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General Updates EPA’s Homeland Security Waste Disposal Research: Status Update (PDF) (9 pp, 193 KB) October 2007 EPA Safe Buildings Program: Update on Building Decontamination Waste Disposal Area (PDF) (7 pp, 463 KB) October 2007 EPA R&D Program for Disposal of Building Decontamination Residue (PDF) (8 pp, 223 KB) October 2006 Thermal Destruction Emissions Test Report: Source Sampling for Transportable Gasifier for Animal Carcasses and Contaminated Plant Material (PDF) (60 pp, 4.4 MB) (EPA/600/R-08/127) December 2008 - Appendix (218 pp, 7.3 MB) Pilot-scale Experimental and Theoretical Investigations into the Thermal Destruction of a Bacillus anthracis Surrogate Embedded in Building Decontamination Residue Bundles (PDF) (26 pp, 450 KB) July 2008 – Abstract Behavior of Contaminated Food Products in a Pilot-Scale Incinerator: Experiments and Modeling (PDF) (11 pp, 349 KB) May 2008 A Paper on the Destruction of Spores on Building Decontamination Residue in a Commercial Autoclave (PDF) (12 pp, 4.8 MB) January 2008 Disposal of Residues from Building Decontamination Activities (PDF) (7 pp, 243 KB) October 2007 Study of Thermal Destruction of Bacillus anthracis Surrogates Spiked on Building Materials (PDF) (10 pp, 158 KB) October 2007 Thermal Destruction of Bacillus anthracis Surrogates in a Pilot-Scale Incinerator (PDF) (12 pp, 210 KB) October 2007 Thermal Incineration and Homeland Security (PDF) (7 pp, 59 KB) October 2007 Emissions of Fluorinated Compounds from the Combustion of Carpeting (PDF) (13 pp, 484 KB) October 2007 Emissions from the Burning of Vegetative Debris in Air Curtain Destructors (PDF) (27 pp, 356 KB) August 2007 Destruction Efficiency of Microbiological Organisms in Medical Waste Incinerators: A Review of Available Data (PDF) (11 pp, 624 KB) October 2006 Fuel Comparison: Coal Only and Carpet Co-Fire (PDF) (45 pp, 3.5 MB) (EPA/600/R-06/039) October 2006 Order Thermal Destruction of CB Contaminants Bound on Building Materials: Experiments and Modeling (PDF) (9 pp, 467 KB) October 2006 Advanced Modeling of Incineration of Building Decontamination Residue (PDF) (11 pp, 109 KB) June 2005 Pilot-Scale Combustion of Building Decontamination Residue (PDF) (6 pp, 188 KB) June 2005 A Pilot-Scale Study on the Combustion of Waste Carpet in a Rotary Kiln: Dioxin and Furan Emissions (PDF) (12 pp, 111 KB) May 2005 Emissions from Combustion of Post-Consumer Carpet in a Cement Kiln (PDF) (16 pp, 310 KB) May 2005   Destruction of Spores on Building Decontamination Residue in a Commercial Autoclave (PDF) (82 pp, 4.49 MB) (EPA/600/R-05/081) April 2005 Order Characterization of Transient Puff Emissions from the Burning of Carpet Waste Charges in a Rotary Kiln Combustor (PDF) (17 pp, 89 KB) March 2005 Infectivity Studies of Both Ash and Air Emissions from Simulated Incineration of Scrapie-Contaminated Tissues October 2004 Emissions study of co-firing waste carpet in a rotary kiln May 2003 Persistence Studies Persistence of Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Chemical Warfare Agents on Building Materials Under Conventional Environmental Conditions (PDF) (72 pp, 3.11 MB) (EPA/600/R-08/075) July 2008 A Review of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants for Use in Environmental Applications (PDF) (31 pp, 801 KB) January 2008 Simulation and Modelling of the Fate and Transport of Chemical Warfare Agents in Laboratory-Scale Landfills (PDF) (7 pp, 177 KB) October 2007 Development of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assays for Detection and Quantification of Surrogate Biological Warfare Agents in Building Debris and Leachate October 2007 Persistence of Bacillus anthracis spores and Clostridium botulinum and Destruction of Francisella tularensis and Yersinia pestis in Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachates (PDF) (8 pp, 97 KB) October 2007 Persistence of Sarin, Soman, VX, and Lewisite, and Destruction of Tabun and Mustard Gas in Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Leachates (PDF) (6 pp, 51 KB) October 2007 Impact of Temperature and Humidity on the Persistence of Vaccinia Virus and Ricin Toxin on Indoor Surfaces (PDF) (50 pp, 1.1 MB) (EPA/600/R-08/002) October 2006 Fate of Chemical Warfare Agents and Toxic Industrial Chemicals in Landfills June 2006 Support Tools EPA’s Suite of Homeland Security Decision Support Tools For Managing Disaster-Generated Waste and Debris (PDF) (11 pp, 191 KB) September 2008 Decision Support Tool for the Management of Debris from Radiological Dispersal Devices and Other Incidents of National Significance (PDF) (11 pp, 255 KB) June 2008 A Decision Support Tool (DST) for Disposal of Residual Materials Resulting from National Emergencies (PDF) (10 pp, 261 KB) October 2007 Decision Support Tool for the Management of Debris from Homeland Security Incidents (PDF) (10 pp, 358 KB) October 2007 Transporting Waste Report on the Homeland Security Workshop on Transport and Disposal of Wastes From Facilities Contaminated With Chemical or Biological Agents (47 pp, 419 KB)(EPA/600/R-04/065) November 2003 Order Risk-Based Cleanup Goals Human health risk assessment database, “the NHSRC toxicity value database”: Supporting the risk assessment process at US EPA's National Homeland Security Research Center November 2008 Application of QSARs and VFARs to the Rapid Risk Assessment Process at US EPA July 2008 A Compendium of Prior and Current Microbial Risk Assessment Methods (PDF) (444 pp, 7.6 MB) (EPA/600/R-07/129) September 2007 QSAR/VFAR Workshop Summary Report (PDF) (100 pp, 4.6 MB) (EPA/600/R-07/095) August 2007 Order

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