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Accessing the Federal Government:
Site Remediation Technology
Programs and Initiatives
Technology Research and
Development Assistance Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Technology Initiative
Environmental Technology Verification
Program
National Center for Environmental Research
and Quality Assurance
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
U.S. Department of Defense
Air Force Center for Environmental
Excellence
Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program
Naval Environmental Leadership Program
U. S. Department of Energy
Industry and University Program Area
Program Research and Development
Announcements
Research Opportunities Announcements
Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot
Program
Interagency Programs
National Environmental Technology Test Sites
Rapid Commercialization Initiative
Remediation Technology Development Forum
Small Business Innovative Research Program
Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program
Federal Cleanup Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Superfund National Priorities List Sites
Underground Storage Tank Sites
RCRA Corrective Action Sites
U.S. Department of Defense
Installation Restoration Program
U.S. Army Environmental Center
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Navy Facilities Engineering
Command
Navy CLEAN Contracts
Air Force Major Commands
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Restoration
and Waste Management (EM)
Maintenance and Operations
Contracts
Environmental Restoration
Management Contracts
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Accessing the Federal Government:
Site Remediation Technology
Programs and Initiatives
First Edition
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Defense
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy
Department of Energy
Department of Interior
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Coast Guard
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NOTICE
This document has been funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under
Contract 68-W2-004. It has been subject to administrative review by all agencies participating
in the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable, and has been approved for publication.
Any mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or
recommendation for use.
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FOREWORD
The Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (Roundtable) has published this guide to provide
information to developers and vendors of innovative and alternative hazardous waste remediation
technologies on Federal remediation technology development programs. The Roundtable was established
in 1990 as an interagency committee to exchange information and provide a forum for joint action
regarding the development and demonstration of innovative technologies for hazardous waste
remediation. Roundtable member agencies expect to complete many site remediation projects in the near
future, and recognize the importance of providing expedited access to Federal resources for technology
developers and others interested in innovative technology development.
This document includes information profiles on programs and initiatives that promote the development
and use of innovative site remediation technologies, including joint ventures and public-private
partnerships, available through Federal agencies interested in the development and use of emerging
innovative site remediation technologies. These include site characterization and hazardous waste
treatment technologies. This document contains descriptions of programs operated or sponsored by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). Information on the
programs was supplied by the members of the Roundtable.
Each profile also includes at least one program contact, with specific project contacts included where
available, to help interested developers gather more information and initiate contact with the program.
The appendix to this document contains more general contact information on Federal remediation
technology research and development programs and initiatives.
This guide will be revised periodically. If your Agency has any programs or initiatives on innovative
remediation technologies development that should be included in future versions of this guide, or if you
have any suggestions for improving this document, please complete the suggestion form at the end of
this document or contact Naomie Smith, Technology Innovation Office, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (5102G), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.
Walter W. Kovalick, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman
Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD j
FEDERAL CLEANUP PROGRAMS j
U.S. Department of Defense Cleanup Programs 3
DoD Environmental Quality Mission and Challenges 3
DoD Environmental Quality RDT&E Process 4
Defense Environmental Restoration Program 5
U.S. Army Defense Environmental Restoration Program 6
U.S. Air Force Major Commands g
U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Command 6
U.S. Department of Energy Cleanup Programs 7
Environmental Restoration Program Needs 7
Technology Focus Areas [ ' 7
Environmental Technology Development Programs and Services 8
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Cleanup Programs 11
Hazardous Waste Cleanup Sites n
Underground Storage Tank Sites 12
RCRA Corrective Action Sites 12
FEDERAL SITE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS
Interagency R&D Assistance Programs
National Environmental Technology Test Sites Program (NETTS) 15
Rapid Commercialization Initiative (RCI) 17
Remediation Technologies Development Forum (RTDF) 19
Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR) 21
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) 23
U.S. Department of Defense R&D Assistance Programs
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence/Innovative Technology Program 25
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) 27
Naval Environmental Leadership Program (NELP) 29
U.S. Department of Energy R&D Assistance Programs
Industry and University Programs Area 31
Program Research & Development Announcements (PRDAs) 33
Research Opportunity Announcements (ROAs) 35
Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot Program 37
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency R&D Assistance Programs
Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI) 39
Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV) 41
National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA) 43
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program (SITE) 45
APPENDIX
TECHNOLOGY CONTACTS A_!
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U.S. Department of Defense Cleanup Programs
DoD Environmental Quality Mission and
Challenges
The Department of Defense's Environmental
Quality Research, Development, Testing, and
Evaluation (EQ RDT&E) program is based on
four requirements that constitute the pillars of
DoD's environmental security mission. DoD is
required to:
(1) Cleanup hazardous wastes resulting from
past practices at active, formerly used, and
to-be-closed military sites;
(2) Comply with the laws by controlling haz-
ardous emissions from its systems and
operations;
(3) Prevent pollution through substitutions
through of materials and processes to signif-
icantly reduce or eliminate the generation of
pollutants; and
(4) Conserve natural and cultural resources
through proper stewardship and manage-
ment.
Cleanup. DoD has identified 17,660 potentially
contaminated sites at 1,877 DoD installations
and 6,786 formerly used defense sites (FUDs).
Of these, about 7,000 will require cleanup. DoD
estimates that nearly all sites have been identi-
fied and that cleanup of the sites will be com-
pleted by 2011. Design and construction work
will increase through 1998, then moderate until
all cleanup is completed. The most common
contaminants at DoD sites are: petroleum prod-
ucts, solvents, metals, pesticides, and paints.
Some sites also contain more unusual wastes,
such as unexploded ordnance or low-level
radioactive materials.
Compliance. DoD must meet all regulatory
requirements established by law relating to air,
water, and land discharges. Many compliance
deadlines have been met with best-available but
costly technology; some operations continue
under temporary waivers. Experience suggests
that future regulations will likely be more
stringent, and compliance through emission
control will continue to be required, since it will
not be possible to eliminate all hazardous dis-
charge through pollution prevention strategies.
Pollution Prevention. DoD is required to
reduce waste streams through material substitu-
tion .and redesign of materials and processes that
are environmentally superior while continuing to
be functionally effective. The primary targets,
derived from the Toxic Release Inventory and
EPA's list of the 17 most toxic substances, are
volatile organic compounds, ozone depleting
substances, and hazardous/toxic materials.
Conservation. DoD must balance conflicting
demands of more space-intensive training on
diminishing military lands. Maintenance of
national infrastructure for flood control, naviga-
tion, and other Corps of Engineers national civil
works often result in competing uses for land
resources. Protection of coastal and marine
resources, while conducting operations for
military readiness, also presents challenges.
DoD, as "owners" of environmental problems,
and with both an interest in safeguarding the
public and the legal responsibility for its own
contamination, requires more effective and less
costly technologies to address environmental
security. DoD has an interest in the accelerated
development and implementation of cost-effec-
tive advanced technologies since it must provide
timely solutions for its mission-unique technolo-
gy needs and its other extensive, costly, com-
plex, and risky environmental needs.
DoD recognizes the need for competent in-
house people for smart technology buying from
academia, industry, or other agencies. Such
competence can only be maintained by active
pursuit of research and development in its
laboratories and centers and simultaneous pur-
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DoD Problem Areas and Development Mission Objectives
Problem Definition
Development Objectives
CLEANUP
The remediation of soil, sediment, groundwater, surface
water, and structures contaminated with hazardous and
toxic materials from past military activities.
Provide new or improved cost effective methods to identi-
fy, evaluate, treat, control, and mitigate past hazardous and
toxic materials disposal practices in three areas: site inves-
tigation/characterization; remediation; and environmental
contaminant and effects.
COMPLIANCE
EQ requirements relating to air, water, and land pollution
through the control, treatment, and disposal of solid and
hazardous wastes. Primary areas of emphasis are industrial
activities, solid and liquid discharges from ships, and
environmentally sound disposal of pyrotechnics, explo-
sives, and propellants.
Technologies for advanced end-of-pipe control, treatment,
and disposal of wastes to meet air, water, and land require-
ments. R&D is focused on characterization of pollutant
and waste behavior, media-specific control and treatment
technologies, and monitoring and assessment tools. To
meet existing and future national/international regulatory
constraints otherwise inhibiting the DoD mission.
POLLUTION PREVENTION
Elimination and/or minimization of materials and materials
development processes that produce or release hazardous,
toxic, or excess wastes into the environment.
Technology in the form of materials, processes, and func-
tional products allowing the eventual elimination of the
use of VOC, ODC, and HAZMAT materials and processes
in DoD maintenance, overhaul, and remanufacture of new
weapons systems.
CONSERVATION
Maintaining optimum training, testing, and operational
mission effectiveness by stewardship and preservation of
the natural and cultural resources on DoD lands.
