United States
                         Environmental Protection
                         Agency
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5102W)
EPA 542-F-95-008
      June 1995
                        Progress in  Reducing
                        Impediments to  the  Use  of
                        Innovative Remediation
                        Technology
BACKGROUND

The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
created the Technology Innovation Office (TIO) in April
1990 to act as an advocate for new technologies. TIO's
mission is to increase the applications of innovative
treatment technologies to contaminated waste sites, soils,
and groundwater. Because of its small size, TIO has
encouraged and relied on cooperative ventures with other
partners to accomplish most of its early goals. This effort
to leverage resources has led to numerous joint efforts that
have enhanced the state of remediation. Over the past five
years, TIO has worked with many partners inside EPA, in
other federal agencies, and in the private sector to improve
the Nation's understanding of remediation treatment tech-
nologies and reduce the impediments to their widespread use.

Within the agency, TIO works with other offices to: affect
policy changes; assist technology demonstrations; analy/e
trends in technology development and use; identify the
supply of technologies and vendors to the marketplace;
chart the future demand for remediation technologies and
services; document cost and performance parameters foi
technologies; improve the diffusion of technology-related
information; 2nd provide continuing education for federal
and state remediation project managers.

Outside the Agency, TIO works in concert with states, other
federal agencies, professional associations, and private
companies to create a marketplace with a rich diversity of
cost effective solutions for the Nation's and world's
remediation needs. The goal of these partnerships is to create
an information-rich and practical network for all public and
private decision-makers who affect the applications of
clean-up technologies to contaminated soil and groundwater.

This document highlights the accomplishments made to
date by  TIO and its partners to advance innovative treat-
ment technologies. Through continued cooperative ven-
tures, TIO will strive to enhance the supply of technologies
and information to the market to speed the cleanup of our
Nation's waste sites.
POLICY AND REGULATORY
IMPROVEMENTS

The following policy and regulatory changes have been
made by EPA to reduce impediments to technology use:

<*  Revised the Treatability Study Sample Exclusion Rule
    (59 FR 8362) on February 18, 1994, to increase the
    quantity limits up to 10,000 kilograms of contaminated
    media for treatability studies that may be conditionally
    exempt from RCRA permitting and manifest require-
    ments. This provision will be available in states that have
    made appropriate revisions to their own regulations.
    These larger quantities will assist both hazardous waste
    technology development and remedial decision-making.

<•  Promulgated the Corrective Action Management Unit
    and Temporary Unit Rule (58 FR 8658) on February 16,
    1993, as an optional provision under Subpart S of 40
    CFR 264. This rule is expected to result in more on-
    site waste treatment, less reliance on incineration, and
    greater reliance on innovative treatment technologies.

<»  Delegated authority to issue Site Specific Treatability
    Variances for contaminated soils and debris to the
    Regions (OSWER Delegation 8-40).

•J*  Authorized more states  for the Treatability Exclusion
    Rule, Research, Development, and Demonstration
    Permit Authority, and Subpart X Permit Authority.
    These authorizations will simplify approvals and allow
    more flexibility for testing and demonstrating innova-
    tive treatment technologies (9380.3-09FS).

<»  Promulgated a rule on August 18, 1992, for Land
    Disposal Restriction of Contaminated Debris, which
    allows more flexible treatment standards than under the
    original Land Disposal Regulations (40 CFR 268).

<•  Developed and began implementation of Strategy to
    Increase the Use of Innovative In Situ Treatment

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    Technologies for Contaminated Ground Water (EPA/
    542/F-92/025, December 1992).

