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Article: Funds help develop new guide for contaminated sites.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-26 March 2007-British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks: Funds help develop new guide for contaminated sites(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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VICTORIA - The B.C. government is providing $100,000 to the Science Advisory Board for Contaminated Sites in British Columbia (SABCS) to complete two scientific projects to be used in developing regulatory guidance, Environment Minister Barry Penner announced today.

"The work of the SABCS, an independent scientific advisory body, is very important for the application of current and innovative scientific methodology to the management of contaminated sites," Penner ...

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