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Open Solicitation
ESTCP Solicitation!! The DoD Environmental Security
Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is seeking innovative
environmental technology demonstrations as candidates for
funding beginning in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. This solicitation was
released on January 4, 2007. It requests pre-proposals via Calls
for Proposals to Department of Defense (DoD) organizations and
Federal (Non-DoD) organizations, and via a Broad Agency
Announcement for Private Sector organizations. The DoD Call for
Proposals requests pre-proposals related to each of the ESTCP
focus areas: (1) Environmental Restoration; (2) Munitions
Management; (3) Sustainable Infrastructure; and (4) Weapons
Systems and Platforms. Note that descriptions of these Topic
Areas are included in Appendix A of the DoD Instructions. The
Non-DoD Federal Call for Proposals and the Broad Agency
Announcement requests pre-proposals in the following topics only:
(1) Military Munitions Detection, Discrimination, and
Remediation; (2) Sustaining Natural Resources on Training and
Testing Lands; (3) Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater; (4)
Remediation of Contaminated Sediments; and (5) Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy for DoD Installations. Note that
descriptions of these Topic Areas are included in Appendix A of
the instructions for both the Federal (Non-DoD) organizations and
for Private Sector organizations. The due date for all pre-proposals
is March 15, 2007. For more information, see
http://www.estcp.org .
Upcoming Live Internet Seminars
ITRC An Overview of Direct-push Well Technology for Long-
term Groundwater Monitoring - February 6. Direct-push wells
have been used for temporary groundwater monitoring purposes
for many years but are generally prohibited for use as long-term
groundwater monitoring wells. Recent research indicates that
direct-push wells are as well suited for long-term environmental
groundwater monitoring purposes as conventionally constructed
wells. This training introduces ITRC's The Use of Direct-push
Well Technology for Long-term Environmental Monitoring in
Groundwater Investigations (SCM-2, 2006), provides a
background in the principles of direct-push wells, and presents the
state of the art regarding recent research. For more information and
to register, see http://www.itrcweb.org or http://clu-in.org/studio .
ITRC Characterization, Design, Construction and Monitoring of
Bioreactor Landfills - February 8. Bioreactors are landfills where
controlled addition of non-hazardous liquid wastes, sludges, or
water accelerates the decomposition of waste and landfill gas
generation. This training, based on the ITRC's Characterization,
Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Bioreactor Landfills
(ALT-3, 2006), teaches the principles used to make critical
decisions during permitting, operating, and monitoring a bioreactor
landfill. This training also provides a general understanding of the
biological degradation of solid wastes under aerobic and anaerobic
waste conditions and the degradation products associated with each
process. For more information and to register, see
http://www.itrcweb.org or http://clu-in.org/studio .
Nanotechnology - Metals Remediation - February 13. The
Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP), in collaboration with
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presents
'Nanotechnology - Metal Remediation' the 2nd session of the
2007 edition of Risk-e-Learning 'Nanotechnology: Applications
and Implications for Superfund.' This session will highlight the
potential of nanotechnology-based approaches to remove metals
from drinking water. Dr. Mason Tomson, Professor of Chemical
and Environmental Engineering (Rice University, Houston, TX)
will introduce the use of nano-magnetite to remove arsenic from
drinking water. Nano-magnetite has been found to be a good
adsorbent for arsenate and arsenite. Dr. Tomson overviews results
from research at the Center for Biological and Environmental
Nanotechnology in collaboration with Drs. Vicki Colvin and Paul
Laibinis. In addition, Dr. Shas Mattigod, Senior Research Scientist
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA), will
introduce his research using functionalized nanoporous ceramic
sorbents for removal of mercury and other contaminants. This talk
overviews the synthesis of self-assembled monolayers on
mesoporous silica (SAMMS) and describes how functionalized
surface chemistry can be used for adsorption of particular metal
species of mercury, chromium and arsenic. Dr. Mattigod will
cover treatment costs, waste form stability, and potential
applications and commercialization of this approach. For more
information and to register, see http://clu-in.org/studio .
ITRC Evaluating, Optimizing, or Ending Post-Closure Care at
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills - February 15. This training,
based on ITRC's Technical and Regulatory Guidance: Evaluating,
Optimizing, or Ending Post-Closure Care at Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills Based on Site-Specific Data Evaluations (ALT-4,
2006), describes a method to evaluate the performance of Post
Closure Care at a landfill and determine when leachate recovery,
landfill gas management, groundwater monitoring, and cap
maintenance can be reduced or even ended based on threats (to
human health and the environment) posed by the closed landfill.
The training and document describe custodial care as those
requirements the property owner must follow after post closure
care has been ended. For more information and to register, see
http://www.itrcweb.org or http://clu-in.org/studio .
Innovative Air Monitoring at Landfills Using Optical Remote
Sensing with Radial Plume Mapping - February 22. Landfill gas
(LFG) emissions can be a large contributor to local air problems;
and they are the largest source of methane emissions in the United
States. EPA researchers will show how Optical Remote Sensing
(ORS) and Radial Plume Mapping (RPM) can be used together to
characterize LFG emissions, by using the example of ORS and
RPM in action at a landfill demonstration in North Carolina. In
addition to the lessons learned at this and other demonstration
sites, this work has produced several research articles, a general
method for characterization of emissions from non-point sources
(OTM-10), and EPA guidance for evaluating LFG at closed and
abandoned landfills. For more information and to register, see
http://clu-in.org/studio .
ITRC Planning and Promoting of Ecological Land Reuse of
Remediated Sites - February 27. This training is based on the ITRC
Technical and Regulatory Guideline: Planning and Promoting
Ecological Land Reuse of Remediated Sites (ECO-2, 2006). The
document presents a process to promote ecological land reuse
activities considering natural or green technologies instead of more
traditional remedies. The guidance demonstrates that natural or
ecological end-uses are valuable alternatives to conventional
property
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