Pollution Engineering articles from November 2006

Pollution Engineering archives from November 2006

It's all about community.(DIALOG)
November 1, 2006... The environmental field is composed of many communities that need to communicate with each other to keep businesses running while protecting human health and the environment. Professional associations are an example of a community and most of...

Calendar.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Calendar)
November 1, 2006... NOVEMBER 2006 16-17 Air Dispersion Modeling Workshop using AERMOD & ISCST3 Models, Lakes Environmental Software Inc., www.weblakes.com 27-30 BBI Biofuels Workshop & Trade Show, Western Region, San Diego, www.biofuelsworkshop.com ...

New soot rules, enough or not.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Last September, the EPA announced it had revised its rules for particulate matter (PM) standards. The new standards revised PM2.5 exposure levels for 24-hour measurements down from 65 [micro]g/[m.sup.3] to 35 [micro]g/ [m.sup.3]. The annual...

Noxious gas sickens dozens.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... A pressurized tank of S[O.sub.2] was accidentally breached at a trucking company in New Jersey, exposing 52 people, and causing many of them to vomit and have difficulty breathing. The incident occurred as a worker attempted to disassemble...

Trash to gas yields power.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... St.LucieCounty, Fla., plans to apply plasma arc technology to its municipal trash to provide energy and aggregates, the Associated Press reported. The facility is expected to cost $425 million and take two years to complete. A powerful...

New Q&A for TSCA.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Toxic Substance Control Act )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The EPA announced that they have posted new questions and answers regarding section 8(e) of the Toxic Substance Control Act as a result, at least in part, of recent enforcement actions that have concluded. This section of the act requires...

Particle Measuring Systems.(PE PEOPLE)
November 1, 2006... Kristi Urquidi has transitioned from vice president of manufacturing for Particle Measuring Systems, Boulder, Colo., to vice president of engineering, and Brad Schindler has been named the company's new director of manufacturing. Urquidi has...

Airgas Inc.(PE PEOPLE)
November 1, 2006... Robert M. McLaughlin has been appointed senior vice president and CFO for Airgas Inc., Radnor, Pa. McLaughlin has been with the company since 2001, serving as controller, and has been a critical part of all major financial changes, including...

Arcadis.(PE PEOPLE)(Tim Wippold appointed as environmental business practice manager )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Tim Wippold, P.E., has joined Arcadis, Houston, as environmental business practice manager for client development and project management activities supporting the Houston office. With more than 25 years of experience in engineering, management...

Siemens AG.(From the East)
November 1, 2006... Siemens AG, a global technology and electrical engineering company, announced at the annual Clinton Global Initiative Summit (CGI) that it would commit $10 million in medical diagnostic equipment, water treatment equipment and financial support...

Black & Veatch.(From the East)
November 1, 2006... A two-year study by Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan., has helped lead to the approval of a historic 1.5 billion RMB (approximately $190 million U.S.) corporate revenue bond issue to fund water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in...

Sud-Chemie Inc.(Congratulations in Order)
November 1, 2006... Sud-Chemie Inc., Needham, Mass., has been granted performance verification of its catalyzed diesel particulate filter, the EnviCat-DPF[TM], by the California Air Resources Board, or CARB. The verification covers Level 3: offering a minimum of...

ICF International Inc.(Congratulations in Order)(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... ICF International Inc., Fairfax, Va., has received a five-year, $14-million contract from the EPA to provide technical and analytical support for the agency's Energy Star program. Under the contract, ICF will provide a broad range of services,...

SCS Engineers.(Congratulations in Order)
November 1, 2006... SCS Engineers, Long Beach, Calif., recently was awarded a one-year contract by the California Integrated Waste Management Board to provide support for its Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA) research market development program. The contract is...

Electro Rent Corp.(Now Working Together)
November 1, 2006... Electro Rent Corp., Van Nuys, Calif., announced the addition to its equipment inventory of the latest-generation broadband test tools from JDSU, including that company's T-BERD/MTS 8000, ONT 506 and HST 3000 products. The products expand...

Don't drink touch the water.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Officials at Lake Massawippi have warned residents in Hatley Township, North Hatley and Waterville in Quebec not to even touch the water, thanks to an algae outbreak in the lake. The lake normally supplies the area with its drinking water. ...

GAO: EPA unclear on climate change reporting.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2006... The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report in September on the funding for climate change studies. The agency reported that funding increased from $2.35 billion in 1993 to $5.09 in 2004, or 117 percent. Adjusted for...

Should nature take its course?(INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... According to a report in the Washington Post, scientists recently ran high-tech tests in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and discovered that most of the germs were caused by wildlife dung. They noted that higher-than-normal populations of...

Fusion coming together.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2006... The Chinese announced they have successfully performed a fusion reaction at an experimental fusion reactor. The test resulted in production of a hot cloud of supercharged particles. Fusion is the reaction that powers the sun and science has...

