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Asbestos testing required at former arsenal building site
"The contaminated area was used as a staging facility for the tailings and leftover metals from making armor-piercing rounds," explained Ellen Iorio, project manager for Army Corps of Engineers.
"The rounds were made of spent uranium, so the tailings were transported to the site in oil and then burned to stabilize them...Our first step is to do soil testing, to see what kinds of contaminants are in the soil and how deep they go. After that, we will begin feasibility studies to determine the best course for cleaning the soil and preparing it for passive recreational use."
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Asbestos Mine Cleanup Programs
Most asbestos mines have been closed down. But wherever asbestos was extracted from the earth or processed in nearby plants, the fibers remain in dust, in the soil, blown by the wind, posing a hazard to local residents. All those sites need to be cleaned up and the asbestos safely disposed of. The Federal Government has been active in this, in particular the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA).
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Shadow Wood developers plead no contest on DNR violations
The development organization, CFS LLC, agreed to a stipulated agreement in the case, which was a civil action taken by the Department of Natural Resources under the state's water control laws. The stipulated agreement said the action was taken against CFS for land-disturbing logging clean-up at their 380-acre tract in the Town of Russell. The stipulation said the parties involved wanted to settle the matter by agreeing to the payment of CFS of $1,159 as part of a no-contest plea on two citations, while a third citation was to be dismissed.
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Denver Water Works On Hayman Restoration
Eight years after Colorado's worst wildfire devastated a vast swath of the Rocky Mountain foothills, erosion from the burn area continues to affect a key watershed for metropolitan Denver's biggest water provider.
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Coastal erosion laws rankle councils
New legislation on the management of coastal erosion has once again stirred debate over the amount of control landowners should be given to protect their properties.
With three-quarters of Australians living on the coast, the issue is being discussed at all levels of government.
In New South Wales, the State Government is putting together new legislation which could - for the first time - give landowners the right to erect emergency barriers to shield their properties.
The legislation is aimed at
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LYTLE CREEK – Last October’s Sheep Fire, the Inland Empire’s largest of 2009, is still having repercussions
The 7,128 acre burn area remains off-limits to the public because of environmental damage and the winter rains.
Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail are forced to change their plans. A 12-mile segment of the trail is closed, but a 15-mile detour is open.
The burn area will remain closed for at least a year to allow vegetation to stabilize the soil for erosion control.
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Officials study threat to Fort Collins' water supply from beetle-kill trees
What happens if the Poudre River watershed, which Fort Collins relies on for part of its drinking water supply, is scorched by a catastrophic wildfire fed by dead trees killed by bark beetles?
With the city's Poudre River water supply threatened by wildfire, dead tree removal, falling trees and even large volumes of decaying pine needles, Fort Collins water officials are scrambling for answers.
The heart of the issue, said Fort Collins water resources manager Kevin Gertig, is the potential for eroding hillsides in the wake of fire and falling trees that could send large amounts of silt and pine needles pouring into the river, affecting water quality.
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Legislative rhetoric and the demise of the right to recreate on public waters
Since at least 1903, Utah law has held that the waters of streams and lakes in this state are publicly owned. Moreover, we the public pay to stock these waters with fish and to otherwise maintain them including infrastructure, erosion control, and flood mitigation. Therefore, it is not surprising that the law has long recognized that there is a public easement where those waters naturally occur, and the public has a right to recreate upon those streams and lakes. Recently, however, the Utah legislature passed a bill sponsored by Rep. Kay McIff, R-Richfield, that, for all practical purposes, eliminates the right of the public to recreate upon many of the waters which they own
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GLOBE-Net - The business of the environment online.
GLOBE-Net helps Canadian environmental technology and services companies become more active and successful in the international environmental marketplace.
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IOM Community Stabilization Projects in Haiti Create a Further 13,393 Jobs, Clear the Way for 50 Schools to Reopen, Strengthen Drainage and Irrigation Infrastructure
Haiti - Some 13,393 jobs were created in Haiti in March through 186 ongoing IOM community stabilization projects. Activities were carried out under the IOM Programme de Revitalisation et de Promotion de l'Entente et de la Paix (PREPEP) with funding from the United States Government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Web App Helps Prevent Soil Erosion
In hilly Missouri, farmers face the problem of soil erosion caused by water runoff. To combat this, they build terraces, an ancient agricultural solution that dates back to at least 4,000 B.C. However, designing terraces is a complicated and time-consuming process, and if done incorrectly can keep farmers from managing their land correctly.
