Archived Summaries of all FRTR Meetings Since 1991

• May 2016 Download Agenda (1pp/19.2KB)
• Welcome
• Meeting Objectives & Administrative Business
• FRTR Agency Member Announcements
• FRTR Subgroups Update
• Recent Advances in Sediment Remediation & Characterization
• Poster Session
View/download the meeting presentations and archives:
1. Porewater Concentrations and Bioavailability: How You Can Measure Them and Why They Influence Contaminated Sediment Remediation (46pp/5.50MB/PDF) | Download Handout (5pp/637KB/PDF)
2. Understanding the Relationships Among Low Level Metal Influx, Remediated Sediments, and Biological Receptors (SERDP ER-2427) (39pp/3.85MB/PDF) | Download Handout (7pp/847KB/PDF)
3. Managing Chemical & Material Risks: DOD Emerging Contaminants Program Update (33pp/2.18MB/PDF) | Download Handout (6pp/789KB/PDF)
4. Combining Mass Balance Modeling with Passive Sampling at Contaminated Sediment Sites to Evaluate PCB Sources and Food Web Exposures (39pp/4.37MB/PDF) | Download Handout (7pp/2.32MB/PDF)
5. Technical Guidelines for In Situ Sediment Remediation (25pp/864KB/PDF) | Download Handout (5pp/632KB/PDF)
6. Reactive Barriers for the Passive Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents in Sediments (34pp/3.73MB/PDF) | Download Handout (6pp/2.49MB/PDF)
7. Carbon Amendments — Bremerton Case Study (22pp/1.12MB/PDF) | Download Handout (4pp/276KB/PDF)
8. Biofilm Covered GAC for Enhanced Bioaugmentation and Biodegradation of PCBs (32pp/5.70MB/PDF) | Download Handout (6pp/2.26MB/PDF)

• December 2015 Download Agenda (1pp/19.2KB)
• Welcome
• Meeting Objectives & Administrative Business
• FRTR Agency Member Announcements
• FRTR Subgroups Update
• Site Characterization for Effective Remediation
View/download the meeting presentations and archives:
1. Focus on Geology to Define Subsurface Contaminant Migration Pathways (46pp/5.50MB/PDF) | View Archive Online | Download Handout (8pp/1.07MB/PDF)
2. Variability of Physical and Chemical Aquifer Properties and the Impact on Decisions in Groundwater Remediation (View Archive Online)
3. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock: A New Academies Report (21pp/1.83MB/PDF) | View Archive Online | Download Handout (4pp/422KB/PDF)
4. ESTCP Technology Transfer: FY 2015 (15pp/342KB/PDF) | View Archive Online | Download Handout (3pp/156KB/PDF)
5. ESTCP Technology Transfer: FY 2015 (15pp/342KB/PDF) | View Archive Online | Download Handout (3pp/156KB/PDF)
6. FRTR Agency Member Announcements (View Archive Online)
7. FRTR Subgroups Update (View Archive Online)
8. Characterization Approaches for Radionuclide Contaminated Subsurface Sites (20pp/2.91MB/PDF) | View Archive Online | Download Handout (4pp/1.25MB/PDF)
9. High Resolution Characterization Tools and Approaches (38pp/4.73MB/PDF)View Archive Online | Download Handout (7pp/1.76MB/PDF)
10. Integration of High Resolution Characterization Throughout Project Lifecycle (49pp/16.3MB/PDF) | View Archive Online | Download Handout (9pp/2.28MB/PDF)
11. Return on Investigations by Utilizing Smart Characterization Methods (40pp/3.95MB/PDF) | View Archive Online | Download Handout (7pp/1.28MB/PDF)
12. Panel Discussion (View Archive Online)

• June 2015 Download Agenda (1pp/67.7KB)
• Welcome
• Meeting Objectives & Administrative Business
• FRTR 25 Years in Review
• FRTR Evolution
• FRTR's Focus on Innovative Technologies
• Agency Round Table Discussion: FRTR Platform for Future Collaboration
• FRTR Agency Member Announcements
• FRTR Subgroups Update
• Site Characterization
View/download the meeting presentations and archives:
1. FRTR Revolution (19pp/652KB/PDF) | Download Handout (4pp/607KB/PDF)
2. FRTR's Focus on Innovative Technologies (18pp/807KB/PDF)
   Download Handout (3pp/322KB/PDF)
3. Agency Round Table Discussion: FRTR Platform for Future Collaboration (View Archive Online)
   Download Gregory Gervais' Presentation (5pp/162KB/PDF)
   Download Gregory Gervais' Handout (1pp/61.3KB/PDF)
   Download Kent Glover's Presentation (4pp/99.7KB/PDF)
   Download Kent Glover's Handout (1pp/55.2KB/PDF)
   Download Thomas Nicholson's Presentation (3pp/81.2KB/PDF)
   Download Thomas Nicholson's Handout (1pp/42.1KB/PDF)
4. FRTR Agency Member Announcements (View Archive Online)
• Heather Henry, NIEHS Comments (View Archive Online)
5. FRTR Subgroups Update (View Archive Online)
6. Site Characterization for Improved Site Remediation (13pp/2.06MB/PDF)
   Download Handout (3pp/481KB/PDF) | View Archive Online
7. Leading Technologies for Biogeochemical and Hydrogeologic Characterization and Their Integration for Site Remediation (30pp/8.97MB/PDF) | Download Handout (5pp/5.77MB/PDF)
   View Archive Online
8. ITRC's Approach for DNAPL Site Characterization (27pp/2.12MB/PDF)
   Download Handout (5pp/319KB/PDF) | View Archive Online
9. Innovative Research and Technology Development for Site Characterization (36pp/2.24MB/PDF) | Download Handout (6pp/755KB/PDF)
   View Archive Online
10. Panel Discussion: Current Challenges in Site Characterization, Future Needs, and Emerging Technology Areas (View Archive Online)
    Download Gunarti Coghlan's Presentation (11pp/230KB/PDF)
    Download Gunarti Coghlan's Handout (2pp/96.7KB/PDF)

