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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Research and
Development
Washington. DC 20460
Risk Reduction
Engineering Laboratory
Cincinnati. OH 45268
Superfund
EPA/540/F-93/500
February 1993
Superfund
Innovative
Technology
Evaluation
Program
Technology with
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Promoting
Cost-effective
Alternative
Technologies
Today both the EPA and
the private sector find an increas-
ing need for new cost-effective
technologies to prevent, control,
and destroy pollution. The envi-
ronmental community is continu-
ally searching for safe technolo-
gies that work better, faster and
more cost effectively. Increasing the availability of cost-
effective environmentaltechnotogies promotes economic mar-
ket stability and enhances competitiveness. The Superfund
Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program is one
mechanism promoting the advancement and commercializa-
tion of new environmental technologies.
BACKGROUND:
SITE promotes the development and implementation
of innovative technologies for remediating hazardous waste
sites and for evaluating the nature and extent of hazardous
waste site contamination through four component segments.
The SJTE Program is a key element in EPA's efforts to
increase the use of innovative technologies forthe cleanup of
hazardous waste sites. The features of SITE include:
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Remediation by SITE Technologies'
Sites
500
400
300
200
100
December 1990 October 1991
"Remediation reported by SITE vendors
Superfund
RCRA
Other find.
March 1992
April 1992
tions, business revenues increased by more than threefourths.
On average, vendors reported receiving 23 inquiries per
month about their technologies; almost half of these inquiries
were directly attributed to participation in the SITE Program.
To date over 43 technologies have been demonstrated under
the SITE Program with current projects numbering close to
100.
"Success in the SITE Program is
critical to our financing and mar-
ket strategies"
BioGenesis Enterprises
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Flexibility for
Participants
SITE is reaching a broad
user community. Document dis-
tribution data show an increas-
ing interest in SITE Program
literatureoverawidegeographi-
cal range. EPA's Center for Environmental Research Infor-
mation (CERI) has published and distributed more than 182,000
copies of 38 reports, as well as 133,740 copies of 15 engineer-
ing and demonstration bulletins. Over 19,000 copies of the
SITE Program Technology Profiles overview document were
distributed in 1992.
The number of SITE Program participants continues
to grow. Superfund's changing needs have required flexibility
of the SITE Program. In turn, this has attracted newtechnology
SITE Mailing List
Distribution By Occupation*
27.1%
Other
0.7%
Technology
Developers
33.7%
Industries
'Total cumulative mailing list of 5500 addresses
25.8%
Consultants
12.7%
Government
Government includes
U.SEPA,
Other Federal Agencies,
State Agencies
August 1992
developers. Participants may enter the program through an
annual solicitation, or via SITE support of remedial activities
where the focus is on implementation of innovative technolo-
gies. Participants also enter through advancement from the
Emerging Technology Program and from other EPA technol-
ogy development projects.
SITE Sources of Demonstrations
Other Proposals
Emerging Technologies Program
START/Other Technical Support
RREL Developed Technology
Request for Proposal RFP
1986 1987 1988 1989
' SITE region support for three projects
1990
1991 1992
October 1992
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory
Superfund Technology Demonstration Division (MS-215)
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45268
phone: 513/569-7696
fax: 513/569-7620
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SITE is contributing to significant cost savings. A
review of Region V RODs from 1987 to 1990 quantified a total
cost savings of over $140 million or an average cost reduction
of 68% for seven sites which used innovative technologies.
Five of the seven sites used technologies which were demon-
strated under the SITE Program.
Cost Savings by Selected Innovative Technologies
Long Prairie
Kysor Industrial
Outboard
Marine Corp.
Koppors/
Galasburg
Norlhornaire
Plating
Cross Brothers
Pail
Moss-American
Kerr
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• Not Including admlntetrativa costs
m Innovative Technology
a Established Technology
15 20
$ Millions
August 1992
Site managers use SITE Program reports and infor-
mation to support clean-up decisions. SITE provides the user
community with technical data as well as valuable cost and
performance information. In a recent survey of Region V
Project Managers, 85% of the remediation decisions selected
innovative treatment technologies that were tested under the
SITE Program. SITE technology vendors were selected to
remediate all but one site where remedial selections have
been made. Further, increasing acceptance of innovative
technologies is demonstrated by the level of commercial
acth/Hy reported by SITE Vendors.
Current Developer Commercial Activities
Number of Activities
Superfund
RCRA
Other (incl. UST)
Total
A case study was conducted for the 85 Region V
RODs issued between 1987 and 1990. During 1987, the year
in which SITE field demonstrations were initiated, innovative
treatment technologies were not considered. In 1988, three
innovative technologies including one SITE demonstration
technology were selected for remedial actions. By 1990,82%
of the RODs considered innovative technologies; more than
half selected an innovative technology for remedial design.
Region V RODs
Innovative Technologies Considered & Selected
% Considered
& Selected
100
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60
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Several former SITE demonstration technologies are
now routinely used and are considered proven. The SITE
Program has facilitated the acceptance of soil vapor extrac-
tion, advanced oxidation, solidification/stabilization and low
temperature thermal desorption technologies. These tech-
nologies are now generally considered off-the-shelf and avail-
able for commercial applications.
SITE Program technology vendors report increased
market opportunities. The exposure and independent evalua-
tion provided by the SITE Program enhances the marketing
efforts of SITE vendortechnologies. SITE technology vendors
who had completed demonstrations reported a 55% increase
in total remediation activities awarded between December
1990 and October 1991. An additional 77% increase was
reported when participants were surveyed again 6 months
later.
A survey of SITE demonstration participants indi-
cated that the SITE Program had a positive impact on com-
mercial activities. As innovative technologies advance through
the program, vendors report that they are more often selected
forremediations. For vendors who had completed demonstra-
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Technology Developers, Completed and Planned SITE Demonstrations
Canada 31
Number of SITE Demonstrations completed
Number of SITE Demonstrations planned
Puerto Rico H
June 1992
Remedial Actions: Number of Established Versus
Innovative Treatment Technologies*
70
60
Number of 50
Treatment
Technologies 40
Selected
-®-Established Treatment Technologies
-^-Innovative Treatment Technologies
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82 83 84 65 86 B7 88 89 90 91
•Source: OSWER Fiscal Year April 1992
No Treatment
35%
FY91 ROD Analysis*
Established
Technology
32%
*SITE Program analysts of RODs
<1% Solvent Extraction
6% Thermal Desorpiion
- 2% In Situ Flushing
-12% Soil Vapor Extract
-2% Dechlorination
-8% Bioremediation
1% Chemical Treatment
-3% Other
<1% Solidification/
Stabilization
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