£EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Research and
Development
Washington, DC 20460
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
Washington, DC 20460
EPA/540/F-94/506
June 1994
The Bioremediation in
the Field Search System
z EPA's
Bioremediation
f~ Field Initiative is
^pleased to announce
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I; the release of
1^ Version 1.0
E of the
Bioremediation in
the Field Search
System (BFSS),
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\-yi new information-
& sharing resource
fe for federal and
~__ state regulators,
^consulting engineers,
"^industry personnel,
&T and researchers
E interested in the
j, field application of
if bioremediation.
BFSS is a PC-based software product that provides access to a
database of information on waste sites across the country where
bioremediation is being tested or implemented, or has been completed.
BFSS allows users to search the database electronically, view data on
specific types of bioremediation sites, and print reports of selected
information. -...._ — . . -
BFSS currently provides electronic access to information on over 160
bioremediation sites nationwide. The database spans both full-scale
remediation efforts and treatability and feasibility studies, and covers
sites under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and Underground Storage
Tank (UST) authority. Data include:
• Location—Region, state, and city or county
• Media—Soil, surface and ground water, sediments, and sludge
• Contaminants—Wood preserving wastes, petroleum, solvents,
pesticides, and others
• Ex situ and in situ technologies—Reactor treatments, aerated
lagoon treatment, land treatment, composting, air sparging,
and bioventing
• Cost and performance—Capital and operation and maintenance
costs, rate of contaminant degradation, and lowest contaminant
concentration achieved
Accessing information through BFSS is simple:
O The user selects one or several search criteria from among
contaminant and media being treated, technology, location,
authority, or status of treatment operations.
© BFSS retrieves a list of sites that match the criteria specified by
the user.
© The user views information about the sites on-line or prints site
reports, which provide detailed records of information on each site.
Printed on paper that contains at
least 50 percent veoyoted Vifoer,
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