Enhanced and continued testing and training mission effec-
tiveness through effective management of ecological and
cultural resources diversity and productivity. Advanced
models and techniques for resource characterization/impact
analysis and improved mitigation and rehabilitation mea-
sures.
suit of scientific understanding of issues, pro-
cesses, and continued advances in technology,
coupled with rigorous testing and evaluation
through an integrated research and development
program. Integration is provided through exist-
ing mechanisms led by Defense laboratories'
balance of intramural and extramural activities.
DoD Environmental Quality RDT&E Process
DoD's EQ RDT&E effort is almost totally
executed by the Services through Civil & Envi-
ronmental Engineering, Combat Material, and
Corporate laboratories. These laboratories
provide the technical expertise to enable the
Services to be smart buyers and users of new
and improved technologies. Each laboratory
generally performs the environmental work
required by the primary weapon, platform, or
installation mission it supports. For example:
• The U.S. Air Force Wright Laboratory and
Armstrong Laboratory and the Naval Air
Warfare Center share the lead on environ-
mental work for aviation and maritime
aviation.
• The Naval Surface Warfare Center does
environmental RDT&E for ships in support
of NAVSEA, the acquisition and life-cycle
manager for surface weapons systems.
• The U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Exper-
iment Station, where cleanup RDT&E is
executed, is under the Command of Head-
quarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
which administers the cleanup program for
the Army.
In the continuous dialogue between technology
users and R&D producers, the laboratories
interpret science and technology to enable users
to separate the R&D requirement from needs
that can be addressed through existing and
available technology. User stated requirements
are cross-checked for commonality by the Tri-
Service Project Reliance Joint Engineers' Panel
teams for the four environmental security mis-
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sion pillars. These pillars are comprised of R&D
engineers and scientists from each Service who
also sit on parallel teams of the interagency
Strategic Environmental Research and Develop-
ment Program (SERDP) (see p. 23). The person-
nel on the teams possess the subject matter
expertise to understand the technology, interpret
the requirements to create balanced and focused
joint projects and evaluate technical program
proposals for inclusion in SERDP, the Environ-
mental Security Technology Certification Pro-
gram (ESTCP) (see p. 27), and other agency
programs. The teams provide for DoD inter-
laboratory integration and the leveraging of
technical concepts, programs, and talents to
create projects for innovative dual use technolo-
gy, while providing for DoD user requirements.
Laboratory personnel play a key role in technol-
ogy shortfall need identification and assisting
field commands to understand and solve urgent
problems requiring emerging technologies from
any source. Laboratory scientists and engineers
communicate their R&D accomplishments and
DoD technology needs to professional, trade,
and academic forums through scientific or
technical papers and numerous other exchanges.
The research engineers and scientists link their
laboratories with field users and external suppli-
ers of science and technology from industry,
academia, and other agencies. This communica-
tion interaction that underlies the more formal
and visible user requirements development and
approval processes is the work of people who
have ready access to peer organizations, the
private sector, and the users who need their
advice. They also have access to industry and
academia peers to facilitate their understanding
of DoD's specific needs and constraints.
The DoD Cleanup Pillar R&D Structure is
appended to this section (see p. 6).
Defense Environmental Restoration
Program
DoD cleanup policy is determined centrally
under the Defense Environmental Restoration
Program (DERP). DERP includes two major
components: Other Hazardous Waste Operations
(OHW) and the Installation Restoration Program
(IRP). Under the IRP, DoD performs all re-
quired contaminated site cleanups. Although
policy direction and oversight of IRP are re-
sponsibilities of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense, each Service (Army, Navy, Air
Force) is responsible for program implementa-
tion.
DERP has specified procedures for evaluating
sites and procuring cleanup services under IRP
that follow EPA guidelines for site investiga-
tions and remediation. These procedures cover
all phases of site operations, including prelimi-
nary assessment/site inspection (PA/SI), remedi-
al investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS), and
remedial design/and remedial action (RD/RA).
Nearly all DoD assessment and remediation
work is done through contractors. Generally,
there are two types of contractors: those en-
gaged in site assessments and investigations
(PA/SI through RI/FS) and those that perform
RD/RA. Contractors that work on PA/SIs and
RI/FSs seldom work on the RD/RA phase.
Vendors should ensure that their technologies
are considered at the earlier stages of site inves-
tigation and assessment.
In selecting and designing remedies, DoD
officials coordinate with EPA Regional officials
to ensure that cleanup goals meet regulatory
requirements. Most .contracting is done on an
installation-oriented basis, either through cen-
tralized contracting service centers or directly by
the installation. Although each Service follows
general procedures specified by DERP, each
procures its own services.
DoD spends approximately $15 million annually
on RDT&E, primarily to demonstrate promising
technologies. Technologies demonstrated in-
clude: bioventing, in situ and ex situ vapor
extraction, in situ soil venting, in situ biovent-
ing, in situ bioremediation, ex situ bioremedia-
tion of petroleum products, chemical detoxifica-
tion of chlorinated aromatic compounds, in situ
carbon regeneration, incineration of soil contam-
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inated with explosives, infrared thermal destruc-
tion, low temperature thermal stripping, thermal
destruction, radio frequency thermal soil decon-
tamination, and compacting of explosives-con-
taminated soil.
U.S. Army Defense Environmental
Restoration Program
The management of the Army Installation
Restoration Program is the responsibility of the
U.S. Army Environmental Center (AEC) with
support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USAGE). USAGE performs all phases of
project execution as AEC is transitioning out of
this area. Sites under the DoD Formerly Used
Defense Sites (FUDS) program are solely the
responsibility of USAGE which performs all
phases of environmental restoration.
U.S. Air Force Major Commands
The Air Force IRP is decentralized. It is execut-
ed by the Air Force Major Commands. Each
may obtain specialized technical support from
contractors in one of three ways: through task-
order contracts administered by five contract
service centers; through individual contracts
issued by the commands themselves; or by
individual installations. Much of the Air Force's
restoration work is being conducted by the
Army Corps of Engineers. In the future, the Air
Force plans to issue contracts for this work.
U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Command
The Navy Facilities Engineering Command
(NAVFAC) manages the Navy IRP. Day-to-day
operations of the IRP are conducted by ten field
divisions that operate within distinct geographic-
al boundaries. The majority of the IRP work is
being done by support contractors under two
distinct contract mechanisms, each managed by
the field divisions:
• Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental
Action Navy (CLEAN) contracts for procur-
ing remedial study and design services.
• Remedial Action Contracts (RACs) for
procuring remedial cleanup services.
DoD CLEANUP PILLAR R&D STRUCTURE
OBJECTIVES
IMPROVED SITE
CHARACTERIZATION
AND MONITORING
EXPEDITIOUS, LESS COSTLY
REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES
WHICH PROTECT HUMAN
HEALTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
DEVELOP USER-BASED RISK
ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES
SUB-AREAS
Remote Sensing
Field Sampling
and Analysis
Database Development
Groundwater/Surface
Water
Soils/Sludges
Structures
Sediment
Fate Transport Models
PROGRAM THRUSTS
1 A: Detection of Unexploded Ordnance
IB: Site Characterization and Monitoring
ID: Analytical Systems
IE: Groundwater Systems
IF: Explosives/Organics Contaminated Groundwater
1H: Solvents/Fuels Contaminated Soils
11: Fuels Contaminated Groundwater
1G: Remediation of UXO Contaminated Sites
U: Explosives/Organics Contaminated Soils
1H: Solvents/Fuels Contaminated Soils
IN: Inorganics Contaminated Soils
1O: Heavy Metal^Contaminated Structures
IP: Explosive/Chemical Agent Contaminated Structures
1R: Contaminated Sediments
IT: Fate/Transport Methods and Model Development
1U: Risk and Hazard Assessment Model
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U.S. Department of Energy Cleanup Programs
Environmental Restoration Program Needs
DOE's Environmental Restoration Program is
responsible for cleaning up 110 major installa-
tions and other locations. DOE estimates that
remediation may be required at about 4,000 of
its contaminated areas or sites. Most sites have
been used for nuclear weapons research, devel-
opment, and production. DOE installations tend
to be much larger than non-DOE sites. Twenty-
three DOE sites are listed on .the. Superfund
National Priorities List.
Key considerations of DOE's Environmental
Restoration program include the following:
• Most of the DOE cleanup effort is occurring
at 64 installations managed under the Reme-
dial Actions Program.
• Some contaminants at DOE installations are
unique to nuclear production, while others
are common to more typical industrial
processes. Mixed waste (containing both
radioactive and non-radioactive constituents)
is a widespread problem.
• The Decontamination and Decommissioning
Program will involve up to 1,000 facilities.
This program manages retired government-
owned facilities such as reactors, laborato-
ries, buildings, and storage tanks.
