United States
                             Environmental Protection
                             Agency
                             EPA/600/M-88/019
      Center for Environmental Research
      Information
      Cincinnati OH 45268 	      Q05R88111
     September 1988
                                    ECHNOLOGY
                                          RANSFER
                    The Bridge Between
                    Research and Use
New Technology Transfer Publications

Manual:  Constructed Wetlands and Aquatic Plant
Systems for Municipal Wastewater Treatment (#1022)
    This new publication is being made available on site to
attendees of the 61 st Annual Conference and Exposition of the
Water Pollution Control  Federation in Dallas, Texas,  October
2-6,  1988. It compiles  all  available design  and operating
criteria for the various  systems and includes the following
sections:
    • Aquatic Treatment Systems
    • Environmental and Health Considerations
    • Design of Constructed Wetlands
    • Design of Aquatic  Plant Systems
    • Case Studies and  Design Examples
    These systems include natural and constructed wetlands,
ponds, raceways and other structures that  are  based on
combinations of aquatic plants and animals. Interest in aquatic
treatment systems  for wastewater can  be attributed to four
basic factors:
 1. Public demands for more stringent wastewater effluent
    standards, including removal  of nutrients  and  trace
    contaminants as well as organic and suspended matter;
 2. Rapidly escalating costs  of construction and operation
    associated with conventional treatment facilities;
 3. Recognition of  the natural treatment functions of aquatic
    plant systems and wetlands, particularly as nutrient sinks
    and buffering zones; and
 4. In the case of wetlands, emerging or renewed  application
    of aesthetic, wildlife, and other incidental environmental
    benefits  associated  with the  preservation  and
    enhancement of wetlands.
Manual: Waste Minimization Opportunity Assessment
(#7003)
    This new publication has been developed to assist waste
generators in meeting current demands to reduce waste. Basic
information is  provided in developing a waste minimization
audit program,  with  most  of the material focused to assist
manufacturing facilities. However the generic approach utilized
in this manual is presented so that much of this subject matter
is applicable to other  segments of industry, government or
business.

    The manual is to be used  as a source  of concepts and
ideas. It begins with  definitions of terms used  in waste
minimization practices.  This is followed by brief discussions of
incentives for  waste  minimization  and  economic
considerations.
    Five phases of a waste minimization  audit  program are
outlined in this manual:

    • Planning and organization
    • Information gathering
    • Work minimization audits
    • Feasibility analysis
    • Program implementation

    Waste minimization audit procedures incorporated in the
manual are intended to  motivate the user to search,  screen
and put into practice measures  involving  administrative,
material, or technology changes that result in decreased waste
generation.

    Waste Minimization action  is  a policy  specifically
mandated by the  U.S. Congress in  its Hazardous and Solid
Waste  Amendments of  1984 to  RCRA,  and with the
unprecedented increase in  cost of waste management,  a
heightened general interest  in waste minimization is now  at
hand.  Additional contributing  factors to  interest in  waste
minimization is the desire on the part of generators, to reduce
their environmental impairment liabilities under the provisions
of CERCLA (Superfund).


Future Technology Transfer Meetings

Seminar  Series:  Leak  Detection  Methods  for
Underground Storage Tanks
    Four seminars will  be  held this Fall to acquaint the
environmental technical community with methods for detecting
leaks from underground  storage tanks (USTs). The seminars
will be presented in the following locations:

    San  Francisco, CA - September 12-13,  1988
    King of Prussia, PA - September 26-27,  1988
    Atlanta, GA -  October 27-28, 1988
    Rosemont, IL  - November 29-30, 1988

    The  purpose of these  seminars is to present results  of
EPA's research effort to determine the performance of UST
leak  detection methods. The seminar  sessions will  be
presented by  those who  have been involved  in this research.
With information from these sessions, attendees will be better
equipped to  select and integrate  tests  and thus help
manufacturers improve their procedures and equipment.

    EPA's Office of Research and Development is providing
this information through studies  conducted by  its Risk
Reduction Engineering Laboratory in Edison,  NJ and the
Environmental Monitoring Systems  Laboratory in Las Vegas,
NV.

