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Item Arsenic Treatment Technologies for Soil, Waste, and Water(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2002-09) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseThe purpose of this report is to provide a synopsis of the availability, performance, and cost of 13 arsenic treatment technologies for soil, water, and waste. Its intended audience includes hazardous waste site managers; generators and treaters of arsenic-contaminated waste and wastewater; owners and operators of drinking water treatment plants; regulators; and the interested public. There is a growing need for cost-effective arsenic treatment. The presence of arsenic in the environment can pose a risk to human health. Historical and current industrial use of arsenic has resulted in soil and groundwater contamination that may require remediation. Some industrial wastes and wastewaters currently being produced require treatment to remove or immobilize arsenic. In addition, aresenic must be removed from some sources of drinking water before they can be used. Recently the EPA reduced the maximum contaminant lelve (MCL) of arsenic in drinking water from 0.050 mg/L to 0.010 mg/L, effective in 2006. Current and future drinking water and groundwater treatment systems will require better-performing technologies to achieve this lower level. EPA recently prepared an issue paper, Proven Alternatives for Aboveground Treatment of Arsenic in Groundwater, that describes four technologies (precipitation/coprecipitation, adsorption, ion exchange, and membrane filtration) for removing arsenic from water. The paper also discusses special considerations for retrofitting systems to meet the lower arsenic drinking water standard. This information is incorporated in this report, as well as details on emergin approaches, such as phytoremediation and electrokinetics, for addressing arsenic in groundwater. This report is intended to be used as a screening tool for arsenic treatment technologies. It provides descriptions of the theory, design, and operation of the technologies; information on commercial availability and use; performance and cost data, where available; and a discussion of factors affecting effectiveness and cost. As a technology overview document, the information can serve as a starting point for identifying options for arsenic treatment. The feasibility of particular technologies will depend heavily on site-specific factors, and final treatment and remedy decisions will require further analysis, expertise, and possibly treatability studies.Item Case of the Broken Loop(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1998-09) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Cleaning Up the Nation's Waste Sites: Markets and Technology Trends - 1996 Edition - Executive Summary(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1997-04) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseOver the next several decades, federal, state, and local governments and private industry will commit billions of dollars annually to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous waste and petroleum products. This planned investment will result in a continuing demand for site remediation services and technologies that provide better, faster, cheaper environmental cleanup. The purpose of this report is to provide technology vendors, developers and investors, and government officials with improved information on the demand for cleanup services so that they may better identify business opportunities and plan technology research and development efforts. EPA believes that more readily available information on the cleanup market will further the development and use of new techniques for site remediation. The study describes the future demand for remediation services in all of the major cleanup programs in the U.S., including Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective action, underground storage tanks, state programs, and federal agencies such as the Departments of Defense and Energy (DOD and DOE). The study updates and expands a 1993 analysis that brought together for the first time valuable information on site characteristics, market size, and other factors that affect the demand for remediation services and technologies in these programs. In addition to providing updates of data in the original version, this report includes significant new information on cleanup needs related to underground storage tanks, RCRA corrective actions, and sites administered by DOD, DOE, and other federal agencies. It identifies several technology gaps, and highlights technology development priorities set by public and private sector problem owners.Item EPA REACH IT: Innovative Technology Information at Your Fingertips(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2002-04) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item EPA REACH IT: Innovative Technology Information at Your Fingertips - 2003 Update(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2003-07) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Follow That Trail!(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1998-09) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Measurement and Monitoring Technologies for the 21st Century(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2001-01) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Open Dump Cleanup Project Helps Tribes Fight Waste(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2003-03) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Phytoremediation of Organics Action Team(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1999-11) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response; United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and DevelopmentNo abstract available.Item Phytoremediation Resource Guide(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1999-06) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseIdentifying and accessing pertinent information resources that will help site cleanup managers evaluate innovative technologies is key to the broader use of these technologies. This Guide is intended to increase awareness about technical information and specialized resources related to phytoremediation technologies. Specifically, this document identifites a cross section of information intended to aid users in remedial decision-making, including abstracts of field demonstrations, research documents, and information to assist in the ordering of publications. In addition, the look-up