Message #27: May, 1999
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EPA Guidance
Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation at Superfund, RCRA
Corrective Action, and Underground Storage Tank Sites,
OSWER's Policy Directive (No. 9200.4-17P). Now available as a
Final Directive! This Directive provides guidance to EPA staff, to the
public, and to the regulated community on how EPA intends to
exercise its discretion in implementing national policy on the use of
Monitored Natural Attenuation for the remediation of contaminated
soil and groundwater at sites regulated under Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response (OSWER) programs. View or download
from http://www.epa.aov/swerust1/directiv/d9200417.pdf. For hard copies contact The EPA
RCRA, Superfund, OUST & EPCRA Hotline at (800) 424-9346 or
DC Area Local (703) 412-9810 or TDD (800) 553-7672 or TDD DC
Area Local (703) 412-3323 Monday through Friday between 9:00
a.m. and 6:00 p.m. EDT.
Databases and Documents
EPA REACHIT. If you are familiar with EPA's downloadable
remediation and characterization vendor databases (VISITT and
Vendor FACTS) and our technology applications database
(Innovative Treatment Technologies), they are now combined in a
searchable Internet-based (i.e., no downloading) system called
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REACH IT. The REmediation And CHaracterization Innovative
Technologies system is a source of information on the availability,
performance, and applications of remediation and characterization
technologies. EPA REACH IT is intended to assist remediation
professionals in their treatment, characterization, and monitoring
decision-making process by tracking the deployment of technologies
and identifying firms that provide assessment and remediation
services. EPA REACHIT is located at http://www.epareachit.org.
Ground Water Currents (EPA 542-N-99-002). This EPA quarterly
newsletter provides descriptions and performance data for
developments in innovative ground water treatment. This issue
features innovative permeable reactive barriers used to remediate
contaminated ground water [March 1999, 4 pages]. View or
download at http://clu-in.ora/techd rct/techpu bs. htm. Hard copies available from (800)
490-9198 or (513) 489-8190 or fax your request to (513) 891-6685.
Subsurface Containment and Monitoring Systems: Barriers and
Beyond. This report was prepared under grant for EPA's
Technology Innovation Office by Leslie Pearlman, a National
Network of Environmental Management Studies fellow. The
publication provides an overview of subsurface barriers - vertical
and horizontal - with an emphasis on the emerging and innovative
vertical barrier technologies. It is not intended to be an inclusive
report; it merely provides an overview of the existing work in the field
on subsurface barrier technologies. The information was gathered
from a range of available sources, including project documents,
reports, periodicals, Internet searches, and personal communication
with involved parties [March 1999, 68 pages]. View or download at
http://clu-in ,org/techdrct/techpubs,htm.
Bibliography of Field Applications of Permeable Reactive
Barrier Technology. This bibliography was produced by the
Remediation Technologies Development Forum (RTDF). It lists
approximately 200 citations related to field applications of barrier
walls. The bibliography is searchable by author, title, abstract, and
the site to which the citation applies. To access the bibliography,
S00 http://www.rtdf.org/public/permbarr/barrdocs.htm. Note that this site also contains
1-2 page profiles of selected pilot and full scale permeable
reactive barrier applications
Emerging Technology Summary Report: Simultaneous
Destruction of Organics and Stabilization of Metals in Soils
(EPA/540/SR-98/500) This document was published by EPA
Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program. The
EPA National Risk Management Research laboratory conducted a
laboratory evaluation of the Sulchem process to treat soils
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contaminated with organic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. The
Sulchem process mixes the contaminated media with elemental
sulfur at elevated temperatures in an inert reactor system [July 1998,
10	pages]. View or download at http://www.epa.aov/QRD/SITE/reports/sr98500.html. For
hard copies, contact (800) 490-9198 or (513) 489-8190 or fax your
request to (513) 891-6685.
