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- Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Annual Summary of Activities: August 2012 (EPA-542-F-12-027)
This fact sheet, produced by the FRTR, summarizes activities of member agencies remediation programs and describes recently published cost and performance case studies and reports. The 2012 fact sheet also highlights FRTR member agencies activities related to Large Dilute Plumes, which was the focus of the June 2012 FRTR meeting. To view/download this document, click here. - Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Annual Summary of Activities: August 2011 (EPA-542-F-11-012)
This fact sheet, produced by the FRTR, summarizes activities of member agencies remediation programs and describes recently published cost and performance case studies and reports. The 2011 fact sheet also highlights FRTR member agencies activities related to Characterization of Contamination in Fractured Media, which was the focus of the November 2010 FRTR meeting. To view/download this document, click here. - Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Annual Summary of Activities: August 2010—Highlighting Vapor Intrusion (EPA-530-F-10-001)
This fact sheet, produced by the FRTR, summarizes activities of member agencies remediation programs and describes recently published cost and performance case studies and reports. The 2010 fact sheet also highlights FRTR member agencies Vapor Intrusion activities, which was the focus of the November 2009 FRTR meeting.
Download (937KB/11pp/PDF) - NAVFAC Technology Transfer (T2) Five Year Program Plan for Environmental Restoration 2010-2014
The NAVFAC T2 Five Year Program Plan identifies remaining technical challenges in the Environmental Restoration (ER) Program and guides the focus of the T2 Program in order to maintain awareness of the challenges faced by Navy Remedial Project Managers (RPMs). It reviews the T2 process, mechanisms, and products that are planned for the future and provides overall conclusions on future directions. Specific technical challenges for the ER Program are discussed related to contaminated sediments, vapor intrusion, groundwater plume management, source zone strategies, passive remediation technologies, long-term management, and incorporating optimization and sustainable practices into ongoing remediation efforts. Upcoming technical challenges for the Munitions Response Program (MRP) are also summarized. Several types of T2 products are used to communicate information to Navy RPMs about the latest technology issues and advances. The T2 Five Year Program Plan summarizes the types of T2 products that will be developed to effectively communicate new information. Multimedia Web-based tools have been developed to provide information in an interactive format. The T2 Web tools produced to date cover a wide range of technologies and contaminants. The T2 Web tools can be viewed at http://www.ert2.org and sorted by relevant contaminants, media, technologies, and phases. - Green Remediation Best Management Practices
U.S. EPA has released fact sheets on best management practices for site investigation, to include: excavation ans surface restoration, pump-and-treat technologies, bioremediation, soil vapor extraction & air sparging, and clean fuel & emission technologies for cleanup. For more information, visit: http://www.clu-in.org/greenremediation/. - Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Annual Summary of Activities: September 2009 (EPA-542-F-09-001)
This fact sheet produced by the FRTR summarizes activities of member agencies and describes the status of cost and performance activities, including recent additions of completed case studies and reports.
Download (3.01MB/8pp/PDF) - Sustainable Environmental Remediation Fact Sheet (2009)
This fact sheet produced by the NAVFAC summarizes sustainable environmental remediation, including why sustainable practises are being considered, how to apply them to a site, sustainability metrics, assessing an environmental footprint, the incorporation into the environmental restoration process, and footprint reduction methods. The document is available online at http://www.ert2.org/ERT2Portal/uploads/SER%20Fact%20Sheet%202009-08%20Final.pdf - Ecological Revitalization: Turning Contaminated Properties into Community Assets (2009)
In February 2009, EPA published the document Ecological Revitalization: Turning Contaminated Properties into Community Assets. Ecological revitalization refers to the process of returning land from a contaminated state to one that supports a functioning and sustainable habitat. This document provides technical information to assist property managers and other stakeholders better understand, coordinate, and conduct ecological revitalization at contaminated properties during cleanup. The document is available online at http://www.clu-in.org/download/issues/ecotools/
Ecological_Revitalization_Turning_Contaminated_Properties_Into_Community_
Assets.pdf. - Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance and Decision Trees, Revised (ITRC Phytotechnologies Team)(2009)
Phytotechnologies use plants to remediate or contain contaminants in soil, ground water, surface water, or sediments. This document provides guidance for regulators, who evaluate and make informed decisions on phytotechnology work plans, and for practitioners, who have to evaluate remedial alternatives at a given site. This document is an update to Phytoremediation Decision Tree (PHYTO-1, 1999) and Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance Document (PHYTO-2, 2001) and replaces the previous documents entirely. It merges the concepts of both previous documents and includes new and practical information on the process and protocol for selecting and applying various phytotechnologies as remedial alternatives. The technical descriptions of phytotechnologies in this document concentrate on the functioning mechanisms: phytosequestration, rhizodegradation, phytohydraulics, phytoextraction, phytodegradation, and phytovolatilization. Decision trees (Remedy Selection, Groundwater, Soil/Sediment, and Riparian Zone) help guide the user through the application of phytotechnologies to a remediation project.
