Message #120: February 2007

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Open Solicitation

ESTCP Solicitation!! The DoD Environmental Security Technology
Certification Program (ESTCP) is seeking innovative environmental
technology demonstrations as candidates for funding beginning in
Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. This solicitation was released on January 4,
2007. It requests pre-proposals via Calls for Proposals to
Department of Defense (DoD) organizations and Federal (Non-DoD)
organizations, and via a Broad Agency Announcement for Private
Sector organizations. The DoD Call for Proposals requests
pre-proposals related to each of the ESTCP focus areas: (1)
Environmental Restoration; (2) Munitions Management; (3)
Sustainable Infrastructure; and (4) Weapons Systems and Platforms.
Note that descriptions of these Topic Areas are included in Appendix
A of the DoD Instructions. The Non-DoD Federal Call for Proposals
and the Broad Agency Announcement requests pre-proposals in the
following topics only: (1) Military Munitions Detection, Discrimination,
and Remediation; (2) Sustaining Natural Resources on Training and
Testing Lands; (3) Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater; (4)
Remediation of Contaminated Sediments; and (5) Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy for DoD Installations. Note that descriptions
of these Topic Areas are included in Appendix A of the instructions
for both the Federal (Non-DoD) organizations and for Private Sector
organizations. The due date for all pre-proposals is March 15, 2007.
For more information, see http://www.estcp.ora .

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Upcoming Live Internet Seminars

ITRC An Overview of Direct-push Well Technology for Long-
term Groundwater Monitoring - February 6. Direct-push wells
have been used for temporary groundwater monitoring purposes for
many years but are generally prohibited for use as long-term
groundwater monitoring wells. Recent research indicates that
direct-push wells are as well suited for long-term environmental
groundwater monitoring purposes as conventionally constructed
wells. This training introduces ITRC's The Use of Direct-push Well
Technology for Long-term Environmental Monitoring in Groundwater
Investigations (SCM-2, 2006), provides a background in the
principles of direct-push wells, and presents the state of the art
regarding recent research. For more information and to register, see

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

ITRC Characterization, Design, Construction and Monitoring of
Bioreactor Landfills - February 8. Bioreactors are landfills where
controlled addition of non-hazardous liquid wastes, sludges, or water
accelerates the decomposition of waste and landfill gas generation.
This training, based on the ITRC's Characterization, Design,
Construction, and Monitoring of Bioreactor Landfills (ALT-3, 2006),
teaches the principles used to make critical decisions during
permitting, operating, and monitoring a bioreactor landfill. This
training also provides a general understanding of the biological
degradation of solid wastes under aerobic and anaerobic waste
conditions and the degradation products associated with each
process. For more information and to register, see http://www.itrcweb.org Of

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

Nanotechnology - Metals Remediation - February 13. The

Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP), in collaboration with
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents
"Nanotechnology - Metal Remediation" the 2nd session of the 2007
edition of Risk-e-Learning "Nanotechnology: Applications and
Implications for Superfund." This session will highlight the potential
of nanotechnology-based approaches to remove metals from
drinking water. Dr. Mason Tomson, Professor of Chemical and
Environmental Engineering (Rice University, Houston, TX) will
introduce the use of nano-magnetite to remove arsenic from drinking
water. Nano-magnetite has been found to be a good adsorbent for
arsenate and arsenite. Dr. Tomson overviews results from research
at the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology in
collaboration with Drs. Vicki Colvin and Paul Laibinis. In addition, Dr.
Shas Mattigod, Senior Research Scientist (Pacific Northwest

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National Laboratory, Richland, WA), will introduce his research using
functionalized nanoporous ceramic sorbents for removal of mercury
and other contaminants. This talk overviews the synthesis of
self-assembled monolayers on mesoporous silica (SAMMS) and
describes how functionalized surface chemistry can be used for
adsorption of particular metal species of mercury, chromium and
arsenic. Dr. Mattigod will cover treatment costs, waste form stability,
and potential applications and commercialization of this approach.
For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.ora/studio .

