Hazardous Waste News
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EPA announces cleanup plan for the Ellis Property Site in Evesham Township, New Jersey: cost of removal of contaminated soil estimated at $13.6 million
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up soil contaminated with trichloroethylene and other volatile organic compounds at the Ellis Property Superfund site in Evesham Township, New Jersey. The contaminated soil is polluting ground water underlying the site. The ground water is not currently being used as a source of drinking water, but ground water at the site ...
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Eco Expo Asia 2013 opens with thematic zones focusing on in-demand regional green solutions
Eco Expo Asia, widely regarded as Asia’s leading annual exhibition for green business solutions, has gathered some of the world’s foremost experts in green technology for its eighth edition. Opening next week from 28 – 31 October at AsiaWorld-Expo, the fair aims to highlight green products and solutions for all parties concerned with reaching a greener future across Asia. The ...
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Real Time WWT-TrainingOnTheWeb
Real Time WWT-TrainingOnTheWeb (www.WWT-TrainingOnTheWeb.com) Thru Your Computer Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Exam and more… Delivered by – Daniel L. Theobald Dan Theobald “Wastewater Dan” The WastewaterWizard Where does someone go to prepare for the Certification Exams for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator or to earn their continuing education ...
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Former Winchester, Idaho hotel owner settles with EPA for asbestos demolition violations
BBA Winchester LLC, the owner of a former hotel located in Winchester, Idaho has settled with EPA and agreed to pay a $21,000 fine for asbestos safety and environmental violations from improper demolition of the hotel. “This is an unfortunate example that when asbestos is not properly removed before demolition, the entire debris pile becomes contaminated, putting people at risk, and ...
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EPA Honors Hunters Point Family Graduates of Brownfields Job Training Program
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Hunters Point Family in congratulating 22 graduates who completed an environmental career training program. The training is part of EPA’s Brownfields Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program, and is designed to provide unemployed or under-employed students the broad array of skills and professional ...
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Eco Expo Asia 2013 opens with thematic zones focusing on in-demand regional green solutions
Eco Expo Asia, widely regarded as Asia’s leading annual exhibition for green business solutions, has gathered some of the world’s foremost experts in green technology for its eighth edition. Opening next week from 28 – 31 October at AsiaWorld-Expo, the fair aims to highlight green products and solutions for all parties concerned with reaching a greener future across Asia. The ...
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Parliament backs plans to halt reckless scrapping of old ships
"I want to stress that this is not an attack against India, Bangladesh or Pakistan - the countries that currently practice beaching - but against the dangerous and highly polluting practice of beaching itself, said Carl Schlyter (Greens/EFA, SE), who steered the legislation through Parliament. "This regulation incentivizes these countries to make the necessary investments in proper ship recycling ...
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Real-time computer training – wastewater treatment plant operator exam
Real-Time Computer Training Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Exam Delivered by – Daniel L. Theobald Dan Theobald “Wastewater Dan” The WastewaterWizard Where does someone go to prepare for the Certification Exams for Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator or to earn their continuing education units (CEUs) to keep up their certification? There are of course training classes ...
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Los Angeles Area Residents Concerned Over Lead & Arsenic Hazards from Recycling Plant
Last month, the Los Angeles Times published a report about area residents’ concerns over exposure to lead and arsenic from a Vernon battery recycling plant. The plant is one of the largest of its kind on the West Coast. It has been around for decades and is located in an area with a dense population. The Los Angeles County Department of Health has announced it will be offering free blood ...
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New poll shows Americans strongly opposed EPA shutdown, look unfavorably on those who put our health and environment at risk
During the 16 days House Republicans held the federal government hostage to their radical agenda, they put our environment and health at risk, and most Americans didn’t like it. Almost two-thirds of Americans say they opposed the near shut-down of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and they want the EPA back on the job, according to a new PPP poll commissioned by the Natural ...
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Envirogen Announces Start-Up of Large Fluidized Bed Reactor System for Perchlorate Remediation at Nevada Industrial Site
Envirogen Technologies, Inc. (Envirogen) announced the successful start-up of a large-scale fluidized bed bioreactor (FBR) system for American Pacific Corporation (AMPAC), to achieve the biodegradation of perchlorate and other constituents from groundwater in the area of a former manufacturing facility in Henderson, Nevada. The 1.2 million gallon per day (MGD) capacity system replaces a smaller ...
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Cracking down on waste crime in Midlands
This morning, Monday 14 October 2013, the Environment Agency launched their Waste Crime Report for 2012/13 along with a new waste crime video, animation and regional statistics uploaded to their website. For the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013, in the Midlands, we stopped (or brought into compliance) 166 illegal waste sites. But we are faced with the difficulty that as you close some sites, ...
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Environmental Industry Sees Elevated Levels of M&A Activity But Fewer Mega-Deals in 2013
Environmental consulting and engineering (C&E), water, and waste companies have been seeing the most action, but in place of large-scale mergers the leading environmental players are picking up smaller firms to extend their geographic reach, add a service or strengthen their presence in a particular client area. “Across many segments of the environmental industry, selective ...
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Companies fined for illegal waste activities
Two companies have been fined a combined total of £26,000 following a major Environment Agency investigation into the illegal handling, storage and export of hazardous waste. Chemson Ltd, of Northumberland Dock Road, Wallsend, near Newcastle, and the Empress Green Trading Company Ltd, of Woods Lane, Oldham, were sentenced today at Bradford Crown Court, along with Joanna Potts, 46, an ...
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GlyEco Completes Acquisition of GSS Automotive Recycling
Sustainable glycol technologies leader GlyEco, Inc. (OTCQB:GLYE) ("GlyEco" or the "Company") has completed the acquisition of GSS Automotive Recycling, Inc. ("GSS"), based in Landover, Maryland. GSS is a leader in the glycol recycling industry, serving over 1,500 customers in the Mid-Atlantic region. The business is known for its outstanding customer service and top-quality recycled antifreeze ...
By GlyEco Inc
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Minneapolis Laboratory Earns New Asbestos Accreditation
EMSL Analytical is proud to announce that our laboratory in Minneapolis, MN has been accredited by the Minnesota Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) to test for the presence of asbestos in drinking water. According to the ELAP, accredited laboratories have demonstrated the capability to analyze environmental samples using approved methods. ELAP evaluates ...
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Firm fined £6,000 over illegal hazardous waste shipment
A Middlesex company has been fined £6,000 for sending hazardous waste to a site in Middlesborough without a valid environmental permit being in place. Regal Rank Ltd, of Eastcote Lane, Harrow, appeared before Teesside Magistrates on 30 September, after admitted one charge of depositing waste without a permit. The firm was prosecuted by the Environment Agency following investigations that ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan for Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a plan to clean up the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, New York, one of the nation’s most seriously contaminated bodies of water. The final plan, announced today on the banks of the canal by EPA Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck with Congressmember Nydia Velázquez, state and local officials and community ...
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City of Tacoma settles with EPA for violating federal rules on PCBs in used oil
The City of Tacoma has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating federal rules on used oil contaminated with toxic polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs. “Today’s settlement should serve as a reminder that handling used oil requires attention to the requirements designed to prevent the distribution of PCBs,” said Edward Kowalski, Director of EPA’s ...
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EPA Obtains Warrant to Address Over 1000 Drums and Containers at New Jersey Facility
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has obtained a federal warrant to do the necessary cleanup work at the Superior Barrel & Drum company facility in Elk Township, New Jersey, where more than a thousand unlabeled or improperly labeled drums and other containers have been left in a state of disrepair. Many of the drums are leaking their contents onto the ground and are exposed to wind and ...
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