Engineering F
Online Hazardous Waste Cleanup
Technical Resources
Index
I. PURPOSE
II. BACKGROUND
III. USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES
1. Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN)
2. CLU-IN-Technology Focus
3. CLU-IN - Treatment Technologies for Site
Cleanup: Annual Status Report
4. CLU-I N - Contaminant Focus
5. CLU-IN-Field Analytic Technologies
6. CLU-IN-IssueAreas
7. Cleanup Science and Technology
8. EPA's Underground Storage Tanks
Remediation/Cleanup Technologies
9. Measurement and Monitoring Technologies for
the 21st Century (21M2)
10. Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
11. TechTree Database
12. Triad
13. Air Force Center for Engineering and the
Environment
14. Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program
15. Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program
16. Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
17. State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners
18. Mine Waste Technology Program
19. Environmental Technology Opportunities Portal
20. Environmental Technology Verification
Program
21. EPA's Office of Research and
Development ON-LINE Calculators
22. National Institutes of Environmental Health
Sciences Superfund Basic Research
Program Research Briefs
23. The IndoorAir Vapor Intrusion Database
24. EPA's Ground Water and Ecosystems
Restoration Research
25. Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
26. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental
and Munitions Center of Excellence
27. TechLinks"
a. Technology Web Sites
b. Categories
IV. REFERENCES
V. ACRONYM LIST
VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
/. PURPOSE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) produces nu-
merous technical resources every year. Some are available in print,
but many more are available online. This issue paper is intended to
give the reader examples of some online technical resources that
can assist with hazardous waste cleanups in the Superfund, Re-
source Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Brownfields
programs. Other federal and state agencies performing hazardous
waste cleanups have great resources as well. Some non-EPA
websites are included here, but it should be noted that it was not
possible to include all of them. Given the dynamics of online
resources, this paper provides only a snapshot of the resources
available at the time of publication. EPA will attempt to update
this paper at regular intervals to ensure its accuracy. Following
background sections on Superfund and the Technical Support
Project (TSP), the issue paper is divided into sections describing
the various webpages.
//. BACKGROUND
Superfund
Years ago, people were less aware of how dumping chemical
wastes might affect public health and the environment. On
thousands of properties where such events occurred, the result
was an uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste site, such as
an abandoned warehouse, manufacturing facility, and/or inad-
equately closed landfill. Citizen concern over the extent of this
problem led Congress to establish the Superfund Program in 1980
to locate, investigate, and clean up the worst sites nationwide.
Using various resources, project managers review, develop, and
implement viable remedial alternatives to clean up the environ-
mental contamination at these sites, typically in soil and ground-
water. In addition to the personnel assistance, online resources
offer information intended to assist with these technology selec-
tions. They include technology overview information, case
studies, cost information and contacts for consultation. The bulk
of this issue paper will cover these online resources. The other
cleanup programs within EPA (RCRA and Brownfields), can also
benefit from these online resources, as the cleanup component of
those programs is very similar to Superfund.
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Technical Support Project
The EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response (OSWER), regional Waste Management
Offices, and the Office of Research and Development
(ORD) established the Technical Support Project (TSP)
in 1987 to provide technical assistance to regional
Remedial Project Managers, Corrective Action staff,
and On-Scene Coordinators. The TSP consists of a
network of regional technical forums and specialized
Technical Support Centers located in ORD and the
Office of Radiation Programs laboratories, and
OSWER's Environmental Response Team. One of the
objectives of the TSP is to network with other EPA
programs and other Federal agencies.
Regional Forums and Superfund and
Technology Liaisons
The TSP includes three technical Forums within the
TSP: the Engineering Forum, the Ground Water Fo-
rum, and the Federal Facilities Forum. Members of
these Forums include regional Remedial Project Manag-
ers (RPMs) and technical support staff who work to
improve communications and assist in technical trans-
fer between the Regions and the Centers on nationally
significant topics. The forums also act as technical
resources and disseminate information resulting from
the TSP to their regional colleagues. They meet semi-
annually to discuss technical and policy issues and new
technologies and to network with others, including
EPA Headquarters, ORD, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and state personnel. In addition to providing
technical assistance to regional staff, products gener-
ated typically include "issue papers" or other reference
materials. For more information, go to http://
www.epa.gov/tio/tsp. This issue paper is typical of the
products that the TSP produces to assist practitioners
in the waste field, both within and outside EPA.