• November 2014 Download (76.4KB/PDF)
• Welcome/Introduction/Administrative Business
• Update FRTR Interim Steering Committee
• Future meeting topic preference list (draft list of ideas)
• FRTR Subgroup Reports
  • FRTR Web Subgroup
  • FRTR Complex Site Closure Subgroup
  • FRTR Optimization and Green and Sustainable Remediation Subgroup
• Agency Updates
• Introduction to Meeting and Meeting Facilitators
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Introduction to Meeting Themes: Optimization & GSR (1.21MB/PDF) | View Archive Online
2. ASTM Standard Guide for Greener Cleanups (491KB/PDF) | View Archive Online
3. GSR State Implementation (1.55MB/PDF) | View Archive Online
4. Tacoma Well 12A Case Study (821KB/PDF) | View Archive Online
5. Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF) – Green and Sustainable Remediation Experiences (2.22MB/PDF) | View Archive Online
6. Optimization and GSR Case Studies: Experiences from Applications (743KB/PDF) | View Archive Online
7. NAVFAC Updated Optimization Initiative (977KB/PDF) | View Archive Online
8. Air Force Advancing Optimization Through PBC (1.09MB/PDF) | View Archive Online
9. Similarities and Differences Between Optimization/GR/GSR Programs of the Federal Agencies (1.17MB/PDF) | View Archive Online
10. Panel Discussion | View Archive Online

• May 2014 Download (6.77MB/PDF)
• Welcome/Introduction/Administrative Business
• Update FRTR Interim Steering Committee
• Future Meeting Topic Preference List
• FRTR Agency Member Announcements
• FRTR Subgroup Reports
  • FRTR Web Subgroup
  • FRTR Complex Site Closure Subgroup
  • FRTR Optimization and Green and Sustainable Remediation Subgroup
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Synopsis of Uncertainties Associated with Complex Sites Including Technical Challenges, and Overview of National Efforts on the Topic (2.0MB/PDF)
2. Overview of ITRC's Remediation Risk Management (RRM), Using the RRM Framework at Complex Sites, and Overview of ITRC's New Project on Remediation Management of Complex Sites (513KB/PDF)
3. Key Findings of the NRC Committee on "Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites" with a Focus on "Transition Assessments" (1.71MB/PDF)
4. Combined Remedies Featuring a Case Study Example of a Creosote Wood Treater Site (3.41MB/PDF)
5. Overview of the Air Force Complex Sites Initiative (482KB/PDF)
6. Lessons Learned from Using Mass Flux as a Regulator Compliance Goal (4.89MB/PDF)
7. Overview of Modeling to Evaluate Risk and Maximize Predictability (.99MB/PDF)
8. Advanced Simulation Capability for Environmental Management (ASCEM) Overview and Example Application (1.05MB/PDF)
9. Bethpage/Northrup Grumman Airfield Remediation and Stewardship on Long Island (1.27MB/PDF)
10. Closing Rocky Flats: Balancing Complex Issues (2.63MB/PDF)
11. Managing Complex Mega Mining Sites (642KB/PDF)
12. A Federal Perspective: Myth Busting TI Waivers (343KB/PDF)
13. A DOD Perspective: Overview of Army Challenges at Complex Active IRP Sites and Tool/Studies to Support Path Forward (111KB/PDF)

• November 2013 Download (6.86MB/PDF)
• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction/Administrative Business
• Emerging Contaminants Technical Sessions & Panel Discussion
• EPA Perspective on Groundwater Cleanup
• End States Subcommittee Update
• GSR and Optimization Subcommittee Update
• Emerging Contaminants Case Studies & Panel Discussion
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. EPA Perspective on Groundwater Cleanup (755KB/PDF)
2. Managing Chemical & Material Risks: DoD's Emerging Contaminant Program (1.93MB/PDF)
3. EPA Overview of Emerging Contaminants (161KB/PDF)
4. SERDP/ESTCP Research Efforts (769KB/PDF)
5. Measuring Polyfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment (1.08MB/PDF)
6. Advances in Emerging Contaminant Detection, Remediation, and Exposures: Update on the Superfund Research Program (2.70MB/PDF)
7. Green and Sustainable Remediation (GSR) and Optimization Subcommittee Update (202KB/PDF)
8. Occurrence Of Two Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFOA and PFOS) at Select Navy Installations (1.55MB/PDF)
9. AFCEC Emerging Contaminants & Broad Agency Announcement Programs (1.12MB/PDF)
10. Training Range Environmental Evaluation and Characterization System (TREECS) (641KB/PDF)

• November 2012 Download (273KB/PDF)
• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction/Administrative Business
• FRTR Agency Member Announcements (Projects/Initiatives)
• FRTR Subgroup Reports
• Update from FRTR Interim Steering Committee
• Kickoff of the Technical Discussion of End States
• Overview of Challenges and Opportunities
• Case studies
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Overview of End States: Groundwater Remediation, Management and the Use of Alternative Endpoints at Highly Complex Sites (878KB/PDF)
2. EPA Groundwater Expectations: An Overview of CERCLA, the NCP, and EPA Policy and Guidance for Superfund Groundwater Response Actions (74.5KB/PDF)
3. Defense Environmental Restoration Program Overview of Challenges and Opportunities (193KB/PDF)
4. A Perspective on DOE Challenges and Opportunities for Alternative End States (872KB/PDF)
5. Cleanup of Contaminated Sites: Overview of End States, Challenges and Opportunities? An Army Perspective (149KB/PDF)
6. EPA Case Study—Use of Mass Discharge as a Performance Metric in CERCLA Decision Documents: Case Study of the Time Oil Well 12A Site (5.85MB/PDF)
7. DOE Case Study—End States for Vadose Zone Environments (1.73MB/PDF)
8. Air Force Case Study—Complex Remediation at Air Force Plant PJKS (1.42MB/PDF)
9. Navy Case Study—An Alternative Approach at a Hydrogeological Complex Site Contaminated with Chlorinated Compounds (2.33MB/PDF)

