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REGION 9 NEWSLETTER
Fall 2008, Edition 45
Here we are and it's Fall again....time for the World Series (will the Phillies show the Rays how to play ball or
vice versa?) as well as election time (the candidates aren't the only ones talking about wanting change!). What's
that all got to do with hazardous waste site cleanup? Well, nothing really. I'm just looking for an intro! Well,
how about
This edition of the STL Newsletter offers no predictions about ballgames, your updated retirement date or
upcoming elections, but it does provide you with the latest in environmental cleanup information and upcoming
related workshops! Below, you can find articles on carbon sequestration, green remediation resources and case
studies, as well as other sustainability issues. That certainly is a hot topic right now. This is a good time to
remind you that you can also find waste cleanup tech support from the ORD Tech Support Centers. If your
local experts are unavailable for some reason, please give me a call and I'll do my best to hook you up with the
ORD experts that offer support in site characterization, subsurface issues, monitoring, engineering, aerial
photos, and numerous other cleanup related disciplines. Call me or check out this webpage for more info on the
individual services. Here it is: http://intranet.epa.gov/ospintra/scienceportal/htm/techsupport.htmtthstl.
One other important note: Until very recently, it was unclear whether EPIC (the Environmental Photographic
and Interpretation Center) would be available next year due to budget cuts. Thanks to David Bartenfelder and
Robin Richardson of OSRTI for their efforts in ensuring that this resource will receive $353K in funding to
continue their archiving efforts for '09! As is normal, regions still need to fund their individual photo work
requests (I do that), but the archiving has been funded separately by HQ. So, at least for the coming year, EPIC
is there!
Please read on for plenty of new information in this quarter's newsletter!
Mike Gill
EPA Region 9
ORD Superfund and Technology Liaison
415-972-3054
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Fall 2008 Edition of the Region 9 STL Newsletter:
National News
• National Forum on Vapor Intrusion: Science, Technology and Policy, January 12-13, 3009
• Summary of International Environmental Nanotech Conference: Applications and Implications, Chicago, IL
• New Tools and Technologies
Sequestering Carbon Dioxide
Sustainable Approaches to Analyzing Chemical Toxicity
Ecotools Technical Assistance Service
Local News
• Green Remediation Case Studies
Datebook - Upcoming Events
Web Pages
•. EUGRIS Corner
•. Linking Girls to the Land: Working Together to Conserve Natural Resources
Recent Documents, Databases, etc.
Serious Scientists Gather 'Round...
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NATIONAL NEWS
National Forum on Vapor Intrusion: Science, Technology and Policy, Philadelphia, PA
(January 12-13, 2009)
(Photo courtesy of ITRC)
This forum will be structured on dual tracks with common sessions and is geared towards a community
stakeholder audience, as well as others. Technical presentations on sampling, assessment, risk, and engineering
are being planned, and case studies illustrating a cross section of vapor intrusion issues from the perspective of
community stakeholders, Brownfields, EPA, and states will be presented. There will be two breakout sessions:
one on community issues and one on government programs. Although all speakers are by invitation only, poster
presentations are welcome. For more information on poster presentations and to register, see
http://www.epa.gov/osp/stlworkshops.htm .
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Summary of International Environmental Nanotechnology Conference:
Applications and Implications Chicago, IL, October 7-9, 2008
International Environmental
Nanotechnology Conference '•
Applications and Implications
This conference, co-sponsored by EPA's Office of Science Policy in ORD and Region 5, was considered a huge
success, as it drew researchers from around the world to give talks on the latest in research and development in
the field of nanotechnology as it relates to environmental issues. Led by STL Charles Maurice and Region 5's
Warren Layne, and with two other STLs as session co-chairs (Jon Josephs and Michael Gill), this conference
drew 185 people from 5 continents. The speakers were from government, NGOs, and private entities and the
topics covered environmental applications and implications of nanotechnology. Many agencies played a part in
the success of the conference, including NIEHS, DOE, Navy, University of Illinois School of Public Health,
NSF, Army, and ATSDR.
Region 5's RA Bharat Mathur kicked off the 2.5 day conference, with ORD AA George Gray and Jeff Morris
(EPA's nanotechnology lead) also doing introductory speeches. Then eight keynote speakers, most from
outside the US, provided plenary speeches on the topic areas (4 each day).
