Waste News articles from October 2002

Waste News archives from October 2002

Down to 3; Va. authority mulls recycling options.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini The Southeastern Public Service Authority may can curbside recycling. The authority's board of directors met Sept. 25 and whittled down its options for replacing curbside service to three: recycling through a...

Refitting humans; Dell, prison group to recycle electronics.(Cover Story)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Customers who purchase a new computer from Dell Computer Corp. now have the option of returning their old models for recycling at no cost other than shipping. The Austin, Texas-based computer maker reached an...

At Deadline: NRC, EPA nix dual regulation at fed sites.(Late News)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency signed an agreement Oct. 9 to eliminate dual regulation during radiological decommissioning and decontamination of NRC-licensed sites. The memorandum of understanding...

Quote of the Week.(News)
October 14, 2002... What are you going to come back with in terms of a recommendation on how to deal with the problem? There's a problem there, and I think it's a responsibility to figure out a way to deal with it. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, tells an EPA...

Hauler illegally handled sludge, Pa. alleges.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher filed criminal charges against a waste hauler last month, alleging that the company illegally handled more than 96,000 tons of sewage sludge. Lehigh Valley Recycling and its...

45% of lakes unfit for rec uses, EPA says.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Nearly 40 percent of the streams and almost half of lakes and estuaries surveyed nationwide were not clean enough in 2000 to support fishing and swimming, according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report...

Upwardly mobile; Mich. company refurbishes used phones, eyes China.(News)(Wireless Source Inc.)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Andrew Dietderich The day Bob Sullivan bought The Wireless Source Inc. two years ago, a fire wiped out his inventory and equipment, leaving him wondering whether the business would survive. He isn't wondering anymore. The...

Judge fines Neb. for permit denial.(News; Nebraska)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman A federal judge ruled that the state of Nebraska must pay $151.4 million to a multistate commission after Nebraska officials denied the commission permission to build a low-level radioactive waste disposal site. ...

New products & technology.(Products)
October 14, 2002... CUMMINS INC. has unveiled the A Series engines for industrial markets, which are available from 18 to 60 horsepower and from 0.9 to 2.3 liters displacement. The A Series engines incorporate optional features to facilitate equipment...

Ohio WTE plant faces rebirth.(News)(waste-to-energy)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio is close to ridding itself of a giant headache while creating a new outlet to recycle scrap tires. The authority signed a memorandum of understanding with Scottsdale,...

Calif. nonprofit does good recycling wood.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Marcus von Skepsgardh is out to make a difference one fallen tree at a time. Skepsgardh, through his nonprofit Protect All Life Foundation, is capturing thousands of tons of wood that would otherwise go to landfills...

WTC machinery fouling air, according to study.(News; World Trade Center equipment causes diesel pollution)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Heavy equipment at Ground Zero is causing air pollution problems in Lower Manhattan, according to a new study. The machinery used to clear debris and to rebuild the site is creating levels of diesel pollution that...

Tucson takes the lead; Project greatly expedites restoration of desert landfill.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Jim Konkoly Cities throughout the Southwest are looking at how environmental officials in Tucson eliminated methane gas production and increased decomposition by more than 100 times the normal rate at a closed desert landfill. ...

A Look Back.(News)
October 14, 2002... 1388: England's Parliament bans waste disposal in public waterways and ditches. Five years ago: USA Waste Services Inc. agrees to purchase Anchorage Refuse Inc., the largest waste hauler in Alaska. A year ago: Will Ferretti, executive...

Wolf in sheep's get-up.(Opinion)(Editorial)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Bill Sheehan Bush administration assaults on federal protections for air, water and public lands have received much media attention. Less widely recognized is the administration's systematic attack on federal rules protecting...

Windmills in choppy surf; Cape Cod wind farm proposal faces lawsuits.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini A federal judge gave the go-ahead Oct. 8 for the nation's first offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, but it is the first victory in what could be a long battle. Cape Wind Associates is proposing a $600 million wind...

Duluth bans mercury devices.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The city of Duluth is the first city in North America to ban the sale of all medical devices and thermostats that contain mercury. The Duluth City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 23 to ban the sale of medical...

Coming Events.(Calendar)
October 14, 2002... North America Oct. 23-24 - Dossier32 Fleet Maintenance Software Users Group Meeting, Atlantic City, N.J. Contact John Davis (804) 233-1111. Oct. 23-25 - Clean Gulf Annual Meeting, Mobile, Ala. Contact Mike Niles (713) 463-9595. ...

