Message #48: February 2001
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that they exist and may be relevant to the TechDirect audience.
Upcoming Internet Seminars
The EPA Technology Innovation Office , ITRC and other partners
are hosting a number of two-hour Live technical seminars over the
Internet in February and March. These are free, but you must
register to participate. For descriptions and registration information
for these l-seminars, see hHD://d»-in.0m/st»di0. Also note that you may access
some of our past seminars (slides and audio) in the archive.
Dynamic Data Collection and Field Analytical Technologies:
February 22, March 1, March 15.
Field Analytical Technologies for VOCs in Groundwater: February 27
and March 20
ITRC Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents: March 6 and
March 8
New Documents
Applicability of RCRA Section 3020 to In-Situ Treatment of
Ground Water. This memorandum clarifies that reinjection of treated
ground water to promote in-situ treatment is allowed under section
3020(b) as long as certain conditions are met. Specifically, the
ground water must be treated prior to reinjection; the treatment must
be intended to substantially reduce hazardous constituents in the
ground water - either before or after reinjection; the cleanup must be
protective of human health and the environment; and the injection
must be part of a response action under CERCLA section 104 or 106
or a RCRA corrective action intended to clean up the contamination
(December 2000, 6 pages). View at http://clu-in.org/techpubs.htm .
RCRA Clean-up Reforms II: Fostering Creative Solutions (EPA
530-F- 01-001). This new RCRA reform document was published by
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the U.S. EPA Office of Solid Waste. It contains a set of initiatives
and ideas intended to foster creative solutions in the RCRA clean-up
program (January 2001, 4 pages). View or download at
http://www,epa,aov/epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/reforms/reforms2,pdf .
Treatment Experiences at RCRA Corrective Actions (EPA
542-F-00- 020). This fact sheet summarizes information about the
use of treatment technologies at 30 RCRA corrective action sites.
EPA identified these sites based on readily available sources of
information. These sources were reviewed to identify RCRA sites
that had ongoing or completed cleanups for contaminated soil or
groundwater, and that identified key information about the cleanups,
such as type of technology used and point of contact. These sites
illustrate the types of cleanups conducted at RCRA corrective
actions; they are not intended to be representative of the whole
universe of RCRA cleanups (December 2000, 8 pages). View or
download from http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm . Hard copies will be available in 3-4
weeks, contact (800) 490-9198 or (513) 489-8190 or fax to (513)
489-8695.
Technologies for Clean-Up of Contaminated Ground Water in
the United States: Current Practice and Information Resources.
This is an overview paper that was delivered at the International
Symposium and Exhibition on Waste Management in Asian Cities
(Hong Kong, October 20, 2000). It describes data on the kinds of
contamination, media, and technologies deployed to deal with
problems at these sites. In addition, it highlights technology
partnerships that have evolved to demonstrate and verify site
measurement and clean up technologies and to assure a more
robust set of clean-up options. Finally, the advent of the Internet has
increased access to a considerable body of publicly available
information on the cost and performance of these technologies
(October 2000, 6 pages). View or download at hunv/nh-innmfenhni,hSMm .
Ground Water Currents (EPA 542-N-00-008). Ground Water
Currents is a quarterly newsletter published by the Technology
Innovation Office. This issue features projects that address the
treatment of ground water in fractured bedrock. Two articles involve
field-scale demonstrations of enhanced bioremediation of ground
water contaminated with TCE. The third involves the use of the
digital Borehole Image Processing System (BIPS) to enhance
characterization of the bedrock fractures at Watervliet Arsenal
(December 2000, 4 pages). View or download at http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm .
For a hard copy, contact (800) 490-9198 or (513) 489-8190 or fax to
(513) 489-8695.
CLARINET and NICOLE Special Edition of Land Contamination
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and Reclamation: The Sustainable Management and
Remediation of Contaminated Land. CLARINET and NICOLE
have contributed to this special issue of Land Contamination and
Reclamation as part of their support for the effective implementation
of the EC Framework 5 RTD Programme, and to provide an
overview of their work to a wide audience of practitioners in the field.
This special issue highlights the recent and current activities of
CLARINET and NICOLE and the progress that is being made
towards the establishment of better risk-based land management
protocols and practices in the EU. It provides an overview of current
research programmes including the current call for EU research
under Framework 5, and identifies commonly perceived research
needs among stakeholders in European countries. View at
http://www,nicole,ora/
Dynamic Field Activities Webpage. The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Superfund program has launched a new web
page designed to promote the use of real-time data for real-time
decision making throughout the response process. Titled Dynamic
Field Activities, the site provides resources to help streamline
activities during site assessment, characterization, remediation, and
monitoring. The web site supports Superfund by providing
information on an upcoming guidance document as well as providing
numerous links to other helpful internet resources. See
http://www.epa.aov/superfund/proarams/dfa/index.htm .
Conferences and Symposia
Call for Abstracts! Environmental Development Workshop,
Portland, Oregon, April 16-20. This event is sponsored by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The theme of the conference is
"Environmental Stewardship: We Proceed On." The stated purpose
is to exchange current technical information for sustainable
environmental restoration and stewardship. Session topics include:
Measuring & Monitoring, Quality Management, Planning, Policy,
Compliance , and Restoration. The deadline for submitting abstracts
has been extended to February 15. For more information, see
http://ha.environmental.usace.armv.mil/edw2001.
Call For Papers! EPA Forum on Managing Contaminated
Sediments at Hazardous Waste Sites, Alexandria, VA May
30-June 1. This conference, sponsored by the U.S. EPA Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, will allow stakeholders to
express their opinions on EPA program policies and guidance that
address sediment remediation; identify the key site information and
data that should be collected and evaluated in order to make
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informed site-specific cleanup decisions; identify issues that need to
be resolved, additional data that needs to be gathered and
evaluated, and research that needs to be performed; and share
information and lessons learned as a result of managing
contaminated sediments. Prospective panelists should submit a one
page (double-spaced) abstract on one of the conference topics
described above by February 28, 2001. Abstracts must include the
author's name, affiliation, address, phone number, fax number &
e-mail address. For more information, contact Joan Fisk at (703)
603-8791 or fisk.ioan@epa.aov .
Reminder! Fractured Rock 2001, Ontario, March 26-28. This
conference is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment,
the U.S. Department of Energy, The Smithville Phase IV Bedrock
Remediation Program and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. The conference will focus on state-of-the-art methods of site
characterization, contaminant mobility and behavior, as well as
containment and remediation in groundwater and the vadose zone.
Presentations will focus on all types of rock and organic
contaminants (aqueous phase, LNAPLs, and DNAPLs), inorganic
contaminants, isotopes, radionuclides, and all methods of
investigation (laboratory, numerical modeling, field work, case
histories, and policy). For agenda and registration information, see
http://www,fracturedrock2001 .org/ .
Reminder!! Field Screening Europe 2001, Karlsruhe, Germany,
May 14-16. The objective of this conference and exhibition is the
continuation of discussions about on-site analysis together with
methods, techniques and technologies in Field Screening. Among
these questions are the development of all inclusive reconnaissance
strategies, problems of measurement in heterogeneous media using,
among others, new geotechnical and geophysical instruments, the
application of chemical and physical in-situ measurement techniques
will also be discussed. Flier available on conference website at
http://wwwrz.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~rd03/FZU/conferences/fse2001/ .
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