• DOE conducts research and development,
primarily in the form of demonstrations of
technologies such as in situ bioremediation,
air stripping, vitrification, soil washing,
solvent extraction, solar detoxification, and
above-ground biological treatment.
Contractors perform virtually all cleanup and
restoration work at DOE installations. DOE
awards remedial action contracts on a site-by-.
site basis. These contracts are managed by
DOE's Operations Offices. Depending on the
site, contractors may be responsible for manage-
ment tasks, actual cleanup work, waste manage-
ment duties, or various combinations. For
example, contractors are responsible for day-to-
day project management under Environmental
Restoration Management Contracts (ERMCs)
awarded at the Hanford and Fernald sites.
ERMC contractors have the option of perform-
ing remedial investigation/feasibility studies
themselves and are responsible for subcontract-
ing remaining work to companies with special-
ized expertise and technology.
DOE has begun to implement a number of
contract reforms that emphasize performance-
based approaches and risk sharing, provide
incentives for M&O contractors for cost-reduc-
tion and safety measures, and identify tasks that
should be undertaken by qualified subcontrac-
tors. The first two integrated management
contracts awarded under the new system have
been multi-year efforts for management and
cleanup of the Idaho National Engineering
Laboratory and Rocky Flats sites.
Technology Focus Areas
DOE recognizes that DOE cleanups provide an
opportunity for developers of innovative tech-
nologies. DOE's technology-related research and
development activities target five "Focus Areas"
that represent key remediation and waste man-
agement problems within the DOE complex.
Five areas for the development of cross-cutting
technologies also have been established.
Each Focus Area includes specific categories of
technologies that require research and develop-
ment. These are:
Contaminant Plume Containment and Re-
mediation Focus Area, which concentrates on
the use of emerging technologies that character-
ize contaminant plumes, contain sources, and
control migration. Goals in this Area are to
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achieve breakthroughs on problems for which
remediation technologies do not exist, especially
dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs),
heavy metals, and radionuclide contamination in
aquifers and overlying soils.
Mixed Waste Characterization, Treatment,
and Disposal Focus Area, which plans to
conduct a minimum of three pilot-scale demon-
strations of mixed waste treatment systems,
using actual mixed waste, by 1997.
Radioactive Tank Waste Remediation Focus
Area, which has concentrated on four DOE
installations where most DOE underground
storage tanks are located.
Landfill Stabilization Focus Area, which
concentrates on developing, demonstrating, and
implementing technologies to remediate buried
waste in landfills located predominantly at
seven DOE installations.
Facility Deactivation, Decontamination and
Material Disposal Focus Area, which is in the
process of selecting a site for a full-scale dem-
onstration of facility decommissioning technolo-
gy with an emphasis on the recycling of con-
taminated building materials for reuse within the
DOE complex.
Cross-cutting technologies are defined as those
which overlap the boundaries of Focus Areas,
and technologies developed in these areas will
be used in Focus Area testing and evaluations
programs wherever they are applicable. These
areas are: Characterization, Monitoring, and
Sensor Technology; Efficient Separations and
Processing; Robotics; Innovative Investment;
and Pollution Prevention.
Environmental Technology Development
Programs and Services
DOE provides a range of programs and services
to assist universities, industry, and other private
sector organizations and individuals interested in
developing or applying environmental technolo-
gies. Working with DOE Operations Offices, as
well as management and operating contractors,
EM employs a number of mechanisms to identi-
fy, integrate, develop, and adapt promising
emerging technologies. These mechanisms
include collaborative arrangements, procurement
provisions, licensing of technologies, consulting
arrangements, reimbursable work for industry,
and special consideration for small business.
EM awards grants and cooperative agreements
if 51% or more of the value of the effort is
related to a public interest goal. Such goals
include advancement of present/future U.S.
capabilities in domestic and international envi-
ronmental cleanup markets, technology transfer,
advancement of scientific knowledge, or educa-
tion and training of individuals and businesses.
The Industry and University Programs Area (see
p. 31) is a primary DOE vehicle for funding
research and development partnerships with the
public and private sectors to introduce new
technologies into the programs managed by
DOE's Office of Science and Technology.
DOE uses several mechanisms under the above
Programs Area and otherwise to invite the
private sector to participate in its technology
research and development programs. These
include Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs) for collaborative R&D
with non-federal partners, and procurements for
technology development under Program Re-
search and Development Announcements (PRD-
As) (see p. 33) and Research Opportunity
Announcements (ROAs) (see p. 35). The Small
Business Technology Transfer Program (see p.
37) is a special program through which small
businesses may participate in the above pro-
grams. DOE also is one of 11 federal agencies
involved in the Small Business Innovation
Research Program, administered by the Small
Business Administration (see p. 21).
CRADAs are agreements between a DOE R&D
laboratory and any non-federal source to con-
duct cooperative R&D that is consistent with
the laboratory's mission. The partner may
provide funds, facilities, people, or other re-
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sources. DOE provides the partner with access
to facilities and expertise; external participants
receive no federal funds. Rights to inventions
and other intellectual property are negotiated
between the laboratory and the participant.
PRDAs are program announcements which
solicit a broad mix of advanced development
and demonstration proposals. A PRDA requests
proposals for a wide range of technical solutions
to specific EM problem areas. Multiple awards,
which may have distinct approaches or con-
cepts, are generally made.
The ROA seeks advanced research and technol-
ogies for a broad scope of cleanup needs and
supports applied research ranging from concept
feasibility to full-scale testing. Each ROA is
open continuously for a full year following the
date of issue and includes a partial procurement
set-aside for small businesses.
Developers and vendors of innovative technolo-
gies interested in more information about DOE's
technology development efforts should contact
the DOE's Center for Environmental Manage-
ment Information, toll-free, at 800-736-3282.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Cleanup Programs
Hazardous Waste Cleanup Sites
The Superfund program for the cleanup of
closed or abandoned hazardous waste sites is
administered by EPA under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (CERCLA). Since 1980, the
primary responsibility for site cleanups has
shifted from EPA to responsible parties. Cur-
rently, almost 75% of all cleanups are being
implemented by responsible parties, with EPA
or state oversight.
Superfund emphasizes remedies that include the
use of hazardous waste treatment technologies.
The use of innovative technologies for Super-
fund cleanup has been increasing. Innovative
treatment technologies currently account for
more than half of the treatment technologies
selected for controlling waste sources.
EPA has an active research and demonstration
program for innovative cleanup technologies.
EPA's primary mechanisms for promotion of
innovative technologies for site remediation are
testing/verification programs such as the Super-
fund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE)
Program (see p. 45) and the Environmental
Technology Verification (ETV) Program (see p.
41). EPA sponsors other interagency technology
development programs and initiatives.
Remedies have not yet been selected for hun-
dreds of sites on the NPL. In addition, EPA
estimates that 80% of future sites (either on the
NPL or otherwise requiring remediation) will
require remediation of contaminated ground
water, 74% will require soil remediation, 15%
sediments remediation, and 10% sludge treat-
ment. The data available on these sites indicate
the types and extent of treatment technology
applications needed in the future:
• Volatile organic compounds are the most
common contaminants, followed by metals
and semi-volatile organic compounds.
• Chlorinated VOCs are the most common
organic contaminant, followed by other
VOCs, PCBs, PAHs, and phenols.
» The most common metal is lead, followed
by chromium, arsenic, and cadmium.
Based on contaminant occurrence and historical
technology trends, some general observations
can be made about the potential Superfund
market for specific technologies. These observa-
tions do not necessarily consider several other
important factors in remedy selection, such as
federal and state cleanup standards, competing
technologies, other site characteristics, and
public acceptance.
• Based on current trends, at least 30% of the
Superfund sites will implement innovative
technologies for some degree of source
control. Innovative technology use should
grow as more cost and performance data
become available.
• The use of SVE technologies for all types
of VOCs is expected to continue at current
levels, and may even increase.
• Thermal desorption for the treatment of
VOCs and PCBs may increase.
• The selection of bioremediation at Super-
fund sites may increase.
• Alternatives to incineration for the treatment
of SVOCs are in demand.
• Treatment of metals in soil represents a
potentially large, but untapped, market for
innovative treatment.
• New in situ ground water treatment technol-
ogies are in great demand. Pump-and-treat
technologies often cannot achieve desired
cleanup goals.
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Underground Storage Tank Sites
Underground storage tanks (USTs) containing
petroleum products or hazardous chemicals are
also regulated under RCRA. Tank owners are
responsible for remediation under state UST
programs. Major factors concerning UST site
remediation include the following:
• As of 1995, approximately 306,000 UST
sites require cleanup. Of these, 131,000 sites
have completed cleanups, leaving a universe
of 170,000 requiring some level of cleanup.
