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REmediation And CHaracterization Innovative Technologies
Innovative Technology
Information at Your Fingertips
What is EPA REACH IT?
Do you need reliable information about remediation and
characterization technologies? Would you like to know
about sites at which these technologies are being
implemented? Or, are you looking for a cost-effective
way to market your innovative treatment or
characterization technologies to key decision makers?
The improved EPA REACH IT can help, with easier-to-
use search functions, and more technologies, vendors,
and sites.
REmediation And CHaracterization Innovation
Technologies (EPA REACH IT) is sponsored by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Technology
Jnnpyatipn_Office. The online system lets environmental
professionals use the capabilities of the Internet to
search, view, download, and print information about
innovative remediation and characterization
technologies and their applications. EPA REACH IT is
a free service to both technology providers and
technology users.
It combines information submitted by vendors of
remediation and characterization technologies with data
from EPA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and state project
managers. These sources together provide you with up-
to-date information about:
H technologies you can use to characterize or
remediate a site,
H sites at which technologies are being used, and
H service providers that offer them.
EPA REACH IT includes a fully searchable database
that lets users identify sites with cleanup challenges
that closely match their own.
What Technology and Site Information Can I
Find in EPA REACH IT?
Remediation Technologies
H 656 technology vendors
H 1,289 technologies
H 1,688 sites at which remediation technologies are
being applied
Characterization Technologies
H 142 technology vendors
H 181 technologies
H 253 sites at which characterization technologies are
being applied
Below are some of the kinds of information available on
the EPA REACH IT website.
O Vendor information:
- Contact information - Name, address, phone
number, and e-mail address
- Technologies offered- List of technologies offered
by vendor
B Technology information (see Figure 1):
- Technology overview - General information
about technology, patent status, and status under
federal or state verification programs
- Description of technology - Brief discussion of
technical operation of technology, specific
circumstances under which it is particularly
effective or limited, and technology costs
- Scale - Operational status (full, pilot, or bench scale)
- Treatment capabilities - Media, contaminants,
and contaminant groups technology is
addressing, or has potential to address
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- Representative sites - Site-specific data from
vendors, EPA, DoD, DOE, and state project
managers
IS Site information (see Figure 2):
— Site overview— General information about site,
and equipment scale and operational status
- Site type/waste source - Type of operations
causing contamination at site and source of waste
- Media - Type of media addressed (such as soil
or groundwater)
- Regulation/statute/organization - Governing
regulation or organization (such as Superfund
remedial action or RCRA corrective action)
- Performance data - Contaminants, concentration
ranges, detection limits, and cleanup goals
- Cost data- Estimated cost per unit of waste treated,
along with ranked list of factors that will have a
significant effect on unit price
- References - Other literature containing
information about technology or site, and contact
information for site managers and technology
vendors
New and updated information:
- 43 vendors and 51 technologies with new or
updated information, as of April 2002.
Improved website features and functions, including neW
search functions to help users find the information they
need faster:
- Most Common Searches page contains results of
the technologies and contaminants most commonly
searched for.
- New Custom Search has two search options: a
narrow search, which limits results to only those
vendors who can support their claims through site-
specific applications; and a broad search, which
provides all results.
Updated look and feel of the website make site easier
to navigate and more user-friendly
- When new vendors, technologies, or sites are
added, the information is flagged in search results
as "NEW" for the following 3 months, so that users
can identify quickly changes in specific searches;
Treatment Technology: SUPER - Solvent Extraction , ABC Corporation
Technology Overview
Technology Type:
Solvent Extraction
Trade Name and/or Model Number assigned by vendor:
SUPER
Technology Scale: Indicates the operational status of the technology.
gj Full Scale - Available equipment is sized and commercially available for actual site remediation.
Vendor Services:
03 Equipment manufacturer
r-j Prime contractor for full-service characterization, monitoring, or measurement.
Patent Information:
r£J Registered trademark
r_3 Vendor has exclusive license
gjj Technology patented
Q Patent Pending
Description of Technology:
ABC Corporation has developed an innovative solvent extraction technology (SUPER) that uses Super Chemical
as the solvent. Super Chemical is a biodegradable solvent. Within the unit, the soil is washed continuously with
iSuper Chemical in a counter-current process. The contaminants dissolve in the solution and are removed from
the soil by the counter-current flow.
The contaminated solvents are reclaimed in a closed-loop circuit, eliminating the need for large volumes of
solvent. The clean, washed soil is moved to a closed-loop dryer system, where any excess solvent is removed
from the soil. When the soil exits the system, it is relatively free of organics and dry. The collected contaminant
from the solvent washing is concentrated 1,000 to 10,000 times, reducing its volume and its associated disposal
costs, and is pumped periodically from the system into labeled 55-gallon drums for conventional off-site disposal.
Emissions of organic vapors to air are controlled and treated by a carbon absorption system.
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Vendor Source Site: Confidential Site, Anywhere, USA; SUPER - Solvent Extraction, ABC Corporation
Volume/Quantity Treated 1000 cubic yards
Area treated (in situ projects): 100 square yards
Depth treated (for in situ projects): 10 yards
Equipment Scale: Full Scale
Project Status: Completed: 05/2000
Site Type or Waste Source:
Petroleum Refining and Reuse
Project type:
TSCA
Regulation/Statute/Organization
TSCA
Lead Agency:
State Lead
Media Treated:
Solid (for example slag)
Contaminant or
Pollutant Parameter
(Example) Benzene
Untreated Concentration
Range (Win to Max)
50-100
Units
rng/
kg
Treated Concentration
Range (Min to Max)
25-50
Units
mg/
kg
Cleanup Standard
or Goal
50
Units
mg/
kg
I Am a Technology Vendor. How Can I Add
Information About My Technology to EPA
REACH IT?
You can list your technology information on EPA REACH
IT free of charge by filling out a Vendor Information Form
(VIF).
The VIF is available:
5 By accessing the EPA REACH IT home page at
H By e-mail, with a request to
H In hard copy, with a request from the EPA REACH IT
help line at (800) 245-4505
You can complete a VIF on line at , or submit a handwritten VIF to:
System Operator, EPA REACH IT
c/o Tetra Tech EM Inc.
1 881 Campus Commons Drive,
Suite 200
Reston, VA 20191
You also can update existing information by accessing your
VIF with your password. If you have forgotten your
password, call or send an e-mail to the address listed above.
What Are Hot Topics in the Cleanup
Community?
We are particularly interested in expanding EPA REACH
IT to include more technologies that address dense
nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPL) and sediment;
technologies of particular interest are:
- Permeable reactive barriers
- In situ thermal treatment
- In situ chemical oxidation
- Phytoremediation
The EPA REACH IT website is widely used by federal
agencies, states, consulting engineering firms,
responsible parties, technology developers, and the
investment community. For example, in March 2002,
the website was visited over 100 times per day, with
the average visit lasting over 11 minutes.
EPA REACH IT is widely advertised in trade journals,
at conferences, and through direct mailings to an
extensive list of potential users.
EPA REACH IT is free to both providers and users of
innovative technologies. You can become part of EPA
REACH IT by investing only the time it takes to complete
the Vendor Information Form (VIF) for your technology.
The new system has updated site features and functions,
a more attractive and user-friendly look and feel, and
more technologies, vendors, and sites.
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