format of this document allows the user to quickly scan available resources and access more detailed abstracts.Item Planning for Disaster Debris(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1995-12) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseThis guide highlights the need for communities to plan for the cleanup of debris after a major natural disaster. Based on lessons learned from communities that have experienced such disasters, this guide contains information to help communities prepare for and recover more quickly from the increased solid waste generated by a natural disaster.Item Pollution Prevention Solutions During Permitting, Inspection and Enforcement(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1998-12) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseThis handbook summarizes a menu of approaches developed by environmental agencies and companies working together to incorporate cost-effective pollution prevention solutions into permitting, inspection, and enforcement. Many of the approaches are designed to: (1) explore pollution prevention solutions that may reduce the amount of pollution generated, (2) reduce the cost of environmental controls, and (3) meet or go beyond environmental standards.Item Science Fair Fun: Designing Environmental Science Projects(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2000) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseThis booklet is intended to provide students in grades 6 to 8 with ideas and resources for developing environmental science fair projects, specifically in the areas of reducing, reusing, and recycling waste materials. Environmental terminology and topics in this booklet are addressed without in-depth definition or discussion, under the assumption that students have been exposed to these topics already through a classroom environmental science unit. Some kinds of experiments require more time than others to yield results. Be sure to discuss your intended time frame when helping students decide on a project.Item Source Reduction and Your Community - An Introduction to EPA's Planning Packet(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1999-01) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Source Reduction Program Potential Manual - A Planning Tool(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1997-11) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseThis manual is designed to help local solid waste managers determine the potential impact of various source reduction options. The manual examines the program potential, or the portion of a waste stream category that could be addressed by a specific source reduction program. Analyzing program potential can help solid waste managers decide whether to include source reduction in their integrated solid waste management plans. Using data on the national municipal solid waste stream, this manual calculates the program potential for six source reduction options: three residential options (grasscycling, home composting, and clothing reuse) and three commercial, industrial, and institutional options (office paper reduction, converting to multi-use pallets, and paper towel reduction). It then shows managers how to calculate program potential locally by applying their own data. While the manual acts as a planning guide for source reduction programs, it does have some limitations. First, the manual is limited to estimating the potential of source reduction programs. The actual tonnage reduction achieved by a source reduction program will depend on the effectiveness of the program's implementation. Second, the manual is not a "how to" document for designing and implementing a source reduction program. Finally, the manual does not specifically address reducing the toxicity of the waste stream.Item Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation Program - Annual Report to Congress FY 1997(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1998-12) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response; United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and DevelopmentThe Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program has been successfully promoting the development, commercialization and implementation of innovative hazardous waste treatment technologies for more than 10 years. SITE offers a mechanism for conducting joint technology demonstration and evaluation projects at hazardous waste sites involving the private sector, EPA, and other federal and state agencies. The program provides environmental decision-makers with relevant data on new, viable remediation technologies that may have performance or cost advantages compared to conventional treatment technologies. Since the initiation of the SITE Program in 1986, cleanup of contaminated sites through use of innovative technologies has resulted in a total discounted cost savings of over 680 million dollars.Item Superfund Program: Ten Years of Progress(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1991-06) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Superfund: Focusing on the Nation at Large(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1990-09) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseThis National Overview volume - Superfund: Focusing on the Nation at Large - features the following structure. Section 1 describes the nature of the hazardous waste problem nationwide. Section 2 briefly describes threats and contaminants at NPL sites, and teh effects they have on human health and the environment. Section 3 describes the vital roles of various participants in the hazardous waste cleanup process. Section 4 describes the Superfund program's successes in cleaning up the Nation's worst hazardous waste sites, and provides a clear discussion of progress as measured by specific environmental indicators. The National Progress Report in the back of this National Overview summarizes the status of cleanup activities at each NPL site at the time this report was prepared. Sites are listed alphabetically by State. Each arrow shows the most advanced phase of the cleanup process that is complete or currently underway.Item Trash and Climate Change - Planet Protectors Discover the Hidden Reasons to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2002-09) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.Item Underground Storage Tanks and Brownfields Sites(United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2000-10) United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency ResponseNo abstract available.