An additional 100,000 releases are expected
by 2000. There is an average of almost
three tanks per site. Per site cleanup costs
range from $10,000 to $125,000 for soil
remediation and $100,000 to $1 million for
ground water remediation. At an average
cost of $125,000, the potential UST market
could reach $34 billion.
» Approximately 98% of USTs contain petro-
leum products and 2% contain hazardous
materials.
• About 68% of UST cleanups use innovative
technology. For sites contaminated with
petroleum, landfilling is used most frequent-
ly at sites (one-third), followed by natural
attenuation, biopiles, soil vacuum extraction,
landfarming, and thermal desorption. For sites
with ground water contamination, natural attenu-
ation is the most common remedy, followed by
pump-and-treat, air sparging, and in situ biorem-
ediation.
RCRA Corrective Action Sites
Approximately 5,100 hazardous waste treatment,
storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) may be
subject to corrective action under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The
facility owners or operators are responsible for
the necessary corrective action, with oversight
by EPA or a state.
Between 1,500 and 3,500 of the regulated
TSDFs will require corrective action. A wide
variety of wastes, many of which are similar to
those found at Superfund sites, will require
corrective action. Some of the most prevalent
wastes include corrosive and ignitable wastes,
heavy metals, organic solvents, electroplating
waste, and waste oil.
About half of all RCRA corrective action facili-
ties use off-site disposal remedies and half use
innovative treatment. Of the innovative technol-
ogies, about one-third each are SVE, in situ bio-
remediation, and above-ground treatment, pri-
marily bioremediation.
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TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
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Interagency R&D Assistance Programs
National Environmental Technology Test Sites Program (NETTS)
Sponsors:
U.S. Department of Defense/Environmental Protection Agency
Air Force:
Groundwater Remediation Field Laboratory
Dr. Mark Noll
Bldg. 459
P.O. Box 02063
Dover Air Force Base, DE 19902-2063
302-678-8284
Air Force:
Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Remediation
Technologies
Bud Hoda
Sacramento Air Logisitics Center
SM-ALC/EMR
5050 Dudley Blvd., Suite 3
McClellan AFB, CA 95652-1389
916-643-1742, ext. 355
Navy:
Advanced Fuel Hydrocarbon Remediation
Technologies
Ernest Lory
NFESC, ESC-411
110023rd Avenue
Port Hueneme, CA 93034-4370
(805) 982-1299
Army:
Explosives and Metals Remediation
Technologies
Albert J. Walker
USAEC
SFIM-AEC-ETP
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5401
(410)612-6858
EPA:
Site Characterization Technologies
Eric Koglin
U.S. EPA NERL, CRD-LV
P.O. Box 93478
Las Vegas, NV 89193-2478
(702) 798-2432
EPA:
In-situ Bioremediation Technologies
Dr. Michael J. Barcelona
1221 1ST Building
The University of Michigan
2200 Bonisteel Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099
(313)763-6512
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Sites Program (NETTS) is an environmental
technology testing and evaluation program that
provides locations, facilities, and support for
applied research, demonstration, and evaluation
of innovative cleanup and characterization
technologies that are candidates for Installation
Restoration efforts at DoD facilities. NETTS
promotes technology transfer from research to
full-scale use and facilitates expeditious transfer
of technologies between government agencies
and the private sector.
Areas of responsibility are divided among the
three services and EPA. These areas are:
Air Force: The Groundwater Remediation
Field Laboratory (GRFL) at Dover AFB
provides sites where research can be conducted
on the transport, detection, monitoring, and
cleanup of solvent and fuel contaminants in the
subsurface. GRFL provides a unique opportunity
for conducting experimental, contained releases
of dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs).
GRFL also provides other well-characterized
contaminated plume sites and support services.
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The Air Force also manages the Chlorinated
Hydrocarbon Remedial Demonstration Site at
McClellan AFB, which provides areas to evalu-
ate investigative technologies and remediation
technologies for chlorinated hydrocarbons
contamination in soil and groundwater.
Army: The U.S. Army sponsors two locations
that provide sites to demonstrate systems for
remediating soils and groundwater contaminated
with heavy metals and explosives. The Volun-
teer Army Ammunition Plant (AAP), near
Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Louisiana AAP,
near Shreveport, Louisiana, provide different
hydrogeological and climatic conditions and
variations hi explosives and heavy metal con-
taminants. Demonstration sites include landfill,
burning ground, redwater treatment, and produc-
tion/process line areas.
Navy: The Environmental Technology Dem-
onstration Site at Port Hueneme, California,
provides in-situ and ex-situ locations to demon-
strate advanced fuel hydrocarbon remediation
technologies for treatment of Navy-specific fuels
contamination in soil and groundwater. Areas
include a contaminated soil stockpile facility
contaminated with fuels; an 11-acre gasoline
station plume; and underground storage tank and
spill areas.
EPA: The National Center for Integrated
Bioremediation Research and Development at
Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan, co-sponsored by
EPA and the University of Michigan, operates
a controlled field test-bed facility for investiga-
tions to support the design and engineering of
integrated bioremediation systems. This project
focuses on in-situ bioremediation of surface
soils, subsoils, surface water, and groundwater
contaminated by fuels, solvents, and other
organic substances.
EPA also co-sponsors the Consortium for Site
Characterization Technology, established by
the National Exposure Research Laboratory/
Characterization Research Division, Las Vegas,
Nevada, which identifies, demonstrates, evalu-
ates, verifies, and transfers data about innova-
tive monitoring, measurement, and site charac-
terization technologies. Planning assistance is
offered to developers to ensure verified data
collection and to extend the application of new
technologies to other sites.
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Rapid Commercialization Initiative (RCI)
Coordinating Sponsor:
Other Sponsors:
Contact/Address:
Phone:
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, California EPA, Western
Governors' Association, Southern States Energy Board
Stanley Chanesman
U.S. Department of Commerce
H4418
Washington, DC 20230
202-482-0825
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The Rapid Commercialization Initiative (RCI),
an interagency effort coordinated by the U.S.
Department of Commerce, fosters cooperative
interaction of the private sector, states, and
Federal agencies to help bring environmental
technologies to market more rapidly and effi-
ciently. RCI acts as a gateway to other federal
agency programs that provide opportunities for
environmental technology demonstration, verifi-
cation, and transfer. RCI provides in-kind assis-
tance for selected companies with commer-
cially-ready environmental technologies in four
categories: avoidance; control; monitoring and
assessment; and remediation and restoration.
The primary goal of RCI is to provide services
to industry that help lower three key barriers to
commercialization:
(1) finding sites for full-scale technology dem-
onstrations;
(2) evaluating and verifying technical perfor-
mance and the cost of performance of tech-
nologies;
(3) promoting regulatory acceptance of verified
data and expediting the permitting process.
The selection of technologies for participation in
RCI programs centers on two criteria:
• The technology addresses environmental and
market needs, with a focus on solutions to
private sector needs and added consideration
for application to public sector environmen-
tal problems.
• There is a clear path to commercialization
and the technology is only a few, final steps
from commercialization, such that testing,
evaluation and verification will complete the
process.
Marketing, financing, or production assistance
are not available under RCI. Exemptions from
federal laws and regulations also are not avail-
able under RCI.
Participants in RCI are selected through pro-
gram announcements and an intensive peer-
review process that examines both technical and
business soundness. The first announcement was
made in August 1995. The selection of the first
10 RCI projects was announced in March 1996.
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Remediation Technologies Development Forum (RTDF)
Coordinating Sponsor:
Contact/Address/Phone:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Olexsey
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
26 West Martin Luther King Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45268
513-569-7861
Dr. Walter W. Kovalick, Jr.
Technology Innovation Office (5102G)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
703-603-9910
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The Remediation Technologies Development
Forum (RTDF) was established in 1992 by EPA
to identify ways of working together with indus-
try to solve complex hazardous waste remedia-
tion problems. The RTDF is open to all interest-
ed parties and has grown to a consortium of
partners from private industry, government
agencies, and academia who share the common
goal of developing more effective, less costly
hazardous waste characterization and treatment
technologies. RTDF partnerships undertake
research, development, demonstration, testing,
and evaluation efforts to achieve common
cleanup goals.
The RTDF advances the development of cost-
effective technologies for the remediation, of
hazardous wastes, and works to achieve these
goals by:
• identifying priority remediation technology
development needs;
• establishing and overseeing action teams to
plan and implement collaborative research
projects to address these needs; and
• addressing scientific, institutional, and
regulatory barriers to innovative treatment
technologies.
RTDF members establish self-managed action
teams that bring members together to work on
their highest priority problems. These teams
define technology research needs, develop and
implement research project plans, and produce
and disseminate scientifically credible results to
facilitate broad acceptance of the technology.