The sessions were as follows:
- Water / Soil / Sediment Remediation
- Water Pollution Control
- Nano-Enabled Monitoring / Sensing
- Toxicity
- Air Pollution Control
- Fate and Transport
The conference wrapped up with session summaries on the last day. And, not to be forgotten, the food was
reported to be "most excellent"! The proceedings will be available around March 2009, but the program and
other related materials, including speaker manuscripts and bios are currently available on the following website:
http://emsus.com/nanotechconf/index.htm .
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New Tools and Technologies
Ecotools Technical Assistance Service
The EcoTools Technical Assistance Service is an exclusive resource for Remedial Project Managers (RPM) at
Superfund sites. Through this service, RPMs can connect with experts in the ecological land reuse field and get
answers to related questions in a variety of subjects, including:
Ecological reuse of contaminated sites
Soil amendments
Native plants, invasive species, and revegetation
To submit a question, go to http://www.cluin.org/ecotools/sf.cfm
Sequestering Carbon Dioxide
(From What's Happening in ORD? , Vol 2, # 2, Summer 08)
http://intranet.epa.gov/ord/ioaa/whats-happening-ord/index.htm
Three ORD scientists are leading research efforts to help establish safe guidelines for injecting carbon dioxide
(CO2) underground for long-term storage. Stephen Kraemer, Richard Wilkin, and Dominic DiGiulio are each
leading projects that will help the Office of Water with its rulemaking for CO2 sequestration.
Dr. Kraemer of the National Exposure Research Laboratory will develop and test semi-analytic models
of CO2 sequestration that can evolve into tools for permitting and designing strategies for sampling and
monitoring.
Dr. Wilkin of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory will model the fate, transport and
geochemical behavior of sequestered CO2, and his results will feed into an examination of mitigation
and remediation strategies.
Dr. DiGiulio, also of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, will research ways to detect
CO2 leakage from plugged abandoned wells.
Contacts: Audrey Levine, National Program Director of the Drinking Water Research Program, or Joel
Scheraga, National Program Director of the Global Change Research Program.
For more information about OW's rulemaking process, visit:
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/uic/wells_sequestration.html
For more information on the Drinking Water and Global Change Research Programs, visit
http://epa.gov/ord/npd/
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Sustainable Approaches to Analyzing Chemical Toxicity
(From NRMRL News, September 2008)
Each year many new chemicals join the thousands already in existence in the marketplace. Determining their
potential hazard to humans and the environment is an ongoing challenge for EPA's mission of sustainability in
support of economic growth. At EPA's National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL),
sustainability scientists are developing new computer tools that estimate the toxicity of the molecular structure
of chemicals using Quantitative Structure-Activity/Property Relationships (QSARs). The QSAR techniques
yield faster and cheaper results than traditional experimental testing, which is currently being reduced or banned
in the United States and European Union. The new QSAR-based Toxicity Estimation Software Tool (T.E.S.T.)
will be released in a freely available format this year.
Background
The demand for toxicological testing has grown significantly along with increasing public and governmental
concern for the safety of new drugs and industrial chemicals. EPA's New Chemicals Program was established in
2007 to allow the identification and control of new chemical substances. The New Chemicals Program
functions as a gatekeeper that can identify conditions, up to and including a ban on production, to be placed on a
new chemical before it enters the marketplace. Under this program, manufacturers must provide test data on
new chemicals detailing their risk of carcinogenic, mutagenic, acute, and chronic effects on human health.
Environmental test data must show acute toxicity to invertebrates and fish, as well as bioaccumulation data
(long-term environmental effects.)
In the absence of the manufacturer's own test data, EPA testing procedures use quantitative structure-activity
relationship (QSAR) models to predict the toxicity of new industrial chemicals. QSAR models express the
correlation between the chemical's physicochemical properties and its toxicity. EPA's ECOSAR (Ecological
Structure Activity Relationship) software uses more than 100 QSAR models for 42 different chemical classes to
estimate the toxicity of industrial chemicals to aquatic organisms such as fish, invertebrates, and algae.
However, because these models are not species-specific, NRMRL sustainability researchers are developing
molecular structure software that can be used to estimate toxicity for specific species. For example, the new
software tool estimates the concentrations of chemicals in water that will kill half of a specific fish population
(i.e., fathead minnows) in a four-day period. The software estimates toxicity directly from molecular structure,
and no animal testing is involved.
