The ALAMO1 drone team was recently tasked to provide aerial documentation of a completed Superfund remediation project in east Texas. However, the day before we arrived, the area received torrential rainfall — several inches in just a few hours — putting the newly designed and constructed erosion controls and drainage systems to the test. As […]
read more »Dr. Scott Harris will the featured speaker at the 9/21/17 Air and Waste Management Association luncheon, held at The Petroleum Club in San Antonio. Scott will present Preparing the Florida Keys for Deepwater Horizon beginning at noon. A description of the session: In response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil release, Scott was embedded with the […]
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It doesn’t seem like 13 years since I had a run-in with a railcar of “skull and crossbone” material. At that time I was a Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) with the U.S. EPA in Dallas, TX. FOSCs are the lead for agency responses to oil and hazardous substance releases and have full authority to direct […]
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Coming up on the fourth of July, it’s all about watching fireworks. In many counties, drought has forced a burn-ban that precludes any legal displays, so many shows will be in high-definition from the air-conditioned comfort of the living room. No crowds and plenty of hamburgers. Every year, some of the displays telecast live from […]
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This past February marked 14 years since the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of seven astronauts over the skies of Texas. At the time I was working as a Federal On-Scene Coordinator with EPA Region 6 in Dallas. Around 0800 that morning I heard a loud “boom,” which in my line of […]
read more »Our Dr. Scott Harris will be in Norman, OK on Thursday presenting at the 2017 Oklahoma Safety and Health Conference. This widely attended event is jointly hosted by the Oklahoma Safety Council, the Oklahoma Department of Labor (ODOL) and the American Society of Safety Engineers – Oklahoma City Chapter (ASSE). https://www.oksafety.org/conference/ Scott’s presentation is titled “Didn’t […]
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