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Had DEA contracts to clean meth labs, stored waste from cleanups illegally WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Robert Wayne Webb was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison by Judge Edward Lodge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho for knowingly storing hazardous waste without first obtaining a permit at a storage facility in Rathdrum, Idaho, and a private residence in Spokane, Wash., the Justice Department announced. Webb also was sentenced to pay...
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Catapult Technology, Ltd., a leading Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO) Information Technology (IT) contractor to the federal government, announced successful re-competition on a five-year, $5.8 million contract providing IT support services to the Department of Transportation (DOT), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). Catapult is the prime contractor. Catapult provides IT support services to three PHMSA offices:...
By JAMES M. O'NEILL , STAFF WRITER Despite recent efforts by the state to make New Jersey safer from toxic chemical disasters, Governor Corzine needs to push for even more regulation to reduce the risks, according to a report by labor and environmental organizations. New Jersey has 97 facilities that use or manufacture highly hazardous chemicals and pose a "potential catastrophic safety and health risk" to workers and the public, according to the report, issued Tuesday by the New Jersey...
FROM SECURITY-ESSEN, HALL #7, STAND #329 -- Ahura Scientific, Inc., a leader in rugged, ultra-compact instruments for chemical identification, announced today it is expanding its presence in Europe with three new distribution partners -- Nucletron Technologies GmbH in Germany and Austria, HazmatLINK in the United Kingdom and Benelux, and RMI in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Ahura Scientific chose to work with these companies based on their demonstrated success in serving their respective...
MAGNA -- Hazardous materials crews from the Unified Fire Authority along with officials from the Utah Department of Transportation and Salt Lake Valley Health Department are trying to figure out how a batch of sulfuric acid ended up on the side of a state road Friday. A little after 8 a.m., fire crews responded to a 911 call of a possible field fire right off the onramp from state Route 202 to I- 80 near Saltair. The first responding crews saw a plume of smoke but immediately recognized it...
By Robert Salonga MARTINEZ -- A sulfur spill early this morning on the Marina Vista on-ramp to southbound Interstate 680 did not pose a health hazard and was left to dissipate, the California Highway Patrol and a county hazardous materials official said. The spill, reported at the Marina Vista Avenue on-ramp about 6:40 a.m., came from a truck operated by Silva Trucking, of French Camp. The chemical involved was molten sulfur, which solidified on the roadway. Shell Oil contracted with the...
MEXICO - River Valley residents seeking an environmentally friendly way to dispose of their hazardous waste can take advantage of the area's free household waste collection scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Region 9 parking lot, 377 River Road. Examples of household hazardous waste include cleaners, solvents, chemical lawn fertilizers, weed and insect killers, swimming pool chemicals, driveway sealers, rat poison, moth balls and rechargeable batteries. Look for the...
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Household Hazardous Waste Task Force is seeking volunteers to help staff a household hazardous waste collection event on Sept. 27 at Station Square, South Side. Volunteer tasks include traffic counting, directing traffic, taking surveys, handing out educational literature and checking material in trunks, officials said. Volunteers will not be asked to handle hazardous material or unload vehicles. Lunch, beverages and a T-shirt will be provided to volunteers....
Since it was founded in 1878 as a school of agriculture, Lincoln University has been a landmark educational institution, with its graduates responsible for the growth of one of the most efficient agricultural economies in the world. The science-based, industry- relevant university prides itself on being a caring employer and a diligent host to its students. Central to this are the university's health and safety processes and practices. Health and safety manager Adrian Brown describes the...
By TAMARA RACE Plymouth Plymouth residents will get a full four hours of hazardous waste collection on Oct. 4, but how much waste each household can drop off will be limited. The town held a hazardous waste day on May 10, but the money for paying the contractor ran out before the hazardous material did. Because the May event had to be cut short, the Oct. 4 collection was scheduled. Each household will be allowed to drop off "two household equivalents" of hazardous material at no charge....
