The Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF) has developed a Uniform Federal Policy (UFP) guiding the development of Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs). UFP-QAPP worksheets streamline the process of documenting the systematic project planning process and data collection plans. The UFP-QAPP Workbook contains the individual QAPP worksheets. A fillable Workbook in MSWord format and a 20-minute video answering common questions about the relevance of the UFP QAPP can be downloaded. The UFP-QAPP Manual and other UFP information can be accessed on EPA's website. UFP-QAPP classroom instruction in using the Workbook is coordinated through the Navy.

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This workshop has presentations on DIAL and SOF surveys done in the Houston, Texas area, monitoring for pipeline gas leaks with an aircraft mounted DIAL system, the results of an ongoing two-year continuous fenceline FTIR activity at a petrochemical plant, the use of VRPM to measure landfill fugitive gas emissions and mercury emissions from a chlor-alkali plant, a fully automated VRPM TDLAS system for continuous monitoring of lagoons at consolidated animal feeding operations, the use of FTIR fenceline monitoring MGP cleanups, and a research update on equipment being developed to detect in the mid to far IR spectrum that does not require cryogenic cooling. Also discussed were the implications for facility monitoring as these cutting edge tools become more common place and how to promote their use to reduce overall emissions. The workshop resulted in suggestions and recommendations for future actions to be taken by the various entities represented at the meeting.

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USEPA's role in the multi-agency emergency response to the nation's largest natural disaster is examined. Non-traditional activities like search and rescue as well as more traditional tasks such as HAZMAT collection, floodwater, sediment, and air sampling are presented. EPA coordinated their response using the Incident Command System through the National Incident Management System and the National Response Plan. Running time is 23 minutes.

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The show highlights three case studies—Santa Monica Bay, the Mississippi River Basin/Gulf of Mexico, and New York City—where polluted runoff threatens watersheds highly valued for recreation, commercial fisheries and navigation, and drinking water. Key scientists and water quality experts, and citizens involved in local and national watershed protection efforts provide insight into the problems as well as solutions to today's water quality challenges. After the Storm also explains simple things people can do to protect their local watershed-such as picking up after one's dog, recycling household hazardous wastes, and conserving water. The program is intended for educational and communication purposes in classrooms, conferences, etc.

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This fact sheet presents a snapshot of nanotechnology and its current uses in remediation. It presents information to help site project managers understand the potential applications of this group of technologies at their sites. The fact sheet also identifies contacts, such as vendors or project managers with field experience, to facilitate networking.

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This issue of Technology News and Trends highlights innovative approaches to remediate and reclaim former mining sites and larger areas impacted by abandoned mining sites. Environmental problems associated with mine-scarred lands include revegetation difficulties, waste piles or dumps contributing to metal-loading in surface water, and acid mine drainage (AMD) deteriorating regional surface and ground water quality.

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A revision and expansion of the EPA publication Completed North American Innovative Technology Demonstration Projects, the project information in the new document is now available in an online, searchable database of ongoing and completed field demonstrations of innovative remediation technologies sponsored by government agencies working in partnership with private technology developers to bring new technologies into the hazardous waste remediation marketplace.

Note: This database only contains projects through June 2000. Current demonstration project information is available within the separate Remediation Technology Demonstration Project Profiles database.

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The 30-minute film is about Low Impact Development (LID) in Virginia and is funded through the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Chesapeake Bay Program and administered by the Northern Virginia Regional Commission.

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This video highlights EPA's Green Remediation initiative, which considers the environmental effects of the remedial strategy early in the process, and incorporates options to maximize the net environmental benefit of the cleanup. From the selection and design of the remediation technology, to the management of on site activities, to the use of energy conservation and alternative sources of clean energy, Green Remediation helps save natural resources and taxpayers money. In this presentation, a former orchard in Crozet, VA is cleaned using Phytoremediation and incorporates many of the Green Remediation goals.

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The UMass Environmental Institute and U.S. EPA are organizing an International Conference on the Environmental Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst June 9-11 2009. Abstracts are being sought for platform and poster presentations that address the full range of environmental implications and applications of manufactured nanomaterials and nanotechnology, from state-of-the-art research to emerging technologies to full-scale case studies.

