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This report summarizes novel air sampling research conducted for the multi-agency Analysis for Coastal Operational Resiliency (AnCOR) program which sought to develop and demonstrate capabilities and strategic guidelines to prepare the US for a wide-area release of a biological ag...

Disasters generate debris and waste that need to be disposed of in a ways that are cost effective, follow regulatory and reimbursement guidelines, minimize environmental and health risks, and support long term community resilience and sustainability. Disaster waste and debris man...

EPANET-MSX enables the advanced water quality modeling of reactions that involve multiple reacting species. It will help researchers and practitioners better understand and analyze the water quality problems within drinking water distribution system. This manual documents the met...

In the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, and/or nuclear (CBRN) wide-area incident, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for environmental remediation, waste disposal processes, data collection, and data quality checks to advise decision-makin...

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (Li-ion batteries) have been in nearly every portable electronic device manufactured in the past decades, from laptops to smartphones to electric cars. The use of Li-ion batteries will grow further with the expected technological innovation and ...

Solar energy is regarded as clean technology, but what happens to solar panels once they reach the end of their lifetime is vital for sustainability and achieving a circular economy. Current solar panels have an average lifespan of about 25 years. Millions of solar panels install...

The Equitable Resilience Builder (ERB) is a downloadable application that supports communities in strengthening resilience to disasters and climate change, with a focus on equity. It engages users in a guided process to inclusively assess local hazards, equity, and resilience of ...

Lack of surface sampling and analysis methods are available to identify potential toxic byproducts of Novichok agents. While Novichok agents were sampled and analyzed, there was not much information to support and/or investigate potential breakdown/byproducts from environmental F...

As a product of the collaborative research between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency&rsquo;s (USEPA&rsquo;s) Office of Research and Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), this report evaluates options to pre...

The Water Security Test Bed (WSTB) is a full-scale representation of a drinking water distribution pipe that conveys potable water. It is the product of a partnership between Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). &nbsp;Currently, the syste...

EFSA Strategy 2027 outlines the need for fit-for-purpose protocols for EFSA generic scientific assessments to aid in delivering trustworthy scientific advice. This EFSA Scientific Committee guidance document helps address this need by providing a harmonised and flexible framework...

In situ thermal remediation technologies rely on the addition of energy to the subsurface to change the phase distribution and other physical properties of volatile and semivolatile organic contaminants to mobilize them and aid in their recovery. The most used in situ thermal rem...

The project team evaluated the device at multiple wavelengths to assess optimal performance under specific conditions for select contaminants and a suite of contaminants.&nbsp; This collaboration focused on the following:&nbsp; - Reactor optimization and flow scale-up,&nbsp; - Mo...

Flooded lands are defined as water bodies where human activities have 1) caused changes in the amount of surface area covered by water, typically through water level regulation (e.g., constructing a dam), 2) waterbodies where human activities have changed the hydrology of existin...

Flooded lands are defined as water bodies where human activities have 1) caused changes in the amount of surface area covered by water, typically through water level regulation (e.g., constructing a dam), 2) waterbodies where human activities have changed the hydrology of existin...

The Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill Performance (HELP) model uses waste-specific properties such as hydraulic conductivity, porosity, wilting point, and field capacity for modeling vertical percolation of leachate through the deposited waste and cover layers to estimate the lea...

The purpose of this research was to determine the viability of installing low-cost storm sewer retrofit devices in multiple locations within an urban watershed.  A major component of this was the necessity for designing, fabricating, and operation of such retrofits which are not ...

EPA’s Homeland Security Research Program conducts decontamination efficacy studies that identify technologies that can be used to clean surfaces, materials, or objects contaminated with chemical, biological, or radiological agents. This project consisted of an assessment of the m...

Ricin is a highly toxic protein that is produced from the castor bean plant.&nbsp; Incidents with using ricin as a terrorist weapon have become more commonplace in recent years. This study examined a technique (Low Concentration Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor; LCHPV) to decontaminate ma...

Cleanup of contaminated sites focuses on activities needed to eliminate risks of contaminants to human health and the environment. As part of necessary efforts during contaminated site cleanups, an ecological risk assessment (ERA) is conducted to examine the extent of potential c...

This EPA report is based on the 2023 Post-fire Research and Monitoring Symposium that was organized by the Oregon Governor’s Post-fire Science Team and was held February 7-9, 2023 at Oregon State University. The Symposium aimed to increase awareness among those conducting post-fi...

The document Pathogens and Vectors in Biosolids is an update to the ORD document that was published in 2003 entitled &quot;Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction Reduction in Sewage Sludge.&quot;&nbsp; This document was listed in the OIG report on EPA's management of biosolid...

For the past several years, the Office of Research and Development (ORD), US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSDGC) have been investigating the use of peracetic acid (PAA) as an alternative to chlorination and ultr...

This report documents the results of an interagency project to sample emissions from in situ oil burns, comparing ground-based particulate matter measurements with measurements by aerial unmanned aircraft system (UAS). A sensor/sampler system from the Environmental Protection Age...

The SCID is a companion document to the SAM document and will need to be updated to match the SAM 2022 document. Revisions continue from STRAP3. Supports ESAM.