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The SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION program - Technology Profiles
Citation:
U.S. EPA. The SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION program - Technology Profiles. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/540/5-90/006, 1990.
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Description:
The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program was created to evaluate new and promising treatment technologies for cleanup at hazardous waste sites. The mission of the SITE program is to encourage the development and routine use of innovative treatment technologies at these hazardous waste sites. The goal of SITE is to provide environmental decision-maker's with new, viable treatment options that may have performance or cost advantages compared to traditional treatment technologies. Five major activities of the component programs are to: • Conduct and monitor demonstrations of promising innovative technologies to rovide reliable performance, cost, and applicability information for future site characterization and cleanup decision-making (Demonstration Program); • Encourage the development of emerging alternative technologies (Emerging Technologies Program); • Develop technologies that detect, monitor, and measure hazardous and toxic substances to provide better, faster and cost effective methods for producing real-time data during site characterization and remediation (Monitoring and Measurement Technologies Program); • Encourage private sector development of firms willing to commercialize EPA-developed technologies (Innovative Technologies Program); and • Identify and remove impediments to the use of alternative technologies (Technology Transfer). This document is intended as a reference guide for environmental decision-makers and others interested in the progress of technologies under the SITE Demonstration and Emerging Technologies programs. The technologies are described in technology profiles, presented in alphabetical order by developer name. This document was prepared between August 1990 and November 1990. Each technology profile contains: (1) a technology description, (2) a discussion on waste applicability, (3) a project status report, and (4) EPA Project Manager and technology developer contacts. For completed demonstrations, the profiles also include a summary of the demonstration results and the applications analysis. Reference tables for the SITE program participants precede the Demonstration and Emerging sections, and contain EPA and Developer contacts. Inquiries about a specific SITE technology should be directed to the EPA Project Manager and inquiries on the technology itself should be directed to the Technology Developer Contact. Both contacts are also listed in the "For Further Information" section of each technology profile.