Foster Wheeler awarded project management contract by Saudi Aramco Foster
Wheeler Ltd., with operational headquarters are in Clinton, NJ, announced today that two
subsidiaries in its Global Engineering and Construction Group, Foster Wheeler Energy
Limited and Foster Wheeler Arabia Limited, have been awarded a front-end engineering
design (FEED) and project management services contract by Saudi Aramco for the Manifa
Arabian Heavy Crude Program, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. News release 10/31/06 

Manufacturers turn to fuel cells to ease high price of electricity High electricity
prices in Western Pennsylvania have local manufacturers searching for solutions, and a
fuel cell manufacturing plant in Versailles is getting in line to help them. "The most expensive
electricity we have is right here in Pennsylvania," said U.S. Steel Corp. chairman and CEO
John Surma at a Downtown energy summit on Oct. 20. But The HydroGen Corp., which is
based in Cleveland and has a phosphoric acid fuel cell manufacturing facility in Versailles,
s taking real steps to be part of the solution. The company has an agreement to produce a
400-kilowatt fuel cell module on a trial basis in northeast Ohio in early 2007. The company
also is in negotiations with Downtown-based U.S. Steel to install a 2-megawatt power island
at the company's coke works in Clairton, according to HydroGen president Josh Tosteson.
The fuel cells would take hydrogen produced in the coke-making process, convert it into
electricity and feed it back into U.S. Steel's power grid. The PA Energy Development Authority,
a division of the Department of Environmental Protection, this month awarded a $250,000
grant to help the installation take place. Pittsburgh Business Journal 10/31/06

First Certified 'Green' Convenience Store in U.S. The Pantry, Inc., an independently
operated convenience store chain in the southeastern U.S., announces the opening of what
it claims to be the first convenience store in the United States to achieve Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The LEED
Green Building Rating System (TM) is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design,
construction, and operation of high performance "green" buildings. LEED promotes a whole-
building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of human and
environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials
selection and indoor environmental quality. In building the new Kangaroo store, which opened
earlier this month in Gainesville, Florida, The Pantry used as many materials as possible from
the demolition of the car dealership previously on the site. Material that could not be reused
was separated out and recycled to keep it out of the landfill. Only low-toxin materials were
used in the construction, and the store features extensive day-lighting and low-voltage
fluorescent light fixtures. The landscaping utilizes native and adaptive Florida plants, which
will not need irrigation after they are established. News release 10/31/06

Recycling coalition calls for moratorium on PLA bottles A group of recycling organiza-
tions is calling for NatureWorks to halt expansion of its bio-based polylactic acid in bottles until
the bio-resin’s recyclability has been demonstrated. NatureWorks, a subsidiary of Cargill, has
commercialized a plastic resin made from corn. The company claims PLA has preferable end
-of-life advantages because, being bio-based, it is compostable. NatureWorks also claims that
PLA can be physically recycled or chemically converted back into PLA. The coalition emphasized
its support for bio-based resins for compostable food serviceware. However, it questioned the
economic viability of recycling or composting PLA bottles. The coalition also raised concerns
about PLA bottles in large numbers harming the economics of PET bottle recycling.
Recycling Today 10/31/06

Report on E-Scrap Released The National Electronics Recycling Information Clearinghouse
has releases a report titled A Study of the State-by-State E-Waste Patchwork. The study is
a first-ever effort to identify and quantify the existing and potential economic effects of the ever-
expanding patchwork of state-level electronics recycling requirements on industry, government
and consumers. It analyzes the effect of legislation already passed and enacted in the four
mandatory state programs to date - California, Maine, Maryland, and Washington, and projects
costs for the future. Recycling Today   10/31/06 

Attorneys to discuss environmental compliance issues at NJBIA seminar The
Somerville, NJ law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. is pleased to announce that Member
Edward A. Hogan and Associate Patrick T. Mottola will speak at a seminar entitled “How to
Comply with State Environmental Regulations,” sponsored by the New Jersey Business &
Industry Association (NJBIA). The half-day seminar will be held at the Forsgate Country Club
from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15. Hogan will open the program with an
overview of environmental compliance issues and Mottola will participate on a panel entitled
 “Solid and Hazardous Waste.”

