Secure Certificate of Environmental Compliance Commitments from EMB Regional Offices

Pacific Spectrum Environmental (PSEnvi) has provided expert technical services to various industries in procuring their Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the DENR EMB.

PSEnvi have handled ECC procurement projects from different EMB regions such as NCR, Region 2, Region 3, Region IV-A, Region IV-B, and Region V.

ECC procurement projects by PSEnvi usually include air and water monitoring, Geological Site Scoping Report (GSSR) and Enggineering Geological and Geohazard Assessment Report (EGGAR) for high rise buildings, and may also include procurement of Discharge Permits and Permit to Operate.


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Unit 1534 City and Land Mega Plaza
ADB Avenue corner Garnet Road
Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605
Metro Manila, Philippines

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Environment, Health and Safety Permitting and Reporting Services

The DENR Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), Philippine National Police (PNP), and among other agencies of the government require from companies various environmental, health and safety compliance reports and permits.

These environmental, health and safety compliance reports and permits may include the following:

• Certificate of Non-Coverage (CnC)
• Permit to Operate (PO)
• Discharge Permit (DP)
• Hazardous Waste Generator ID
• LLDA Clearance (LC)
• Self Monitoring Reports (SMR)
• Compliance Monitoring Reports (CMR)
• Priority Chemical List (PCL) Report
• PNP License to Possess Explosives
• PNP Permit to Purchase Explosives
• DOLE Certificate of Registration of Establishment
• PDEA License to Possess Precursor Chemicals & Essential Chemicals
• BHDT License to Operate Radiation Emitting Apparatus
• and among others

Pacific Spectrum Environmental (PSEnvi) has been dedicated to take on a pro-active role on our clients' permitting and reporting requirements without compromising their ownership or responsibility. PSenvi simply make report preparation and submission easier by facilitating information gathering and liaising, thereby decreasing the travel expenses of the company, and the work-load of the usually multi-role of Pollution Control Officers (PCOs).

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Research and Consultancy, Inc.
Unit 1534 City and Land Mega Plaza
ADB Avenue corner Garnet Road
Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605
Metro Manila, Philippines

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Environmental Management Accounting

Pacific Spectrum Environmental (PSEnvi) is one of the local partners of the Environmental Management Accounting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Southeast Asia (EMA-SEA) Project.

The project aims to implement and disseminate environmental management accounting in companies in the South-East Asian region to promote sustainable business. This project has been awarded recognition as an official project of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 by the German branch of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Several PSEnvi consultants have undergone basic and/or intensive EMA training/s and workshop/s under the EMA-SEA. Further, PSEnvi works closely with the EMA-SEA experts in the implementation of some EMA-SEA local case studies and company projects.

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Research and Consultancy, Inc.
Unit 1534 City and Land Mega Plaza
ADB Avenue corner Garnet Road
Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605
Metro Manila, Philippines

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In-house Environmental Seminars and Trainings

Pacific Spectrum Environmental provides in-house training seminars focused on the client company or institution’s needs.

Previous in-house training seminar clients include Neuronemech Corporation, RM Foods, Inc., Nestle Philippines, Inc. in Cagayan de Oro City, First Gas Industrial Corporation, National Engineering Center of the University of the Philippines – Diliman, Holy Angel University in Angeles, Pampanga, and Xavier University College of Engineering in Cagayan de Oro City.

Modules or topics discussed include Industrial Waste Management Seminar: Pollution Prevention and Control Strategies; Environmental Management Accounting Training Workshop; Integrated Waste Management; and IMS Training and Workshop for Compliance to Nestle Philippines Requirements.

Pacific Spectrum Environmental can tailor-suit its training modules to the company or institution’s needs and schedulepreference.

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Research and Consultancy, Inc.
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Air Pollution Control: Particulate Matter

One of the usual parameters for emission monitoring of stationary sources is particulate matter (PM).

As based on the National Emission Standards for Source Specific Air Pollutants (NESSAP) which is incorporated in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Philippine Clean Air Act (CAA), the maximum permissible limit of PM emission concentration for fuel burning equipment such as generator sets, boilers, fire pumps and the likes in an urban and industrial areas, cement plants and smelting furnaces is 150 mg/NCM. For other stationary sources and fuel burning equipment not located in urban and industrial areas, the maximum permissible limit is 200 mg/NCM.

PM emission concentration exceedance to the standard is a problem to some industries. One of the most practical and basic solution to this problem is regular cleaning and maintenance of the chimney or exhaust stack and the equipment itself. Soot and other particles accumulated in the exhaust can contribute to the particulate emission.

Another thing to check is the exhaust stack diameter and sampling porthole location.  These equipment specifications contribute to the concentration of the particles collected during emission sampling. Exhaust stacks should conform to design standards so that an accurate and representative PM concentration will be generated from the emission sampling.

For fuel-burning equipment using coconut husks, wood chips or paper, PM emission concentrations can be normally high. If fuel substitution is not an option, gravity settling chambers, mechanical collectors, particulate wet scrubbers, electronic precipitators and fabric filters will be the solution.

These air pollution control equipment are usual fixtures in cement industries for and the same can be used by other industries to regulate their particle emissions. Technical evaluation and assessment will be needed to determine which air pollution control equipment will best suit the system.


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Environmental Seminars and Trainings

Engr. Bryan Uy, Managing Director of Pacific Spectrum Environmental, has been a regular resource speaker of Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA)‘s Continuing Environmental Education Program and Seminars for Pollution Control Officers (PCO s). The 3-day training programs and 4-hour seminars conducted every month are for the accreditation of PCOs and renewal of Discharge Permit.

Topics discussed by Engr. Bryan Uy are sources of pollution, introduction to environmental management, air pollution control and other environmental topics.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Therm-Tec Inc.

All products sold by Therm Tec, Inc. are manufactured at the facility: incinerators, thermal oxidizer systems, crematories, air pollution control equipment, fabric filters, scrubbers, hydraulic systems, computer control systems, electrical control panels (U.L. Listed Panel Shop 508-A) and data acquisition programs, casting and forming of all refractories, welding and pattern cutting.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Flex-Kleen (A Subsidiary of Met-Pro Corporation)

Flex-Kleen is a leading supplier of dry particulate dust collecting systems for process dust control, product recovery, nuisance dust collection and air pollution control. We offer a complete line of dust collectors for the chemical, plastics & petrochemical, food & dairy, paint & pigments, minerals & clay, cement & rock products, coal & fly ash and pharmaceutical markets. Our products include bin vent filters, welded modules, high-pressure and high vacuum pulse-jet dust collectors, high efficiency cartridge and pleated element filters, and cyclones. We have full service aftermarket capabilities offering collector upgrades, rebuilds and conversions, replacement parts and on-site field services.

