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Fuel Storage Tank Servicing

Fuel Storage Tank Service

Description: TIS mobilized a 3-man Confined Space Entry team to a large Pipeline Terminal in Fountain, Colorado on October 16, 2001 to clean an Ethanol tank. Company  personnel had pumped the tank out, blinded off all piping leading into the tank, prior to TIS’ mobilization. TIS’ checked the tank’s atmosphere with a Multi-Rae Plus meter […]

HAZWOPER Training Services

HAZWOPER Training

Description:   The Northern Cheyenne Tribe and their Department of Environmental Protection & Natural Resources office requested that TIS conduct a 40 Hour HAZWOPER Technician class to enhance the awareness of uncontrolled releases of hazardous materials and hazardous substances on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. TIS was contracted to provide the attending students with knowledge and hands […]

Decommissioning and Decontamination

Chemical Tank Decontamination and Removal

Description:   One of our clients decided to remove chemical process systems no longer being utilized at their toner and developer manufacturing facility located near Boulder, Colorado. TIS was contracted to decontaminate and demolish all chemical piping, process vessels, and chemical storage tanks no longer needed. The piping and vessels contained ethylenediamine, butyl amine, toluene, and […]

Fuel Waste Removal

Fuel Waste Removal

Description:  A prominent Colorado newspaper agency had a buildup of petroleum sludge in their oil water separator and trench drains at their truck maintenance facility in Denver, Colorado. TIS was contracted to remove the sludge, and to provide jet cleaning service to clean out all the associated piping connecting the trench drains to the oil/water […]