Message #82: December 2003

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SERDP Proposal Solicitation

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
(SERDP) funds environmental research and development through a
competitive process. Because both government and private sector
parties may compete for SERDP funds, there are two
announcements for each solicitation: (1) a Call For Proposals to the
federal sector and (2) a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the
private sector. SERDP is requesting proposals for two programs -
the CORE program and the SEED program. The Core solicitation
was released on November 6, 2003 and provides funding in various
amounts for multi-year projects. This year's Core Solicitation
preproposals from the non-federal sector are due January 8, 2004,
and federal proposals are due via your Executive Working Group
member March 4, 2004. SEED is a separate solicitation for SERDP
Exploratory Development (SEED) proposals. SEED proposals are,
by definition, limited to a maximum of $100K and a period of
performance of one year. The FY 2005 SEED solicitation was
released on November 7, 2003. All SEED proposals are due
February 5, 2004. Both programs seek proposals that respond to
their specific Statements of Need. For full information and
instructions for submitting proposals, see http://www.serdp.ora/fundina/funding.html .

Internet Seminars

Facilitating Reuse at RCRA Sites: Innovative Technologies for

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Groundwater Characterization & Cleanup, December 8. This
seminar is sponsored by the U.S. EPA Office of Brownfields Cleanup
and Redevelopment and the Office of Solid Waste. It is a panel
session focusing on tools and strategies for ground water
characterization and cleanup. For more information and to register,

S00 http://clu-in.org/studio .

ITRC Phytotechnologies - December 9. This seminar focuses on
the ITRC Phytotechnologies Technical and Regulatory Guidance and
Phytoremediation Decision Tree. It provides technical and regulatory
information to help you understand, evaluate and make informed
decisions on phytotechnology proposals. For more information and

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

Initial Site Screening Using a Dynamic Field Activity: Callaway
Drum Recycling Site, December 16. The Florida Department of
Environmental Protection (FDEP) used a dynamic field activity to
conduct an initial site screening on the Callaway Drum Recycling
(CDR) site in Polk County, Florida, during 2001. This seminar
provides an opportunity to hear from the FDEP project manager and
contractor about how and why they developed their program to
facilitate this kind of work, the problems they faced in implementing
the project, and the benefits they have realized as a result of their
efforts. For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.org/studio .

New Documents and Databases

Reusing Cleaned Up Superfund Sites: Golf Facilities Where
Waste is Left On Site (EPA 540-R-03-003). This document was
published by the U.S. EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and
Technology Innovation. It provides technical information useful in
planning, designing, and building golf facilities on sites where the
remedy calls for on-site containment of contaminated material or
post-construction monitoring or treatment. The report draws from
experiences at completed redevelopment projects, EPA technical
guidance, and other sources to describe remedy approaches and
golf facility design features that have been used to accommodate
golf courses at remediated Superfund sites where waste has been
left on site (October 2003, 73 pages). View or download at

http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recvcle/golf-103103-c.pdf.

Major Update to Site Remediation Database Available. EPA

updated its database on the use of treatment technologies at
Superfund sites. The Annual Status Report (ASR) Remediation
Database documents the status and achievements of 1,760
treatment technology applications for soil, other solid wastes, and

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groundwater at Superfund sites. The data are current as of March,

2003.	In addition to updated status information on over 800 projects,
the new system documents for the first time over 700
pump-and-treat projects, and adds 175 treatment projects from
Records of Decision signed in Fiscal Years 1999-2002. This
database provides the detailed information supporting the report,
Treatment Technologies for Site Cleanup: Annual Status Report
(Eleventh Edition), which is scheduled for publication in January

2004.	See http://cfpub.epa.aov/asr .

Capstone Report on the Application, Monitoring, and
Performance of Permeable Reactive Barriers for Ground-Water
Remediation: Volume 1 Performance Evaluations at Two Sites
(EPA 600-R-03-045a). This report was published by the U.S. EPA
National Risk Management Research Laboratory. The purpose of
this document is to provide detailed performance monitoring data on
full-scale Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs) installed to treat
contaminated ground water at two different sites. This report will fill a
need for a readily available source of information for site managers
and others who are faced with the need to remediate ground water
contaminated by chlorinated solvents, chromium, arsenic, nitrates,
and other organic and inorganic compounds and are considering the
use of this cost-effective technology (August 2003, 156 pages). View

or download by section or as a whole at http://www.epa.aov/ada/pubs/reports.html .

