And more superfund projects are expected to be added to the NPL soon. This info is based on a Government Accountability Office report from May of this year reviewing data from Fiscal Year 2010 and looking at projections for Fiscal Year 2011 to 2015 based on how many superfund sites state officials estimate they will add during that period. [Source: geosynthetica.net]
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Geophysics
Hanford nuclear waste retrieval resumes with better technology (GPR)
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) imaging of the subsurface tied to GPS mapping will allow the CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company to have a better idea of what is buried at the site before excavating for […]
Available Resources
EPA releases KMZ with tons of info about the Deep Water Horizon oil spill
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