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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Superfund site."”.
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Subsurface characterization of the Massachusetts Military Reservation main base landfill Superfund site
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Massachusetts Military Reservation Superfund site did costs and benefits matter in remediation decisions?
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Reading contamination : an environmental education center at the Wells G&H Superfund Site
… makes legible the processes and consequences of site contamination. This methodology is chiefly demonstrated through a plan for the site which emerges from the examination of the intersection of site contamination with the site's (natural) characteristics and perceptual phenomena, The site plan …
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Redutive Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Alkanes by Novel Bacteria at the PetroProcessor of Louisiana Inc. Superfund Site
… the PetroProcessors of Louisiana, Inc. (PPI) Superfund site. Two novel, strictly anaerobic bacterial strains, designated as BL-DC-8 and BL-DC-9, were isolated from the enrichment culture. These strains represent the first bacteria known to anaerobically dehalogenate 1,2,3-trichloropropane, the …
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Uncertainty of risk to human health from groundwater impacted by the Massachusetts Military Reservation Superfund site landfill
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Characterization of resistance to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in a population of Fundulus heteroclitus from a marine superfund site
… in fish from NBH and Scorton Creek SC, reference site. Despite higher PCB concentrations in NBH than in SC fish - -1 500-fold - CYP1A1 expression, in most tissues, was not higher in NBH fish than in SC fish. Glutathione S-transferase GST and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase UGT activities were higher …
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Laboratory and Field Studies Directed toward Accelerating Arsenic Remediation at a Major US Superfund Site in New Jersey
… prevalent contaminant at a large fraction of US Superfund sites. Therefore, establishing techniques for accelerating As remediation could benefit many contaminated sites. Remediation of As contaminated groundwater by conventional methods, i.e. pump and treat (P&T), can be impeded by slow …
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Characterization of resistance to halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in a population of Fundulus heteroclitus from a marine superfund site
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 1999.
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A GIS-Based Comparative Study of Superfund Contaminants and the Threat They Represent to Eastern Harris County Communities
There are six Texas Superfund sites that can be found in Eastern Harris County along the San Jacinto River. Three sites north of the I-10 overpass include the French Limited (FLTD), Sikes Disposal Pits (SDP) and Highlands Acid Pits (HAP), all of which contain benzene, metals, Methyl Tert-Butyl …
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Use of log normal transformation in environmental statistics
… of observed contaminant concentrations from a Superfund site typically appears to be log normal and the concentration data is log-transformed so that the classical statistical methods based on normal distribution can be used. USEPA guidance documents on statistical evaluation of attainment of …
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South Chattanooga and Chattanooga Creek floodplain: A case study
… justice community and home to an active Superfund site. Through legal analysis, historical research, environmental sampling, and government agency assessment, patterns emerged. The patterns provided a means for comparison with other communities in similar situations. The comparisons …
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Remediation of place : the role of the United States Environmental Protection Agency in designing reuse at superfund sites
… and could be in fostering place making for Superfund site redevelopment. The EPA manages the clean up of severely contaminated abandoned property under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA), a.k.a. the Superfund Program, in order to protect human health …
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Asbestos, USA : a little town once thrived as the asbestos capital of the world - now it grapples with the waste that was left behind
… portion of that waste, now known as the BoRit site, wasn't named as an EPA Superfund site until 2009. What follows is an examination of how the site was remediated, and the whether or not the safety of the animals and the resident is still in any jeopardy from the asbestos that remains …
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Restoring the "Shining Waters": Milltown, Montana and the History of Superfund Implementation
… river restoration within the nation's largest Superfund site. In 1981, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency included Milltown Reservoir on its first list of Superfund sites. Superfund law capped two decades of the federal government's most aggressive environmental legislation. While …
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Putting Scientific Information into the Service of Environmental Justice for Residents Facing Groundwater Contamination
… town within the 300 square mile Anaconda Smelter Superfund site in Western Montana. Waste from 100 years of ore processing has impacted the area. Arsenic exceeds Montana drinking water standards within the aquifer system feeding residential wells of Opportunity, causing resident concern about …
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Restoring the "Shining Waters": Milltown, Montana and the History of Superfund Implementation
… river restoration within the nation's largest Superfund site. In 1981, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency included Milltown Reservoir on its first list of Superfund sites. Superfund law capped two decades of the federal government's most aggressive environmental legislation. While …
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Putting Scientific Information into the Service of Environmental Justice for Residents Facing Groundwater Contamination
… town within the 300 square mile Anaconda Smelter Superfund site in Western Montana. Waste from 100 years of ore processing has impacted the area. Arsenic exceeds Montana drinking water standards within the aquifer system feeding residential wells of Opportunity, causing resident concern about …
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The Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush
… western Sierra Nevada mountains. Most of these sites were abandoned before federal and state laws required any sort of remediation of mining operations, and, in most cases, the companies and individuals who operated these sites are long gone. Though only a small percentage of these abandoned …
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Into the Into of Earth Itself
… towns: Palmerton and Centralia. The former is a Superfund site ravaged by zinc pollution and currently under threat of hydraulic fracturing and pipeline expansion. The latter is a nearby ghost town that was condemned and evacuated due to an underground mine fire, which will continue for another …
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Exposure Matters: Examining The Physical And Psychological Health Impacts Of Toxic Contamination Using Gis And Survey Data
… social, health and environmental impacts of a Superfund site on a low income, minority community. Using geo-coded survey (N=223) and environmental data (ash deposition patterns), this thesis employs path analysis to test the hypothesis that exposure matters. The exposure matters hypothesis …
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