Message #99: May 2005

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Special Announcements

Superfund 25th Anniversary. Superfund will mark its 25th
anniversary in December 2005. In commemoration, EPA is planning
three major activities to capture the history of the Superfund program
by allowing those involved to share their experiences. These
commemorative activities consist of a national discussion on the
changing nature of Superfund, an oral history project, and a photo
history project. EPA is calling for photographic submissions for the
photo history project. We encourage people to submit photographs
that capture the people and places of Superfund, the human and
environmental impacts of Superfund sites, and the changes in
communities resulting from site cleanups. EPA will use selected
photos to enhance the oral history project and to create an archive of
Superfund images. In addition, EPA will select two photos
representing each of its ten regions for later display. Guidelines for
submitting photos are available on Superfund's 25th Anniversary

web site at http://www,epa,aov/superfund/25anniversarv .

EPA Small Business Innovation Research Program Solicitation
No. PR-NC-05-10246. EPA invites small business firms to submit
research proposals under this Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) Phase I Solicitation. The SBIR program is a phased process
uniform throughout the Federal Government of soliciting proposals
and awarding funding agreements for research (R) or research and

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development (R&D) to meet stated Agency needs or missions. EPA
is interested in advanced technologies that address Mid-Atlantic
environmental problems. The proposed research must directly
pertain to EPA's environmental mission and must be responsive to
EPA program interests included in the topic descriptions in the

solicitation. See http://es.epa.aov/ncer/rfa/2005/2005 sbir phasel .html#l for research topics

and application instructions for this solicitation. Deadline for
submission is May 25, 2005.

Upcoming Internet Seminars

ITRC What is Remediation Process Optimization And How Can
It Help Me Identify Opportunities for Enhanced and More
Efficient Site Remediation? - May 5. This training discusses the
value of optimization in efficiently and objectively setting and
attaining remediation goals. Key elements of RPO that will be
discussed in the training include: Appropriate use of up-to-date
conceptual site models (CSM); Flexible Remedial Actions (RAs)
operations considering technology limitations and risk assessments;
use of treatment trains for each target zone, and developing
performance objectives for each element; development of an exit
strategy for each remedy component considering life-cycle factors;
and life-cycle cost analysis as a decision-making tool with the
requirement that protectiveness must be maintained or improved.
For more information and to register, see http://www.itrcweb.org Of

http://clu-in.ora/studio .

ITRC What's New with In Situ Chemical Oxidation? - May 19.

This training presents updated guidance and technology
advancement information for In Situ Chemical Oxidation. Topics
include a regulatory discussion related to ISCO implementation;
details on the chemistry behind ISCO technology; considerations for
system design and application, including health and safety; and
performance evaluation information. The course is based on the
ITRC's In Situ Chemical Oxidation of Contaminated Soil and
Groundwater, Second Edition (ISCO-2, 2005), with sections on
technology overview and applicability, remedial investigations, safety
concerns, regulatory concerns, injection design, monitoring,
stakeholder concerns, and case studies. For more information and to

register, see http://www.itrcweb.org Of http://clu-in.org/studio .

ITRC Strategies for Monitoring the Performance of DNAPL
Source Zone Remedies - May 24. This training discusses issues
surrounding the assessment of remediation performance at DNAPL
sites where the source zone is being targeted for treatment. It is
based on the ITRC document titled, Strategies for Monitoring the

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Performance of DNAPL Source Zone Remedies. Specific issues
dealing with monitoring the performance of various DNAPL source
zone remediation technologies are discussed. Elements of a robust
performance monitoring program are described including the need to
establish appropriate performance goals and metrics well in
advance. To register, seehttpv/www.itrcweb.ora or http://clu-in.ora/studio .

Design, Installation and Monitoring of Alternative Final Landfill
Covers - May 26. This training focuses on evapotranspiration (ET)
covers and the decisions associated with their successful design,
construction, and long-term care. For more information and to
register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora or http://clu-in.ora/studio .

ITRC Radiation Site Cleanup: CERCLA Requirements and
Guidance - June 2. The focus of this ITRC training is EPA's
guidance for remediating radioactively contaminated sites, which
can facilitate cleanups that are consistent with how chemical
contaminants are addressed, except where technical differences
posed by radiation are addressed. In addition to cleanup and its
associated guidance, this course introduces the participants to long
term stewardship (LTS) challenges related to the large radioactively
contaminated sites. This understanding of LTS issues is integral to
the cleanup process and decisions made at the radiation sites. To

register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora Of http://clu-in.ora/studio .

ITRC Triad Approach: A New Paradigm for Environmental
Project Management - June 7. This seminar introduces the Triad
concept and highlights how this process can increase the
effectiveness and quality of environmental investigations. This
training explains the relationship of the Triad to previous regulatory
guidance, and offers a discussion of issues that may affect
stakeholders. The ITRC guidance document, Technical and
Regulatory Guidance for the Triad Approach: A New Paradigm for
Environmental Project Management (SCM-1, 2003), serves as the
basis for this training course. To register, see http://www.itrcweb.ora Of

http://clu-in.ora/studio .

