Editor's Note

Editor's Choice

National News

Legislative News

State News

Resources/ Publications

Potpourri

Job Openings

Student Jobs

Meetings/ Training

ASWM Calendar

INDEX:

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---EDITOR'S CHOICE---

·	Court reverses McWane conviction involving Birmingham plant
·	At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate
·	FL: DEP Implements Protection for Panhandle Environment
·	35th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act is Thursday October 18
·	Bill would turn tide on wetland protection
·	Can this muck save the planet?
·	New vernal pool book: Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools

---NATIONAL NEWS---

·	Clean Water Act threatened
·	Southeast drought worst in 100 years
·	Bush Pushes for Protection of Fish, Habitat of Migratory Birds
·	Bush's EPA Is Pursuing Fewer Polluters

---LEGISLATIVE NEWS---

·	2007 Farm Bill Progress: Senator Harkin Outlines Details of Senate Bill
·	Senate Committee Approves Incentives for Conservation, Habitat Easements
·	Senate Finance Committee Approves Agriculture Tax Measures (“4-H Bill”)
·	Farm bill bloated with good intentions
·	Senate Sends $23.2B WRDA Bill to White House

---STATE NEWS---  

·	CT: Money to go for wetlands projects
·	KS: SLT switch: City backs wetlands roadway
·	ME: Wiscasset coal gas project heads for a town vote
·	PA: Officials tackle stream bank problems
·	NY: New DEC Team To Address Vanishing Jamaica Bay Wetlands
·	CT: Inland Wetlands continues
·	SD: EPA orders restoration of damaged South Dakota wetlands
·	NV: Firefighters keep oil spill materials from wetlands
·	Elko Band, NV: Western Tribal Environmental Issues Highlighted
·	NH: In Laconia: Audit faults NHDES
·	KY: Building a habitat for learning
·	IN: Indiana giving lake polluter a break
·	WI: Wisconsin Wetlands Association Responds to Enbridge Permit Violations
·	MO: Environmentalists Win Halt to Missouri Flood Control Project

---RESOURCES AND PUBLICATIONS---

·	New Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management Document Now Available
·	International Journal of Water Calls for Papers on Surface and Groundwater Interaction
·	Center for Watershed Protection Releases Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices Manual
·	New Webpages on Wetland Protection from Wisconsin Wetlands Association
·	GLRC Wetlands Initiative Update
·	CSO Releases Climate Change Adaptation Report

---POTPOURRI---

·	U.S. Ramsar Wetlands Small Grants Program
·	NOAA Begins Funding Project to Develop Chesapeake, Delaware Bays Hypoxia Forecasting
·	Request for Proposals for National Estuary Program Community-Based Restoration
·	After Drought, Diversity Dries Up And Ponds All Look The Same
·	Conference Offers Earth Friendly Gardening Solutions
·	Critters Get a New Home
·	National Wetlands Awards 2008 Nominations

---JOB OPENINGS---

·	Landscape Ecologist, PhD level
·	Stream Monitoring Program Position – Maryland DNR
·	Postdoc: Climate change and biodiversity in an agricultural landscape

---STUDENT JOBS ---

---MEETINGS AND TRAINING---

·	Public is invited to Misssissippi River/Gulf Of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force
·	Estuarine Research Federation's Conference
·	Workshop: Getting the Message Out on Great Lakes Restoration
·	Wetland Delineation Training
·	Web Seminar: Legacy Sediments and Historic Mill Dams
·	Climate Change and the Constitution: Panel
·	MACC 2007 Fall Conference on Wetlands Regulatory Exemptions & Exceptions
·	Stormwater Maintenance Workshop
·	Restoring Tidal Hydrology: Breaking Down Barriers
·	Branching Out from the Mainestream: River Management Symposium
·	Capitalizing on Wetlands – SWS 2008 International Conference
·	SWCS 2008 Annual Conference
·	Call for Papers & Proposals: Restore America’s Estuaries Conference

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For a rolling calendar of meeting, conferences, and other events visit the ASWM calendar.

