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Operation Inland Response
A simulated collision between a chlorine tanker truck and diesel fuel delivery truck sets the stage for this full field emergency response exercise held in Irvine, CA (1992)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #2
The second ERTV News Magazine visits a first responder training exercise in Irvine, CA, and investigates and underground oil plume in VA. Cleanup options at abandoned wood treatment sites are studied along with aquatic life next to a cleaned PCB site in MD. (1992)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #5
The Divex Explosive Site near Columbia SC required the cooperation of over 30 agencies and contractors to safely detonate and remove explosives in the 5th installment of the ERTV News magazine. Site Shots makes stops in LA, WY, HI. In-situ Vitrification is presented as a viable remediation alternative in Technology Update.(1994)
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The Samoan Way
Highlights EPA's assistance to the American Samoan EPA in evaluating and disposing of badly corroded chlorine and ammonia gas cylinders. (1997)
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EPA Region III Emergency Response Exercise Buckeye Pipeline
This video highlights a one-day emergency response drill simulating a pipeline break which simulated the release of approximately 300 barrels of gasoline into a creek. Air and stream water were constantly monitored. Includes follow-up critiques. (1995)
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The Southern Shipbuilding Site
During 30 years of barge repair, waste from hull containers was pumped into 8 pits near Slidell. LA.. Poorly constructed levees threatened spills into the adjacent bayou.(1994)
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Environmental Response News Magazine # 12
First responders encountering clandestine drug labs face a new set of challenges. The magazines's main feature story presents guidelines to keep them informed, aware, and safe. Also covered: A heat treatment system for residences contaminated with methyl parathion; an oil spill dispersion exercise; and a phytoremediation update. (1999)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #3
Featured stories include a wood-treating site cleanup in Montana and an experimental sea oil burn analysis on the coast of Alabama. The latest advances in environmental computer technology, including lasers and remote control are presented in “Technology Update.” "Site Shorts" covers work in IN, CA, and WA. (1993)
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Trans Alaska Pipeline Minton Creek Exercise
Documents an Oil Spill Exercise staged by Alyeska Pipeline Company. The pipeline runs from North Slope of Alaska to the port city of Valdez. EPA and the state provided government oversight. Logistics played an important part of drill due to remote region where the simulated spill occurred. (2000)
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Operation Diamond Head
This video covers a full-field emergency response exercise for a simulated vehicle collision and subsequent release of HNO3, HCl gas, and a pesticide. Assessment, control, cleanup, and a post-exercise critique are included. (1996)
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Alabama Oil Burn
A joint US/Canadian study to measure the environmental impact of burning spilled oil as a cleanup technique. Data were used to assess potential environmental impact. (1993)
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Picket Road Superfund Site
An oil spill in Fairfax, VA led EPA to investigate its effect on the areas groundwater. Hydro-geologic ground water modeling was used to design an effective cleanup plan. (1992)
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Midwest Floods of 1997
In support of the 1997 Midwest floods, the U.S. EPA participated in an effort to collect, identify, and dispose of hundreds of tanks and drums containing petroleum products and hazardous chemicals that were contaminated, ruptured, and washed downstream. (1997)
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Montana Post and Pole Groundwater Treatment Facility
The below-freezing winter temperatures of the Montana winter presented a challenge for the construction of recovery wells and a water-treatment plant to recover PCP and diesel products and remediate contaminated groundwater.(1993)
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Alaska Rural Bulk Fuel Storage
In spite of a subsistence lifestyle, petrochemicals fuel much of rural Alaska. Aging bulk fuel storage tanks are deteriorating and out of compliance. Agencies are cooperating to bring updated storage systems to these remote villages. (2000)
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ERT's Fast Water Oil Spill Training Course
A description of the 3-day training course used to prepare emergency responders for handling hazardous materials and oil spills in a fast water environment. (2002)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #13
The sacred fishing waters of the Yurok Tribe of Northern California are threatened by an illegal dump site. The latest techniques and policies used at asbestos abatement sites are featured along with Federal On Scene Coordinator readiness training. (2000)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #14
Both feature stories address oil spills from abandoned petroleum pump stations. The first concerns removal via oil/water pumps, and the second depicts site revegetation with native plants. The Tech. Update addresses a pilot on-site thermal desorption system. (2001)
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Alaska MAD Drill
A Mutual Aid Drill (MAD) was held in Alaska to prepare responders for oil spill emergencies. Set on the North Slope, the drill involved a potential crude oil spill from a pump station. The exercise underscored the necessity of establishing relationships between participating agencies, groups, and Alyeska Pipeline Company. (2000)
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Martin County, KY Coal Waste Spill
This video describes the collapse of a coal slurry impoundment in Kentucky, it's effect on the surrounding residents and ecology, and the work of 36 agencies to clean-up and restore the area. (2001)
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Green Pond Oil Spill
A subsurface pumping mechanism is used to contain and recover crude oil seeping into the soil from a defunct pumping station in Green Pond, NJ.(2000)
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Operation Ko Olau Highlights
Highlight footage from a 1997 Hawaiian emergency response exercise held in a new highway tunnel is presented. (1997)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #11
ERTV News Mag #11 features a gas cylinder evaluation/disposal project in American Samoa. Also covered are a cleanup of a PCB-contaminated site, a pesticide removal project, and a petroleum waste bioremediation project. (1998)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #15
This issue highlights the ERT Dive Team and their projects, as well as covering geothermal well plugging, the Tranguch gasoline spill site in PA, and a training exercise in Alaska for responders to oil spill emergencies. (2001)
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Environmental Response News Magazine # 1
Topics for this installment include reports on abandoned wood-treating sites, an ecological study, an emergency response exercise, and Eco-Toxicologists studying insects adjacent to a PCB contaminated site. (1992)
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