Remediation Market News for July 10

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SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER

July 2010 

No. 142

Table of Contents

MARKET NEWS

• EPA Accepting Technology Solution Submissions Related to BP Spill in Gulf of Mexico.
• Rapid Response Research Grants Available for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Research
• X Prize Foundation Offers $10 Million Award for New, Effective Ways to Deal with BP Oil Spill
• Examining Effects of Oil in the Gulf
• EPA Administrator Commits to Monitoring Long-term Effects of Oil and Dispersants on Gulf
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Offers Funding for Research in Water Quality, Dredged Material, Hazardous Waste Treatment

SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES

§  New Technique Used in the Field Measures Amount of Petroleum Contaminants in Soil

§  Emory University Researchers Create Bacteria to Destroy Pesticide Atrazine

§  Mass Flux Module Developed to Monitor Remediation Performance

AROUND THE WORLD

§  Australia – Thiess Services Wins A$405 Million Contract to Remediate Former Steelworks

§  China – First Landfill in Country to Be Remediated by Aerobic Bioreactor System

• China’s Soil Pollution Law To Be Based in Part on U.S. Superfund Statutes
• Israel – Local Company Uses Technology of Solucorp Industries to Remediate Battery Plant Site

INDUSTRY NEWS

• VeruSOL Marine Dispersant Submitted to Government for Gulf Cleanup

COMPANY NEWS

§  URS Wins Out over CH2M Hill in Bidding War for Scott Wilson Group of the UK

• Instrumentation of Ashtead Technology Used in Monitoring Effects of Gulf Oil Spill
• Versar Awarded $29.5 Million Contract from Army Corps of Engineers for Range Cleanup at Fort Irwin, CA
• EPA Selects Environmental Health & Engineering to Evaluate PCB Cleanup Methods in Buildings

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com