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		<title>USACE Developing National Wetland Plant List, Seeks Public Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A notice from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) appeared on 6 January 2011 in theFederal Register (76 FR 777) (pdf) announcing the establishment of a National Wetland Plant List (NWPL).  In summary, &#8220;The National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) is used to delineate wetlands for purposes of theClean Water Act and the Wetland Conservation Provisions of the Food Security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court Enjoins Army Corps of Engineers From Extending Regulatory Jurisdiction Over Former Wetlands</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Original Post On September 28, 2010, the Southern District of Florida awarded summary judgment to New Hope Power Company in its suit seeking to enjoin the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) from applying rules pertaining to its regulatory jurisdiction over certain former wetlands, which had been issued through agency memoranda.  The court held that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Changes to ASTM Phase II Due Diligence Standard Would Dramatically Increase the Time and Cost for Completing Environmental Due Diligence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Phase I ESA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This artical reprinted from Holland &#38; Knight Partner, Amy Edwards.  Click to orignal. ASTM continues to move forward with planned changes to the standard for conducting Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) (ASTM E 1903). If approved, these changes would impose drastic new obligations on Users (i.e., the parties commissioning the reports) and likely increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WetCollect &#8211; Collect and process wetland delineation data in the field</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Very cool new software for wetland delineation data collection.  Perhaps technology is finally catching on in field ecology. WetCollect]]></description>
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		<title>Consider an Environmental Assessment before Foreclosing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Phase I ESA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Environmental conditions could reduce the property&#8217;s value or create a cleanup liability. Thousands of commercial properties face potential foreclosure as the result of a struggling economy and the pressure of $1.4 trillion of nationwide commercial real estate loans coming due in the next five years. Lenders can take action up front to manage the environmental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ASTM International Announces First eLearning Course for E1527 Phase I Environmental Site Assessments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Phase I ESA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ASTM International Press release date: August 24, 2010 W. CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., &#8211; ASTM International and Environmental Data Resources (EDR) announce an online course offering for ASTM E1527, Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process. ASTM E1527 was first published in 1993 and has been revised numerous times since, most recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing Season Definition and Use in Wetland Delineation: A Literature Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wetlands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ERDC/CRREL CR-10-3 Growing Season Definition and Use in Wetland Delineation: A Literature Review by Karen Malone and Hans Williams ABSTRACT: The definition of growing season in the 1987 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual is derived from the soil biological-zero temperature concept. Lacking direct information on soil temperatures, minimum air temperature thresholds are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t let environmental problems prevent you from purchasing property</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m republishing a great article posted in the Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce. I&#8217;ll soon be adding information relevant to Illinois customers. If you are in any other state, let me know, and I&#8217;ll find out how your state handles this. “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.” - Warren Buffett Many people seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wetland Delineation Training Courses.  Online!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a great intro for the budding environmental engineer. At some point, you&#8217;ll have to get muddy to really understand wetlands though. Wetland Delineation 1 Wetland Delineation 2]]></description>
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		<title>New Wetland Delineation Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wanted to shine a spotlight today on a new solution from CorpsJD, a newly launched online GIS GPS-Capable Wetland Delineation, Mapping &#038; Reporting Software Service. Built on the Microsoft platform of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and Bing maps, and integrated with ESRI’s GIS application, CorpsJD provides a high performance and reliable service [...]]]></description>
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