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I Office of Research and Development
| Office of Technology Transfer & Regulatory Support
Update on the Office of Research
and Development's Electronic
Bulletin Board System (ORD
BBS)
The ORD BBS, which currently has over
4,000 registered users, began operation in
Cincinnati in August 1990. It was set up to
improve communication and technology
transfer among EPA staff, state and local
officials and staff, researchers and the private
sector.
There are five conferences on the BBS:
•	Expert Systems - a forum providing support,
distribution, updates, and discussion of
ORD's expert systems. Much software is
supplied by this conference.
•	Biotechnology - a platform for discussion of
biochemical approaches to pollution
control.
•	Water- an outlet for exchanging information
on EPA's Office of Water's regulatory
agenda and ORD's water research activi-
ties. Registration is required.
•	Regional Operations - primarily intended
for EPA Regional Highlights but open to
anyone to further the exchange of technical
support among ORD and the regions.
Registration is also required.
•	Methods Standardization/QA News - a
medium for the exchange of information
from EPA program offices, regions, state
agencies and the private sector on monitor-
ing methods and quality assurance
techniques.
The BBS can be used to send and receive
messages, upload and download bulletins and
files. Recent ORD activities are communicated.
From the main board, bulletin 18 gives the
monthly statistics for the BBS, and bulletin 17 is
a list of other BBSs. Each conference also has
its own bulletins and files. OA NEWS confer-
ence bulletins 3, 4, and 5 are some of the most
popular. File directory 3 from the main board
contains public domain files. Download
"dirlist.zip" for a list of all files available on the
BBS.
At the Main menu you can type S to fill out
script files: Script 1 is an order form for EPA
publications available from CERI, script 2 is not
available at present, and script 3 is a User's
Manual Request Form.
One special feature of the ORD BBS is a
text-searchable database of all ORD publica-
tions produced since 1976 (over 17,500
citations). Each citation contains publication
title, authors, sponsoring organization,
abstract ordering information and much more.
Type "Open 1" from the Main Board to enter
the database. Do your search and type "Q" to
order publications available from CERI.
The ORD BBS is open to all and operates
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There is no
subscription charge. To access the ORD BBS
you will need a computer, modem, phone
line, and a communications program. Set up
your program for 8, N, 1, full duplex, and
either 1200, 2400, or 9600 baud. For calls at
1200 or 2400 baud, use 513-569-7610 (FTS
684-7610).
An X.25 communications network is now
being used for faster (9600 baud) and more
economical communications. For local calls at
9600 baud, call 569-7700 (FTS 684-7700).
Type ORDBBS at the "Enter Systems Choice
>" menu and hit enter. After you see "Wel-
come to the USEPA Cincinnati Network
PAD," type ORDBBS at the "Enter Selection"
menu and hit return. The toll free number for
calls at 1200, 2400, or 9600 baud is 1-800-
258-9605.
Voice support is available from the BBS
SYSOP, Chuck Guion, at 513-569-7272 (FTS
684-7272).
A revised edition (Version 2 - EPA/600/M-
91/050) of the ORD BBS User's Manual is
now available on the ordering form in the
back of this publication.
Software
Introducing SWAMI, the
Strategic WAste Minimization
Initiative Guide
(A User's Guide and Software Tool for
Identifying Pollution Prevention
Opportunities - EPA/625/11-91/004)
The Strategic WAste Minimization Initiative
(SWAMI) Software Program, Version 2.0, is a
user-friendly computer tool for enhancing
process analysis techniques to identify waste
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minimization opportunities within an
industrial setting.
The user audience for the software
program includes: industrial waste
generators (primary manufacturers,
assemblers and finishers and distributors);
federal and state agencies providing
pollution prevention assistance, regional
permit writers and regulatory staff; local
city and county assistance organizations
involved in promoting waste reduction and
pollution prevention at the source; educa-
tors in engineering institutions; and
consultants.
Congress, the USEPA, and industry are
striving to achieve national goals of waste
reduction at the source by preventing the
release of pollutants through initiatives like
the Industrial Toxics Project (ITP) and
Toxic Reduction Inventory Data (TRI).
These programs encourage industry,
through voluntary efforts, to reduce the
amount of pollutants being generated and
released during production and manufac-
turing operations. By implementing waste
reduction measures at the source,
industries are also realizing there are
financial rewards to be gained by reducing
the amount of waste generated as
opposed to paying for treatment, storage,
and disposal of hazard pollutants.
In 1988, EPA published the "Waste
Minimization Opportunity Assessment
Manual," EPA/625/7-88/003, to help
manufacturers establish an "in plant" waste
minimization program. Several Technology
Transfer workshops were conducted
during 1989 to further promote the waste
minimization concept. SWAM I Version 1.1
was field tested during that same period.
This software program augments the
Waste Minimization Opportunity Assess-
ment Manual, and together they provide
supporting tools for implementing a
successful waste minimization program in
any manufacturing operation.
Through distribution and network
sharing of several thousand copies of the
SWAM I Version 1.1 software nationally
and internationally, many valuable
comments were received and recommen-
dations incorporated in the upgraded
SWAMI Version 2.0 program.
This software program assists the user
in:
•	Simplifying the highly complex task of
process analysis of hazardous materials
use, identification, and tracking.
•	Storing process information for any
future reassessment and evaluation of
pollution prevention opportunities due to
changes in process design.
•	Simulating the effect of waste stream
analysis based on process changes in
promoting pollution prevention alterna-
tives.
•	Developing mass balance calculations
for the entire process and for unit
operations by total mass, individual
chemical compounds, and specific
chemical elements.
•	Performing cost benefit studies for one
or more feasible waste reduction or
pollution prevention solutions.
•	Prioritizing opportunity points by cost of
treatment and disposal or volume of
hazardous waste generated.
•	Developing flow diagrams of material
inputs, process sequencing, and waste
output streams.
•	Identifying pollution prevention strate-
gies and concepts.
•	Consolidating pollution prevention and
waste information reports for in-house
use and meeting pollution prevention
and toxic material inventory report
requirements.
•	Interfacing with other EPA pollution
prevention tools including the "Waste
Minimization Opportunity Assessment
Manual," the Pollution Prevention