    These two-day seminars are designed for manufacturers
of leak detection equipment and instruments, environmental
consultants  who  must  choose  which tests to  use,  and

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contractors who perform leak detection tests. The agenda will
cover internal and external tank testing methods, as follows:

    Part I: Overview of LIST Leak Detection

    Part II: Internal Tank Leak Detection Methods
    • Performance of UST Leak Detection Methods
    • Evaluation Methodology
    • Volumetric Tank Testing
    • Line Leak Detection
    • Automatic Tank Gauging Systems
    • Selection of  In-Tank Detection Option

    Part III: External Tank Leak Detection (second day)
    • Background
    • Site Assessment/Risk Assessment
    • Groundwater Monitoring
    • Vapor Monitoring
    • Setting Alarm Levels

    Part IV: Integrating Internal and External Methods
    • Deciding on a Monitoring Strategy
    • Panel Discussion

    There is  no fee for attending these  seminars.  For
registration information contact Ursula S. Thomas at JACA
Corp., Fort Washington, PA (215) 643-5466.  For additional
program  information contact: Carol Grove,  USEPA-CERI, 26
W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268.


Seminar Series: Field Evaluations   of Municipal
Wastewater Treatment Technologies
    Five  two-day seminars will  be  conducted, presenting
advances in municipal wastewater treatment. Advances in
municipal wastewater treatment technology continue to
develop at a dramatic pace, with several hundred Innovative
and  Alternative (I/A) projects now  in  operation across the
country.  Many  studies have been  undertaken by the U.S.
Environmental  Protection Agency to ascertain actual field-
scale  performance and capital and O&M  costs  of I/A
technologies, as well as to document problems encountered
with their design,  construction,  and operation.  Specifically,
this seminar series will:

  • Provide actual full-scale operating data to improve the
    data  base  of design engineers  and their  client
    municipalities  in properly  considering  alternative
    municipal  wastewater collection  and treatment  systems
    and  in  performing accurate cost-effective analyses of
    these alternatives. This will  increase the probability of
    optimum system choice.
  • Identify problem technologies that have not performed as
    anticipated,  necessitating   modification   and/or
    replacement (M/R) actions.  The performance,  design,
    and operation of these technologies will be discussed.

    This  seminar series  will present information on several
new technologies not  covered in previous  seminars, as well
as newly developed design, performance, and operating  data
on some  technologies that were. The  information presented
will be of major benefit to those involved  in the evaluation,
design, and/or approval  of  municipal wastewater systems,
especially I/A technology applications.
    Specific technologies to be addressed  include:  sulfide
corrosion of sewers,  rainfall-induced  infiltration,  exfiltration,
intrachannel clarifiers,  draft tube  aeration, constructed
wetlands,  UV disinfection, in-vessel composting,  low-
energy incineration.

    The seminars will be presented in the following locations:
    Schenectady, NY -  December  7-8, 1988
    Charlotte, NC - January 9-10,  1989
    Chicago,  IL - January  12-13, 1989
    Spokane, WA - January 23-24, 1989
    San Francisco, CA - January 26-27,  1989

    There is no registration fee. Additional information can be
obtained by contacting: Denis Lussier, USEPA-CERI, 26 W.
Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268.

Workshop  Series:  Bioremediation  of Hazardous
Waste Sites
    A series of two-day workshops  is  being developed to an
in-depth look at assessing the viability of biosystems for the
treatment  of  hazardous wastes and  implementating onsite
remediation. These workshops will focus on:

  • identification  of the necessary  site  or  waste
    characteristics to utilize  biological treatment
  • evaluation of the role of treatability tests in assessing
    performance
  • application of appropriate  reactor design and/or  in-situ
    treatment
  • evaluation of  pre- and  post-biotreatment operations
    and life-cycle  design.
    These workshops will be offered  in early 1989,  in  8-10
major industrial areas. There is no registration fee. For further
information contact Fran Kremer, USEPA-CERI 26 W.  Martin
Luther King Drive. Cincinnati, Ohio 45268.

Workshop  Series:  Emerging  Technologies   for
Upgrading Existing  or Designing  New Drinking
Water Treatment Facilities
    These  2-1/2  day  workshops  are  sponsored  and
organized by a local  section  of the American Water Works
Association (AWWA) and EPA's Regional  Offices, as well as
Offices of  Drinking  Water and Research  and Development.
The workshops will present technical information on proven
technologies  to  encourage their  use  in  either  plans for
process modification or new construction. Removal processes
for lead,  radon, volatile  organics,  synthetic organics  and
disinfection byproducts are discussed along with filtration,
disinfection and corrosion control technologies.
    These sessions are primarily intended for regional,  state
and local  drinking water regulatory personnel who approve
plans for the construction of new or the upgrading of existing
drinking water treatment  facilities.  Consulting engineers and
drinking water treatment equipment manufacturers will also
find these workshops helpful.

