March 11, 2010
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter March 11, 2010 |
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EPA announces superfund cleanup progress for FY 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released today the annual summary of the Superfund program’s fiscal year (FY) 2009 progress. The report shows that the program continues to make significant progress in achieving its mission of cleaning up the country’s most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites and protecting the health of nearby communities and ecosystems from harmful contaminants. In FY 2009, which ended on Sept. 30, EPA completed all of its construction projects at 20 sites, for a cumulative total of 1,080 sites with construction completed – 67 percent of the top ... |
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Systems Analysis: A new way mining sites can practice sustainability
Mining companies looking to cut costs while incorporating sustainable practices in their life cycle analyses have a new tool in their toolbox. With expertise in hydrology and geology, Integral scientist Dr. Ken Kolm has developed an approach known as “Hydrologic and Environmental Systems Analysis,” or HESA, which is being used by the mining industry to ensure all relevant controlling factors of a particular environment can be identified at the planning and characterization stage. Dr. Kolm applies the HESA approach to develop an integrated understanding of how the separate components of environmental ... |
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