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Regulatory Review and Reportorial Requirements for the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)

Pacific Spectrum Environmental also engages for the preparation of Self Monitoring Reports and ECC Compliance Monitoring Reports for submission to EMB. We also do regulatory review to ensure that you are updated on the upcoming environmental laws and regulations that is given from EMB Central Office, Regional Offices, and local government offices. Notable clients include Intel Technology Philippines, Inc. and Numonyx Philippines, Inc in General Trias, Cavite; New Zealand Creamery, Inc. in Makati; EAC Industrial Ingredients, Inc. in Paranaque and Metastone Manufacturing Corporation in LISP 1 Cabuyao, Laguna.

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Research and Consultancy, Inc.
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Metro Manila, Philippines

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Air Polluion Control Company: Bionomic Industries

For more than a quarter of a century, Bionomic Industries has been engineering and manufacturing scrubbing equipment and systems for a wide range of air pollution control, abatement, and product recovery applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical, metals, minerals, food, waste treatment, power, gasification and energy, pulp and paper, and wood products industries, and a host of other processing industries.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Baghouse & Industrial Sheet Metal Services Inc.

Air Pollution Control Equipment. Provide new & used Baghouses, Dust, Fume, Mist, Cartridge, Pulse, Shaker and Cyclone collectors. Service, parts, repair & AQMD fastrack permits. Shot Blast & Abrasive Blast systems new & used. State of the art sheet metal fabrication shop stainless thru 1/4`. Ductwork, hoods, enclosures, guards, conveyor system parts, manifolds, chutes & weldments. One stop shop.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Envirocombustion Systems Limited

Envirocombustion Systems Limited can provide new and second hand pollution control plant and equipment, fuel and destruction efficiency upgrades, spares and service support to all types of industrial air pollution control, crematoria, clinical and solid waste oxidiser and incinerator plant.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Air Chem Systems, Inc.

Air Chem Systems, Inc. manufactures an extensive line of air pollution control equipment for the electronic, metal finishing, plating, sewage treatment, and other industries that generate nonflammable corrosive fumes and odors.

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Air Polluion Control Company: GMD Environmental Technologies, Inc.

Designer and manufacturer of air pollution control (APC) equipment and specialized sand recycling equipment. GMD ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (GMD) provides industrial customers with innovative and unique environmental equipment and systems, from concept and design through final commissioning. Our emphasis is on quality energy efficient equipment and systems, designed with few moving parts for minimum maintenance.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Advanced Environmental Solutions

Advanced Environmental Solutions is a leading environmental systems distributor and environmental consultancy firm in Romania and South-Eastern Europe. Our main activity is the distribution of air pollution control systems in Romania and South-Eastern Europe, for any type of application. We can supply dust collectors, mist collectors, scrubbers, thermal oxidizers, ESPs, biofilters, DeNOx units, waste incinerators, bag filters, activated carbon, industrial vacuum cleaners, gas/particulate respirators, residential air purifiers. We are also involved in noise control (sound enclosures, acoustic walls, anechoic chambers, wind tunnels, etc.) and soil treatment. Our company`s secondary activity is environmental marketing and technical consultancy. We operate through our main office in Ploiesti, ROMANIA and we have collaborations with reputed suppliers and environmental protection firms worldwide.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Air Equipment Sales, Inc

Air Equipment Sales, Inc. offers a full line of air pollution control products and custom built systems to meet your specific needs. Cyclones - Dust Collectors - Filters - Scrubbers - Thermal Oxidation - Parts & Accessories

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Air Polluion Control Company: Environmental Control Inc.

Air pollution control equipment. Founded in 1961 as Sunrise Sheet Metal, Environmental Control, Inc. (ECI) has continued to serve its clients for over 40 years. Environmental Control Inc. has developed the highest professional reputation, with numerous `in-house` services offered due to the ECI dedication and the desire to work with its customers. Engineering Consulting. ECI is a State Licensed & Insured Consulting Engineering Firm. Our Disciplines include Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical, and Structural Engineering. Manufacturing. Our wholly owned & operated 10,000 sq. ft. Sunrise Sheet Metal division manufactures: - Air conditioning & ventilation - Pollution control systems for dust - Particulate fume - Smoke- Odors - Carbon Monoxide Extraction

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DOH-BHDT Permit to Operate Radiation Emitting Apparatus

Pacific Spectrum Environmental also engages in the preparation of application for DOH-BHDT permit to operate for radiation emitting aparatus such as x-rays. These include anti-crime and industrial x-rays that are used mostly by manufacting facilities. Notable clients include Intel Technology Philippines, Inc. and Numonyx Philippines, Inc., both in General Trias, Cavite.


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Unit 1534 City and Land Mega Plaza
ADB Avenue corner Garnet Road
Ortigas Center, Pasig City 1605
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Air Polluion Control Company: Enviro International corporation

We are a leading supplier of Air Pollution Control System, and ventilation Equipment in India and aboard and are pleased to put forward detail of the range of products &equipment of our organization for your kind reference.

Dust Extraction System
Bag Filter for various applications
Reverse Air Bag Filter
Cyclone, Multi Cyclones
Dust Extraction system ,
Fume Extraction and Scrubbing System, Scrubbers
Ventilation System
Ventilation and Pressurization Systems
Evaporative and Cooling Systems
Air Washers, Air Handling unit
Industrial Fan, Exhaust Fan, Axial Fan,
Fan for Ventilation systems, Roof Extractor

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Air Polluion Control Company: L&E America

L&E America provides air pollution control equipment and technology in the form of VOC oxidizers (regenerative, recuperative, and catalytic) and recovery systems to the paper, automotive, and process industries.
As one of the pioneers in the air pollution control industry, we've been designing and building systems for over 30 years. We were one of the 1st in North America with a Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) installed in 1990. Since then we've installed hundreds more worldwide. Our European counterpart, located in Bochum Germany, provides an additional international resource of technical knowledge and experience. Our USA operation includes engineering design, fabrication and technical services. It is a 24,000 sq. ft facility headquartered in Kaukauna, WI.

We provide turnkey installations with start-up service, annual maintenance agreements. Our staff of technicians are available 24/7 to provide prompt and competent field service.


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Air Polluion Control Company: Johnson Matthey Emission Control Technologies

 A British company with global operations, Johnson Matthey is a world leader in the development and supply of catalytic systems for air pollution control. Catalyst technology from Johnson Matthey helps to control exhaust emissions from mobile and stationary sources of air pollution, including passenger cars and motorcycles, trucks and buses, constructions equipment, as well as power plant and other industrial processes. The technology is sold either direct to vehicle and equipment manufacturers, or on to ends users via dedicated sales agents or distributors selected on the basis of their engineering capabilities and specialist knowledge of user needs.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Nacah Tech LLC

AirScience Technologies specializes in the supply of state-of-the-art air emission and pollution control systems and gas separation for the primary and secondary industries more specifically Chemical, Oil & Gas, Power, PTA, Viscose and Waste Management industries. AirScience Technologies was formed in 1993 from the merger of the VOC control activities of a Canadian company and the Air Pollution Control division of a Pittsburgh PA corporation.

