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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