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Author: Karen Hamel

Karen D. Hamel, CSP, CIT, is a regulatory expert and trainer for HalenHardy with more than 26 years of experience helping EHS professionals find solutions to meet regulations and industry standards. She is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Instructional Trainer (CIT), OSHA-Authorized Outreach Trainer for General Industry, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Trainer, and Hazmat Technician. Karen also serves on the Blair County, PA Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).

Prevent Secondary Containment System Overflows

Prevent Secondary Containment System Overflows

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Secondary Containment.

Environmental Engineers: Adding a passive oil water separator to outdoor secondary containment systems takes less than 10 minutes and eliminates the need for operators to spend hours watching outdoor secondary containment systems drain while preventing oil discharges!

Secondary Containment Systems at Bulk Liquid Terminals

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Secondary Containment.

Large storm events can dump hundreds or thousands of gallons of water at bulk fluid terminals that takes way too many hours to manually drain from secondary containment systems. Install Drainiac® Petroleum Filter Valves to save time and money.

Oil Spill Reporting Requirements

Oil Spill Reporting Requirements

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Regulations.

Do you need to report every oil spill? Who should you call? Find out when, how and to whom here.

Clean Water Act Overview

Clean Water Act Overview

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Regulations.

The EPA's authority to regulate water pollutants comes from the Clean Water Act. Learn how it got started more than 20 years before the EPA was even created.

Instant Underflow Dam

Stop Sandbagging! Create Underflow Dams in Less than 10 minutes

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Oil Spills on Water.

Now you can respond to oil and fuel spills on water faster. Learn how to cut down remediation time and minimize water pollution.

Marine Terminal Storm Drain Management - Storm Drain Filters

Storm Drain Solutions for Marine Terminals

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Stormwater Solutions.

Learn how to prevent silt and oil sheens from being discharged into the harbor with HuskyGuard® Storm Drain Filters.

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