Imagine 2010 Highlighted Remediation of
the Sydney Tar Ponds Site
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| Sydney Tar Ponds |
Nova Scotia Environmental Industry Association held a Conference and
Trade Show September 30 through October 2, 2004 at the University
College of Cape Breton in Sydney, Nova Scotia. The conference was
entitled IMAGINE 2010 - From Hazardous Sites to Beautiful Landscapes.
The event focused on remediation of the Sydney Tar Ponds Site, one
of Canada’s highest priority remediation sites.
Recent government agreements have set aside $400
million Canadian dollars to remediate and redevelop the site. Held
in the Cape Breton Region, IMAGINE 2010 demonstrated success stories
of development of similarly contaminated sites; identified potential
development opportunities and how to overcome hurdles associated
with implementing them. The event showcased remediation technologies
that could be used.
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| Low tide at Sydney Tar Ponds |
Chuck Wilk,
PCA Program Manager, Waste Management, made a presentation on the
Use S/S as a Remediation Technology in the opening session
of the conference. Darahyl Dennis, Remediation/Land Manager, Georgia
Power Company presented a summary of results of Electric Power Research
Institute-sponsored paper entitled Evaluation of the Effectiveness
of In-Situ Solidification/Stabilization at the Georgia Manufactured
Gas Plant (MGP). Over 150 private and public sector managers,
engineers, contractors and sales people visited the Cement Association
of Canada booth. S/S technical information was distributed to those
interested in the technology.
Canadian Officials Tour
U.S. Sites
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| David Bausmith of Key Environmental describes
remediation of a former wood treating site during a PCA seminar
on S/S. |
A tour arranged by Cement Association of Canada
and the Portland Cement Association brought decisionmakers of one
of the highest priority remediation sites in Canada- the Sydney
Tar Ponds to the U.S. to visit projects and meet with U.S. project
decisionmakers. The tour group was comprised of 15 officials representing
Canadian federal and provincial agencies, environmental design consultants,
environmental contractors and academia. Project managers, S/S mix
designers and S/S contractors involved in six U.S. S/S projects
shared their experiences with their Canadian counterparts.
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| Dave Kennedy of United Retek explains S/S
treatment to the tour group at the Holyoke Site. |
The group toured active S/S projects in Holyoke,
MA and Bayonne, NJ and well as completed projects in Cambridge,
MA, Newark and Bayonne, NJ. U.S. designers and contractors had an
opportunity to highlight their work and capabilities. Canadian decisionmakers
had an opportunity to experience first hand S/S operations in the
field. At the completed sites, the group saw that one of the major
benefits to Brownfields projects is that S/S protects human health
and the environment while facilitating redevelopment of the property.
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