Removal Action

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Removal Action: - Short-term immediate actions taken to address releases of hazardous substances that require expedited response. (See: cleanup.)
[Environmental Protection Agency]

News archive for Removal Action::

San Bernardino County gets EPA bill for radium cleanup at Chino ...  -  Aug 3, 2008
Press-Enterprise,In 2005, crews from the EPA undertook an emergency removal action at the Chino Airport. They placed an air machine inside the building to ventilate the

‘Lone Wolf and Cub 2: Baby Cart at the River Styx’ (1972)  -  Jul 28, 2008
Kung Fu Cinema,Returning director Kenji Misumi pumps up the high-pressure blood spray and limb-removal action to ridiculous extremes. Artsy visual touches from the first

US EPA Releases Lane Metals Sampling Results  -  Jul 29, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...“The EPA came out to the site to find out if there was any need for an emergency or urgent removal action -- and we’re relieved on behalf of the residents

Proposed Past Cost Administrative Settlement Under Section 122(h ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),The settlement represents recovery of approximately 91% of the response costs incurred by the Agency in connection with the time- critical removal action

City of Ithaca Pledges to Overhaul Contaminated Gun Factory Site  -  Jul 30, 2008
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun,These prior attempts include the EPA’s $4.8 million “removal action� between 2000 and 2004, which left some areas heavily contaminated and others

Soil clean up work underway at New England site  -  Jul 23, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),Based on these findings and subsequent investigations, in July, 2007, EPA recommended a removal action for this site. In Dec. 2007, EPA collected soil gas

Pa. Department of Health issues statement on BoRit  -  Jul 22, 2008
Ambler Gazette,...states that this month EPA contractors have been onsite to prepare for cleanup activities at BoRit as part of the removal action program.

Dept of Labour speaks to half missing pilgrims  -  Jul 20, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,..."Failing to do so would most likely result in their visas being revoked, and removal action taken against them, with long-term consequences arising from the

Tutor-Saliba Corporation Announces Three Major Contract Awards  -  Jul 18, 2008
MarketWatchThe $67 million Pier A West / Area 2 Interim / Source Removal Action project consists of construction of three access roads and widening of existing Shore

Judge orders West Vincent supervisor to answer DA  -  Jul 15, 2008
Phoenixville News,When it declined to prosecute the case, the matter was forwarded to the county District Attorney's Office, which filed the removal action in court in early

Graffiti: An Old Foe Persists as the City Declares ‘War’  -  Jul 8, 2008
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,...“Call 311 to generate a waiver,� said Carrero, explaining how to file a report and get a waiver for graffiti-removal action. “If you see a graffiti eyesore

Navy officer wins discrimination suit  -  Jul 9, 2008
The News Herald,..."In light of (Woullard's) 23 years of unblemished federal service, had I not sustained the retaliation claim, I would have found that the removal action

EPA Begins Removal Action at the Vermont Asbestos Group Mine Site  -  Nov 6, 2007
WebWire (press release),Federal and State clean up workers recently began work to reduce asbestos contamination of water at the inactive 2500 acre Vermont Asbestos Group mine site,

Superfund Lien Filed on Clinton, Mass. Property  -  Nov 26, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),The lien was placed on the property in an effort to recover costs from a pollution removal action that took place between July 16, 2007 and August 13, 2007.

Mine stakeholders meeting is Tuesday  -  Nov 30, 2007
Reno Gazette Journal,Other projects include the bathtub pond removal action, which will be presented by EPA and investigation updates on the Arimetco heap leach pad system and

Record $2 Billion to be Spent on Environmental Controls and ...  -  Nov 15, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),An Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Removal Action at the LWD, Inc. Superfund Site in Calvert City, Ky., will provide for the

EPA responds to asbestos found on Frankfort site  -  Nov 9, 2007
Herkimer Evening Telegram,Skopeck says that it is expected that the removal action can be completed within one month. The EPA is waiting for approval from the state to take away the

Clean up Begins at “Factory Hâ€? Site in Meriden, Conn.  -  Nov 6, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),The planned removal action at the site will be completed in four stages. First, the site will be secured to prevent unauthorized access.

