Message #50: April 2001

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Live Internet Seminars

The EPA Technology Innovation Office, ITRC and other partners are
hosting a number of free two-hour Live technical seminars over the
Internet in March. Space is still available, but you must register to
participate - see hHD://d»-in.0m/st»di0. It does not get much easier to access
new information on clean-up approaches - no travel, no time away
from the office. Upcoming seminars include:

Field Analytical Technologies for VOCs in Groundwater: April 10
Permeable Reactive Barriers for Chlorinated Solvent, Inorganic, and
Radionuclide Contamination: April 11 and 12
ITRC Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater:
April 17 and 19

EPA Intern Program Class of 2001 - Time sensitive, Act now.
The EPA Intern Program (EIP) is a full-time, permanent, entry-level
employment and career development program at the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. These are not summer or
temporary positions. This year, EPA plans to hire approximately 25
Interns as GS-7 Environmental Protection Specialists. Selected
interns will join an intensive, two-year program to help them
jump-start their careers and develop their potential for future
advancement within the agency. The EPA seeks recent graduates
with a B.A. or B.S. in a wide variety of fields. APPLICATIONS MUST
BE POST-MARKED BETWEEN APRIL 2 AND 20. Application
materials and vacancy announcements are available between April
2-20 at http://www.usaiobs.opm.aov . For more information, contact the Program
Manager at lanqlie,iamie@epa,qov

New Documents

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Treatment Technologies for Site Cleanup: Annual Status Report
(ASR), Tenth Edition (EPA 542- R-01-004). The Tenth Edition
documents, as of the summer of 2000, the status of treatment
technology applications at more than 900 soil and groundwater
cleanup projects in the Superfund program, selected RCRA
corrective action sites, US DOE, and US DoD sites. The report
updates the projects included in the ASR 9th Edition, and
information on projects derived from 96 Records of Decision signed
in 1998 and 1999. The Report is based on the analysis of almost
2,300 Records of Decision signed since 1982 at 1,451 National
Priority list sites. The Tenth Edition of the ASR has been released in
hard copy, html, and pdf versions. All three can be accessed or
ordered (hard copy) at httn://ciu-in.om/asr. The html version includes new
features such as downloadable spreadsheets with the data for
several of the figures. Specific site information for each technology
application will be incorporated into our on-line technology database

available at http://www.epareachit.org .

Brownfields Technology Primer: Requesting and Evaluating
Proposals that Encourage Innovative Technologies for
Investigation and Cleanup (EPA 542-R-01-005). This report was
published by the U.S. EPA Technology Innovation Office. It expands
on the guide for assessing contractor capabilities that was previously
prepared by the EPA Brownfields Technology Support Center. The
primer emphasizes techniques for soliciting proposals that
encourage contractors to use innovative technologies. It also
includes tips and questions to consider when interviewing
contractors to assess their capabilities in the use of innovative
technologies (February 2001, 57 pages). View or download at
httn //nh,-in nm/tenhnuhs htm. For hard copies, contact (800) 490-9198 or (513)
489-8190 or fax to (513) 489-8695.

Updated Citizen Guide Series. The EPA Technology Innovation
Office (TIO) recently updated several of the popular Citizen's Guide
Fact Sheets. The two page fact sheets provide a general description
on individual clean up approaches that can be used at contaminated
waste sites. The fact sheets cover five questions about each clean
up approach: What is it?, How does it work?, Is it safe?, How long
will it take?, and Why use it?. The following titles, with an April 2001
publishing date, are now available at^ ://www.cluin .ora/techpu bs.htm. For hard
copies, contact (800) 490-9198 or (513) 489-8190 or fax to (513)
489-8695. In the upcoming months, TIO and the Superfund Program
plan to publish an additional 17 fact sheets on various clean up
approaches.

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A Citizen's Guide to
Bioremediation (EPA
542-F-01-001)

A Citizen's Guide to Thermal
Desorption (EPA
542-F-01-003)

A Citizen's Guide to
Permeable Reactive Barriers
(EPA 542-F-01-005)

A Citizen's Guide to Chemical
Oxidation (EPA 542-F-01-013)

Updated CD ROM. Innovative Remediation and Site
Characterization Technologies Resources (EPA 542-C-01-001). This
was produced by the EPA Technology Innovation Office. The
resources on this CD ROM provide information to help remediation
professionals evaluate site assessment and clean-up alternatives
(January 2001). To obtain the free CD ROM, contact (800) 490-
9198 or (513) 489-8190 or fax to (513) 489-8695.

A Risk-Management Strategy for PCB-Contaminated Sediments.