Information Clearinghouse On-Line
Bulletin Board (PPIC), and the Pollution
Prevention Economic Software Program.
A user's guide accompanies the
software and provides the necessary
documentation and a step-by-step sample
session for illustrating the features of the
software program. The software requires
user-supplied information for process
definition, as well as material inputs and
products for each unit operation and
outputs associated with waste streams.
SWAMI requires a DOS-based IBM
compatible personal computer (80286,
80386, or 80486) with a hard disk and
640K random access memory (RAM). A
user support program is available for the
program. For further information on this
program, contact Doug Williams at 513-
569-7361.
Municipal Solid Waste
Options Software
This user-friendly software system has
been developed for small community solid
waste planners, who have a limited
technical background, to understand the
advantages and disadvantages of the
major resource recovery options for
diverting municipal solid wastes from
landfills. The waste management alterna-
tives in this program include material
recovery facilities, composting, en6?$
recovery, and incineration. The user car^
evaluate and compare several waste 1
management options consisting of diff^
combinations of these alternatives in terffll
of relative capital and operation costs,
amount of waste diversion, and institu-
tional concerns. The user can enter as little
or as much data as desired regarding their
community since default values are
provided. This program is intended to
supplement technical information available
in the Office of Solid Waste's Decision
Guidance Manual for Solid Waste. Costs
and diversion figures calculated by this
program should be considered in relative
rather than absolute terms.
This software can be obtained in one of
two ways:
1.	Download the file called SWOP.ZIP
from the ORD Electronic Bulletin
Board System (see the article on the
front page for information on access-
ing the ORD BBS)
2.	Send a blank, high density (5.25" or
3.5") floppy diskette to:
USEPA/CERI
Software Distribution Center
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
ATTN: SWOP
New Technology Transfer
Publications
[use form in back to order]
Handbooks I
Handbook: Stabilization
Technologies for RCRA Corrective
Actions (625/6-91/026)
This Handbook presents an overview of
several technologies that may be evalu-
ated under the RCRA corrective action
stabilization initiative. This initiative's
purpose is to reduce risks at corrective
action sites as soon as possible. The
technologies described were suggested by
an Agency work group involved with
technology implementation.
The Handbook is intended for use by
permit writers and owner/operators
responsible for corrective measure
implementation. It provides an overview
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recovery wells, slurry walls, capping,
flouting, and gas venting. Soils treatment
nologies include solidification, soil
ling, bioremediation, and vacuum
detraction. Two innovative technologies,
hydrofracture and horizontal well drilling,
are presented.
The applications and limitations of each
technology are described. In addition,
evaluation methods are provided for
determining system performance.
Handbook: Remediation of
Contaminated Sediments (625/6-91/
028)
This Handbook provides guidance on
approaches for remediating a site with
contaminated sediments. It covers the
physical and chemical characteristics of
sediments, sediment toxicity assessment
methods, sampling methods, dredging
techniques, pretreatment, treatment
technologies, and disposal options.
The Handbook is intended for the
remedial project manager, permit writer, or
-^suiting engineer involved with a
aminatad sediment problem. It can be
	 n as a guide for preparing investigation
and evaluation work plans. It is estimated
that at least 25% of uncontrolled hazard-
ous waste sites have sediment problems.
The chapters in the Handbook are
sequentially arranged for guidance from
sampling and assessment methods
through dredging and dewatering to
remediation. The limitations and applica-
tions of several technologies including
thermal separation and destruction,
extraction and washing, chemical destruc-
tion, and solidification are presented. Data
from sediment treatability studies for
various technologies are provided. A
chapter on containment options is also
presented.
Handbook: Materials Recovery
Facilities for Municipal Solid Waste
(625/6-91/031)
This Handbook addresses the technical
and economic aspects of material recovery
Jity (MRF) equipment technology.
_sral communities have proposed these
. nems as part of recycling operations
aimed at reducing land disposal of
municipal solid waste. Although the basic
principles of MRFs have been around for
some time, very few facilities have been
operating for any length of time.
This Handbooks intended to be used
by solid waste planners at the community
level. It points out what can be done
technically, what material specifications
can be achieved, and what the different
manual and mechanical separation and
recovery approaches can cost.
This Handbook will enable the commu-
nity planner to understand the basic and
variable MRF operations and to ask
technical questions of vendors or consult-
ing engineers proposing an operation.
Information on performance guarantees,
personnel requirements, and siting
considerations is also provided.
Handbook: Assessment Protocols:
Durability of Performance of a
Home Radon Reduction System
(625/6-91/032)
Increasing evidence exists that the
health risks in houses with significant
levels of radon (above the EPA action level
of 4 pCi/L) may constitute the most serious
indoor air quality problem in the United
States. Radon intrusion is often pictured as
a seasonal phenomenon, with stack effect
and other pressure driven factors influenc-
ing soil gas entry to building substructures.
Several solutions for this problem have
been proposed.
This Handbook contains protocols that
compare the immediate performance of
subslab depressurization (SSD) mitigation
systems with performance months or years
later. These protocols provide a methodol-
ogy to test SSD radon mitigation systems
in situ to determine long-term perfor-
mance of these systems. The results cover
a period of about 3.5 years. Methods used
included occupant interview and various
parametric measures, e.g., radon levels
and pressure differentials. Radon levels in
buildings are the major basis for determin-
ing the durability of the radon reduction
system.
Results of the testing during the
development of these protocols point out
two important findings: (1) occupant
interaction with the mitigation system can
result in elevated radon levels and (2)
most of the SSDs are operating as
designed 3.5 years after installation.
Seminar Publications
Control of Blofllm Growth In
Drinking Water Distribution
Systems (EPA/625/R-92/001)
This seminar publication discusses the
composition of biofilms, factors that favor
their formation, how to recognize a biofilm
problem, biofilm control strategies,
regulatory issues, and resources for
assistance.
