Home HazMat & Remediation
HazMat & Remediation
Construction contract awarded for Stage Two of Hamilton’s Randle Reef cleanup
Work on the second stage of the Randle Reef remediation project in Hamilton, Ontario, was awarded to Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. and Fraser River...
Company sentenced to pay $3.5 million for Obed Mountain mine spill
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC (formerly known as Coal Valley Resources Inc.) pleaded guilty in Alberta Provincial Court on June 9, 2017, to two...
Alberta to ‘boost’ the cleanup of old oil and gas sites to create jobs
The Alberta government introduced legislation on May 18, 2017, that would allow it to lend the Orphan Well Association (OWA) $235 million to speed...
Mining company ordered to pay penalty for Fisheries Act violation in Nunavut
On May 1, 2017, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited pleaded guilty, in the Nunavut Court of Justice, to one offence under the Fisheries Act. The court...
MOECC posts Excess Soil Management Regulatory Proposal
On April 24, 2017, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) released, "Excess Soil Management Regulatory Proposal" - a regulation proposal notice...
Case study: Cleaning contaminated groundwater at former missile site
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha District has funded the design and construction of a new groundwater treatment plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming,...
Saskatchewan to strengthen pipeline regulations following Husky spill
Saskatchewan Energy and Resources Minister Dustin Duncan announced on March 23, 2017 that the Ministry of the Economy completed its investigation of the Husky...
Whitehorse-based company to pay penalty relating to diesel spill
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced on March 10, 2017, that Air North Charter and Training Ltd. will pay a penalty of $80,000...
New environmental emergency regulations will require companies to provide more information on substances
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) recently announced that it is in the process of finalizing new federal Environmental Emergency Regulations designed to improve...
Launch of contaminated soils traceability system announced for Quebec
At the Soil and Groundwater Symposium held in Sherbrooke on December 7, 2016, Réseau Environnement announced the implementation of a voluntary system for traceability...
RECOMMENDED READING
Construction contract awarded for Stage Two of Hamilton’s Randle Reef cleanup
Work on the second stage of the Randle Reef remediation project in Hamilton, Ontario, was awarded to Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. and Fraser River...
OTHER STORIES
Biochar shows benefits as manure lagoon cover
Manure can be a useful fertilizer, returning valued nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to the soil for plant growth. But manure has problems. Odour offensiveness,...
