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Nowadays, real estate mortgage companies often require the execution of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA)
to identify a property’s potential environmental concerns which may affect its value and/or liabilities. The purpose of the Phase I ESA is to disclose any Recognized Environmental Condition (REC) associated with the property. It comprises four main activities:1) Reviewing records that will help identify RECs connected with the property;2) Site Inspections that will help evaluate any potential RECs at the site. These can include building interior and exteriors, public utilities, transformers, septic systems, water wells, underground storage tanks, and other items with the potential for environmental contamination;3) Interviews with...
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U.S. urged to step up gulch erosion control
A canyon that was filled in with 1.5 million cubic yards of dirt last year to build border fencing is prompting worries about erosion and flooding, as a predicted El Nino threatens to bring heavier-than-normal winter rains.
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3 million acres taken out of conservation program
TRIBUNE, Kan. — Surveying undulating grasslands that disappear into the western Kansas horizon, retired farmer Joe Govert pointed out parcel after parcel no longer enrolled in a federal program that pays property owners not to farm environmentally sensitive land.
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Farmers get tips from USDA
Farmers gathered in Dawson Wednesday to hear from the U.S. Department of Agriculture about government loans and programs that can reduce energy, soil erosion, and water usage.
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Portlands soil contaminated, experts
Contaminated soil in the Port Lands will have to be treated or removed before development of the area can begin, said a senior environmental geoscientist during an open house to discuss the project.
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Mesothelioma Testing Provided for Libby Residents
Other locations throughout Libby were contaminated with asbestos-laden soil from the mine, including fields, roads, playgrounds and gardens. ...
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Environmental Protection Agency Continues Testing at Former Zonolite Factory
esday, October 14th, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, is continuing to test for asbestos outside of the site of W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane, Washington. For 22 years, the Vermiculite Northwest factory produced Zonolite, a form of attic insulation that contained asbestos. W.R. Grace closed Vermiculite Northwest in 1973.
Testing had begun back in June, and the EPA did find low levels of asbestos in the soil near the factory. This latest round of testing will determine if activities like shoveling or raking could force asbestos fibers in the soil to become airborne.
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Colorado State University Awarded $1.7 Million to Design Levee Overtopping Facility in Wake of Hurricane Katrina
FORT COLLINS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hired a world-renowned Colorado State University water researcher to design and build a levee testing facility capable of simulating erosion from the enormous waves that likely contributed to Hurricane Katrina’s devastating toll on New Orleans.
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New report gives boost to protecting shoreline
A new report on managing South Carolina's shoreline reaffirms a two-decades-old principle -- moving development away from an ever-changing shoreline is the only practical, long-term solution.
Indeed, for the long-term health of the state's most valuable resources, it is the sensible approach. The trick is how to balance protecting what already has been built with the goal of moving back from an erosional shoreline.
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EPA Targets Construction-Site Pollution
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule Monday aimed at reducing pollution from construction sites, saying that it will significantly improve the quality of water nationwide.
The rule will be phased in over four years, starting in February, and when it is fully in effect, the EPA estimates there will be four billion fewer pounds of sediment discharged from construction sites each year.
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Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture-The Answer is in the Soil
With just 7% of Tajikistan’s land being suitable for agriculture soil erosion represents a major threat to soil and water resources needed for...
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Supreme Court hears arguments in Florida beach property case
Florida took up a seven-mile-long beach restoration project, and some beach property owners say it violates their rights. On Wednesday, a lawyer for waterfront landowners encountered both skepticism and support at the Supreme Court.
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Mesothelioma Cancer News - Soil removed after asbestos finding
Australia (Mesothelioma Cancer News) – Tons of soil has been removed from a former landfill due to asbestos findings. As reported by AAP, the ASIO spy agency removed 75,000 tons of the contaminated soil, from the location where its new headquarters will be.
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Mesothelioma Risk Multiplied by Environmental Asbestos Exposure
Working in an asbestos plant has long been linked to an increased risk for mesothelioma, but new research finds that living near one of these plants may also increase a person’s risk of developing the disease. Leftover waste from asbestos facilities may contribute to as many as ten additional cases of mesothelioma each year in neighboring communities, according to a recent study in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
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South pushes coastal afforestation
KIEN GIANG — For the first time in Viet Nam, advanced afforestation techniques have been used to buffer coastal areas from the sea.
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EPA Issues Rule to Reduce Water Pollution from Construction Sites
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a final rule to help reduce water pollution from construction sites. The imagesagency believes this rule, which takes effect in February 2010 and will be phased in over four years, will significantly improve the quality of water nationwide.
Construction activities like clearing, excavating and grading significantly disturb soil and sediment. If that soil is not managed properly it can easily be washed off of the construction site during storms and pollute nearby water bodies.
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AGC's Long-Fought Battles with EPA Must Continue as Stormwater Rule is Finalized
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has for the first time imposed nationwide monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limits on the amount of sediment that can run off any construction site that impacts 10 or more acres of land at any one time, despite AGC's years-long effort to explain the detrimental effect on the construction industry.
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County takes steps to slow erosion, pollution in Watchung Reservation
When Lake Surprise was dredged a decade ago, the last thing anyone wanted was for sediment to clog the 24-acre lake again — or at least any time soon
So as part of an effort to slow down the forces of nature in Union County’s Watchung Reservation, the county launched a major project late last year targeting the ravines where rain water rushes down to the lake.
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Who owns Florida's beach? U.S. Supreme Court to decide
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could change how oceanfront private property rights are defined in Florida.
A group of landowners in Destin has challenged how the state conducts beach renourishment projects. The Florida Supreme Court rejected their contention that such projects are an unconstitutional taking of private property without compensation, but they have appealed to the highest court.
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