Draft Treatability Test for Evaluating the Potential Applicability
of the Reductive Anaerobic Biological In Situ Treatment
Technology (RABITT) to Remediate Chloroethenes. This report
was published under the Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program (ESTCP). The protocol describes a
comprehensive approach for conducting a phased treatability test to
determine the potential for employing RABITT at any specific sites
[February 1998, 94 pages]. View or download from
http://www,estcp,ora/documents/techdocs/index,cfm.
International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings (API Publication
No. 4684 A). This CD- ROM is sponsored by the US Coast Guard,
U.S. EPA, American Petroleum Institute, et al. It contains
conference abstracts for the International Oil Spill Conferences
since 1969 and full text proceedings from the conferences in 1995,
1997, and 1999. The CD-ROM is available for $30 from API, contact
(202) 682-8375.
The Oil Spill Program Update (Vol. 2 No. 3). This publication is
issued quarterly by the U.S. EPA Oil Spill Program. This issue
highlights EPA Region V Oil Spill program activities and an article on
011	Spill Prevention and the Millennium Bug [April 1999, 12 pages].
See http://www.epa.aov/oiispin/docs/epaupd7.pdf or for hard copies, contact Beatriz
Oliveira at oliveira.beatriz@epa.aov.
Conferences and Symposia
1999 Conference on Hazardous Waste Research, St. Louis,
Missouri, May 25-27,1999. This conference is sponsored by the
Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research
Center. It will highlight several broad areas of hazardous waste
research including brownfields redevelopment and contaminated
sediments as well as industrial and mine- contaminated soils and
groundwater. Case studies, demonstration projects, and research
findings surrounding technical and institutional issues will also be
included. Oral and poster presentations, panel discussions, and
training workshops on these topics will be presented with an eye
toward strengthening existing partnerships and developing new
alliances to promote simple, cost-effective compliance, cleanup, and
integration of hazardous sites. Additional information about the
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conference is available on the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain HSRC
web site at http://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC. For additional information, please call
Carla Wolfe at (785) 532-7464.
[Reminder!!] Subsurface Remediation: Improving Long-Term
Monitoring and Remedial Systems Performance, St. Louis, MO,
June 8-11,1999. This conference is sponsored by member
agencies of the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable. The
objectives are to highlight successes and issues related to improving
the performance of subsurface remediation technologies, showcase
practical approaches to cost-effective monitoring of remedial
performance, and to identify research needs from current practice.
For agenda and registration information, see
http://www,clu-in,org/products/moreinfo/subsurf,htm.
Innovative Technologies for Site Assessment and Monitoring
Workshop, Princeton, NJ, June 8-9. This one and a half day
workshop is intended to bring together for hands on training state
regulators, engineering contractors, site owners and individuals
involved in Brownfield's cleanups. Participants will receive valuable
information on the operation, cost, logistics and data acceptance
issues. Limited travel assistance available for state and city
employees. Contact On-Site Insights, NHSRC/NJIT, 17 Glen Road,
Wayland, MA 01778 or Dr. Andrea Kinney at (508) 358-3532, FAX
(508) 358-5091 or E-mail to andreakinnev@worldnet.att.net.
WTQA '99, Arlington, Virginia, July 18-22. The 15th Annual
Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium will be held at the
Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA with the them being,
Preparing for Change Under PBMS. The conference will be
preceded and followed by short courses. Hosted by the Waste
Policy Institute and US EPA, the three day conference will begin
with a plenary session on July 19th followed by concurrent technical
sessions on July 20-21, 1999. In addition to regular technical
sessions on quality assurance, organic and inorganic chemical
analysis, six special PBMS Issue Sessions focus on PBMS Status,
Contracting, Laboratory Management, Scientific and Legal
Defensibility, Field and Laboratory Implementation, and Laboratory
Auditing and Accreditation. The deadline for advanced registration
has been extended to June 15, 1999. Complete program information
and on-line registration form is available on the Internet at
http://www.wpi.org/wtga and any questions may be asked by sending a fax to
540-557-6043, attention Dr. Larry Keith.
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