Carbon commodities.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2006... Carbon credits are currently sold as a commodity in special bourses and are generating large sums of money for some companies. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. recently announced its intention to purchase 4.2 million shares for $23 million dollars of...

New market-based incentives to improve water quality.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
November 1, 2006... The EPA and Dept. of Agriculture are teaming up to create market incentives for better water quality. Secretary Mark Rey of the USDA Office of Natural Resources and the Environment, and Benjamin Grumbles, assistant administrator of the EPA's...

Getting to harmonization.(LEGAL LOOKOUT)
November 1, 2006... On Sept. 12, 2006, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) for the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The...

Environmental training requirements.(ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT)
November 1, 2006... As the person responsible for environmental compliance, you are required, under federal laws, to provide a myriad of training programs to your employees. Hazardous chemicals If you have any chemicals on-site, OSHA's Hazard...

The future of electrostatic precipitators.(ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS)
November 1, 2006... Electrostatic precipitators have traditionally been the primary particulate removal device for coal-fired power plants, cement kilns and certain furnace applications. However, other technologies have been developed and are making inroads. ...

Auto manufacturer strikes Leeds gold.(GREEN FILES)
November 1, 2006... General Motors' new Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant could represent a change of expectations, and perhaps corporate image, for any number of American industrial giants more used to playing the demagogue in environmental discussion. The...

Tackling emerging contaminants at POTWS.
November 1, 2006... Mostly unrealized until a decade ago, a group of chemical contaminants collectively known as endocrine disruptors (EDs) or emerging contaminants (ECs) have been slipping through sewage treatment plants and depositing into streams, lakes and...

Zapping MSW with plasma arc: an economic evaluation of a new technology for municipal solid waste treatment facilities.
November 1, 2006... Waste treatment plant operators have begun to employ plasma arc technology for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW), as an alternative to establishing and/or extending a landfill. This recent development could eliminate or minimize...

MACT by a thread.
November 1, 2006... American & Efird Inc. (A&E) is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of sewing threads for industrial and consumer markets. The company has 47 manufacturing operations throughout the world, and its products are distributed in more than 58...

City of planned progress: ultraviolet light technology to treat the undercurrents of one progressive town.
November 1, 2006... In the past 53 years, Thornton, Colo. has grown from a stretch of farmland 7 miles north of Denver, to a thriving metropolis of almost 83,000 people. Municipal planners have accommodated this exponential growth by following the city's founding...

To MACT and Beyond: anticipating new MACT standards, a new system would be required.
November 1, 2006... In the 1970s, FMC Corp., a chemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia, began operating a high-efficiency thermal destruction facility to dispose of hazardous liquid wastes at its Baltimore pesticide manufacturing plant. The facility...

Toxic gas detector.(Air Monitoring Equipment)
November 1, 2006... The Satellite gas detector (Model HVS400) monitors and reports a variety of hazardous and toxic gases to a SCADA system or other electronic monitoring equipment. Its features include an LCD status indicator, one-person calibration, magnetic...

ReportWriter freeware.(Air Monitoring Equipment)
November 1, 2006... ReportWriter is a Microsoft Excel-based software program for regulatory emission testing and reporting. Exclusively designed for use with Testo 350 portable emission analyzers, the freeware program organizes customer information, calculates...

Wireless portable infrared thermometer.(Air Monitoring Equipment)
November 1, 2006... The Cyclops 100 and 100B portable infrared thermometers for non-contact measurement of high-temperature targets provide wired RS232G serial communications. Cyclops 100B also features enhanced connectivity using Bluetooth wireless...

Continuous Mercury monitoring.(Air Monitoring Equipment)
November 1, 2006... The SM4 Mercury continuous emissions monitoring system (GEMS) provides total mercury emissions reporting for all coal-fired power plants conforming to EPA PS-12A. The GEMS features a dry catalytic converter-scrubber and dilution technology,...

Gas monitor with swappable sensors.(Air Monitoring Equipment)
November 1, 2006... The Kanomax-Aeroqual Series gas monitor is a user-friendly, low-cost monitor for displaying gas concentrations. It can be handheld or fix-mounted, and is custom configured with a range of swappable gas sensor heads, including ozone, volatile...

Mercury emissions sampler.(Air Monitoring Equipment)
November 1, 2006... The ESC HG-324K mercury emissions system was designed to sample coal-fired source emissions per Appendix K, Part 75. The system uses an industrial data acquisition and control system with removable CompactFlash[TM] memory card for data storage,...

Rental pump for large flows.(Equipment Rental/Repair)
November 1, 2006... The HH-125c four-inch pump was specifically designed to produce larger flows and higher discharge heads for mining dewatering projects and temporary fire protection systems. Because the versatile pump can handle solids up to 3 inches in...

DAF units for short-term wastewater treatment.(Equipment Rental/Repair)
November 1, 2006... Multifloat DAF (an acronym for dissolved air flotation) wastewater treatment units are now available for rent. In addition to providing effective solid separation for wastewater treatment, the units have a modular, space-saving design,...