<•  Issued the Superfund Response Action Contractor
    Indemnification Rule (58 FR 5972) on January 25,
    1993, which included provisions that allow lower
    deductibles for contractors using innovative treatment
    technologies

*i*  Issued a directive on furthering the use of innovative
    treatment technologies in Superfund and other EPA
    waste-related programs [OSWER Directive 9380.0-
    17FS(August 1991)], which:

    0  encourages reasonable risk-taking in selecting
        innovative treatment technologies
    0  requires innovative technologies to be routinely
        considered as an option in engineering studies
    0  establishes initiatives and new procedures that will
        provide incentives for broader use of innovative
        technologies

RESEARCH,  DEVELOPMENT, AND
DEMONSTRATION IMPROVEMENTS

*>  Worked with Clean Sites, Inc., through a cooperative
    agreement, to establish public-private partnerships
    among Fortune 500 technology users, other federal
    agencies, and regulators to demonstrate and evaluate
    available innovative technologies on problems of
    mutual concern at federal facility sites  The first
    demonstrations were implemented at McClellan An
    Force Base ((/A) in 1994, and work is underway foi
    field demonstrations at six additional facilities:  De-
    partment of Energy (DOE) Pinellas Plant (FL), DOE
    Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (KY), Joliet Army
    Ammunition Plant (IE), Otis Air National  Guard Base
    (MA), Naval Air Station North Island (CA), and DOE
    Mound Plant (OH).

*  With the Office of Research and Development (ORD),
    organized the Remedial Technologies Development
    Forum (RTDF). RTDF encourages collaboration
    among companies, public interest groups, states,
    universities. DOE, and the Department of Defense
    (DOD) in defining, prioritizing, and funding new,
    untried concepts for cleanup technologies. By consult-
    ing on technologies at the earliest stages of their
    development, RTDF seeks to combine the financial and
    intellectual resources of consortium members to
    promote research coordination and eliminate duplica-
    uve research and development.

*!*  With ORD, serves as project director for the North
    Atlantic Treaty  Organization's Committee for the
    Challenges to Modern Society pilot study.  This is an
    international information exchange to evaluate demon-
    strated and emerging remedial action technologies lor
    the cleanup of contaminated land and groundwater.
 Continuously tracked the status of all Superfund
 innovative treatment projects in Innovative Treatment
 Technologies: Annual Status Report (Sixth Edition),
 September 1994 (EPA/542/R-94/005). This report
 contains information on over 300 innovative technol-
 ogy projects at Superfund remedial and removal sites,
 and enhances communication among vendors, experi-
 enced technology users, and those who are considering
 using innovative treatment technologies.

 With DOD and ORD, updated the Remediation
 Technologies Screening Matrix and Reference Guide:
 Version 2 (EPA-542-B-93-005), which was originally
 developed by TIO and members of the Federal
 Remediation Technology Roundtable.  This document
 profiles 55 innovative and established technologies for
 the remediation of soil, sediment, sludge., groundwater,
 and air/off gas treatment processes  This new document
 also presents a detailed discussion of the properties and
 behavior of five common contaminant groups (VOCs,
 SVOCs, fuels, inorganics, and explosives).

 With ORD, organized the EPA-led Bioremediation
 Action Committee (BAC), which has improved
 bioremediation as an innovative technology for  site
 remediation. Since  1991, the BAC, an affiliation of
 industry, academia,  and government officials, has:

 0  identified high-priority  research  needs through a
    workshop  of government, university, and industry
    representatives in April 1991
 0  produced interim guidance for preparing
    bioremediation spill response plans to help On-
    Scene Coordinators determine whether
    bioremediation agents or methods are safe and
    effective for oil  spills
 0  set protocols that can be used to  collect data to
    identify safe and effective products for the
    bioremediation of oil spills in the Oil
    Bioremediation  Products Testing Protocol Meth-
    ods Manual. This is available from the National
    Environmental Technology Application Corpora-
    tion  (1-800-48NETAC)

 For more information on the  BAC, refer to  the Bioreme-
 diation Action Committee brochure (EPA/600/F-93/001).

