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Hazardous Waste Landfill: - An excavated or engineered site where hazardous waste is deposited and covered. [Environmental Protection Agency]
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Get a big whiff of landfill debate - 04 Aug 2008 Peoria Journal Star,The Illinois Pollution Control Board will host a hearing about proposed changes at Peoria County's hazardous waste landfill. "It threatens the whole of
GUEST VIEW: State needs to get hazardous waste policy - Jul 31, 2008 Niagara Gazette,Today, CWM flunks that test because it is the only hazardous waste landfill. A second landfill in NY would not stop CWM expansion, but instead would help it
CIWT Begins Construction of New Site - Jul 30, 2008 �富財經,In addition the project will include capacity expansion of a hazardous waste landfill, an industrial effluent treatment system and an organic solvent
MONDAY: Hazardous waste siting plan released (4:17 pm) - Jul 28, 2008 Niagara Gazette,...the outcome of CWM Chemical Services application for a new hazardous waste landfill, RMU-2, at its facility straddling the towns of Lewiston and Porter.
CWM: Erie County lawmakers criticize expansion - Jul 17, 2008 Niagara Gazette,Without CWM, New York state’s only hazardous waste landfill and one of only 17 commercial hazardous waste landfills remaining in the country, costs for New
Hazardous waste rules light up prospects for mercury - Jul 14, 2008 Crain's Manchester Business,It started with the landfill directive, which reduced the number of hazardous waste landfill sites from 250 to 12, and culminated most recently in the WEEE
At Former Landfill, RFID Monitors Workers and Waste - Jul 25, 2008 RFID Journal,By Brett Neely July 25, 2008—Sondermülldeponie Kölliken (SMDK), a hazardous waste landfill in Kölliken, Switzerland, has adopted an ultra-wideband (UWB)
PORTER: Opposition piles up to PCB shipment - Jul 14, 2008 Niagara Gazette,David Paterson, calling the decision “one more blatant example of a horrible (state) policy that encourages hazardous waste landfill disposal� and called on
Peoria landfill talks trash - Jul 24, 2008 Peoria Journal Star,Peoria Disposal Co. runs the hazardous waste landfill near Pottstown. But Peoria Director of Public Works Dave Barber said that doesn't necessarily mean
Ohio EPA alleges landfill operator violated permit - Jul 24, 2008 Toledo Blade,By IGNAZIO MESSINA Envirosafe Services of Ohio Inc., which operates the state's only commercial hazardous waste landfill just east of Toledo, violated eight
Cleanup of park hits snag - Jul 21, 2008 Gainesville Sun,That other option is taking the soil to a secure hazardous waste landfill in Georgia and bringing in clean dirt. Hart said that the landfill option would
Continental to buy part of closed plant - Jul 15, 2008 TMCnetIn marketing the property, Continental seeks to sell 376 acres, including a closed 58-acre hazardous waste landfill, for $13.8 million.
Anatomy of a cleanup - Jul 13, 2008 The Herald-Times (subscription),The contaminated dirt was taken to a hazardous waste landfill in Detroit, Henshaw said. A fill material was added to the formerly contaminated areas and new
Megastore goes ahead on gas site - Jul 10, 2008 Gisborne Herald,...was passed on to existing owners and earlier this week work began to remove contaminated soil and transport it to a licensed hazardous-waste landfill.
Less hazardous waste sent to landfill shows new report - Nov 29, 2007 Materials Handling World Magazine,Less hazardous waste is being sent to landfill, 60% less than in 2004, and more of it is being treated and recycled shows latest figures release today
State expands efforts to control toxic mercury - Dec 1, 2007 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,Soil and solid-waste contaminated with mercury can be removed and disposed of in a hazardous waste landfill, but the mercury will never be eliminated.
ENVIRONMENT: CWM addresses radiation concerns - Nov 8, 2007 Niagara Gazette,...meeting Thursday night at CWM Chemical Services, the Town of Porter hazardous waste landfill currently surveying its property for radioactive materials.
