Dry Cleaner Sites Get Quick, Affordable Cleanup With Regenesis BioRemediation Accelerator HRCÂ®

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Dry Cleaner Sites Get Quick, Affordable Cleanup With Regenesis BioRemediation Accelerator HRCÂ®

CALIFORNIA, SAN CLEMENTE, Dec. 17 -/E-Wire/-- An innovative formulation called "Hydrogen Release Compound" or HRCÂ®, from Regenesis Bioremediation Products, San Clemente, CA, is achieving extremely fast and economical remediation of contamination associated with dry cleaning operations. Groundwater pollution by chlorinated dry-cleaning solvents such as perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) is a significant environmental concern nationwide.

Technical profiles of two sites successfully treated with HRC were recently posted on the Website of the State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners (SCRD), an EPA-sponsored association of states with established drycleaner remediation programs. In addition, Oregon has designated HRC as a "presumptive remedy" under that state's Dry Cleaning Fund.

HRC is a proprietary in-situ bioremediation treatment that works by accelerating the natural attenuation of chlorinated solvents and their breakdown products in soil. When injected into contaminated aquifers, contact with water causes HRC to slowly release lactic acid. Naturally-occurring anaerobic microbes metabolize the lactic acid to produce hydrogen, which is used by other microbes to break down the chlorinated solvents.

Among other advantages, HRC is a quiet, unobtrusive cleanup technology that is extremely safe to handle, fast-acting, and easy to apply.

HRC is also extremely economical, usually costing 50-80% less than conventional, operation-intensive alternatives such as pump-and-treat, soil vapor extraction, and air sparging.

The projects highlighted on the SCRD Website (www.drycleancoalition.org/profiles) represent cleanups at Contemporary Cleaners (Orlando, Fla.) and Hayden Island Cleaners (Hayden Island, Ore.), which were completed as large-scale pilot demonstrations under the Florida Dry Cleaning Solvent Cleanup Program and Oregon's Dry Cleaner Environmental Response Program, respectively.

Groundwater monitoring showed PCE mass was reduced by 96 percent at the Florida site after 152 days of treatment and 87 percent at the Oregon site after 15 months. Other contaminant concentrations declined at comparable but somewhat lower rates.

SCRD was established in 1998 with support from the U.S. EPA Technology Innovation Office. SCRD's membership consists of representatives of states with established drycleaner remediation programs. Currently the member states are Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. SCRD's primary objectives are to provide a forum for the exchange of information and the discussion of implementation issues related to established state drycleaner programs; share information and lessons learned with states without drycleaner-specific programs; and encourage the use of innovative technologies in drycleaner remediation. For further information see the SCRD Website at www.drycleancoalition.org http://www.drycleancoalition.org.

Incorporated in 1994, Regenesis Bioremediation Products is recognized today as the world's leading developer and distributor of products used to restore contaminated groundwater, principally Oxygen Release Compound (ORCÂ®) for remediation of aerobically degradable hydrocarbons and Hydrogen Release Compound (HRCÂ®) a slow-release electron donor for treatment of anaerobically degradable compounds such as chlorinated solvents. These products are sold to hundreds of independent environmental engineering and consulting firms, who provide an independent verification of the products' effectiveness on their customers' sites. Regenesis' products have been used to restore groundwater quality at over 6,500 sites in 12 countries around the world, including sites owned by oil companies, real estate firms, pipeline companies, refineries, utilities, and transportation companies, among others. For more information, please visit www.regenesis.com http://www.regenesis.com or call Marketing Manager Bryan Vigue at [REDACTED-PHONE]. Readers are invited to call Regenesis at [REDACTED-PHONE] to arrange a free site evaluation for the application of ORCÂ® and/or HRCÂ®.

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