 With ORD, established the Bioremediation Field
 Initiative, an initiative that provides EPA  and state
 project managers, consulting engineers, and industry
 with timely information regarding new developments
 in the application of bioremediation at hazardous waste
 sites.  The initiative evaluates the performance of
 selected full-scale field applications at nine selected
 hazardous waste sites. These performance evaluations
 generate data needed to define the capabilities of
 bioremediation technologies. For more information on
this initiative, refer to the Bioremediation  Field
Initiative brochure (EPA/540/F-92/012).

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0  Soil Washing                (EPA/542/F-92/003)
0  Solvent Extraction           (EPA/542/F-92/004)
0  Glycolate Dehalogenation    (EPA/542/F-92/005)
0  Thermal Desorption          (EPA/542/F-92/006)
0  In Situ Soil Flushing          (EPA/542/F-92/007)
0  Bioventing                  (EPA/542/F-92/008)
0  Using Indigenous and Exogenous Microorganisms
    In Bioremediation           (EPA/542/F-92/009)
0  Air Sparging                (EPA/542/F-92./010)
(Spanish versions became available in 1993.)

Published the Literature Survey of Innovative Tech-
nologies/or Hazardous Waste Site Remediation:
1987-1991 (EPA/542/B-92/004), a bibliography of
information resources on innovative technologies
which was developed to improve awareness of the
technical literature concerning innovative technologies.
Developed and continued to operate the CERCLA
Education Center (CEC), a unique training forum that
aims at providing On-Scene Coordinators, Remedial
Project Managers, Site Assessment Managers, and
other Superfund staff with basic and advanced training
on the laws, regulations, and processes that make up
the Superfund program. TIO publishes a Course
Overview and Schedule that describes CEC courses
and provides a schedule of course offerings (EPA/542/
F-95/004). CEC course curriculum includes:

0 Fundamentals of Superfund
0 The Enforcement Process
0 The Removal Process
0 The Remedial Process
0 Community Relations in Superfund
 0 Federal Facility Enforcement
 0 Innovative Treatment Technologies

 Orientation and training manuals include:

 0  The CERCLA/Superfund Orientation Manual
                                (EPA/542/R-92/005)
 0  The OSWER Source Book: Training and Technol-
     ogy Transfer Resources 1994-1995
                              (EPA/542/B-94/011a&b)
 0  OSWER Quarterly Training Calendar

 In cooperation with the U.S.  Agency for International
 Development, the Office of Emergency and Remedial
 Response, and the Office of International Activities,
 developed the Principles of Hazardous Waste Site
Ranking train-the-trainer course to provide basic
environmental management information to the emerg-
ing democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.  In
1993, the course was presented in Hungary and,  in
1994, in Poland. In mid-1995, TIO plans to bring it to
Bulgaria and, in 1996, again to Hungary.  The primary
objective of this course is to assist the host government
in developing programs to establish hazardous site
remediation priorities.

Developed a teaching outline and support materials for
a one-semester hazardous waste course on innovative
technologies for use by graduate Environmental
Engineering Departments. The course, developed by
the University of Connecticut with the Association of
Environmental Engineering Professors, is now avail-
able from Lewis Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida,
1-800-272-7737. Catalog # L1056.

In conjunction with ASTSWMO, developed a five-day
State Site Managers' CERCLA  Training course. TIO
delivered this course twice in 1994 to 144 participants,
which fulfilled its original commitment for providing
training sessions for state Superfund staff, and then
handed over the training responsibilities to
ASTSWMO. The course is a compilation of selected
modules from three existing CEC courses:  Fundamen-
tals of Superfund, Enforcement Process, and Remedial
Process.

Continued sponsoring EPA's Training Forum, a group
of Regional Training Coordinators organized to
 improve coordination of training-related activities and
 enhance communication among OSWER's Program
 and Regional Offices.  They meet bimonthly via
 teleconference and hold semiannual meetings.