• June 2012 Download (7.11MB/PDF)
• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction/Administrative Business
• FRTR Announcements and Meeting Objectives
• How ITRC Reduces Regulatory Barriers to Innovative Environmental Technologies
• Green Remediation Subgroup Report
• Vapor Intrusion Update
• FRTR Agency Announcements (Projects/Initiatives)
• Large Dilute Plumes Presentations
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Advancing Environmental Solutions: How ITRC Reduces Regulatory Barriers to Innovative Environmental Technologies (273KB/PDF)
2. Update from the FRTR Interim Steering Committee (454KB/PDF)
3. Large and Dilute Plumes of Chlorinated Solvents—Challenges and Opportunities (1.94MB/PDF)
4. Detailed Structure in Large, Dilute Plumes—Developing Actionable Intel From the Sub-Surface (6.89MB/PDF)
5. Aerobic Cometabolic Bioremediation to Address a Large, Dilute, Solvent Plume (1.01MB/PDF)
6. Dilute Groundwater Plume Management: Navy's Approach to Large and Dilute (L&D) Plumes (52KB/PDF)
7. Management Strategies Implemented at Navy Large Dilute Plumes (3.10MB/PDF)
8. Approaches to Integrating Source and Plume Treatment Strategies for Long-term Dilute Plume Management (2.5MB/PDF)
9. Large Dilute Plumes: Use of Molecular Tools for Reaching Acceptable End States (1.98MB/PDF)
10. Managing a Large Dilute Plumes Impacted by Matrix Diffusion: MEW Case Study (1.58MB/PDF)
11. Discussion of Future Collaborations Among FRTR Member Agencies on Large Dilute Plumes (360KB/PDF)

• Nov 2011 Download (6.29MB/PDF)
• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction
• FRTR Announcements and Meeting Objectives
• Green Remediation Subgroup Report
• Agency Announcements (Projects/Initiatives)
• Panel Discussion: Optimization
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: 13 Lucky Years of Remediation Optimization (1.27MB/PDF)
2. U.S. Air Force: Remediation Performance Optimization (76.6KB/PDF)
3. EPA's Nationwide Optimization Strategy (371KB/PDF)
4. Department of the Navy — Approach to Optimization of Remedial Actions (562KB/PDF)
5. FRTR Present and Future Directions Working Group (8pp/64.3KB/PDF)
6. Optimization Reviews: An Opportunity to Consider Exit Strategies (1.53MB/PDF)
7. Remedy Optimization in the Era of Performance-Based Contracting (1.12MB/PDF)
8. Environmental Footprint Reduction Through Remedy Optimization (1.05MB/PDF)
9. Navy Environmental Restoration Program: Management and Monitoring Approach (4.56MB/PDF)
10. Remediation Process Optimization in the Age of Performance Contracts (941KB/PDF)
11. Remediation Process Optimization and Long Term Monitoring Optimization: Identifying Opportunities for Enhanced and More Efficient Site Remediation the New Jersey Experience (743KB/PDF)
12. PBMO: The Comprehensive Physics-Based Flow, Transport, and Management Optimization Tool Kit (6.70MB/PDF)

• May 2011 Download (1.86MB/PDF)
• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction
• FRTR Announcements and Meeting Objectives
• FRTR Subgroup Reports
• Green and Sustainable Remediation (GSR)
• Vapor Intrusion
• Agency Announcements (Projects/Initiatives)
• Ballot for Future Meeting Topics/Current Meeting Objectives
• Site Characterization
• Long-Term Monitoring
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Green Remediation Update (72.4KB/PDF)
2. U.S. EPA's Vapor Intrusion Database Project (54.2KB/PDF)
3. Using High Resolution Site Characterization to Improve Remedy Design and Implementation (5.88MB/PDF)
4. 3D Site Characterization and Autonomous Remedial Process Monitoring Using High Performance Electrical Resistivity and Induced Polarization Tomographic Imaging (2.87MB/PDF)
5. Comparative Analysis of Multi-Incremental Sampling Results with Conventional Sampling at the Ft. Eustis Superfund Site (2.22MB/PDF)
6. In-Well Tests to Determine Indigenous Naphthalene Biodegradation under Sulfate Reducing and Methanogenic Conditions (2.29MB/PDF)
7. What's New in the Site Characterization Tool Box: Molecular Biological Tools to Identify Microorganisms that Degrade Contaminants and Contaminant-Specific Isotope Analysis to Identify Sources and Document Degradation (1.46MB/PDF)
8. Mercury Source Zone Identification and Characterization (7.79MB/PDF)
9. Approaching MCLs in a Large Dilute Plume: Reese AFB Case Study (2.27MB/PDF)
10. Air Force Long-Term Monitoring Optimization Tools (2.65MB/PDF)
11. Scientific Opportunities for Monitoring of Environmental Remediation Sites (1.27MB/PDF)

• November 2010 Download (415KB/PDF)


• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction
• FRTR Announcements and Meeting Objectives
• Agency Announcements (Project/Initiatives)
• FRTR Subgroup Reports
• Meeting Objectives
• Characterization and Contamination in Fractured Media
• Treatment of Fractured Rock Sites
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Addressing the Complexities of Contamination and Remediation in Fractured Rock Aquifers (2.31MB/PDF)
2. Tools for Characterization and Monitoring of Contaminated Fractured Rock (2.64MB/PDF)
3. Demonstration and Validation of the Fracture Rock Passive Flux Meter (2.73MB/PDF)
4. Fractured Bedrock Characterization and Effective Remedy Selection in Region 4 (3.27MB/PDF)
5. Autopsy of a Small UST site in Bedrock: Implications for Remedial Effectiveness (2.69MB/PDF)
6. In Situ Bioremediation at FracRock Sites (3.17MB/PDF)
7. Successful DNAPL Remediation Using Radio Frequency Heating and Return to Thermal Equilibrium (660KB/PDF)
8. Source Removal of VOC Contaminants in Bedrock, Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania(4.52MB/PDF)
9. The Application of In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) in Fractured Bedrock Using Geophysical Aided Design (2.52MB/PDF)
10. Subsurface Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Porous Rocks (859KB/PDF)

• May 2010 Download (146KB/PDF)


• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction
• FRTR Announcements and Meeting Objectives
• Agency Announcements (Project/Initiatives)
• FRTR Subgroup Reports
• Meeting Objectives
• Low-Energy Treatment Technologies for Groundwater and Soil: Agency Perspectives
• Case Studies and Lessons Learned
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Energy Considerations at Navy Restoration Sites (734KB/PDF)
2. Low-Energy Technologies at U.S. Air Force Sites (1.35MB/PDF)
3. Permeable Reactive Barriers—A Green Technology (552KB/PDF)
4. Large, Dilute Solvent Plumes (299KBB/PDF)
5. Environmental Remediation Energy Calculators (499KB/PDF)
6. Pilot Scale Testing of Swellable Organosilica-Nanoparticle Composite Materials for the In Situ and Ex Situ Remediation of Groundwater Contaminated with Chlorinated Organics (13.2MB/PDF)
7. Small Renewable Energy Systems: Performance Versus Prediction (6.91MB/PDF)
8. Low-Energy Technologies and Uncertainty Analysis (1.67MB/PDF)
9. Integrated Wind and Solar Powered Free-Product Recovery System at Former St. Croix Alumina Site in St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands (3.29MB/PDF)
10. An Innovative Low-Energy Technology Application at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton (2.51KB/PDF)

• November 2009 Download (159KB/PDF)


• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction
• FRTR Administrative and Business Issues
• Meeting Objectives: Introduction
• Meeting Objectives: Perspectives
• Vapor Intrustion Topic Introductions
• Vapor Intrusion Tools and Techniques
• Vapor Intrusion Case Studies and Lessons Learned
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. U.S. EPA Vapor Intrusion Update (79.6KB/PDF)
2. NAVFAC Vapor Intrusion Activities (470KB/PDF)
3. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vapor Intrusion Update (404KB/PDF)
4. Overview of SERDP & ESTCP Investments in Improving Our Understanding of Vapor Intrusion (162KB/PDF)
5. Improved Investigation Methods to Distinguish Vapor Intrusion from Indoor Sources of VOCs (930KB/PDF)
6. Development of More Cost-Effective Methods for Long-Term Monitoring of Soil Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air Using Quantitative Passive Diffusive-Adsorptive Sampling Techniques (2.39MB/PDF)
7. Detailed Indoor Air Characterization and Interior Source Identification by Portable GC/MS (1.25MB/PDF)
8. Site Investigation Issues (5.20MB/PDF)
9. Microfabricated GC for Sub-ppbv Determinations of TCE in Vapor Intrusion Applications (1.18MB/PDF)
10. Air Force Strategy for Vapor Intrusion Pathway Evaluation (49.65KB/PDF)
11. Vapor Intrusion Pathway: A Practical Guideline (16.1KB/PDF)
12. A Navy Vapor Intrusion Case Study Post-Mitigation (840KB/PDF)
13. Vapor Intrusion: Lessons from Radon Studies (731KB/PDF)

• May 2009 Download (146KB/PDF)


• Action Items
• Welcome/Introductions
• FRTR Administrative and Business Issues
• Data Management
• EPA Data Management Initiatives
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. EPA OSWER Data Management: Current Efforts and Issues (866KB/PDF)
2. Collaborative Technology: Guidance for Federal Agencies (1.55MB/PDF)
3. Naval Installation Restoration Information Solution (NIRIS) (1.54MB/PDF)
4. Recommendations on Long-Term Information Management (605KB/PDF)
5. Examples of Air Force Data Management and Information Systems: GTS and EDITT (3.09MB/PDF)
6. SCRIBE: Environmental Data Management (346KB/PDF)
7. Region 10—Sharing Analytical Data (3.12KB/PDF)
8. Electronic Data Capture in Region 4 (3.5MB/PDF)
9. Web 2.0 @ EPA (179KB/PDF)

• December 2008 Download (176KB/PDF)


• Action Items
• Welcome/Introduction
• FRTR Administrative and Business Issues
• Meeting Objectives
• Green Remediation Topic Introductions
• Green Remediation Project Experiences & Tools
• Discussion of Green Remediation Issues of Common Interest
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Green Remediation: EPA Progress/Updates (307KB/PDF)
2. Green Remediation within the U.S. Air Force (431KB/PDF)
3. Integrating Green and Sustainable Practices with Navy Restoration Projects (175KB/PDF)
4. Incorporation of Sustainability into Environmental Remediation—Army Efforts (291KB/PDF)
5. U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) (195KB/PDF)
6. Sustainability Is Integrated into NASA Remediation (1.34MB/PDF)
7. Green Remediation: Maximizing the Benefit of Site Cleanups (538KB/PDF)
8. UPDATE: Building Sustainability into the Air Force Remediation Process (1.09MB/PDF)
9. Sustainable Solutions for Soil and Groundwater Remediation: Helping the Earth Heal Itself (2.53MB/PDF)
10. Groundwater Remediation and Alternate Energy at NASA White Sands Test Facility (3.86MB/PDF)
11. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Green Feasibility Evaluation (1.04MB/PDF)
12. Guidance on Incorporation of Sustainability into the Department of the Army Environmental Remediation Projects: Practical Aspects of Incorporation and Application (309KB/PDF)
13. Green and Sustainable Remediation: How ITRC Reduces Regulatory Barriers to the Use of Innovative Environmental Approaches (1.59MB/PDF)

