Laserfiche WebLink
} <br /> ­TER1:M <br /> Environmental Services,Inc. P.O.Box 409 • Pine Grove,Ca.95665 <br /> INFORMATION BULLETIN <br /> EPA regulations and mandates of 'hazardous waste handling and <br /> clean up are becoming more difficult to meet every; day. The <br /> consequences of not cleaning up .• a contaminated site can be <br /> staggering. In recent years the ; courts have passed rulings <br /> decreeing the liability' for environmental clean up can not be <br /> absolved by selling a property to . another, bankruptcy, or through <br /> the protection normally afforded 'a- person via incorporation. Not <br /> even by death. Environmental clean "up. costs can be passed down to <br /> heirs from generation to generation:. <br /> The clean up from a small chemical spill or leaky; fuel tank <br /> can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Most counties nowrequire an <br /> EPA representative be present during the removal of an underground <br /> tank, to inspect the site for contamination. If contamination is <br /> present immediate cleanup is mandatory. Failure to do so can result <br />{ in EPA fines of up to ten thousand ±dollars per:. day. <br /> To make matters worse, the EPA. has recently placed new <br /> I' restrictions on how contaminated-soil can be reMediated. Aeration <br /> of soil (exposing the contaminated, soil to the air and allowing the <br /> hydrocarbons to dissipate into -the atmosphere) is in most cases now <br /> illegal . Burning of the soil to remove the hydrocarbons - is <br /> restricted to a few EPA approved incinerators, which currently have <br /> waiting lists . Removal and transportation to a hazardous dump site <br /> can cost up to nine hundred dollars per cubic yard of material, <br /> depending on the amount and type of contamination. <br /> Is there a cost effective way ;to treat a contaminated site <br /> without using hazardous substances or removing the sail?; The answer <br /> is YES lf : Using on site bioremediation we can remove most chemical. <br /> t and petroleum contamination for substantially less thin half the <br /> cost of conventional methods. <br /> How does bioremediation work;? Quite simply, it is. Mother <br /> Natures house keeper . When organic substances h: <br /> Natures <br /> (chemicals, oils and fuels ) are 'le t alone 'in. the 'soil naturally <br /> occurring bacteria will -biodegrade' them back into base compounds. <br /> rendering them harmless . This .bacteria is the same bacteria that <br /> benefits gardeners in their compost; piles by breaking down organic <br /> matter into elements essential. forl:plant growth. <br /> Chemical Specialties . International has concentrated this <br /> bacteria alons g with necessary enzymes and nutrientinto their <br /> product SUPERBUGS . SUPERBUGS will.; do in '30 to 60 days what .if left <br /> alone mother Nature would take 50 to 100 years to do. <br /> For most sites cultures are available immediately. Massive- <br /> remediation projects may require a culturing time of 30. to 90 days <br /> prior to starting, depend-ing -ori demand: _. <br /> SUPERBUGS are certified non pathogeni'o (harmless to people or <br /> animals) by the USDA. .Inclosed yau', will find'- further information <br /> about SUPERBUGS, including:. a. .partial- list. of organic compounds <br /> degradable by them. <br /> For a free confidential onl-€ site evaluation and further <br /> information please contact your lorat field representative or call <br /> Terra Environmental Services Inc at (209) 296-»5240. <br />