The new software tool will allow the user to simply input a chemical to be evaluated by drawing it in a sketcher
window, entering a SMILES (Daylight Chemical Information System 2006) string or by entering other
standardized formats for molecular structures. Once entered, the program calculates the molecular descriptor
values and then estimates the toxicity. It is expected that the tool will aid regulatory agencies and industry to
assess chemicals for programs such as EPA's New Chemicals Program.
Five validated QSAR methodologies are included in the new T.E.S.T. software tool. They are detailed at the
Clean Processes Program's QSAR webpage: (http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/std/cppb/qsar/index.html).
Readers who are interested in a full report and discussion of the QSAR methodologies used in the program
research will find information in:
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Martin, T.M., P. Harten, R.Venkatapathy, S. Das, and D.M. Young. (2008). "A Hierarchical Clustering
Methodology for the Estimation of Toxicity." Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, 18, 2: 251-266.
Contact: Jane Ice, NRMRL Office of Public Affairs (513) 569-7311
LOCAL NEWS
Green Remediation Case Studies
If you've had your ears to the ground at all for the past 6 months, you've definitely heard more and more each
day about "Green Remediation" (GR). There are a number of definitions floating out there for GR, but here is
the one that EPA's OSWER is using: Green remediation is the practice of considering environmental impacts
of remediation activities at every stage of the Remedial process in order to maximize the net environmental
benefit of a cleanup. Considerations include selection of a remedy, energy requirements, efficiency ofon-site
activities, and reduction of impacts on surrounding areas. In this article, I wanted to provide you with a few
"local" (Region 9) GR case studies, and then outline some highlights going on that I've been following both
inside and outside EPA.
The local flavor in this article is that there are a number of site activities happening right here in Region 9. The
examples highlighted here were summarized from a Region 9 webpage, where these and many others are more
fully explained: http://www.epa.gov/region09/cleanup-clean-air/pilot-prg.html. (Photos courtesy of this EPA
website.)
SOLAR: At the Pemaco site in Maywood, CA, electrical resistive heating was selected as part of the remedy to
clean up VOCs in soil and groundwater. To assist with the electricity needs for this energy-intensive remedy,
solar panels were installed on the top of an on-site building. The photovoltaic system has been generating bout
529 kWh / month since its installation in late 2007. This offsets about 3.3 tons of CO2 per year, which is
equivalent to 7,600 car miles.
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CLEAN DIESEL: Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base utilized clean diesel technology to excavate 120,000
cubic yards of contaminated soil as part of the Cleanup-Clean Air Initiative. This project is the result of a
partnership between EPA, Navy, Marine Corps, West Coast Environmental (the cleanup contractor), Caterpillar
and Huss (equipment suppliers). These efforts are especially important because non-road vehicles account for
nearly 30% of all diesel particulate emissions in California, making them the largest single source of these
emissions. These emissions are linked to reduced lung capacity and asthma and are likely human carcinogens.
WASTE TO POWER: Located 10 miles east of Los Angeles in Monterey Park, CA, the Operating Industries,
Inc. (Oil) Landfill Site is divided into two parcels by the Pomona Highway (Highway 60): The North Parcel is
owned by A.H.A.S., Inc and contains about 45 acres; the South Parcel is owned by Oil and contains about 145
acres. Six microturbines were installed on the North Parcel as part of the landfill gas collection system in 2002,
converting landfill gas to electric power. All emissions from the microturbines are collected and returned to the
gas treatment system to ensure removal of all contaminants. The microturbines save up to $400,000 per year,
and generate enough power to supply about 70% of the landfill's energy needs. Each microturbine can generate
70 kilowatts per hour, for a total of 420 kilowatts per hour. They operate approximately 70% of the time and
provide power for remedial systems and site operation and maintenance.
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Recent Green Remediation Highlights
Guidance
EPA has written and released a number of guidance documents and fact sheets recently.
Most of these can be accessed from the clu-in.org website -->
http ://www. cluin. org/greenremediation/
EPA Workgroup s
A number of EPA workgroups have emerged, including the Climate Change and
Contaminated Land (CCCL) Workgroup and a subcommittee under the Superfund
Engineering Forum. Some are policy related and others are technical, and yes, they are
starting to coordinate with each other! An EPA intranet site is being created to describe
goals, membership and other info about these groups and will be posted soon. For more
information, please contact Carlos Pachon at pachon.carlos@epa.gov.