EDITOR'S NOTE

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Clean Water Act turned 35 this month. Water levels are seriously low throughout the country from the Great Lakes to the southeastern states, where the climate has reached the most severe category of drought in more than 100 years; this means that cities like Atlanta, Georgia could run out of drinking water in a matter of months.  Meanwhile, wildfires blaze in the western states, especially California. And some scientists say the melting of arctic ice is, “very, very alarming.” Meanwhile Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel won the Nobel Peace Prize for their part in prompting international action on global climate change. The Senate unveiled the Chairman's Mark for the 2007 Farm Bill on Tuesday, October 23, 2007. At this time, copies of the Chairman’s Mark, accepted amendments and other farm bill materials from the Senate’s discussions this week, are available through the Senate Agriculture Committee website, http://agriculture.senate.gov/  The Senate Farm Bill Markup has continued. For further information and updates on wetlands and farm programs, visit: http://www.aswm.org/fwp/farm_bill/index9.htm Special thanks to contributors for this issue: Patty Riexinger, New York DEC; Tom Biebighauser, USDA Forest Service; Terry Doss, Louis Berger; Ann Redmond, Wilson Miller; Erin O’Brien, Wisconsin Wetlands Association; Bronwyn Mitchell, Environmental Concern, Inc.; Lauren Annicelli. Have a happy Halloween!  Leah Stetson Editor, Wetland Breaking News

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Court reverses McWane conviction involving Birmingham plant

The Decatur Daily – October 26, 2007 A federal appeals court struck down the convictions of pipe manufacturer McWane Inc. and three executives for environmental crimes involving the company's Birmingham plant. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the company and Charles Robinson, vice president of environmental affairs, of a 2005 conviction that they filed a false report with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The appeals court's order Wednesday called for a new trial for the Birmingham-based company and two co-defendants, former plant managers James Delk and Michael Devine, on convictions that they conspired to violate the federal Clean Water Act and discharged pollutants from McWane Cast Iron Pipe plant into Avondale Creek in north Birmingham. For full article, go to: http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/071026/plant.shtml  For a direct link to the case, go to: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/11th/0517019p.pdf

At the Poles, Melting Occurring at Alarming Rate

By Doug Struck – Washington Post - October 22, 2007 For scientists, global warming is a disaster movie, its opening scenes set at the poles of Earth. The epic already has started. And it's not fiction. The scenes are playing, at the start, in slow motion: The relentless grip of the Arctic Ocean that defied man for centuries is melting away. The sea ice reaches only half as far as it did 50 years ago. In the summer of 2006, it shrank to a record low; this summer the ice pulled back even more, by an area nearly the size of Alaska. Where explorer Robert Peary just 102 years ago saw "a great white disk stretching away apparently infinitely" from Ellesmere Island, there is often nothing now but open water. Glaciers race into the sea from the island of Greenland, beginning an inevitable rise in the oceans. For the full story with graphic, visit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR2007102100761.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST20071021007

FL: DEP Implements Protection for Panhandle Environment

Contact: Sally Cooey – Florida DEP News Release – October 1, 2007 The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today marks the implementation of expanded protection for water resources in the Florida Panhandle. The Florida Legislature passed House Bill 7163 in 2006, creating an Environmental Resource Permitting (ERP) program in Northwest Florida for the first time. DEP has worked with area stakeholders since that time to put effective rules and practices for the ERP program in place. “This is an historic moment for the people, the environment and the economy of Northwest Florida,” said DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole. “Including the region in the statewide Environmental Resource Permitting program will improve stormwater management and flood control and better protect some of the most pristine rivers, estuaries and streams in the state.” For full article, go to: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/SECRETARY/news/2007/10/1001_03.htm For a direct link to the draft rule, visit: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wetlands/erp/rules/draft_nw.htm

35th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act is Thursday October 18

