United States Office of Solid Waste and EPA-542-F-01-030b
Environmental Protection Emergency Response September 2001
Agency (5102G) www.epa.gov/tio
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4>EPA Resources for Strategic Site
Investigation and Monitoring
EPA, in concert with other federal agencies and state organizations, is accelerating the
development of policies and information to support Strategic Investigation and
Monitoring activities at hazardous waste sites. These efforts are meant to assist site
decision makers as they transition to newer, streamlined approaches. A fuller
description of the emphasis on these approaches is described in a fact sheet entitled
"Improving Sampling, Analysis, and Data Management for Site Investigation and
Cleanup" (EPA 542-F-01-030a). The educational, training, and guidance resources
described below either already exist and or are under development to support project
managers seeking to apply the approaches.
General Information
Available Technologies
* Field Analytical Technologies Encyclopedia (FATE). Provides information on
theory of operation, strengths, weaknesses, and general operating costs for
selected technology classes and vendors, http://fate.clu-in.org
* Field sampling and analytical technology screening matrices. Contains general
descriptions of equipment and rates them according to a variety of
characteristics (e.g., analyte of interest, media, ease of use, relative cost).
http://www.frtr.gov/site
* Field Analytical Measurement Technologies, Applications, and Selection
(produced by California Military Environmental Coordination Committee and EPA
Region 9). Provides general discussion of applicability of field instrumentation to
site characterization with appendices that discuss various vendor equipment
including cost and throughput, http://www.epa.gov/region09/qa/r9-qadocs.html
* REACHIT. Provides searchable (by analyte, location, instrumentation) database
of commercial technology vendors, http://www.epareachit.org/index3.html
* Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System (SCAPS). Provides'
general information on operation of SCAPS and available sensors.
http://aec.army.mil/prod/usaec/et/scaps/success.htm
* Center for Public Environmental Oversight. Provides a searchable database of
characterization and remediation technology descriptions.
http://www.cpeo.org/techtree/about.htm
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Case Studies/Technology Use
* Case studies of applications of technologies and streamlined strategies.
http://www.clu-in.org/char1 edu.htm
* Case studies of demonstrations and applications of technologies and
streamlined strategies, http://www.frtr.gov/cost
Program-Provided Guidance Documents
* EPA Waste Methods Guidance (SW-846). Contains methods for sample
preparation and analysis of various chemicals by fixed laboratory methods as
well as some field analytical methods such as immunoassays.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/test/sw846.htm
* EPA Environmental Response Team. Provides technical links, list of technical
assistance contacts, response training course information, and downloadable
publications such as the Field Analytical SOPs. http://www.ert.org/
* Expedited Site Assessments for Underground Storage Tank Sites guidance
document, http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/pubs/index.htm
* EPA OSWER performance-based measurement systems (PBMS)
implementation plan, http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/test/pbms.htm
* Guidance for Data Useability in Risk Assessment (Parts A & B). Guidance
designed to provide data users with a nationally consistent basis for making
decisions about the minimum quality and quantity of environmental analytical
data that are sufficient fo support Superfund decisions. Download from
http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/programs/risk/datause/index.htm.
* Site Characterization Library Volume 1, Release 2. EPA/600/C-98/001.
CD-ROM developed by the U.S. EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory. It
contains a variety of electronic documents and computer programs related to the
characterization of hazardous waste sites. For copies, contact (800) 490-9198
or (513) 489-8190 or fax your request to (513) 891-6685.
* USAGE Headquarters Library of Engineering Manuals. Provides a downloadable
list of Corps-issued manuals, some of which are environmentally oriented.
http://www.usace.armv.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-manuals/em.htm
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Technology Verification and Demonstration
* EPA Environmental Technology Verification Program. Provides downloadable
reports on the results of testing carried out on, among other things, monitoring
and characterization equipment, http://www.epa.gov/etv/
* California Environmental Protection Agency Technology Certification Program.
Provides downloadable reports on the results of testing carried out on, among
other things, SCAPS and online hydrocarbon monitoring.
http://www.calepa.ca.aov/caicert/partner.htmgTechPartnership
* ETV Canada. Provides abstracts of evaluated technologies and vendor contact
information, http://www.etvcanada.com
* DOE Expedited Site Characterization, Ames Laboratory. Provides descriptions of
a variety of innovative geophysical and analytical equipment demonstrations as
well as a list of publications, some of which are downloadable.
http://www.etd.ameslab.gov/etd/technologies/projects/esc/index.html
Web Sites with Various Related, Downloadable Publications
* CLU-IN. EPA Technology Innovation Office sponsored web site. Provides wide
variety of downloadable reports and updates on characterization and
remediation technologies as well as links to other environmental sites.
http://www.clu-in.org
* EPA Superfund Dynamic Field Activities Internet Site. Provides resources to
support a streamlined, dynamic approach to measurement and monitoring.
Resources include information on an upcoming Superfund guidance document
and links to resources on numerous field-based analytical and sampling
methods, http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/dfa/index.htm
* DOE Office of Science and Technology. Under "publications" button, provides
extensive listing of publications and reports on innovative characterization,
monitoring, and sensor technologies, http://ost.em.doe.gov/
* Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (DOE/DOD/EPA).
