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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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Summitville Mine
At the Summitville Mine, highly contaminated water runs through an abandoned mine shaft. Fractures in the adjacent rock make the investigation and remediation a challenge. (1998)
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Chlorine Dioxide (CL02) Demonstration Project
Methods used to evaluate CL02 as a gas phase fumigant are presented in response to Anthrax Bio-Terrorism events. (2002)
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Navajo Vats II
This program highlights pilot treatability studies by the EPA and the Navajo Nation to determine the most cost-effective way to clean up soils contaminated with toxaphene.(1998)
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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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Bayou Bonfouca
A wood treating facility released massive amounts of creosote and other industrial pollutants into the neighboring bayou. Sophisticated equipment, including a computer-monitored dredge was developed to assist in the cleanup. (1995)
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Environmental Dredging
This video reviews environmental dredging of lakes, rivers and bays, utilizing special equipment and procedures to remove contaminated sediments with a minimum of impact on valuable aquatic resources. (2000)
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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 #8
This installment of the ERTV News Magazine documents a 4-phase action plan by 20 agencies designed to eliminate the immediate and long-term effects of the pesticide methyl parathion in Ohio residences. (1996)
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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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Environmental Response News Magazine #18
ERTV News Mag #18 features the cleanup of an abandoned chemical research and development facility, the cleanup of a former bomb incendiary manufacturing site, the air sampling for the apartments surrounding the WTC, and the USEPA's computer recycling program. (2003)
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Navajo Vats - Spanish Language Version
Toxaphene was used regularly by the Navajo Nation as a pesticide to treat livestock, and then discarded into pits. Several pits were tested by the EPA and the Navajo Superfund Office as bioremediation sites. (1993)
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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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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 #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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Eaton Asbestos
An abandoned 43 acre sugar beet processing factory on Colorado's front range was contaminated with asbestos and lime waste. The community worked with the state and federal agencies to redevelop the city owned site. (2013)
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Returning a River To Health: Dredging the Upper Hudson
Documentary on the historic dredging of PCB contaminated sediments from the Hudson River. General Electric conducted the cleanup along 200 miles of the river, which is classified by EPA as a Superfund Site – one of the largest in the country.(2010)
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Environmental Response News Magazine #9
This installment highlights a rapidly spreading tire fire in Michigan, the SCRIBE computer program for on-site data recording, and phytoremediation, which is the use of plants to remove contaminants from soil. (1997)
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Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery
Following the Feb. 1, 2003 Shuttle Columbia accident, 5,600 people from numerous agencies took part in the shuttle debris recovery effort. FEMA coordinated the investigation using the Incident Command System. (2003)
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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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Tranguch Gasoline Spill Site
The story follows work in Hazelton, PA to mitigate the effects of the vapor threat to 400 homes. The threat resulted from a gasoline leak in an underground storage tank. A computer model tracked the spill and soil-vapor extraction systems were installed. (2001)
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Revegetation with Native Plants
The use of native plants species to revegetate cleaned up Superfund sites is presented. Native plants provide better erosion control, drought tolerance, and longer life spans. Larger populations and more diverse wildlife are attracted to these invasive-free areas. (2000)
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