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PROJECTS

Southern Wood Treatment Remediation

Location: Mt. Sterling, Kentucky

Date: 2017

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Shield was retained by KDWM to perform emergency remedial services on a high-profile Superfund site. An emergency was declared due to the discovery of high arsenic levels around homes that had been built on land formerly utilized to treat wood. A total of 34,500 tons of non-hazardous waste along with...

University of Kentucky State Superfund Site

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

Date: 2016

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The Former LR Cooke site is located in downtown Lexington and was utilized as an automobile dealership from the mid-1950’s - 1995. Shield prepared a Site Investigation Work Plan and conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the site’s soil and groundwater conditions in 2009. Subsequently, in 2016 Shield...

LexTran Operations and Administration Facility

Location: Lexington, Kentucky

Date: 2016

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GE began manufacturing incandescent light bulbs at the site in 1945. Historical manufacturing processes at the site had utilized chlorinated solvents resulting in a plume of contamination in groundwater under the facility. Remedial actions were implemented by GE resulting in the closure of some...

RNR Carriage Tanker Accident Emergency

Location: Broughton, Illinois

Date: 2015

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The RNR Carriage Tanker Accident is located in rural Broughton, Illinois and was the location of a tanker accident the resulted in the release of 8,500-gallons of gasoline on a cattle farm housing approximately 200 cattle at the time of the accident.  Shield provided contractor oversight during emergency response...

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