 AirScience Capabilities

    * Biofiltration systems including, biofilters, trickling biofilters and bio-scrubbers.
    * Wet scrubber systems including, packed towers, venturi scrubbers, open spray towers.
    * Wet electrostatic precipitators.
    * Thermal oxidizer systems including modular and regenerative thermal oxidizers.
    * Catalytic oxidation systems including, catalytic oxidizers, catalytic flameless burners, multi stage catalytic reactors and regenerative catalytic reactors.
    * PSA type Nitrogen and Oxygen generators.
    * Biogas separation systems including, CNG, Hydrogen and CO2 production plants.
    * Hydrogen production systems including, electrolysis, natural gas SMR and methanol SMR plants.
    * Desiccant type process gas dryers.
    * VOC control systems including activated carbon and zeolite units.

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Air Polluion Control Company: AirProtekt Limited

AirProtekt is an Air Pollution Control specialist that has built up a wealth of market knowledge, technical expertise and practical skills gained from working for more than thirty years in the global Air Pollution Control industry. AirProtekt offers international clients an in-depth, one-to-one technical service. The company is an expert at providing custom systems to detailed specifications.

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Air Polluion Control Company: CleanAIR Systems, Inc.

The answer is proven emissions control technology from CleanAIR Systems, Inc. Since 1993, CleanAIR has been a trusted leader in the field of air pollution control, manufacturing catalyzed diesel particulate filters, oxidation catalysts and selective catalytic reduction technology. Maintaining a high standard of quality and product integrity, CleanAIR conducts every function of the manufacturing process, from concept to completion. Our integrated manufacturing approach creates complete emissions control systems, helping you meet today’s strict ambient air quality standards. CleanAIR Systems is an Allied Vendor of Caterpillar.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Pollution Systems

Pollution Systems designs, builds and services all types of industrial air pollution control systems. We offer Thermal Oxidizers, Catalytic Oxidizers, Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers, Direct Fired Oxidizers, Enclosed Flares, Gas Scrubbers, Particulate Scrubbers, Rotor Concentrators, Heat Recovery Systems and Ceramic Media. On-site services include equipment maintenance and repairs, inspections, media replacement, equipment commissioning and turnkey projects.

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Philippine Economiz Zone Authority (PEZA) Engineering Permit Requirements

Pacific Spectrum Environmental also engages in the preparation of application for PEZA engineering permits. PEZA Engineering Permits are needed before construction and operation on facilities located in PEZA Economic Zones. These permits include the building, sanitary/plumbing, mechanical, fencing, and electrical permits for new construction. Occupancy permits, mechanical and electrical permit to operate, fire safety inspection certificate, meanwhile, are needed before the facility can start the operation. Our notable clients include Numonyx Philippines, Inc. in General Trias, Cavite and Stepan Philippines, Inc. in Bauan, Batangas.

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Air Polluion Control Company: EAS, Inc.

EAS Incorporated is an environmental air pollution control company providing VOC control systems including straight through and recuperative thermal oxidizers, straight through and recuperative catalytic oxidizers, 95% heat recovery regenerative thermal oxidizers, stationary engine catalytic converter systems, replacement ceramic cordierite and metallic monolith Pd./Pt. catalysts, Pt. bead catalysts, catalyst testing and washing services, Converting straight through and recuperative thermal oxidizers to catalytic systems by adapting our precious metal catalyst to the thermal oxidizer thus saving 50% natural gas consumption on the oxidation of VOC emissions. Electricity savings multi-layer media for regenerative thermal oxidizers to replace old technology heat retention media saddles and testing services for existing air pollution control systems. Our business is to provide clean air at the lowest possible cost and in all cases reduce the operational costs of existing industrial plants while complying with all EPA regulations.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Recordum Messtechnik GmbH

recordum® was founded in 2004, based on over 30 years of expertise and experience in the environmental monitoring business. The company´s business is to develop and manufacture the most advanced solutions for applications in environmental monitoring. In addition, recordum® has a close relationship to leading scientists and institutes in Europe and all over the world to provide monitoring solutions even for special applications and future tasks.

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Air Polluion Control Company: HI-Q Environmental Products Company

HI-Q Environmental Products Company is a leading manufacturer of air sampling equipment, remote monitoring systems & air monitoring accessories since 1973. We are an ISO-9001 Certified manufacturer of continuous duty high & low volume air samplers, air flow calibrators, radioiodine sampling cartridges, collection filter paper, combination filter holders, emergency response sampling kits and complete stack & fume hood sampling systems designed per the requirements of ANSI N13.1 1999.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Kimre Air Pollution Control Systems

Kimre designs and manufactures Mist Eliminators, Structured Tower Packing, Sub-Micron Aerosol Collection Systems, Liquid-Liquid Coalescers, and Drift Eliminators. Our products are available in all thermoplastics ranging from Polypropylene to PFA-Teflon®. We service all chemical process industries through a global rep organization. Call our experienced engineers for process optimization, lower energy consumption, improved throughput, and longer operation.

Kimre™ Technology

The introduction of Kimre™ patented high-performance, interlaced mesh structure revolutionized the technology of process fluid separation and air pollution control. This unique, innovative concept is far superior to the usual tower packing, chevrons, and mesh pads used for mass and heat transfer, particulate removal and mist elimination. As a result, industries around the world have increased production, reduced energy and maintenance costs, and reduced emissions to comply with ever more stringent air and water pollution control standards. The Kimre interlaced mesh structure is simple, yet surprisingly effective. The basic structure of the mesh forms a ladder-like arrangement of thermoplastic filaments, forming double-V systems that intersect each other at right angles. Our engineered mesh construction has a large surface area and void space. The choice of filament diameter and the physical arrangement of mesh layers optimize the effectiveness and range of solid or liquid particle removal. A variety of thermoplastic filament materials allows for continuous service from -320° F to 400° F (-195° C to 204° C). The thermoplastic media eliminates problems associated with corrosion, contamination, and erosion. The lightweight material is flexible, offers exact fit and is easy to install, remove, and maintain. Kimre offers a range of products, all based on its unique media that effectively removes solid and liquid particles below one micron while draining large volumes of liquid. Kimre products are so effective they make traditional tower packing and metal pads obsolete.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Remediation Service, Int`l (RSI) & Field Specialties Inc.(FSI)

RSI, a division of Innovative Environmental Solutions, LLC, is a leading manufacturer of self contained, portable systems for soil and groundwater remediation. RSI also manufactures systems for air pollution prevention treating vapors from tank degassing, and other industrial vapor emission sources. Systems have been delivered across the U.S. and around the world. RSI is an established, reliable manufacturer providing complete technical and service support, including pilot testing, and special engineered systems to meet our customers` needs.

RSI has recently agreed to a partnership with Field Specialists Inc (FSI). With RSI’s manufacturing experience of air and groundwater pollution control devices combined with FSI’s valued experience as an industrial degassing service provider for tanks, barges, vacuum trucks, process equipment, contaminated soil and groundwater within the Petro-Chemical industry worldwide.