EPA facilitates the operation of the Action
Teams and the RTDF Steering Committee, and
contributes its research efforts to the jointly-led
projects. EPA provides funding for RTDF
research activities and Action Team meetings.
Other federal agencies, industry, and academic
participants also provide funding, laboratory,
and field support for Action Team projects.
Participants in each Action Team provide fund-
ing and/or in-kind support for the Team's
research efforts. The RTDF supports approxi-
mately $17 million of research efforts currently.
Six RTDF Action Teams had been formed:
• Bioremediation Consortium
• IINERT Soils-Metals Action Team
• Lasagna™ Consortium
• Permeable Barriers Action Team
• Sediments Remediation Action Team
• Surfactants/Soil Flushing Action Team
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demonstration work. The Bioremediation Con-
sortium sponsors projects on intrinsic bioremedi-
ation, accelerated anaerobic biodegradation, and
co-metabolic bioventing at Dover Air Force
Base, a Department of Defense site. The Perme-
able Barriers Team also has a project at Dover
AFB. The Lasagna™ technology for treating
chlorinated solvents in low permeability soil and
groundwater is being demonstrated at the Ports-
mouth Gaseous Diffusion Site, a Department of
Energy facility in Paducah, Kentucky.
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Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR)
Sponsors:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.
Department of Defense
Contact/Address:
Donald Carey
U.S. EPA (8722)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
202-260-7899
Samuel Barish
U.S. Department of Energy
10091 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874
301-903-3054
Jon Baron
U.S. Department of Defense
Small Business Affairs
Washington, DC 20301
703-697-1689
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The Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR)
Program is a multi-media assistance program
designed to assist and promote U.S.-owned high
technology companies with 500 or fewer em-
ployees. SBIR activities are overseen by the
Small Business Administration. Funding is
provided to companies through grants and
contracts awarded by SBIR program offices in
11 Federal agencies. Each agency offers at least
one SBIR program solicitation annually that
specifies the types of research to be funded.
SBIR is a three-step grant and contract program.
Phase I grants and contracts are awarded in
amounts of $60,000 to $100,000 each for tech-
nology feasibility studies that can last up to six
months. Only Phase I recipients are eligible for
Phase n awards. Phase n grants and contracts
can last from one to two years of principal
research and development, and range from
$150,000 to $750,000. Phase m funding assis-
tance is provided either through commercial
application with additional funding from the
private sector, or through non-SBIR funding
provided by the participating agency for re-
search and development in areas of particular
interest to the agency.
Notices of all SBIR opportunities are published
by the SBA on its SBA Bulletin Board. The
bulletin board can be accessed, using a modem,
by dialing 1-800-697-4636. SBA Bulletin Board
technical support is available by calling 202-
205-6400. The SBA Bulletin Board also is
available via Telnet at sbaonline.sba.gov.
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Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
Coordinating Sponsor:
Contact/Address:
Phone:
U.S. Department of Defense
Dr. Olufemi A. Ayorinde
SERDP Program Office
901 N. Stuart St., Suite 303
Arlington, VA 22203
703-696-2118
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The Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program (SERDP) is a multi-
agency program funded through the Department
of Defense. SERDP responds primarily to
environmental requirements of DoD, along with
those it shares with the Department of Energy,
the Environmental Protection Agency, and many
other federal government agencies.
SERDP seeks to identify, develop, demonstrate,
and transition technology for six thrust areas.
Four of the thrust areas correspond to the four
pillars of DoD's Environmental Quality Program
(see p. 3): environmental cleanup technology is
one of the thrust areas.
Specific objectives of the cleanup technology
thrust area focus on conducting research and
development to achieve more effective and
efficient environmental characterization, assess-
ment, monitoring, and cleanup of soil, sediment,
groundwater, surface water, and structures
contaminated by past defense practices with
hazardous materials (included unexploded
ordnance), radioactive wastes (low-level or
mixed), and toxic substances. The cleanup
technology area also seeks to:
• develop cost-effective methods to determine
fate, transport, and effects of contaminants
related to defense activities;
• develop risk-based modeling methods for
establishing cleanup priorities; and
• facilitate transfer of technology to field use,
particularly through the National Environ-
mental Technology Test Sites (NETTS)
Program (see p. 15).
For FY97, SERDP cleanup efforts will focus
primarily on completing and transferring exist-
ing projects to respond to high priority DoD
environmental requirements identified in the
Environmental Quality Strategic Plan and Reli-
ance Guidelines. SERDP is considering new
starts in the following areas:
• Sensor technology for identification of
unexploded ordnance on land (surface and
subsurface) and underwater.
• Identification and remediation of dense non-
aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) in the
subsurface, emphasizing non- or minimally
intrusive identification technologies and in-
situ treatment technologies for chlorinated
solvents.
• In-situ remediation technologies for sedi-
ments/soils/sludges contaminated with or-
ganics and/or heavy metals.
• Risk assessment methodologies and proto-
cols emphasizing the evaluation of risk to
environmental systems.
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U.S. Department of Defense R&D Assistance Programs
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence/Lanovallive Technology Program
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
U.S. Department of Defense
Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE)
Technology Transfer Division
8001 Arnold Drive
Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5357
Steve Kelly
210-536-5274
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The Air Force Center for Environmental Excel-
lence (AFCEE) has an Innovative Technology
Program that identifies and field tests innovative
site characterization, remediation, and pollution
prevention technologies, with an emphasis on
technologies that save time and money and
facilitate compliance with air, soil, and water
regulations.
Special areas of interest within the Innovative
Technology Program include:
• remediation technologies to treat fuel, chlo-
rinated solvent, pesticide, PCB, and heavy
metal contamination;
• vapor phase capture and treatment;
• cost effective site characterization;
• stripping and removal of protective coatings;
• parts cleaning and degreasing; and
• industrial process sludge treatment.
Successful projects have been based on sound
scientific principles and offer widespread appli-
cability to Air Force sites and significant cost
savings.
The Innovative Technology Program is included
in an annual solicitation under a Broad Agency
Announcement for Technology Demonstration.
Copies of the current solicitation and a guide
(BAA Guide to Industry) are available through
the above contact.
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Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
Website:
U.S. Department of Defense
ESTCP Program Office
2001 N. Beauregard Street, Suite 800
Alexandria, VA 22311
Dr. Jeffrey Marqusee
703-695-3188
http://www.acq.osd;mil/ens/ESTCP.html
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ESTCP was initiated in 1995 to promote the
demonstration and validation of the most prom-
ising innovative technologies that target the
Department of Defense's (DoD's) most urgent
environmental needs and are projected to pay
back the investment through cost savings and
improved efficiency.
ESTCP focuses on the four DoD environmental
pillars (see p. 3), including cleanup. In this area,
efforts center on site investigation, characteriza-
tion and remediation technologies. ESTCP's
strategy is to select laboratory-proven
technologies with DoD market application and
aggressively move them to the field for rigorous
trials documenting their cost, performance, and
market potential. Successful demonstration
facilitates the acceptance of innovative technolo-
gies by users and the regulatory community.
Supported technologies are projected to pay
back the investment within five years through
cost savings and improved efficiencies. ESTCP
publishes an annual solicitation for proposals
from DoD developers. Non-DoD developers
may participate if teamed with a DoD entity.
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Naval Environmental Leadership Program (NELP)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
U.S. Department of Defense
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
200 Stovall (Code 41JG)
Alexandria, VA 22332-2300
Ted Zagrobelny
703-325-8176
The objective of the Naval Environmental
Leadership Program (NELP) is to expedite
cleanup and compliance at two Naval installa-
tions (Naval Air Station North Island, San
Diego, California, and Naval Station Mayport,
Jacksonville, Florida) using innovative technolo-
gies and focused management. The two NELP
bases serve as prototypes for identification,
development, testing, implementation, evalua-
tion, and refinement of new initiatives and
export of successful applications for imple-
mentation as part of the Navy's Environmental
Management Program.
Interested public or private sector parties in
possession of innovative technologies that may
be implemented at full-scale to address environ-
mental problems at the two NELP bases and
that address problems of concern in the Navy-
wide environmental management program may
be eligible to participate in NELP. Innovative
technologies are selected and included in the
Program through a variety of mechanisms.
The NELP Initiative issues public solicitations
for proposals for innovative technologies via the
Commerce Business Daily.
NELP emphasizes full-scale technology imple-
mentation to solve an environmental problem at
one of the NELP bases. It is not an R&D
program; however, the NELP Initiative may
serve as a host for technology demonstrations if
the developer requires a demonstration site, one
of the NELP bases meets the requirements for
a successful demonstration, and funding is
provided by the developer or other source.
Successful demonstrations will lead to full-scale
implementation at the NELP base and within
the execution of the Navy's Installation Restora-
tion Program.
The NELP Initiative is collaborating with EPA
in their efforts to facilitate Public-Private Part-
nerships through a cooperative agreement with
Clean Sites, Inc. Private firms may wish to
participate under that agreement.