Environmental test equipment to rent/lease.(Equipment Rental/Repair)
November 1, 2006... Whether results depend on logic analyzers, network analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters or spectrum analyzers, Electro Rent has the right electronic test equipment available. The company offers flexible rental, lease and used electronic test...

Fume exhaust & scrubbing systems: Fabricated Plastics Ltd.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2006... The company supplies custom-designed and engineered fume exhaust and scrubbing systems for a variety of industrial applications. At the heart of each system is a wet scrubber (or scrubbers) designed for each specific application for maximum...

Pump panels: Fralo Industries Inc.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2006... The company manufactures control systems for pumping applications. The NEMA-rated 1, 2, 3R, 4, 4X and 12 custom enclosures are UL-listed and available in stainless steel and custom powder-coated finishes. The enclosures utilize the latest...

Software platform improves profitability: Pavilion Technologies.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2006... Version 2.0 of the Pavilion8T software platform, with a powerful modeling engine at its core, offers several new modeling capabilities, enhanced Web service integration and a new metadata warehouse. In addition, two new Pavilion8-based...

Variable speed blower: BOC Edwards Hibon.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2006... The variable speed Silent Flow Plus (V-SF Plus) is the first variable speed blower to use a direct-drive hybrid permanent magnet (HPM) motor to improve efficiency. It is particularly suitable for aeration systems in wastewater treatment...

Protect [H.sub.2]S electrochemical sensors: Perma Pure LLC.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2006... Gas samples with a relative humidity over 85 percent can damage electrochemical sensors used to monitor [H.sub.2]S at wastewater treatment plants. These problems can be eliminated with the Micro-GASS[TM] gas analysis sampling system. The system...

Particulate sensor for cyclones: Filtersense.(NEW PRODUCTS)
November 1, 2006... The Model EM 70 particulate monitoring system was designed for cyclone overflow detection, chocking and efficiency monitoring. The ability to operate reliably in a moist process makes the sensor ideal for cyclone filter outlet monitoring. The...

Arkansas--feds take over manifest reporting process.(STATE'S RULES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The Arkansas OEQ will no longer have authorization to require hazardous waste handlers to use the Arkansas Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest form. Under new federal manifest rules that went into effect in September, the manifest forms must be...

California--TAC proposal for composite wood.(STATE'S RULES)(California. Air Resources Board)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The composite-wood products industry is being targeted by a state rulemaking intended to reduce formaldehyde emissions. Beginning in July 2008, the rule, as proposed, would require reductions of formaldehyde emissions from hardwood, plywood,...

Colorado--ammonia standards revised.(STATE'S RULES)
November 1, 2006... The Water Quality Control Commission has adopted lower concentration standards for ammonia in Colorado. These new standards apply to wastewater treatment facilities that primarily discharge to warm water segments. Regulated facilities must...

Georgia--conservation tax credit program.(STATE'S RULES)
November 1, 2006... Landowners may be able to obtain tax credits for donated property that qualifies under the state's conservation tax credit program. The Georgia DNR has proposed rules that determine whether or not donated property is suitable for conservation...

Illinois--Ameren inks pollution agreement.(STATE'S RULES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Ameren, the state's second largest utility, has agreed to install emissions control equipment at 94 percent of its plants in Illinois and cut mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2009. The remaining 6 percent of power plants will meet the 90...

Minnesota--reducing mercury emissions by 90 percent.(STATE'S RULES)
November 1, 2006... Last summer, Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed into law the Minnesota Mercury Emissions Reduction Act, which will yield cuts in mercury emissions well ahead of the 2018 federal EPA deadline. Earlier this year, the governor directed the Minnesota...

Missouri--wanted: changes 10 proposed CAFO rule.(STATE'S RULES)(confined animal feeding operations)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The directors of the state DNR, the state Department of Agriculture, and the University of Missouri Commercial Agriculture Extension Program, have submitted a joint letter to the EPA outlining improvements to proposed regulations affecting...

New Jersey--regional plan to reduce C[O.sub.2] emissions.(STATE'S RULES)
November 1, 2006... The New Jersey DEP and the state Board of Public Utilities have announced that New Jersey and six other states have released a set of model regulations aimed at reducing C[O.sub.2] emissions from power plants. The states are participants in the...

Oregon--RVS to process stormwater permits.(STATE'S RULES)
November 1, 2006... If you are a contractor involved in construction activities in parts of Jackson County, Rogue Valley Sewer Services (RVS) is now processing your required stormwater permits. In an agreement signed with the Oregon DEQ, RVS has been granted...

Wisconsin--proposed cleanup plan.(STATE'S RULES)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The EPA Region 5 has proposed a final cleanup plan for residential areas on the former Northwestern Barrel property in South Milwaukee, Wis. A 30-day public comment period runs Oct. 18--Nov. 17. The Superfund site resulted from operations from...