Distribution system monitoring and
biofilm control strategies require a thor-
ough understanding of many aspects of
water supply and distribution, as well as
information about water chemistry and
microbiology. When plant personnel have
knowledge of the conditions that allow
microbes to pass into the distribution
systems and the factors that favor micro-
bial growth, they are able to develop a
comprehensive monitoring strategy to
identify trouble spots before problems
arise. This strategy includes monitoring of
not only easy-to-reach outlets but periph-
eral portions of the distribution system. The
program provides a data base from which
to detect changes in bacterial quality and
to determine the sources of the contami-
nation: biofilms, cross connections, or
treatment breakthrough. The biofilm control
plan is not only a remediation plan but a
prevention program as well. Systems that
maintain an adequate treatment residual,
flush the distribution lines regularly, and
practice good pipe maintenance will have
a lower risk of developing a biofilm
problem.
This publication was prepared coopera-
tively by EPA's Offices of Ground Water
and Drinking Water, Technology Transfer
and Regulatory Support, and Environmen-
tal Engineering and Technology Demon-
stration. The publication is of interest to
federal, state and local regulatory officials,
consultants, manufacturers, and drinking
water utility administrators and staff.
Site Characterization for
Subsurface Remediation ( 625/4-91/
026)
Site characterization of contaminated
sites has become an increasingly complex
process as a result of rapid developments
in 1) methods for observing the physical,
chemical, and biological characteristics of
the subsurface and 2) methods for
remediation of soil and ground water.
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soils or ground water early in the site
characterization process can ensure that
data collected are appropriate and possibly
reduce the time it takes to initiate clean-up
efforts.
This publication provides a comprehen-
sive approach to site characterization for
subsurface remediation. An introductory
section, Chapter I, describes a methodol-
ogy for integrating site characterization
with subsurface remediation. The chapter
also provides a guide for quickly and
efficiently accessing information in the rest
of the document for specific remediation
applications through the use of summary
tables, checklists, figures, and flow charts.
The remainder of the publication is
divided into three parts: Part I covers
methods for subsurface characterization,
Part II covers physical and chemical
processes in the subsurface that relate to
the selection of remediation methods, and
Part III covers methods for soil and
ground-water remediation.
Future Technology Transfer
Meetings
Design, Operation and Closure of
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
These two-day seminars will address
landfill design, including siting consider-
ations, liner design and construction, and
leachate collection systems; landfill
operation, including waste identification
and restriction, daily cover material and
run-on/run-off control; gas management;
ground water monitoring, including well
selection and installation, sampling and
analysis, and data management; corrective
action measures, including release
characterization and measures assess-
ment; and facility closure.
This series will provide technical
guidance to those affected by the recently
published RCRA Subtitle D regulations.
The seminar is designed to assist owners
and operators of municipal solid waste
landfills in addressing these new require-
ments. In addition, the technical and
engineering information presented at these
seminars will be very useful to federal and
state regulators and environmental
consultants.
The dates and locations of these
seminars are:
May 11-12,1992 - Omaha, NE
May 14-15,1992 - Dallas, TX
May 18-19, 1992 - New York, NY
May 20-21, 1992 - Boston, MA
June 15-16, 1992- Atlanta, GA
June 18-19, 1992- Nashville, TN
June 22-23, 1992 - Denver, CO
June 25-26,1992- Chicago, IL
July 8-9, 1992 - Honolulu, HI
July 29-30, 1992 - San Juan, PR
Aug. 17-18, 1992 - San Francisco, CA
Aug. 20-21, 1992 - Seattle, WA
Aug. 26-27, 1992 - Philadelphia, PA
For registration information, contact
Heike Milhench at 617-641 -5319. For
content information, contact Dan Murray at
513-569-7522.
Operational Parameters for
Hazardous Waste Combustion
Devices
Facility operators must apply for and
obtain a permit to treat hazardous waste,
whether in a boiler/industrial furnace or an
incinerator. Permit writers must review and
approve/disapprove these applications.
Each of these groups should be familiar
with operational parameters that affect
emissions, as well as with control technol-
ogy to minimize emissions.
This seminar series will include an
overview of regulatory requirements for
both boilers/industrial furnaces and
hazardous waste incinerators, as well as
the operational parameters that determine
compliance.
Exact dates for the seminars have not
been established. The cities in which the
seminars will be held are:
Philadelphia, PA
Dallas, TX
San Francisco, CA
Chicago, IL
Atlanta, GA
If you are interested in attending, please
call Trisha Hasch at 617-641-5321 to be
placed on the mailing list for an announce-
ment.
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Planning tor Rural County and
Local Governments
This seminar series will provide
assistance to rural county and local
government decision makers and their
engineers and planners on the options
available, procedures, and available aids
to evaluate alternative management anjL
technical options. The seminars will
concentrate on practical solid waste
management concepts for rural areas,
including an overview of newly developed
software to assist in the preliminary
assessment of viable alternatives. Four
seminars are tentatively planned. The
exact dates and locations of the seminar
will be determined later.
For information on content, contact
Randy Revetta at 513-569-7358.
Remediation of Radioactive Waste
Sites
This two-day seminar series will
provide an overview of technologies that
treat radioactive waste. Technologies to
be covered include vitrification, solidifica-
tion, grouting, precipitation, and electroki-
netics. In addition, sampling and analytical
techniques, soil characterization methods,
and building decontamination methods
will be discussed. Four seminars will be
held in July and August.
For seminar locations, dates, and
registration, contact John Kirkpatrick i
615-584-9171. For technical content,
contact Ed Barth at 513-569-7669.
Use of Treatability Guidelines in
Selection of Technologies for
Treatment of Hazardous Waste
Sites
Workshops on treatability guidelines to
evaluate technologies will be held early
this summer in Regions 2, 4, 6, and 9.
Topics to be covered include:
•	Soil Washing
•	Solidification/Stabilization
•	Aerobic Biodegradation
•	Soil Vapor Extraction
•	Chemical Dehalogenation
•	Solvent Extraction
•	Thermal Desorption
For registration information, contact
Elaine Brenner at 617-641 -5334. For
technical content, contact Fran Kremer at