The partnership provides FSI skilled technicians and RSI state-of-the-art equipment that is rated for the most stringent industrial applications make Field Specialties, Inc. a top-rated industrial remediation & tank degassing services provider. This assures you FSI/RSI is ready to meet all of your environmental challenges

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Air Polluion Control Company: Pollution Systems

Pollution Systems designs, builds and services all types of industrial air pollution control systems. We offer Thermal Oxidizers, Catalytic Oxidizers, Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers, Direct Fired Oxidizers, Enclosed Flares, Gas Scrubbers, Particulate Scrubbers, Rotor Concentrators, Heat Recovery Systems and Ceramic Media. On-site services include equipment maintenance and repairs, inspections, media replacement, equipment commissioning and turnkey projects.

Products
With our expertise in the air pollution control industry, we can establish a cost effective, reliable solution custom to your operational needs and your latest air quality regulations. Our technical sales group will work with you to ensure you understand the different technologies available and help you select the most appropriate equipment for your operational and financial goals.
If necessary, we can also evaluate your current systems’ performance and manages any needed improvements to the systems’ effectiveness and reliability.

Services
Pollution System Solutions offers a comprehensive range of on- and off-site services including: system relocations, equipment maintenance and repairs, inspections, media replacement and equipment commissioning.
Our extensive experience and broad knowledge of all types of air abatement technologies and processes allow us to quickly address compliance, maintenance and repair problems.

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BIOREM Inc wins two air pollution treatment projects worth CAD800,000

Jun 25, 2009 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- BIOREM Inc (TSXV:BRM), a Canadian supplier of biofilters for air pollution control in municipal and industrial applications, declared on Thursday that the company has been awarded two industrial air pollution treatment contracts near Tianjin and Shanghai, China, valued at CAD800,000.

The Tianjin system will treat a complex air stream from an industrial installation. According to BIOREM this project opens many other industrial opportunities for the company in future years.
The Shanghai biofilter system will treat odorous and VOC compounds at a major industrial client. This repeat order highlights an increasing acceptance of biological air pollution technologies by leading international corporations, BIOREM said.

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PNP National Police (PNP) Permit and Reportial Requirements

Pacific Spectrum Environmental also engages in permit and reportorial requirements for the Philippine National Police especially on explosives and explosive ingredients. This includes the License to Possess which is needed in order to possess/store explosives/explosives ingredients being monitored by PNP such as nitric acid, nitrates and chlorates. This license is a requirement in applying for a Permit to Purchase. A Permit to Purchase is needed in order to purchase these ingredients. Aside from these permits, we also liase submission of monthly consumption reports thru PNP crame if you’re from NCR, or thru Provincial, Regional and Crame if you’re from the provinces. Our notable clients include Intel Technology Philippines, Inc. and Numonyx Philippines, Inc both in Gateway Business Park, General Trias, Cavite.

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Car-cooling glass OK'd, but pollution fee is put off

SACRAMENTO – The state Air Resources Board yesterday unanimously ordered automakers to gradually install sunlight-reflecting glass designed to keep cars cooler, improve gas mileage and help battle global warming.
By lowering interior temperatures, regulators said, motorists would not be as tempted to crank up their gas-gobbling air conditioners. In turn, that would save fuel and cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
But in a surprise move, the board postponed imposing the nation's first carbon fee on most industries that release greenhouse gases. Board members said they wanted to review a potential conflict with federal law.
The carbon fee would raise about $52 million a year initially, later dropping to $36 million, to cover administrative costs for the state's program to cut greenhouse gases. That plan would cost California households an estimated $4 a year if utilities, refineries and others passed along the fee, according to air board estimates.
The decision came after several electricity providers warned that California might inadvertently put a fee on energy that is moved through but not used in the state. That would violate federal energy laws.
“We don't want to proceed with anything until we're absolutely confident what we're doing will meet every legal and constitutional test,” said Mary Nichols, air board chairwoman.

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Air Polluion Control Company: Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.

Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc. offers a complete breadth of air pollution control technologies, including regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTOs), as well as catalytic, thermal recuperative and direct fired thermal oxidizers, and concentrator systems for the destruction of Volatile Organic Compounds, Hazardous Air Pollutants, NOx and odorous emissions. Additional offerings include energy recovery systems, turnkey installations, engineering studies, equipment retrofits, refurbished equipment, and preventive maintenance packages. Anguil has been in the air pollution control and energy recovery industries for over 30 years. Over 25 years ago, Gene Anguil founded Anguil Environmental Systems to concentrate on VOC control and energy solutions. Unlike other major suppliers, Anguil has built a worldwide reputation for excellence by focusing on air pollution control and energy conservation as our only businesses. At over 1,600 installations around the globe, our customers recognize their importance to our business and our commitment to the industry. Anguil systems control harmful and regulated volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), process odors, and nitrogen oxides (NOx) utilizing a wide range of proven technology solutions.

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The World’s Biggest Pollution Factory

The coal that has powered China’s economic growth . . . is also choking its people. – Elizabeth C. Economy At the root of many of China’s air-quality problems is its heavy dependence on relatively high-sulfur, low-quality coal for everything from electricity generation and industrial production to cooking and space heating in the home. China relies on coal for almost 75% of its energy needs. In fact, each year, China consumes more coal than Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States combined. The scale and scope of China’s coal power plant construction program is almost beyond one’s imagination. Consider that every single week, China adds one new large coal power plant to its energy base. Every single year, China builds enough new coal plants to light up the entire British Isles. In any given year, the amount of coal-fired capacity that China is building amounts to more than double that of the entire electricity-generating capacity of the state of California-more than 100 gigawatts. That China’s coal appetites are voracious is aptly captured in this passage from the Wall Street Journal: ”On a recent hazy morning in eastern China, the Wuhu Shaoda power company revved up its production of electricity, burning a ton and a half of coal per minute to satisfy more than half the demand of Wuhu, an industrial city of two million people. “It’s not just the quantity of coal used by China that matters.

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Green Roofs to be Mandatory on New Toronto Buildings

All new residential, commercial and institutional buildings with more than 2,000 square meters of floorspace in the City of Toronto will soon require a vegetated area, known as a green roof, on a portion of the rooftop. Toronto says it is the first municipality to pass a mandatory green roof bylaw, effective February 2010.
"The City of Toronto s leadership on all things green took another major step by making it obligatory to have green roofs for all types of new buildings," says deputy mayor Joe Pantalone. "This bylaw is a major part of the solution to climate change, the creation of green jobs, and it represents a whole new mindset on how our cities approach the 20 per cent or so of surface area that are roofs."
Steven Peck, president of the not-for-profit industry group Green Roofs for Healthy Cities says Toronto s bylaw "breaks new ground on how to structure a mandatory green roof requirement and the construction standard also contains important best practices that may prove to be a model for other cities."
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China Will Be Testing Two Maglev Systems to Transport Freight: Up to Three Times Cheaper than Trucks or Rail

China is installing two prototype magnetically levitated (maglev) systems for transporting coal in Inner Mongolia in an attempt to increase transport speeds and efficiencies, and to reduce pollution. Cost studies show $0.13 to 0.017 per ton-mile depending upon the length of magnetic pipe. Rail and truck costs are in the $0.35 to 0.05 per ton-mile cost range.