If a business fails to comply with New Jersey’s strict environmental regulations or fails to get
a needed permit, it could be hit with a costly fine or even require litigation. Learn the basics of
environmental compliance in this seminar from the state’s top officials and experts. Attendees
will be taught what they need to know to be incompliance and receive an overview of every major
permitting area within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), including
the actions and documents that may be required of them. Speakers will discuss key telephone
numbers, contacts and internet links to help attendees quickly acquire the information they need.
Business owners with little or no knowledge about permitting are encouraged to attend this
seminar. The cost for this seminar is $109 for NJBIA members and $139 for non-members.
For more information or to register, contact Alex Hollywood at 609-393-7707, ext. 262,
ahollywood@njbia.org, or visit www.njbia.org. 10/31/06

Birding means big bucks for Cape businesses The  “No Vacancy” sign was posted
Saturday at Avondale By The Sea, NJ, a beachfront motel in a shore town at the end of
October when hardly anybody was on the beach. The reason was evident right across the
street at Cape May Convention Hall, where the NJ Audubon Society was hosting its 60th
annual Cape May Autumn Weekend. “This is a nice shot in the arm for us,” motel proprietor
Barbara Martino noted. The shot in the arm gets better every year. Last year, it drew 9,000
people. Even more were expected this year for an event that began Friday and ends today.
It means business for hotels, motels, restaurants, retail stores, and yes, even the city parking
meters that remain on through October. Avondale By The Sea even had a guest from Panama.
New Jersey Audubon's marketing director Sheila Lego said registrations for the event came in
from 32 states and six foreign countries AC Press  10/30/06

Verizon to fund beach patrol HQ Verizon Wireless will fund a new beach patrol headquarters
at the end of 10th Avenue, on the boardwalk in Belmar, NJ , with the primary use to protect and
conceal cellular telephone equipment, Mayor Kenneth E. Pringle said. Moreover, four flag poles
will be erected near the new pavilion that actually will conceal cell phone antennae within, the
mayor explained. The purpose of the project is to increase mobile telephone service to the Belmar
beachfront, where at peak summer hours calls have been prone to drop out. The amount of money
 involved to construct the project has not been disclosed AP Press 10/30/06

EPA welcomes three NJ companies to program for environmental leaders The Pfizer
Global Manufacturing and Parsippany Logistics Center in Parsippany, the Pictorial Offset Corporation
in Carlstadt and L’Oreal USA - Piscataway Manufacturing in Piscataway have volunteered to minimize
pollution beyond environmental regulatory requirements while reducing water and energy use. They
are among the newest additions to a growing list of facilities that have been accepted into the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Environmental Performance Track Program.
Members commit to develop a set of processes that will reduce environmental impacts, called an
environmental management system, and set three-year goals to continuously improve environmental
performance while working closely with their communities and reporting publicly on their performance.
There are now 16 facilities in New Jersey that have been accepted into EPA’s Performance Track
Program. Nationally, there are over 400 members. EPA 10/30/2006 
  

New Jersey recyclers honor Jean Clark The Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR) has
presented its annual REX award for recycling excellence

to Jean Clark of Montclair, NJ. Clark is recognized as a

New Jersey recycling pioneer who worked for adoption of
the state's mandatory recycling law. She also ran one
of New Jersey's first successful municipal recycling
programs in Montclair and later directed the Recycling
Forum, a statewide recycling association. Clark has been
a tireless advocate for programs that have helped make
New Jersey a national recycling leader. Pictured, at left,
at the 26th New Jersey Recycling Symposium and Awards
Luncheon, sponsored by ANJR and the NJ Department of
Environmental Protection, are Clark, left, and Mary Sheil,
another NJ recycling pioneer, who served as the first director of NJ-DEP's Office of Recycling. Below,
former REX award winners celebrate with Clark. They are, from left, Nancy Paquett, South Brunswick
recycling coordinator; Kathleen Hourihan, Morris County recycling coordinator; Dennis DeMatte,
Cumberland County recycling coordinator; Jean Clark; Wayne DeFeo of DeFeo Associates; Penny
Jones, Morris County recycling education specialist, and Ann Moore, Burlington County recycling
coordinator. Not pictured are Ron Hutchinson, director of environment, health and safety for  Bell
Communications Research; Anthony Giordano, Sr., president of  Giordano Recycling; Linda Hardy,
Middlesex County Utilities Authority marketing coordinator; Virginia Lamb, former Monmouth County
recycling coordinator; Dominick D'Altilio, East Orange sanitation superintendent/recycling coordinator,
and Albert Fralinger, manager, materials resource recovery, Public Service Electric and Gas Co
(Top photo by Kate Coronari. Bottom photo by Isaac Manning) 

