Remediation Market News for May 10
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SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER
May 2010
No. 140
Table of Contents
MARKET NEWS
§ EPA Awards Nearly $80 Million to Clean Up Communities across US
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
§ Opportunity to Win Funding from NSF to Study Environmental Effects of Emerging Technologies, Development of Sensors to Characterize, Monitor Environmental Impacts
§ EPA to Fund Research Improving Risk Communication During, After Cleanup Following Intentional Biological Release
SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES
§ Biofilm Technologies Treat Hydraulic Fracturing Process Water; Prevent Acid Mine Drainage
§ In Situ Technology Developed at University of Georgia Eliminates Explosives Residue in Soil and Groundwater, Immobilizes Heavy Metals
§ U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Patents Sorbent Technology to Decontaminate Highly Toxic Materials; Seeks Commercial Partners
§ Compound of Metal Sulfides Developed to Treat Waste from Nuclear Power Plants
AROUND THE WORLD
§ Albania – Environmental Impact Assessments Completed on Ten Priority Environmental Hot Spots under UNDP Program
INDUSTRY NEWS
§ EPA announces Plans to Regulate Coal-fired Power Plant Ash
§ LyondellBassell to Pay Government $169 Million to Clean Up 15 Hazardous Waste Sites
COMPANY NEWS
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Bob McIlvaine
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