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Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
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MER's Atlantic Beach, FL office recently responded to a suspected chlorine release at a Jacksonville, FL area power generation facility. A 150 lb chlorine cylinder had been discovered 'hot' with it's paint coating bubbling. Due to the building pressure within the cylinder, our client mobilized MER to aid in the response. MER dispatched a three person crew and our level A response trailer, to work with the Senior Environmental Scientist we had sourced for the response. |
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Saturday, April 27, 2013 |
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MER personnel worked with SC DHEC, and local emergency officials to safely remove remaining product from the tanker, and to vacuum up and contain any free-product released from the tanker so that the accident site could be cleared, and the highway reopened. The next morning, MER personnel returned with excavation equipment to remove gasoline contaminated soil from the site. MER will continue to work with the responsible party, and SC DHEC to close out the spill site. |
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Tuesday, April 9, 2013 |
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On April 24th, MER subsidiary, Coastal and Ocean Resources (CORI), is facilitating a webinar covering the basics on utilizing ShoreZone in the context of Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA). ShoreZone is a coastal habitat mapping and classification system that specializes in the collection and interpretation of spatially-referenced aerial imagery of the intertidal zone and nearshore environment. Imagery and data exists for over 100,000 kilometers (62,000 miles) of coastline in Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
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Saturday, February 16, 2013 |
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MER's Atlantic Beach, Florida office recently participated in 26.2 with Donna, The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer. The 26.2 with Donna is a private non-profit organization in Northeast Florida producing the only marathon in the U.S. dedicated solely to raising funds to end breast cancer. A team of five employees from MER entered the relay portion of the race. A big thank you goes to the runners; Philip Watts, Madeleine Bergman, Mark Bergman, Stephen Dovell and Josh Butler. |
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 |
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Moran Environmental Recovery LLC (MER) recently attended the annual National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) conference in Miami, FL, where we were the recipient of the Silver Level Contractor Safety Award. This award recognizes performance by MER employees and management in the creation of a safe work environment within the Railroad Construction Industry. |
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 |
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Moran Environmental Recovery (MER)’s Emergency Management Team (MEMT) has mobilized to New Jersey to support cleanup operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The team is working alongside the United States Coast Guard to cleanup at various refinery’s and terminals affected by the storm’s flood-waters. Resources deployed include personnel with our command trailer, crew vehicles, vacuum trucks, response trailers, work boats, pumps, pressure washers, oil skimming devices, containment boom and absorbent spill clean-up material. |
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012 |
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MER personnel from our Newtown, CT and Randolph, MA Resource Center's are working with NYC DEP in response to the discovery of a potential oil spill in the Pepacton Reservoir. |