DEP recognizes statewide efforts to promote recycling New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection Commissioner Lisa P. Jackson  announced the recipients of 10
recycling awards for their efforts to boost recycling in the state during the past year. The
awards were presented Oct 18 at the 26th New Jersey Recycling Symposium and Awards
Luncheon held in Eatontown. "Recycling conserves natural resources, reduces waste and
strengthens local economies," said Commissioner Jackson. "This is our opportunity to thank
the individuals, government agencies and private businesses that are working to make New
Jersey a leader in recycling. " Twelve New Jersey students in the 4th, 5th and 6th grades
also received poetry awards as part of DEP's recycling poetry contest. Every year, DEP
co-sponsors the symposium with the Association of New Jersey Recyclers. For a list of
the institutional, business, government, recycling industry and other winners Click Here

Department of Energy funds fuel-cell research in PA Arkema Inc. said today has
been awarded a $6.27M Department of Energy grant to continue research on a fuel-cell
project. The money will go to Arkema and its partners on the project. They are working at
Arkema's King of Prussia, PA., technical center, which is the company's North American
research-and-development headquarters. Philadelphia Business Journal 10/25/06

Downed trees from Buffalo snowstorm boon to 'green' fuel company Two hundred
thousand tons of wood chips that used to be trees in Buffalo, N.Y., until they were destroyed
by a freak October snowstorm will soon be on their way to Port Albany Venture's LLC at the
Port of Albany. Green Energy Resources, Inc., a Manhattan company which is using the
private port to store and ship woodchips to Europe, is coordinating the pickup of the wood
chips and transport them to Albany, N.Y., said Green Energy President and CEO Joe Murray.
The woodchips will be hauled away at no cost to the state or Erie County, according to Murray.
Green Energy had planned to put together a 50,000 ton load of woodchips to be shipped to
Europe by the end of the year. The woodchips are mixed with coal and burned to generate
electricity. The Business Review (Albany) 10/25/06 

Dewey Ballantine and Orrick closer to merger New York's Dewey Ballantine and
San Francisco's Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe have taken another step toward completing
a merger. The management and executive committees at both firms announced to their
respective partners that they intend to recommend approving the combination. Partnership
votes at both firms is expected before the end of the year. LAW.COM 10/25/06
 

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Sunoco Logistics net income up 20% in 3Q Sunoco Logistics LP announced higher
third-quarter net income and said it was boosting its third-quarter cash distribution, which
is the partnership equivalent of a dividend. The Philadelphia pipeline and terminal operator
said after the stock market closed Monday that it earned $17.7M, or 59 cents per limited
partner unit, on revenue of $1.6B in the quarter. Sunoco Logistics earned $14.7M, or 56
cents per limited partner unit, on revenue of $1.25B in the third quarter of 2005.
Philadelphia Business Journal 10/24/06

PSEG pledges full support for Gov. Corzine's energy directive Public Service
Enterprise Group (PSEG) President and Chief Operating Officer Ralph Izzo said today
his company supports the effort to develop a state Energy Master Plan designed to achieve
NJ Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s directive to reduce the state’s energy consumption 20% and meet
20% of electricity requirements with renewable resources by the year 2020. Izzo, speaking
at the first of a series of Energy Master Plan Public Stakeholder Meetings this morning, said
the governor’s directive presents a substantial challenge. “However, when you consider these
goals in the context of climate change, concern about increasing energy costs, and the
security and reliability of energy supplies, the time to undertake this challenge is now.” 
The session was held at the NJ Board of Public Utilities office in Newark, NJ. Izzo noted
that the efficiency and renewable resources goal represents an amount of energy equal to
all of the electric energy used in the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island in 2004. A
primary task for energy planners, he said, is how best to develop and deploy innovations
and new technologies that will make the plan’s goals achievable. The effort, he said, “will
require a fundamental change in how we think about energy and how we invest in
infrastructure. It will require that we redefine the role of the state’s utilities and energy
companies.”  PSEG news release 10/23/06

Brennan Environmental, Inc. names senior geologist Kevin E. Grazul has joined
environmental consulting firm Brennan Environmental, Inc. of Summit, NJ as a Senior
Geologist. Grazul has more than 10 years experience in the private environmental sector. 
He will design and implement site, hydrogeologic and remedial investigations. Before
being appointed Senior Geologist, Grazul was a Hydrogeologist for Leggette, Brashears
and Graham, Inc. 10/23/06