 Continued sponsoring the annual Regional and Na-
 tional Notable Achievement Awards. These awards
 are presented at the Regional and National level in
 seven categories: OSC of the Year, OSC Peer of the
 Year, RPM of the Year, RPM Peer of the Year, SAM
 of the Year, SAM Peer of the Year, and Superfund
 Team of the Year. Recipients of the Regional awards
 are honored in a special ceremony within the Region.
 They then go through a review process by a National
 Awards Panel, which  is in charge of selecting the
 national award recipients. The National Award reci-
 pients are honored by EPA's Administrator in a special
 ceremony at EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC.
                            MAILING LIST/ORDER INFORMATION
 To order copies of the EPA documents listed in this document, send a fax request to the U.S. EPA National
 Center for Environmental Publications and Information (NCEPI) at 513-489-8695, or send a mail request to
 NCEPI, P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-2419.

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   Through the Bioremediation Field Initiative, developed
   Version 1.0 of the Bioremediation in the Field Search
   System (BFSS), an information resource about practical
   bioremediation projects nationwide for federal and state
   regulators, consulting engineers, industry personnel, and
   researchers interested in the field application of bioreme-
   diation.  BFSS is available on EPA's Alternative Treat-
   ment Technology Information Clearinghouse (ATTIC )
   (703-908-2138), Cleanup Information (CLU-IN) (301-
   589-8366), and ORD (513-569-7610) electronic bulletin
   board systems.

   Supported a proposal to create a National Bioremediation
   Field Research Center at Wurtsmith Air Force Base in
   Michigan for applied public and private research and
   development on the use of bioremediation.  Additional
   support and funding is being provided by a  consortium of
   states and federal agencies, EPA Hazardous Substance
   Research Centers, and corporations.

   Established a Groundwater Remediation Technologies
   Analyses Center. A cooperative agreement will be
   awarded in the summer of 1995. The center will:

   0  track ongoing groundwater  research and development
       on a continuing basis
   0  promote coordination between public and private
       research groups
   0  encourage the demonstration of promising remedia-
       tion research

   Inventoried the status of in situ groundwater remediation
   technologies in In Situ Treatment of Contaminated
   Ground Water:  An Inventory of Research and Demon-
   stration
on six abiotic technologies:
     (EPA 542-K-94-003)
     (EPA 542-K-94-004)
Fracturing
     (EPA 542-K-94-005)
     (EPA 542-K-94-006)
     (EPA 542-K-94-007)
     (EPA 542-K-94-009)
    Expanded the status reports
    Surfactant Enhancements
    Treatment Walls
    Hydrofracturing/Pneumatic

    Cosolvents
    Electrokinetics
    Thermal Enhancements
INFORMATION SHARING
IMPROVEMENTS

TIO and its partners have sponsored activities to enhance the
remediation technology marketplace, including:

•>  Sponsored three marketplace conferences to highlight
    business opportunities and markets for developers and
    vendors of innovative treatment technologies (1993-
    1994).  Invitees included senior state, EPA, DOD, DOE,
    and Commerce officials with business executives from
    technology firms.  Summary proceedings of these
    conferences are available:  West Coast Remediation
    Marketplace: Business Opportunities for Innovative
Technologies (EPA/542/R-94/008); Rocky Mountain
Remediation Marketplace:  Business Opportunities for
Innovative Technologies (EPA/542/R-94/006); and
Northeast Remediation Marketplace: Business
Opportunities for Innovative Technologies (EPA/542/
R-94/001).  Two additional marketplace conferences
will be held in  1995:  one in the Southeast and the
other in the Mid-Atlantic

Through a cooperative agreement with the American
Academy of Environmental Engineers and its associ-
ated professional organizations, developed monographs
to outline state-of-the-practice information on the
operating parameters of eight treatment technologies.
The Departments of Defense and Energy provided joint
funding for the project, entitled WASTECH  All
monographs will be completed by the WASTECH
workgroups by late spring, 1995. The volumes will be
expanded over the next two years to add information
on actual operating experience.  In addition,
WASTECH offered five Regional training seminars on
the technologies included in the series.

