Closed Fairmont, WV Wastewater Plant Not Cleaned Up 1.5 Years Later

On May 30, 2023, a fire and subsequent explosion damaged an above-ground storage tank and the upper process building at the already-closed Fairmont Brine Processing plant in Fairmont, WV (see Unrelated Explosions at OH Utica Well Pad, WV Brine Plant). Following the fire, elevated readings of TENORM radiation were found in several areas of the…

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EPA Spending $3.1M to Clean Shuttered Fairmont, WV Wastewater Plant

The Fairmont Brine Processing plant, located at 168 AFR Drive in Fairmont (Marion County), West Virginia, was constructed between 2009 and 2010 by AOP Clearwater LLC. The plant was acquired by Fairmont Brine Processing (FBP) in 2012. FBP began pre-treatment operations at the site in 2013 and fully operated the plant beginning fall of 2014….

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Unrelated Explosions at OH Utica Well Pad, WV Brine Plant

We have two explosions and resulting fires to tell you about–neither related to the other, except they happened two days… Continue reading The post Unrelated Explosions at OH Utica Well Pad, WV Brine Plant first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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