    Workshops have  to date been held in Philadelphia, PA,
St. Louis,  MO,  Tallahassee,  FL,  San  Francisco, CA,  and
Spokane,  WA. Future workshop dates  and locations are as
follows:
     Boston, MA -  November 1-2, 1988
     Chicago, IL - November, 1988
     Dallas, TX - February, 1989
    There is no registration fee  Additional information can be
obtained  by contacting.  Jim  Smith,  USEPA-CERI, 26 W.
Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268.

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Workshop Series: Waste Minimization

    A series  of  five two-day workshops  on the topic  of
waste minimization in industry is  being  developed. These
workshops will focus on audit, management, and engineering
applications for  waste  minimization  and  reduction
opportunities in several key  industries.

    A substantial  part of  the workshop  program will be
devoted to industry-specific sessions that will be conducted
simultaneously to allow attendees to participate in the session
of  their interest.  Case studies of  successful application  of
waste minimization will also be  presented.  In  addition,
attendees will have the opportuniuty  for direct problem
solving of hypothetical waste minimization situations

    Tentative plans  are  to  hold  workshops  in Atlanta,
Baltimore, Chicago, Houston,  and Seattle. Individuals on the
mailing  list to receive this  Newsletter will receive a copy  of
the announcement for this  workshop series when  it  is
completed. The announcement will contain a final agenda,
dates, and locations for the  workshops

    There will be no registration fee for these  workshops.
Additional information on the  contents of the  workshops can
be obtained  by  contacting  Doug Williams, USEPA-CERI, 26
W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268.
Seminars   on   "Corrective   Action
Technologies and Applications" Completed

    The fifth in this series of seminars was held in Los Angles
on  June 14-15,  1988 at the Westin  Bonaventure Hotel.
These  Seminars  provided  information  on alternative
technologies for  implementing corrective measures when
RCRA/CERCLA cleanup activities are required.
    The seminars covered  the basic  screening methods for
evaluating suitable technologies along with  examples  of
successful applications in the field. Specific topics included
polluntant  containment,  preinvestigative measures, chemical
detoxification methods,  biological treatment, thermal
treatment,  solidification/stablization  of wastes,  and
management issues for successfully implementing corrective
measures. These topics also dealt with interim as well  as long
term  management and  technology  application  issues
involving corrective measure implementation.
    Work  is underway  to  produce a Technology Transfer
Seminar Publication that will be available in early 1989.


Workshop   on     "Drinking    Water
Contamination" Completed

    The fourteenth in this series of workshops was held at the
Hilton Inn in Valley  Forge/King of Prussia, Pennsylvania,
August 22-24,  1988.  These workshops were designed with
input  from  States and  USEPA Regional  representatives to
address  their specific  program  needs for responding
effectively to drinking water  contamination incidents when
they occur. They were  also designed to  provide consistent
processes for  officials involved in  managing drinking water
contamination incidents nationwide.
    Topics included health  effects of contaminants, analytical
methods, and best available treatment technologies for three
major classes of  chemicals: volatile organics, inorganics and
pesticides. Current regulatory initiatives were discussed, and
an overview of  USEPA's  Office of Drinking Water  Health
Advisory Program was given.
    Each workshop attendee had an opportunity to take part
in  hands on case  studies designed  to  demonstrate risk
assessment and  risk management  procedures for specific
chemicals of concern (i.e, aldicarb, TCE and vinyl chloride).
Methods of risk communication were also examined.

    Speakers were from EPA's Office of Drinking  Water,
Office of Research and Development and regional  offices,
state and local offices, and consulting organizations.

    Work is underway to produce  a Technology Transfer
Seminar Publication that will be  available this Fall. Additional
information can  be obtained  by contacting  Jim  Smith,
USEPA-CERI, 26 W. Martin  Luther King Drive,  Cincinnati,
Ohio 45268.


AWWA National Meeting and Convention

    The EPA Offices of Research  and Development (ORD)
and Drinking Water  (ODW) cooperated in an exhibit at the
June  19-23,  1988  American  Water Works  Association
National Meeting in  Orlando,  Florida. Approximately 11,000
state  and  utility  personnel  along  with consultants,
manufacturers and academicians registered for this meeting.