On the 35th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act there is an opportunity to reflect on the progress made and the challenges ahead. CWA 35th Anniversary:  The Clean Water Act: An Effective Means to Achieve a Limited End by G. Tracy Mehan past Assistant Administration U.S. EPA Office of Water. For a direct link, visit: http://www.wef.org/ScienceTechnologyResources/Publications/WET/07Oct/Oct07CWA35th.htm As the Clean Water Act Nears 35th Anniversary, Polluters Continue to Contaminate America’s Waterways:  Report from U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Groups) http://www.uspirg.org/news-releases/our-rivers-lakes-and-streams/our-rivers-lakes-and-streams/as-the-clean-water-act-nears-35th-anniversary-polluters-continue-to-contaminate-americas-waterways

Bill would turn tide on wetland protection

By John Myers – Duluth News Tribune – October 18, 2007 Exactly 35 years after President Nixon signed the Clean Water Act into law, a battle is raging over exactly what water the federal law should protect. For more than three decades the federal government enforced the act not just on big federal waterways such as the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, but ponds and tributaries, too. The law is credited with cleaning up the nation’s nastiest waters, including the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, which once was so polluted it erupted in flames, and the Northland’s St. Louis River, which was a cesspool of industrial and municipal waste. For full story, go to: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=52517&section=homepage

Can this muck save the planet?

By Tom Pelton – Baltimore Sun – October 9, 2007 Digging through the muck of a marshy island, Brian Needelman is hunting for an antidote to global warming. The University of Maryland scientist is measuring how much carbon dioxide has been trapped in the soil of wetlands planted four years ago. Needelman hopes to prove that creating salt marshes is better than planting trees for removing global warming gases from the atmosphere. If he's right, power companies in search of pollution credits might be willing to invest millions of dollars to build more wetlands here, which could mean a corporate-financed reconstruction of the Chesapeake Bay's largest breeding ground for birds, fish and crabs. “Tidal marshes have the highest rates of sequestering carbon of any kind of land," said Needelman, as reeds hissed around him in a stiff wind. "And captured carbon is a commodity worth a certain amount of money." For full story, go to: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.blackwater09oct09,0,2037612.story

New vernal pool book: Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern North America

Editors/Authors: Aram J. K. Calhoun (University of Maine at Orono) and Phillip G. DeMaynadier (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Bangor, Maine). Pulling together information from a broad array of sources, this book guides readers through the issues and solutions surrounding seasonal pools. Drawing on fifteen years of experience, the editors have mined published literature, personal communication from professionals working in the field, unpublished reports and data, and other sources to present the latest information and practical application of this knowledge. They synthesize decades of research on vernal pools and pool-dependent biota, building a foundation for presenting the tools for conserving these ecosystems. Covering a wide range of topics, the book focuses on the key ecological function of vernal pools. For more information, and to order this book, go to: http://www.amazon.com/Science-Conservation-Vernal-Northeastern-America/dp/0849336759

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NATIONAL NEWS

Clean Water Act threatened

By Rachel Dawson – Ducks Unlimited – October 18, 2007 Waterfowl and other wildlife have enjoyed habitat protection under the Clean Water Act for more than three decades.  October 18th marks the Act’s 35th Anniversary, but celebration will be tempered.  Recent Supreme Court rulings have stripped much of the Act’s capacity to protect our nation’s wetlands.  Coinciding with the anniversary, both the House of Representatives and the Senate are debating ways to restore the Clean Water Act. “Because of the success of the Clean Water Act, the rate of wetland loss in the United States has slowed.  Wetlands aren’t important only to breeding and wintering habitat for ducks and geese; they recharge ground water, offer recreational opportunities, provide flood protection, and help filter pollution,” said Ducks Unlimited’s Executive Vice-President Don Young.  “Federal protection of these areas is critical.” For full article, visit: http://www.ducks.org/news/1404/CleanWaterActthreate.html

