r/EPA
                           United States
                           Environmental Protection
                           Agency
                          Solid Waste and
                          Emergency Response
                          (5102G)
EPA 542-F-99-O17
October 1999
www.epa.gov/tio
www.clu-in.org
Measurement  and
Monitoring  Technologies   for
the  21st  Century
 BACKGROUND
 In recent years, there
 nave been significant
 technological advances
 in the areas or chemi-
 cal constituent identi-
 fication and quantifi-
 cation, geophysical
 analysis, and informa-
 tion  management.
 These advances could
 dramatically improve
 capabilities to characterize sites,. monitor remedial activi-
 ties,  and provide long-term monitoring for closed sites.
 While more tools are becoming available, little has been
 done to integrate these new tools into ongoing site investi-
 gation and cleanup.  In response, the U.S. EPA Office
 of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) is
 undertaking an initiative coordinated by the Technology
 Innovation Office (TIO) to advance new systems for
 monitoring hazardous waste sites.
                        STRATEGY:
                        OSWER will pursue a three-part strategy:

                         1) Defining Needs:  21M2 will consolidate expressed
                            needs and identify future program technology
                            requirements in the areas of site characterization,
                            process control, waste testing, and monitoring.

                         2) Gathering Intelligence:  21M2 will research and
                            inventory the state-of-the art for advanced monitor-
                            ing technologies.  This task will establish baselines
                            for both fully developed, commercially-ready (but
                            underutilized)  technologies, AND emerging,
                            cutting-edge approaches that require further R&D.

                         3) Increasing Understanding and Acceptance of
                            Technology Options: 21M2 will seek out oppor-
                            tunities to showcase promising approaches through
                            further research support, demonstrations, monitored
                             partnership" applications, case studies, training, and
                            technical outreach.
GOAL
Through 21M2, OSWER will identify and deploy promis-
ing measurement and monitoring technologies in response
to waste management and site cleanup program needs.
The initiative will match existing and emerging technolo-
gies with OSWER program and client needs through
partnerships to research and evaluate new equipment and
processes in the field. OSWER will aggressively pursue
the transfer of information and lessons learned to profes-
sionals in the hazardous waste management and site
remediation communities.  Through 21M2, OSWER is
seeking better or less expensive techniques to improve
waste program measurement and monitoring needs.
OSWER will pursue extensive follow-up that promotes
user acceptance and captures actual impacts on program
activities.
                       STATUS
                       TIO is now implementing the 21M2 initiative in several
                       areas:
                            EPA Small Business Innovative Research
                            Program (SBIR): OSWER is working with the
                            Office of Research and Development (ORD) to
                            ensure that waste program monitoring needs sup-
                            ported by 21M2 are included in the Fall 1999
                            solicitation for EPA "SBIR 2000" Phase I research
                            grants (see http://www.epa.gov/ord for more details
                            on SBIR 2000).

                            Technology Deployment: OSWER is showcasing
                            technologies and methods that are at a field-ready,

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      commercial scale or development. Tkese tecknolo-
      gies were identified tkrougk OSWER programs
      (including RCRA,  Superfund, and Underground
      Storage Tanks) and will involve tke application or
      furtker development of a variety  of teckniques
      including improved off-site and on-site analytical
      teckniques, innovative suksurface ckaracterization,
      emissions monitoring, fence-line monitoring, and
      computer-aided data interpretation.

      OutreacK: OSWER will develop and report
      information on program needs, tecknological ad-
      vances, and tke suksequent acceptance and impacts of
      program-supported tecknologies.

      Tccnnologfy Searck:  OSWER will actively searck
      tke literature, Federal agency researck programs, and
      tke commercial sector to identify promising teck-
      nologies.

      Collaboration:  OSWER kas initiated activities to
      identify and cultivate mutual interests in otker EPA
      program offices (e.g., Enforcement, Air) and teck-
      nology development and clean-up programs at otker
     agencies, including tke Departments of Defense and
     Energy.

  *&"» Procurement: OSWER will explore  a number of
     procurement"options tkat will allow interested users
     witkin EPA to field promising tecknologies.

CONTACT
For more information, or, if you would like to provide
input on tecknology needs, please contact:

        Dan Powell
        U.S. EPA,  Tecknology Innovation Office
        (703) 603-7196
        FAX 603-9135
        e-mail: powell.dan@epa.gov

Information will r>e  available on-line tkrougk tke Hazard-
ous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) Internet site
at:
     http://clu-in.org

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