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[fljher Meetings
\VA National Moating and
Convention
EPA's Offices of Research and Devel-
opment (ORD) and Groundwater and
Drinking Water (OGWDW) will again
cooperate in an exhibit at the June 18-22,
1992, American Water Works
Association's Annual Conference in
Vancouver, British Columbia. Approxi-
mately 11,000 state and utility personnel
along with consultants, manufacturers and
academicians attend this meeting.
As part of the exhibit, ORD and
OGWDW display and make available to
participants publications pertinent to the
Agency's Drinking Water Program.
Symposium on Bioramediatlon of
Hazardous Wastes: USEPA's
Biosystams Technology
Development Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection
•ficy's Biosystems Technology
^'oDment Program will hold its Annual
Symposium on Bioremediation of Hazard-
ous Wastes on May 5-6, 1992. The
symposium will be held in Chicago, IL, at
the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza. The sympo-
sium will provide a forum for review of
EPA's research, development, and full-
scale applications of bioremediation
projects undertaken in 1991. Presentations
will be on in situ treatment of the subsur-
face and surface and ex situ treatment of
aqueous and gaseous phases and soils.
This year's event will bring together
leading researchers and field personnel in
bioremediation from federal, state, and
local agencies, industry, vendors, contrac-
tors, and academia. Presenters will share
data and recent research through poster
displays and oral presentations on:
•	Site Characterization
•	Performance Evaluation
•	Bioremediation Field Initiative
•	Field Research
•	Pilot-Scale Research
•	Modeling
•	Process Research
There is no registration fee. To register,
call the Registration Hotline at 617-648-
7811. For further information about the
symposium, contact Kristin McCarthy at
617-641-5383.
Fourth Forum on Innovative
Hazardous Waste Treatment
Technologies: Domestic and
International
This three-day conference introduces
and highlights innovative treatment
technologies having actual performance
results. It will also showcase results of
selected international technologies, the
USEPA Superfund Innovative Technology
Evaluation (SITE) program technologies,
the California-Environmental Protection
Agency (CAL-EPA) field demonstration
program, and case studies from those
using innovative-technologies. The overall
objective is to increase the awareness of
the user community of technologies ready
for application at clean-up sites.
The conference will be held November
17-19,1992, at the Westin - St. Francis in
San Francisco, CA. It is sponsored by the
USEPA's Technology Innovation Office
and Risk Reduction Engineering Labora-
tory and the California Environmental
Protection Agency.
For further information, contact:
SAIC
Technology Transfer Department
501 Office Center Drive, Suite 420
Fort Washington, PA 19034
Telephone 215-542-1200
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The National Rural Clean Water Program Symposium
10 Years of Controlling Agricultural Nonpoint
Source Pollution: The RCWP Experience
September 13-17,1992
Orlando, Florida
The results of the experimental Rural Clean Water Program (RCWP) will be presented at the National
RCWP Symposium. The symposium will address both the technical and programmatic aspects of the
RCWP to provide guidance to those developing ongoing and future nonpoint source management programs.
The RCWP is a federally sponsored nonpoint source pollution control program that was initiated in 1980
as an experimental effort to address agricultural nonpoint source pollution problems in watersheds across
the country.
The objectives of the RCWP are to:
•	achieve improved water quality in each project watershed in the most cost-effective manner possible
in keeping with the provision of adequate supplies of food, fiber and a quality environment;
•	assist agricultural land owners and operators to reduce agricultural nonpoint source water pollutants
and to improve water quality in rural areas to meet water quality standards and local water quality
goals; and
•	develop and test programs, policies and procedures to control agricultural nonpoint source pollution.
The RCWP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other USDA
agencies, including the Soil Conservation Service, Cooperative Extension Service, Economic Research
Service, Forest Service, Agricultural Research Service and the Farmers Home Administration.
The RCWP has funded 21 watershed projects across the country. These projects represent a wide range
of pollution problems and impaired water uses. The RCWP projects were selected from state lists of priority
watersheds developed during the Section 208 planning process under the 1972 Clean Water Act. Projects
are located in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachu-
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee/Kentucky, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. While water quality monitoring has been performed in all 21 projects, five
of the RCWP projects were selected to receive additional funding for comprehensive monitoring and
evaluation.
Each RCWP project involves land treatment practices and water quality monitoring. Landowner participa-
tion is voluntary, with cost-sharing and technical assistance offered as incentives for implementing best
management practices (BMPs). Most RCWP projects began in 1980-81 and ended in 1986. Although the
program ends in 1995, all but a few projects will end in 1992. Project results are currently being evaluated.
The RCWP is one of a few national nonpoint source control programs that has combined land treatment
practices with water quality monitoring to provide water quality data to continuously document the effective-
ness of the nonpoint source controls. Water quality monitoring results have also been used to adjust and
refine land treatment practices designed to control agricultural nonpoint source pollution.
The National RCWP Symposium will provide a forum for RCWP project personnel to share the knowledge
gained during this unique program. The technical program has been developed by a national steering
committee consisting of individuals from federal and state government and leading academic institutions.
The symposium agenda includes technical paper presentations, technical poster sessions, exhibits, and a
field trip.
Technical presentations will include the following topics:
•	Water quality and land treatment monitoring
•	Relating water quality to land treatment
•	Land treatment and operation and maintenance of BMPs
•	Project coordination and farmer participation
•	Institutional arrangements, program administration and project spin-offs
•	Information and education
•	Technology transfer, lessons learned and socioeconomics
•	Research needs and future vision
A peer-reviewed proceedings will be provided to each participant at the beginning of the symposium.
For registration information, contact Lisa Grayson at 202-833-3380 (FAX 202-466-8554). For content
information, contact Dan Murray at 513-569-7522 (FAX 513-569-7566).