Southeast drought worst in 100 years

By Brenda Goodman – New York Times – October 16, 2007 For the first time in more than 100 years, much of the Southeastern United States has reached the most severe category of drought, climatologists said yesterday, citing an emergency so serious that some cities are just months away from running out of water. In North Carolina, Governor Michael F. Easley asked residents yesterday to stop using water for any purpose "not essential to public health and safety." He warned that he would soon have to declare a state of emergency if voluntary efforts fell short. "Now I don't want to have to use these powers," Easley said at a meeting of mayors and other city officials. "As leaders of your communities, you know what works best at the local level. I am asking for your help." Officials in the central North Carolina town of Siler City estimate that without rain, they are 80 days from draining the Lower Rocky River Reservoir, which supplies water for the town's 8,200 people. For full story, go to: http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2007/10/16/southeast_drought_worst_in_100_years/

Bush Pushes for Protection of Fish, Habitat of Migratory Birds

By David A. Fahrenthold – Washington Post – October 21, 2007 President Bush promised yesterday, during a nature-themed series of appearances in Maryland, to better protect two fish species -- and then went fishing. Starting in Laurel yesterday morning, Bush announced new measures to preserve habitats used by migrating birds. Later, he visited this picturesque Eastern Shore town, near Vice President Cheney's vacation home, to talk about new conservation measures for two fish species, red drum and striped bass. For full article, go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/20/AR2007102000563.html

Bush's EPA Is Pursuing Fewer Polluters

By John Solomon and Juliet Eilperin – Washington Post – September 30, 2007 The Environmental Protection Agency's pursuit of criminal cases against polluters has dropped off sharply during the Bush administration, with the number of prosecutions, new investigations and total convictions all down by more than a third, according to Justice Department and EPA data. The number of civil lawsuits filed against defendants who refuse to settle environmental cases was down nearly 70 percent between fiscal years 2002 and 2006, compared with a four-year period in the late 1990s, according to those same statistics.  For full story, go to: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/29/AR2007092901759.html

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS

2007 Farm Bill Progress: Senator Harkin Outlines Details of Senate Bill

By Frank Zaworski – Grainnet – October 17, 2007 Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IL) said Oct. 17 that he has been able to reach a basic agreement with key members of the Senate Ag. Committee on the elements of the new farm bill, which is scheduled to be marked up the week of Oct. 22. "Senator Saxby Chambliss, the Committee's Ranking Member, Senator Kent Conrad, who is a senior Democrat on the Committee, and I believe that the budget framework and the core policy decisions that we've been able to work out for this farm bill will get the support of a solid bipartisan majority of the Committee," Harkin said. "The proposal is a forward-looking bill with critical investments for the future in energy, conservation, nutrition, rural development and promoting better diets and health for all Americans," said Harkin. For full article, go to: http://www.grainnet.com/articles/2007_Farm_Bill_Progress__Sen__Harkin_Wants_ Presidential_Commission_ On_Food_Safety_In_Farm_Bill-47966.html

Senate Committee Approves Incentives for Conservation, Habitat Easements

CSO Weekly Report – October 10, 2007 The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill last Friday to give farmers, ranchers, and landowners tax incentives for establishing conservation easements and protecting the habitat for endangered species. The Habitat and Land Conservation Act of 2007, which was passed by voice vote, would provide for $3.182 billion in tax benefits and would be offset by a $3.235 billion retroactive provision to disallow losses on foreign tax-exempt property related to sale-in, lease-out (SILO) transactions for leases. A $630 million three-year extension for expensing of brownfields remediation costs also is in the bill, along with a $55 million provision that would provide an exclusion for certain payments and programs relating to fish and wildlife. For more information see: http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0921-03.htm

Senate Finance Committee Approves Agriculture Tax Measures (“4-H Bill”)