Rounding out the support network for the waste
programs are the ORD Superfund and Technology
Liaisons or STLs. The STL program was created to:
• Station an ORD STL in each region to facilitate
access to ORD laboratories, national centers, and
ORD Headquarters.
• Provide and facilitate ORD's technical support
programs in regional Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response (OSWER) programs.
• Promote the use of sound science and engineering in
regional decision making in the OSWER programs.
The program was created jointly by ORD, OSWER, and
the regional offices in 1990 to expand the technical
support available to regional staff. It is managed within
ORD's Office of Science Policy in Headquarters.
///. USEFUL ONLINE RESOURCES
1. Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN)
http://www.cluin.org
EPA's "CLU-IN" website provides a
tremendous amount of information
about innovative treatment and site
characterization technologies while
acting as a forum for all waste
remediation stakeholders. Internet training opportuni-
ties are also available via this website.
The website's resources are organized as follows:
Remediation, Site Characterization and Monitoring,
Training, Initiatives and Partnerships, Publications and
Studio, Databases (software and tools), TechDirect and
Newsletters, and Vendor and Developer Support.
As described on the website, here is the "Mission
Statement" for CLU-IN:
The Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLJJ-IN) Web
Site provides information about innovative treatment and site
characterisation technologies to the hazardous waste remediation
community. It describes programs, organisations, publications,
and other tools for federal and state personnel, consulting
engineers, technology developers and vendors, remediation
contractors, researchers, community groups, and individual
citizens. The site was developed by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) but is intended as a forum for all
waste remediation stakeholders.
The history of CLU-IN notes that "Since 1996, CEU-IN
has evolved to offer new information, features, and services to its
user community." Here are the services offered at the
time of publication:
• TechDirect Information Service Launched (1997)
• Streaming Videos (1998)
• Vendor and Developer Support (1998)
• Internet Seminars (1999)
Issue Paper
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• Online Databases (1999)
• Technology Focus (1999)
• Conference Webcasts (2000)
• Field Analytic Technologies Encyclopedia (2001)
(discontinued)
• Technology Innovation News Survey Archives
(2002)
• Contaminant Focus (2003)
• CLU-IN Search Engine (2004)
• Project Profile Databases Search (2005)
• RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feed (2005)
• Internet Seminar Archive Podcasts (2005)
• Issue Areas (2006)
Although most of this issue paper will highlight differ-
ent online resources, there are a number of them under
the clu-in.org home page that warrant mentioning.
These include: Technology Focus, the Annual Status Report,
Contaminant Focus, Field Analytic Technologies and Issue
Areas and they immediately follow this section.
2. CLU-IN - Technology Focus
Technology Focus
http: / 7www.cluin.org/techfocus
The CLU-IN Technology Focus area bundles informa-
tion for particular technologies that may be used in a
variety of applications. This information is presented in
categories such as "Overview, Guidance, Application,
Training, and Additional Resources." The technologies
covered are:
• Air Sparging
• Bioreactor Landfills
• Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents
• Bioventing and Biosparging
• Electrokinetics: Electric Current Technologies
• Fracturing
• Ground-Water Circulating Wells
* In Situ Flushing
• In Situ Oxidation
• Multi-Phase Extraction
• Natural Attenuation
• Permeable Reactive Barriers
• Phytoremediation
• Remediation Optimization
• Soil Vapor Extraction
• Soil Washing
• Solvent Extraction
• Thermal Treatment: Ex Situ
• Thermal Treatment: In Situ
3, CLU-IN - Treatment Technologies for
Site Cleanup: Annual Status Report
Ti enireT; Terfii' iclogses for Site Cleanup:
/nnti" Straus R&nort
http: / /www.cluin.org/asr /
This report documents, as of September, 2007, the
status of treatment technology applications at more
than 1,900 soil and groundwater cleanup projects at
Superfund remedial action sites. It is updated every few
years.
4. CLU-IN - Contaminant Focus
Contaminant Focus
http: / 7 www.cluin.org/contaminantfocus 7
This section of EPAs clu-in.org website organizes
related cleanup information by contaminant type or
group. The types of information included are "Policy
and Guidance, Chemistry and Behavior, Environmental
Occurrence, Toxicology, Detection and Site Character-
ization, Treatment Technologies, and Conferences and
Seminars." The contaminants currently included in the
database are listed here.