Download (6.47MB/187pp/PDF) - Assessing the Potential for Renewable Energy Development on DOE Legacy Management Lands (2008)
This report represents an initial activity for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) to identify and evaluate renewable energy resources on LM-managed federal lands. The final assessment provides DOE LM with information to consider when assessing alternatives of land-reuse options for current and future LM lands. DOE LM and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) established a partnership to conduct an assessment of renewable energy resources on LM lands in the United States. The LM/NREL team used geographic information system (GIS) data to analyze and assess the potential for concentrating solar power (CSP), photovoltaics (PV), and wind power generation on LM lands. The analysis helped gauge the renewable industry's interest in pursuing renewable power development on LM Lands.
Download (4.98MB/163pp/PDF) - Comparison of Pumped and Diffusion Sampling Methods to Monitor Concentrations of Perchlorate and Explosive Compounds in Ground Water, Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2004-5 (2008)
This report evaluates the results of laboratory and field tests of rigid, porous polyethylene diffusion samplers for monitoring concentrations of perchlorate and explosive compounds in ground water at Camp Edwards. The field tests were conducted near the Impact Area in 15 monitoring wells typical of the monitoring wells at the MMR known to contain various levels of these contaminants. Ground-water samples were collected from the 15 wells in 2005 by both pumped and diffusion sampling methods. The results presented in this report are intended for use in evaluating whether passive diffusion sampling is a useful alternative for long-term monitoring at the site. This study was done cooperatively by the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Impact Area Groundwater Study Program (IAGWSP) of the U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC).
Download (1.63MB/26pp/PDF) - Site Characterization to Support Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation for Remediation of Inorganic Contaminants in Ground Water (EPA 600-R-08-114) (2008)
This Issue Paper highlights at what stage of the process solid-phase characterization techniques need to be implemented during site characterization and describes two case studies (one site affected by arsenic, lead, and chromium, and the other by uranium) where the results of these techniques were critical to evaluation of MNA as a potential component of ground-water cleanup.
Download (704KB/116pp/PDF) - Annual Summary of Activities: August 2008 (EPA-542-F-08-005) (2008)
This fact sheet produced by the FRTR summarizes activities of member agencies and describes the status of cost and performance activities, including recent additions of completed case studies and reports.
Download (5.83MB/6pp/PDF) - Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites (2008)
In April 2008, EPA published the Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites technology primer which outlines the principles of green remediation and describes opportunities to reduce the footprint of cleanup activities throughout the life of a project. The document is available online at http://www.clu-in.org/download/remed/Green-Remediation-Primer.pdf. - Improving Remedial Effectiveness at U.S. Department of Energy through Optimization Review and Performance Basis — 8209 (2008)
This paper, presented at the Waste Management 2008 Conference, briefly summarizes (1) the overall benefits of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Remediation Optimization Review process toward improving remedial effectiveness and efficiency at DOE, (2) the types and objectives of completed reviews, and (3) how remedial process optimization (RPO) facilitates technology transfer and is complementary to performance-based environmental management (PBEM).
Download (59.5KB/5pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 11 (2007)
This report is a collection of abstracts summarizing 10 new FRTR cost and performance case studies documenting the results and lessons learned from site remediation technology applications. The abstracts are organized by technology, and include several different technologies for treating soil or groundwater contamination or acid rock drainage, with 3 reports addressing soil cleanup, 4 reports focusing on groundwater and 3 reports focusing on treating acid rock drainage. This document also includes a table (Appendix A) identifying the specific sites, technologies, contaminants, media, and year published for the 393 case studies in the FRTR database.
Download (1.1MB/92pp/PDF) - Remediation Case Studies and Technology Assessment Reports Fact Sheet (2007)
This fact sheet provides information on the remediation case studies and general technology assessment reports produced by the Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable.
Download (1.2MB/6pp/PDF) - Treatment Technologies for Mercury in Soil, Waste, and Water (2007)
This report contains information on the availability, performance, and cost of eight technologies for the treatment of mercury in soil, waste, and water. It describes the theory, design, and operation of the technologies; provides information on commercial availability and use; and includes site-specific data on performance and cost, where available.