ITRC Evaluating, Optimizing, or Ending Post-Closure Care at
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills - February 15. This training,
based on ITRC's Technical and Regulatory Guidance: Evaluating,
Optimizing, or Ending Post-Closure Care at Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills Based on Site-Specific Data Evaluations (ALT-4, 2006),
describes a method to evaluate the performance of Post Closure
Care at a landfill and determine when leachate recovery, landfill gas
management, groundwater monitoring, and cap maintenance can be
reduced or even ended based on threats (to human health and the
environment) posed by the closed landfill. The training and document
describe custodial care as those requirements the property owner
must follow after post closure care has been ended. For more

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

Innovative Air Monitoring at Landfills Using Optical Remote
Sensing with Radial Plume Mapping - February 22. Landfill gas
(LFG) emissions can be a large contributor to local air problems; and
they are the largest source of methane emissions in the United
States. EPA researchers will show how Optical Remote Sensing
(ORS) and Radial Plume Mapping (RPM) can be used together to
characterize LFG emissions, by using the example of ORS and RPM
in action at a landfill demonstration in North Carolina. In addition to
the lessons learned at this and other demonstration sites, this work
has produced several research articles, a general method for
characterization of emissions from non-point sources (OTM-10), and
EPA guidance for evaluating LFG at closed and abandoned landfills.
For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.org/studio .

ITRC Planning and Promoting of Ecological Land Reuse of
Remediated Sites - February 27. This training is based on the ITRC
Technical and Regulatory Guideline: Planning and Promoting
Ecological Land Reuse of Remediated Sites (ECO-2, 2006). The
document presents a process to promote ecological land reuse
activities considering natural or green technologies instead of more
traditional remedies. The guidance demonstrates that natural or
ecological end-uses are valuable alternatives to conventional

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property development or redevelopment. Ecological benefits and a
process for calculating their value are included in the guidance and
reviewed in this training. For more information and to register, see

http://www.itrcweb.org Of http://clu-in.ora/studio .

Field Study: Catalytic Destruction of Vapor Phase Chlorinated
Compounds in Recovered Gas Streams from Soil Vapor
Extraction Methods - February 28. The NIEHS Superfund Basic
Research Program is sponsoring this one-hour seminar. Dr. Eric
Betterton (University of Arizona) will describe recent laboratory and
field studies of catalytic destruction of PCE and TCE in soil vapor.
Often, soil vapor contaminants are not destroyed on-site. They are
commonly absorbed from the gas phase onto granular activated
carbon, which in turn must be transported and treated off- site as a
hazardous waste. Clearly there is a need for a soil vapor treatment
technology that destroys the contaminants on-site. Here we report
our experience developing just such a system to treat PCE and TCE
- an automobile catalytic converter operated under controlled redox
conditions. The results of laboratory studies and a pilot field study
conducted at an old dry-cleaning facility in Tucson, AZ, will be
discussed. For more information and to register, see http://clu-in.ora/studio .

New Documents and Web Resources

New Perchlorate Analytical Methods. The U.S. EPA published two
new methods for perchlorate analysis in ground water, surface
water, wastewater, salt water, and soil by HPLC/MS or
HPLC/MS/MS (Method 6850) and IC/MS or IC/MS/MS (Method
6860). These methods confirm perchlorate detection and overcome
many of the interference problems encountered when using
IC/conductivity suppression analysis for perchlorate (Method 9058).
Both methods have been rigorously evaluated in a variety of
challenging, real-world matrices via round robin testing, in which
more than twenty laboratories voluntarily participated. As per the
Methods Innovation Rule (FR 70, No. 113, June 14, 2005), the
methods allow analytical flexibility - a variety of chromatographic
conditions and analysis options have been validated and are
provided in the test methods. To get these and other new methods,

S00 http://www.epa.aov/epaoswer/hazwaste/test/new-meth.htm .

Revitalizing America's Mills: A Report on Brownfields Mills
Projects (EPA 560-R-06-001). This U.S. EPA report highlights
examples of successful mill redevelopment, identifies common
challenges, describes innovative solutions, and suggests tools and
resources available to assist in mill redevelopment (November 2006,
32 pages). View or download at

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http://www.epa.aov/docs/swerosps/bf/policv/Mill Report 110306.pdf

Grant Guidelines To States For Implementing The Public
Record Provision Of The Energy Policy Act Of 2005 (EPA 510-
R-07-001) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in
consultation with states, developed these grant guidelines to
implement the public record provision in Section 9002(d) of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), enacted by the Underground Storage
Tank Compliance Act, part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 signed
by President Bush on August 8, 2005. EPA's Office of Underground
Storage Tanks (OUST) is issuing these grant guidelines to establish
the minimum requirements for a state receiving Subtitle I funding
(January 2007, 13 pages). View or download at

http://www.epa.aov/oust/fedlaws/final pr.htm .

