Remediation Market News for Feb. 10
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SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER
February 2010
No. 137
Table of Contents
MARKET NEWS
§ EPA to Receive Slightly Lower Funding in Fiscal 2011 Budget
§ Obama Administration to Study New Solutions for Disposal of Nuclear Waste
SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES
§ Slow Burn Technology Patented by Canadian Researchers to Remediate Brownfields Sites
§ Gold Nanoparticles Allow Testing of Arsenic in Drinking Water Down to Parts Per Trillion
§ Activated Carbon Amendment Found Effective in Treating Sediment Contaminated by PCBs in a River
AROUND THE WORLD
· Canada – Remediation of Site on Victoria Harbor to Cost up to C$10 Million
· Switzerland – Remediation of Hazardous Waste Landfill Climbs to 450 Million Euros
INDUSTRY NEWS
§ Ohio to Open Bidding for Demolition and Site Remediation at Former Youngstown, Ohio Sheet and Tube Office Building
§ North Carolina Regulators Want Duke Energy to Test Near Coal Ash Ponds for Toxic Metals in Groundwater
§ Radioactive Tritium Found in Monitoring Wells at Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant
§ Town of Orrington, Maine Opposes DEP Cleanup Plan for Holtrachem Site, Supports Mallinckrodt’s Solution
§ Old Bendix Plant in Teterboro, NJ Awaiting Cleanup, Redevelopment
COMPANY NEWS
§ Shaw Wins New Contract from USACE Kansas City District for Environmental Remediation
§ ARCADIS Extends Remediation Contract with Atlantic Richfield, Adding New Sites
§ Delta Consultants Wins $34 Million Remediation Contract from Atlantic Richfield
§ Microbial Insights Joins Regenesis in Offering Technical Seminars Across US
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Bob McIlvaine
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