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The Social Dimensions of EPA’s Environmental Cleanup Work: “Community Engagement Survey Dataset”
(DATA/SOFTWARE) [Published : Jun 30, 2025]
(DATA/SOFTWARE) [Published : Jun 30, 2025]
The collection of documents include a survey dataset and cover page that describes the survey methods. The survey data was collected in 2020 with EPA staff who work on Superfund, brownfield, emergency response, and other types of cleanup actions. The purpose of the survey was to ...
Impact of Multiple HVAC Systems on Indoor Air VOC and Radon Concentrations from Vapor Intrusion During Seasonal Usage
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 12, 2025]
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 12, 2025]
Subsurface contamination can migrate upward into overlying buildings, exposing the buildings’ inhabitants to contaminants that can cause detrimental health effects. This phenomenon is known as vapor intrusion (VI). When evaluating a building for VI, understand that seasonal...
EPA’s Flood Cleanup Resources – Promoting Community Resilience through Risk Communication
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 18, 2025]
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 18, 2025]
The EPA flooded homes website is intended to help homeowners, renters, and volunteers safely muck out, clean up, and fix up homes that have been affected by flooding. This presentation describes the research used to develop the website as a risk communication tool. The research p...
Radiological Incident Response and Environmental Remediation
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Oct 17, 2024]
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Oct 17, 2024]
This presentation slides are prepared for the Korean agencies in the nuclear and radiological incident preparedness and response. The slides aim to summarize the US federal framework for radiological/nuclear incident response and recovery. The slides include radiological dispersa...
Rapid Radiochemical Method Americium-241 (241Am) in Water Samples
(SUMMARY) [Published : Jun 15, 2017]
(SUMMARY) [Published : Jun 15, 2017]
Communications Fact Sheet
Achieving consistent multiple daily low-dose Bacillus anthracis spore inhalation exposures in the rabbit model
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jun 13, 2012]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jun 13, 2012]
Journal Article
Disinfection of Bacillus Spores with Acidified Nitrite
(JOURNAL) [Published : Oct 01, 2014]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Oct 01, 2014]
Journal Article
A Framework for Estimating the Adverse Health Effects of Contamination Events in Water Distribution Systems and its Application
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 01, 2014]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 01, 2014]
Journal Article
Reply to “Ranking Filter Methods for Concentrating Pathogens in Lake Water”
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 07, 2013]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Aug 07, 2013]
Journal Article
Composite Sampling of a Bacillus anthracis Surrogate with Cellulose Sponge Surface Samplers from a Nonporous Surface
(JOURNAL) [Published : Dec 03, 2014]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Dec 03, 2014]
Journal Article
Scenario-based Evaluation of Commercially Available Cleaning Robots for Collection of Bacillus Spores from Environmental Surfaces
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 17, 2014]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 17, 2014]
Journal Article
Evaluation of Surface Sampling for Bacillus Spores Using Commercially Available Cleaning Robots
(JOURNAL) [Published : Feb 22, 2013]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Feb 22, 2013]
Journal Article
Wide Area Radiological Incident Response Improvement through the Science and Technology Community
(BOOK CHAPTER) [Published : Jun 01, 2014]
(BOOK CHAPTER) [Published : Jun 01, 2014]
Symposium Paper upgraded to a Book Chapter
A Rapid and Repeatable Method to Deposit Bioaerosols on Material Surfaces
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 01, 2013]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 01, 2013]
Journal Article
Clean or Replace? Remediating PFAS in Firefighting Equipment and Hangars
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 05, 2025]
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 05, 2025]
Many aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) delivery systems in aircraft hangars and firefighting vehicles may require thorough cleaning to avoid ongoing environmental impacts from residual per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) within those systems. Though replacement AFFF formula...
EPA Plastics Recycling Research Overview
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 23, 2025]
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Jun 23, 2025]
This presentation is for the Joint Call of the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) Sustainable Materials Management Workgroup & Environmental Research Institute of the States (ERIS) State Science Contacts.
Impact of Environmental Conditions on the Enzymatic Decontamination of a Material Surface Contaminated with Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 06, 2013]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Jul 06, 2013]
Journal Article
Facilitating Beneficial Use of Dredged Materials with the Dredged Materials Management Tool (DMDT)
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Feb 24, 2022]
(PRESENTATION) [Presented : Feb 24, 2022]
Shipping of goods and commodities is one of the dominant uses of the Great Lakes. Navigation channels in rivers and harbors must be routinely dredged to mandated depths to facilitate this shipping. In practice, there has been a long-term use of open lake disposal or placement in ...
Critical Mineral Recovery from Mine Influenced Waters – Literature Review and Technology Evaluation
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Mar 31, 2025]
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : Mar 31, 2025]
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the literature review and technology screening conducted for critical mineral (CM) extraction from mine wastes and mining-influenced waters (MIW). The primary objectives were to identify and evaluate technologies that could potenti...
Early detection of viable Francisella tularensis in environmental matrices by culture-based PCR
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 25, 2020]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Mar 25, 2020]
Francisella tularensis is a fastidious, Gram-negative coccobacillus and the causative agent of tularemia. To access viability yet overcome lengthy incubation periods, a culture-based PCR method was used to detect early growth of the lowest possible number of F. tularensis cells....
Oil Spill Surface Washing Agents and Chemical Herders Drive Microbial Community Structure Impacting Biodegradation
(JOURNAL) [Published : Apr 22, 2025]
(JOURNAL) [Published : Apr 22, 2025]
Spill treating agents (STAs) may be authorized for use during an oil spill response; however, the impact of certain classes of agents on oil biodegradation is poorly understood. Microcosms comprising an oil-degrading microbial consortium were amended with weathered crude oil and ...
Dispersant Application (OEM Subpart J Decision rule reference guide)
(NEWSLETTER ARTICLE) [Published : Sep 01, 2023]
(NEWSLETTER ARTICLE) [Published : Sep 01, 2023]
OLEM OEM is wrapping up the Final Agency Review of a decision-rule for the NCP Subpart J. The final rule establishes new monitoring requirements under Subpart J for dispersant use in response to major oil discharges and certain dispersant usesituations in the navigable waters of ...
Direct Aqueous Injection of the Fluoroacetate Anion in Potable Water for Analysis by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass-Spectrometry
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : May 11, 2021]
(PUBLISHED REPORT) [Published : May 11, 2021]
Sodium fluoroacetate is a highly lethal pesticide, which is registered for use to control livestock. It does not have a known antidote and is stable in potable water. If a water contamination incident with this pesticide were to occur, a fast, robust analytical method would be ne...
Radiological Recovery Logistics Tool – 20161
(PAPER IN NON-EPA PROCEEDINGS) [Published : Mar 12, 2020]
(PAPER IN NON-EPA PROCEEDINGS) [Published : Mar 12, 2020]
The study reported in this paper has both factored fundamental concepts and connections out of this identification process and created a Knowledge Base detailing support goals, response scenarios, and efficacy information on dozens of equipment types. In short, RRLT will dynamica...
Evaluation of Residual Efficacy against Viruses on Surfaces - Results Report: August 10, 2020
(NEWSLETTER ARTICLE) [Published : Aug 10, 2020]
(NEWSLETTER ARTICLE) [Published : Aug 10, 2020]
The objective of this project is to evaluate antimicrobial products as long-lasting antimicrobials in laboratory testing – assessing their efficacy at reducing infectious virus recovery from surfaces that have been coated with the products. The evaluation will include assessment ...