Remediation Market News for Jan. 10
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SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER
January 2010
No. 136
Table of Contents
MARKET NEWS
§ Over Past Five Years, 49 Million People Have Been Drinking Water Contaminated by Elevated Levels of Arsenic, Radioactive Substances, Bacteria in U.S.
SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES
§ Opportunities for DoD Funding to Demonstrate Cleanup Technologies
§ Director of ESTCP to Conduct Webinar January 15 Explaining Funding Opportunities
§ SERDP Project of the Year Winners Use Natural and Engineered Plants to Degrade, Contain RDX and TNT on Ranges
§ Use of Amendments for Contaminated Sediments
§ Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Request for Proposals
AROUND THE WORLD
§ Australia – Paperlinx to Close Two Mills, Extensive Remediation Required
§ India – Bhopal Toxic Gas Released 25 Years Ago, Still No Cleanup
INDUSTRY NEWS
§ ASCARCO Pays EPA Record $1.79 Billion for Cleanup of 80 Contaminated Sites in 19 States
§ New Jersey To Receive $30 Million to Clean Up Contaminated ASARCO Sites
§ Sierra Club Petitions EPA to Halt New Jersey’s Program Allowing Private Consultants to Oversee Remediation of Contaminated Sites
§ EPA Takes Steps to Develop Regulations Requiring Three More Industries to Provide Financial Assurance that They Can Clean Up Their Sites, If Need Be
COMPANY NEWS
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Bob McIlvaine
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