Non-EPA
Workgroups
- CalEPA has started a "Green Team" and is planning a related symposium for early 2009.
- The Army Corps of Engineers has an MOU with EPA to promote green cleanup at DoD
remediation sites.
- NASA is interested in reducing the energy costs of their long term ground water
remedies and has created a "Technology Evaluation for Environmental Risk Mitigation
(TEERM) Principal Center and hopes to collaborate with EPA on this work. See more
here: http://acqp2.nasa.gov/overview.html .
- The ITRC is considering a new team called the "Green and Sustainable Remediation"
Team (GSR) to start up in 2009. See page 3 of this publication:
http://www.itrcweb.org/Documents/News/qu_sept_08.pdf .
- Industry (under Dupont) has created a "Sustainable Remediation Forum" (SuRF) that has
been active for almost two years.
Renewable Energy
Maps
EPA has created a tool using data from Google Earth and the National Renewable Energy
Lab to combine land that needs revitalization (Superfund, Brownfields sites) with areas of
the country offering the best potential for renewable energy production. See this website:
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/ocpa/maps_incentives.htm .
GR Tech Support
EPA is offering online general and site specific tech assistance on green remediation
issues! See here for more: http://www.clum.org/greenremediation/tab_f.cfm .
GR Online
Seminars
EPA's Engineering Forum has scheduled a three-part online seminar series on various
aspects of green remediation in the coming months. The first one is set for November
24th. The seminar series offers another chance to see some of those presentations offered
at the annual "NARPM" conference in July (Portland). For more information, see this
webpage:
http://cluin.org/live/#Green_Remediation:_Opening_the_Door_to_Field_Use_Session_A_
(Introduction_and_Carbon_Calculus:_A_RCRA_Case_Study)_20081124 .
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DATEBOOK - UPCOMING EVENTS
This section of the newsletter is an attempt to present both EPA and non-EPA sponsored environmental
technology related courses and conferences. But being a quarterly publication, it is impossible for this
newsletter to always be up-to-date. For the most pertinent information on upcoming EPA courses, see
http://www.trainex.org. These events are listed chronologically.
Many of the entries in these newsletters are from TIO's "TechDirect" emails (thank you Jeff Heimerman!).
TechDirect is also tied to the clu-in webpage, which lists many training opportunities, including the following:
Announcement of Courses: http://clu-in.org/courses
Archive of Courses: http://clu-in.org/live/archive.cfm
Internet Training http://www.cluin.org/training
Internet Based Training (many are ITRC)
These are typically 1-2 hour online courses where the participant follows a webpage presentation, while
listening on the phone. Check - http://www.itrcweb.org or http://www.clu-in.org/studio/seminar.cfm to verify
times and registration, unless other websites are mentioned below.
October 28 - Real-Time Measurement of Radionuclides in Soil
2:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. EASTERN TIME
November 6 - Enhanced Attenuation of Chlorinated Organics: A Site Management Tool
11:00 a.m.-l:15 p.m. EASTERN TIME
November 13 - In Situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Ethene - DNAPL Source Zones
11:00 a.m.-l:15 p.m. EASTERN TIME
November 18 - Decontamination and Decommissioning of Radiologically-Contaminated Facilities
2:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m. EASTERN TIME
November 20 - Planning and Promoting of Ecological Land Reuse of Remediated Sites
11:00 a.m.-l:15 p.m. EASTERN TIME
November 24 - Green Remediation: Opening the Door to Field Use - Session A (Introduction and Carbon
Calculus: A RCRA Case Study)
l:00pm-3:00pm EASTERN TIME
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Emergency Preparedness and Prevention and Hazmat Spills Conference
October 26-29, 2008
Richmond, VA
http://2005conference.org/
2008 International Water Conference
October 26-30, 2008
San Antonio, TX
http://www.eswp.com/water/
llth Annual Florida Brownfields Conference
October 26-29, 2008
St. Pete Beach, FL
http://www.floridabrownfields.org
"Green Chemistry: The Environment, Sustainability and the Future of Chemicals Science and Policy in
California"
October 28, 2008
University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA
http://bie.berkeley.edu/norcalsetac/
Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection, and
Remediation® Conference
November 3-4, 2008
Houston, TX
http://www.ngwa.org/DEVELOPMENT/conferences/details/0811035040.aspx
Innovative Remediation Technology Conference
November 6-7, 2008
Denver, Colorado
http ://www. aipg. org/Seminar s/program. htm
Sustainable Property Transactions-Deal Making and Redevelopment of Contaminated Sites
November 12-14, 2008
San Francisco, CA
http://www.rtmcomm.com/rtmcomm/conferences.php
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AWWA 2008 Water Quality Technology Conference and Exposition (WQTC)
November 16-20, 2008
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.awwa.org/Conferences/
SETAC North America: 29th Annual Meeting
November 16-20, 2008
Tampa, FL
http://www.setac.org/tampa/
Emerging Contaminants 2008 (Groundwater Resources Association of California)
November 19-20, 2008
San Jose, California
http ://www. grac. org/contaminants. asp
SERDP AND ESTCP ANNUAL TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOP
December 2-4, 2008
Washington, D.C.