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Magplane Technology designs and fabricates pipeline transport systems using the linear synchronous motor technology developed for the Magplane system. Typical applications for pipeline transport range from priority mail packages to ore transport. A typical ore application would have an underground pair of 60 cm diameter pipes for outbound and returning capsules, and typically carry 10 millions tons per year over a distance of 50 km.

Electromagnetic drives for pipeline systems are intended to replace pneumatic capsules. Pneumatic capsule pipelines have a long history, and there are several large scale systems in current use. Conventional pneumatic systems use external blowers to move the column of air together with the capsules in the pipe. Full-diameter valves are used to control the injection, removal and subsequent return of capsules. Various practical limits constrain the throughput of these systems and limit their cost effectiveness.

A demonstration project which uses a linear synchronous motor to move vehicles has been constructed at the IMC-Agrico Company in Lakeland, FL. The demonstration utilizes 200 m of 60 cm diameter cylindrical cast "waste water" fiberglass tube, and includes a 60 m long accelerator/decelerator section, a switch, and load and unload stations. The test vehicle traverses back and forth at a peak speed of 65 km/hr. The 1.8 m long wheelbase vehicle uses six-wheel assemblies at each end of a rotating hopper, and has a payload capacity of 270 kg. The vehicle carries an array of neodymium-iron boron permanent magnets which interact with the linear motor mounted on the outside of the tube to provide propulsion, and with external coils to provide an electromagnetic switch function.

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Proposed federal emission rule threatens cement plants

Two major local employers, Lehigh Southwest Cement Company in Tehachapi and CalPortland Cement in Mojave, are facing a stringent new federal emission rule that may be impossible to meet.

Both plants fall short of the proposed standard for mercury emissions, but the Lehigh plant has a far greater challenge ahead of it to meet the demands of the Environmental Protection Agency.

The proposed standard for mercury is “very low,” said Kern County Air Pollution Control Officer Dave Jones.

“Our plant has been on this site for the last 100 years and now the United States Environmental Protection Agency has determined if we cannot meet their proposed emission levels, the plant would be required to close,” said Lehigh Plant Manager Craig Mifflin. “Lehigh is in the process of preparing pilot plant studies to determine the ability of existing control technologies to control these pollutants. The challenge of course, will be the ability to meet all of the parameters' extremely low limits.”

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Engineering Design on Sewerage Systems

Pacific Spectrum Environmental engages on engineering designs on sewerage systems. We perform design calculations, detailed plans and drawings, and bill quantity calculations. Our design engineers have a wide background experience on sewerage system designs. Our notable projects include the Hanni Park Project and Meloding Project in the Matjabeng Municipality, South Africa under Sobek Engineering Pty. (Ltd).

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BP: 'We share concerns about benzene'

By Gitte Laasby Post-Tribune staff writer

On June 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it had cited BP Whiting for environmental violations. For nearly six years, the refinery emitted cancer-causing benzene at its wastewater treatment plant without proper air pollution control equipment.
Under the Clean Air Act, BP is required to manage and treat benzene waste from its wastewater treatment plant. But not all emissions from the waste were controlled as required.
In 2008, BP totaled 95 tons of benzene waste — nearly 16 times the amount allowed, according to the EPA. Similar violations took place between 2003 and 2008.
BP self-disclosed the violations to the EPA in a required annual report for 2008 submitted on Feb. 10 this year. BP spokesman Scott Dean said BP discovered the problem when a third party audited the treatment plant in the fall as part of an effort to improve operations.
EPA's announcement led 19 congressional legislators from Great Lakes states to send a letter to EPA, demanding it investigate whether BP complies with its environmental permits.
The EPA is preparing a letter in response.

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CECO Environmental Announces Two New Orders Totaling Approximately $1.1 Million

CINCINNATI, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CECO Environmental Corp. (NasdaqGM: CECE), a leading provider of air pollution control and industrial ventilation systems, announced today that it has received two new orders totaling approximately $1.1 million.
Rick Blum, President and Chief Operating Officer, stated, "These orders were secured by two units of our equipment group. They are orders for equipment that will be delivered to customers in the power industry and in the lead recycling business."
Phillip DeZwirek, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "The larger of the two orders is for equipment that will be delivered to a customer in Brazil. This is a power industry customer. As we have stated previously, we see great opportunities in the power industry around the world and we are continuing to pursue them."

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CECO Environmental Corp. is North America's largest independent air pollution control company. Through its subsidiaries -- Busch, CECOaire, CECO Filters, CECO Abatement Systems, kbd/Technic, Kirk & Blum, H. M. White, Inc., Effox, GMD, Fisher-Klosterman, Flextor and AVC Specialists -- CECO provides a wide spectrum of air quality services and products including: industrial air filters, environmental maintenance, monitoring and management services, and air quality improvements systems. CECO is a full-service provider to the steel, military, aluminum, automotive, ethanol, aerospace, electric power, semiconductor, chemical, cement, metalworking, glass, foundry and virtually all industrial process industries.


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Wet Scrubbers: Pros and Cons

Table 1. Relative advantages and disadvantages of wet scrubbers compared to other control devices
Advantages	Disadvantages
Small space requirements Scrubbers reduce the temperature and volume of the unsaturated exhaust stream. Therefore, vessel sizes, including fans and ducts downstream, are smaller than those of other control devices. Smaller sizes result in lower capital costs and more flexibility in site location of the scrubber. No secondary dust sources Once particulate matter is collected, it cannot escape from hoppers or during transport. Handles high-temperature, high-humidity gas streams No temperature limits or condensation problems can occur as in baghouses or ESPs. Minimal fire and explosion hazards Various dry dusts are flammable. Using water eliminates the possibility of explosions. Ability to collect both gases and particulate matter	Corrosion problems Water and dissolved pollutants can form highly corrosive acid solutions. Proper construction materials are very important. Also, wet-dry interface areas can result in corrosion. High power requirements High collection efficiencies for particulate matter are attainable only at high pressure drops, resulting in high operating costs. Water-disposal problems Settling ponds or sludge clarifiers may be needed to meet waste-water regulations. Difficult product recovery Dewatering and drying of scrubber sludge make recovery of any dust for reuse very expensive and difficult.

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Rekindling Wood Energy in America

Clean-energy opportunities are many and will be realized if energy policy can both promote the efficiency of our energy system and sustainable development of a full complement of renewables: solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and biomass.