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U.S. Department of Energy R&P Assistance Programs
Industry and University Programs Area
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Office of Science and Technology (OST)
19901 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874-1290
Jeffrey Walker
301-903-7966
301-903-7457
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The mission of the Industry and University
Programs Area is to identify and provide devel-
opment support for technologies that show
promise in addressing DOE's Environmental
Management needs, but require proof-of-princi-
ple experimentation and already proven technol-
ogies in other fields that require critical path
experimentation to demonstrate feasibility for
adaptation to specific EM needs.
The underlying objective is to ensure that
private industry, other Federal agencies, and
universities are major participants in developing
and deploying new and emerging technologies.
Tools used to achieve this objective include
Program Research and Development Announce-
ments (PRDAs, see p. 33), Research Opportuni-
ty Announcements (ROAs, see p. 35), Coopera-
tive Research and Development Agreements
(CRADAs), other grants, and inter-agency
agreements (lAGs).
A principal goal of OST's Industry and Univer-
sity Programs Area is to promote private sector
ability to provide needed environmental cleanup
technologies to meet DOE needs as well as to
enhance the economic viability and competitive-
ness of the U.S. environmental industry.
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Program Research & Development Announcements (PRDAs)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Office of Science and Technology (OST)
19901 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874-1290
EM Central Point of Contact
800-845-2096
301-903-7238
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The U.S. Department of Energy Office of
Environmental Management (EM) is charged
with overseeing DOE's environmental clean-up
effort. To promote this task, EM leads a nation-
al research, development, demonstration, testing,
and evaluation program to provide environmen-
tal restoration and waste management technolo-
gies to DOE sites and to manage DOE generat-
ed waste. As part of the effort, DOE supports
the development of promising environmental
clean-up technologies.
Program R&D Announcements (PRDAs) are
one of DOE's major assistance vehicles for
developing technologies. PRDAs solicit a broad
mix of proposals where R&D, including demon-
stration, testing, and evaluation, is required
within broadly defined areas of interest. DOE
may issue a PRDA in response to an individual
program need such as the cleanup of a particular
contaminant at a specific site. Multiple awards
for proposals, which may have varied approach-
es or concepts, are generally made. Numerous
PRDAs may be issued each year.
For information on the full range of DOE/EM
assistance programs, contact the EM Central
Point of Contact (CPOC). The CPOC is a
referral service that expedites and monitors
private sector interaction with EM. The CPOC
can identify links between technologies and
program needs and connect potential partners
with an extensive network of Headquarters and
field program contacts.
Developers can gain more information on
DOE's business and research opportunities by
obtaining the U.S. Department of Energy Envi-
ronmental Cleanup Technology Development
Program Business and Research Opportunities
Guide (DOE/EM-0115P). The Guide can be
purchased from the National Technical Informa-
tion Service (NTIS) by calling 703-487-4650.
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Research Opportunity Announcements (ROAs)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Office of Science and Technology (OST)
19901 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874-1290
EM Central Point of Contact
800-845-2096
301-903-7238
For information on ROA awards through the Morgantown Energy Technology Center:
Contact:
Phone:
Thomas Martin
304-291-4087
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Environmental Management (EM) is charged
with overseeing DOE's environmental clean-up
effort. To promote this task, EM leads a nation-
al research, development, demonstration, testing,
and evaluation program to provide environmen-
tal restoration and waste management technolo-
gies to DOE sites and to manage DOE generat-
ed waste. As part of the effort, DOE supports
the development of promising environmental
clean-up technologies.
Research Opportunity Announcements (ROAs)
are one of DOE's major assistance vehicles for
developing technologies. ROAs solicit industry
and academic proposals throughout the year
("rolling admissions") for potential contracts in
applied research. ROAs support research efforts
for the development of technologies with poten-
tial application in the EM program. A proposed
technology should improve DOE's capabilities
in areas such as in situ remediation; detection,
characterization, and monitoring; efficient
separations technology for radioactive waste;
and robotics.
ROAs are published in the Commerce Business
Daily. The program includes some set-asides for
small businesses. DOE anticipates making 25-30
awards through an active ROA at its Morgan-
town facility.
For information on the full range of DOE/EM
assistance programs, contact the EM Central
Point of Contact (CPOC). The CPOC is a
referral service that expedites and monitors
private sector interaction with EM. The CPOC
can identify links between technologies and
program, needs and connect potential partners
with an extensive network of Headquarters and
field program contacts.
Developers can gain more information on
DOE's business and research opportunities by
obtaining the U.S. Department of Energy Envi-
ronmental Cleanup Technology Development
Program Business and Research Opportunities
Guide (DOE/EM-0115P). The Guide can be
purchased from the National Technical Informa-
tion Service (NTIS) by calling 703-487-4650.
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Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot Program
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Office of Science and Technology (OST)
19901 Germantown Road
Germantown, MD 20874-1290
Joseph Paladino
301-903-7449
301-903-7238
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DOE's Small Business Technology Transfer
Pilot Program identifies funding to support
innovative technology development by small
businesses. The Program also sponsors work-
shops as a forum for face-to-face meetings
between small business operators and DOE staff
who can provide information on specific busi-
ness opportunities. A small business coordinator
is available at DOE Headquarters to provide
one-on-one counseling for small, disadvantaged,
or minority businesses and provide access to
procurement offices at DOE sites.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency R&D Assistance Programs
Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
OPPE (2127)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Brendan Doyle
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promotes the development, commercialization,
and use of environmental technology to improve
environmental quality while fostering the cre-
ation of new jobs and businesses. EPA's Inno-
vative Technology Council coordinates ETI
activities. Under ETI, EPA seeks to coalesce
private and public interests through partnerships
in which all parties involved provide technical
and financial support in pursuit of mutual goals
that will further the objectives listed above.
Projects and partnerships under ETI correspond
to the four objectives and five operating princi-
ples found in EPA's Technology Innovation
Strategy. The four objectives are:
• Adapt EPA's policy, regulatory, and com-
pliance framework to promote innovation;
• Strengthen the capacity of technology devel-
opers and users to succeed in environmental
technology innovation;
• Strategically invest EPA funds in the devel-
opment and commercialization of promising
new technologies; and
• Accelerate the diffusion of innovative tech-
nologies at home and abroad.
The following are the five operating principles:
• Maximum consultation with stakeholders—
continuing dialogue intended to improve
EPA's strategy, programs, and their imple-
mentation
• Coordination with Federal, state, tribal, and
local agencies—government partners will
offer their respective talents, expertise, and
perspectives
• Partnership and collaboration with the pri-
vate sector and academia—convening pub-
lic-private partnerships to target research >
and development, testing and demonstration,
and the need for government policy change
• Cleaner technology, not just control technol-
ogy—the best environmental solutions
involve changes in production processes,
feedstocks, and product design
• Measuring progress along the way—devel-
opment and use of indicators and tools to
benchmark EPA's progress
EPA issued a Program Solicitation for FY 1995
for participating in ETI, and received consider-
able interest. Currently, EPA is reviewing
program options for future participation in ETI.
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Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
TCS/NRMRL/ORD (8301)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Penelope Hansen
202-260-2600
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Throughout its history, EPA has evaluated
technologies to determine their effectiveness in
preventing, controlling, and cleaning up pollu-
tion. EPA has expanded these efforts by institut-
ing the Environmental Technology Verification
(ETV) Program to verify the performance of a
larger universe of innovative technical solutions
to problems that threaten human health or the
environment. ETV substantially accelerates the
entrance of new environmental technologies into
the marketplace by supplying technology buyers
and developers, consulting engineers, States, and
EPA Regions with high quality data on the
performance of new technologies.
ETV expands past verification efforts, such as
the SITE program (see p. 45) for remediation
technologies and the Pathogen Equivalency
Committee for sludge systems, into five pilot
areas. In these pilot areas, EPA utilizes the
expertise of partner "verification organizations"
to design efficient processes for conducting
performance tests of innovative technologies.
EPA selects its partners from both the public
and private sectors including Federal laborato-
ries, States, universities, and private sector
facilities. Verification organizations will oversee
and report verification activities based on testing
and quality assurance protocols developed with
input from major stakeholders/customer groups
associated with the technology area. ETV is
funded by EPA's Environmental Technology
Initiative (see p. 39), which funded all five
pilots in fiscal year 1995.
Verification under ETV means confirmation of
the environmental performance characteristics of
a commercial-ready technology through the
evaluation of objective and quality assured data.