Media contact: Carol Guthrie – Senate Finance Committee News Release – October 4, 2007 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today led the panel in a 17-4 vote approving the “Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007.” The fully-offset “4-H Bill” – totaling $15.05 billion prior to the addition of amendments today – will create a trust fund to help ranchers and farmers hurt by crop and livestock losses, convert a number of conservation payment programs into fully-offset tax credit programs, and offer additional incentives for rural economic development and energy-related tax relief to aid agricultural producers. […] Conservation Reserve Program Tax Credits Currently, participants in the Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) receive cash payments. The proposal will allow a participant in CRP the option to choose between the regular cash payment and a tax credit. The tax credit will be equal to 100% of the value of the cash payment the participant would have otherwise received and the credit will be excludable from both income and selfemployment taxes. Cost is $3.771 billion over ten years. Wetlands Reserve Program and Working Grasslands Protection Program Tax Credits: Currently, participants in the Wetlands Reserve Program and Working Grasslands Protection Program receive cash payments for easements they sell to the government. The proposal will allow a participant in the Wetlands Reserve Program and the Working Grasslands Protection Program the option to choose between the cash payment for the easement or a tax credit. A tax credit will be equal to the value of the payment they would have received after taxes were paid on the payment. Cost is $75 million over ten years. For a link to the full news release, go to: http://www.senate.gov/~finance/press/Bpress/2007press/prb100407a.pdf   For a direct link to the Heartland, Habitat, Harvest and Horticulture Act of 2007 (proposed by Senate Finance Committee), go to: http://www.senate.gov/~finance/sitepages/legislation.htm

Farm bill bloated with good intentions

OpEd – Virginian-Pilot – October 22, 2007 January could be the beginning of a banner year for the Chesapeake Bay. The U.S. Senate is poised to finalize new farm legislation doubling conservation funds targeted at cleaning up America's waterways. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be aimed directly at the flood of dirt- and chemical-laden runoff from farms, among the largest remaining obstacles to reaching Chesapeake Bay water quality goals a quarter-century in the making. Without doubt, that gusher of new money is a triumph for the bipartisan group of legislators from across the Bay watershed who have made such funding a priority no matter who wields the gavel or who sits in the Oval Office. But every single vote cast in favor of redoubling efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay is also a vote to continue the wasteful and destructive government policies that helped turn the Bay into a storm sewer in the first place. For full OpEd piece, go to: http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=135149&ran=119449

Senate Sends $23.2B WRDA Bill to White House

CSO Weekly Report – October 2007 The Senate voted 81-12 Monday to send the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) H.R. 1495 conference report to the White House, where it is expected to receive a presidential veto. Estimated to cost $23.2 billion by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the WRDA bill would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to carry out hundreds of hurricane protection, flood control, ecosystem restoration and navigation projects and create an independent review process for Corps projects and make it easier to de-authorize obsolete projects. Despite heavy lobbying by Republicans, a veto from the White House seems likely. However, lawmakers have indicated they have the two-thirds majority of votes needed to override a veto. For a copy of the CBO score, go to: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/86xx/doc8651/hr1495conference.pdf

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STATES NEWS

CT: Money to go for wetlands projects

Hampton Roads Daily Press – October 25, 2007 The prospect of paying $2 million into a state fund as compensation for wetlands in the path of a proposed extension to Commander Shepard Boulevard brought up the issue of whether the money could be used for other environmental projects in the city. The short answer is "no." The $2 million is state money given to Hampton, specifically earmarked for wetlands mitigation related to building roads. The city is obligated by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to pay the $2 million into a state trust if the city wants to go ahead and build Commander Shepard Boulevard over 11 acres of wetlands. The state decides how that trust money will be spent and where to develop wetlands to compensate for those lost to building roads. For full story, go to: http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/hampton/dp-news_wetlands_1025oct25,0,869503.story

