Past Project: Emergency Spill Response to Tanker Rollover on I-15 Near Clancy, Montana
On January 7, 2019, with temperatures hovering around freezing, the driver of a tanker truck towing a pup trailer on Interstate 15 lost control near mile marker 185, approximately 2.5 miles north of Clancy, Montana. In the accident, the pup trailer detached from the tanker and came to a rest on its side in the…
Read MorePast Project: Neihart Superfund Site Waste Rock Removal
The 9,000-acre Carpenter Snow Creek Mining District is a Superfund site in the Little Belt Mountains of southern Cascade County, Montana. Mining began in the area in the 1880s when silver deposits were discovered near what is now the town of Neihart. Mines in the district primarily yielded silver, lead, and zinc ores. Lead and…
Read MorePast Project: Decommissioning a Used Oil Storage Tank in Helena, Montana
The City of Helena contracted with Olympus Technical Services, Inc. to decommission and remove a 2,000-gallon waste oil tank from the yard of their vehicle maintenance facility at 3001 E. Lyndale Ave. The city had been using used oil stored in the tank to heat the shop, but sludge had built up over time and…
Read MorePast Project: Investigation and Analysis of Solids in Municipal Storage Tank Leads to Cleaning/Removal
Staff at the City of Helena’s Missouri River Water Treatment Plant (MRWTP) had intended to repurpose a steel storage tank previously used to store alum. Even though the tank had been cleaned, when sodium hydroxide (lye) was added to it, it created a chemical reaction that burned a hole in the tank wall and left…
Read MoreOlympus Technical Services Announces Leadership Transition: Andrew Hess Succeeds Company Co-Founder Alan Stine as President
After 15 years at the helm, Alan Stine has stepped down from his position as president of Olympus Technical Services, Inc. (OTS), an employee-owned environmental services company headquartered in Helena, Montana. The move was part of a planned succession at the company. Andrew Hess, formerly the branch manager for the Helena office, assumed the role…
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