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		<title>Community Meeting on Dow Dioxin Plan &#8211; May 7th</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials from the EPA, MDEQ, Department of Community Health, and Dow Chemical, Inc. will be present at a community meeting to be held at the Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw this Wednesday (May 7th) from 6:30 to 9 pm.  The agenda of the meeting will include Dow&#8217;s 2007 sampling data for the middle Tittabawassee River, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=50&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MDEQ DRAFT 2009 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 16:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the DEQ released the DRAFT Report to Solicit Comments for &#8220;Michigan&#8217;s 2009 Ambient Air Monitoring Network Review&#8221;.  The purpose of this report is to examine the State&#8217;s ambient air monitoring network and recommend changes for the coming year.  The basis for some of the recommended changes are the federal changes to the ambient air [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=49&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2008 Energy Conference and Exhibit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Engineering Society of Detroit and DTE Energy are hosting the Energy Conference and Exhibition 2008 on May 6th at Rock Financial Showplace in Novi.  Topics will include &#8220;green&#8221; technologies, emerging technologies and economic impacts of energy on Michigan. If you interested in attending visit the ESD website (link).  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=48&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AIPG Section Meeting &#8211; Grand Rapids &#8211; May 15th</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 12:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Michigan Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologist will be having a section meeting in Grand Rapids on May 15th at the Riverfront Hotel.  The Guest speaker will be Dr. David Barnes of  Western Michigan University who will be giving a talk entitled &#8220;Addressing Climate Change through Carbon Capture and Geological Storage in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=46&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Air Quality Awareness Week April 28 to May 2</title>
		<link>http://mienvironmental.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/air-quality-awareness-week-april-28-to-may-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week is National Air Quality Awareness Week as coined by the EPA and NOAA which coincides with &#8220;Ozone Action!&#8221; season.  Michigan Governor Granhom has also signed a proclamation recognizing NAQAW.  The EPA and NOAA have websites with links to information and activities.  The primarily focus of this information is on ozone and particle air pollution.   <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=45&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>April 23 &#8211; Last Day to Pre-Register for BrownFields 2008</title>
		<link>http://mienvironmental.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/april-23-last-day-to-pre-register-for-brownfields-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow (April 23, 2008) is the last day to pre-register for the Brownfields 2008 conference being held at Cobo Hall in Detroit. Visit the Brownfield 2008 website for information on how to register.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=44&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Earth Day 2008</title>
		<link>http://mienvironmental.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/happy-earth-day-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Earth Day 2008  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=43&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kalamazoo River Project Underway</title>
		<link>http://mienvironmental.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/kalamazoo-river-project-underway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preparation work for the second and final year of a estimated $30 million PCB-contaminated sediment removal project is underway on the Kalamazoo River near Highway 131 Bridge and the Plainwell Dam. Contractors hired by Georgia-Pacific LLC and the Millennium Holdings LLC will be excavating approximately 83,000 cubic yard of sediment from the river this year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=42&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RRD seeking Peer Reviewers for Vapor Intrusion Guidance</title>
		<link>http://mienvironmental.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/rrd-seeking-peer-reviews-for-vapor-intrusion-guidance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  MDEQ-RRD is seeking peer reviewers for Operational Memorandum No. 4, Attachment 4 &#8220;Soil Gas and Indoor Air&#8221; and Vapor Intrusion Technical Support Document.   The draft operational memo is due to come out some time this month (April).  Based on what&#8217;s been written in the AIPG&#8217;s and MAEP&#8217;s newsletters, it looks like the new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=41&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LUST Temporary Reimbursement Program Update</title>
		<link>http://mienvironmental.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/lust-temporary-reimbursement-program-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The MDEQ has updated the Invoice Submittal Form (EQP 4459) on March 24, 2008.  They have also included a list of approved sites and submittal deadlines.  If you have a TRP site you may want to visit the MDEQ&#8217;s TRP website and double check the dates and down load the new submittal forms before you submit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mienvironmental.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2978125&amp;post=40&amp;subd=mienvironmental&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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