    As part of the exhibit,  ORD demonstrated the Integrated
Risk Management System (IRIS).  IRIS is  an  electronic data
base containing health risk and EPA regulatory information on
specific  chemicals. It  was  developed  for EPA  staff  in
response to  the growing  demand  for consistent risk
information  on chemical substances for use  in  decision-
making and regulatory activities. IRIS  is accessible to  state
and local environmental health agencies. It  is available to
libraries,  private  citizens and other organizations through
Dialcom, Inc. Electronic Mail telecommunications system.

    Also, as part of the exhibit, ORD displayed  and made
available  to  participants the  following publications that are
pertinent to  the Agency's Drinking Water Program. These
publications can be  ordered free of charge  (while in stock)
from:

    ORD Publications
    Center for Environmental Research Information
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
    Cincinnati, OH 45268
 • A Study of Possible  Economical  Ways of  Removing
    Radium from  Drinking  Water,  Project  Summary,
    EPA/600/S2-88-009,  April  1988.

 • Statistical Models  for  Water  Main Failures,  Project
    Summary,  EPA/600/S5-87/003, January  1988.

 • Nitrate  Removal from  Contaminated Water  Supplies:
    Volume II,  Project  Summary,  EPA/600/S2-87/034,
    August 1987.

 • Removal of Uranium  from  Drinking  Water by  Ion
    Exchange and Chemical  Clarification, Project Summary,
    EPA/600/S2-87/076, December  1987.

 • Limestone Bed  Contactors for  Control  of  Corrosion at
    Small Water Utilities, Project  Summary,  EPA/600/S2-
    86/099, February 1987.

 • Treatment Alternatives  for  Controlling  Chlorinated
    Organic  Contaminants  in Drinking  Water,  Project
    Summary,  EPA/600/S2-87/011, April  1987.

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 •  USEPA Manual of Methods  for  Virology,  EPA/600/4-
    84/013.
 •  Health Effects  Assessment Documents,  Project
    Summary, EPA/540/S1-86/059, March  1986.
 •  Low-Cost/Low-Technology  Aeration  Techniques  for
    Removing Radon from  Drinking  Water, Research Brief,
    EPA/600/M-87/031.
 •  Relationships Between  Water Quality and Corrosion of
    Plumbing Materials  in  Buildings,  Project  Summary,
    EPA/600/S2-87/036.
 •  ORD Publications Announcement.
The  SITE   Program   and   Information
Clearinghouse  -  Update

    In 1986, EPA's Offices of Solid  Waste and Emergency
Response and Research and Development established the
Superfund  Innovative  Technology  Evaluation  or SITE
program.  The purpose is to assist technology developers in
the evaluation of new and innovative treatment, measurement,
and monitoring technologies. Through treatment technology
demonstrations,  the SITE program seeks  to encourage the
use of alternative or innovative  treatment technologies at
Superfund and other hazardous waste sites to achieve more
permanent protection of human health and the environment.

    Under the  program, EPA  jointly conducts  full-scale
technology  demonstration and evaluation project  with  a
developer at a Superfund site.  The developer demonstrates
the technology, while EPA evaluates  the performance of the
technology, its  reliability  and  costs. In  addition, EPA is
assisting private  industry  in developing emerging
technologies  from the  conceptual  stage to pilot-scale
demonstration through cost-sharing agreements.

    EPA  will  document  the SITE demonstration  results in
reports to be made  available to Federal,  State and private
cleanup managers and other interested parties. Recognizing
that access  to  this, and other treatment information, is
essential to the acceptance  and use of alternative
technologies,  the  SITE  program developed an Information
Clearinghouse  to collect,  synthesize  and  disseminate
technology  performance  data. The clearinghouse  has three
components:
  • A hotline provides  callers  with  up-to-date information
    on SITE  projects,  demonstration schedules and the
    availability of the results, and also refers callers to other
    sources of  information.  The number is  800-424-9346
    or (FTS) 382-3000 in Washington, DC.

  • An  electronic  bulletin board, part of a  planned
    computerized database network, provides  summary
    information  on the SITE  projects, demonstration
    schedules and results. Since we are in the pilot phase,
    this bulletin board is currently only  available to  Federal
    and  State hazardous waste cleanup  personnel These
    personnel may contact Jim Cummings, EPA's Office of
    Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 202-382-4686
    (FTS 382-4506), for information on joining the  electronic
    bulletin board.