New Documents and Online Resources

Environmental Management at Operating Outdoor Small Arms
Firing Ranges (SMART-2). This document was developed by the
Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC). This
document addresses the minimization of potential exposure to
metals, especially lead, associated with shooting ranges. It is
designed to assist range operators in developing, using, and
monitoring environmental management plans at active outdoor small

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arms firing ranges. The central task in formulating an environmental
management plan is the selection and implementation of effective
and reliable pollution prevention and mitigation measures, otherwise
referred to as best management practices (February 2005, 125

pages). View or download at http://www.itrcweb.ora/Documents/SMART-2.pdf .

Assessment of Subsurface Chlorinated Solvent Contamination
Using Tree Cores at the Front Street Site and a Former Dry
Cleaning Facility at the Riverfront Superfund Site, New Haven,
Missouri, 1999-2003 (Scientific Investigations Report
2004-5049). This report was published by the U.S. Geological
Survey in cooperation with the U.S. EPA. It describes the
assessment of subsurface chlorinated solvent contamination using
tree cores at two sites that were investigated as part of the Riverfront
Superfund Site. During an initial assessment in 1999, core samples
were collected from 32 trees. Results from these samples were used
to scope and design the subsurface characterization of soils and a
ground-water monitoring network (2004, 41 pages). View or

download at http://water.usas.aov/pubs/sir/2004/5049/pdf/complete.pdf .

Field Screening Method for Perchlorate in Water and Soil
(ERDC/CRREL TR-04-8). This report was published by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers. A reliable and inexpensive colorimetric
method for perchlorate in water and soil extracts has been
developed and tested with surface water, well water, bioreactor
effluent, and soil extracts. The detection limit for water is 1 ug/L and
0.3 ug/g for spiked soils. Results from nearly 100 well water and
bioreactor samples show excellent agreement with EPA Method 314
over the range of 1 -225 ug/L (slope = 1.11, R2 = 0.913). Some false
positives were encountered in some wells. A cleanup method was
developed that can eliminate false positives due to humic
substances (April 2004, 26 pages). View or download at

http://www.crrel.usace.armv.mil/techpub/CRREL Reports/reports/TRQ4-8.pdf .

Microbial Community Shifts Associated with RDX Loss in a
Saturated and Well-Drained Surface Soil (ERDC/CRREL
TR-05-4). This report was published by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. It reports on the microbial community composition
associated with the deposited RDX under the differing soil moisture
tensions. Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) and terminal fragment
length polymorphism (T-RFLP) profiles were used to quantify the in
situ microbiota. The rapid biotransformation of RDX in the saturated
soil was coincident with an endpoint microbial community containing
firmicutes, proteobacteria, actinobacteria, and bacteroidetes. The
authors hypothesize that the saturated soil led to the development of
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these populations were primarily responsible for the observed
biological transformation of RDX (March 2005, 25 pages). View or

download at http://www.crrel.usace.armv.mil/techpub/CRREL Reports/reports/TR05-4.pdf .

Technology News and Trends (EPA 542-N-05-002). This
newsletter is produced by the U.S. EPA Office of Superfund
Remediation and Technology Innovation. This issue features articles
on nanoscale zero valent iron, vertical hydrofracturing for deep
installation of reactive walls, mass flux evaluation of surfactant
remediation, and a new approach for accelerating landfill
biodegradation (March 2005, 6 pages). View or download at

http://clu-in.ora/download/newsltrs/tnandt0305.pdf .

Energy and Environmental Export News (April 2005 Issue). This
periodic newsletter is published by the Office of Energy and
Environmental Industries of the International Trade Administration
(ITA). It captures recent initiatives, trade events and news that affect
energy and environmental technologies export (April 2005, 6 pages.

View or download at http://web.ita.doc.aov/ete/eteinfo.nsf/vwnewsletter7QpenView .

Conferences and Symposia

EPA P3 Design Competition, Washington DC, May 16-17.

Sixty-six teams comprised of hundreds of the country's most
innovative college students will participate in a national competition,
exhibiting their designs for sustainability on the National Mall in
Washington, DC. These winners of EPA's P3 design competition will
compete for the First Annual P3 Award. The P3 program - People,
Prosperity, and Planet - began in 2004 to respond to the needs of
the developed and developing world in moving toward sustainability.
This national student design competition enables college students to
research, develop and design scientific, technical and policy
solutions to sustainability challenges. Judges for the award
competition will be comprised of a panel convened by the National
Academies and awards will be announced on the evening of May 16.
Come see novel products for green buildings, learn about innovative
fuel cell designs, discover new technologies to provide clean drinking
water and renewable energy to underdeveloped nations and much
more. To learn more about the competition, seehtte ://www.epa.aov/P3 .

Collaborative Cleanups: Revitalizing America's Communities,
Keystone, CO, May 23-24. The U.S. EPA is sponsoring this
community-based meeting on collaborative solutions to complex
cleanups. This meeting will explore how federal, state and local
cleanup agencies and communities can collaborate to better
integrate complex, multi-site cleanups with large scale revitalization

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and community development planning. For more information and to

register, see http://ems-mx4.sradev.com/uri-ocD/index.cfm .

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