Source of toxic 'hot spot' a mystery - Nov 26, 2007 Seattle Post IntelligencerRecords show the firm in 1999 hauled away more than 50000 pounds of soil to a hazardous-waste landfill. But the records show that the excavation was done in
Low--level radiation samples at Porter sent to lab via fedex - Nov 9, 2007 Trading Markets (press release),That summed up the message aired during a discussion held at CWM, the Northeast's only active commercial hazardous waste landfill -- radiation is all around
Porter officials see opportunity for waterfront park - Nov 26, 2007 Buffalo News,The town received $2 million this year from officials at CWM Chemical Services, a hazardous waste landfill operating on Balmer Road.
LEW-PORT: Pre-K class rekindles truck concerns - Nov 12, 2007 Niagara Gazette,...as an expanded pre-kindergarten program has pushed class times out of blackout periods for trucks from a nearby hazardous waste landfill.
CWM: ?Foul-smelling? foam not dangerous - Nov 3, 2007 Trading Markets (press release),The foam was coming from a pipe from CWM Chemical Services, the Town of Porter hazardous waste landfill, as part of an annual discharge regulated by the
Veto is hazardous, too - Aug 20, 2007 Buffalo News,Eliot L. Spitzer says to the Niagara County residents who oppose the expansion of the state’s only hazardous waste landfill. He hasn’t merely vetoed the
Spitzer vetoes hazardous waste limits - Aug 16, 2007 Buffalo News,The proposed legislation would have prohibited the siting of a hazardous waste landfill in an area with the potential to discharge into the Great Lakes
Mistake paves way for Marsa hazardous waste incinerator - Aug 13, 2007 Malta Today,It also eliminates the need for a hazardous waste landfill. The EIS states that there will be no significant increase of pollution in Marsa due to the new
Landfill restriction makes sense - Aug 2, 2007 Buffalo News,Eliot L. Spitzer signs a bill that stands to kill the expansion of the state’s only hazardous waste landfill, it would go a long way to address the fears of
LEWISTON: Residents ban together against landfill plans - Aug 8, 2007 Niagara Gazette,Eliot Spitzer is expected to weigh in on another bill which could affect CWM Chemical Services’ plans for expansion at its nearby hazardous waste landfill,
N-waste bid questioned in DC - Aug 3, 2007 Salt Lake Tribune,The company is best-known in Utah for owning and operating a mile-square radioactive and hazardous waste landfill about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City.
State plans monitoring at shuttered lead plant - Aug 19, 2007 Munster Times,...together under EPA Superfund guidance into a "corrective action management unit" -- a hazardous waste landfill -- on 11 acres of the USS Lead property.
Toxins cleanup cost: $5 million - Aug 22, 2007 The Independent Weekly,The dirt will then be taken to a hazardous waste landfill offsite. The cleanup plan includes a five-year review, monitoring, stream restoration and a mussel
PCB cleanup finally starts; Mohawk reserve being detoxified - Aug 14, 2007 Standard Freeholder,Levels above 50 ppm would mean the soil would have to be diverted to a hazardous waste landfill, but Arquette doubted that would be necessary.
150-gallon diesel spill in truck crash ties up Rt. 315 traffic - Aug 21, 2007 Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,Datom Products, a hazardous-materials unit out of Dunmore, was brought in to dispose of the material at a hazardous-waste landfill, Bekanich said.
State plans to examine groundwater contamination at former ... - Aug 9, 2007 The Carrboro Citizen,Chapman said the 12 “roll-off� cars at the site loaded with soil from the recent $100000 cleanup will be sent to a hazardous waste landfill in Michigan and
Native wins respect as advocate for environment - Jul 30, 2007 Myrtle Beach Sun News,Helped win a 15-year legal fight to close a hazardous waste landfill at Lake Marion, operated by Laidlaw/Safety Kleen Corp. At one point, Laidlaw had one of
Environmental lawyer works to save hometown, keep friends - Jul 29, 2007 Wilmington Morning Star,Helped win a 15-year legal fight to close a hazardous waste landfill at Lake Marion, operated by Laidlaw/Safety Kleen Corp. - Won a landmark case that kept
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