MHF Logistical Solutions in $13 Million New Jersey Clean Up

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MHF Logistical Solutions in $13 Million New Jersey Clean Up

EPA Saving Taxpayer Dollars & Minimizing Neighborhood Inconvenience by Using Company's Gondola Railcars Instead of Trucks for Superfund Project in Edison, N.J.

PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, Oct. 24 -/E-Wire/-- MHF Logistical Solutions, Inc. (MHF-LS), transportation logistics and packaging specialists, said today that it has begun work on a $13 million project to transport 314,000 tons of soil from a former Edison, New Jersey, chemical manufacturing facility to licensed disposal sites in Ohio and Michigan.

The project is part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Superfund clean-up program. EPA is using the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as its construction manager for this project which will run through the spring of 2005.

MHF-LS, which won its assignment through competitive bidding with other transportation, logistics and waste disposal companies, is acting as a subcontractor to Conti Environmental Inc., the project's general contractor for excavation, transportation and off-site disposal. MHF-LS is also providing services for two other companies which are handling treatment and disposal services for the hazardous waste portion of the project.

The general contractor is excavating, stockpiling, sampling and categorizing the contaminated soils as either a hazardous waste or a non-hazardous waste. The excavated soil will be shipped off site for disposal in an approved hazardous waste or non-hazardous waste landfill, depending upon the contaminant levels. The soils are loaded directly into private gondola railcars owned by MHF-LS. Each railcar is equipped with a Super Load Wrapper, which acts as a liner and tarp for the railcar shipments.

The railcars are then shipped to the designated sites in Ohio and Michigan.

"Using our own fleet of high-capacity gondola railcars and our packaging materials saves taxpayer money because of the reduced cost compared to truck transportation. The neighborhood surrounding the excavation site is also benefiting by not having an estimated 15,700 truck loads traveling its streets," said John Evanko, MHF-LS president, CEO and founder.

The Superfund site is a 5.5 acre property located in the Township of Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey. From 1954 through 1970, it was owned by a chemical company that formulated and possibly manufactured insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides and herbicides. These formulating activities, along with poor housekeeping, led to widespread chemical contamination at the site. Site investigations began in 1983, and the site was placed on the National Priorities List (NPL) in August 1990 by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

ABOUT MHF LOGISTICAL SOLUTIONS, INC.

MHF Logistical Solutions, Inc. (www.mhfls.com), founded in 1994, designs and implements engineered packaging and transportation solutions for clients in a wide range of industries and governmental agencies. The company provides transportation services for all types of bulk solid, bulk liquid, packaged material and cargo, combining rail, truck and marine conveyance systems as necessary, from any origin to any destination in the world. MHF-LS is particularly noted for its expertise in transporting hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) materials, and for its ability to develop programs that are safe, economical and reliable.

The company utilizes its own fleet of private railcars and intermodal equipment, including more than 1,350 railcars and truck equipment, and more than 2,500 intermodal containers, as well as other specialized equipment, and manufactures various packaging systems for all types of materials. MHF-LS handles intermodal and bulk transfers at its facilities in Louisiana, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Utah, along with a network of other transload sites. The company also offers extensive technical services through a dedicated business unit.

The privately owned MHF-LS is based in the Pittsburgh, PA suburb of Cranberry Township, with additional offices in 10 other locations across North America. The company's headquarters may be reached at [REDACTED-PHONE], or [REDACTED-EMAIL].

Buckman Communications, for MHF Logistical Solutions, Inc

Buckman Communications, for MHF Logistical Solutions, Inc.

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