• June 2008 Download (176KB/PDF)


• FRTR Member Announcements/Updates
• FRTR Updates (2.59MB/PDF)
• Status of Sediment Remediation Work and/or Policy: EPA, Navy, Army, Army Corps, SERDP/ESTCP, USGS, States
• Update on Superfund HQ Sediment Remediation Activities (67.4KB/PDF)
• Navy Overview — Contaminated Sediments: Policy, Issues and Technology Needs (157KB/PDF)
• Army Overview
• SERDP and ESTCP Sediments Research Program (291KB/PDF)
• ITRC: Who We Are & What We Do (135KB/PDF)
• General Panel Question/Answer Session
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Remedy Optimization and Adaptive Management (380KB/PDF)
2. Improved Record of Decision and Baseline Ecological Risk Assessments (2.13MB//PDF)
3. Interactive Sediment Remedy Assessment Portal (ISRAP): A Tool to Facilitate Design of Long-term Remedial Monitoring Strategies (1.58MB/PDF)
4. Dredging in Sediment-Containing Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) (4.46MB/PDF)
5. Sediment Dredging at Superfund Megasites: Assessing the Effectiveness (1.24MB/PDF)
6. In Situ Technologies for the Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (1.85MB/PDF)
7. Active Caps for Remediation Mixtures of Contaminants and Resistance to Erosion(4.03MB/PDF)

• November 2007 Download (176KB/PDF)


• FRTR Member Announcements/Updates
• Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) and In Situ Bioremediation of Inorganics
• Monitored Natural Attenuation and In Situ Bioremediation of Radionuclides
• Interagency Panel: Perspectives on Research and Applications to Federal and State Cleanup Programs
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. DOE/EM Groundwater and Soils Program Overview (255KB/PDF)
2. MNA of Metals and In Situ Bioremediation (1.8MB/PDF)
3. Handford 100H Cr(VI) Long-Term Bioimmobilization (3.1MB/PDF)
4. Microbial Transformation of Arsenic and Selenium for Bioremediation Strategies (2.4MB/PDF)
5. Site Characterization for MNA of Radionuclides in Ground Water (833KB/PDF)
6. Bioremediation of Atomic Bomb Wastes (3.1MB/PDF)
7. Bio-immobilization of Radionuclides: Results of Field Experiments and Biogeochemical Modeling (1.0MB/PDF)
8. Evaluating the Efficacy of Bioremediation of Uranium in the Subsurface (2.0MB/PDF)
9. Transitioning from Active to Sustainable Remediation for Metals and Radionuclides (3.2MB/PDF)

• May 2007 Download (176KB/PDF)


• Roundtable Technology Cost & Performance Efforts
• Dense Non-aqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL)
Attachments cited in the summary:
1. Roundtable Technology Cost & Performance Efforts (670KB/PDF)
2. DNAPL Overview - Progress and Challenges (176KB/PDF)
3. SERDP/ESTCP DNAPL-Related R&D/Demo Projects (479KB/PDF)
4. Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron for DNAPL Source Treatment (1.48MB/PDF)
5. BioDNAPL Treatment - Fact or Fantasy? (1.12MB/PDF)
6. TCE Fate and Transport Determination at the DOE Paducah Gaseous (447KB/PDF)
7. Navy DNAPL Treatment Stories
• Kings Bay (GA) (758KB/PDF)
• Pensacola (FL) (2.97MB/PDF)
8. Flexible, Adaptive Implementation of Combined Remedies - The Future of DNAPL Remediation? (888KB/PDF)
9. Lessons Learned from In Situ Thermal Treatment of Source Zones -
   Ft Lewis, Washington (5.22MB/PDF)
10. Natural Attenuation System (NAS) - Software for Assessing Combining Source Area Remediation with Natural Attenuation (865KB/PDF)

• December 2006 Download (545KB/PDF)
  
  • Action Items
  • Federal Agency Triad Efforts
  • New Report: 1,4-Dioxane Treatment Technologies
  • Emerging Contaminants
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. AFCEE Technology Transfer Program Update (344KB/PDF)
  2. New Report: 1,4-Dioxane Treatment Technologies (69.2KB/PDF)
  3. FRTR Future Direction: Discussion (194KB/PDF)
  4. DoD Emerging Contaminants Initiative (418KB/PDF)
  5. Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Human and Animal Wastewaters: Recent Research Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey (2.92MB/PDF)
  6. Biodegradation of Ether-Containing Pollutants (1.35MB/PDF)
  7. Biodegradation of NDMA and Alternative Fuel Oxygenates (2.61MB/PDF)
  8. Case Study: NDMA Treatment at White Sands Test Facility (1.51MB/PDF)
  9. Munitions: Wide Area Assessments (2.47MB/PDF)
  10. Full-Scale Treatment of 1,4-Dioxane Using a Bioreactor (2.73MB/PDF)

• May 2006 Download (229KB/PDF)
  