  • A collection of reports, journals and other documents is
    housed in the EPA Library's Hazardous Waste Collection.
    This  collection is available at EPA Headquarters and is
    accessible using onsite personal computers at EPA's 10
    regional  office and  five  laboratory libraries.  SITE
    documents will be added as they become available.
    EPA envisions expanding this Information Clearinghouse
to include data generated by other EPA programs. For more
information on the clearinghouse,  contact  the hotline at 800-
424-9346 or  (FTS) 382-3000  in  Washington,  DC. Several
reports will be available shortly from  the SITE program. A
final report on the Peak Oil demonstration in Brandon, Florida,
will  be available  this fall, along  with  a  project  summary
containing pertinent results and performance data.


The   Superfund   Innovative  Technology
Evaluation  Program,  Progress  and
Accomplishments  - A Report  to Congress
    EPA is required to submit a report to Congress annually
on the progress and results of the SITE program. This Report
presents the  accomplishments  during  FY 1987  and through
January 30,  1988.  During  this period a  demonstration
program,  measurement  and  monitoring   techniques
development program, and technology  transfer program were
developed.
    The primary  focus  has  been on  the  demonstration
program where  the  major objective is  to develop  reliable
performance and  cost information on innovative technologies
so they can be considered in Superfund decision making. At
the close of  FY 1987, 20 developers  had been selected to
participate in the program, ten from each of two solicitation
cycles. This  Report (NTIS No. PB 88-237 482) is available
from:

    National Technical Information Service
    5285 Port Royal Road
    Springfield, VA22161
    (703) 487-4650

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Recent ORD and OSWER Hazardous Waste
Publications

   The following  list includes  some recent ORD and
OSWER technical publications pertaining to hazardous waste
treatment and control. You can order these publications from
the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port
Royal  Rd.,  Springfield, VA 22161 (703) 487-4650. The NTIS
ordering number is included.

Technical  Resource  Document:  Treatment
Technologies for Halogenated Organic  Containing
Wastes -  Volumel
NTIS  PB88-131271  $38.95

Technical  Resource  Document:  Treatment
Technologies for  Corrosive-Containing  Wastes  -
Volume 2
NTIS  PB88-131289  $38.95

Technical Resource Document: Treatment for Metal
Cyanide-Containing Wastes  -  Volume  3
NTIS  PB88-143896  $5695

Compendium of Costs of Remedial Technologies at
Hazardous Waste Sites
NTIS  PB88-113477  $25.95

Manual of Procedures and Criteria  for  Inspecting
the Installation  of Flexible  Membrane  Liners  in
Hazardous Waste Facilities
NTIS  PB88-131313  $19.95

Hazardous  Waste  Combustion in Industrial
Processes: Cement and Lime Kilns
NTIS  PB88-126412  $14.95

Report  on  Decontamination of  PCB-Bearing
Wastes
NTIS  PB88-113220  $14.95

Nondestructive  Testing (NOT)  Techniques to Detect
Contained Subsurface Hazardous Wastes
NTIS  PB88-102405  $14.95

Method for Estimating Fugitive Paniculate Emissions
from  Hazardous Waste Sites
NTIS  PB87-232203  $19.95

Development of Chemical Compatibility Criteria for
Assessing Flexible Membrane Liners
NTIS  PB87-227310  $44.95

Reference  Manual  of  Countermeasures for
Hazardous Substance  Releases
NTIS  PB87-232252  $25.95

Geosynthetic Design Guidance for  Hazardous Waste
Landfill Cells and Surface Impoundments
NTIS  PB88-131263  $25.95

Superfund Remedial  Design and  Remedial Action
Guidance
NTIS  PB88-107529  $1995
Sensitivity Analysis for Application of the Inhalation
Exposure Methodology  (IEM)  to  Studies  of
Hazardous Waste Management Facilities
NTIS PB87-232641  $19.95

Role of Acute Toxicity Bioassays  in the Remedial
Action Process at Hazardous Waste Sites
NTIS PB88-125430  $19.95

Hazardous Waste Bibiliography
NTIS PB88-142476  $12.95

Superfund Risk Assessment Information Directory
NTIS PB87-188918  $1995

Superfund Public Health Evaluation Manual
NTIS PB87-183125  $19.95

Data Quality Objectives  for  Remedial  Response
Activities:
Development Process NTIS PB88-131370 $19.95
Example Scenario  NTIS PB88-131388 $19.95

U.S.  Production  of  Manufactured  Gases:
Assessment of Past Disposal Practices
    Former sites of gas manufacture present problems for
remediation and reuse of the sites. In some cases, polluted
groundwater and surface waters are near the sites. This study
examines  the history  of the  manufactured-gas industry in
the  U.S., its production processes,  disposal trends, waste
toxicity, methods of  site investigation, and the current status
of manufactured-gas sites. Case studies were prepared for
six  former gas-manufacturing  sites,  two by-product tar
utilization facilities,  a creosotmg  plant and  a coal tar
processor.  The  report  is intended  as  a guide for those
examining and evaluating manufactured-gas sites for either
environmental risks  or possible remediation  NTIS  PB88-
165790 $38.95.

