Remediation Market News for Aug. 09

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SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER

August 2009
No. 131

Table of Contents

MARKET NEWS

·         Stimulus Funds to Speed Cleanup of Abandoned Mine Superfund Sites

·         EPA Announces $55 Million for Contaminated Brownfields Cleanup, Redevelopment Projects

·         EPA Gives New Jersey $5 million in Stimulus Funds to Clean Up Leaking Underground Storage Tanks

AROUND THE WORLD

·         Australia – Maribyrnong Defence Site Cleanup to Begin in 2010

·         UK – Growth in Environmental Consulting Market Down 4 Percent in 2008 Compared to Previous Four Years;  Growth in 2009 to Slow Further

INDUSTRY NEWS

• In Ongoing Cleanup of Vieques, Navy Detonates Hazardous UXO in Open Air, Proposes Burning Dense Vegetation to Locate, Explode Cluster Bombs
• Duke University Study: TVA’s Spilled Coal Ash Sludge Presents Greater Health Risk as It Dries
• USGS Study Reveals Mercury Contamination in Fish Nationwide

·         DOE Funds $6 Million Study at Lawrence Livermore National Lab on Migration of Plutonium in Soil and Groundwater

·         ARCO’s Great Falls Refinery in Black Eagle, Montana Is to Be Designated a Federal Superfund Site or Cleaned Up under State Jurisdiction 

COMPANY NEWS

• Arcadis Acquires Malcolm Pirnie

·         Black & Veatch Wins $150 Million Contract from EPA to Remediate Sites in Southeastern U.S.

·         Separation Solutions Expands License to Cover China

·         Tensar International Gives CETCO Remediation Technologies Exclusive Rights to Distribute Its Technology for Capping Contaminated Sediments

·         TRC Wins $5.1 Million Contract for Cleanup Services in San Francesco Bay Area

·         ENVIRON Acquires Brazilian Consulting Firm ARQUIPÉLAGO

·         Global Technologies Group Teams with Advanced Environmental Technologies to Stabilize Heavy Metals, Expand Environmental Services

·         Weston Solutions Wins $11.5 Million Contract from FEMA for Environmental Services Regarding Underground Storage Tanks

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com