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Seminario - Diseno, Operaci6n, y Clausura de Vertederos de Desperdicios S6lidos
29-30 de julio de 1992
San Juan, PR
Este seminario es patrocinado por la Agencia Federal de Proteccion Ambiental (EPA), la Oficina de
Investigaci6n y Desarrollo (Office of Research and Development, ORD), el Centro de Informacion de
Investigacidn Ambiental (Center for Environmental Research Information, CERI) de EPA, en colaboracion
con el Instituto del Ambiente y Desarrollo del Caribe.
Propdsito
Durante los pasados anos ha surgido un interes nacional acerca de la problematica del manejo de
desperdicios s6lidos. Actualmente, se ha mostrado un especial interns en temas concernientes a los
vertederos y al dano que estos pueden causar al ambiente.
En octubre de 1991, EPA publicd la reglamentacian final del Acta Federal de Conservacion y
Recuperaci6n de Recursos, subti'tulo D (RCRA). £stas senalan las directrices a seguir en el diseno,
operacion y clausura de vertederos municipales. Los topicos a presentarse en este seminario proveerdn
direccion tdcnica a duenos y operadores de vertederos municipales de desperdicios solidos, en cumpliento
con los nuevos requerimientos de la ley. Dicha informaci6n tecnica e ingenieril, sera tambidn util para
oficiales gubernamentales y consuftores ambientalistas.
El seminario sera traducido simultaneamente del ingles al espanol para beneficio de los
hispanoparlantes.
Matrfcula
La matrfcula del seminario es gratuita. El espacio estar£ limitado a doscientas cincuenta personas. Por
esta raz6n se recomienda que se matricule lo mas pronto posible. Complete la tarjeta de matrfcula adjunta
y enviela por correo, de acuerdo a como se indica en la forma. Para matricularse utilizando el facsfmil, llene
el formulario dirigidndolo a Heike Milhench. El numero del facsfmil es (617)/648 3638. Si desea
matricularse por telefono, favor de llamar al (617)/648 0109. A vuelta de correo recibira informacion acerca
del hotel, agenda e informacion general del seminario. Para informaci6n adicional, favor de llamar al
Ing. Iv£n Guzman, a la oficina del caribe, al (809)/729-6951. Envi'e tarjeta de matrfcula a: Heike Milhench;
Eastern Research Group, Inc.; Seminar on the Design, Operation, and Closure of Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills; P.O. Box 1013; East Arlington, MA 02174; Telefono: (617)/641 -5319; Facsfmil: (617)/648-3638.
Informacidn sobre el hotel
Se ha reservado un bloque de habitaciones en el Condado Beach Hotel para los participantes del
seminario. Los matriculados en el seminario deberan hacer las reservaciones directamente con el hotel.
Dichas reservaciones se procesar&n en orden de llamada. Las reservaciones de las habitaciones deben
hacerse antes del 8 de julio de 1992. Para recibir tarifa especial, favor de hacer referenda al seminario de
EPA.
Condado Beach Hotel
Avenida Ashford
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1226
TeWfono (800)/468-2775, (809)/721 6090
Habitacidn sencilla o doble $83.00 (+7% impuesto)
Agenda del Seminario
Primer Dfa
7:30 am
8:30 am
8:45 am
9:15 am
10:15 am
10:30 am
Registro
Bienvenida y presentacidn
Resumen de las regulaciones de RCRA, subtftulo D
Perspectiva regional y estatal
Receso
Localization del vertedero
-	Factores que afectan la localizacidn
-	Restricciones de la localizacidn