Topics of interest include Characterization, Detection, and Analysis; Green Nanotechnology; Nano Regulatory and Policy Issues; Environmental Fate and Transport; Bioavailability, Toxicity, and Exposure; Pollution Control and Remediation. All conference papers will be considered for publication in the UMass open access online journal, International Journal for Soil, Sediment and Water. Abstracts are due by November 1, 2008 (platform presentations) or by April 30, 2009 (poster presentations).

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Sewage treatment results in wastewater being recycled to the environment, but the solids removed from wastewater can also be processed and turned into a nutrient rich fertilizer. Today's primary use of this fertilizer is to restore overworked agricultural soils, but research by the USDA and the USEPA/ERT has now opened the way for use of biosolids to reclaim lands destroyed by mining.

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This issue of Technology News and Trends highlights strategies for remediating sites with inorganic contaminants and radionuclides. Enhanced research has led to increased use of bioremediation as a viable technology for removing or transforming inorganic contaminants. Due to the length of time needed to address radionuclide contamination, research also focuses on the potential for monitored natural attenuation (MNA) to complement aggressive cleanup technologies.

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This table contains data for sites using or testing nanoparticles for remediation. Because many of the remediation projects using nanoparticles are just beginning or are ongoing, there are limited cost and performance data at this point. The table will be updated periodically as new information is received.

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The purpose of this document is to present the 'state of the science' regarding management and treatment of vapor intrusion into building structures. Wherever feasible, this information relies on independently reviewed mitigation performance information. In an effort to keep this Engineering Issue paper concise, important information is summarized, while references and Web links are provided for readers interested in additional information; these Web links, verified as accurate at the time of publication, are subject to change. Although we have endeavored to make these links fully functional with a mouse click, if they do not function on your system, you may need to copy them into your browser or reenter them. As science and technology associated with this route of exposure continues to develop, other mitigation measures may become available.

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This document highlights the need to treat the discharge of groundwater to surface-water not as a two-dimensional area with static boundary conditions, but as three-dimensional volumes with dynamic transition zones. This ECO Update applies equally to recharge zones and can be used to evaluate advancing plumes that have not yet reached the transition zone. This document encourages project managers, ecological risk assessors, and hydrogeologists to expand their focus beyond shoreline wells and surface sediments and define and characterize the actual fate of contaminants as they move from a strictly ground-water environment (i.e., the commonly used "upland monitoring well nearest the shoreline") through the transition zone and into a wholly surface-water environment. The approach is presented to help users identify and evaluate potential exposures and effects to relevant ecological receptors within the zone where ground-water and surface-water mix. The transition zone data collected for the ERA may also supplement data collected for the evaluation of potential human health risks associated with the discharge of contaminated ground-water. Should ground-water remediation be warranted (as a result of the risk assessment), the locational, geochemical, and biological aspects of the transition zone can be considered when identifying and evaluating remedial options.

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The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) released its annual Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for FY 2009 on November 4. This announcement seeks out technologies to reduce environmental impacts from current and past USAF operations and apply to USAF installations worldwide. The key focus of this effort is to further develop field-tested remediation, contaminated site characterization and monitoring, and pollution prevention technologies and methodologies that serve as an innovative means to save money and time while achieving compliance with all air, soil, and water regulatory requirements and USAF policies and technical guidance. The goal is to identify more technically advanced, efficient, effective, environmentally friendly, and cost-effective solutions than are currently available. Such technologies and methodologies should aid the US Air Force in reaching the remedy-in-place (RIP) goal of 2012 or optimizing current remediation or monitoring systems already in place. Phase I submittals are due by December 8, 2008.

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The DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Demonstration Program (SERDP) released its annual SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED) solicitation for FY 2010 on November 6. Both federal and non-federal organizations may participate. The SEED Solicitation is designed to provide limited funding for high technical risk and/or high payoff projects. SEED proposals are, by definition, limited to a maximum of $150K and a period of performance of one year. SERDP has three areas in its Statements of Need (SON), which include: munitions management, sustainable infrastructure, and weapons systems and platforms. All SEED proposals are due by March 12, 2008.

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The DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Demonstration Program (SERDP) released its annual Core solicitation for FY 2010 on November 6. Both federal and non-federal organizations may participate. The Core Solicitation provides funding opportunities for projects that vary in cost and duration. SERDP has four areas in its Statements of Need (SON), which include: environmental restoration, munitions management, sustainable infrastructure, and weapons systems and platforms. For the CORE solicitation, pre-proposals from the non-federal sector are due by January 8, 2009. Proposals from the federal sector are due by March 12, 2009.

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