Provides a searchable list of proceeding citations, but articles are not available.
Also provides numerous summary reports on site characterization and project
results sponsored by the program.
http://www.serdp.org/search/search directory.html# ,
* USAGE Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory. Provides list of
research publications, some of which are downloadable, on a wide variety of
topics. For environmental topics, the emphasis is on characterization and
remediation of explosives.
http://www.crrel.usace.armv.mil/techpub/CRREL Reports/
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Web Sites with Various Related, Downloadable Publications
* USAGE Waterways Hazardous Waste Research Center. Provides downloadable
reports and articles published as part of the Installation Restoration Program.
Some articles are related to innovations in monitoring and characterization.
http://www.wes.army.mil/el/elpubs/irrp.html
* U.S. EPA Ada Laboratory Subsurface Remediation Information Center. Provides
downloadable reports, issue papers, and research briefs on issues involving
subsurface characterization and remediation.
http://www.epa.gov/ahaazvuc/publications.html
~k Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation Committee. Provides
guidance documents in areas of interest to the committee, http://www.itrcweb.org
(click on "Guidance Documents")
Education/Training Courses
* EPA Field-Based Site Characterization Training (FBSCT) Program. Provides 1-,
3-, and 5-day training on technologies and strategies, http://www.trainex.org
* EPA-sponsored Internet Brownbag Technology Seminars. Two-hour
"workshops" on technology issues available over the Internet. http://clu-
in.org/studio
* On-site, Insights field-based characterization training, http://www.hsrc.org or
http://njcmr.niit.edu/nhsrc/techmenupage.htm
* EPA on-site interactive training for modeling subsurface petroleum hydrocarbon
transport, http://www.epa.gov/athens/learn2model/index.html
* DOE DQO training workbook and helpful software. Covers several topics
(remediation, waste disposal) in workbook format and has a reference library
section and downloadable software (ASSESS, CALTOX, DEFT, GEO-EAS, Elip-
Grid). http://www.hanford.gov/dgo/project/workbook.html
* EPA Quality Assurance training courses. Provides a listing of currently available
QA training courses some of which are downloadable. Call 202-564-6883 to
inquire about future live courses, http://www.epa.gov/quality1/trcourse.html
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Software
* Ground-Water Modeling software in the public domain. Contains numerous
downloadable modeling programs, http://www.epa.gov/ada/csmos/models.html
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Software (continued)
* Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA). Incorporates downloadable
tools from environmental assessment fields into an effective problem-solving
environment. Tools include integrated modules for visualization, geospatial
analysis, statistical analysis, human health risk assessment, cost-effective
analysis, sampling design, and decision analysis.
http://www.sis.utk.edu/cis/sada/
* Critical Path Planning Toolbox. Air Force-sponsored Rl project planning
software, http://www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/er/cppt.htm
* Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision Support (FIELDS) software.
Integrates geographic information systems (CIS), global positioning systems,
database, and analytical and imaging technologies to facilitate site
characterization decision making, http://www.epa.gov/r5water/fields
* DQO-PRO Software. Used to calculate sampling design grids and tolerable
errors in the DQO process. Downloadable at: http://www.acs-envchem.duq.edu/
Technical Support
* EPA Superfund Technical Support Program. Web site provides contact
information on regional technical personnel in engineering, ground water, and
federal facilities and offers assistance in interfacing with the Technical Support
Centers and their technical contacts, http://www.epa.gov/tio/tsp
* The Brownfields Technology Support Center. Provides information on the
Brownfields program and allows submission of technical support requests on-
line. http://www.brownfieldstsc.org/
* The U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC), in partnership with the Naval
Explosive Ordnance Technology Division (NAVEODTECHDIV), offers
comprehensive technical support for unexploded ordnance (UXO)
characterization and remediation efforts.
http://aec-www.apaea.armv.mil:8080/prod/usaec/et/uxo/uxo.htm
* USAGE Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Center of Excellence.
Provides general information, frequently asked questions, and opportunity to
submit technical questions directly.
http://www.environmental.usace.army.mil/info/technical/it/it.html
* Hazardous Substance Research Centers site. Provides links to five university
centers with research primarily in remediation. Some downloadable documents,
bibliographic lists of publications, and contact information, http://www.hsrc.org
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Technical Support (continued)
k New England Waste Management Officials Association. Web site provides
consensus opinions on various environmental issues with an emphasis on
pollution prevention. Association and state contacts are provided.
http://www.newmoa.org
Planned Resources
Efforts are underway to develop new decision tools for various practitioners. These
efforts include:
* Additional modules for EPA Field-Based Site Characterization Technology
training program
k QA/QC and Sampling Design Training
* New waste program guidance emphasizing the use of technologies and
strategies
k New handbooks for using field methods and dynamic work strategies
Ar EPA statistical centers of expertise
* Outreach to states through organizations such as NEWMOA and the Interstate
Technology Regulatory Cooperation Work Group
* User-created standard operating procedures for field instrumentation
if Inventories of field uses/applications
* Other data bases and on-line information
Resources for Strategic Site Investigation and Monitoring
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