Waste  Minimization Audit Report:  Case  Studies of
Minimization  of Solvent  Wastes and Electroplating
Wastes at a DOD  Installation
    The U.S EPA's Office of Research and Development is
supporting  the development and evaluation of a  model
hazardous waste minimization audit (WMA) procedure. It uses
the  EPA hierarchy of waste minimization (WM) options, with
source reduction being more desirable and recycle/reuse less
desirable.  Treatment options,  although  not considered WM,
are evaluated if neither of the former  alternatives is available.
The WMA program  has concentrated on ORD's top priority
RCRA  K  and  F waste list  Audits were conducted  at
generators  of K071  and K106  wastes,  K048-K052  wastes,
F002-F004 wastes and F006 wastes.
    This WMA was carried out at a DOD installation The
audit was  aimed at  developing WM options for  F002, F004,
and F006 wastes  For their electroplating facility,  three source
reduction  options and  two recycle/reuse options were
developed  for  cadmium/cyanide wastes and  two  source
reduction  options for  chromium wastes. Implementation of
these options could result in EPA delistmg of the  F006 wastes
with a payback period from 4 to 21 months, depending on the
choice of options. Savings in F006 waste disposal costs could
amount to $120,000, annually  For their  paint stripping
solvent  facilities, the WMA resulted in two source reduction

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options yielding a payback from 6 to 8 months,  with savings
in waste  solvent disposal costs of  $53,000, annually  NTIS
PB88-166780 $14.95.

Waste Minimization Audit Report: Case  Studies of
Minimization  of  Mercury-Bearing  Wastes  at  a
Mercury Cell Chloralkali Plant
    This WMA was carried out at two mercury cell chloralkali
plants. These audits were aimed at developing  WM options
for  K071  and K106 wastes generated at these plants. The
mercury  level  in  the high-volume  K071  waste  (brine
treatment sludge) was too low to permit economical recovery
and recycle  However, retorting of the K106 waste (mercury-
bearing wastewater treatment sludge)  for mercury recovery
and  recycle is  technically  feasible.  Six source  reduction
options for the K071  wastes were studied but only one was
technically and/or economically feasible. This option was the
replacement of mercury cells with the  newer membrane cell
which is highly capital intensive ($20 million). Two treatment
options were considered for the  K071  wastes  with  their
implementation resulting in delisting  of the waste, a savings in
disposal  costs ranging from $325,000 to $380,000,  and a
payback  period  ranging from 2 to 2 3 years.  NTIS PB88-
166798 $1995.

Waste  Minimization in  the Printed  Circuit Board
Industry: Case Studies
    The effectiveness of various waste minimization practices
or  technologies in  the  printed   circuit   board  and
semiconductor manufacturing industries was evaluated  The
most significant waste streams in these industries are waste
halogenated solvents and metal bearing sludges This report
presents  the findings of case  studies conducted  at five
printed  circuit  board  manufacturing facilities  and  one
commercial  treatment/recovery  facility. Two case studies
focus on  the recovery of spent halogenated solvents and the
remaining four cases discuss  the recovery  or  reduction of
metal plating and etching  process wastes. Technologies
discussed  include  ultrafiltration,  solvent  distillat-
ion/fractionation, electrolysis,  as  well as  reduction  and
precipitation  NTIS PB88-161575 $19.95.

Factors  in  Assessing the Compatibility of FMLs and
Waste Liquids
    This  project examined various factors in the  compatibility
of flexible membrane liners (FMLs) with waste liquids and
other hazardous substances encountered at waste  storage
and disposal facilities.  Factors  examined included the
swelling  of  FMLs  and other FML-related  compositions in
organics, calculation of the solubility parameters of these
compositions, distribution  of  organics  between aqueous
solutions (e.g. leachates  and FMLs),  and variables  in EPA
Method 9090 compatibility testing of FMLs and waste liquids.
NTIS PB88-173372 $19.95.

