SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER
May 2012
No. 164
Table of Contents
SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES
- History and Trends in Groundwater Remediation: Pump
and Treat, In Situ Technologies for DNAPL Removal, Matrix Diffusion Effects
AROUND THE WORLD
- Canada – Cost to Clean Up Contaminated Sites on Crown
Land in British Columbia Now Estimated at $273 Million
- Canada – Chevron Canada
to Clean Up Site on Snake River in Peel River Watershed in Yukon Territory
- New Zealand – Mobil Oil
May Have to Perform $50 Million Cleanup on Auckland Waterfront
- South Korea – Three Partners (Directional
Technologies, Inc., AMEC and IS2B) Help Samsung Corp. Remediate Site in Seoul
INDUSTRY NEWS
- As Use of Nanomaterials Spirals Upward, Panel Calls
for Renewed Study of Risks to Health, Environment
- New Search Urged for a Nuclear Waste Site
- Hundreds of Contaminated,
Abandoned Uranium Mines in Navajo Territory Pose Threat to Human Health
- EPA Mulls Cleanup Details for Chemical Plant Site in
CT; Remediation to Cost $200 Million
- $25 Million Estimate to Clean Up Fireworks Site in
Hanover, MA
COMPANY NEWS
- ERRG Wins $8 Million Navy Contract for Remediation at
Hunters Point Shipyard
- Jacobs Awarded Contract
for Another Year’s Work at the TVA Kingston Site
- CH2M HILL Receives Contract Extension at Hanford Site