  • USGS Publications Update
  • Update on Selected FRTR Projects
  • Technology Innovation: Additional Updates
  • Industry and International Environmental Technology Development Initiatives
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. UK Technology Initiatives – Role of the Regulator (1.11MB/PDF)
  2. The Integrated Pollution Management Network (733KB/PDF)
  3. NICOLE: Evolving Perspectives in Contaminated Site Management in Europe (730KB/PDF)
  4. EURODEMO: Management & Remediation of Contaminated Soils & Groundwater – Towards Innovation and Sustainability (4.10MB/PDF)
  5. ETAP: The EU Environmental Technologies Action Plan (1.28MB/PDF)
  6. Sustainable Development Technology Canada™: Partnering for Real Results (650KB/PDF)
  7. Electric Power Research Institute: MGP Site Management Program (1.06MB/PDF)
  8. Investment Strategy in SERDP and ESTCP (1.51MB/PDF)
  9. Current and Future Directions of the Environmental Technologies R&D Program at SSC-SD (2.45MB/PDF)
  10. Review of EPA-ORD Remediation Technology Programs (544KB/PDF)
  11. National Homeland Security Research Center Technology Testing & Evaluation Program Overview (939KB/PDF)
  12. Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) (1.00MB/PDF)

• December 2005 Download (196KB/PDF)
  
  • Project Updates
  • Roundtable Technology Cost and Performance Efforts
  • Report on Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation
  • Remediation Screening Matrix
  • Really Simple Syndication
  • Additional Project Updates/ Introduction to Technical Discussion
  • Contaminant Monitoring and Sensor Technology Technical Session
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. Roundtable Technology Cost & Performance Efforts (135KB/PDF)
  2. Report on Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation (72.2KB/PDF)
  3. Remediation Screening Matrix (838KB/PDF)
  4. Really Simple Syndication (2.10MB/PDF)
  5. Additional Project Updates/ Introduction to Technical Discussion (91.7KB/PDF)
  6. 21M² (995KB/PDF)
  7. Ground-based Optical Remote Sensing to Characterize Area Source Emissions (2.06MB/PDF)
  8. 15 Years of Environmental Sensors Developed by DOE: Changing Strategies, Technologies, and Programs (230KB/PDF)
  9. A New Miniature Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor System for Long-term Monitoring (13.2MB/PDF)
  10. Monitoring the Air for Toxic and Genotoxic Compounds (928KB/PDF)
  11. Microfluidic Lead Sensor Incorporating Catalytic DNA (Download)
      NOTE: This presentation is large and no PDF-format file is available. To download a PowerPoint version, click the link above. Select the FRTR folder then click the title of the presentation. Follow download instructions.
  12. Environmental Sensor Development at SSD-SD: Past and Present (4.55MB/PDF)
  13. Real-time Water Quality Monitoring for Water Security Applications (2.53MB/PDF)
  14. Field Portable Electrochemical Sensors for Uranium and Other Species in Aqueous Samples (1.45MB/PDF)
  15. Sensor Technology Supported by EPA SBIR Program (4.85MB/PDF)

• May 2005 Download (115KB/PDF)
  
  • Project Updates
  • Status Report: Technology Cost and Performance Activities
  • A Summary of Results: NRC Source Zone Report
  • Report on Triad Partners Workshop, March 17, 2005
  • Update on Joint FRTR Initiatives
  • Next Meeting Topics
  • Program Perspectives on Performance-Based Management/Contracting Program Impacting Innovative Technology Use
  • Performance-Based Contracting Case Studies
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. Status Report - Technology Cost and Performance Activities (445KB/PDF)
  2. A Summary of Results - NRC Source Zone Report (1.2MB/PDF)
  3. Report on Triad Partners Report on Triad Partners Workshop, March 17, 2005 (1.6MB/PDF)
  4. Update on Joint FRTR Initiatives (490KB/PDF)
  5. Performance-Based Management (PBM) Tool for Compliance and Restoration Programs (611KB/PDF)
  6. Performance-Based Contracting for Environmental Cleanup (1.5MB/PDF)
  7. Performance-Based Management - The Interstate Technology Regulatory Council Experience (566KB/PDF)
  8. Performance-Based Contracting - EPA/FFRO Persepective (28KB/PDF)
  9. Navy's Program Perspectives on Performance-Based Contracting (214KB/PDF)
  10. DOE Perspectives on Performance-Based Contracting Impacting Innovative Technology Use (22KB/PDF)
  11. South Carolina's UST Program: Pay-for-Performance Contracting (319KB/PDF)
  12. Arctic Surplus Salvage Yard Response Case Study (611KB/PDF)
  13. Application of Innovative Technologies in Performance Based Contracting (1.5MB/PDF)
  14. Performance-Based Contracting - CH2MHill Case Studies (505KB/PDF)
  15. "Pay-for-Performance Contracting Using Integrated Treatment Approach" (386KB/PDF)

• December 2004 Download (55KB/PDF)
  
  • Project Updates
  • Status Report: Technology Cost and Performance Activities
  • Revisions to FRTR Screening Matrix & Reference Guide
  • Triad Project Profiles
  • Accelerating Site Closeout, Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs Through Optimization
  • Decision Support Tools Matrix: Status Update
  • Next Meeting Topics
  • Technical Topic: Nanotechnology Sensors for Monitoring and Measurement
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. FRTR Web Site Statistics (657KB/PDF)
  2. Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Web Site Operation Plan (15KB/PDF)
  3. Status Report: Technology Cost and Performance Activities (147KB/PDF)
  4. New Cost and Performance Case Studies (16KB/PDF)
  5. Revisions to FRTR Screening Matrix & Reference Guide (452KB/PDF)
  6. Triad Project Profiles (608KB/PDF)
  7. Accelerating Site Closeout, Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs Through Optimization (24KB/PDF)
  8. Decision Support Tools Matrix: Status Update (310KB/PDF)
     Draft Decision Support Tools Matrix (56KB/PDF)
  9. Nanosensors & EPA (3.5MB/PDF)
  10. Low-Cost Printed Electronic Nose Gas Sensors for Distributed Environmental Monitoring (1.9MB/PDF)
  11. Nanotechnology Applications for Environmental Sensors: Integrated Devices for Real-Time Analyses (4.8MB/PDF)
  12. Nanomaterials for Enhanced Environmental Measurements (8.3MB/PDF)
  13. Bioavailability: What Does It Mean to Be Nanosized? (1.2MB/PDF)
  14. Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles in Sensing Platforms (5.5MB/PDF)
  15. Nanotechnology Approaches to Sensing and Detection (2.6MB/PDF)
  