Chaired the Federal Remediation Technologies
Roundtable, a working group of senior officials from
federal agencies involved in the development and use
of innovative site cleanup technologies. The
Roundtable provides the opportunity for free exchange
of information among these organizations through its
semiannual meetings, its series of publications highlight-
ing  federal sources of information and demonstrations,
and its subgroups. The Cost and Performance Sub-
 group recently completed an effort to achieve greater
 standardization in the reporting of information on the
 cost and performance of innovative technologies at
 completed site cleanups with the publication of a Guide
 to Documenting Cost and Performance for Remedia-
 tion Projects (EPA/542/B-95/002).

 Published  and revised three Federal Remediation
 Technologies Roundtable publications describing
 federal agency activities related to innovative treatment
 technologies:  Accessing Federal Data Bases for
 Contaminated Site Clean-up Technologies:  Third
 Edition (EPA/542/B-93/008);  Federal Publications on
 Alternative and Innovative Treatment Technologies for
 Corrective Action and Site Remediation: Third Edition
 (EPA/542/B-93/007);  Synopses of Federal Demon-
 strations of Innovative Site Remediation Technologies:
 Third Edition (EPA/542/B-93/009).

 Published 37  clean-up case study reports prepared by
 the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable.
 These studies are available in four separate volumes:
 Remediation Case Studies: Bioremediation; Remedia-
 tion Case  Studies:  Groundwater Treatment; Remedia-
 tion Case  Studies:  Soil Vapor Extraction; Remediation
 Case Studies: Thermal Desorption, Soil Washing, and
 In Situ  Vitrification. Published Abstracts ofRemedia-

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tion Case Studies (EPA/542/R-95/001) containing two-
page summaries of each case study.

Signed a Memorandum of Understanding between
EPA and the Small Business Administration to "ensure
that the U.S. Government effectively encourages,
supports, and enables U.S. small businesses to develop,
market, and/or adopt cost-effective environmental
technologies to achieve economic growth and environ-
mental compliance."

Co-authored with SBA Bridging the Valley of Death, a
finance study that addresses management, regulatory,
exporting, and financing issues faced by environmental
technology developers and users. The study was
released at the White House Conference on Technol-
ogy for a Sustainable Future.

Published Innovative Hazardous Waste Treatment
Technologies.  A Developers Guide to Support Ser-
vices, Third Edition (EPA/542/B-94/012), a booklet
that provides information on sources of technical,
financial, and regulatory assistance and support in
bringing technologies from the proof-of-concept stage
to commercialization.

Published the benchmark study Cleaning Up the
Nation 's  Waste Sites; Technology and Market Trends
(EPA/542/R-92/012, PB93-140762) to provide innova-
tive technology developers and investors with infon na-
tion on future demand  for remediation services.  With
over 4,000 copies in circulation, this study includes
information on site characteristics, market size, and
other demand factors of the major waste site cleanup
programs in the United States. Initiated report update,
which is scheduled for late 1995.

Developed Quick Reference Fact Sheets on Regional
experiences with procurement of innovative technolo-
gies at Superfund remedial sites (EPA/542/F-92/012)
and removal sites (EPA/542/F-92/013)

Continued to sponsor the Superfund Technical Support
Project, which is comprised  of the Groundwater,
Engineering, and Federal  Facility Forums and the
Technical Support Centers.  These groups address
groundwater and engineering concerns related to site
remediation, develop issues papers on these topics, and
conduct technical reviews for four guidance documents
each year. They conduct monthly teleconferences and
sponsor a semiannual meeting, where speakers are
invited to present information on a diverse set of topics
related to groundwater, engineering, and federal
facility site remediation issues.

