United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Green Remediation Best Management Practices: Fact Sheets on Specific Remedies and Other Key Issues Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation May 2010 Update The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is identifying opportunities to advance green remediation strategies across cleanup programs. As part of this effort, the Agency is benchmarking and documenting best management practices to be included in decision-making toolkits available to an expanding network of practitioners. EPA's Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation currently is working with the Agency's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization and other cleanup program offices to develop a series of quick-reference fact sheets describing best management practices for frequently used cleanup remedies, various field stages, and other aspects posing significant opportunities to reduce the environmental "footprint" of site cleanup. The practices can be used for investigative and response actions at contaminated sites under Superfund, corrective action, brownfield, underground storage tank, and federal facility remediation programs. Each fact sheet addresses a cleanup project's (1) energy requirements, (2) air emissions, (3) impacts on water, (4) impacts on land and ecosystems, and (5) material consumption and waste generation. More Information and Future Announcements Visit Green Remediation Focus online to access these and other resources as they become available, view site-specific profiles of green remediation applications, or request technical assistance in implementing the practices, http://cluin.org/greenremediation Subscribe to monthly Tech Direct announcements covering a range of cleanup topics (including green remediation seminars) on EPA's CLU-IN web host. http://www.cluin.org/newsletters/ To learn or share more information about green remediation opportunities, contact Carlos Pachon (pachon.carlos@epa.gov). Topics and Tentative Timeline December 2008: • Excavation and Surface Restoration (EPA542-F-08-012) December 2009: • Site Investigation (EPA542-F-09-004) • Pump and Treat Technologies (EPA542-F-09-005) March 2010: • Bioremediation (EPA 542-F-l 0-006) • Soil Vapor Extraction & Air Sparging (EPA 542-F-l 0-007) May 2010: • Clean Fuel & Emission Technologies for Site Cleanup (EPA 542-F-l 0-008) June 2010: • Landfill Covers & Containment Technologies July 2010: • In Situ Thermal Technologies Augusf20IO: • Integrating Renewable Energy in Site Cleanup September 2010: • Contracting Mechanisms for Site Cleanup October 2010: • Environmental Footprint Analysis of Site Cleanup ------- |