Cleanup Underway at the Former Industrial Metal Alloys Company in ...  -  Nov 6, 2007
WebWire (press release),...unnamed creek behind the former Industrial Metal Alloys Company solder plant in Winston-Salem, NC The removal action at the site, which began this week,

Chicago man deported for Nazi service  -  Nov 18, 2007
Jewish Telegraphic Agency,...and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security brought the removal action against Firishchak in March.

Proposed Cercla Administrative Agreement for the Recovery of Past ...  -  Nov 27, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),This settlement, embodied in a CERCLA Section 104, 106(a), 107 and 122(h) Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order On Consent for Removal Action

Army Corps tests munitions-sniffing dogs on Surf City beach  -  Nov 9, 2007
Press of Atlantic City,Since completing the initial removal action earlier this year that cleared the discarded munitions from the Surf City and Ship Bottom beaches before

More WWII Ammunition to be Destroyed Today  -  Nov 19, 2007
MyFoxOrlando.com,The removal action will create a loud explosion, but poses no danger to people in the area. In August, to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff,

Former Nazi police officer to be deported  -  Nov 15, 2007
United Press InternationalThe OSI and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the Department of Homeland Security then brought the removal action against Firishchak in

Oak Ridge High in Sacramento to Expand  -  Nov 9, 2007
SecurityInfoWatch,...working with the state Department of Toxic Substances Control on an asbestos removal action plan expected to be available for public review in January.

Experts differ on mine waste measures  -  26 Aug 2007
Summit Daily News,The US Forest Service and the EPA planned the cleanup as a time-critical removal action, which exempted the project from some of the EPA's own Clean Water

Residential Cleanup Begins at the Picayune Wood Treating Site in ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),The removal action is a short-term cleanup intended to stabilize the Site and remove hazards it may pose to human health and the environment.

Cleanup of contamination at trailer park could begin this year  -  Aug 22, 2007
Herkimer Evening Telegram,This option is considered a “non-time critical removal action,� since the trailers would not be returning to that area. The EPA would also place controls on

City eyes reservoir startup date  -  Aug 15, 2007
Delphos Herald,The trimming and removal action will be completed without cost to the affected residents. Council was advised of a hearing to be held on September 5th at

Explosives destroyed in Iraq  -  Aug 20, 2007
Chandler News-Dispatch,WASHINGTON - A land mine survey in Iraq has led to the destruction of hundreds of thousands of explosives left behind from past conflicts,

EPA to hold meeting about former Creosote plant site  -  Aug 1, 2007
Winston County Journal,MBPC notified EPA Region 4 who initiated an emergency response that transitioned into the first removal action on the Site. The removal action, conducted

Forest looking for public comment on mining district  -  Jul 27, 2007
Alamogordo Daily News,Following this comment period, the Southwesten regional forester will make a final decision, and the decision will be documented in a removal action

US Army Corps of Engineers finds more vials at Salt Plains  -  Aug 19, 2007
Alva Review Courier,The search and removal action by Parsons Infrastructure and Technology Group, Inc., found 28 additional intact vials, 21 broken vials and debris from what

Privacy Among Federal Employees: Who Has More Rights?  -  Aug 15, 2007
FedSmith.comThe MSPB concluded that Smith had used official government information regarding the details of a proposed removal action against another FAA employee.

Canton remembers the IH fire  -  Aug 6, 2007
Canton Daily Ledger,...activities supported by Emmanouil's team accounted for removal of 19200 tons of contaminated materials from the site as phase 2 of a removal action.

LEW-PORT: Removed board members file appeals  -  Jul 31, 2007
Niagara Gazette,...“The commissioner has never, to the best of my knowledge, issued a stay in a board removal action.� While the two men await their fate, Stepien and Lilly

Public Meeting to be Held on EPA Proposed Cleanup Plan for Areas ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
WebWire (press release),A separate removal action is addressing the main source of contamination at the Ward Transformer facility. As part of the EPA Remedial Investigation, soil,

Corps of Engineers to look for lost World War II explosives at ...  -  Aug 3, 2007
Tulsa World,By Staff reports The US Army Corps of Engineers in Tulsa announced today that a week-long time critical removal action will begin Monday in the area of the




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