As America begins to back away from fossil fuels, consumers are more and more ready to transition to affordable and sustainable sources of renewable energies. The recently proposed Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) is gaining considerable support in Congress and among the general public. As written however, it inadvertently is poised to waste large amounts of renewable thermal energy and needs more careful crafting.

One of the largest sources of renewable energy available today is one of the oldest, that is direct combustion of wood. Recent European developments in advanced wood combustion (AWC, defined as automated, high-efficiency wood-fired energy systems with strict air pollution control) have wood supplying thermal and electrical energy cleanly and reliably to thousands of communities in Europe and increasingly in North America. AWC minimizes air pollutants including fossil greenhouse gases.

AWC is so clean and safe that AWC systems are commonly deployed in the midst of picture-perfect European towns and villages. Because AWC systems can be developed in community-sized increments of 0.1 to 20 MWth, they can be managed to meet community needs and not overwhelm the productivity of local woodsheds.

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Assessment of Existing Wastewater Treatment Facilities for Planned Expansion

Facilities with existing wastewater treatment facilities are in a better position than those that don't have one as the latter is very susceptible to environmental non-compliance, penalization, closure and even criminal liabilities.

However, even facilities with existing wastewater treatment facilities face challenges on a daily basis as a result of inadequate knowledge and continuous training of personnel and sometimes the lack of top management commitment to comply with environmental laws (some put up systems like these only as a front but don't operate it properly). Yet again, growing companies whose operations have increased in capacity have problems with their existing treatment facilities because these are not adequate to treat the increase in wastewater generation anymore.

Pacific Spectrum Environmental has conducted many assessments of existing wastewater treatment facilities to resolve these problems all together. We have trained personnel to do simple, easy-to-understand tasks that can increase his/her competence as an operator. We've also made assessments on existing facilities to increase its efficiency by tweaking the operational conditions (e.g. physico-chemical and biological parameters). And we've helped companies to also increase the capacity of their existing facilities without necessarily building another plant.

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Wet Scrubbers

Wet scrubber is a form of pollution control technology. The term describes a variety of devices that remove pollutants from a furnace flue gas or from other gas streams. In a wet scrubber, the polluted gas stream is brought into contact with the scrubbing liquid, by spraying it with the liquid, by forcing it through a pool of liquid, or by some other contact method, so as to remove the pollutants.

The design of wet scrubbers or any air pollution control device depends on the industrial process conditions and the nature of the air pollutants involved.

Inlet gas characteristics and dust properties (if particles are present) are of primary importance. Scrubbers can be designed to collect particulate matter and/or gaseous pollutants. Wet scrubbers remove dust particles by capturing them in liquid droplets. Wet scrubbers remove pollutant gases by dissolving or absorbing them into the liquid.

Any droplets that are in the scrubber inlet gas must be separated from the outlet gas stream by means of another device referred to as a mist eliminator or entrainment separator (these terms are interchangeable). Also, the resultant scrubbing liquid must be treated prior to any ultimate discharge or being reused in the plant.
There are numerous configurations of scrubbers and scrubbing systems, all designed to provide good contact between the liquid and polluted gas stream.

Figures 1 and 2 show two examples of wet scrubber designs, including their mist eliminators. Figure 1 is a venturi scrubber design. The mist eliminator for a venturi scrubber is often a separate device called a cyclonic separator.

Figure 1 - Venturi scrubber with mist eliminator

Figure 2 - Packed bed tower

Figure 2 has a tower design where the mist eliminator is built into the top of the structure. Various tower designs exist.

A wet scrubber's ability to collect small particles is often directly proportional to the power input into the scrubber. Low energy devices such as spray towers are used to collect particles larger than 5 micrometers. To obtain high efficiency removal of 1 micrometer (or less) particles generally requires high energy devices such as venturi scrubbers or augmented devices such as condensation scrubbers. Additionally, a properly designed and operated entrainment separator or mist eliminator is important to achieve high removal efficiencies. The greater the number of liquid droplets that are not captured by the mist eliminator the higher the potential emission levels.

Wet scrubbers that remove gaseous pollutants are referred to as absorbers. Good gas-to-liquid contact is essential to obtain high removal efficiencies in absorbers. A number of wet scrubber designs are used to remove gaseous pollutants, with the packed tower and the plate tower being the most common.
If the gas stream contains both particle matter and gases, wet scrubbers are generally the only single air pollution control device that can remove both pollutants. Wet scrubbers can achieve high removal efficiencies for either particles or gases and, in some instances, can achieve a high removal efficiency for both pollutants in the same system. However, in many cases, the best operating conditions for particles collection are the poorest for gas removal.

In general, obtaining high simultaneous gas and particulate removal efficiencies requires that one of them be easily collected (i.e., that the gases are very soluble in the liquid or that the particles are large and readily captured) or by the use of a scrubbing reagent such as lime or sodium hydroxide.

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STWA Provides Business Development and Milestone Update

SANTA BARBARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/23/09 -- Save the World Air, Inc. (OTCBB: ZERO), an innovative pioneer in the clean technology industry focused on energy efficiency and air quality issues, is pleased to provide an overview of developments and milestone achievements over the past six months. This is a summary of these developments; more information about STWA and its technologies that improve energy efficiency and air quality can be reviewed at the company's website www.stwa.com or through its public filings at www.edgar.org.
"The Company has worked diligently to position itself as a leading player in the multi-billion dollar energy efficiency market with its technologies," stated Mr. Cecil Bond Kyte, Chairman and CEO of Save The World Air, Inc. "The milestones we have achieved over the past six months show how we plan to address this market, and how we see the market developing in the state of California and nationally under the Obama Administration."

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Beijing Olympics were the most polluted games ever, researchers say

China's Olympics had double the level of soot as Athens, triple the levels as Atlanta and 3.5 times higher than as Sydney.

The level of toxic smog of soot particles in the air was so high that at times the sun was blotted out.

Despite Chinese Government measures to reduce pollution around their capital city by shutting down factories, restricting car usage and slowing down construction, high levels of pollutants persisted.

However matters could have been worse had there not been evening showers and a change in the wind direction during the games.

Scientists found the weather played a greater part in reducing pollution than restrictions imposed by the Chinese Government

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What Does Auto Code 1446 Emissions Control Systems In Cars Mean?

It is always a bit stressful when your vehicle isn’t performing right, and especially if this lack of performance is coupled with the auto code 1446 emissions control systems in cars being indicated through the use of a scanner. When the “check engine” light comes on in any car equipped with an on-board diagnostic system or OBD-ll, the owner or driver can take the vehicle to any repair shop, auto parts store or dealership and have the results scanned. This process then generates all the faults or malfunctions in the emissions system into a series of code. The auto code 1446 emissions control systems, cars and trucks, means that there is a problem with the vent control valve. This fault can occur in more than one set of the auto code 1446 emissions control systems. Cars or trucks can be reset and driven again, then checked to see if the fault occurs. Sometimes something as simple as a loose gas cap or a tear in the seal around the gas cap can lead to the fault reading auto code 1446 emissions control systems. Cars are easy to fix if this is the problem, simply reset the system and correctly tighten the gas cap or replace the damaged gas cap to correct the problem and prevent the faulty reading from occurring.