Here's a switch.(Opinion)
October 14, 2002... It's no surprise that automobile manufacturers have sued the state of Maine over its mercury-recycling law. In a debate so fraught with obstacles, however, it's a bit of a pleasant surprise that both sides show at least a little interest in...

EPA eyeing plastics emission loophole.(News)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Steve Toloken Several Environmental Protection Agency regional offices want to crack down on emissions of six cancer-causing chemicals in the plastics foam and resin manufacturing industries, with an initial focus on vinyl chloride...

Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)
October 14, 2002... Paper Rock-Tenn closes plants in Texas, Ala Norcross, Ga. - Rock-Tenn Co. has permanently shut down its uncoated paperboard machine in its Dallas mill and has closed its corrugated packaging plant in Dothan, Ala. The Norcross,...

DOE pact extended.(News; Department of Energy)
October 14, 2002... The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $230 million contract extension to West Valley Nuclear Services Co. to continue its cleanup of a commercial plant in western New York that reprocesses spent nuclear fuel. West Valley, a unit of...

Waste News Commodity Pricing Report.(News)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... SLIP IS SHOWING: Used beverage container prices have started slipping again after a few months of relative success. Retail scrap prices in most parts of the country have fallen an average of 1 to 2 cents per pound. Scrap dealers are reacting to...

Senate mulls sewage fund gap.(Cover Story)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Republicans, Democrats and the independent chairman serving on the Senate Environment Committee said during an Oct. 8 hearing that they were concerned about a lack of federal funding for maintaining and improving...

Auto firms balk at switch law.(Cover Story)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson A consortium of 12 car and truck makers is suing Maine, claiming a mercury switch recycling law passed earlier this year is unconstitutional. Maine became the first state in the nation to require that vehicle...

Calif. governor vetoes CRT tax.(News; cathode ray tube)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini California Gov. Gray Davis rejected proposed legislation last month that would have required manufacturers and retailers to collect a fee on the sale of television sets and computer monitors. Davis vetoed Senate Bill...

Needed next: the minutiae.(Opinion)(Column)
October 14, 2002... Alcoa Inc. has done the responsible, proactive thing by setting ambitious recycling goals for itself and the aluminum industry. Now it needs to follow through and answer its critics' concerns that the goals are vague enough that they could be...

Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
October 14, 2002... Health Care Michigan governor bans thermometers Lansing, Mich. - Michigan Gov. John Engler has signed into law a bill that bans the sale and distribution of mercury fever thermometers and other mercury thermometers. The ban, which...

Setting the bar; Alcoa urges aluminum industry to be environmentally ambitious.(Cover Story)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini Alcoa Inc. challenged the North American aluminum industry to adopt ambitious sustainable development goals during the Aluminum Association's annual meeting this month, but some are challenging Alcoa to better define its...

Ontario paper mill to close.(News)(Sturgeon Falls, Ontario)(Brief Article)
October 14, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Weyerhaeuser Co. is shuttering a 100-year-old recycled medium mill in Ontario that the company acquired as part of its 1999 takeover of MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. About 140 people will lose their jobs after the mill in...

Reducing power.(News)(Senate bill seeks reduction of power plant emission rates)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... A Senate bill aims to reduce the emission rate of the following pollutants from U.S. power plants: * Nitrogen oxide from 5.4 million tons to 1.7 million tons by 2012. * Mercury from 48 tons to between 5 and 16 tons by 2012. *...

A thumb in the dam; Wash. city helps residents stem unsolicited mail flood.(News)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Konkoly Studies have shown that nearly half of the estimated 4 million tons of junk mail people receive nationwide each year is never opened. From the response of residents in Tacoma, one innovative piece of unsolicited...

Add 2; Stericycle plans Northeast buys. (News).(medical waste management company to acquire two others)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Stericycle Inc., the nation's largest medical waste management company, unveiled two new purchases Oct. 2. Lake Forest-based Stericycle agreed to pay $41.5 million cash to purchase Scherer Healthcare Inc., an...

W.Va. mine spill cleanup begins. (News).(of mine waste at Bandmill Coal Co. slurry plant )
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini It will take several months to rehabilitate the areas affected by a recent spill of coal mine waste into the Guyandotte River and its tributaries in southwestern West Virginia. The 100,000-gallon spill occurred Oct....

New force in Southeast; Advanced Disposal gains regional strength with equity infusion. (News).(Company Profile)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson A growing solid waste collection and disposal company in the Southeast has obtained millions in new equity and credit and plans to build an even larger operation. ``We're not interested in going into a market where...

