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UNITED STATES AND GERMAN BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES
Citation:
PRC Environmental Management, Inc. UNITED STATES AND GERMAN BILATERAL AGREEMENT ON REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES. EPA/540/R-94/500, 1994.
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Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Germany's Bundesministerium fur Forschung und Technologie (BMFT) are involved in a collaborative effort called the U.S. and German Bilateral Agreement on Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites. he purpose of this interim status report is to give an overall summary of, and detail the progress and achievements of the bilateral agreement. pecifically, this report will describe the background of the bilateral agreement; the progress of innovative technology demonstrations in the United States and Germany; tho- benefits, accomplishments, and lessons learned under the agreement; and the future plans of the bilateral agreement. he bilateral agreement has two objectives for each partner country: (1) to gain a comprehensive understanding of the other country's approach to remediating hazardous waste sites and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative technologies being applied at these sites. o achieve these objectives, EPA and BMFT outlined the following specific goals for the bilateral agreement: acilitate an understanding of each country's approach to remediating contaminated sites; emonstrate and evaluate innovative remedial technologies; Compare quality assurance (QA) programs; Facilitate technology transfer between the two countries.