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National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Area Source Standards for Paints and Allied Products Manufacturing

May 30, 2009 (FIND, Inc. via COMTEX) -- ADPC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- SUMMARY: EPA is proposing national emission standards for control of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) for the Paints and Allied Products Manufacturing area source category. The proposed emissions standards for new and existing sources are based on EPA's proposed determination as to what constitutes the generally available control technology or management practices (GACT) for the area source category.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments must be received on or before July 1, 2009, unless a public hearing is requested by June 11, 2009. If a hearing is requested on this proposed rule, written comments must be received by July 16, 2009. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection provisions must be received by the Office of Management and Budget on or before July 1, 2009.

ADDRESSES: EPA will accept comment on the proposal for 30 days after publication in the Federal Register . Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0053, by one of the following methods:

. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the instructions for submitting comments.

. Agency Web site: http://www.epa.gov/oar/docket.html. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the EPA Air and Radiation Docket Web site.

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Indoor Plants Create Fresh Air

NASA conducted a joint study with the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA). During the energy crisis of the 1970’s a standard practiced was developed to create energy efficient buildings. The solution was to heavily insulate the building structures, as well as control the influx of fresh air via cracks, openings, spaces, etc. By sealing and insulating the buildings, millions of dollars on energy costs were saved, but at what expense? The stagnant air became a breeding ground for toxic chemicals that are found in everyday objects. Therefore the objective of the NASA study was to discover the potential use of household plants in solving indoor air pollution problems. The two-study focused primarily on 3 everyday household chemicals.

Three Most Common Indoor Chemicals

* Benzene, is used as a solvent and can be found in plastics, dyes, rubbers, detergents, and gasoline, among the other numerous items. Irritable to the skin and eyes, Benzene can cause respiratory and psychological disturbances, liver and kidney damage, as well as diseases to the blood and lymphatic systems.

* Trichloroethylene is used in varnishes, adhesives, and metal degreasing. Known as a liver carcinogen it also damages the respiratory and central nervous systems by acting as an anesthetic. Numbing the functions of cells, Trichloroethylene can have a lethal effect.

* Formaldehyde is used as a preserving agent. Practically found in every environment, from insulation, particleboard, and carpet backing, to grocery bags and paper towels. This chemical is one of the leading causes for the development of asthma.

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2016 Vehicle Standards: Better Mileage, Cleaner Air

The national fuel-efficiency and emission-control standard announced in mid-May will significantly raise the requirements for vehicle manufacturers, foreign and domestic. But the standard will also enable automakers and regulators to pursue the goals more efficiently.

Pleasing environmental groups and - publicly, at least - manufacturers, President Obama described new, comprehensive rules that:

Raise the required, overall average for fuel efficiency to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 - four years earlier than current federal law requires. New passenger cars would have to average 39 mpg; light trucks, 30 mpg. (The current average for cars is 27.5 mpg; for trucks, 23 mpg.)

Impose, for the first time nationwide limits on vehicle-exhaust emissions.

Carbon dioxide and other vehicle emissions that contribute to climate change would be reduced by almost one-third by 2016. The volumes are hard to comprehend, but the Obama administration said the restrictions would reduce greenhouse emissions by 900 million metric tons - the equivalent of taking 177 million cars off the road during the 6-1/2-year duration of the new policies.

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Carrier Air Conditioning: A World Leader

The Carrier Corporation is one of the leaders in the industry of heating, refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Carrier air conditioning units have been sold in the United States since they were first designed in 1902, and are now available in close to 200 different countries across the world. With the main headquarters located in Farmington, Connecticut, Carrier air conditioning, heating and refrigeration businesses employ over 45,000 employees worldwide and is constantly expanding and increasing their market and services offered.

Carrier Corporation has several different divisions include the retail and commercial sectors that sell Carrier air conditioning, heating and refrigeration products and services. In addition there is a commercial HVAC building and industrial division, refrigeration and food service division, transportation refrigeration division and a passenger comfort division that focuses on climate control for marine vessels, busses and recreational vehicles. These different divisions all strive to increase the efficiency and power saving features of their products as well as promote environmental awareness and options for recycling and innovations in different heating and cooling systems.

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Roadmap for Cleaner Fuels and Cleaner Vehicles

I recently came across an interesting document titled “A Road Map for Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles in Asia”. This document was prepared as part of an air quality programme supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The roadmap was meant to provide decision makers in Asia with up-to-date information on how to clean up fuels and encourage clean vehicles. The roadmap discusses the interaction between fuels and vehicle technologies and the approaches that Asian countries can take to produce cleaner fuels and vehicles.

I have extracted the key conclusions drawn from that document. I hope you find them interesting.

(i) Clean fuels are essential. Pollution control experts worldwide have come to realize over the past 30 years that cleaner fuels are a critical component of an effective clean air strategy. In recent years, this understanding of the critical role of fuels deepened and spread to most regions of the world. Fuel quality is now seen as not only essential for directly eliminating or reducing pollutants such as lead, but also as a precondition for introducing many important pollution control technologies (e.g., the lowering of sulfur content to enable use of diesel particulate filters). Further, one critical advantage of cleaner fuels has emerged — its rapid impact on both new and existing vehicles. For example, tighter new vehicle standards can take 10 or more years to be fully effective, but the removal of lead in gasoline in Asia has reduced lead emissions from all vehicles immediately.


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Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO)

The Anguil Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer destroys Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and odorous emissions that are often discharged from industrial processes. The RTO achieves emission, abatement and destruction through the process of high temperature thermal or catalytic oxidation, converting the pollutants to carbon dioxide and water vapor while reusing the thermal energy generated to reduce operating costs.

VOC and HAP laden process gas enters the oxidizer through an inlet manifold to flow control, poppet valves that direct this gas into energy recovery chambers where it is preheated. The process gas and contaminants are progressively heated in the ceramic media beds as they move toward the combustion chamber.

Once oxidized in the combustion chamber, the hot purified air releases thermal energy as it passes through the media bed in the outlet flow direction. The outlet bed is heated and the gas is cooled so that the outlet gas temperature is only slightly higher than the process inlet temperature. Poppet valves alternate the airflow direction into the media beds to maximize energy recovery within the oxidizer. The high energy recovery within these oxidizers reduces the auxiliary fuel requirement and saves operating cost. The Anguil oxidizer achieves high destruction efficiency and self-sustaining operation with no auxiliary fuel usage at low concentrations.


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Oxidation technologies for destruction of volatile organic compounds

Ever tightening EU regulations and standards for the reduction of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions, are putting heavy demands on industry sectors, including chemicals.

Coupled with the drive to reduce energy consumption, any air pollution control system must offer high performance in VOC destruction and energy efficiency.

