Subject: Remediation Market News For March ‘08
Here are the headlines in the March ’08 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: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/remediation.html .
SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER
March 2008
No. 114
Table of Contents
MARKET NEWS
§ Cleanup of DOE Sites May Cost $305 Billion, Not Be Completed Until 2062
§ I-Port Project in Perth Amboy, NJ Requires $46 Million Cleanup
§ $8 Million Remediation of Old Factory Site in Long Island City, NY
BUSINESS
§ Air Force Seeks Field-Tested Innovative Technologies for Remediation, Characterization, Monitoring
SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES
§ Byproduct of Whisky Production Effective in Cleaning Up Groundwater
§ Chalcogel, a New Type of Aerogel, Absorbs Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water
AROUND THE WORLD
§ Canada - Environmental Assessment Now Required for $900 Million Giant Mine Cleanup
INDUSTRY NEWS
§ ARCO to Pay $187 Million Toward Cleanup of 120-Mile Stretch of Clark Fork River
§ W.R. Grace Pays Record $250 Million To Settle Claim Over Contamination at Libby, MT Superfund Site
§ NY State Funds Study on Future of Contaminated Newtown Creek, Sites in Queens, Brooklyn
§ City of Jacksonville, FL to Remediate Two Superfund Sites at Cost of $94 Million
§ Proposed Budget Cuts May Further Weaken NJ Department of Environmental Protection
§ $1 Million Brownfields Grant for York, Pennsylvania for Assessment, Cleanup
§ Old ASARCO Smelting Plant in Globeville, CO To Be Remediated at Cost of $9 Million
§ Toxic Groundwater Plume Migrating Through Neighborhood in St. Petersburg, FL
§ Old Sherwin-Williams Paint Plant in Gibbsboro, New Jersey Named Federal Superfund Site
COMPANY NEWS
§ Navy Awards Contract to Four Companies: AMEC, Shaw Group, ITSI and TN & Associates
§ Aracadis Receives $10 Million Contract for Remediation at Radford AAP in Virginia
§ SAIC Wins USACE Contract for Remediation Work in Great Lakes, Ohio River Area
§ Weston Solutions Wins Contract for Part of $80 Million Remediation at Pier A, Long Beach
§ Startech to Partner with Hydrogen Engine Center for Waste Remediation, Power Generation
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Bob McIlvaine