Treatment Potential  for 56  EPA Listed  Hazardous
Chemicals in Soil
     This report  provides  a quantitative evaluation  of the
treatment potential  in  soil for 56  hazardous chemicals,
including  PAHs,  pesticides, chlorinated hydrocarbons.and
miscellaneous chemicals.  Results of the fate and transport
predictions of two mathematical models (RITZ and VIP) were
compared with laboratory and  literature results in order to
evaluate the  ability  of  the models to  predict  chemical
behavior in  a soil system. NTIS PB88-174446 $1995.
Superfund Remedial Design and  Remedial Action
Guidance
    This document provides assistance to EPA, states, Army
Corps of Engineers, and private parties who plan, administer
and manage remedial design and remedial action projects, to
assure  the projects  are  performed consistently  and
expeditiously. The  document has been  organized  to reflect
the general sequence of events that occurs prior to, during
and after remedial design and remedial action at a Superfund
site  NTIS  PB88-107529 $1895.

Field Studies of In Situ Soil Washing
    The U S EPA and Air  Force  conducted a  research
program demonstrating  the removal of hydrocarbons from a
sandy soil utilizing in situ soil washing  A 50/50 blend of two
commercially available surfactants  was  used  to  treat
compounds  with soil adsorption constants (K) between  10
and  1,000,000   Contaminants  included  dichloromethane,
chloroform,  1,1,1-trichloroethane,  trichloroethylene, as well
as aromatics Results of the studies showed that the aqueous
surfactant  solutions were not measurably effective.  It is  likely
that this same ineffectiveness would occur at  other chronic
spill  sites  with  contaminants  possessing  high soil sorption
values i e , K > 1,000 Finally, use of in situ soil washing would
require treatment of  the groundwater.  NTIS PB88-146808
$14.95.

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                              REQUEST FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MATERIAL
 PROCESS DESIGN MANUALS
 Phosphorus Removal (Sept. 1987)	     1001 Q
 Sludge Treatment and Disposal (Oct  1979)	    1011 Q
 Onsite Wastewater Treatment and  Disposal Systems (Oct 1980)   1012 Q
 Land Treatment of Municpal Waste water (Oct 1981)   	    1013 Q
 Supplement for Land Treatment of Municipal
    Wastewater (Oct 1984)     	   1013a Q
 Dewatenng Municipal Wastewater Sludges (Sept. 1987)    .  .   1014 Q
 Municipal Wastewater Stabilization Ponds (Oct. 1983)	   1015 Q
 Land Application of  Municipal Sludge (Oct. 1983)  	    1016 Q
 Electrostatic Precipitator Operation and Maintenance (Sept. 1985) 1017 Q
 Odor and Corrosion  Control in Sanitary Sewerage Systems
    and Treatment Plants (Oct. 1985)  	   1018 O
 Lime/Limestone FGD Inspection and Performance
    Evaluation Manual (Oct. 1985)	   1019 Q
 Fabric Filter Operation and Maintenance (June 1986)    .       1020 Q
 Municipal Wastewater Disinfection  (Oct 1986)    	    1021 Q
• Constructed Wetlands and Aquatic Plant Systems for
    Municipal Wastewater Treatment (Oct. 1988)	    1022 Q

 TECHNICAL  CAPSULE  REPORTS
 First Progress Report: Wellman-Lord SO2 Recovery Process
    - Flue Gas Desulfurization Plant   .      	      2011 Q
 Recovery of Spent Sulfuric Acid from Steel Pickling Operations    2017 Q
 Fourth Progress Report: Forced-Oxidation Test Results at the
    EPA Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility    	2018 Q
 Paniculate Control by Fabric Filtration on Coal-Fired Industrial
    Boilers	      2021 n
 Banco Flue Gas Desulfurization and Paniculate Removal System   2022 Q
 First Progress Report  Physical Coal Cleaning Demonstration at
    Homer City. PA	          2023 O
 Acoustic Monitoring to Determine the Integrity of Hazardous
    Waste Dams      	      2024 £]
 Disposal of Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastes  Shawnee Field
    Evaluation	      .  .          2028 O
 Adipic Acid-Enhanced Lime/Limestone Test Results at the
    EPA Alkali Scrubbing Test Facility	    2029 Q
 Benefits of Microprocessor Control  of Curing Ovens for
    Solvent Based Castings     	     .  .   2031 Q

 SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
 Composting of Municipal Wastewater Sludges    .            4014 Q
 Municipal Wastewater Sludge Combustion Technology    .  .  .   4015Q
 Permitting Hazardous Waste Incinerators     	       4017 Q
 Meeting Hazardous  Waste Requirements for Metal Finishers  .    4018 Q