This report was published by the National Research Council's
Committee on Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediments. It
provides an overview of the current knowledge about the inputs,
fates and effects of PCBs; recommends a risk based framework for
assessing remediation technologies and risk management
strategies; elaborates on this framework as it applies to
PCB-contaminated sediments specifically; and provides
recommendations for research that should enhance the nation's
ability to manage PCB-contaminated sediments effectively (March
2001). This report can be read online or hard copies can be
purchased through the National Academy Press. See

htto://www.nap.edu/books/0309073219/html/ .

Breaking Barriers to the Use of Innovative Technologies: State
Regulatory Role in Unexploded Ordnance Detection and
Characterization Technology Selection (UXO-1). This report was
published by the Interstate Technology Regulatory Cooperation
(ITRC) workgroup. It contains is an analysis of case studies from
states having experience in remediating UXO- contaminated sites.
The report supports early and meaningful state regulatory
involvement in the selection of innovative unexploded ordnance
characterization and remediation technologies. The report also offers
recommendations to ensure the appropriate participation of states in
the selection of technologies for characterizing and remediating
UXO-contaminated sites (December 2000, 59 pages). View or

A Citizen's Guide to
Phytoremediation (EPA
542-F-01-002)

A Citizen's Guide to Natural
Attenuation (EPA 542-F-01-004)

A Citizen's Guide to Soil Vapor
Extraction/Air Sparging (EPA
542-F-01-006)

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download from http://www.itrcweb.ora/ds122700UXQStudies.pdf . For hard copies, send

your mailing address with the document number and title to Elaine

Specht at, Elaine Specht@wpi.ora.

Engineering and Design - Requirements for the Preparation of
Sampling and Analysis Plans (EM 200-1-3). This Engineer Manual
was published by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It provides
guidance for the preparation of project-specific sampling and
analysis plans (SAP) for the collection of environmental data. In
addition, default sampling and analytical protocols are included
which may be used verbatim or modified based upon project-
specific data quality objectives (DQOs). The goal of this manual is to
promote consistency in the generation and execution of sampling
and analysis plans and thus to help generate chemical data of known
quality for its intended purpose (February 2001). Document can be
downloaded in its entirety or by section at

http://www.usace.armv.mil/usace-docs/ena-manuals/em200-1-3/ .

New MTBE Treatment Case Studies and Web Site. EPA has

developed a useful tool for researching technologies used to treat
methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)-contaminated drinking water and
sites. This new searchable website developed by the Technology
Innovation Office and Office of Underground Storage Tanks contains
18 case studies and summarizes technology performance and cost
at an additional 20 sites. The case studies and summaries document
the pilot- and full-scale use of air stripping and sparging, carbon
adsorption, in situ and ex situ bioremediation, in situ chemical
oxidation, soil vapor and dual phase extraction, and pump-and- treat.
Site data includes contaminants and media treated, technology scale
and description, MTBE concentrations, period of operation, cost,
contacts, and references. See htt p://www .ttc I i e nts. co m/mt be . EPA would like to
expand the web site to include additional case studies. If you have
information on the treatment of MtBE at pilot or full-scale, contact
Linda Fiedler at 703-603-7194, fiedier.iinda@epa.aov.

Conferences and Symposia

Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites in Arctic
and Cold Climates (ARCSACC), Edmonton Alberta, May 7-8 .

The focus of this bi-annual workshop relates to cold temperature site
clean-up, and the unique problems (and solutions) associated with it.
The last workshop held in 1999 was highly successful with 180
attendees and 31 papers presented (proceedings are still available).
It provided a great opportunity to get a large number of people
interested in this particular field in one place at one time. For agenda
and registration information, see httEV/wwWjCjvNjjalbertajCa/arcsacc/ .

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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 in this event. The conference offers
opportunities for dialogues between researchers and developers,
between users in the field, service providers and environmental
authorities. For more information, please visit

http://wwwrz.rz,uni-karlsruhe.de/~rd03/FZU/conferences/fse2001/.

2001 National Site Assessment Conference, Portland OR, May
21-24. This annual conference is sponsored by the U.S. EPA. It is an
opportunity for EPA, State, Tribes, and other Federal agencies to
review accomplishments, recent and pending changes in legislation,
funding, policies, and guidance. Speakers representing a broad site
assessment spectrum share ideas and expertise on how to address
evolving site assessment needs. For agenda and registration

information, see http://www.epa.aov/superfund/proarams/siteasmt/sa conf/index.htm .

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 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.
For more information, contact Joan Fisk at (703) 603-8791 or

fisk.ioan@epa.aov.

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