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• Arsenic
• Chromium VI
• 1,4-Dioxane
• Mercury
• Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE)
• Perchlorate
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
• Trichloroethylene (TCE)
5. CLU-IN - field Analytic
characteriiafioi and
http://clum.org/char/technologies/
Material that was previously available in the "FATE"
website (the Field Analytic Technologies Encyclopedia)
has been moved under CLU-IN resources. As the
website states:
"Technological advances over the past decade have created a
whole new set of tools to improve site cleanup and long-term
monitoring. Computerisation, microfabrication, and biotechnol-
ogy permit the development of analytical equipment that has
capabilities that blur the distinction between "screening meth-
ods" and "definitive methods." In the next decade, technological
advances are likely to alter that landscape even more dramati-
cally. Information in this section is structured much like a typical
encyclopedia, with standard categories of information provided
for each technology class. However, throughout the narrative, we
include hyperlinks to more detailed information, further expla-
nations, diagrams, and additional supporting data should the
reader be interested in learning more. We are continuously
updating information in this section and developing new sections
on other technologies."
Here are the technologies presently covered on
the website:
• Analytics
• Fiber Optic Chemical Sensors
• Gas Chromatography
• Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry
• Immunoassay
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Laser-Induced Fluorescence
• Mass Spectrometry
• Test Kits
• X-Ray Fluorescence
• Direct-Push Technologies
• Analytical Systems
• Direct-Push Platforms
• Geotechnical Sensors
• Groundwater Samplers
• Soil and Soil-Gas Samplers
• Explosives
• Geophysics
• Ground Penetrating Radar
• Magnetics for Environmental Applications
• Passive Diffusion Bag (PDB) Samplers
6. CLU-IN-
issue Areas
http: / / www.cluin.org/issues /
CLU-IN has compiled a number of what might be
considered "emerging issues" into the "Issue Areas."
Many of these topics continue to be researched, but
some existing resources do exist. The present "issue
areas" are listed below.
• Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquids (DNAPLs)
• Ecological Revitalization
• Mining Sites
• Nanotechnology
• Sediments
• Vapor Intrusion
• Wood Treater Sites
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7. Cleanup Science and Technology
http: / /www.epa.gov/oswer /cleanup_/s_cien_ce,htm
What might be viewed as a subset of CLU-IN, this site
presents a useful compilation. This EPA OSWER
webpage gives links to OSWER resources (within
CLU-IN, the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) and
the Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST))
with information on the many technologies and tools
used by EPA to assess, clean up and monitor hazardous
waste site cleanups.
8, EPA's Underground Storage Tanks
Remediation/Cleanup Technologies
http: / 7www.epa.gov/swerustl /cat/REMEDIAL.HTM
Another compilation webpage, this one is geared
towards the cleanup of underground storage tanks.
OUST's Remediation/Cleanup Technologies page
focuses on corrective action technologies at petroleum
release sites and provides links to both EPA and non-
EPA resources.
Measurement and Monitoring Technologies
for the 21st Century (21M2)
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http://clum.org/programs/21m2/
EPA's 21M2 program matches measurement and
monitoring technologies with client needs. As dis-
cussed on their webpage, some of these technology
need areas include:
"...DN^LPL characterisation techniques; monitoring mining
waste sites; sensor technology development; vapor intrusion
monitoring methods; test methods for dioxin, cyanide, mercury,
pesticide, perchlorate, MTBE, and emerging contaminants; and
remote sensing for a variety of applications."
10. Federal Remediation Technologies
Roundtable
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http: / 7www.fftr.gov
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The "Federal Remediation Technolo-
gies Roundtable" (FRTR) represents a
collaborative effort on cleanup tech-
^**^ nologies from Department of Defense
(DOD), EPA, National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration (NASA) , Department of Energy (DOE), and the
Department Of Interior. The FRTR was established in
1990 and brings together cleanup managers and
remediation professionals to, as the web site says:
• Share information and learn about technology-related efforts
of mutual interest,
• Discuss future directions of the national site remediation
programs and their impact on the technology market,
• Interact with similar state and private industry technology
development programs, and
• Form partnerships to pursue subjects of mutual interest.