  

• June 2004 Download (117KB / PDF)
  • Status Report: Technology Cost & Performance Activities
  • Upcoming NRC Study on Engineered Barriers
  • Creation of Triad Project Profiles Database and Triad Update
  • Decision Support Tools: Status and Path Forward
  • FRTR FY 04 Budget
  • Next Meeting Topics
  • Environmental Nanotechnologies for Site Cleanup
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  • Status Report -Technology Cost and Performance Activities (218KB/PDF)
  • Upcoming NRC Study on Engineered Barriers (323KB/PDF)
  • Creation of Triad Project Profiles Database and Triad Update (52KB/PDF)
  • Decision Support Tools: Status and Path Forward (114KB/PDF)
  • Inter-Agency Funding Commitments to FRTR Projects, 1998-2004 (12KB/PDF)
  • Nanotechnology at EPA: Focus on Remediation (647KB/PDF)
  • Environmental Nanoscale Research Environmental Nanoscale Research in the DOE Office of Science (1.1MB/PDF)
  • Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron Treatment of Chlorinated Solvent DNAPL Source Areas (3.1MB/PDF)
  • Nanotechnologies for Site Remediation (14.3MB/PDF)
  • Environmental Technologies at the Nanoscale. Nano Iron Particles for Remediation (13.4MB/PDF)
  • Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination through Biological Interactions with Zero-Valent Iron (363KB/PDF)
  • Sate of SERDP/ESTCP Funded Zero-Valent Iron (ZVI) Research and Technology (268KB/PDF)
  • Nanoscale Particle Treatment of Groundwater (2.5MB/PDF)
  • Nanomaterials for Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation (7.3MB/PDF)
  • Yucca Mountain Project (7.1MB/PDF)

• December 2003 Download (49K / PDF)
  • Cost & Performance Case Studies
  • Status Update: Accelerating Site Closeout, Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs Through Optimization
  • Cost Estimate Web Site
  • Communicating the Availability and Applicability of Decision Support Tools:  A Technology Matrix
  • Technical Focus Area:  The Triad Approach to Site Characterization
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  • Attachment A – Status Report —Technology Cost and Performance Activities
  • Attachment B – Long-Term Management/Optimization Case Studies
  • Attachment C – FRTR Web Page Environmental Cost Engineering Section
  • Attachment D – Communicating the Availability and Applicability of Decision Support Tools—A Technology Matrix
  • Attachment E – Alternative DST Matrix
  • Attachment F – Why Triad?
  • Attachment G – The Uniform Federal Policy on Quality Assurance Project Plans:  A Product of the Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF)
  • Attachment H – Triad Overview—What It Is. What It Is Not.
  • Attachment I – Triad for Managing Data Uncertainty for Cleanup (Argonne Examples)
  • Attachment J – Triad Case Studies from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Attachment K – Case Studies from the U.S. Navy
  • Attachment L – Characterization of Air Force Sites Using the Triad Approach
  • Attachment M – Triad in the States
  • Attachment N – Path Forward for Triad Implementation

• June 2003 Download (99K / PDF)
  • Update: FRTR Projects
  • Update: FRTR Interagency Activities
  • New Initiatives
  • Decision Support Tools for Remediation
  • Cost Estimation
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  • Attachment A – Adaptive Sampling and Analysis
  • Attachment B – Visual Sampling Plan (VSP) Case Study
  • Attachment C – SADA Case Study
  • Attachment D – Natural Attenuation-Time of Remediation
  • Attachment E – Long-Term Monitoring Optimization
  • Attachment F – RACER™
  • Attachment G – XML-Cost Leveraging System

• December 2002 Download (61K / PDF)
  • Roundtable General Management
  • Decision Support Tools for Remediation
  Attachments cited in the summary:
  • Attachment A – Trichloroethylene Health Risk Assessment: An Update
  • Attachment B – (FIELDS) Environmental Decision Support
  • Attachment C – Environmental Visualization Systems (EVS)
  • Attachment D – Optimizing Groundwater Monitoring: MAROS2
  • Attachment E – Optimizing Pump and Treat Systems: Data Assimilation

• June 2002 Download (161K / PDF)
  • Roundtable Policy and Operation
  • Technical Session: Update on Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) Strategy and Activities
  • Recent Activities on Contaminated Sediment Topics

• December 2001 Download (52K / PDF)
  • Ongoing Roundtable Projects
  • Technical Session: Remedial System Optimization

• May 2001 Download (64 / PDF)
  • Perchlorate Overview & Activities
  • Update on Roundtable Policy and Operation
  • Perchlorate Regulatory Overview
  • Perchlorate Treatement Technologies

• December 2000 Download (26K / PDF)
  • Update Roundtable Policy Operations
  • Long-Term Monitoring and Systems Optimization: Plans and Projects
  • Long-term Monitoring Guidance Documents
  • Long-term Monitoring Tools

• June 2000 Download (42K / PDF)
  • Policy/Planning Session
  • Update on Roundtable Ongoing Projects
  • Cost and Performance Data
  • Other Groundwater Topics

• November 1999 Download (37K / PDF)
  • Policy Initiative: National Action Plan for DNAPL Source Reduction
  • Technical Session: Monitored Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents
  • Optimization of Groundwater Monitoring and Pump/Treat: Development of Action Agenda
  • Ongoing Roundtable Projects
  • Technical Session: Environmental Cleanup Decisions Using Technical Information Systems

