Message #72: February 2003
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Solicitations/Competitions
EPA RFA. This Request for Applications seeks a non-profit
organization or educational institution to enter into a cooperative
agreement to jointly sponsor an international conference on the
remediation of contaminated ground water in fractured rock with
EPA's Technology Innovation Office (TIO). The application can be
viewed and downloaded from the PDF file below. Any questions
concerning this application should be posted in the Question and
Answer Area. The question and answer will be available for public
view. For More Information, seem^ ://clu-in.org/fracrock/proposal/rfa.pdf .
FY 2004 Environmental Security Technology Certification
Program Solicitation - The solicitation for the FY 2004 ESTCP
program was released on January 9th, 2003. There are three distinct
avenues to submit proposals and different due dates as noted below,
depending on your type of organization:
•	DoD Phase I proposals are due April 10, 2003
•	Non-DoD Federal pre-proposals are due March 13, 2003
•	Pre-proposals from the non-federal sector are due March 13,
2003.
Proposal instructions and other related information, is available at
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http://www.estcp.ora/opportunities/solicitations/
ETC2 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 second Annual Business Plan Competition in April
2003. First prize will be $10,000 and an expense-paid trip to present
the business plan to the equity investors at a national forum
presented by the Energy and Environmental Capital Network. Details
of the Business Plan Competition and application forms can be
fOUnd atttEV/wwWjCentraJstatejedi^netjncubator . ETC2, a U.S. EPA technology
transfer center managed by Battelle, makes EPA-developed
technologies and expertise available to the private sector. For more
information, contact (513) 362-2600 or visit http://www.etc2.org .
Internet Seminars
Vapor Intrusion Guidance February 11 and 12. In the December
TechDirect we highlighted the release of EPA's Draft Guidance for
Evaluating the Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air Pathway From
Groundwater and Soils (RCRA-2002-033). It is currently in an open
comment period. In this seminar, EPA staff will present the contents
of the document and discuss the main issues for which the Agency
is seeking comment. The seminar will be offered on February 11 and
REPEATED on February 12. There is no need to sign up for both.
For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.ora/studio .
Documen ts/Resources
Annual Status Report Remediation Database. The U.S. EPA
Technology Innovation Office released a searchable database of
treatment technology applications for soil, groundwater, and other
media at Superfund sites. It documents the status, as of the summer
of 2000, of treatment technology applications at sites. The
information in this database was gathered from Superfund decision
documents and project managers at Superfund remedial and
removal sites. It contains information about source control
technologies (addressing soil, sludge, sediment, and other
solid-matrix wastes), innovative (in situ) groundwater treatment
technologies, and subsurface barrier groundwater containment
technologies (vertical engineered barriers). The database is
searchable by site name, site identification number (CERCLIS ID),
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state, technology type, contaminant, and media. View the database
at http://www,epa,aov/tio/technoloaies/ .
Innovative Remediation Technologies: Field-Scale
Demonstration Project Database and Report. EPA's Technology
Innovation Office has added new project data to its online,
searchable database of on-going and completed field-scale
demonstrations of innovative hazardous waste remediation
technologies. Information on 741 projects in the database can now
be searched by media, technology type, contaminant type, and
demonstration date. The database helps users in the remediation
community locate reports, reference materials, and contact
information for demonstration projects that match their cleanup
needs. The interface also allows users to submit information on
projects for inclusion in the database (after EPA review). Find the
online database and a downloadable version of a report covering
projects through June 2000 at http://cluin.ora/products/nairt .
Conducting Contamination Assessment Work at Drycleaning
Sites. This report was produced by the State Coalition for the
Remediation of Drycleaners. It includes background information on
drycleaning operations, planning and conducting site
characterization, and a range of assessment technologies available.
It also includes examples of the characterization approaches used by
several SCRD states (January 2003, 52 pages). View or download at
http://www,drvcleancoalition,ora/pubs,cfm .
Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Placement in
Island, Nearshore, or Upland Confined Disposal Facilities -
Testing Manual (ERDC/EL - TR-03-01). This publication, aka The
Upland Test Manual, was produced by the U.S Army Corps of
Engineers. It provides technical guidance for evaluating potential
contaminant migration pathways from confined disposal facilities
(CDFs). A suite of evaluation procedures and laboratory test
procedures has been developed to evaluate CDF contaminant
pathways and is presented in detail in this manual. (January 2003,
335 pages). View or download at http://www.wes.armv.mil/el/dots/auidance.html .
ESTCP Cost and Performance Reports. The Defense
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESCTP)
released four new cost and performance reports.