 BROCHURES
 Environmental Pollution Control Alternatives Reducing Water
    Pollution Control Costs in the Electroplating Industry         5016 Q
 Environmental Pollution Control Alternatives. Centralized Waste
    Treatment Alternatives (or the Electroplating Industry         5017 Q
 Environmental Pollution Control Alternatives Sludge Handling,
    Dewatenng, and Disposal Alternatives for the Metal
    Finishing Industry	       	      .   5018 Q
 Nitrogen Oxide Control for Stationary Combustion Sources       5020 Q
 User's Guide. Emission Control Technologies and Emission Factors
    for Unpaved Road Fugitive Emissions     .                5022 Q
 HANDBOOKS
 Industrial Guide for Air Pollution Control (June 1978) .....  6004 Q
 Remedial Action at Waste Disposal Sites (Oct 1985)  .    ...  6006 n
 Identification/Correction of Typical Design Deficiencies at
    Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities (Oct. 1982)  ....  6007 n
 Improving Publicly Owned Treatment Works Performance Using
    the Composite Correction Program Approach (Oct 1984)  .   6008 Q
 Septage Treatment and Disposal (Oct 1984)   .....   6009 O
 Estimating Sludge Management Costs at Municipal Wastewater
    Treatment Facilities (Oct. 1985)  ...........  6010 d
 Permit Writers Guide to Test Burn Data: Hazardous Waste
    Incineration (Sept 1986) ..............  6012 D
 Stream Sampling for Waste Load Allocation Applications
    (Sept. 1986) ....................  6013 G
 Control Technologies for Hazardous Air Pollutants (Sept. 1986)   6014 Q
 Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action
    Technologies (Jan  1987)  .                  .          6015 G
 Ground Water (March 1 987)                  ..   .    .   601 6 D
 Retrofitting POTWs for Phosphorus Removal in the
    Chesapeake Bay Drainage Area (Sept  1987)  .        .     6017 Q

 INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
 CONTROL MANUAL
• Waste Minimization Opportunity  Assessment (July 1988)      .  7003 G

 SUMMARY REPORTS
 Control and Treatment Technology for the Metal Finishing
    Industry Series  Sulfide Precipitation   .         . .        8003 Q
 Sulfur Oxides Control Technology Series FGD Dual Alkali
    Process    .                                        8004 G
 Sulfur Oxides Control Technology Series FGD Lime/Limestone
    Processes      ...                       .     8006 Q
 Control and Treatment Technology for the Metal Finishing
    Industry Series  Ion Exchange              .   .      .   8007 G
 Control and Treatment Technology for the Metal Finishing
    Industry Series  In-Plant Changes         .              8008 Q
 Sulfur Oxides Control Technology Series FGD Spray Dryer
    Process       ...         .        .     .   .          8009 Q
 Fine Pore (Fine Bubble) Aeration Systems                    8010 D
 Technology Assessment of Sequencing Batch Reactors  .     . .  8011 G
 Causes and Control of Activated  Sludge Bulking and Foaming  .  801 2 Q
 Biomonitormg to Achieve  Control of Toxic Effluents     .     .   8013 Q
 A Compendium of Technologies Used in the
    Treatment of Hazardous Wastes     ...             801 4 n

 EXECUTIVE  BRIEFINGS
 Protecting Health and Safety at Hazardous Waste Sites      .
 Injection Well Mechanical Integrity           ...     .

 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND
 TECHNOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
 The Electroplating Industry                       .
 Environmental Regulations and Technology Use and Disposal
    of Municipal Wastewater Sludge
 Fugitive VOC Emissions in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals
    Manufacturing Industry           .
 The National Pretreatment Program
  9006 D
  9007 G
 10001 Q

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                       Future Technology Transfer Meetings
Meeting
Seminar
Seminar
Workshop
Workshop
Workshop
Title
Leak Detection Methods for Underground
Storage Tanks
Field Evaluations of Municipal Wastewater
Treatment Technologies
Bioremediation of Hazardous Wastes Sites
Emerging Technologies for Upgrading
Existing or Designing New Dnnkmg Water
Treatment Facilities
Waste Minimization
Date(s)
September 12-13, 1988
September 26-27, 1988
October 27-28, 1988
November 29-30, 1988
December 7-8, 1988
January 9-10, 1989
January 12-13, 1989
January 23-24, 1989
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November, 1988
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215-643-5466
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