• May 1999 Download (30K / PDF)
  • Management Issues
  • Business Session: Performance Measures for Federal Technology
  • Special Discussion
  • Technical Session: Containment System Technologies

• December 1998 Download (22K / PDF)
  • Management Issues
  • Ongoing Roundtable Projects
  • Technical Session: DNAPL Source Treatment

• May 1998 Download (26K / PDF)
  • Management Meeting
  • Technical Session: Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater

• November 1997 Download (39K / PDF)
  • Advances In Control-Part 1: DNAPLs in Groundwater
  • Identification/Monitoring of DNAPLs
  • Field Scale Projects Employing Natural Process
  • Performance-Based Contracting
  • Ongoing Roundtable Business/Projects

• May 1997 Download (46K / PDF)
  • Remedy Selection and Innovative Technologies
  • Accelerated Site Characterization
  • Field Analytical Characterization
  • Ongoing Roundtable Business/Projects
  • Federal Agency Support for Brownfields

• December 1996 Download (44K / PDF)
  • Technology Demonstration and Validation
  • Technology Information Products: Current and Planned
  • Status of Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable Publications
  • DNAPLs and Reactive Wall Barriers
  • Electronic Information/Expert System/Technology Selection Models

• June 1995 Download (36K / PDF)
  • Guide to Collecting Cost and Performance Information
  • Policy Developments
  • Cost and Performance Information Sharing with the Federal Government
  • More Policy Developments
  • Roundtable Information Products

• November 1994 Download (46K / PDF)
  • Completion of Interagency Guide to Documenting Cost and Performance Information for Site Remediation Projects
  • Issues Surrounding Collection of Cost and Performance Information
  • Schedule for Joint Agency Announcement of Adoption of Interagency Guide
  • Status of Site Characterization Consortium
  • The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)
  • Interim Status Report: NATO/CCMS Pilot Study
  • Status of Environmental Technology Initiative FY 95 Project Selection
  • Briefing on National Research Council Study on Groundwater Cleanup Alternatives and Proposed Development of Cost and Performance Measures for Cleanup of Ground Water
  • Update of Other Roundtable Projects
  • Guide to Accessing Federal Technology Development Programs/Initiatives
  • Update on the Unified Army/SITE/Roundtable Technology Demonstration Document
  • Demonstration of CD-ROM Technology for Storage of Reference Materials
  • Introduction to NASA Environmental Technology Program
  • Federal Facilities Forum for Restoration Technology
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/HWAC Partnering Agreement

• June 1994 Download (32K / PDF)
  • EPA/TIO Efforts to Capture Cost and Performance Information
  • US Air Force Efforts to Capture Cost and Performance Information
  • Status of SERDP Program

• November 1993 Download (34K / PDF)
  • Collecting Cost and Performance Information, Project Update
  • Use of Innovative Technologies at DOE
  • Consolidating Remedial Technology Documents
  • DOE Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Technology Development Cost Analysis
  • Update on Remediation Technologies Development Forum Activities
  • Federal Network for Focusing Unsolicited Venders
  • US EPA Environmental Technology Initiative
  • Western Governer's Association Progress
  • RCRA Initiative to Foster the Use of Innovative Technologies

• June 1993 Download (42K / PDF)
  • Interagency/EPA Policy Initiatives
  • Innovative Technology Policy Forum
  • OFFE Efforts to Assist Civilian Federal Agencies
  • The Private Investment Partnership
  • The White House Technology Reinvestment Project
  • Current Status of SERDP
  • DoD Tri-Service Environmental Quality Strategies R&D Plan
  • Update on Revision of the Roundtable Publications (Third Editions)
  • Update on Activities of the Site Characterization Subgroup
  • Update on Activities of the Groundwater Subgroup
  • The Air Force/EPA Innovative Technologies Matrix
  • Air Force Bioventing Initiative
  • Collecting Cost and Performance Information

• November 1992 Download (35K / PDF)
  • Update on Roundtable Documents
  • Coordinated Planning for Federal Research and Development Activities
  • National Bioremediation Field Research and Demonstration Initiative at Wurtsmith AFB
  • Super Critical Water Oxidation Program
  • Update on Public-Private Partnership at McClellan AFB
  • Matrix for Evaluation of Site Remediation Technologies
  • Status of the Roundtable Site Characterization and Monitoring Subgroup
  • Groundwater Issues/Initiatives
  • Status of the Western Governors' Association MOU on Technology Development
  • California Initiative-Expedited Base Closure
  • Proposed Innovative Environmental Technology Policy Forum

• June 1992 Download (30K / PDF)
  • Update on Public-Private Partnership at McClellan AFB
  • National Environmental Technology Applications Corporation (NETAC)
  • National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence (NDCEE)
  • US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES)
  • Incinerator Research Facility
  • Using Federal Facilities as Test Centers for Technology Development
  • Action on the Ground Water Technology Development Proposal
  • Coordinated Planning for Federal Research and Development Activities
  • Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste Proposed Rule
  • Update on Roundtable Documents

• December 1991 Download (59K / PDF)
  • New Technology Developments in Characterizing the Subsurface
  • New Developments in Characterization from the Underground Storage Tanks Program
  • Subsurface and Soil Characterization Technologies
  • US Army/DOE Development of the Cone Penetrometer
  • User Acceptance of New Technologies
  • The Bioremediation Field Initiative
  • Update of Roundtable Documents
  • Future Funding of Roundtable Costs
  • Joint Government and Private Sector Technology User Group Approach
  • Establishment of "Site Characterization Sub-Committee"
  • Incorporating State Participation in UST Research at Federal Facilities
  • EPA Efforts to Encourage Regions in Use of Federal Facilities for Testing and Evaluation of Innovative Technologies

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