• Survey Finds Global Acceptance of Bioremediation, but in Different Stages

• Survey of Best Practices for Accelerated Anaerobic Bioremediation

• Continuing Developments in Bioremediation; Tool to Support MNA

• EU: Treated Soil Still “Waste”; New Licensing for Mobile Treatment in UK

SPOTLIGHT ON TECHNOLOGIES 

• EPA Seeks Licensees for Slow-Release Oxygen Source Used in Bioremediation

 AROUND THE WORLD

• Dominican Republic – Battery Recycling Plant Causes Severe Lead Contamination
• India – Local Firm to Incinerate Toxic Waste from Bhopal
• Israel – Risk Assessment Ordered at Former Military Munitions Plant
• Russia – Corrosion Stirs Fear of Explosion at Arctic Nuclear Waste Dump

INDUSTRY NEWS

• NRC: Sediment Dredging Has Not Reduced Risks Long-Term at Many Sites
• Flaws in Superfund Program Revealed in Center for Public Integrity Investigation
•  New Jersey Bill Would Pay for Site Assessments at All Child-Care Centers
• New Hampshire Superfund Money Short; State, Private Industry Clean Up
• Agreement Reached to Clean Up International Harvester Site in Canton, IL
• Contaminated Wallace Industries Site in Ithaca, NY to Be Tested
• EPA May Change Cleanup Plan for Chemplex Site in Iowa

COMPANY NEWS

• Quebec Metal Powders Offers Granulated Iron for PRBs, Source Zone Remediation
• EMS to Support EPA Brownfields Program
• ARCADIS Wins Contracts Worth $48 Million to Remediate Sediments
• CDM Wins Contract for Study to Manage, Remediate Mining Area in Ireland