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Primer Dfa (continued)
11:0 0 am
Diseno de vertederos

- Aislantes

- Coleccion de lixiviacion

- Operacion normal
12:00 pm
Almuerzo
1:00 pm
Diseno de vertederos (continuacion)
2:00 pm
Operacion de vertederos

- Identificacion de desechos y sus restricciones

- Cobertura diaria

- Control de aguas fluviales
3:00 pm
Receso
3:15 pm
Operacion de vertederos (continuation)
4:15 pm
Panel de discusion
5:00 pm
Final de la discusion del dfa
6:00 pm
Recepcion
Segundo Dfa

8:30 am
Manejo de Gases

- Generacion de gases

- Sistemas de coleccion
9:30 am
Monitori'a de aguas subterraneas (continuacion)

- Seleccion de pozo

- Muestreo y analisis

- Analisis estadistico de datos
10:30 am
Receso
10:45 am
Monitorfa de aguas subterraneas (continuacion)
11:45 am
Almuerzo
12:45 pm
Medidas de correccion

- Caracterizacion del escape

- Evaluaci6n de medidas de correccion y seleccion

- Implementacion
2:00 pm
Clausura de la facilidad

- Planes de clausura

- Diseno de la cobertura y mantenimiento

- Cuidado de post clausura
2:45 pm
Receso
3:00 pm
Seguridad financiera - Estimado de costo
3:30 pm
Desperdicios especiales