The website contains the following information:
• Cost and performance case studies
• Screening tools for site characterization and
cleanup technologies
• Optimization information for monitoring, simula-
tion, and treatment technologies
11. TechTree Database
http://www.cpeo.org/techtree/
This database is offered by a non-profit group called
Center for Public Environment Oversight (CPEO),
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which is associated with the Pacific Studies Center of
Mountain View, CA. It contains a search engine that
allows a user to plug in certain elements of a site,
including contaminants, media (soil, groundwater,
sediments), and technology types. The search returns
information on related cleanup technologies. The
information in the database is taken from publicly
available clean up databases from EPA, DOE, DOD,
and others.
12. Triad
http: / /www.triadcentraLorg
This EPA webpage provides re-
sources related to the Triad philoso-
phy of cleanup, where one integrates
systematic planning, real-time
measurements, and dynamic work
strategies to assist in reaching site cleanup sooner and
less expensively. It is more of an approach to cleanup
than anything else. The website contains access to
information about the tools that allow one to make
legally defensible decision in the field. These are related
to field-based measurement methods, which have
advanced to the point where they are often as accurate
as fixed lab results.
Topics covered on the TRIAD webpage include:
• Triad Overview
• Triad Management
• Regulatory Information
• Technical Components
• User Experiences
• References/Resources
13. Air Force Center for Engineering and the
Enviornment
http://www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/
The Air Force's Center for Engi-
neering and the Environment
(AFCEE) is out of Brooks Air
Force Base in Texas. The web page
says: "... provides Air Force leaders
with the comprehensive expertise and Professional services
necessary to protect, preserve, restore, develop and sustain the
nation's environmental and installation resources."
The site has information on a number of base closure
related activities, but also remedial process optimiza-
tion, long term monitoring, groundwater models and
risk based standards (mostly for petroleum sites).
14. Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program
EPA
SERDP
http: / Avww.serdp.org/
This website describes a development and application
program that focuses on high priority environmental
cleanup issues confronting the military services. It is a
combined effort of DOE, DOD, and EPA. They cover
environmental remediation, but also sustainable infra-
structure issues for military ranges and training areas.
Some of the SERDP environmental restoration
projects include:
• Chlorinated Solvents
• Energetics
• Heavy Metals
• Perchlorate
• Emerging Contaminants
• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and PCBs
• Petroleum Hydrocarbons
• Sediments
• Range Management
• Risk Assessment
• Site Characterization
15. Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program
http: / Avww.estcp.org/
The Department of Defense
program (known as ESTCP)
demonstrates and validates
innovative technologies at
DOD sites to promote innova-
tion and cost effectiveness. Here are focus areas from
the ESTCP website for which fact sheets, completed
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technology assessments, final reports, cost and perfor-
mance reports, and protocols are available:
• 'Environmental Restoration - Demonstrates technologies for
the cost-effective detection, characterisation, containment, and
remediation of chemical contamination in soil, sediments,
and water to reduce DOD's current and potential future
environmental liabilities.
• Munitions Management - Demonstrates detection, discrimi-
nation, remediation, and prevention technologies in support
of environmentally responsible management of military
munitions required to cleanup closed military ranges and to
sustain active training and testing ranges.
• Sustainable Infrastructure - Demonstrates technologies to
sustain training and testing ranges and the installation
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infrastructure that supports DOD forces in the United States
and overseas to ensure DOD meets its environmental
obligations and maintains military readiness.
• Weapons Systems and Platforms - Demonstrates technologies
and materials that reduce the waste and emissions associated
with the manufacturing, maintenance, and use of DOD
weapons systems and platforms to reduce future environmen-
tal liabilities and their associated costs and impacts.
