1012 Site Remediation and Emergency Response Newsletter

SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER

October 2012

No. 169

Table of Contents

MARKET NEWS

National Science Foundation Funding Opportunity Includes Environmental Technologies

Former EPA Administrator Urges Measures to Reduce Risk of Terrorist Attacks on Chemical Plants

SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES

Activated Carbon Amendments for In Situ Stabilization of Contaminated Sediments –Technology Now Ready for Use

DoD on Schedule to Announce Environmental Research Funding Opportunities

AROUND THE WORLD

Canada – Ontario Environment Ministry to Pay for Remediation of Northstar Aerospace Site over Long Term

Canada – $6.5 Million Contract Awarded for Sheet Pile Wall at Esquimalt Graving Dock Sediment Remediation Project

China – Mining by Jiangxi Copper Company Contaminates Rivers in Jiangxi Province

Global – Need to Clean Up Uranium Mill Tailings

INDUSTRY NEWS

Old Minneapolis Industrial Site Requires $2.5 Million Cleanup to House New Brewery

Ten Thousand Contaminated Sites Await Cleanup in Massachusetts, More Than One Thousand New Ones Discovered Annually

Solvent Saver Superfund Site in Lincklaen, New York Requires $10 Million Cleanup

Cleanup of Diamond Alkali Superfund Site on Passaic River in NJ Could Cost $3 Billion

COMPANY NEWS

Team of RMA-Insight, Versar, Environmental Chemical Corp. Wins Contract to Clean Up Five Air Force Bases in Western U.S.

Tetra Tech Wins $24 Million Contract for Services to EPA Brownfields Program