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SEPTEMBER

2012

SEPTEMBER 2012

29-01

85th Annual Technical Exhibition

and Conference, New Orleans,

www.weftec.org

29-03

WEFTEC 2012, New Orleans, La.,

www.weftec.org

OCTOBER 2012

2-4

Essentials of Hydraulics for Civil

Engineers and Designers, Madison,
Wis.,

http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu/

webn164

4-5

30th International Activated Carbon

Conference, Pittsburgh,

www.pacslabs.com

8-9

Advanced Modeling Using HEC-RAS,
Madison, Wis.,

http://epdweb.engr.

wisc.edu/webn417

10-12

Unsteady Flow Modeling Using HEC-
RAS, Madison, Wis.,

http://epdweb.

engr.wisc.edu/webn418

17-19

Retech 2012, Washington, D.C.,

www.retech2012.com

19-21

11th Annual Great Lakes Bioneers,

Traverse City, Mich.,

www.glbconference.org

20-24

6th National conference on Coastal and

Estuarine Habitat Restoration, Tampa,
Fla.,

www.estuaries.org/conference

22-24

Contaminated Site Management in

Europe & Sustainable Approaches to

Remediation of Contaminate Land in

Europe, Nancy, France,

www.redoxtech.com

22-26

The Remediation Course, Miami,

www.princeton-groundwater.com

24-27

ISA Automation Week, Orlando, Fla.,

www.isaautomationweek.org

31-2

2012 World Energy Engineering
Congress, Atlanta,

www.energycon-

gress.com

NOVEMBER 2012

4-8

ESWP: International Water Conference,
San Antonio,

www.eswp.com/water

6-8

XIV FIMAI Trade Show & Congress –

International Industrial Environment &

Sustainability, Sao Paulo, Brazil,

www.fimai.com.br

7-8

Water Wastewater & Environmental

Monitoring, Telford, U.K.,

www.wwem.uk.com

12-14

RE3 Conference, Atlantic City, N.J.,

www.enviroblend.com/RE3

14-15

Canadian Waste and Recycling Expo,

Toronto, Ontario,

www.cwre.ca

PE Events

U.S. and Mexico
Sign Border 2020

The Border 2012 agreement between Mexico and the United

States was just extended with a new Border 2020 agreement to

improve environmental conditions between the two countries.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson joined

Mexico’s Secretary for the Environment and
Natural Resources Juan Elvira Quesada to sign
the Border 2020 U.S.-Mexico Environmental
program agreement. The Border 2020 agreement,
developed with significant stakeholder input, will
work to address high priority environmental and
public health problems in the 2,000-mile border
region. It follows the Border 2012 environmental
agreement that ends this year.

“Addressing the environmental issues along the

border has long been a priority we share with our
colleagues in Mexico, because we know that envi-
ronmental degradation, pollution and the diseases
they trigger don’t stop at the national boundaries,”
said Jackson. “Thanks to help from our partners
in government, industry, academia and local com-
munities, the Border 2020 agreement will build

upon the significant progress already made, and families on both sides of the border will
continue to benefit from cleaner, healthier communities for decades to come.”

The Border 2020 program works to reduce pollution in water, air and on land, reduce

exposure to chemicals from accidental releases or terrorism and improve environmen-
tal stewardship. It is the latest environmental program implemented under the 1983
U.S.-Mexico La Paz Agreement. It builds on the Border 2012 program and encourages
meaningful participation from communities and local stakeholders through regional
task forces.

Over the next eight years, the Border 2020 Environmental program will work towards

significant improvements that will focus on five key areas:

• Reducing air pollution in bi-national air sheds by promoting vehicle inspection

programs, road paving and encouraging anti-idling technologies such as diesel truck
electrification at ports-of-entry.

• Improving access to clean and safe water as well as improving water quality in the

bi-national watersheds.

• Promoting materials and waste management, and addressing contaminated sites as well

as management practices for addressing electronics, lead acid batteries, tires, and trash.

• Enhancing joint preparedness for environmental and emergency response.
• Enhancing compliance assurance and environmental stewardship.
More information as well as a fact sheet on Border 2020 is available at www.epa.gov/

usmexicoborder.

ENVIRO

NEWS

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