Solucorp Industries announces licensee receives contract from City of Glasgow, Scotland UK.VANCOUVER, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 1996--Solucorp Industries Ltd. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). : SLUP) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the receipt of a contract from the city of Glasgow, Scotland UK with its licensee John Beech Ltd. (Press Release #95-35 dated October 31, 1995), to carry out chromium chromium (krō`mēəm) [Gr.,=color], metallic chemical element; symbol Cr; at. no. 24; at. wt. 51.996; m.p. about 1,857°C;; b.p. 2,672°C;; sp. gr. about 7.2 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, +6. remediation trials on sites at Rosebery Park, Rutherglen, Glasgow and several outlying areas, utilizing the Company's proven MBS See Mb/sec. MBS - mobile broadband services (R) soil remediation technology. The estimated quantities of chromium contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. soils at these sites is between 1.0-1.5 million cubic meters (1.5-2.25 million tons). The city council of asgow, Scotland has authorized 18,000 to John Beech Limited to complete testing in advance of a full cleanup. Currently the metals are risking future contamination of the city's water supply. Solucorp's ability to proceed forward with the entire cleanup will be the subject of a number of contingencies which includes, amongst others, appropriation of funds permitting approvals. John Beech has also received confirmations from its Portuguese consultants, Bullen Consultants, that it is in receipt of a letter from the government of Portugal The Government is one of the four sovereignty organs of the Portuguese Republic. It is also the organ that conducts politics in general in the country and is also the superior body in public administration. for the initial study/sampling/design for a $150,000,000 (U.S.) project for the remediation of multiple heavy metals heavy metals, n.pl metallic compounds, such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and nickel. Exposure to these metals has been linked to immune, kidney, and neurotic disorders. contaminated land and construction of contaminated lagoons, roads and drainage works. Bullen Consultants intends to sign the contract before the end of September and begin sampling and design works immediately for completion by January 1997. Further, Bullen Consultants states to John Beech Ltd. that if the treatability study for the use of Solucorp's MBS technology is successful, Bullen Consultants will recommend the use of the MBS soil remediation process in the treatment of 900,000 tons of contaminated soil on the project. The MBS process has previously proven itself highly effective in bringing both chromium and multiple metals contaminated sites to "non-detect" status which is well beneath both U.S. "EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. " and European acceptable environmental standards; therefore, the Company has commenced procedures for mobilization of its MBS process in both Scotland and Portugal. Solucorp owns the MBS(R) patent-pending system, a proven technology which has been accepted into the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program for the remediation of heavy mal contaminated soils, ashes and sludges. Solucorp also provides technical, sales and marketing support for commercial and governmental soils remediation programs. Solucorp's environmental improvement services also include environmental impact and remediation training through its Environmental Training Institute (ETI (Embed The Internet) An earlier consortium that was devoted to putting Web servers into microcontrollers used in embedded systems. Using a Web server enables access to the device via any Web browser. See Web server and microcontroller. ); safe handling, transport, and disposal of hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. ; storage tank and mercury spill cleanup; air monitoring; water treatment; waste management; and other containment and remediation of environmental problems. CONTACT: Solucorp Industries Ltd. Brian Binckes, 913/685-4530 Jim Spartz, 201/368-7902 |
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