Geo blog

  • GMA comments at first EPA coal-ash hearing

    September 1, 2010 | Ron Bygness and Andrew Aho
    As its hearings continue through September 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments regarding the regulation of coal ash containment sites. The Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) was among the first in line to address the issue Aug. 30 at the EPA’s initial hearing in Arlington, Va. Read more…

  • GMA pushes on for coal ash containment liners

    August 12, 2010
    The advocacy work begun by the Geosynthetic Materials Association last year continues to advance the cause of the first-ever national rules to ensure the safe disposal and management of coal ash under the nation’s primary law for regulating solid waste, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Read more…

  • Building peace from the ground up

    August 2, 2010 | Ron Bygness
    Scholars from Iraq were hosted by Geocomp Corp. as that war-torn country prepares to rebuild its infrastructure and expand its skilled workforce. Read more…

  • Geosynthetics featured during U.S. House hearing

    July 23, 2010 | Ron Bygness and Andrew Aho
    July 22, a hearing was conducted by the U.S. House of Representatives Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Trade Subcommittee of the House Small Business Committee titled “Coal Combustion Byproducts: Potential Impact of a Hazardous Waste Designation on Small Businesses in the Recycling Industry.” Read more…

  • Oil, Oil, Oil

    June 25, 2010 | Ron Bygness and Andrew Aho
    Oil, oil everywhere! Geosynthetics to the rescue! Read more…

  • EPA’s coal-ash proposal offers further stimulus

    May 21, 2010 | By Ron Bygness
    Earlier this year, I was talking with a geosynthetics sales manager who offered a brief description of the economic landscape: “We hung in there during 2009 and now we see brighter things this year and in 2011.” Mark those words, then read our report on the U.S. geosynthetics marketplace “poised for a comeback.” Read more…

  • Thanks for checking in

    May 14, 2010 | Ron Bygness
    www.geosyntheticsmagazine.com is getting more visitors by the day. Read more…

  • Geosynthetics world hails new coal-ash regulations

    May 7, 2010 | By Ron Bygness and Andrew Aho
    The Environmental Protection Agency’s May 4 announcement included this paragraph. Read more…

  • The GMA bandwagon is rolling, jump on now

    April 29, 2010 | Ron Bygness and Andrew Aho
    The Geosynthetics Materials Association has taken a two-track approach to require that coal-ash waste sites in the U.S. are lined with geosynthetic materials. Read more…

  • On board with IFAI Expo Asia

    April 16, 2010 | By Ron Bygness and Andrew Aho
    IFAI Expo Asia is attracting the attention of geosynthetics exhibitors and specifiers from all over Asia. Read more…