CITIZEN'S GUIDES TO UNDERSTANDING
INNOVATIVE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES
PREPARED BY
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION OFFICE,
OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Technology Innovation'Off ice's (TIO)
mission is to increase public awareness of innovative treatment technologies and the
potential they hold for effective clean-up of contaminated waste sites. TIO has produced
a series of ten Qtizen's Guides to provide general introductory information on innova-
tive treatment technologies in a brief three to four page format. These Guides are
entitled:
A Citizen's Guide To Innovative Treatment Technologies For Contaminated Soils,
Sludges, Sediments and Debris (EPA/542/F-92/001) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To How Innovative Treatment Technologies Are Being
Successfully Applied At Superfund Sites (EPA/542/F-92/002) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To Soil Washing (EPA/542/F-92/003) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To Solvent Extraction (EPA/542/F-92/004) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To Glycolate Dehalogenation (EPA/542/F-92/005) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To Thermal Desorption (EPA/542/F-92/006) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To In Situ Soil Flushing (EPA/542/F-92/007) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To Bioventing (EPA/542/F-92/008) (3 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To Using Indigenous and Exogenous Microorganisms In
Bioremediation (EPA/542/F-92/009) (4 pages)
A Citizen's Guide To Air Sparging (EPA/542/F-92/010) (3 pages)
See the reverse side of this flyer for information on how you can obtain copies of these
Citizen's Guides and learn more about innovative treatment technologies.
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WHAT ARE INNOVATIVE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES?
Treatment technologies are processes applied to the treatment of hazardous waste or con-
taminated materials, including soils, sludges, sediments and debris, to permanently alter their
condition through chemical, biological, or physical means. Technologies that have been
tested, selected or used for treatment of hazardous waste or contaminated materials but lade
well-documented cost and performance data under a variety of operating conditions are called
innovative treatment technologies.
WHY IS EPA ENCOURAGING THE USE OF
INNOVATIVE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES?
Over the past ten years, as increased importance has been placed on environmental issues,
scientists and engineers have been striving to improve upon the existing methods of con-
fi\ taminated site clean-up. The innovative treatment technologies that have been developed
t^ have the potential to provide permanent solutions to hazardous waste problems; may provide
efficient and less costly solutions to deanups; and may be more acceptable to the surrounding
environment and communities than some established technologies. :
WHAT ARE THESE CITIZEN'S GUIDES ABOUT?
These Citizen's Guides were prepared by EPA's Technology Innovation Office to provide site
managers with outreach materials they can share with their site communities., They are written
in predominantly non-technical language. Eight of them contain information on innovative
treatment technologies that have been selected or applied at some clean-up sites within the
United States. In addition, one Citizen's Guide provides an overview of innovative treatment
technologies and another one provides some success stories about locations where innovative
treatment technologies have been applied. The titles and document numbers of each of the fact
sheets are listed on the reverse side of this flyer. '
The Citizen's Guides can be used in a variety of ways. For example, they can be distributed at
public meetings and information sessions, or they can be used as handouts from Regional
offices. The private citizen may find these fact sheets an informative, initial introduction to
innovative treatment technologies. Additionally, they are available for Federal agencies,
States, consulting engineering firms, responsible parties, technology developers, the invest-
ment community, and the public. •
HOW CAN I GET COPIES OF THESE CITIZEN'S GUIDES?
To obtain copies of any of these Citizen's Guides, write or telephone:
Center for Environmental Research Information
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268 >
(513) 569-7562
Indude the title and document number of each publication requested. For more information
on any of these Citizen's Guides, contact the Technology Innovation Office at (703) 308-8800.
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