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• Clean-Up Methods • Groundwater - SPDES • Oil Tank Tax Cut Business opportunity defined/validated for successful entry into a new category Two Clean-up Methods Produce One Clean Site! The last thing a company wants to face is traditional excavation and disposal of contaminated soil. It is an expensive, labor intensive form of remediation - especially when contamination has seeped under parking lots, roads, or permanent structures. This is exactly the predicament in which a financial institution on the north shore of Long Island found itself after suffering a massive fuel oil spill. After investigating the site and conducting preliminary tests, Anson Environmental Ltd. suggested a far less invasive - and far less costly - form of clean up. AEL installed a bioremediation system to remediate the fuel oil contaminated soil at the subject spill site to acceptable levels. No roads or parking lots had to be ripped up, and no buildings disturbed. In fact, thanks to bioremediation, customers and employees passing by the site couldn't even guess that a full scale clean-up was underway. Bioremediation is a tested method of remediation that sees water and nutrients added to the soil through numerous injection points to encourage the growth on indigenous bacteria colonies. Like hungry attackers, these microorganisms actually eat petroleum product locked in the pore spaces of soil at a spill site. With proper monitoring and adjustments, bioremediation eventually degrades the fuel to less dangerous chemical compounds.  To augment the bioremediation system and to accelerate the remediation project, AEL installed a Soil Vapor Extraction System (SVES) on site. The SVES causes increased air flow (oxygen) through the pore spaces of the soil. The added oxygen encourages the growth of bacterial colonies. To implement the SVES, Anson Environmental then added extraction wells, enabling the SVES to move large amounts of air through the pore spaces of the spill site. In the process, trapped volatile organic compounds are carried to the extraction well and eventually emitted to the atmosphere through the system's exhaust stack. This combination of soil vapor extraction and bioremediation is commonly referred to as bioventing. By combining these relatively new forms of remediation, Anson Environmental has succeeded in greatly reducing the site soil contamination. While excavation and disposal of contaminated soil would have been quicker, AEL has saved its client tens of thousands of dollars and succeeded in leaving the effected areas intact. Did You Know? New York is rich in surface and groundwater resources. Article 17 of the State Environmental Conservation Law was enacted to protect and maintain these valuable resources and authorized to protect and maintain these valuable resources and authorized the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination (SPDES) program to maintain these water resources within reasonable standards of purity. The SPDES program is designed to eliminate the pollution of New York waters and to maintain the highest quality of water possible consistent with public health, public enjoyment of the resource, protection and propagation of fish and wildlife, and industrial development in the State. New York State law requires a permit for the following activities: • Constructing or using an outlet or discharge pipe that discharges wastewater into the surface or ground waters of the State. • Constructing or operating a disposal system such as a sewage treatment plant. • Discharge of storm water. A permit must be obtained before commencing work on a project that requires a NYSDEC permit. Persons commencing work on such a project before obtaining the required permits, and any contractors engaged in such work, are subject to enforcement action by NYSDEC. $500 Oil Tank ~ Tax Credit Right now homeowners have a great opportunity to receive a tax credit from New York State for abandoning or removing an underground fuel oil tank, and replacing it with a new, underground or above ground fuel oil tank. With the average cost of abandoning a 275-gallon oil tank being $600.00, this credit will essentially pay almost the entire amount for abandoning the tank. The average lifespan of an underground oil tank is about 10 to 15 years, depending on the conditions of the area surrounding the tank. Anson Environmental Ltd. strongly recommends to have your underground oil tank tested regularly to make sure there are no leaks. This test only takes about one hour and is far less expensive than cleaning up an undetected oil leak later on. And what better time to replace your old oil tank now, and take advantage of the $500 rebate!  This Tax Credit Is Only Good To The End Of 2003 So Time Is Of The Essence BEWARE! |
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