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SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE
NEWSLETTER
May 2005
No. 81
MARKET NEWS
· DoD Announces Base Closures; Cleanup Lags at Military Bases Closed in Past
· Security Inadequate at Chemical Plants, Refineries Concentrated in Northern NJ
· Eight Parties Responsible for $96 Million Cleanup of Sediments in San Diego Bay
· Program Monitors Flow of Contaminated Groundwater from Nevada Test Site
· DoD Requests Exemptions to Certain Environmental Laws for Sake of Training
SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES
· New Method to Identify Proteins in Microorganisms Used for Bioremediation
· Nanotechnology Used to Treat Groundwater Contaminated by Mercury
AROUND THE WORLD
· Africa – Program Launched to Clean Up Obsolete Pesticide Sites
· Australia – Groundwater at BHP Steelworks Site to Be Remediated
· Canada – Review of Tar Ponds Cleanup Creates Opportunities for Remediation
· Czech Republic - Opportunities for Companies to Clean Up Uranium Mines
· East Asia – Polluted Water, Air an Ever-Growing Threat to People in Cities
· Eastern Europe – Cleaning Up Old Mines, Smelters
· Macedonia – Nuclear Waste Dump Near Capital City?
INDUSTRY NEWS
· Weston to Clean Up NJ Site Polluted by W.R. Grace and Hatco Chemicals
· EPA Begins Study of Sediments at Tar Creek Superfund Site in Oklahoma
· EPA Gives $75.9 Million for Brownfields; Wisconsin, Massachusetts Gain
· Pennsylvania Has Second-Largest Number of Superfund Sites in US
· Study Predicts Up to $3 Billion Needed to Clean Up MTBE
COMPANY NEWS
· SAIC Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million Fine for Alleged Fraud in Kelly AFB Cleanup
· First Environment to Clean Up Auto Salvage Site in Newburgh, NY
· Veridium Acquires North Country Environmental Services
· U.S. Microbics Partners with Engineering Firm in Germany
Bob McIlvaine
847-784-0012
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com