"For effective regeneration the focus has to be on people — bringing life and economic opportunity back into an area by providing hope, jobs, opportunity and a quality of life," Prof. Paul Nathanail told an invited audience of 150 leading scientists, engineers and other environmental professionals

MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, March 25, 2010 — Successful restoration of environmentally damaged properties requires a sustainable, risk-based approach that focuses on "creating places for people" rather than meeting narrowly defined technical goals, according to Prof. Paul Nathanail of the University of Nottingham, a leading expert on the social and economic aspects of brownfield regeneration. Speaking at a luncheon session hosted here today by Regenesis (San Clemente, CA, www.regenesis.com), the leader in advanced remediation technologies, as part of the seventh Battelle International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Prof. Nathanail emphasized the need for vision and imagination in remediation planning and execution.

"For effective regeneration the focus has to be on people — bringing life and economic opportunity back into an area by providing hope, jobs, opportunity and a quality of life," Prof. Nathanail told an invited audience of 150 leading scientists, engineers and other environmental professionals. Often, the best technical response to land contamination is to focus on eliminating or controlling unacceptable risks safely and rapidly with a benign "passive" technology such as monitored natural attenuation or enhanced bioremediation, he noted. "The essence is to keep it short and sweet, and not get lost in a quagmire of computer models, spreadsheets and simulations."

"As the contaminated site remediation industry has matured over the past decade, sustainable remediation has more recently emerged as a relevant issue," said Regenesis Vice President Bryan Vigue. "Regenesis has been manufacturing and selling in-place treatment technologies for over 15 years; these products are designed to rapidly destroy contaminants in-place and in a way that maximizes each project's overall environmental, social and economic benefits."

The Battelle remediation conference, a major international event featuring some 850 platform and poster presentations and 65 technical sessions, is attended by scientists, engineers, regulators, academics and other environmental professionals from around the globe. This year's program includes more than two dozen presentations involving Regenesis technologies, including 12 specifically focused on technology performance:

1. "Enhanced Bioremediation of a Former Dry Cleaner Using HRC®, HRC-X® and 3DMe® with Passive Venting"

2. "A 20-Site Review: Groundwater pH Effects of an Electron Donor Microemulsion"

3. "Application of ISCO to Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Impacted Soil at a South San Francisco LUST Site"

4. "Reductive Dechlorination of Vinyl Chloride in a Shallow Brackish Hawaiian Coral Aquifer"

5. "Pump-and-Treat in Combination with HRC-X® Injection"

6. "Results of Aggressive In-Situ Chemical Oxidation and Accelerated Anaerobic Bioremediation at Multiple Sites"

7. "In-Situ Chemical Oxidation and Enhanced Anaerobic Biodegradation of a PCE Plume"

8. "Site Closure via In-Situ Aerobic Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada"

9. "Surgical Site Closure -- Integrating Natural Attenuation and Focused Source Treatment"

10. "A Pilot Study for Reduction of Dissolved Copper in Shallow Groundwater"

11. "Chemical Oxidation of Diesel and Fuel Oil in San Francisco Bay Mud via In-Situ Dual-Axis Soil Mixing"

12. "In-Situ Chemical Oxidation and Enhanced Bioremediation at a Timber Processing Centre"

San Clemente, California-based Regenesis has been advancing the state of the art in the remediation industry since 1994 with proven advanced technologies that have been used at more than 15,000 sites worldwide to significantly reduce the cost, time, and difficulty of remediating contaminated soil and groundwater. Regenesis' innovative technologies include: RegenOx® for in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO), Oxygen Release Compound (ORC®), ORC Advanced®, 3D Microemulsion (3DMe®), Hydrogen Release Compound (HRC®), HRC-X®, Metals Remediation Compound (MRC®) and Bio-Dechlor INOCULUM (BDI®). Regenesis has sponsored and participated in Battelle's Environmental Conference Series for nearly ten years, reflecting the company's long-term commitment to the remediation industry and to the consultants who rely on its products. For further information visit www.regenesis.com or contact Bryan W. Vigue, Vice President of Marketing, at 949-366-8000 x122 or bvigue@regenesis.com.

Professor C. Paul Nathanail is one of the world's leading researchers and educators specializing in sustainable and "green" remediation, including the social and economic aspects of brownfield regeneration. He runs the Land Quality Management research group at the University of Nottingham and is a director of www.cabernet.org.uk  Europe's sustainable brownfield regeneration network. His 2004 book "Reclamation of Contaminated Land," co-authored with Paul Bardos, is the first and most widely used textbook to encompass both general management practice and specific land contamination issues.