16,
Council
INTERSTATE
http: 7 7www.itrcweb.org
The ITRC is a nonprofit organi-
zation of states that focus on
distinct environmental cleanup
problems. They are sponsored by
EPA, industry and others and
work with industry and stake-
holders with the goal of "achieving regulatory acceptance of
environmental technologies!' At present, 48 states are
members of ITRC and there are 14 "teams", which
focus on specific cleanup areas. The teams work to
produce guidance and training for the States, but both
are widely used throughout the cleanup industry by
regulators, technology vendors and consultants. The
teams, which can transition in and out of existence
based on needs, are presently:
Ongoing Teams:
• Bioremediation of DNAPLs
• Enhanced Attenuation: Chlorinated Organics
• LNAPLS
• Mining
• Perchlorate
• Phytotechnologies
• Radionuclides
• Remediation Process Optimization
• Risk Assessment Resources
• Sampling, Characterization, and Monitoring
• Unexploded Ordnance
Closing Teams:
• Alternative Landfill Technologies
• Diffusion/Passive Samplers
• Ecological Enhancements and Land Reuse
• Vapor Intrusion
17. Coalition for
of
http: / 7www.drycleancoalition.org7
The State Coalition for Remediation of Drycleaners
(SCRD) was established in 1998 with support from the
EPA's Office of Superfund Remediation and Technol-
ogy Innovation. Comprised of representatives of states
with established drycleaner remediation programs,
participation is also open to states without drycleaner-
specific programs that are active in the remediation of
drycleaner sites under other authorities. The Coalition's
primary objectives are to provide a forum for the
exchange of information and the discussion of imple-
mentation issues related to established state drycleaner
programs; to share information and lessons learned
with states without drycleaner-specific programs; and
to encourage the use of innovative technologies in
drycleaner remediation.
Brownfields
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18. Mine Waste Technology Program
http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/std/mtb/mwt/
index.html
Active and inactive mines, concentrated mainly
throughout nine states in the western US, have con-
taminated land and waterways. It is estimated that
these mines produce between 1 and 2 billion tons of
mine waste per year. The production of acid mine
drainage is a significant problem from these sites and
about 70 of them are on the National Priorities List
under the Superfund Program.
Starting in 1991, and funded by EPA and U.S. DOE, a
program was implemented at Montana State University
that focused on development and demonstration of
innovative technologies at bench and pilot scale in
three areas:
• source controls
• treatment technologies
• resource recovery
This website provides access to information on tech-
nologies that have been researched to assist in the
cleanups of these mine sites.
19. Environmental Technology
Opportunities Portal
Environmental Technology http://www.epa.gov/etop
. ' •''* ' The EPA's Environmen-
Opportunities Portal tal Technology Qpportu-
nities Portal (ETOP) links a user to programs that help
fund development of new environmental technologies
and offers information on existing environmental
technologies. It provides information for what EPA
terms the "Environmental Technology R&D Con-
tinuum," which describes all aspects of technology
development, commercialization and application. With
that in mind, the intended users include technology
developers and technology end users.
20. Environmental Technology Verification
Program
http://www.epa.gov/
EPA's ETV Program
develops testing protocols
and verifies the perfor-
mance of innovative technologies that have the poten-
tial to improve protection of human health and the
environment. It is not an "EPA approval" program, but
helps developers speed up the entry of their environ-
mental technology products into the marketplace
through these verifications.
A new element (2006) created under the ETV program
are the Environmental and Sustainable Technology
Evaluations or "ESTE." Its purpose is to follow the
ETV model (QA, stakeholder involvement, and cost-
sharing) and respond directly to EPA's needs for tech-
nologies that address high-risk environmental problems.
The ETV program's verifications are divided into a
number of different "centers" and some of those are
outlined here. Other centers previously existed under
ETV, but have been discontinued or moved to other
EPA programs.
• Advanced Monitoring Systems Center
• Air Pollution Control Technology Center
• Drinking Water Systems Center
• Greenhouse Gas Technology Center
• Water Quality Protection Center
• Pollution Prevention Coatings and Coating Equip-
ment Pilot
21. EPA's Office of Research and Development
ON-LINE Calculators
http: / / www.epa.gov/athens /onsite
The ON-LINE calculator tools,
sponsored by EPA's Office of
Research and Developement for site
assessment at groundwater contami-
nation sites, usually those contami-
nated with fuel products. It was developed by staff
from the ORD Lab in Athens, GA and some regional
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staff. They provide the user with the convenience of a
"pre-packaged" tool that offers consistency and easy
access. They consist of formulas, models, and units
conversion.
22. National Institute of Environmental Health
Superfund Program
NIEHS
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://tools.niehs.mh.gov/sbrp/researchbriefs/
The Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) is a
program that concentrates on addressing health risks,
toxicity, exposure predictions, fate and transport, and
cost effective treatments for hazardous waste sites. It is
led by the National Institute for Environmental Health
Sciences, but has a clear connection to EPA, which it
looks to for guidance as a stakeholder in planning
future research and a user for completed research.