http://www.serdp-estcp.org/Symposium
Removal Process
December 2-5, 2008
Arlington, VA
http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=45&all=yes
Remedial Process
December 2-5, 2008
Arlington, VA
http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=52&all=yes
Monitored Natural Attenuation of Petroleum and Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Soil and Groundwater
December 2-3, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
http://www.nwetc.org/ghyd-410_12-08_phoenix.htm
SBRP Annual Meeting
December 7-9, 2008
Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA
http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/Cofred/Public/Aca/ConfHome.cfm?confid=385
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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
9th National Conf on Science, Policy and the Environment: Biodiversity in a Rapidly Changing World
December 8-10, 2008
Washington, DC.
http://ncseonline.org/Conference/Biodiversity/
Collaborative Approaches to Integrated Modeling: Better Integration for Better Decision Making
(At the OEI Environmental Information Symposium 2008)
December 10-12, 2008
Phoenix, AZ
To register for the workshop: http://www.epa.gov/crem/integrated-modeling-workshop2008.html
Please also register to attend the OEI Symposium: http://www.epa.gov/oei/svmposium/2008/index.htm
Radiation Safety - Overview for Environmental Professionals - Day 1
January 6, 2009
TBD, EPA Region 9
http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=182&all=yes
Radiation Safety - Practical Applications - Day 2
January 7, 2009
TBD, EPA Region 9
http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=183&all=yes
Radiation Safety - Advanced For Environmental Professionals - Day 3
January 8, 2009
TBD, EPA Region 9
http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=184&all=yes
National Forum on Vapor Intrusion: Science, Technology and Policy
January 12-13, 2009
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.epa.gov/osp/stlworkshops.htm
US EPA Tech Support Project Meeting
January 26-30, 2009
San Diego, CA
For more info, contact Linda Fiedler at or check:
http://www.epa.gov/tio/tsp/meetings.htm
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Cal EPA Green Remediation Symposium
February 4-5, 2009 (Tentative)
Sacramento, CA
Contact Mikos Fabersunne (MFabersu@dtsc.ca.gov) for more information.
Translating SBRP Triumphs into Public Health Progress: Understanding and Implementing Effective
Research Translation
February 11-13, 2009
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/sbrp/events/index.cfm
Groundwater Monitoring Design, Analysis, Communication & Integration with Decision Making
(Sponsored by the Groundwater Resources Association of California)
February 25-26, 2009
Orange, CA
http://www.grac. org/monitoring. asp
REMTEC
March 3-5, 2009
Atlanta, GA
http://www.RemTEC09.com
19th Annual AEHS Meeting & West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments, and Water
March 9-12, 2009
San Diego, California
http://www.aehs.com/conferences/westcoast/index.htm
The 24th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management
March 15 - 18, 2009
Philadelphia, PA
http://www.widener.edu/solid.waste
2009 Conference on Design and Construction Issues at Hazardous Waste Sites
April 13-15, 2009
Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
https://superfund.usace.army.mil/2009DCHWS (after January 5, 2009)
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Sampling for Hazardous Materials
April 14-16, 2009
TBD, EPA Region 8
http://www.trainex.org/offeringslist.cfm?courseid=20&all=yes
In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation - The 10th International Symposium
May 5-8, 2009
Baltimore, MD
http://www.battelle.org/conferences/bioremediation/
Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operations
May 18-22, 2009
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.trainex.org/classdetails.cfm?courseid=23&classid=3809
llth International Congress on Combustion By-Products and Their Health Impacts
Date: June 2009
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/sbrp/events/index.cfm
Micropol and Ecohazard 2009 - 6th IWA/GRA Specialized Conference on Assessment and Control of
Micropollutants/Hazardous Substances in Water
June 8-10, 2009
San Francisco, CA
http://www.grac.org/micropol.asp
SWANA's 14th Annual Landfill Symposium
June 1-5, 2009
Savannah, GA
http://lfswm.swana.org/
International Conference on the Environmental Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology
June 9-11, 2009
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
http://www.umass.edu/tei/conferences/NanoConference/index.html
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The Air & Waste Management Association's 101st Annual Conference & Exhibition (ACE)
June 16-19, 2009
Detroit, MI
http://www.awma.org/ACE2009/index.html?src=mailing080908
Munitions Response and Operational Range Sustainability Conference
July 19-22, 2010
Reno, NV
http://www.battelle.org/conferences/range/
WEB PAGES
EUGRIS Corner
The following reports have recently been featured on EUGRIS.