ETV's targeted customers are:
• Technology users and purchasers
• Technology enablers
permitters, regulators
consulting engineers
• Technology developers and vendors
The five ETV pilots have begun on different
schedules, but all are expected to be operational
by the fall of 1996. Each pilot will announce its
intention to begin accepting technologies for
verification in the Commerce Business Daily
and in the trade press. The five pilot areas (with
the name of the partner in parentheses) include:
Small Package Drinking Water Systems
(NSF International)
EPA contact: Jeff Adams, 513-569-7835
NSF contact: Bruce Bartley, 1-800-673-6275
Pollution Prevention and Waste Treatment
Systems (State of California)
EPA contact: Greg Carrol, 513-569-7948
Cal/EPA contact: Tony Luan, 916-322-3670
Consortium for Site Characterization Technolo-
gy (U.S. DOE Sandia National Laboratory)
EPA contact: Eric Koglin, 702-798-2432
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Indoor Air Products (Research Triangle Institute
and the University of Illinois)
EPA contact: Les Sparks, 919-541-2458
RTT contact: David Ensor, 919-541-6735
U. of I. contact: Les Christiansen, 217-333-8220
The fifth pilot is an Independent Entity Pilot.
EPA is also testing the viability of a totally
unstructured and independent private sector
approach. The scope and focus of this pilot will
be left to the private organization that is chosen
through an open solicitation later this year. The
EPA contact is Norma Lewis, 513-569-7665.
By the year 2000, EPA envisions a program that
will be comprised of numerous public and
private testing entities covering all major classes
of environmental technology.
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National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EERD/NCERQA (8722)
401 M St., SW
Washington, DC 20460
Steve Lingle
202-260-4073
202-260-4524
lingle.stephen@epamail.epa.gov
The EPA National Center for Environmental
Research (NCERQA) has primary responsibility
to issue and manage research grant and fellow-
ship programs designed to expand EPA's sci-
ence and technology base and the pool of
qualified environmental professionals. NCERQA
also serves as EPA's focal point on quality
assurance and peer review. NCERQA is com-
prised of four divisions:
• Environmental Engineering Research
• Environmental Sciences Research
• Quality Assurance
• Peer Review
One of NCERQA's primary research programs
is the Science to Achieve Results (STAR)
Program. EPA's Office of Research and Devel-
opment (ORD) developed STAR as a major
component of its new risk-based Strategic Plan.
STAR is a four-part program:
• Focused Requests for Applications (RFAs)
that target research topics that address the
specific science needs of EPA;
• the Exploratory Research Grants Program,
providing support for investigator-initiated
grants in broad topical areas;
• the Graduate Fellowships Program, support-
ing the development of the nation's scientif-
ic base to deal with environmental concerns;
and
• the Environmental Research Centers Pro-
gram, including competitively selected
universities that focus on long-term, multi-
disciplinary issues.
The Environmental Engineering Research Divi-
sion (EBRD) is responsible for planning, admin-
istering, and managing the following programs:
• grants for research projects and centers in
the engineering disciplines relevant to pub-
lic health and ecosystem protection;
• EPA's participation in the Small Business
Innovation Research Program (see p. 21)
and the Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program (see p. 23); and
• coordination of ORD efforts in support of
the EPA-wide Common Sense Initiative.
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Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program (SITE)
Sponsor:
Address:
Contact:
Phone:
Fax:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
Annette Gatchette
513-569-7696
513-569-7620
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tion Program was established by EPA's Offices
of Research and Development (ORD) and Solid
Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) to
promote the development and use of innovative
technologies to remediate Superfund sites. The
SITE Program places a special emphasis on
demonstrating technologies, including support
for bench-scale through pilot-scale and field-
scale demonstrations, and includes reports of
cost and performance data. The SITE Program
consists of three major components to achieve
these goals: a Demonstration Program; an
Emerging Technology Program; and a Monitor-
ing and Measurement Technologies Program.
The Demonstration Program generates perfor-
mance, engineering, and cost data through
innovative technology demonstrations. EPA
publishes an annual solicitation for proposals
from developers to demonstrate their technolo-
gies. Typical demonstrations take place at
Superfund sites. Under the Program, the cost of
the demonstration is split between the vendor
and EPA. The vendor pays for the operation of
the demonstration, while EPA pays for all
planning, sampling, and analysis. EPA also
reports the results of the demonstration.
The Emerging Technology Program supports
bench-scale and pilot-scale development and
testing of innovative treatment technologies.
EPA publishes an annual solicitation for propos-
als from developers.
The Monitoring and Measurement Technologies
Program supports the development and demon-
stration of innovative field technologies that
monitor, or measure hazardous substances.
Over the years, the SITE Program has complet-
ed demonstrations and issued reports for over
100 technologies. The advent of environmental
technology development and commercialization
as national priorities in the last few years, along
with the initiation of other EPA environmental
technology programs, has led EPA to review
and reconsider the future role of the SITE
Program in the overall federal environmental
technology strategy. For this reason, participa-
tion in the SITE Program by new partners has
been temporarily suspended.
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Summary of Federal Site Remediation Technology Programs and Initiatives
INTERAGENCY SITE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Program Title/Participating
Agencies
Description
Assistance Available
Program Emphasis/Restrictions
Contact
National Environmental
Technology Test Site
Program/U.S. DoD, EPA
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An interagency effort to establish a coor-
dinated environmental technology testing
and evaluation program. The Program
currently supports testing and evaluation
programs at six Centers: the Air Force's
Groundwater Remediation Field Laborato-
ry (GRFL) and Chlorinated Hydrocarbon
Remedial Demonstration Site (CHRDS);
the Army's Environmental Technology
Evaluation Center; the Navy's Environ-
mental Technology Demonstration Site for
Advanced Fuel Hydrocarbon Remediation
Technologies; and the EPA's National
Center for Integrated Bioremediation
Research and Development (NCIBRD)
and Consortium for Site Characterization
Technology (CSCT).
Each Center provides
locations for demon-
strations, testing, and
evaluation of technol-
ogies of interest to
the agencies.
The name of each Center indicates
the type of contaminant and media
that candidate technologies should
address. The GRFL focuses on
technologies that treat DNAPLs.
The Army Center provides testing
facilities for physical, chemical, and
biological remedial technologies.
The NCIBRD supports the design
and engineering of integrated bior-
emediation systems. The CSCT
focuses on monitoring, measure-
ment, and site characterization tech-
nologies.
GRFL:
Mark Noll
302-678-8284
CHRDS:
Bud Hoda
916-643-1742
Army:
Albert Walker
410-612-6858
Navy:
Ernest Lory
805-982-1299
NCIBRD:
Mike Barcelona
313-763-6512
CSCT:
Eric Koglin
702-798-2432
Rapid Commercialization
Initiative
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The Rapid Commercialization Initiative
(RCI), an interagency effort coordinated
by the U.S. Department of Commerce,
fosters cooperative interaction of the pri-
vate sector, states, and Federal agencies to
help bring environmental technologies to
market more rapidly and efficiently. RCI
acts as a gateway to other federal agency
programs that provide opportunities for
environmental technology demonstration,
verification, and transfer.
In-kind assistance for
selected companies
with commercial-
ready environmental
technologies in four
categories: avoidance;
control; monitoring
and assessment; and
remediation and resto-
ration.
Selection of participants centers on
two criteria: 1) The technology
addresses environmental and market
needs, with a focus on solutions to
private sector needs and added
consideration for application to
public sector environmental prob-
lems; 2) there is a clear path to
commercialization and the technolo-
gy is only a few steps from com-
mercialization, such that testing and
verification will complete the pro-
cess. Marketing, financing, or pro-
duction assistance are not available.
Exemptions from federal statutes
and regulations are not available.
U.S. DOC
Stanley
Chanesman
202-482-0825
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INTERAGENCY SITE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Program Title/Participating
Agencies
Description
Assistance Available
Program Emphasis/Restrictions
Contact
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Remediation Technologies
Development Forum/U.S.
EPA, DoD, DOE, other
agencies
RTDF identifies ways for federal agencies
to work together through partnerships with
industry and academia to solve complex
hazardous waste remediation problems
through development of hazardous waste
characterization and treatment technolo-
gies. RTDF partners form self-managed
Action Teams to undertake research, de-
velopment, demonstration, and evaluation
efforts to achieve common cleanup goals.
EPA provides funding
for RTDF research
activities and Action
Team meetings. Par-
ticipants in each
Action Team provide
funding and/or in-kind
support for the Team
research efforts.
The RTDF is open to all interested
parties and includes partners from
industry, government agencies, and
academia.
U.S. EPA
Robert Olexsey
513-569-7861
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Research Program
A multi-media assistance program de-
signed to assist and promote small U.S.-
owned high technology companies.
3-step program for
grants and contracts.
Phase I supports
feasibility studies.
Phase II supports
general R&D. Phase
HI funds are provided
through commercial
sales or other funds
from a Federal agen-
cy.
SBIR grants and contracts are solic-
ited through 11 Federal agencies.
