Message #60: February 2002
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Upcoming Internet Seminars
Remediation System Evaluation and Optimization of Pump and
Treat Projects - February 5. The objective of this presentation is to
enhance current understanding of the Remediation System
Evaluation (RSE) process and optimization tools available to site
managers of pump and treat systems. RSEs aim to improve the
efficiency of operation and maximize the remedy's effectiveness by
identifying ways to reduce O&M costs, shorten closure time, verify
clear goals and exit strategy, and assure equipment is adequately
maintained. Pump and treat systems have been operating for two
decades and this experience has led to large gains in knowledge
and understanding. For more information and to register, see or
http://clu-in.ora/studio .
EPA Small Business Innovation Research Overview and
Proposal Writing - February 13. This seminar will describe the
EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program which
provides financial support to help small technology based firms
develop new environmental technologies and ready them for
commercialization. The presentation will cover the basics of the
SBIR program, upcoming 2002 solicitations and schedules, and
helpful information on writing a competitive proposal and winning an
SBIR award. For more information and to register, see httn://ciM-in.om/studio.
Modernizing Site Cleanup: Managing Decision Uncertainties
Using the Triad Approach - February 27. This seminar is
sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. EPA
Technology Innovation Office. It is designed to introduce state and
federal project managers and technical staff, environmental
consultants, site owners, and community stakeholders to the
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importance of using systematic planning to implement dynamic data
collection strategies using innovative field measurement
technologies. For more information and to register, see or
http://clu-in.ora/studio .
New Documents
Field Applications of In Situ Remediation Technologies:
Permeable Reactive Barriers. This document, produced by the
EPA Technology Innovation Office, is a summary of technical data
and lessons learned from more than 45 permeable reactive barrier
installations. Included are data from ongoing and completed pilot-
and full-scale PRB demonstrations and full-scale cleanups of
ground-water remediation in the United States, Canada, and
selected locations abroad (January 2002, 36 pages). View or
download at http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm . More in-depth information about each
of the sites included in this summary is available in "Permeable
Reactive Barrier Installation Profiles," a collection of individual
profiles of each site, at http://www.rtdf.org/public/permbarr/prbsumms/ .
Drycleaner Remediation Programs: an Overview and Case
Studies. EPA's Technology Innovation Office (TIO) provided a grant
through the National Network for Environmental Management
Studies (NNEMS) to assess the status of state drycleaner
remediation programs and cleanups. This report was prepared by
Kate Cardamone, a graduate student from the University of Michigan
during the summer of 2001. It is intended to provide an overview of
the drycleaner remediation programs in Kansas, Oregon and
Wisconsin, an analysis of the common program strengths, and case
studies documenting drycleaner site cleanups within these states
(August 2001, 24 pages). View or download at http://clu-in.org/techpubs.htm .
Ground Water Currents - December issue (EPA 542-N-01-008).
This quarterly newsletter is published by the U.S. EPA Technology
Innovation office. This issue highlights a range of methods for
field-testing, implementing, and monitoring innovative technologies
for removing organic compounds and metals from ground water
(December 2001, 4 pages). View or download at http://clu-in.org/techpubs.htm .
Development of Chemical Methods to Assess the Bioavailability
of Arsenic in Contaminated Media (STAR Grant #R825410). This
report, funded through the U.S. EPA Science To Achieve Results
(STAR) Program, summarizes research conducted on the ability of
chemical speciation or in-vitro gastrointestinal (IVG) methods to
provide a reasonable estimate of Arsenic (As) bioavailability in
contaminated media. To accomplish this, arsenic from fifteen
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contaminated soils collected from mining/smelter sites ranging from
401 to 17,500 mg As/kg were measured by chemical extraction
methods. Investigators then compared the results with arsenic
uptake in immature pigs that ingested contaminated media (soil and
slag) collected from smelter sites. For the abstract and final report
please visit . http://cfpub.epa.aov/ncer abstracts/index,cfm/fuseaction/displav,abstractDetail/abstract/676/report/0 .
Use of Cometabolic Air Sparging to Remediate
Chioroethene-Contaminated Groundwater Aquifers. The U.S.
DOD Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
(ESTCP) supported an 18-month field study to investigate the
cometabolic air sparging (CAS) process at McClellan Air Force
Base, California. The purpose of this demonstration was to evaluate
the effectiveness of and costs associated with CAS for removal of
CAHs from groundwater. CAS is an innovative form of conventional
air sparging designed to remediate chlorinated alaphatic
hydrocarbons (CAH) contaminated groundwater and to reduce
off-gas CAH emissions. This report contains design and results
information from this field demonstration (August 2001, 73 pages).
View or download at http://www.estcp.org/documents/techdocs/199810.pdf .