http://www.eugris.info/whatsnew.asp
CL:AIRE (2008) Technology Demonstration Project Bulletin 26 (TDP 26 Bulletin): In Situ Soil
and Groundwater Decontamination Using Electric Resistive Heating Technology (Six-Phase
Heating)
http://www.claire.co.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=930&Itemid=25
CL:AIRE (2008) SUBR:IM Bulletin 10 (SUB 10): The Use of Compost in the Regeneration of
Brownfield Land
www.frcc.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/SUBRIM_bulletin_10.pdf/$FILE/SUBRIM_bulletin_10.pdf
Guidance on the Legal Definition of Contaminated Land (2008) Department for the Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/land/contaminated/pdf/legal-definition.pdf
Pesticide Residues MRLs (2008). http://ec.europa.eu/sanco pesticides/public/index.cfm .
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Linking Girls to the Land: Working Together to Conserve Natural Resources
The "Linking Girls to the Land" initiative gives Girl Scouts a deeper personal connection with the outdoors and
the environment in an increasingly urbanized society. When girls gain outdoor experiences in conservation
education, they build the foundation for important life skills, a lifetime appreciation for nature, and the start of
potential careers in natural resource conservation. View or download the 11-minute video at http://www.clu-
in.org/studio/linking girls full.cfm .
RECENT DOCUMENTS, DATABASES, ETC.
These entries are arranged alphabetically. Thanks to TechDirect, Tech Trends, NRMRL News, the ETV
Program, DOE, DoD and others for posting their latest documents. And remember, many of these are available
in paper format in the Region 9 library. Use your local library or it may disappear. It's happened at EPA,
although the powers that be have seen the light. Now we all hope that those impacted libraries can recover.
Approach to Vapor Intrusion at Contaminated Dry Cleaner Sites: A Survey of Member States
(August 2008, 10 pages)
http://www.drycleancoalition.org/download/SCRD_VI_2008.pdf
Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water by Adsorptive Media, U.S. EPA Demonstration Project at
Dummerston, VT, Final Performance Evaluation Report
(76 pp, 1.97MB)
(EPA/600/R-08/081)
July 2008
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r0808 l/600r08081 .html
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Attenuated Anaerobic Dechlorination of Groundwater Using HRC
MACTEC - Harding ESE: Demonstration Bulletin
(2 pp, 120 KB)
(EPA/540/R-08/003)
August 2008
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/540r08003/540r08003.pdf
Demonstration and Evaluation of an Automated Infiltration Gallery System at Port Hueneme, CA
(109 pp, 4.45 MB)
(EPA/600/R-08/068)
June 2008
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r08068/600r08068.pdf
Demonstrations of Method Applicability under a Triad Approach for Site Assessment and Cleanup -
Technology Bulletin
http://www.brownfieldstsc.org/pdf s/Demonstrations_of_Methods_Applicability.pdf
Development of Duration-Curve Based Methods for Qualifying Variability and Change in Watershed
Hydrology and Water Quality
(58 pp, 2.63 MB)
(EPA/600/R-08/065)
May 2008
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r08065/600r08065.pdf
Development of EPA OTM 10 for Landfill Applications
Thoma, E. D., S. Thorneloe, R. Segall, R. B. Green, G. R. Hater, R. Hashmonay, M. Modrak, M. J. Chase,
AND D. C. Goldsmith
Interim Report. In Proceedings, AWMA's 101st Annual Conference and Exhibition, Portland, OR, June 24-27,
2008. AWMA Pittsburgh, PA, NA, (2008)
http://www.awma.org/ACE2008/
Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) test of dioxin emission monitors
Lee, C., D.G. Tabor and K. A. Cowen. (2008).
Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 10, 1: 38-45.
http://springerlink.com/content/110360/
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Green Synthesis of Silver and Palladium Nanoparticles at Room Temperature Using Coffee and Tea
Extract
Nadagouda, M.N. and R.S. Varma. (2008)
Green Chemistry, 10, 8:859-862.
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/GC/article.asp?doi=b804703k
Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Information (CLU-IN) On-line Remediation Databases Fact Sheet
(EPA 542-F-06-006)
http://www.clu-in.org/download/remed/Online_Remediation_Factsheet.pdf
View, search, and submit projects at http://clu-in.org/databases/.
Highlights of the Technical Support Project Meeting, Portland, OR, July 7-11, 2008
http://www.epa.gov/tio/tsp/download/2008_spring_meeting/highlights_tsp_2008_narpm.pdf
In Situ Bioremediation of Chlorinated Ethene: DNAPL Source Zones (BioDNAPL-3)
(June 2008, 138 pages)
http://www.itrcweb.org/Documents/bioDNPL_Docs/BioDNAPL3.pdf
In Situ Source Treatment of Cr(VI) Using a Fe(II)-Based Reductant Blend: Long-Term Monitoring and
Evaluation
Ludwig, R.D., C. Su, T.R. Lee, R.T. Wilkin and B.M. Sass. (2008)
Journal Of Environmental Engineering, 134, 8:651-659.
http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplav.cgi70807237
Linking Waterfowl with Contaminant Speciation in Riparian Soils
(82 pp, 1.93MB)
(EPA/600/R-08/060)
January 2008
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r08060/600r08060.pdf
New Cost and Performance Information on Cleanup Technologies, Annual Summary of Activities:
August 2008
(EPA 542-F-08-005)
(August 2008, 6 pages)
http://www.frtr.gov/pdf/epa542f08005.pdf
Proven Technologies and Remedies Guidance - Remediation of Metals in Soil
http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PublicationsForms/upload/Guidance_Remediation-Soils.pdf
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Quick Assessment Protocols for Measuring Relative Ecological Significance of Terrestrial Ecosystem
(46 pp, 3.47 MB)
(EPA/600/R-08/061)
May 2008
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r08061/600r08061.pdf
Technology News and Trends
(EPA 542-N-08-004)
(July 2008, 6 pages)
http://www.clu-in.org/download/newsltrs/tnandt0708.pdf
Technology News and Trends
(EPA 542-N-08-005)
(October 2008, 6 pages)
http://www.clu-in.org/download/newsltrs/tnandtl008.pdf
User's Guide to the Collection and Analysis of Tree Cores to Assess the Distribution of Subsurface
Volatile Organic Compounds
(July 2008, 72 pages)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5088/
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Serious Scientists Gather 'Round,
Continuing on the controversial themes of the past few newsletters
This will end soon, right??
TI: EPA ordered to reopen libraries
AU:
JN: Environmental Science and Technology
PD:2008
VO:42
NO: 5
PG: 1392
PB: ACS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
IS: 0013-936X
PE:MAR01
URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/docdel/artl081390266
TI: What Lies Beneath: A Plea for Complete Information
AU: Brewer, PG; Nakayama, N
JN: Environmental Science and Technology
PD:2008
VO:42
NO: 5
PG: 1394
PB: ACS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
IS: 0013-936X
PE:MAR01
URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/docdel/artl081390272
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TI: OMB should rethink research evaluation tool
AU:
JN: Environmental Science and Technology
PD:2008
VO:42
NO: 8
PG: 2715
PB: ACS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
IS: 0013-936X
PE: APR 15
URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/docdel/artl082076356
TI: EPA toxicity risk assessments in crisis: Political interference and lack of transparency taint science
and delay assessments
AU:
JN: Environmental Science and Technology
PD:2008
VO:42
NO: 13
PG: 4620
PB: ACS AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
IS: 0013-936X
PE: JUL01
URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/docdel/artl083079815
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