Capstone Report on the Application, Monitoring, and
Performance of Permeable Reactive Barriers for Ground-Water
Remediation: Volume 2 Long-Term Monitoring of PRBs: Soil
and Ground Water Sampling (EPA-600-R-03-045b). This report
was published by the U.S. EPA National Risk Management
Research Laboratory. It provides detailed sampling methods and
procedures used to collect soil and ground-water samples in order to
evaluate the long-term performance of full-scale permeable reactive
barriers (PRBs) installed to treat contaminated ground water at two
different sites (August 2003, 145 pages). View or download by

section or as a whole at http://www.epa.aov/ada/pubs/reports.html .

EPA Science Inventory Database. The EPA Science Inventory is a
searchable, Agency-wide catalog of science activities and scientific
and technical work products (for example, risk assessments,
technical studies and guidance, and research). It is designed to help
EPA scientists and managers coordinate the planning and
development of science activities and inform the public about
scientific direction and achievement at EPA. The Science Inventory
is maintained in a database containing thousands of records. These
records provide information such as project descriptions (abstracts),

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contacts for additional information, and electronic links to related
work and final reports. To use the Science Inventory Database, see

http://cfpub.epa.aov/si/ .

Futures Analysis of Chemicals Affecting Waste Management
Programs: Summary of New Initiatives That May Affect Waste
Management Programs. This document was prepared by Tiffany
Portoghese, a National Network of Environmental Management
Studies grantee under a fellowship from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. This report is intended to provide a basic
summary of new initiatives within the EPA. It contains information
gathered from a range of currently available sources, including
project documents, reports, periodicals, Internet searches, and
personal communication with involved parties (August 2003, 108
pages). View or download at http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm .

A Comprehensive Strategy of Hydrogeologic Modeling and
Uncertainty Analysis for Nuclear Facilities and Sites
(NUREG/CR-6805). This report, published by the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, describes a strategy that embodies a
systematic and comprehensive approach to hydrogeologic
conceptualization, model development and predictive uncertainty
analysis. The strategy is comprehensive in that it considers all
stages of model building and accounts jointly for uncertainties that
arise at each of them. The stages include regional and site
characterization, hydrogeologic conceptualization, development of
conceptual-mathematical model structure, parameter estimation on
the basis of monitored system behavior, and assessment of
predictive uncertainty (July 2003, 309 pages). View or download at

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6805/ .

ETVoice. If you are interested in tracking technology evaluations
performed by the U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Verification
(ETV) program, you may subscribe to their monthly ETVoice listserv.
Every month you will receive an email highlighting upcoming
technology demonstrations, calls for technologies and the availability
of final verification reports. To subscribe, see

http://www.epa.gov/etv/etvoice/subscribe.html.

NICOLE News (October 2003). The Network for Industrially
Contaminated Land In Europe (NICOLE) publishes a periodic
newsletter. The October issue features, among other items, several
workshop summaries, a MNA demonstration project, and a
risk-based management of megasites article (October 2003, 12
pages). View or download at http://www.nicole.org/ .

Conferences and Symposia

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Reminder CALL FOR ABSTRACTS!! Accelerating Site Cioseout,
Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs Through
Optimization, Dallas, June 15-17, 2004. This conference,
sponsored by member agencies of the Federal Remediation
Technologies Roundtable, will outline long-term remediation
liabilities and optimization needs and opportunities; disseminate
existing and emerging optimization strategies, technologies, tools
and science; communicate lessons learned; and present remedial
optimization within the context of site wide and multi-site
management programs. Abstracts for oral presentations must be
submitted by February 6, 2004. For information on how to submit an
abstract, a list of abstract topics, and how to register for the

conference, please visit http://clu-in.org/siteopt/siteopt.htm .

Call for Papers!! US EPA I NGWA Fractured Rock Conference:
State of the Science and Measuring Success in Remediation ,
September 2004. The conference is an international consortium of
engineers, scientists, regulators, responsible parties, researchers
and students gathering to understand the science of classical and
innovative remediation technologies. Case studies will focus on
federal, state and industrial sites contaminated by DNAPLs, other
organics, metals and radionuclides. The conference committee is
accepting abstracts for consideration on selected topics. The
deadline for abstract submission is February 14, 2004. For more
information on the abstract submission and the conference, see

http://www.nawa.Org/pdf/e/conf/0409135017cfp.pdf.

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