1. Tri-Service Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer
System (SCAPS) Membrane Interface Probe (January 2002, 35
pages)
http://www.estcp.ora/documents/techdocs/199603-MIP.pdf
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2.	Cost & Performance Report for Multi-Site In Situ Air Sparging
(December 2000, 42 pages)
http://www,estcp,ora/documents/techdocs/199808.pdf
3.	Cost & Performance Report for Matched Filter Processor for
Detection and Discrimination of Unexploded Ordnance (February
2002, 31 pages)
htt p:// www. estcp. o ra/d oc u m e nts/tec h d ocs /199918. pd f
4.	Cost & Performance Report for Low-Order, Underwater
Detonation (June 2002, 29 pages)
htt p ://www. estcp .ora/docu ments/techdocs/200104. pdf
Summary Report on Technical and Legal Barriers for the
Introduction of Ex-Situ Biological Soil Treatment in the EU
Member States. This report summarizes the main issues
concerning implementation of biological soil treatment in general at
EU level, as well at national and regional levels in some of the EU
Member States. Many of the conclusions are not only applicable to
biological remediation but to any treatment methods. The
information, collected between 2000 and 2002, was abstracted from
the various soils and waste and permit/license laws/acts, from
literature and from interviews both with various authorities at EU,
national, regional level and with the professionals performing the
actual remediations in the field (August 2002, 36 pages). View or
download at, http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm .
Technology News and Trends (EPA 542-N-03-001). This periodic
newsletter is produced by the U.S. EPA Technology Innovation
Office. This issue highlights pilot tests that inject various additives to
remediate contaminated groundwater through in situ chemical
oxidation, co-oxidation, and bioremediation. The issue includes
articles using complexing sugar to remove DNAPLs, co-oxidation to
remove DNAPLs, potassium permanganate for in-site oxidation, and
an update on the state coalition for remediation of drycleaner sites
(January 2003, 6 pages). View or download at http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm .
Seeking Information!! Navy DNAPL Treatment Survey. The Naval
Facilities Engineering Services Center (NFESC) is developing a
decision matrix that compares and evaluates various dense,
non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source removal technologies.
This decision matrix will be developed through information compiled
from a review of the literature, interviews with technology experts,
and a survey on the application of DNAPL source remediation
technologies at field sites. The objective of the survey is to collect
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information on the state of the science with regard to remediation of
chlorinated solvent DNAPL source zones in groundwater. This
survey has been structured to collect information on innovative and
demonstrated in situ technologies (e.g., thermal, chemical oxidation,
surfactant flushing, bioremediation, excavation, encapsulation, etc.)
that have been tested or applied at DNAPL contaminated sites. The
final report, including the results of the survey and the decision
matrix, will be available to all survey participants. For more
information, see https://proiects.aeosvntec.com/navv rocs/ .
Conferences and Symposia
ITRC Phytotechnologies Course, Raleigh, February 19-20. This
two-day course provides scientific, engineering and regulatory
information on how phytotechnologies are used in a variety of real
world applications. The participant will learn advantages, limitations
and uncertainties for a variety of situations. The curriculum includes
an introduction to the science, case studies, hands-on group
exercises, and an open discussion of the regulation of
phytotechnologies. The training is intended to reduce or eliminate
barriers to appropriate use of innovative treatment. For more
information, see http://www.itrcweb.ora .
Reminder!! International Applied Phytotechnologies
Conference, Chicago, March 3-5. Environment Canada and EPA's
Office of Research and Development and TIO are co-sponsoring a
FREE conference on the state of science and engineering advances
in pytotechnologies worldwide. The conference is designed to assist
professionals in the regulatory community in determining feasibility of
using phytotechnologies at contaminated sites, and explore
designing, implementing, and monitoring site cleanups with plants.
For agenda, logistics information and to register, see http://www.epa.aov/ttbnrmrl
. For information on displaying a poster or exhibit or on becoming a
Conference Sponsor, contact Jordan Radin at (765) 496-2436 or
iradin@purdue.edu .
Third Annual Field Environmental. Decision Support
(FIELDS)/SADA Conference, Chicago, March 5-7. This
conference, sponsored by the U.S. EPA, will provide training in the
use of the FIELDS Tools and the SADA software. In addition, training
and/or demonstrations will be given for Visual Sample Plan (VSP),
FORMS II Lite, STORET, Query Manager (NOAA), and Argonne
National Laboratory's Adaptive Sampling and Analysis Programs
(ASAPs). Case studies will highlight projects that have used the
FIELDS tools, SADA or other environmental decision support
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software. For agenda and registration information, see
http://dts-32web,volpe,dot,aov/conference/fields,htm .
Reminder!! Advancing Risk-Based, Scientifically Sound
Approaches for Evaluation of Sediment Management Decisions,
San Diego, April 8-10. Several Federal agencies are hosting a
three-day workshop on the important biogeochemical and physical
factors that modify the stability, mobility, and/or bioavailability of
inorganic and organic contaminants in aquatic sediments; to explore
the fate, effects and risks of sediment bound contaminants; to agree
on general yet pragmatic guidelines for the assessment and
management of contaminated sediments that may pose an
unacceptable human health and/or environmental risk. For agenda
and registration information, see http://www.smwa.org/ .
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http://clu-in.org/courses . Likewise, readers may visit this area for news of
upcoming events that might be of interest. It allows users to search
events by location, topic, time period, etc.
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