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Federal plan to bury nuke waste in Nevada drawing fire
Federal plans to truck radioactive material from a World War II-era plant in Tennessee to Nevada for burial in the desert are rekindling a long-running battle to prevent the Silver State from becoming the nation's nuclear dumping ground. U.S. Department of Energy officials told residents at a town hall meeting Wednesday in Las Vegas that the state doesn't have authority to prevent shipments of ...
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Agreement ensures removing contaminated buildings from nuclear metals superfund site in Concord, Mass.
A new agreement will set the stage for more work to occur at a Concord, Mass. Superfund site, including the demolition of contaminated buildings which are unsound and need to be removed. The agreement, an Administrative Settlement Agreement between EPA, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Energy, Textron, Inc. and Whittaker Corporation, outlines responsibilities for $70 million for performance of a ...
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NDA sets out clean-up priorities for Dounreay
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s annual business plan, published today, sets out the key activities it expects to see carried out at Dounreay over the next 12 months. These range from destroying 50 per cent of the liquid metal still inside the Dounreay Fast Reactor to targets for solidifying more of the liquid waste from historical fuel reprocessing and progress towards a new disposal ...
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EPA proposes site in New Jersey for the superfund list of hazardous waste sites
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to add the Curtis Specialty Papers, Inc. site (also known as the James River Paper site) in Milford, Hunterdon County, New Jersey to the EPA’s National Priorities List (NPL) of sites with known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories. The NPL ...
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EPA and municipality of guaynabo removing 1,500 toxic drums and containers from abandoned warehouse
Removing a significant threat to public health and safety, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico are proceeding with an emergency cleanup of improperly stored hazardous materials at a storage facility in Barrio Vietnam, Guaynabo. EPA is working closely with Guaynabo fire, police and hazardous materials personnel on the removal of over 1,500 drums ...
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LWaRB call for infrastructure funding bids as it looks to more environmentally methods of waste disposal
A final call has been made for funding bids by the London Waste and Recycling Board. It has made the call because, despite having plenty of bids, it wants to encourage bids that are more specific to its aims. According to LWaRB it has received 200 expressions of interest for funding so far. However, it is looking to encourage infrastructure which enables a shift away from the disposal of waste ...
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Company to Repay the EPA for its Costs to Clean Up Site Contaminated with 70 Tons of Asbestos in Lawrenceville, New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a legal agreement with D.S.C. of Newark Enterprises, Inc. to obtain $1.6 million spent by the EPA to clean up the Friction Division Products site in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The site was formerly home to Friction Division Products Inc. and was abandoned by the company when it shut down the business. Friction Division Products filed for ...
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EPA completes cleanup of abandoned manufacturing site in camden, N.J.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed asbestos and hazardous materials at an abandoned manufacturing facility in Camden, New Jersey. EPA removed over four hundred drums, pails and other containers, containing hazardous chemicals including hexavalent chromium, perchloric acid, butanol, dichlorobenzene, hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid. They were disposed of at an off-site ...
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EPA Finalizes Cleanup Plan to Address Contaminated Soil at the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund Site in South Plainfield, New Jersey; Contaminated Soil and Debris to be Removed; Cleanup Expected to Cost $24 Million
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its cleanup plan to address contaminated soil and debris at the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund site in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Previous dumping of old electrical capacitors at the site has contaminated some of the soil with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs are chemicals that persist in the environment and can affect the immune, ...
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EPA Encourages Public to Comment on Plan to Address Contaminated Soil at the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund Site in South Plainfield, New Jersey; Contaminated Soil and Debris to Be Removed
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan to address contaminated soil and debris at the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund site in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Previous dumping of old electrical capacitors at the site has contaminated some of the soil with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs are chemicals that persist in the environment and can affect the immune, reproductive, ...
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EPA to begin soil cleanup at ellenville scrap iron and metal superfund site in ulster county, N.Y.; EPA to hold public meeting on may 11 to discuss work at site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it will begin to excavate contaminated soil on the Ellenville Scrap Iron and Metal Superfund site in Ellenville, N.Y and move it to the landfill on the property. The landfill will then be securely capped to prevent contaminants from leaching out of the landfill into the ground water. The excavation of the soil, which is ...
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EPA to excavate contaminated soil, monitor groundwater at Ellenville scrap iron and metal superfund site in Ulster County, N.Y. (NY)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that it has finalized the steps it will take to clean up the Ellenville Scrap Iron and Metal Superfund site in the Village of Ellenville, N.Y. in Ulster County. EPA will excavate contaminated soil from six different areas at the site, consolidate the soil on the landfill portion of the site and then securely cap the landfill, which ...
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US$1m Texas Township hazardous drum cleanup nearly complete
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has nearly completed its $1 million Superfund cleanup of hazardous chemical drums on West O Avenue in Texas Township, Mich., near Kalamazoo. Some materials remain at the site staged for disposal. Security will be maintained at the property until the materials are collected and sent to EPA-approved disposal facilities. Michigan Department of ...
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EPA finalizes plan for next phase of cleanup at Jefferson County, New York Toxic Site, which has contaminated public water supply
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to demolish a building, dig up contaminated soil and sediment, and treat the ground water at the Crown Cleaners of Watertown, Inc. Superfund site in Herrings, New York. The soil and sediment are contaminated with volatile organic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and the ground water is contaminated with volatile ...
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Monitors arrive after radioactive waste site fire in Nevada
Radiation wasn't immediately detected during fly-overs of a burned trench containing long-buried radioactive waste at a commercial disposal site in rural southern Nevada, state and federal officials said Monday. Ground testing was scheduled next, headed by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency radiological emergency team sent to the site about 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Rusty ...
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Veolia Environmental Services Attains OHSAS 18001 Certification for On-Site Services at the Ohio State University
Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C., the hazardous waste division of Veolia Environmental Services North America, is pleased to announce that its on-site services group at The Ohio State University has achieved OHSAS 18001 certification. OHSAS 18001 is an international occupational health and safety management system that provides a framework to control health and ...
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Veolia Environmental Services to Partner with the New York City Department of Sanitation on ‘SAFE’ Disposal Events
Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC, the hazardous waste division of Veolia Environmental Services North America, will partner with the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) and assist with five NYC SAFE Disposal Events in each of the city’s five boroughs this spring. The NYC SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables and Electronics) Disposal Events will ...
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Veolia Environmental Services Re-Opens State-of-the-Art Hazardous Materials Reclamation Facility
Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC, the hazardous waste division of Veolia Environmental Services North America (VESNA), today celebrated the re-opening of its hazardous reclamation and treatment facility in West Carrollton, Ohio. An on-site re-opening event played host to international, national and local dignitaries including Richard Burke, President and CEO of ...
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Kent man sentenced to carry out community service for waste crime
A Kent man has been sentenced to carry out 200 hours of community service and pay costs of £8,440 by Canterbury Magistrates’ Court for illegally dumping waste in Thanet. David Powell pleaded guilty to the offences along with David Springer, who was fined £500 and ordered to pay costs of £500. Waste was dumped at the Old Mushroom Farm, Manston Road, Thanet, between ...
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Construction World, June 2016, Waste To Wealth
CW delves deeper into various solutions and technologies to manage city waste. Solid waste management (SWM) is becoming an area of acute concern in India. A recent report submitted to the National Green Tribunal by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) revealed that nearly 76 per cent of all cities indiscriminately dump their solid waste in violation of the rules, ...
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