Grant Guidelines To States For Implementing The Financial
Responsibility And Installer Certification Provision Of The
Energy Policy Act Of 2005 (EPA 510-R-07-002). EPA and states,
working closely with other stakeholders, developed the financial
responsibility and installer certification grant guidelines, which
include definitions, requirements, criteria, and options for states
choosing to implement the financial responsibility and installer
certification or secondary containment requirements. States
receiving federal funds must implement the financial responsibility
and installer certification requirements by February 8, 2007. EPA
regions will incorporate the guidelines into their future grant
agreements with states (January 2007, 10 pages). View or download

at http://www.epa.gov/oust/fedlaws/final fr.htm .

The ITRC Enhanced Attenuation of Chlorinated Organics
(EACO) Case Study Database Web Page housed on the AFCEE
Technology Transfer web site, is now available online. The web page
is being used to collect case studies of both successful and
unsuccessful technology demonstrations using enhanced
attenuation (EA) in combination with monitored natural attenuation
(MNA). The case studies collected in the EACO database will be
published as an appendix in the ITRC EACO Team
(http://www.itrcweb.org/teampublic_EACO.asp) Technical and
Regulatory document to be published in early 2008. The document
will act as a technical guidance intended to broaden the use of
enhanced attenuation as a bridge between more aggressive
treatments and MNA. Additionally, the case studies will form the
basis for many of the EACO Team's evaluations of EACO
applications. If there is a particular remediation strategy that lacks
documentation or that is not properly considered in the traditional
MNA protocol, inclusion in the EACO database is an excellent

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chance to bring it to the attention of many regulators, remediation
professionals, site owners, and other stakeholders. All interested
parties are encouraged to visit the EACO Case Study Web Page,
apply for an account, and enter their EACO case studies. The web
page is currently scheduled to be available online through March

2007. To access the database, see http://www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/products/techtrans/info/ .

Frequently Asked Questions about Ecological Revitalization of
Superfund Sites (EPA 542-F-06-002). This fact sheet, the first in a
series on ecological revitalization, addresses many frequently asked
questions about ecological revitalization and revegetation of
Superfund sites. The information in this fact sheet is intended for
EPA site managers, state agency site managers, consultants, and
others interested in restoring disturbed sites. Various information
sources used to prepare this fact sheet are listed at the end
(December 2006, 12 pages). View or download at http://clu-in.org/techpubs.htm .

Technology News and Trends (EPA 542-N-06-007).

Environmental contamination by persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
poses significant challenges due to their chemical stability, tendency
to bioaccumulate, and ability to easily disperse. Of the 12 globally
recognized POPs, nine are pesticides and the remaining three are
industrial chemicals (PCBs) or industrial byproducts (dioxin and
furans). As highlighted in this issue of Technology News and Trends,
degradation or destruction of POPs often relies on ex-situ
technologies combining thermal, physical, and/or chemical
processes, but increasing numbers of less costly bioremediation and
thermal applications are successful in-situ (January 2007, 6 pages).

View or download at http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm .

Advancing Best Management Practices: Applying the Triad
Approach in the Superfund Program to Reference
Documents/Internet Resources. This EPA memorandum requests
Regional cooperation in the Office of Superfund Remediation and
Technology Innovation's (OSRTI) effort to expand the use of the
Triad approach to save time and money in the Superfund program
where appropriate. Specifically, OSRTI is asking each Region to
name a staff contact to serve as the Superfund Regional Triad Lead,
who would coordinate ongoing and future Triad efforts in their
Region and serve on a new Superfund Triad Workgroup, and to
nominate at least two Superfund sites at which to initiate use of the
complete Triad process during FY 2007 (September 2006, 12

pages). View or download at http://www.triadcentral.org/ref/ref/documents/Triad Policy Memo.pdf .

Industry Residuals: How They Are Collected, Treated and
Applied. This document was prepared by Ashley Corker during an
internship with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

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sponsored by the Environmental Careers Organization. The report is
intended to provide an overview of industry residuals that are
normally considered a waste but may be extremely useful in the
remediation of disturbed soils. Application on land of these residuals
not only provides remedial advantages, but also decreases pollution
and the need for landfill space. This document is not intended to act
as regulatory guidance, but simply to give an overview of alternate
solutions to the reclamation of contaminated lands (August 2006, 62
pages). View or download at http://clu-in.ora/techpubs.htm .