Wyo. city to charge electronics dropoff fee. (News).(Cheyenne to charge businesses to recycle scrap electronic equipment )
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini The city of Cheyenne began charging businesses to recycle scrap electronic equipment this month to divert the material from the city landfill and prevent outsiders from taking advantage of the city's formerly free...

Personnel.(People)
October 28, 2002... AMERICAN GEOSCIENCES INC. - Del Kubeldis named manager, environmental health & safety service group. AVALON HOLDINGS CORP. - Ted Wesolowski elected to the board of directors. BT2 INC. - Jennifer DeSteno, Eric Nelson and Brenda Peterson...

Correction.(on Parkson Corp. article )(Correction Notice)
October 28, 2002... A story on Page 14 of the Sept. 30 issue should have said Parkson Corp. is working with officials at the Keowee Key Utility System in Salem, S.C.

Waste Industry Briefs.(brief articles cover American Ecology, 3E co. Superior Special Services Inc )
October 28, 2002... Hazardous Waste American Ecology selling Tenn. plant Boise, Idaho - American Ecology Corp.'s radioactive waste processing plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., is up for sale. The American Ecology Recycle Center Inc. in Oak Ridge no longer...

EPA estimates Michigan PCB cleanup cost at $15 million. (News).(at former Rockwell International Inc site in Allegan, Michigan)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson The cleanup of a 30-acre site in Michigan that has been contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls is expected to cost $14 million to $15 million, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA's...

Mighty ducks; Wis. farm's quackers create 200 kilowatts of power. (News).(Maple Leaf Farms uses methane from duck manure to power generator)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson By virtue of being North America's largest duck producer, Maple Leaf Farms also is North America's largest duck manure producer. Millions and millions of gallons of the stuff are created every year. So Maple...

Solutia looks to clean PCBs in Alabama. (News).(under revised consent decree)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Solutia Inc. and the federal government have agreed to a revised and quicker plan to clean up polychlorinated biphenyl contamination caused by decades-long manufacture of the material in the town. Both sides have...

A Texas wind; State examines refinery emissions. (Cover Story).(four of five petrochemical refineries in Port Arthur, Texas, being investigated)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini The state of Texas is investigating four of the five oil and petrochemical refineries in Port Arthur as a recent report details excessive, unplanned releases of air pollution from the plants. The Texas Commission on...

Holding on to trust.(Opinion)(Editorial)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Allan Gerlat We're living through a time of heightened fear. Sniper attacks have paralyzed the Washington, D.C., region. The threat of terrorism at home and war abroad are always in the backs of our minds. One precious trait of...

Allied sells Tenn., Ill. assets. (News).(Allied Waste Industries sells operations in two states)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Waste Connections Inc. is beefing up its eastern Tennessee operations through a $50 million deal with Allied Waste Industries Inc. Allied also is selling collection operations in Palatine, Ill., to Groot Industries...

Ala. Power to test mercury process. (News).(Alabama Power Co. to test mercury absorbing system)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini Alabama Power Co. will continue testing advanced mercury control technology under a U.S. Department of Energy program that already has reduced mercury emissions by 80 percent. On Oct. 22, the Department of Energy...

Explosive verdict; Ky. jury orders gas firm to pay injured man $270 million. (News).(Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company loses lawsuit)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini A jury in Knott County, Ky., awarded a man $270 million Oct. 17 after finding that a natural gas leak led to an explosion on his property. The verdict is the largest jury award ever in Kentucky and one of the...

Waste News Commodity Pricing Report. (News).(high density polyethylene scrap prices)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... LEVELING OFF: Scrap high density polyethylene markets have surged in the past few months but may cool off for the remainder of the year. Prices for recovered natural and colored HDPE have leveled off at 17 cents per pound and 10 cents per...

Paper firms up, down. (News).(as third quarter earnings posted )(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Third quarter earnings are proving to be a mixed bag for companies that collect and use recycled fiber to make new products. Weyerhaeuser Co., of Federal Way, Wash., saw earnings drop to $13 million, 6 cents per...

Gateway goes thin with LCD monitor; Mercury issue may replace lead problem. (Products).(liquid crystal displays computer monitors contain mercury rather than lead of the cathode ray tube type monitors )
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini Gateway Inc. this month eliminated lead-laden cathode ray tube monitors from its entry-level consumer computer packages, and other computer companies are expected to follow. But the electronics industry's new...