Annual solicitations target U.S.-
owned high technology companies
with 500 or fewer employees.
U.S. EPA
Donald Carey
202-260-7899
U.S. DOE
Samuel Barish
301-903-3054
U.S. DoD
Jon Baron
703-697-1689
Strategic Environmental
Research and Development
Program/U.S. DoD, EPA,
other federal agencies
SERDP is a multi-agency program funded
through the Department of Defense that
identifies, develops, demonstrates, and
transitions technology for six thrust areas,
including cleanup. The cleanup thrust area
focuses on programs for conducting tech-
nology research and development.
SERDP sponsors and
funds a variety of
other technology
development pro-
grams and activities
such as the National
Environmental Tech-
nology Test Sites
Program.
SERDP responds primarily to envi-
ronmental requirements of DoD,
along with those it shares with the
Department of Energy, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, and
other federal government agencies.
SERDP Program
Office
Dr. Olufemi
Ayorinde
703-696-2118
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Program Title/Participating
Agencies
Description
Assistance Available
Program Emphasis/Restrictions
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RTDF identifies ways for federal agencies
to work together through partnerships with
industry and academia to solve complex
hazardous waste remediation problems
through development of hazardous waste
characterization and treatment technolo-
gies. RTDF partners form self-managed
Action Teams to undertake research, de-
velopment, demonstration, and evaluation
efforts to achieve common cleanup goals.
EPA provides funding
for RTDF research
activities and Action
Team meetings. Par-
ticipants in each
Action Team provide
funding and/or in-kind
support for the Team
research efforts.
The RTDF is open to all interested
parties and includes partners from
industry, government agencies, and
academia.
U.S. EPA
Robert Olexsey
513-569-7861
Walter Kovalick
703-603-9910
Small Business Innovative
Research Program
A multi-media assistance program de-
signed to assist and promote small U.S.-
owned high technology companies.
3-step program for
grants and contracts.
Phase I supports
feasibility studies.
Phase II supports
general R&D. Phase
III funds are provided
through commercial
sales or other funds
from a Federal agen-
cy. .
SBIR grants and contracts are solic-
ited through 11 Federal agencies.
Annual solicitations target U.S.-
owned high technology companies
with 500 or fewer employees.
U.S. EPA
Donald Carey
202-260-7899
U.S. DOE
Samuel Barish
301-903-3054
U.S. DoD
Jon Baron
703-697-1689
Strategic Environmental
Research and Development
Program/U.S. DoD, EPA,
other federal agencies
SERDP is a multi-agency program funded
through the Department of Defense that
identifies, develops, demonstrates, and
transitions technology for six thrust areas,
including cleanup. The cleanup thrust area
focuses on programs for conducting tech-
nology research and development.
SERDP sponsors and
funds a variety of
other technology
development pro-
grams and activities
such as the National
Environmental Tech-
nology Test Sites
Program.
SERDP responds primarily to envi-
ronmental requirements of DoD,
along with those it shares with the
Department of Energy, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, and
other federal government agencies.
SERDP Program
Office
Dr. Olufemi
Ayorinde
703-696-2118
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SITE REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Program Title
Description
Assistance Available
Program Emphasis/Restrictions
Contact
Industry and University
Program Areas
Identifies and supports development of
technologies that show promise in ad-
dressing specific DOE remediation needs,
and to ensure that private industry, other
agencies, and universities all participate in
the development and use of new and
emerging technologies.
PRDAs, ROAs, CRA-
DAs, grants, and
inter-agency agree-
ments (lAGs).
The goal of the Area is to promote
private sector capability to provide
needed environmental cleanup tech-
nologies to meet DOE needs and
enhance the economic viability and
competitiveness of the U.S. environ-
mental industry.
Jeffrey Walker
U.S. DOE
301-903-7966
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Program Research and
Development Announcements
One of DOE's major assistance vehicles
for developing technologies as part of
DOE's national research, development,
demonstration, testing, and evaluation
program that provides environmental
restoration and waste management tech-
nologies to DOE sites and to manage
DOE generated waste.
PRDAs solicit a
broad mix of pro-
posals where R&D is
required within broad-
ly defined areas of
interest.
Multiple awards for proposals,
which may have varied approaches
or concepts, are generally made. A
PRDA may be issued in response to
an individual program need such as
the cleanup of a particular contami-
nant at a specific site.
EM Central Point
of Contact
800-845-2096
Research Opportunity
Announcements
One of DOE's assistance vehicles for
developing technologies as part of DOE's
national research, development, demon-
stration, testing, and evaluation program
that provides environmental restoration
and waste management technologies to
DOE sites and to manage DOE generated
waste.
ROAs solicit propos-
als for contracts in
applied research for
technology develop-
ment with application
to DOE environmen-
tal restoration efforts.
A proposed technology should
correspond to a DOE need and
improve DOE's capabilities in areas
such as in situ remediation; detec-
tion, characterization, and monitor-
ing; separation of radioactive waste;
and robotics.
EM Central Point
of Contact
800-845-2096
Small Business Technology
Transfer Pilot Program
Identifies opportunities to support innova-
tive technology development by small
businesses.
The Program includes
workshops and coun-
seling for small busi-
nesses to provide
information on specif-
ic business opportuni-
ties.
Support and counseling are avail-
able to small, disadvantaged, or
minority businesses and provide
access to procurement offices at
DOE sites.
Joseph Paladino
U.S. DOE
301-903-7449
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Program Title
Description
Assistance Available
Program Emphasis/Restrictions
Contact
Environmental Technology
Initiative
Promotes the development, commercial-
ization, and use of environmental tech-
nology to improve environmental quality
while fostering new job and business
creation.
Technical assistance
and direct funding
through an annual
Program Solicitation
Package.
Focus areas, specific selection crite-
ria, and project evaluation criteria
for the project-year are described in
the annual Solicitation Package.
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Verification
Seeks to accelerate the entrance of new
environmental technologies into the do-
mestic and international marketplace by
providing purchasers and permitters with
credible cost and performance data provid-
ed by disinterested third parties. The pro-
gram supports and oversees testing and
verification centers covering major classes
of environmental technology.
Stakeholder groups,
comprised of technol-
ogy buyers, sellers,
and enablers are the
principal customers of
the program. EPA,
the testing centers,
and vendors will fund
the program.
The goal of the ETV program is to
create testing and verification pro-
cesses that will provide technology
buyers and enablers (permitters,
etc.) with credible cost and perfor-
mance data from testing and verifi-
cation centers. The program is open
to all environmental technologies.
Penelope Hansen
U.S. EPA
202-260-5735
Superfund Innovative
Technology Evaluation
Program
Promotes the development and use of
innovative technologies to remediate Sup-
erfund sites through demonstrating tech-
nologies, including support for bench-scale
through pilot-scale and field-scale demon-
strations, and includes reports of cost and
performance data. The Program has 3
major components: a Demonstration Pro-
gram; an Emerging Technology Program;
and a Monitoring and Measurement Tech-
nologies Program. ,
Demonstration Pro-
gram costs are split
between a vendor and
EPA.
The Demonstration Program is open
to all remediation technologies. The
Emerging Technology Program
supports testing and development of
innovative treatment technologies.
The Monitoring and Measurement
Technologies Program supports
innovative detection, monitoring,
and measurement technologies.
Annette Gatchette
U.S. EPA
513-569-7696
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TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM CONTACTS
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. AIR FORCE
GENERAL INFORMATION:
RESEARCH PROGRAMS:
Col. Richard Drawbaugh
Office of Environment, Safety and Occupational
Health
703-697-0997
Dr. Michael Katona
Environics Dkectorate/Armstrong Laboratory
904-283-6272
U.S. ARMY
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Rick Newsome
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Installations,
Logistics and Environment
703-614-9531
RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND
GRANTS INFORMATION:
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS:
Dr. Clem Meyer
USAGE Research and Development Directorate
202-761-1850
Dr. Donna Kuroda
USAGE Environmental Restoration Division
202-761-4335
U.S. NAVY
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS:
Ted Zagrobelny
Naval Environmental Leadership Program
703-325-8176
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U.S. Department of Energy
RESEARCH PROGRAMS:
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS:
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
INTEGRATION:
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS:
Office of Technology Development
301-903-7911
Office of Technology Development
301-903-7917
Office of Technology Development
301-903-7449
Office of Technology Development
301-903-7900
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
GENERAL INFORMATION
Site Cleanup Technologies:
Technology Innovation Office
703-603-9910
Cleanup Technologies for Sites
Contaminated with Radioactive Material: Office of Radiation Programs
202-233-9350
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
General Information:
Grants Information:
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS:
National Risk Management Research Laboratory
513-569-7418
Office of Extramural Research and Quality Assurance
202-260-7473
513-569-7960
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