Status Report on Innovative In Situ Treatment Technologies
Available to Treat Perchlorate-Contaminated Groundwater. This
document was prepared by Jennifer Raye Hoponick, a National
Network of Environmental Management studies grantee, under a
fellowship from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This
report is intended to provide information regarding the in situ
remediation of perchlorate-contaminated groundwater. This report
focuses on, but is not limited to, using in situ bioremediation as a
low-cost treatment technology shown to be effective in treating
perchlorate under multiple configurations and different site types.
The case studies are designed to serve as examples of successful in
situ bioremediation projects that were designed differently and
located at separate sites (August 2006, 88 pages). View or download

at http://clu-in.org/techpubs,htm .

Nanotechnology for Site Remediation: Fate and Transport of
Nanoparticles in Soil and Water Systems. This document was
prepared by Beshoy Latif during an internship with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, sponsored by the Environmental
Careers Organization. This document focuses on the use of
nanomaterials in site remediation. Nine current EPA Office of
Research and Development (ORD) Science to Achieve Results
(STAR) grants aim at increasing our understanding of the fate and
transport of nanomaterials as they are used for desirable processes
in the environment. The immediate question of concern becomes: do
we understand the physiochemical properties of nanoscale materials
well enough to effectively apply them towards remediation? This
document will attempt to answer this question by providing
information on recent research (August 2006, 16 pages). View or

download at http://clu-in.org/techpubs.htm .

EUGRIS Corner. New Documents on EUGRIS, the platform for
European contaminated soil and water information. See the following

link to access the following documents: http://www.eugris.info/Whatsnew.asp .

Proceeding of Nordrocs. First Joint Nordic Conference on the
Remediation of Contaminated sites. 20-21 September 2006, Malm^,

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Sweden. Parallel sessions on: contaminated waters and sediments;
contaminant leaching; state-of-the-art projects from the Nordic
countries; remediation technologies; risk assessment.

Underground Under Threat: the State of Groundwater in England
and Wales. The UK Environment Agency aims to raise the profile of
groundwater and give priority to its protection and management. In
this first report on the state of groundwater, the Agency outlines the
uses of groundwater as a water resource and then looks at the risks
to this resource from pollution and over exploitation (October 2006,
24 pages).

Underground, Under Threat. Groundwater Protection: Policy and
Practice. 4 parts:

•	Part 1 - Overview : Our overall position at the UK Environment
Agency on the management and protection of groundwater and
an overview that identifies our goals

•	Part 2 - Technical Framework: A basic introduction to
groundwater and its place in the water cycle; Key principles
and concepts; Description of the threats from human activities

•	Part 3 - Tools: Introduction to the tools available for analyzing
and assessing the risks to groundwater; A brief overview of the
use and application of each tool and where to obtain it

•	Part 4 - Position Statements: Key groundwater legislation and
how we interpret it; Position Statements on activities that pose
a risk to groundwater and how we plan to deal with them

Conferences and Symposia

The 2007 Conference on Design and Construction Issues at
Hazardous Waste Sites, April 4 - 5, Philadelphia. This conference
is hosted by the US EPA and the US Army Corps of Engineers. The
conference will provide a forum for discussion between the private
sector and the federal, state, local, and tribal governments regarding
design and construction issues at hazardous waste sites, including
effective methods, lessons learned, application of technologies, and

field approaches. To register please see htto://ha.environmental.usace.armv.mil/rdra-07 .

Call for Papers! US EPA/NGWA Conference on Remediation in
Fractured Rock, September 24-26 Portland, Maine. Theevent is
the third in a series of international consortiums to highlight
innovative remediation and monitoring technologies for
contaminated sites in fractured rock settings. The conference
features 10 invited speakers, platform and poster sessions, four
panel discussions, remediation technology and geophysics
workshops, industry display area, and a field trip. Accepted papers

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shall be published in a full proceeding. The last meeting in Portland
had 600 attendees. The deadline for abstract submissions is April
10. To learn more and submit your abstract, see

http://www,nawa,ora/e/conf/0709245017,cfm .

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