Crews will collect additional soil, sediment and groundwater samples from a shipyard in Fairhaven to better locate and define the extent of contamination on the property located at 201 Harris Ave. This area has been used as a shipyard since the early 1900s, and past shipbuilding and ship maintenance operations contaminated portions of the site. [...]
The pre-dredging activities, which include collecting sediment samples from the Charleston Harbor, are currently underway, and it’s a very complex job to be done. Terry Cake, the vice president of Anamar Environmental Consulting of Gainesville, Fla., said: “The United States has some of the most stringent laws for dredge analysis in the world. All of [...]
Crews will begin collecting samples next week at the R.G. Haley cleanup site on the Bellingham waterfront as part of a comprehensive environmental investigation. Contractors will collect soil and groundwater samples, install wells, and perform a variety of tests. Sampling and analysis work will continue intermittently through fall. The R.G. Haley site is about six [...]
Latest monthly water quality testing in Port Curtis have continued to find no evidence to link water quality with any adverse impacts on fish health. The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) today released the results of February and March water sampling in Gladstone Harbour. Director-General Andrew Chesterman said the monthly monitoring program, which [...]
The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control is sampling the sediment of Langley Pond. The sampling operation includes a pontoon boat and other watercraft. It is expected to conclude in mid-to-late February. The sampling will not interrupt any activities in or around Langley Pond. DHEC will be testing sediment from the bottom of Langley [...]
![Guyana: Canamex Commences Stream Sediment Sampling at Aranka North Property]()
Canamex Resources Corp.announces that it has commenced stream sediment sampling for gold on its Aranka North property located 120 – 140km northwest of Georgetown, Guyana. River reconnaissance has indicated excellent river access up the Waini and Imotai Rivers into the heart of the property. A base camp is being established at Maka Falls where historical [...]
![USA: Sediment Field Sampling to Begin Today in Chequamegon Bay on Lake Superior]()
Survey and sediment sampling work will begin today at the Ashland Northern States Power Lakefront Superfund site in Ashland, Wisconsin. Source: epa, March 1, 2011
![USA: GE Proposes Dredging, Sampling, Modeling to Set Final Standards on Hudson River Project]()
GE today submitted comments on the report issued by a panel of independent scientists who evaluated the Hudson River dredging project and recommended major changes after finding that the project did not and could not meet the performance standards established by EPA. GE thanked the panel for setting forth a road map for a process [...]