New Products & Technology. (Products).(new products and process for waste treatment industry)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst Firm's system removes arsenic from wood Maple Grove, Minn. - Decks, docks and children's play sets are among the many items made with pressure-treated wood that contains arsenic, a known carcinogen. Until...

Compost partnership blossoms in West; Vons grocery chain works with recycler to produce tons of compost each week. (News).
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson With more than 300 stores in California and southern Nevada, the Vons grocery store chain produces plenty of organic waste day in and day out. Just don't call the material trash in front of Curt Smith. All of...

Pollution solution; Pa. urges power plants to use water from abandoned mines.(News)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is urging the power industry to use polluted water from abandoned coal mines, and an industry boom may accommodate that request. The state uses 9.7 billion...

Smart green.(Opinion)(Ford Motor Co. aluminum recycling scheme)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... You've got to spend money to make money, goes one business maxim. Another says that recycling may be great for the environment but it's a tough way to make a living. Ford Motor Co., with a recycling scheme it recently installed at its stamping...

Liberty's tab.(Opinion)(industrial water pollution)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... The Clean Water Act recently turned 30. With the Bush administration's debatable position toward wastewater issues, the country's major piece of water pollution legislation may be at a crossroads. And the waste generator is right at the center...

At Deadline.(Late News)
October 28, 2002... Study: New Source Review falls short The Bush administration's plan to revise the New Source Review program under the Clean Air Act could result in the release of additional pollutants, according to an analysis prepared by consultants who...

Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
October 28, 2002... Petroleum Minn. gas stations install vapor systems St. Paul, Minn. - Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC has completed the installation of vapor recovery systems in 115 of its service stations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area....

Mass. awards pacts for electronics recycling; ElectroniCycle, Superior Special Services to process material banned from landfills.(News)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini The state of Massachusetts has awarded two contracts to ensure that scrap electronics are collected and handled in an environmentally safe manner, but some communities might not be able to afford it. The state...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
October 28, 2002... Situational neutrality I am confused by Grahame Watts' implication that in order for the National Recycling Coalition to create a forum for discussion, it must also take a position on the issue [``Timing, schmiming,'' Sept. 16]. To...

A Look Back.(News)
October 28, 2002... Five years ago: After only three months on the job, Waste Management Inc. CEO Ronald T. LeMay resigns to return to his former post as president and chief operating officer at Sprint Corp. in Westwood, Kan. A year ago: The National Academy...

Stock trip; Waste Connections switches exchanges.(News)(moves to New York Stock Exchange)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Waste Connections Inc. is moving its common stock listing to the New York Stock Exchange. The company, which has been listed on the Nasdaq National Market since its debut four years ago, was scheduled to move Oct....

A clean air port; L.A. harbor pushing low emission fuel.(News)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Some $2.8 million will be spent on efforts to cut air pollution at the Port of Los Angeles. The Clean Air Program includes $1 million that will be spent to reimburse terminal operators using higher priced emulsified...

N.H. firm turns farm waste into energy.(News)(Environmental Power Corp.)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Environmental Power Corp. plans to construct and operate farm waste-to-energy sites for the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority. The two sides have signed a memorandum of understanding to serve as a basis for a...

Complex cleanups; Superfund jobs fewer, thornier.(News)(Brief Article)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency completed cleanup work at 42 Superfund sites during the 2002 fiscal year, compared with 47 completions in 2001 and 87 completions in 2000, according to agency statistics...

Republic strengthens hold in Indiana.(News)(Republic Services Inc.)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson One of the nation's largest private solid waste companies has sold off a major chuck of operations in Indiana to Republic Services Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Republic sees the business acquired from Rumpke...

Fla. tire flames tamed; Fire at tire recycling firm under control, officials say.(News)(Florida Tire Recycling)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini Firefighters and company employees have taken control of a tire fire in southern Florida without interrupting operations at Florida Tire Recycling Inc. and apparently without environmental damage. ``When you're...

Utah debates tax on radioactive waste.(News)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Backers of Utah's Initiative 1 on the Nov. 5 ballot say it would provide millions of dollars for education and the homeless, but a Salt Lake City-based radioactive waste disposal company says the tax could put it...

Minn. recycler's ex-chief accused of embezzlement.(News)(Steven Lind, Quality Checked Plastics)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Steve Toloken Stuart Hamilton, owner of recycler Quality Checked Plastics Inc., said he was trying to help a family friend get on his feet after a prison term when he hired Steven Lind as a bookkeeper in 1991. At first it...

Weyerhaeuser to cut 750 jobs by 2004.(News)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Weyerhaeuser Co. said it plans to slash its corporate staff by about 750 jobs, or more than 25 percent, over the next two years to save tens of millions in corporate costs. And those cuts will come on top of the 200...