Surfactant Enhanced DNAPL Removal. This report was published
by the U.S. DOD Environmental Security Technology Certification
Program (ESTCP). A demonstration of Surfactant-Enhanced Aquifer
Remediation (SEAR) was conducted from April to August 1999 at
Site 88, at the location of the central dry-cleaning facility (Building
25), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, NC. The
demonstration included recovery and recycling of surfactant for
reinjection during the surfactant flood. The SEAR demonstration
included DNAPL source zone characterization by soil coring and a
pre-SEAR partitioning interwell tracer test (PITT), design and
synthesis of a custom surfactant, surfactant recovery, and a
post-SEAR PITT and soil coring for performance evaluation (August
2001,216 pages). View or download at
http://www.estcp.ora/documents/techdocs/199714.pdf .
Special Announcements
ETC2 Announces Environmental Incubator Business Plan
Competition. Have your business plan analyzed by experts. The
National Environmental Technology (NET) Incubator, with support
from Battelle's Environmental Technology Commercialization Center
(ETC2) and the Energy and Environmental Capital Network (ECN),
is presenting its first Annual Business Plan Competition on April 17,
2002. First prize will be $10,000 and an expense-paid trip to present
the business to the equity investors at the Nation's premier Early
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Stage Capital Forum presented by ECN in Boston, Massachusetts
on May 8, 2002. Details of the Business Plan Competition and
application forms can be found by following the link at
www.centralstate.edu/netincubator. TC2 - a U.S. EPA technology transfer center
managed by Battelle - makes EPA-developed technologies and
expertise available to the private sector. Please contact us at (513)
362-2600 or visit our website atwwwRtn? nmto learn more about how
ETC2 can help you with your environmental technology and
commercialization needs.
SABIT Program Grants. The U.S. Department of Commerce
Special American Business Internship Program (SABIT) announced
a $1.5 million grant program to U.S. companies doing business in
Russia or the New Independent States. SABIT awards grants on a
competitive basis to individual U.S. firms to help defray the costs of
training English-speaking NIS managers and scientists in the United
States. Through this program, one company or organization can host
1-10 interns together or individually for up to six months.
Applications accepted through March 1, 2002. For more information,
S00 http://www.mac,doc,aov/sabit/sabit,html .
Conferences and Symposia
Third Annual RCRA Corrective Action Conference, Chicago,
February 13 and 14. The title of this year's conference is "Getting to
Yes and Beyond". This event is co-sponsored by Region 5 States,
U.S. EPA Regions 4, 5, 6 and 8, and the RCRA Corrective Action
Project (RCAP). Presenters from States, EPA Regional offices, and
EPA Headquarters as well as industry representatives will describe
their particular programs, successes, and innovative methods used
to achieve cleanups and property reuse. For agenda and registration
information, see http://www.epa.aov/reaion5/waste/cars/conference/ .
ITRC Phytotechnologies Training, Chattanooga, February 19-20.
The two-day ITRC Phytotechnologies training brings regulators to
learn, alongside environmental consultants, the latest applications of
phytotechnologies in remediation and waste management. The
curriculum focuses on application and teaches systems design using
hands-on team problem solving, case studies, and evening
homework. All lecture topics are based on a series of case studies.
An additional offering will be held in San Diego on March 20-21 in
conjunction with 12th Annual AEHS Conference on Soils, Sediments
& Water. For more information on these ITRC courses, see
http://www.itrcweb.ora .
Call for Abstracts. Scientific Issues Related to Management of
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Landfills In Arid and Semi-Arid Regions. This conference is
sponsored by the Arizona Hydrological Society. Topics include:
cover design, bioreactor landfills, contaminant fate and transport,
gas generation and control, remediation, and atmospheric emissions.
The Symposium will include two plenary presentations, eleven
technical presentations, a concurrent poster session, and an optional
Saturday field trip to a local landfill. Space is limited, and talks and
posters will be selected by committee based on their scientific merit.
Deadline for abstract submittal is March 15, 2002. For more
information on the event and the abstract submittal, see
http://www.azhvdrosoc.ora/callforabstractslandfill.pdf .
Opportunity for Vendors to Exhibit at New England Conference
and Trade Show. The Northeast Waste Management Officials's
Association in cooperation with US EPA and the six New England
States are organizing a conference and trade show on improving the
quality of site characterization and monitoring at non-Superfund
sites. Target audience includes federal, state and local officials,
consultants and engineers. Vendors with appropriate analytical
technologies are invited to participate in the trade show. There will
be two one-day conferences/trade shows to be held in early June
2002 in New Hampshire and Connecticut. Vendors interested in
exhibiting should notify Rob Guillemin at 0,^,™ nn„ in order to
receive further instructions on participation.
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