Continued to support seven Superfund Technical
Support Centers, which provide Regional staff with
site-specific assistance in the areas of groundwater
lemediation, risk assessment, engineering, site charac-
terization, radiological evaluation, and modeling. This
assistance often is provided through telephone commu-
nications, site visits, document review, technology
evaluation, information clearinghouses, demonstration
projects, publication of reports and journal articles, and
technical workshops

With ORD, co-sponsored the five Forums on Innova-
tive Hazardous Waste Treatment Technologies:
Domestic and International. These three-day confer-
ences introduced and highlighted innovative treatment
technologies having actual performance results. They
showcased results of selected international technolo-
gies, Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
(SITE) program technologies, and  case studies from
those using innovative technologies.  Since the Forums
were introduced in 1991, over 2,000 people from
government, industry, and international organizations
have had a unique opportunity to exchange  information
on remediation technologies and practices.

Published a brochure entitled Accessing EPA 's Envi-
ronmental  Technology Programs (EPA/542/F-94/005).
This brochure was developed to help environmental
technology developers and users access the full range
of assistance and cooperative partnerships offered by
EPA. It briefly describes the role of each major EPA
office in encouraging the development and use of
innovative technologies for pollution prevention,
pollution control, and remediation.

Published Profile of Innovative Technologies and
Vendors for Waste Site Remediation (EPA/542/R-94/
002), which documents the characteristics of vendors
that supply innovative technologies.  The study in-
cluded an analysis of the number of employees and sales.

Completed an analysis of Feasibility Studies from 1991
and 1992 Superfund ROD sites to determine why
innovative  technologies were or were not being
selected, and to identify barriers and data gaps about
specific technologies.  The information from this
analysis will be distributed to the Regions and EPA's
laboratories and will be used to support development of
policies to encourage more widespread, constructive
consideration and use of innovative technologies.

Produced five Technology Resource Guides on
Innovative Treatment Technologies, which contain
user-friendly infonnation  on documents, databases,
hotlines, and dockets pertaining to  these technologies:

0  Bioremediation Resource Guide
                                (EPA/542/B-93/004)
0  Groundwater Treatment Technology Resource
    Guide                       (EPA/542/B-94/009)
0  Soil Vapor Extraction  Treatment Technology
    Resource Guide              (EPA/542/B-94/007)
0  Physical/Chemical Treatment Technology Resource-
    Guide                       (EPA/542/B-94/008)
0  Enhancements to Soil  Vapor Extraction Technology
                                (EPA/542/B-95/003)

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 Published three regular newsletters devoted to current
 application of innovative technology:

 0  Tech Trends  provides descriptions and perfor-
     mance data for innovative source control technolo-
     gies that have been applied in the field.
     (EPA/542/N-93/001, EPA/542/N-93/007, EPA/
     542/N-93/010, EPA/542/N-94/001, EPA/542/N-
     94/004, EPA/542/N-94/006, EPA/542/N-94/008,
     EPA/542/N-95/001)
 0  Bioremediation in the Field offers information on
     applying bioremediation to site cleanup. Describes
     treatability studies and bioremediation projects
     planned, operating, or completed at CERCLA,
     RCRA, UST, and TSCA sites. (EPA/540/N-94/
     500, EPA/540/N-94/500, EPA/540/N-94/501)
 0  Ground Water Currents provides information on
     innovative groundwater treatment technologies
     including development and demonstrations, new
     regulations, and conferences and publications.
     (EPA/542/N-93/003, EPA/542/N-93/006, EPA/
     542/N-93/008, EPA/542/N-93/011, EPA/542/N-
     94/002, EPA/542/N-94/005, EPA/542/N-94/007.
     EPA/542/N-94/009, EPA/542/N-95/002)

 Participated as a major exhibitor at over 100 national
 and international conferences, workshops, sympo-
 siums, and trade shows focusing on the development
 and use of innovative treatment technologies for site
 remediation. Distributed over 100,000 copies of
 technical literature on innovative technologies, such as
 fact sheets, bulletins, reports, and bibliographies on the
 application of innovative technologies.