Oxidation is an effective technology for the destruction of VOCs. Essential combustion with minimal energy consumption can be achieved through use of the three Ts of oxidation: time, turbulence and temperature, together with the correct design systems and sufficient quantities of oxygen.

Technologies capable of achieving these objectives include; direct-fired, recuperative, regenerative and catalytic oxidisers along with combination concentrator/oxidiser systems for the most dilute streams.

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A SCADA System Assessment

A Pre-SCADA System Assessment

By Randy Dennison

Introduction
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) is a process control system that enables a site operator to monitor and control processes distributed among various remote sites. Such systems can be used to monitor and control land, air or water pollution control equipment, or just about any manufacturing process.

A properly designed SCADA system saves time and money by eliminating the need for service personnel to visit each site for inspection, data collection/logging or make adjustments. Real-time monitoring, system modifications, troubleshooting, increased equipment life and automatic report generating are just a few of the benefits that come with today’s SCADA systems.

As technology continues to advance, such systems will be the operating standard for process control. But from hundreds of system providers available today, which one will a facility choose to partner with and why?

Choosing a system provider that will design a system applicable to an operator’s needs can be an overwhelming, confusing task. With little or no knowledge of SCADA and telemetry systems and an incomplete pre-system assessment, decisions can include costly mistakes. Too often the decisions are based upon:

Price:
The quality of system components and workmanship may suffer when vendors low-bid to win the contract. The vendor may then indiscriminately cut costs to make a profit.
Proprietary equipment - If proprietary, closed-protocol equipment is installed in the system, the customer can be forced to pay inflated prices and face the possibility of future equipment integration problems due to obsolete or irreplaceable components, company shutdowns and a lack of support when it comes time for repair.

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Environmental experience in Sweden

Sweden was one of the first countries in the world to recognise the growing environmental problems and include these on the political agenda. Environmental awareness increased during the 1960s and older regulations governing health care and water pollution were replaced by new legislation to control the emissions of all types of pollution. In 1972, Sweden hosted the UN conference on the Human Environment, in Stockholm, which placed the environment on the international agenda and laid the foundations for greater insight into global environmental threats.

Today, it is accepted that environmental issues affect all aspects of society, from large production systems to the lifestyle of individuals. In Sweden, we have reached far in controlling urban and industrial point source pollution. The challenge now is to focus more on the environmental impact during the life cycle of products, as well as on certain sectors with responsible for a relatively large part of the present environmental impact, e.g. the transport and the agricultural sectors. As a result, environmental policy is now more addressing issues related to products, for instance recycling and waste minimisation, as well as infra-structure and lifestyles. This general trend is found in most industrialised countries.

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U.S. professor: "China is an enormous success story in world economics"

NEW YORK, May 26 (Xinhua) -- "I think China is an enormous success story, clearly in economics and it has had the most dynamic economic development in world history during the last 30 years," a famous U.S. professor has said.

Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, said in a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua that "We all believe, at least I believe, that China will ... relatively soon, within the next three decades perhaps ... become the world's largest economy."

"So I think China has a unique position in the world. It's not only the most populous country but it will become the largest economy in the world, and that's rather natural because it's such a large size with so many talented people but it means a special kind of responsibility," he said.

However, "China also faces tremendous internal problems in its development, especially the environmental challenges because the water, the energy, air pollution and so forth, are major question for China's development -- also, the scale of the urbanization," he said.

"This is a very complicated process but I think China has done a tremendous job of having rapid development," he said. "Now it has to turn more attention to the physical environment and to the human well being in health care and so on."


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Mcerts visitor numbers up by 10 per cent

The organisers of the Mcerts 2009 air-monitoring event have announced that visitor numbers grew by 10 per cent in comparison with the 2007 figures.

Mcerts organiser Dave Curtis, from the Source Testing Association (STA), said: 'I think there are a number of reasons for the success of the Mcerts events.

'First, they have become an established red-letter date in the diaries of everyone involved in air monitoring because they provide an opportunity to catch up on the latest regulatory information; second, visitors are able to view all of the latest monitoring technologies; third, process operators can network with people that are facing the same challenges in their working lives and finally, the more recent emphasis on operator self-monitoring means that process operators have to have a greater understanding of the monitoring requirements.' Doug Wilson, head of monitoring and assessment at the Environment Agency, added: 'It was pleasing to note the high level of participation in the Mcerts 2009 conference, workshops and exhibition.

'Our objective to continuously improve the quality of monitoring combined with the increased emphasis on operator self-monitoring means that events such as this provide an excellent opportunity for all stakeholders to meet and discuss issues of common concern.

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Greens ask Brussels to look into traffic, pollution problems in Sliema area

Traffic and pollution problems in Sliema and Gżira have reached the European Commission, putting the local environment and transport authorities under the spotlight.

The Greens have tabled a parliamentary question on the level of unsustainable development in these areas, asking the Commission to verify whether the planning authority would be authorising further urban development in these already over-developed towns in breach of EU directives.

Alternattiva Demokratika chairman Arnold Cassola said the Commission was also asked to check whether the Malta Transport Authority (ADT) was fulfilling its obligations to provide effective urban traffic management and control against vehicle pollution.

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Anti-tobacco law gains support

Accra, GNA - A report on a survey, to assess the levels of Second Hand Smoke (SHS) in selected places, has indicated that 80 per cent of workers in smoking and non-smoking establishments were in favour of smoke-free laws, citing health as a reason.

The report said even though all smoking venues, except one, had ventilation systems, 96 per cent had Particulate Matter of 2.5 level, which fell into hazardous category of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Air Quality Index.

According to Mr Winfred Agbenyikey, who conducted the research, the ventilation system cannot protect people from SHS exposure.

He said the study was conducted to measure the extent of pollution caused by SHS exposure to workers and patrons in selected indoor public places.

Presenting a Paper at a day's seminar on the theme: "Ban on Smoking in Public Places," for senior staff of the EPA in Accra on Thursday, he said bar owners interviewed claimed customers' preference and concerns over loss of revenue as their reason for allowing smoking in their establishments.

He, however, noted that owners of non-smoking locations, which had gone smoke-free voluntarily, six months before the study, reported a hike in attendance and increased revenue after the ban.

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Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy

By now, you’ve heard it in a thousand political speeches—the shopping-list-style recitation of newfangled-sounding alternative energy sources and technologies. Clean coal! Solar and wind! Switch grass!

Yet few people take the trouble to examine the energy technology field as a whole, comparing a cross-section of future sources across the same set of objective criteria, especially price. The following is reason’s attempt to rectify this gap, giving consumer and policymaker alike a quick guide to alternative energy.

Supercritical pulverized coal
Pulverizing coal is the predominant method for generating electricity in the U.S. and around the world. In a pulverization plant, coal, after being ground to the texture of flour, is blown into a furnace to burn. This converts circulating water into steam, which turns the blades of a turbine to produce electricity. “Supercritical” units heat up to 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and make steam at 3,600 pounds per square inch.

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