- Cieno de plantas de tratamiento

- Cenizas del proceso de incineracion

- Desperdicios biomedicos
4:00 pm
Panel de discusion
4:45 pm
Clausura del seminario
Conferenciantes:

John Bove, Ingeniero Principal, Hazen and Sawyer, Raleigh, NC
Dirk Brunner, Lider Tecnico, ABB Environmental Services. Portland, ME
Roy Koster, Director Principal del Proyecto, ABB Environmental Services, Portland, ME
David Kreamer, Profesor Asociado, Director del Program del Graduado de Administracion de
Recursos de Aguas, Universidad de Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Daniel Murray, Ingeniero Ambiental, Centra de Informacidn de Investigacion Ambiental de EPA,
Cincinnati, OH

Gregory Richardson, Hazen and Sawyer, Raleigh, NC
Peter Thompson, Gerente del Proyecto, ABB Environmental Services, Portland, ME

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i	TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MATERIAL
MANUALS
Phosphorus Removal (Sept. 1987)		625/1-87/001
Land Treatment of Municipal Wastewater (Oct. 1981)		625/1 -81/013
Supplement for Land Treatment of Municipal Wastewater (Oct. 1984)		625/1-81/013a
Dewatering Municipal Wastewater Sludges (Sept. 1987)		625/1 -87/014
Land Application of Municipal Sludge (Oct. 1983)		625/1 -83/016
Odor and Corrosion Control in Sanitary Sewerage Systems and Treatment Plants (Oct. 1985)		625/1-85/018
Municipal Wastewater Disinfection (Oct. 1986)		625/1 -86/021
Constructed Wetlands and Aquatic Plant Systems for Municipal Wastewater Treatment (Oct. 1988)		625/1 -88/022
Fine Pore Aeration Systems (Oct. 1989)		625/1 -89/023
Alternative Collection Systems for Small Communities (Oct. 1991)		625/1-91/024
TECHNICAL CAPSULE REPORT
Radon-Resistant Construction Techniques for New Residential Construction: Technical Guidance		625/2-91/032
SEMINAR PUBLICATIONS
Permitting Hazardous Waste Incinerators		625/4-87/017
Meeting Hazardous Waste Requirements for Metal Finishers		625/4-87/018
Transport and Fate of Contaminants in the Subsurface		625/4-89/019
Corrective Actions - Technologies and Applications		625/4-89/020
Solvent Waste Reduction Alternatives		625/4-89/021
Requirements for Hazardous Waste Landfill Design, Construction and Closure		625/4-89/022
Technologies for Upgrading Existing or Designing New Drinking Water Treatment Facilities		625/4-89/023
Risk Assessment, Management and Communication of Drinking Water Contamination		625/4-89/024
Design and Construction of RCRA/CERCLA Final Covers		625/4-91/025
Site Characterization for Subsurface Remediation			625/4-91/026
lonpoint Source Watershed Workshop		625/4-91/027
Medical and Institutional Waste Incineration: Regulations, Management, Technology,
Emissions, and Operation		625/4-91/030
•Control of Biofilm Growth in Drinking Water Distribution Systems		625/R-92/001
BROCHURE
Environmental Pollution Control Alternatives: Drinking Water Treatment for Small Communities		625/5-90/025
HANDBOOKS
Septage Treatment and Disposal (Oct. 1984)		625/6-84/009
Control Technologies for Hazardous Air Pollutants (July 1991)		625/6-91/014
Ground Water (Revised 1990) Volume I (Sept. 1990)		625/6-90/016a
Ground Water (Revised 1991) - Volume II: Methodology (July 1991)		625/6-90/016b
Retrofitting POTWs for Phosphorus Removal in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Area (Sept. 1987)		625/6-87/017
Guide to Technical Resources for the Design of Land Disposal Facilities (Dec. 1988)		625/6-88/018
Guidance on Setting Permit Conditions and Reporting Trial Burn Results (Jan. 1989)		625/6-89/019
Retrofitting POTWs (July 1989)		625/6-89/020
Hazardous Waste Incineration Measurement Guidance (June 1989)		625/6-89/021
Stabilization/Solidification of CERCLA and RCRA Wastes (July 1989)		625/6-89/022
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Procedures for Hazardous Waste Incineration (Jan. 1990)		625/6-89/023
Operation and Maintenance of Hospital Waste Incinerators (Jan. 1990)		625/6-89/024
Assessing the Geochemical Fate of Deep-Well Injected Hazardous Waste (June 1990)
Reference Guide		625/6-89/025a
Summaries of Recent Research				625/6-89/025b
•Stabilization Technologies for RCRA Corrective Actions (Aug. 1991)		625/6-91/026
Optimizing Water Treatment Plant Performance Using the Composite Correction Program
Approach (Feb. 1991)		625/6-91/027
_Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (Apr. 1991)		625/6-91/028
,ub-Slab Depressurization for Low-Permeability Fill Material
Design & Installation of a Home Radon Reduction System (July 1991)		625/6-91/029
Sewer System Infrastructure Analysis and Rehabilitation (Oct. 1991)		625/6-91/030
•Materials Recovery Facilities for Municipal Solid Waste (Sept. 1991)		625/6-91/031
•Assessment Protocols: Durability of Performance of a Home Radon Reduction System (Apr. 1991)		625/6-91/032

