SITE REMEDIATION AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE NEWSLETTER
September 2011
No. 156
Table of Contents
MARKET NEWS
U.S. Remediation Market Up 2.9 Percent in 2010
EPA Adds 15 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund List, Proposes Addition of 11 More
Questa Molybdenum Mine Declared Superfund Site
BUSINESS
EPA Solicits Proposals for Project Management, Technical Assistance for Environmental Programs in Morocco
Opportunity to Win Funds for DoD Coastal and Estuarine Research
AROUND THE WORLD
Australia – Company Wins Award for New Technology to Remediate Mine Waste
Cuba – Drilling for Oil in Gulf of Mexico Stirs Environmental Concerns in US
Europe – Some 250,000 Contaminated Sites in European Union Require Remediation
Russia - Bromide Release from Railcar Contaminates Portions of Chelyabinsk; Regulations Lacking
INDUSTRY NEWS
Settlement of $43 Million for Libby, MT Asbestos Victims
Demolition, Remediation of Salem Harbor Power Plant Site May Cost Up to $75 Million
California Sets Public Health Goal for Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water at 0.02 ppb
COMPANY NEWS
Occidental Chemical Corp. to Pay for Cleanup of Lower Passaic River in NJ; EPA Estimates Costs Could Reach $4 Billion
Soil-Therm Installs Catalytic Oxidizer, SVE System for U.S. Navy in Hawaii, Finds Use of Catalytic Oxidizers Less Expensive than GAC
Study Finds It Saves Money to Switch Technologies from Catalytic Oxidation to GAC as Petroleum Hydrocarbon Concentrations Decrease During Treatment
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