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Here are the headlines in the Feb. ’07 Site Remediation and Emergency Response Newsletter.  Past issues for the last four years are searchable online.  You can receive this newsletter for the next 12 months plus have access to past issues for just $270/yr.  Click here for more information on this service:  Site Remediation and Emergency Response Newsletter  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/remediation.html .

SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER

February   2007          No.102

MARKET NEWS

·         As Meth Labs Proliferate, Congress Adopts Bill to Guide Cleanup

·         Billions of Dollars Required to Clean Up Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES

·         EPA Tests Emergency Water Treatment, Radiological Decontamination Methods

AROUND THE WORLD

·         Australia – Western Australia Lists Contaminated Sites, Makes Polluter Pay

·         Canada – Sydney Tar Ponds to Be Contained, Capped; No Incineration

·         Canada – Sydney Tar Ponds Agency Taps Earth Tech to Clean up Coke Oven

·         China – Environmental Services Market

·         China – National Environmental Monitoring System in Place

·         Greece – Athens Landfill Leachate Contaminates Soil, Water

·         Israel – International Bidding Opens for Remediation of Ponds in Ramat Hovav

·         UK - Communities in Scotland to Receive £8 Million for Cleanup Projects

·         Vietnam – US Assistance to Remediate Dioxin Storage Sites

INDUSTRY NEWS

·         Remediation of Spectron Superfund Site in MD to Cost $20 Million

·         US, EU to Cooperate in Solving Common Environmental Problems

·         UN Environment Program Calls for Strict Rules on Disposal of Toxic Ship Waste

·         EPA, Air Force at Odds Over Cleanup of TCE, PCE in Cape Cod Groundwater

·         Cleanup of Future Salvation Army Site on Staten Island May Cost $15 Million

·         KeySpan Energy to Speed Cleanup of Long Island MGP Site

·         Nine Million Dollar Cleanup of MGP Site in Gastown, NY Required

·         EPA Begins Emergency Cleanup of Ormand Beach Waste

·         Low Levels of PFOA Found in Wells Throughout New Jersey

·         Ford Plans to Clean Up, Sell St. Paul Truck Plant Site

·         MARCOR Completes Anthrax Cleanup at AMI Building in Boca Raton

·         Pennsylvania to Help Clean Up Nabisco Plant Site in Pittsburgh

COMPANY NEWS

·         SRA International Wins EPA Contract to Support Brownfields Program

 

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Bob McIlvaine

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