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ENVIRONEWS PE people Sellars Bigornia Tricia Berry Erskine Jr. Perkins Peterson Fred Sellars and Boniface Bigornia have joined Arcadis, Lowell, Mass., as vice presidents. A nationally recognized expert in energy facility siting and licensing and transactional due diligence, Sellars brings 30 years of experience in managing projects where environmental regulations and permitting are prominent issues. Bignora, responsible for developing the company’s flood risk management program in California and assisting with efforts to expand similar programs nationwide, will bring his 25 years of technical, management and policy/strategy experience to the company’s Walnut Creek, Calif., office. The Women in Engineering ProActive Network announced the election and appointment of six directors who will serve until June 2010. New president Tricia Berry, director of the Women in Engineering Program at the University of Texas, Austin, and her board will lead the organization’s efforts to transform culture in engineering and higher education to open the field to women. Racine Federated Inc., Racine, Wis., has named John Erskine Jr. as the new chairman of the board. Erskine started with the company in December 1970, and ten years later, took over as president for his father, John Erskine Sr. Dave Perkins will succeed to the president position. Perkins joined the company in 1986 as a director and became the vice president and CFO in May 1990. He will continue his role as CFO and be responsible for day to day operations. Kent Peterson, CEO of water quality instrumentation manufacturer Fluid Imaging Technologies, Yarmouth, Maine, has been named the 2008 Business Leader of the Year by Mainebiz, a news publication covering business in Maine. The award was presented in recognition of his global strategy and sound guidance in achieving a slate of organizational milestones. fication tests of diesel engine retrofit emissions control technologies, filter media, and ventilation air cleaning or filtration technologies. For more information, please contact Drew Trenholm, RTI, at (919) 316-3742 or atrenholm@rti.org. • The Drinking Water Systems Center, operated by NSF International, invites vendors and partners for verification testing of technologies to assist in compliance with the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and the Groundwater Rule. Examples of technologies that may be applicable include membrane filtration, ultraviolet radiation, and on-site chlorine generators. All alternative technologies will be considered. The program verifies the performance of innovative technologies that have the potential to improve protection of human health and the environment. ETV accelerates the entrance of new environmental technologies into the domestic and international market- places. Verified technologies are included for all environmental media: air, water and land. Go to www.epa.gov/etv to learn more. Young Voters Speak Out If the primary election season is any indication, younger voters will have an impact on this year’s national presidential election. A new website, www.imvotingfor.org is soliciting comments and videos from students at Environmental topics are leading the way for these youngsters as the topic is getting the most responses. Both candidates have been responding as environmental issues have been right up there with the economy and international conflicts. National news outlets reported time after time that the number of young, college-aged voters had significantly increased over past primary elections. Political pundits disagree on many topics but most agree that the national election will have a much larger turnout of this class of voter. campuses across the country. It gives them a platform to voice their opinions about issues that are driving them to the polls. Sports Cars to be Pinched Expensive European sports cars could be only a memory. E.U. proposed rules would require new cars to achieve average emissions of less than 120 kg per kilometer of CO2. Currently, these types of vehicles emit 200 to 500 kg per kilometer. While trucks and SUVs may have more fuel-efficient engines, high-powered sports cars will have a hard time meeting such demands. 16 Pollution Engineering SEPTEMBER2008 http://www.epa.gov/etv http://www.imvotingfor.org

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Pollution Engineering - September 2008 Contents The Editor’s Desk Reader Comments EnviroNews PE Events Legal Lookout Environmental Management The Green Files Guest Dialog 500-Year Storm Control How Do You Clean Up 100 Years of Pollution? SPCC: Don’t Wait and See The Next Wave in Air Purification An Invitation to the Windy City Flood Control Infrastructure Saves ‘Green’ Puts a New Spin on Pest Control Instrumentation Products Material Safety and Storage Equipment PE Products Classified Marketplace Advertisers Index State Rules

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