Today, the program conducts basic research at 15
universities across the U.S. The SBRP also conducts
online training classes and has recently offered a series
of trainings on DNAPLs and nanotechnology. Their
website lists their mandates, which has become better
geared towards serving the end user community (like
RPMs) in recent years. These mandates are:
• methods and technologies to detect hazardous
substances in the environment
• advanced techniques for the detection, assessment,
and evaluation of the effects on human health of
hazardous substances
• methods to assess the risks to human health pre-
sented by hazardous substances
• basic biological, chemical, and physical methods to
reduce the amount and toxicity of hazardous sub-
stances
23. The Indoor Air Vapor Intrusion
http: / 7iavi.rti.org
This is a non-EPA (but EPA
supported) database on the topic
of vapor intrusion. It contains
information for users, but also
allows user input, with the idea
of sharing case studies. Here is text from the home
page of the website.
Vapor intrusion is the migration of volatile chemicals from the
subsurface into overlying buildings. Volatile chemicals in
contaminated soil or groundwater can emit vapors that may
migrate through soil and into indoor air spaces.
This website includes general information on vapor intrusion,
along with information on some of the efforts being conducted in
support of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's)
developing Vapor Intrusion Guidance.
The Indoor Air Vapor Intrusion (LAVL) Database is designed
for regulators and other stakeholders to submit site-specific
vapor-intrusion data to support development of screening-level
predictions of vapor attenuation. High-quality, representative,
and reproducible measurements of soil gas, groundwater, and
indoor air contaminant concentrations at VL sites are needed to
verify that the screening-level model predictions are protective, to
improve understanding of the operating physical phenomena,
and to help EPA evaluate and improve predictive models and
screening algorithms for the VL pathway.
This website also includes presentations and supporting materi-
als for several workshops conducted by EPA in support of the
developing guidance. These presentations can be accessed by
clicking on the "Workshops and Conferences" link on the left
of this page.
24. EPA's Ground Wafer
Restoration Division
This EPA program offers
a number of great re-
sources on research,
applications, and techni-
cal support that have
been compiled by the scientists and engineers at the EPA
ORE) laboratory in Ada, OK. Their work is related to
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restoring impacted ground water, surface water, and
ecosystems and the topics covered (some not classic
"hazardous waste" related) include the following:
• Arsenic
• Chemical Oxidation
• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
• Ecosystem Restoration & Nitrogen Management
• Ground Water-Surface Water Interaction
• Invasive Species
• Monitored Natural Attenuation
• MTBE & Fuel Oxygenates
• NAPL Source Zones
• Permeable Reactive Barriers (generally known as
permeable reactive zones)
• Riparian Restoration
• Vapor Intrusion
25. Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
} SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION
http: / /www.epa.gov/ORD /SITE
EPA's Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation
(SITE) Demonstration Program was a cost sharing
program with industry that evaluated remedial cleanup
technologies and then published the data for use by
others looking to potentially use the technologies at their
sites. Although not as active as in the past, a tremendous
amount of useful data still exists on its website. Here is
an excerpt from the SITE program's homepage:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund
Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program was estab-
lished by EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
and the Office of Research and Development (ORD) in response
to the 1986 Superfund Amendments and ^authorisation Act,
which recognised a need for an "Alternative or Innovative
Treatment Technology Research and Demonstration Program."
The SITE Program is administered by ORD National Risk
Management Research Laboratory in the Land Remediation and
Pollution Control Division (LRPCD), headquartered in
Cincinnati, Ohio. The materials presented on this web site were
specifically developed to aid engineers, scientists and other
remediation professionals in the efficient monitoring, measurement
and remediation of hazardous wastes.
The SITE Demonstration Program encourages the development
and implementation of:
1. innovative treatment technologies for hazardous waste site
remediation and
2. monitoring and measurement technologies.
In the SITE Demonstration Program, the technology is field-
tested on hazardous waste materials. Engineering and cost data
are gathered on the innovative technology so that potential users
can assess the technology's applicability to a particular site.
Data collected during the field demonstration are used to assess
the performance of the technology, the potential need for pre-
and post-processing of the waste, applicable types of wastes and
waste matrices, potential operating problems, and approximate
capital and operating costs.
