31 Jul 2003

ERDC’s Cold Regions lab employs innovative cleanup effort

Engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) have used an innovative technology to chemically cleanup an on-site groundwater contaminant, trichloroethylene (TCE).

12 Apr 2003

Cleanup of Army Lab Spill Nearing Completion

HANOVER -The U.S. Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover is preparing to wrap up the remedial action plan it began some 12 years ago in response to a trichloroethylene spill that CRREL officials discovered on the site in 1990.

11 Apr 2003

News Release: Cold Regions Lab TCE Plan and Public Meeting

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, N.H., has available for public review the final draft decision document for CRREL’s trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination remediation plan.

25 Jan 2000

Cold Regions Lab Public Meeting

Cold Regions Lab Public Meeting to describe and discuss the local implications of the lab's submitted Environmental protection Agency's Risk Management Plan.

1 Jul 1993

News Release: CRREL continues groundwater remediation program

As part of the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory's Trichloroeythlene remediation program, the installation has begun a Phase II Remedial Investigation and Baseline Risk Assessment study.

20 Apr 1993

News Release: Water treatment plant successfully removes TCE from CRREL industrial well water

Results of water quality tests following the startup of a temporary groundwater treatment plant at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory show that the facility is no longer discharging trichloroethylene-laden (TCE) water into the Connecticut River.

1 Jan 1993

News Release: CRREL to begin operation of temporary water treatment plant to remove TCE from industrial well water

Hanover--Dedication and startup of a new temporary water treatment plant for the removal of trichloroethylene (TCE) from the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory's industrial water supply is scheduled for early February at a site behind the Main Laboratory building. CRREL is located at 72 Lyme Rd (Rt. 10) in Hanover.

1 Aug 1992

News Release: CRREL to hold TCE Update at Montshire Museum

Hanover, NH--The Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory will hold a 7:30 p.m. public meeting on July 1 at the Montshire Museum auditorium to update the Upper Valley community on the trichloroethylene (TCE) cleanup at the Army facility.

1 Sep 1991

News Release: Contract awarded for remediation investigation of TCE on CRREL property

HANOVER--A contract to conduct a Remedial Investigation (RI) and Base Line Risk Assessment in connection with the discovery of trichloroethylene (TeE) on the Army's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory properly, has been awarded to Ecology and Environment (E&E) of Lancaster. NY.

4 Feb 1991

News Release: CRREL, state and federal agencies are proceeding with TCE remediation

HANOVER, NH --At a workshop held at the Army's Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory, representatives from the CRREL technical staff. the states of Vermont and New Hampshire, USEPA, and the Army's Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency (USATHAMA) met to discuss methods for cleaning up TeE contamination at CRREL. Also in attendance were representatives from some private companies in the environmental remediation business.