 In coordination with the National Exposure Research
 Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada,  developed the
 Vendor Field Analytical and Characterization Tech-
 nologies System (Vendor FACTS) database, which
 will be released in the first quarter of FY96.  This
  database will contain information on innovative
  techniques for site and waste characterization and
  promote the use of more cost-effective methods for on-
  site monitoring.

  Developed and maintained the Vendor Information
  System for Innovative Treatment Technologies
  (VISITT), which provides current  information on
  innovative technology vendors,  their products, and
  capabilities. As of FY94, the VISITT 3.0 database
  included information on 277 innovative treatment
  technologies offered by 171 developers and vendors.
  The system is being used by more than 10,000 users
  from 60 countries.  For more information, refer to the
  VISITT brochure (EPA/542/N-94/003).

•  Developed and enhanced EPA's Clean-Up Information
   (CLU-IN) electronic bulletin board to provide hazard-
   ous waste professionals information on innovative
   treatment technologies. This computerized bulletin
   board offers a number of information sources that may
   be read on-line in bulletin format or as files that can be
   downloaded. As of April 1995, CLU-IN averaged
 3,600 calls per month from its 6,800 active registered
 users.  In 1994, availability of and connectivity to
 CLU-IN were enhanced.  Dial-in users can now access
 the system at (301) 589-8366 using up to a 28,000-
 baud modem. INTERNET users may access CLU-IN
 using TELNET. The TELNET address is 134.67.99.13
 or clu-in.epa.gov. Contents include Federal Register
 notices on hazardous wastes, listings of EPA publica-
 tions, a calendar of EPA training programs, and listings
 of National Priority List sites. Voice assistance is avail-
 able at (301) 589-8368.

 In cooperation with the Association of State and
 Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials
 (ASTSWMO), TIO opened an ASTSWMO Special
 Interest Group (SIG) on CLU-IN. The SIG facilitates
 information exchange among state  waste management
 officials across the nation.

 In cooperation with EPA's Office of Underground
 Storage Tanks, TIO  opened an Underground Storage
 Tank (UST) SIG on CLU-IN to facilitate information
 exchange  among state officials responsible for manag-
 ing tank clean-up programs.

 Regularly updated a bibliography of the best EPA
 documents related to innovative technologies, entitled
 Selected Alternative and Innovative Treatment Tech-
 nologies for Corrective Action and Site Remediation:
 A Bibliography of EPA Information Resources (EPA/
 542/B-95/001).

 Developed a series of satellite videoconferences
 sponsored by the Air and Waste Management Associa-
 tion and the Hazardous Waste Action Coalition in
 cooperation with the U. S. Air Force, DOE, the Water
 Environment Federation, EPA, the American Institute
 of Chemical Engineers, the National Solid Waste
 Management Association, the Association of State and
 Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, and the
 Technology Innovation and Economics Committee of
  EPA's National Advisory Council on Environmental
  Policy and Technology. These seminars included:
  Bioremediation:  The State of Practice in Hazardous
  Waste Remediation Operations (January 9, 1992),
  Bioventing and Vacuum Extraction:  Uses and Appli-
  cations in Remedial Operations (April 15, 1992),
  Thermal  Treatment: Thermally Enhanced Volatiliza-
  tion (February 18, 1993), and Changing Molecular and
  Physical States (March 18,  1993).

•  Produced ten Citizens' Guide fact sheets on innovative
  technologies, which provide easy-to-understand
  technology descriptions for the general public:

  0  Innovative Treatment Technologies For Contami-
      nated Soils, Sludges, Sediments, and Debris
                                 (EPA/542/F-92/001)
   0  How Innovative Treatment Technologies Are
      Being Successfully Applied At Superfund Sites
                                 (EPA/542/F-92/002)

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