KS: SLT switch: City backs wetlands roadway

By Chad Lawhorn – Lawrence Journal World – October 24, 2007 Two new city commissioners Tuesday night made their first major appearance in Lawrence’s seemingly never-ending drama: the South Lawrence Trafficway saga. Fueled by votes from recently elected Commissioners Rob Chestnut and Mike Dever, a sometimes-animated City Commission agreed to endorse a plan to build the South Lawrence Trafficway through the Baker Wetlands, an area that American Indians and others consider sacred. “There is never a very good choice when you are laying roadway,” Chestnut said. “The choices are never easy. But there are a number of citizens suffering in Lawrence because they can’t reasonably get from point A to point B.” The support for the wetlands route officially changes the city’s position on the issue. The City Commission that was in place before the April elections had sent a letter to the Federal Highway Administration opposing any efforts to build the road through the wetlands. Chestnut and Dever, however, replaced two of the three commissioners who had opposed the wetlands route. For full story, go to: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/oct/24/slt_switch_city_backs_wetlands_roadway/?city_local

ME: Wiscasset coal gas project heads for a town vote

By Bob Moore – Working Waterfront (Island Institute) – October 23, 2007 Wiscasset residents are bracing for an Election Day showdown over the fate of a proposed coal-gasification power plant and diesel refinery. Depending on who you believe, Twin Rivers Energy Center will either solve the town’s fiscal worries, or destroy the very image “Maine’s Prettiest Village” has tried so hard to project. Despite fierce local opposition evident at town hearings and signature drives, Wiscasset selectmen last month voted 3-1 to place an ordinance change on the local referendum ballot that would raise the height limit of structures from 75 to 230 feet. The developer, Point East, has indicated that the project needs the height amendment in order to move forward. This property abuts the Back River and Sheepscot River estuary. For full story, go to: http://www.workingwaterfront.com/article.asp?storyID=20071012 For another view on this topic, visit Back River Alliance at: http://www.backriveralliance.org/

PA: Officials tackle stream bank problems

By Kathy Mellot – The Tribune Democrat – October 21, 2007 Random fill and efforts 100 years ago to change the course of streams are creating problems for homeowners and agencies like the Cambria County Conservation District. The district is administering four projects this year to stabilize stream banks and, in the case of some, including Judy Smith of Lilly Borough, prevent further loss of backyards. “It started to erode when my dad lived here in 1969,” Smith said, looking over the 25-foot drop from the rear of her yard to Bear Rock Creek below. The stream bends at the rear of Smith’s property and, through time, has eaten away significant amounts of the yard. The problem has gotten so bad that Smith has lost hedges and trees, including a massive pine that now lies along the bank at the edge of the waterway. For full article, go to: http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_294000336.html

NY: New DEC Team To Address Vanishing Jamaica Bay Wetlands

Contact: Lori O’Connell – New York State Department of Env. Conservation – October 18, 2007 A team comprised of nearly a dozen experts from the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Division of Water, Bureau of Marine Resources, and Legal Counsel has been created to address the rapid loss of Jamaica Bay, DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. The team is tasked with developing long-term water quality and ecological strategies for Jamaica Bay, Queens County. “Jamaica Bay marsh lands are an invaluable natural resource and wildlife habitat for New York State, and they are in jeopardy,” said Commissioner Grannis. “The deteriorating condition of the wetlands calls for us to utilize the expertise and significant research backgrounds of Department staff to address this threat. This team will be dedicated to accelerating a clear plan of action to deter further loss of marsh lands and improve water quality.” For full press release, go to: http://readme.readmedia.com/news/show/New-DEC-Team-To-Address-Vanishing-Jamaica-Bay-Wetlands/12115

CT: Inland Wetlands continues

By Tom Burns – Town Times – October 18, 2007 The Baillie Company presented a site conditions map along with preliminary plans for site remediation during their application to conduct regulated activities associated with the restoration of the site at Frost Bridge Road. The Conservation Commission approved the Bailie Company's application at their meeting Thursday evening, October 11. Kurt Jones of Civil One Engineering, who has been working on the behalf of the Bailie Company, presented the detailed site map of the Frost Bridge Road site to Commission members. Detailed in the map were areas labeled to specify the content of debris of the test piles. Moreover, soil test results were also included in the report. In total, according to the estimates of Civil One Engineering, the amount of concrete rubble is 15,426 cubic yards. For full story, go to: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18927513&BRD=1379&PAG=461&dept_id=162906&rfi=6