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June
Issue
Washington State Conducts
Pollution Abatement on a WWII Era Ocean
Tug
Using a state law designed to deal with
derelict vessels, the Washington Department of Natural Resources
(WDNR) took custody of the 186-foot oceangoing tug – the Northern
Retriever - in August 2008. The vessel is located in Grays Harbor, Washington. The area is home to
extensive and valuable fish, shellfish, migratory and resident bird
habitat. Because of the harbor’s shape and currents, the threat of
this large derelict vessel sinking and spilling fuel and hazardous
materials caused a high level of concern for natural resource
agencies...Read More»
What do X-rays have to do
with power plant safety and
compliance?
Mention "X-ray" and most people
think of a doctor checking a broken wrist or a dentist examining
some pearly whites. But a different type of X-ray technology is
becoming common in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, aerospace and
other closely-regulated industries. The risk of non-compliance can
be great in these industries - fines, penalties, loss of licenses,
workplace accidents, negative publicity, even injury or death.
Increasingly, X-ray technologies are playing an important role in
preventing these problems...Read More»
Guatemala Regional Center
of Training in Answering to Hydrocarbon Spills in the Coastline
Environment
After the hydrocarbon spills
incidents occurred in the Pacific and Atlantic coast of Guatemala,
since the year 1976, a group of persons from the different private
companies and government authorities started the environmental
politics discussions continuing them in the years 1983, 1991, 1996
and 1997; as an answer to the Coast Maritime Environmental Crisis in
Izabal a committee was formed, after that, a Brigade was created as
an answer to the hydrocarbon spills, integrated by private companies
and government entities with the objectives of identifying the risk
of maritime and land pollution and creating awareness educative
programs. Months later, the committee and the brigade of spills were
created in the Pacific area of Guatemala, specifically
in Puerto Quetzal with the same objectives...Read More»
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