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Report on the Wide Area Demonstration (WAD) under the Analysis for Coastal Operational Resiliency (AnCOR) project. The AnCOR WAD was conducted from May 2 through May 27, 2022. The test venue was located at Fort A.P. Hill (FAPH), Bowling Green, VA. All work will was conducted at F...

This presentation will address capability gaps related to sampling, fate & transport, decontamination, data management, and waste management. Local and state responders can benefit from this research with new information and tools to ensure community resilience to a wide area bi...

The Underground Transport Restoration (UTR) Operational Technology Demonstration (OTD) was a full-scale study focused on remediation of a subway system after contamination with a Bacillus anthracis (Ba) surrogate (Bacillus atrophaeus, subspecies globigii [Bg]). The study involved...

This effort sought to assess the impact of potential real-world interferents (RWIs) present in Sponge-Stick and Vacuum Cassettes (VCF) samples on current culture and molecular analysis methods. Having an assessment of the impact, if any, will help EPA understand limitations of th...

Sampling of drinking water distribution systems is performed to satisfy regulatory requirements but also to respond to customer complaints or emergency situations. Water distribution system modeling techniques can be used to plan and inform sampling strategies; however, a high de...

This technical brief summarizes research conducted in EPA's Homeland Security Research Program to support development of technologies and practices for managing and treating decontamination wash water resulting from a Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) contamination incident. This bri...

Following a biological contamination incident, the spatial extent of the contamination should be determined using established sampling and analytical methods such as culture or RV-PCR. A previous study demonstrated that a sampling strategy involving native air samplers could be i...

Technical Brief

Understanding the survival mechanisms of Legionella within building water systems (BWSs) is challenging due to varying engineering, operational, and water quality characteristics unique to each system. Disinfectant residual and detection of the amoeba hosts, Acanthamoeba spp. an...

Pesticide misuse incidents in residential indoor areas are typically associated with misapplications that are inconsistent with the label directions of the product. Surface wipe sampling and analysis procedures are relied upon to evaluate the extent of indoor contamination and th...

Environmental sampling is a critical component of the post decontamination verification process following a bioterrorism event. This journal article describes work performed to produce a less labor-intensive method for processing cellulose sponge-wipes used for sampling areas pot...

The report is intended to be applicable to consequence management activities that EPA will be involved with and will require waste characterization. This best practices document is intended to be general and all-hazards in nature, applicable to a multitude of settings, and to pro...

Maintaining an updated and accurate water distribution system network model can be difficult for any water system. This technical brief demonstrates that RTX and RTX:LINK technologies, application that provides a simple, secure, read-only access to key operational data streams, ...

This report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Homeland Security Research Program (HSRP) strives to provide expertise and products that can be widely used to prevent, prepare for, and recover from public health and environmental emergencies arising from terrori...

Slide Presentation - Excessive application or off-label use of pesticides have resulted in inappropriate use for indoor environments. Surface wipe sampling and analysis techniques are relied upon to successfully evaluate contamination and facilitate remediation efforts. No consen...

Model/Guide

Poster - EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program is collaborating both across the agency (with several regions and offices) and outside the agency to develop an online tool, the MicroSAP, which aims to assist users with development of Sampling and Analysis Plans (SAPs). The tool...

Report

Report

Report: An informational companion to the MicroSAP tool which includes considerations for sampling, analysis, and data interpretation that users might include in a sampling and analysis plan being developed for a microbiological contamination incident.

Report (Methods)

The document is intended to be applicable to consequence management activities that EPA will be involved with and will require remediation of contaminated areas by an urban release of chemical warfare agents (CWA). The document summarizes the gaps that have been addressed towards...

Cesium (Cs) is a likely contaminant that would either be used (probably in the form of Cesium Chloride [CsCl]) in a radiological dispersal device (RDD), or either released or generated through decay processes from nuclear power plant (NPP) accidents or an improvised nuclear devic...

Poster -- Investigating the impacts of wipe sampling variables on pesticide surface recovery results and method performance

Presents information on the new ESAM program and website tools: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed a comprehensive Environmental Sampling & Analytical Methods (ESAM) program to facilitate a coordinated response to a chemical, radiochemical, biotoxin, or pathogen...