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SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION PROGRAM - ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS 1993
Citation:
Barkley*, N P., N Lewis*, AND L. Jack*. SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION PROGRAM - ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS 1993. EPA/540/R-94/518, 1994.
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Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA.) established the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program in 1986, following passage of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). The SITE Program, now in its eighth year, is an integral part of EPA's research into alternative cleanup methods for remediation of hazardous waste sites around the Nation. Under the SITE Program, EPA enters into Cooperative Agreements with technology developers to develop innovative/alternative technologies at bench- or pilot-scale level and/or to demonstrate them at field scale at hazardous waste sites. EPA collects and publishes engineering, performance, and cost data to aid in future decision making for hazardous waste site remediation. The successful implementation of innovative technologies requires a team approach. SITE Program staff works closely with EPA Regional Offices, other federal agencies, the states, technology developers, the private sector, the SITE Program's Superfund Technology Assistance Response Team, and the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response during the demonstration and information dissemination processes. The SITE Program also uses EPA Research facilities in Cincinnati, OH, Research Triangle Park, NC, Las Vegas, NV and Jefferson, AR to evaluate innovative technologies. The SITE Program's progress and accomplishments for Fiscal Year 1993 are presented in this report. Included is inf ormation from the Demonstration, Emerging Technology and the Monitoring and MeasurementPrograms. Specific discussions are presented addressing the dynamics of the SITE Program; an examination of the SITE Program's benefits; SITE's impact on Superfund Records of Decision for Regions 2,3,5, and 9; and documentation of the growth, capabilities, and achievements of the SITE Program since last year's report.