Editor’s Note

All manuscripts submitted to the Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management should be accompanied with a list of four potential reviewers that are suggested by the author(s). This list should include the complete name, address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address, and a list of at least five keywords that identify the expertise of each reviewer. The Journal is not obligated to use all or any of the recommended reviewers; however, we feel that this policy will lead to an improved review process.

All submissions for special issues should be uploaded to our electronic system, Editorial Manager. Please visit the journal’s Web site for more information and for links to the online submission/review system.

The name of Practice Periodical will change to Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste effective January 2011, with issue 1 of volume 15. The EWRI Governing Board and the ASCE Board of Publications Committee have formally approved the name change. Extensive marketing of the new journal will be done by ASCE.

We had several dedicated issues in the past on special topics and we plan to follow this practice in the future. The following topics are planned for future dedicated or special issues in the order listed:

In this issue, we have technical articles on adsorption of RDX and its nitroso metabolites onto activated carbon; a practical method to extract and dechlorinate PCBs in soils; a GIS-based software for assessing the impacts from chemical industrial accidents; water quality modeling of a hypoxic stream; treatment of arsenic-laden water plant sludge by anaerobic digestion; removal of selected toxic metals by a modified adsorbent; prediction of long-term municipal solid waste landfill settlement using constitutive model; and integrated water resource management for Kaoping River basin.