But a new web-based application could bring
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Keep soil erosion in mind when season starts
Farmers are reminded to carefully weigh up the soil erosion risks when preparing for sowing this year.
Advisory Board of Agriculture chairman Neville Ferme said the consequences of cultivation or stubble burning needed to be considered.
He said erosion control measures were always of prime concern, regardless of the season.
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Facts about Cotton and Soil Resources
After the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen, environmental protection and low-carbon have been brought into spotlight. Due to the climate change, people have focused on how to do the green thing. We should live and produce in a low-carbon style. How to do this? You should pay much more attention to materials that were used in the production.
Cotton is natural, renewable and recyclable. But do you know that when cotton is planting, the soil is ruined. Over the last half-century, U.S. cotton growers and researchers have collaborated to improve the conservation of the natural resources used in cotton production -soil and water- while protectin air quality and improving energy efficiency throughout cotton's life cycle.
A variety of farming techniques, such as conservation tillage - mixing and disturbing the soil as little as possible - and planting winter, or cover crops, have been modernized and improved upon to conserve soil by preventing erosion and by
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StormSmart Coasts » Alabama » County Uses FEMA Funds for Innovative Infrastructure Reconstruction
Good case study on a county using FEMA Public Assistance (PA) 406 Mitigation funds to pay for post-storm recovery using a relatively innovative technique:
When technical advice from a Public Assistance Specialist recommended using a geo-textile to stabilize the embankment and make the road more resilient once repairs were completed, Lafayette County’s Emergency Management Coordinator James Barnes became concerned about how well it would work. A geo-textile fabric is a material that is utilized in foundations, earth, rocks, and soil. It is also referred to as erosion control cloth, filter fabric, support membrane, and civil engineering cloth. As a mitigation measure, the geo-textile increases resistance to localized flooding damage by reinforcing roadway sub-base and by improving sub-base drainage. Geo-textiles are designed to be permeable to allow the flow of water through it. The terms “fabric” and “cloth” raised skepticism.
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White Dutch Clover Seed
Product Description
Designates a strain of white clover which that is perennial. Used in lawns, used for a ground cover, erosion control, cover crop, and in pasture mixtures. Usually matures between 4 to 8 inches. Many homeowners include White Dutch clover in their lawn seed mixture because clover sprouts fast and grows so dependably that it’s a valuable aid in getting a new lawn started. Nodules on the roots fix nitrogen from the air. Actually, up to 1/3 the nitrogen your lawn needs can be obtained from white dutch clover! Grows vigorously even in poor clay subsoil around new home construction. If you want all the benefits of a cover crop but don’t want to till early or mow, clover is your best bet.
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EPA Plans Soil Excavation, Containment in Libby
LIBBY – A combination of soil removal and containment should be used to keep asbestos that is still in the ground from reaching the air near two former vermiculite processing areas in Libby, the Environmental Protection Agency said.
The records of decision signed Monday by officials with the EPA and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality are part of the EPA's cleanup of the asbestos-plagued Superfund community.
The idea calls for a combination of excavating contaminated soil while capping other contamination below
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D.C. set to tunnel its way out of sewage overflows
District's green roofs, rain gardens and stormwater upgrades make it a leader in controlling runoff
The churning brown water that surges off roads and parking lots in the District of Columbia during rainstorms is a visible sign of trouble for the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. Underground and out of sight, there's another problem.
A labyrinth of pipes beneath the city catches the stormwater and moves it toward the Potomac River. Below one-third of the District, stormwater in these pipes combines with raw sewage.
During periods of heavy rain, the system overflows with a distressing mix of untreated stormwater and sewage. The excess pours through outfall points directly into the Anacostia River, Potomac River and Rock Creek. It also overwhelms the advanced wastewater treatment plant at Blue Plains.
Now, overflows in the District of Columbia are about to meet their match.
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