Download (3.9MB/133pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 10 (2006)
This report is a collection of abstracts summarizing nine new FRTR cost and performance case studies documenting the results and lessons learned from site remediation technology applications. The abstracts are organized by technology, and cover a variety of in situ treatment technologies and some containment remedies. The abstracts and corresponding case study reports are available through the Roundtable Web site, which contains a total of 383 remediation technology case studies. The online version of this document also includes a table (Appendix A) identifying the specific sites, technologies, contaminants, media, and year published for the 383 case studies in the FRTR database.
Order: EPA 542-R-06-002
Download (5.59MB/88pp/PDF) - Remediation Case Studies and Technology Assessment Reports Factsheet (2006)
This fact sheet provides information on the remediation case studies and general technology assessment reports produced by the Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable.
Order: EPA 542-F-06-004
Download (644KB/4pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 9 (2005)
This new report, published by the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR), is a collection of recently published abstracts summarizing 13 cost and performance case studies on the use of remediation technologies at contaminated sites. The case studies include several different technologies for treating soil or groundwater contamination or both, with 7 reports addressing soil cleanup and 8 reports concerning groundwater (July 2005, 81 pages). For hard copies, call (800) 490-9198 or fax to (513) 489-8695.
Order: EPA 542-R-05-021
Download (732K/87pp/PDF) - Remediation Case Studies and Technology Assessments (2005)
This fact sheet provides information on the remediation case studies and general technology assessment reports produced by the Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable.
Order: EPA 542-F-05-004
Download (644KB/4pp/PDF) - Remediation Technology Assessment Reports: Summary of Selected Documents (2005)
This factsheet, published by the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable (FRTR), identifies and summarizes selected reports prepared by federal and state agencies to assist project managers in selecting and designing remediation technologies. Remediation Technology Assessment Reports are based on practical field experience with either specific technologies (such as permeable reactive barriers) or, in a few instances, specific contaminants (such as arsenic). As of September 2005, the website http://costperformance.org/remediation provides access to 68 of these reports. The new factsheet highlights the Remediation Technology Assessment Reports that may be among the most useful to project managers.
Order: EPA 542-F-05-006
Download (1.8MB/6pp/PDF) - Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation (2005)
Members of the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable held a workshop on the use of nanotechnology for site remediation in Washington, D.C., on October 20-21, 2005. The workshop served as a communication and scientific reporting forum on remediation research and technologies, as a stimulus for increased collaborations among the various researchers and government scientists, and as a forum for discussing research needs. Nanotechnology is research and technology development at the nanometer scale (one billionth of a meter) to create structures, devices, and systems that have novel properties and functions. Among the potential applications for nanotechnology are treatment technologies for environmental pollutants. View/Download conference proceedings. - Cost & Performance Remediation Case Studies and Related Information, Fifth Edition (2004)
The remediation case study reports and technology assessments provide site-specific cost and performance information about actual technology applications at hazardous waste sites based on data provided by federal and state agencies. This CD-ROM contains 361 cost and performance case study reports describing the use of remediation technologies; 144 reports describing the use of site characterization and monitoring technologies; 73 case studies describing long-term monitoring/optimization of remediation technologies; and 54 reports describing the assessments of remediation technologies at hazardous waste sites.
Order: EPA 542-C-04-004
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View on-line technology assessment reports - Remediation Case Studies and Technology Assessments (2004)
This fact sheet provides information on the remediation case studies and general technology assessment reports produced by the Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable.
Order: EPA 542-F-04-016
Download (770KB/4pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 7 (2003)
This report is a collection of abstracts on 29 FRTR remediation case studies. Twelve projects addressing cleanup of halogenated volatile compounds in groundwater using aggressive abiotic in situ technologies such as thermal treatment, chemical oxidation, and air sparging and 16 case studies focusing on in situ or ex situ soil treatment, including 4 projects covering cleanup of soil at dry cleaner sites.
Order: EPA 542-R-03-011
Download (633KB/131pp/PDF) - Remediation Technology Assessment Reports: A Technology Selection and Design Resource (2003)
This fact sheet provides information on the Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable's website that provides a compilation of multi-site remediation technology assessment reports. The technology assessment reports contain information about the application at numerous cleanup sites of a specific technology, such as bioremediation, or about a contaminant, such as arsenic, and provide summary findings based on practical field experience.
