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testimony and include the general areas of: 1) physical 

 stabilization/separation, 2) extraction procedures, and 3) 

 thermal processes to remediate severely contaminated sediments. 

 Research on the least contaminated or clean sediments continues 

 under the Corps of Engineers Wetlands Research and Dredging 

 Research programs. Their focus is to further enhance our ability 

 to productively and beneficially use such dredged materials in 

 near shore and aquatic sites, respectively. 



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