Enviros dislike EPA's basin cleanup plan; EPA sees collaborative effort, others say Idaho commission has too much power.(News)(Coeur d'Alene Basin)
October 28, 2002... Six environmental groups charge in letters to Washington state's U.S. senators that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the law with its decision to put an Idaho commission in charge of Superfund cleanup in the Coeur d'Alene...

Ohio steel maker shuns EPA focus.(News)(AK Steel Corp.)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini An Ohio steel maker says the government is unfairly singling it out, blaming contamination of local waterways solely on the company. AK Steel Corp. commissioned Arcadis G&M Inc., an environmental engineering firm, to...

Ford, Alcan close recycling loop.(Cover Story)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Johnson Ford Motor Co. and Alcan Inc. are creating the first so-called closed-loop recycling system for vehicle aluminum sheet metal. The idea is to keep the aluminum trim from Ford's Chicago stamping plant away from other...

Calif. gov. sends plastic issue to courts.(News)(Gray Davis vetoes plastic container legislation)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Steve Toloken California Gov. Gray Davis has vetoed legislation that would have forced plastic container makers to pay higher fees to support recycling in the state, but the decision wasn't exactly welcomed by the industry. ...

Fla. hauler sues for right to collect C&D debris.(News)(S&S National Waste, construction and demolition)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Curtis Killman A waste hauler has sued the city of Pembroke Pines for the right to collect construction and demolition debris. S&S National Waste of West Palm Beach, Fla., filed the lawsuit in Broward County Court, challenging...

Water worries; Report: Generators exceeding permits.(Cover Story U.S. Public Interest Research Groups report on three years of pollutant discharge levels)(Cover Story)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman More than 80 percent of the facilities permitted under the Clean Water Act to discharge into waterways exceeded their permit levels at least once during a three-year period ended Dec. 31, 2001, according to a new...

Awards.(News briefs related to environmental awards)
October 28, 2002... Mass. institute leader lands honor Lowell, Mass. - Scott Cassel, director of the Product Stewardship Institute at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, has received a national award for promotion of pollution prevention initiatives. ...

Mass. AG wants wind project halted.(News Attorney General seeks to stop development of Cape Wind project until authority is clarified)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Joe Truini Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly is calling for a halt to the development of the Cape Wind project, a proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound. In an Oct. 17 letter, he urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to...

Coming Events.(Calendar events related to waste management )(Calendar)
October 28, 2002... North America Nov. 1-4 - International Big R Show, Las Vegas. Call (703) 968-2772 or fax (703) 968-2878. Nov. 5-6 - National Solid Waste Management Association Medical Waste Conference, Baltimore. Contact Cathy Maimon (800) 424-2869....

Wis. reuse center builds homes, reduces waste.(News Habitat for Humanity ReStore of Dane County performance figures for first nine months)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Konkoly Knock on wood, the Habitat for Humanity ReStore of Dane County has proven to be a successful operation from the start. In its first nine months, Director Jen Voichick reports the nonprofit reuse store has: *...

Recycler diverts beds from Mass. sites.(News Conigliaro Industries' commercial mattress recycling plant has been in operation since last year)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Konkoly With some financial assistance from the state, a Massachusetts company is trying to put a sticky disposal issue to rest. Conigliaro Industries opened the first commercial mattress recycling facility in the country...

Early returns run smooth for Neb. road.(News scrap rubber/asphalt mix being tested for highway construction)
October 28, 2002... Byline: Jim Konkoly The blending of shredded scrap tires into an asphalt paving mix on a 7.3-mile stretch of Interstate 80 in Nebraska already is a success when it comes to producing a smooth road surface. However, state highway...

Supplier News.(Briefs AMI Group and Clairmont Engineering merge to form AMI Environmental; other stories)
October 28, 2002... Finlay authorizes Hoss as dealer Louisville, Ky. - Finlay Hydrascreens USA Inc. has selected Hoss Equipment Co. as a dealer for Finlay's product lines. Based in Louisville, Finlay Hydrascreens USA Inc. is the North American subsidiary...

Bill attacks power plant emissions; 4 senators hope to curb coal-burning pollution.(News Clean Air Planning Act of 2002 offered )
October 28, 2002... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Four senators have introduced a bill aimed at capping four pollutants, including carbon dioxide, from coal-burning power plants. Unveiling the Clean Air Planning Act of 2002 Oct. 17 in the Senate was Sen. Tom...