At the conclusion of a SITE demonstration, EPA prepares an
Innovative Technology Evaluation Report, Technology Capsule,
and Demonstration bulletin. These reports evaluate all avail-
able information on the technology and analyse its overall
applicability to other site characteristics, waste types, and waste
matrices. Testing procedures, performance and cost data, and
quality assurance and quality standards are also presented.
26. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental
and Munitions Center of Excellence
http://www.environmental.
usace.army.mil /sitemap.htm
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
conducts many environmental
investigations and cleanups and has
recently merged their Omaha
Branch (Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste
Center of Excellence) with their Huntsville Branch
(Munitions Center of Excellence) websites into one site.
One can find a number of tools and resources on this
site, including those covering cost estimating and reme-
dial systems evaluation.
27. TechLinks
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/techlinks
a. Technology Web Sites
Provided by EPA Region 9, this page provides links to
government, academic and industry Web pages dedi-
cated to both hazardous waste site characterization
US Army Corps
of Engineers
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and remediation technologies. They are intended for
use by Superfund and RCRA project managers, re-
searchers, engineers, the public, or anyone who may
be looking for technologies to solve site-specific
hazardous waste problems.
b. Categories
• Innovative Technology Research and Development
• Technology Validation / Certification / Commercial-
ization / Demonstration
• Technology Databases
• Technology Publications
• Technology Partnerships
• Specific Applications
• Monitored Natural Attenuation Policy
• Technology Transfer
IV. REFERENCES
Hazardous Waste Cleanup Technology Resources, talk
given by Michael Gill, ORD Hazardous Substances
Technical Liaison to EPA Region 9, at the 2006
NARPM conference in New Orleans, LA
(June 22, 2006).
EPA Region 9 wepage: http://www.epa.gov/region09/
waste/sfund/superfundsites.html
EPA Superfund Webpage: http: / 7www.epa.gov/
superfund/abouthtm
(All other webpages are listed in the various sections.
During the writing of this paper, every effort was made
to accurately quote what the webpages presented at the
time, but since webpages are dynamic, differences will
exist after publication. EPA will attempt to update the
paper at a regular interval.)
V. ACRONYM LIST
AFCEE — Air Force Center for Engineering and
Environment
CPEO — Center for Public Environmental Oversight
DNAPL — Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
DOD — Department of Defense
DOE — Department of Energy
DOT — Department of Interior
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
ESTCP — Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program
ESTE — Environmental and Sustainable Technology
Evaluations
ETOP — Environmental Technologies Opportunities
Portal
ETV — Environmental Technology Verification
FRTR — Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable
ITRC — Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council
LNAPL — Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
MTBE - Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether
NAPL — Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid
NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences
ORD — Office of Research and Development
OSC — On Scene Coordinators
OSWER - Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
OUST — EPAs Office of Underground Storage Tanks
PAH — Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons
PCB — Polychlorinated Biphenyls
PDB — Paradichlorobenzene
POP — Persistent Organic Pollutants
RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
RPM — Remedial Project Manager
RSS — Really Simple Syndication
SERDP — Strategic Environmental Research and
Development Program
SCRD — State Coalition for Remediation of
Drycleaners
SBRP — Superfund Basic Research Program
SITE — Superfund Innovative Technology Program
Engineering
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STL — Superfund and Technology Liaison
TCE — Trichloroethylene
TIP — Technology Innovation Program
TSC — Technical Support Center
VOC — Volatile Organic Compound
VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND DISCLAIMER
Thanks go out to all those who wrote and reviewed this
document, including Michael Gill, Ellie Hale, Kira
Lynch, Kelly Madalinski, and Bernard Schorle of EPA,
Suzanne Davis of California EPA, Diane Dopkin of
EMS, Inc., and Dawn Schellenberger of ASRC Manage-
ment Services. Thanks also go to the EPA Engineering
Forum for encouraging the writing of this document.
It is recognized that online web resources are very
dynamic in nature and every effort will be made to
update this document in a reasonable timeframe to
ensure its accuracy. Please refer any corrections to
Michael Gill at gill.michael(g),epa.gov.
Mention of trade names or commercial products does
not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
Solid Waste and EPA 542-F-08-003
Emergency Response April 2008
(5203P) www.epa.gov/tio/tsp
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