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Vapor Intrusion Mitigation System for Brownfield Redevelopment
The project goal was to redevelop a former factory building creating new retail, restaurant, and office space. A solution needed to be developed to keep any contaminated vapors in the soils from releasing into the occupied building spaces. Space was a premium, so the system needed to protect the building occupants with as small a footprint as possible. MAE2 worked with the consultant prior to ...
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EPA Announces Excellence in Site Reuse Award for Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin presented the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA and its Vice President of Facilities, Michael Troupe, with a 2015 Excellence in Site Reuse Award. EPA established the Excellence in Site Reuse award to recognize those who have created extraordinary results in revitalizing and reusing formerly ...
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Public Meeting Scheduled Oct. 25 on Agreement for Cleanup of Chicago Heights Boulevard Site in St. Louis County, Mo.
EPA Region 7 has reached an agreement with PerkinElmer, Inc., for the investigation, mitigation and cleanup of hazardous wastes at the Chicago Heights Boulevard Site in north St. Louis County, Mo. The agreement is subject to a 30-day public comment period, which begins today, before it becomes final. EPA Region 7 will hold a public meeting to discuss the proposed agreement from 7 p.m. to 8:30 ...
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EPA Releases ground water samples from the Lehigh valley site; agency plans further testing to pinpoint eastern edge of contamination
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made available today the results of ground water sampling taken in December 2011 at the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund site in LeRoy, New York. This sampling is part of an ongoing investigation of the nature and extent of the contamination from that site. The results, currently available online, are consistent with previous results from ...
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EPA Finalizes Remediation Plan for Scovill Industrial Landfill Superfund Site in Waterbury, Conn.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the selection of a cleanup plan for the Scovill Industrial Landfill Superfund Site (Site) in Waterbury Connecticut. The final plan will require some limited targeted removal of contaminated soils, a Pre-Design Investigation to better understand and address contaminated soils on certain parcels, a protective cap at the Calabrese Parcel, ...
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TRC Awarded Contract by New York City School Construction Authority
TRC Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRR) today announced that it has been awarded a three-year contract valued at up to $4 million by the New York City School Construction Authority (NYCSCA) to provide environmental and hazardous material consulting services. "TRC is proud to continue providing support to the NYCSCA," said Chris Vincze, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our experts are committed to ...
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EPA to hold listening session on whether to add vapor intrusion as a criterion for superfund sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host its fourth public listening session on whether to include vapor intrusion threats as a criterion for considering hazardous waste sites for the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. The session will also include a discussion of EPA’s efforts to develop final technical guidance for handling vapor intrusion. Superfund is the EPA ...
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EPA Solicits Input about Vapor Intrusion as a Component to the Hazard Ranking System
In January of this year the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Notice of Opportunity for Public Input. The notice was to solicit input about whether to include a vapor intrusion component to the Hazard Ranking System (HRS). The release states, “The HRS is the principal mechanism EPA uses to place sites on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability ...
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Changes Coming to Phase I Environmental Site Assessments in Puerto Rico
This past fall, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule with changes to site assessment standards that will go into effect October 6th, 2015. The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard E1527-05 will be replaced with ASTM E1527-13. People potentially affected by this action are those who perform all appropriate inquiries, including public and ...
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Vapor Intrusion Issues have Activists Concerned in California
Palo Alto’s Mountain View Voice published a story recently about concerns over toxic chemicals at a former military housing complex. Orion Park has been at the center of attention since trichloroethylene (TCE) was found in the groundwater and from samples taken from buildings on the site. The TCE is believed to have contaminated the site from the property’s years of military use. ...
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Mid-Atlantic Building Experts Resolve Vapor Intrusion Problems
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Notice of Opportunity for Public Input in January. The notice solicited input about whether to include a vapor intrusion component to the Hazard Ranking System (HRS). Since then they have held “listening sessions” on the topic. The release stated, “The HRS is the principal mechanism EPA uses to place sites on the ...
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Vapor Intrusion Problems Still an Issue 40 Years after Toxic Spill
Earlier this month, WGRZ published a story about vapor intrusion problems in Leroy, New York. The problem began in 1970 when 25 rail cars left their tracks and spilled cyanide crystals and trichloroethylene (TCE). An estimated 30,000 to 35,000 gallons of TCE spilled onto the ground. According to the report, the cyanide was cleaned up, but the TCE wasn’t. It didn’t take long before ...
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Recent Federal Developments - February 2011
TSCA/FIFRA/NTP/EPCRA EPA Issues Technical Correction On TSCA Section 4 Test Rule On Certain High Production Volume Chemicals: On January 26, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a technical correction to a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 4 final rule EPA issued on January 7, 2011. 76 Fed. Reg. 4549. The test rule concerns testing of certain high production ...
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