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INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL MANUALS
Waste Minimization Opportunity Assessment (July 1988)		625/7-88/003
Guides to Pollution Prevention
The Pesticide Formulating Industry (Feb. 1990)		625/7-90/004
The Paint Manufacturing Industry (June 1990)		625/7-90/005
The Fabricate Metal Industry (July 1990)		625/7-90/006
The Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Industry (June 1990)		625/7-90/007
The Commercial Printing Industry (Aug. 1990)		625/7-90/008
Selected Hospital Waste Streams (June 1990)		625/7-90/009
Research and Educational Institutions June 1990)		625/7-90/010
Approaches for Remediation of Uncontrolled Wood Preserving Sites (Nov. 1990)		625/7-90/011
The Photoprocessing Industry (Oct. 1991)		625/7-91/012
The Automotive Repair Industry (Oct. 1991)		625/7-91/013
The Fiberglass-Reinforced and Composite Plastics Industry (Oct. 1991)		625/7-91/014
The Marine Maintenance and Repair Industry (Oct. 1991)		625/7-91/015
The Automotive Refinishing Industry (Oct. 1991)		625/7-91/016
The Pharmaceutical Industry (Oct. 1991)		625/7-91/017
SUMMARY REPORTS
Technology Assessment of Sequencing Batch Reactors		625/8-86/011
Causes and Control of Activated Sludge Bulking and Foaming		625/8-87/012
Biomonitoring to Achieve Control of Toxic Effluents		625/8-87/013
Biomonitoring for Control of Toxic Effluent Discharges to the Marine Environment		625/8-89/015
In-Vessel Composting of Municipal Wastewater Sludge		625/8-89/016
Optimizing Water Treatment Plant Performance with the Composite Correction Program		625/8-90/017
EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS
Injection Well Mechanical Integrity		625/9-89/007
Experiences in Incineration Applicable to Superfund Site Remediation		625/9-88/008
Volumetric Tank Testing: An Overview		625/9-89/009
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY PUBLICATIONS
The Electroplating Industry		625/10-85/001
Fugitive VOC Emissions in the Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry		625/10-84/004
Control of Pathogens in Municipal Wastewater Sludge		625/10-89/006
Autothermal Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion of Municipal Wastewater Sludge		625/10-90/007
SOFTWARE
POTW Expert		625/11 -90/001
•User's Guide: Strategic WAste Minimization Initiative (SWAMI) Version 2.0 		625/11-91/004
OTHER
•ORD BBS User's Manual (V 2.0)		600/M-91/050
Description and Sampling of Contaminated Soils: A Field Pocket Guide		625/12-91/002
•Listed for first time.
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Technology Transfer Meetings
fleeting Title	 Date(s)	 Location	 Contact	 Phone No.
Seminar
Design, Operation and Closure of
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
May 11-12,1992
May 14-15, 1992
May 18-19,1992
May 20-21,1992
Jun. 15-16,1992
Jun. 18-19, 1992
Jun. 22-23, 1992
Jun. 25-26, 1992
Jul. 08-09, 1992
Jul. 29-30, 1992
Aug. 17-18,1992
Aug. 20-21, 1992
Aug. 26-27,1992
Omaha, NE
Dallas, TX
New York, NY
Boston, MA
Atlanta, GA
Nashville, TN
Denver, CO
Chicago, IL
Honolulu, HI
San Juan, PR
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Philadelphia, PA
Heike Milhench
(registration)
Dan Murray
(content)
617-641-5319
513-569-7522
Seminar
Operational Parameters for Hazardous
Waste Combustion Devices
Pending
Philadelphia, PA
Dallas, TX
San Francisco, CA
Chicago, IL
Atlanta, GA
Trisha Hasch
(registration)
Justice Manning
(content)
617-641-5321
513-569-7349
Seminar
Remediation of Radioactive Waste Sites
Pending
Pending
John Kirkpatrick
(registration)
EdBarth
(content)
615-584-9171
513-569-7669
Seminar
i
Integrated Solid Waste Management
Planning for Rural County and Local
Governments
Pending
Pending
Randy Revetta
(content)
513-569-7358
workshop
Treatability Guidelines
Pending
New York, NY
Atlanta, GA
Dallas, TX
San Francisco, CA
Elaine Brenner
(registration)
Fran Kremer
(content)
617-641-5334
513-569-7346

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