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[Protecting the Environment]



EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMERGING MARKETS
The countries of Central Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union are among the target markets of environmental companies in the U.S. Damages to the environment are extensive. The cleanup had an estimated value of $2.4 billion in 1995 and is growing each year. Opportunities will be there for years to come for companies with innovative technology and know how.

USE RESTRICTIONS KEY TO RECLAIMING BROWNFIELDS
Cost effective cleanups of urban industrial lands often place long term restrictions on the future use of properties. In the rush to revitalize underutilized urban industrial centers, some people have been concerned about whether future use restrictions may negatively impact land value, and whether such restrictions can actually be enforced in perpetuity.

BROWNFIELDS: WHAT ARE LENDERS AFRAID OF?
So you found some property you want to purchase and develop, but it is in an industrial area or known area of contamination. Or maybe you have such a property you would like to sell. Will you be able to obtain bank financing?

FROM A BROWNFIELD TO A PUTTING GREEN
It is a good time to own dirty property. Landfills, wood treating plants, Superfund sites and other once maligned properties are suddenly in demand.

COME SEPTEMBER, DISCLOSURE RULES FOR LEAD PAINT WILL TAKE EFFECT
Beginning on Sept. 6, 1996, most owners of single-family and multi-family housing built before 1978 will need to inform prospective purchasers or tenants of the hazards of lead-based paint on the premises.

LEAN TIMES FORCE NEW VIEW OF WASTEWATER
The federal government is getting out of the wastewater business, leaving local governments across the nation to go it alone with the increasingly difficult job of providing cost-effective wastewater treatment and disposal, while protecting sensitive environmental resources.

ECOSS: BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER
There is a young business/environmental organization based in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle that is helping both sides of the community.

SCA: HELPING KIDS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
A group of laughing, mud-covered teenagers at the banks of an urban river on a Saturday morning. Mud wrestling? Youthful hijinks? Nope. Participants in the Student Conservation Association's Duwamish Youth Initiative planting native grasses along the banks of the Duwamish River.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORKS TO REFINE MTCA
Changes are needed to make cleanups faster, cheaper and more effective.

EIS MUST NOW LOOK AT ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY
Over the past few decades, a burgeoning list of environmental laws has sought to protect and restore the nation's air, water, soil and wildlife. But for many citizens, a piece of the puzzle has been missing. Impacts on humans themselves -- especially people in low-income and minority communities -- have not received enough consideration.

WETLANDS BANKING CONCEPT TAKING OFF HERE
As recently as a couple of years ago, in most parts of the country, the concept of wetland mitigation banking was just that, a concept. Though there are a handful of banks nationwide that are more than 10 years old, most of the hundred plus banks in operation today are less than three years old.

METH LAB: OVERNIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD
Methamphetamine does more than boost the crime rate, create drug addicts and turn normal lives into nightmares. Its manufacturing process presents an immediate environmental hazard.

HCPS SEEK A BALANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE, NATURE
In recent years, declining salmon populations in Pacific Northwest rivers and streams have generated concerns for their survival. Increasingly, the needs of people compete against nature. How do we strike a balance?

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS AND OTHER SCARY THINGS
Protecting the environment is a complex and often controversial issue. That is why the application of scientific principles and the appropriate use of scientific research are critical when evaluating real risks versus perceived risks from exposure to chemicals.

A CENTURY OF TIRELESS ACTIVISM
At 98, legendary environmental activist Hazel Wolf organizes conventions, edits a magazine and even has her own web site.

NEW TESTING LABORATORY "INCUBATOR" AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC
For most environmental and other technologies, it's virtually impossible to find the right kind of test space with the right kind of equipment, permits and waste treatment systems. The Advanced Process Engineering Laboratory, set to begin construction this fall in Richland, is a unique alternative.

WEB SITES SHOW GREENING OF CORPORATIONS
The "state of the art" in environmental management has changed a great deal in the 1990s. Environmental managers are increasingly finding themselves caught between corporate downsizing and increased public and shareholder concern over environmental issues.

PROGRAM MAKES A PC A POWERFUL TOOL
Planners from the US Navy's Facilities Planning Division can now respond to a site study in an hour, thanks to a new software program.

CHANGES IN FORESTRY
Back in the 1930s, a forester's tool bag consisted of a compass, an Abney level, a tape measure, and, hopefully, a map. The forester's tool bag of the 1990s is completely different.

HYLEBOS WATERWAY HAS GOTTEN MUCH CLEANER
A remediation study of Hylebos Waterway sediments is turning up evidence that these sediments have recovered significantly over the past several decades.

SEATTLE LIBRARY OFFERS ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE
The Seattle Public Library has an Environmental Information Center on the second floor of the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue.

SURFACE MINES NEED RECLAMATINO PLANS BY '98
Visualize a mining project that begins with the end in mind. It begins with a reclamation plan that defines what the site will look like when the mining ends. The plan even describes the strategy to be used and the most economical way to do it. Visualize this most challenging element of the project and you'll visualize success, for the mine operator and the community.

NEW CAMERA KEEPS AN EYE ON OCEAN FLOOR
It sounds like a job for an ostrich -- getting paid to stick your head in the sand -- but sediment profile imaging is strictly for scientists.

GOOD DESIGN BRINGS ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC VALUE
Like the seeds of the native plants they sell, Storm Lake Growers have flourished by being in the right place at the right time.

BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
The Sustainable Technology Center of the San Juan Islands passed its one-year anniversary in July, during which time it has served as a showcase for new and innovative environmental technologies for buildings.

AREA'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT
Washington's quality of life is unraveling under the onslaught of our current transportation patterns. The environmental, social and economic impacts of our transportation system are tremendous.

IS IT TIME TO ABANDON GROWTH MANAGEMENT
More than 1.7 million people. That's the number of new residents Washington will have to accommodate by 2015 according to estimates of the state Office of Financial Management. But is GMA the right way to manage this growth?

ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE: ARE YOU COVERED?
Business and property owners can be liable for spills or disposal in the past even if it was legal at the time.

NEW REGULATIONS GOVERN AGRICULTURAL LANDS
For farmers and people trying to develop projects on agricultural land, complying with wetland regulations can be frustrating. Recent changes make it even more important to understand current regulations and the roles of government agencies that implement them.

ARMY FIRING RANGE UNIQUE SPOT FOR BIRD STUDY
Training combat-ready troops and protecting scarce habitats seems an unlikely combination of activities, yet these are two of the missions being undertaken by the U. S. Department of the Army on a large parcel of land in eastern Washington.

GOING NATIVE HAS MADE NURSERY PROSPER
Like the seeds of the native plants they sell, Storm Lake Growers have flourished by being in the right place at the right time.

RICHLAND PILOT PROJECT TESTS RUBBER RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY
Rubber recycling. It's something that car and truck owners long for each time they pay a fee to dispose of their old tires. And it's way to prevent those giant tire piles we occasionally see burning out of control on the national television news.

1996 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY
Foster Wheeler Environmental; Aquatic Research; Environmental Connections; Hart Crowser; Dames & Moore; Directed Technologies Drilling, Inc.; Exploration Products; Geraghty & Miller, Inc.; Historical Research Associates; Jones & Stokes Associates; North Creek Analytical; Pentec Environmental; Red Hawk Environmental; Golder Associates; Beak Consultants; Woodword & Clyde; Summit Envirosolutions; Sound Resource Management Group.

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