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Open Solicitations
SERDP Core Solicitation. The DoD Strategic Environmental
Research and Demonstration Program (SERDP) released its annual
Core solicitation for FY 2009 in November. Both federal and
non-federal organizations may participate. SERDP is seeking
proposals for environmental research and development efforts to
identify, develop, and transition the underlying science and
environmental technologies that support the long-term
sustainability of DoD's training and testing ranges as well as
significantly reduce current and future environmental
liabilities. 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, 2008. Proposals from
the federal sector are due by March 6, 2008. The SONs and
detailed instructions for federal and private sector proposers
are available at http://www.serdp.org/funding .
SERDP SEED Solicitation. SERDP also will be funding
environmental research and development through the SERDP
Exploratory Development (SEED) program. The SEED program is
designed to provide initial funding for high-risk, high-payoff
projects. For FY2009, proposals are being requested that
respond to one SEED Statement of Need in Munitions Management.
All SEED proposals are due by March 6, 2008. The SEED SON and
detailed instructions for both federal and non-federal proposers
are available http://www.serdp.org/funding .
NIEHS SBRP Solicitation. The National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences' (NIEHS) Superfund Basic Research
Program (SBRP) has released a new Funding Opportunity
Announcement (FOA), entitled 'Development and Application of
Nanotechnology-based Tools to Understand Mechanisms of
Bioremediation.' The FOA objective is to enhance our
understanding of biological populations involved in the
bioremediation of hazardous substances by integrating or
adapting innovative nanotechnology-based tools. To be eligible,
your organization must be an accredited US institution of higher
education. Letters of intent are requested by January 16, 2008
and final applications are due February 15, 2008. For more
information, contact Heather Henry henryh@niehs.nih.gov,
919-541-5330) or visit
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supp ...
.cfm .
Upcoming Live Internet Seminars
Ecological Restoration Resources Available through EPA - Part 1
- December 3. Ecological revitalization can return damaged land
to a state of health, vitality, and diversity. This presentation
will identify fact sheets, papers and training available on
revitalization through EPA's OSRTI; and present ongoing work
such as compilation of resources available - web-based,
terrestrial carbon sequestration potential on amended sites,
future internet seminars and case studies, and an OSWER document
on converting disturbed sites to green space. Although OSRTI
conducts research in the interest of the Superfund program, it
believes that these resources on ecological restoration can be
useful to any site restoration project. This seminar will also
feature a case study about the Hog Island and Newton Creek
Ecological Restoration project on the restoration of natural
communities and ecosystem processes for Newton Creek, the Hog
Island Inlet, and Hog Island in Superior, Wisconsin. The
ecological restoration process for this site along with
information on a template that can be used for other projects
will be discussed. For more information and to register, see
http://clu-in.org/studio .
Ecological Restoration Resources Available through EPA - Part 2
- December 5. Ecological Restoration at hazardous waste sites,
including RCRA sites, can provide many benefits to surrounding
community. The speaker will cover some of the resources
available on ecological restoration, including EPA's GreenScapes
program. The speaker will also provide a few examples of
ecological restoration at RCRA sites. The second presentation
will focus on the use of biosolids for restoration of
contaminated sites/reclamation of drastically disturbed lands.
Over half of the 7 Million dry metric tons of biosolids produced
by wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. are currently land
applied in various forms (e.g., aerobically or anaerobically
digested, alkaline treated, air or heat dried; liquid, dewatered
cake, composted, pelletized), mostly to agricultural land, but
also to forest land and reclamation sites. Land reclamation
projects involving biosolids have been used to improve soil
conditions and support revegetation of highly disturbed and in
some cases contaminated sites (e.g., surface mines, mine waste
piles, construction sites, barrow pits, sand dunes, areas
devastated by forest fires) all across the country, with some
projects demonstrating sustainable vegetation and continued soil
improvement for more than 30 years. For more information and to
register, see http://clu-in.org/studio .
ITRC Performance-based Environmental Management - December 11.
Performance-based environmental management (PBEM) is a
strategic, goal-oriented methodology that is implemented through
effective planning and decision logic to reach a desired end
state of site cleanup. The goal of PBEM is to be protective of
human health and the environment while efficiently implementing
appropriate streamlined cleanup processes. This ITRC training
presents an overview of what PBEM is, explains how and when to
implement it, and describes the issues that regulators are
concerned about throughout PBEM's implementation. Case studies
will be presented to illustrate successful PBEM projects. The
course is valuable not only because PBEM is being proposed and
implemented at many federal and private sites throughout the
country, but also because PBEM provides an opportunity to
enhance all site remediation. For more information and to
register, see http://www.itrcweb.org or http://clu-in.org/studio
.
ITRC An Overview of Direct-push Well Technology for Long-term
Groundwater Monitoring - December 13. 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.itrc
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