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Environmental Response News Magazine #17
This issue of the ERTV News Magazine covers the collapse of a coal slurry impoundment and the resulting 250 million gallon coal waste spill in Kentucky. The Technology Update features environmental dredging options. (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 #6
One of the largest Superfund cleanups in Louisiana is featured, along with the Superfund Accelerated Cleanup Model (SACM) . "Site Shorts" features EPA Regions 3,4, and 6. (1995)
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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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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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NAPP Chemical Explosion
Investigation of explosion at pharmaceutical product manufacture NAPP Industries in Lodi, NJ. The 1995 explosion killed five and injured eight employees. (1997)
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Li Tungsten Superfund Site
Waste from this abandoned 26 acre tungsten manufacturing site in Glen Cove, NY affected the towns waterfront. Hazardous waste included asbestos, radioactive ore, and multiple contaminated reaction vessels. (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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LCP Chemical Site
A 550 acre tidal wetlands site was contaminated with mercury, PCBs, sulfuric acid, and oil refinery wastes. Various engineering solutions were employed in the cleanup. There is also an ongoing study on the effects of mercury in the food chain.(1998)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #19
The main feature highlights the multiagency response/recovery effort to locate the debris of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The Tech Update covers the in-situ removal of TCE from an aquifer in Grafton, MA. (2004)
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Pemaco Superfund Site
Potentailly carcinogenic Volatile Organic Compounds were found in the soil and groundwater beneath the abandoned Pemaco chemical blending facility near Los Angeles. A variety of innovative approaches, including High Vacuum Dual-Phase Extraction, Electrical Resistance Heating, Vapor Extraction, and Pump and Treat were used to remediate the pollution. (2008)
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TRPRC Exercise
The mutual aid organization TRPRC (Three Rivers Pollution Response Council) held an Energency Response Exercise in Martinsville, WV to test the groups reaction to simulated terrorist, WMD, and HAZMAT scenarios. (2005)
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Vineland Chemical EPA Superfund Site
To treat arsenic contamination at a former herbicide manufacturing plant in New Jersey, USEPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers implemented an innovative soil washing system that returns 95 % of the soil as clean backfill to the site. (2005)
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Starmet Radiation Site
The unique characteristics of radiation contaminated waste are investigated at this South Carolina cleanup site. Radioactive wastewater was treated and reduced to a solid, along with the removal of over 12,000 drums of radiological waste. (2004)
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Fisherville Mill
When a mill burned to the ground in Grafton, MA, trichloroethylene and No.6 Fuel Oil were found in the aquifer. The area was stabilized and an in-situ oxidation method, using sodium permanganate was used to remediate the area. (2003)
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When Superfund was reauthorized in 1986, the EPA was required to develop a set of regulations for protecting worker safety. This video describes this regulation (HAZWOPER) and presents details of the regulation's requirements. (1992)
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