaminated land did not incur costly structural damage to nearby properties. Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 aims to identify land affected by contamination that presents an unacceptable risk in its present state. If such land is identified, Part 2A ...
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Seattle, WA - Rapid PCE remediation for Brownfield redevelopment - Case Study
Brownfield Redevelopment in South Lake Union Area of Seattle Project Summary TRS Group, Inc. (TRS) designed, installed and operated an electrical resistance heating (ERH) source area remediation project at a former commercial laundry and dry cleaning facility in the rapidly growing area of South Lake Union in Seattle, WA, The scope of the remediation was to treat tetrachloroethene (PCE) as ...
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Transfer stations the revitalization of a transfer station complex
Lancaster county solid waste management authority (LCSWMA) manages the municipal solid waste from Lancaster County, PA homes and businesses, serving approximately 520,000 residents. Once private haulers deliver the waste to LCSWMA, the organization employs a multi-step approach to trash disposal and processing, called an Integrated System. This system saves significant landfill capacity and ...
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New Jersey AC 7 26 D Remediation Standards
The New Jersey (USA) AC 7 26 D Remediation Standards developed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for the implementation of the Brownfield and Contaminated Site Remediation Act, NJSA 58:10B-12, among other statutes such as The Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA), NJSA 13:1K‐6 et seq., the Water Pollution Control Act, NJSA 58:10A‐1 et seq., and the New Jersey ...
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Hired metals analyser ensures remediation success
Cognition Land and Water Ltd, a UK based remediation specialist, has hired a portable XRF metals analyser to improve the speed of remediation work at a project in London’s Kentish Town. The project had a major impact on local residents so timescales were extremely tight but Cognition’s Charlie Jarvis says “It would not have been possible to meet the deadline without the use of ...
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What Are the Benefits of the Thermal Desorption Process?
The thermal desorption process, a sophisticated remediation technique employed in environmental engineering, has garnered attention for its effectiveness in treating contaminated soil, sediments, and groundwater. By harnessing the power of heat to remove organic contaminants from solid matrices, thermal desorption offers a range of benefits that make it a preferred choice for remediation projects ...
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