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-95/507
July 1995
in the
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ijjpieased to announce
"the release of
Version 2.0
of the
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lithe Field Search
System (BFSS),
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^information-sharing
uLteJource for federal
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'^find state regulators,
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^industry personnel,
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h^ ^interested in the
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t bioremediation.
BFSS is a PC-based software product that provides access to a data-
base of information on waste sites in the United States and Canada
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 450
bioremediation sites nationwide and internationally. The database
spans both full-scale remediation efforts and treatability and feasibil-
ity 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—U.S. EPA region and state, and international province
or territory
9 Media—Soil, surface and ground water, sediments, and sludge
H Contaminants—Wood preserving wastes, petroleum, solvents,
pesticides, munitions, and others
• Ex situ and in situ technologies—Includes reactor treatments, aer-
ated lagoon treatment, land treatment, composting, air sparging,
bioventing, and other in situ treatments
• 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 recycled fiber.
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