Order: EPA 542-F-03-014
Download (193KB/2pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 6 (2002)
This report is a collection of abstracts on 39 FRTR remediation case studies. Twenty-two projects addressing cleanup of contaminated groundwater using in situ technologies and 7 case studies on cleanup of perchloroethylene (PCE) at drycleaner sites are areas of emphasis for this update of cost and performance reporting.
Order: EPA 542-R-02-006
Download (996KB/139pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 5 (2001)
This report is a collection of abstracts on 56 FRTR remediation case studies. Treatment of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) in groundwater and drinking water and optimization of groundwater cleanup systems are areas of emphasis for this update of cost and performance reporting.
Order: EPA-542-R-01-008
Download (827KB/168pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 4 (2000)
This report is a collection of abstracts on 78 FRTR remediation case studies. Bioremediation of chlorinated solvents and dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) treatment are areas of emphasis for this update of cost and performance reporting.
Order: EPA 542-R-00-006
Download (717KB/194pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 3 (1998)
This report is a collection of abstracts on 86 FRTR remediation case studies. Groundwater pump and treat, incineration, and permeable reactive barriers are areas of emphasis for this update of cost and performance reporting.
Order: EPA 542-R-98-010
Download (772KB/242pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 2 (1997)
This report is a collection of abstracts on 17 FRTR remediation case studies. Bioremediation, vitrification, and other in situ soil treatment technologies are areas of emphasis for this update of cost and performance reporting.
Order: EPA 542-R-97-010
Download (15.8MB/54pp/PDF) - Abstracts of Remediation Case Studies, Volume 1 (1995)
This report is a collection of abstracts on 37 FRTR remediation case studies. Thermal desorption, soil vapor extraction, and land treatment are areas of emphasis for this volume.
Order: EPA 542-R-95-001
Download (491KB/108pp/PDF) - Evaluation of Permeable Reactive Barrier Performance (2002)
This report on the performance of permeable reactive barriers (PRB) for groundwater remediation was prepared under the auspices of the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable and focuses on summarizes the conclusions and recommendations from individual studies conducted at different sites by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as the Interstate Technologies and Regulatory Council (ITRC).
Download (1.7MB/56pp/PDF) - Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable: Creating Tools for the Hazardous Waste Cleanup Community (2001)
An overview of a variety of technology transfer tools and other information resources developed by the Roundtable to address national technology development priorities and problems that require special attention (e.g., groundwater contamination, expedited site characterization) and coordinated national action.
Order: EPA 542-R-01-012
Download (431KB/4pp/PDF) - Geophysical Techniques to Locate DNAPLs: Profiles of Federally Funded Projects (1998)
Profiles noninvasive geophysical techniques used at Federally funded projects to locate dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) in the subsurface.
Order: EPA 542-R-98-020 (NTIS Order Number: PB99-156804)
Download (902KB/31pp/PDF) - Guide to Documenting and Managing Cost and Performance Information for Remediation Projects, Revised Version (1998)
The Guide provides recommended procedures for documenting the results of completed and on-going full- and demonstration-scale remediation projects. The document describes a standard set of parameters and terminology for reporting matrix characteristic information and technology operation, cost, and performance data for 29 remedial technologies.
Order: EPA 542-B-98-007 (NTIS Order Number: PB99-130445)
Download (558KB/77pp/PDF) - Site Remediation Technology InfoBase: A Guide to Federal Programs, Information Resources, and Publications on Contaminated Site Cleanup Technologies, Second Edition (2000)
Identifies programs, resources, and publications on contaminated site cleanup technologies within the Federal Government.
Order: EPA 542-B-00-005 (NTIS Order Number: PB2001-105790)
Download (301KB/83pp/PDF) - Subsurface Remediation: Improving Long-Term Monitoring and Remedial Systems Performance Conference Proceedings (2000)
This document summarizes the presentations and workshops of a conference on improving long-term monitoring (LTM) and remedial systems performance that was held in St. Louis, Missouri between June 8-11, 1999. The conference was sponsored and developed by the Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable. The conference was designed to provide up-to-date information on LTM and systems optimization through presentations and topical workshops.
Order: EPA 542-B-00-002
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Screening Tools
- The Field Sampling and Analysis Technologies Matrix
The Matrix and its accompanying Reference Guide provide project managers and site stakeholders with information for use in identifying methods involving non-intrusive or minimally intrusive technologies in order to optimize sampling locations and minimize well installation. The Matrix includes techniques and instruments that are (1) fieldable and (2) commercially available. The Reference Guide provides a description and additional background information on each technology.