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THE SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY1999
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Tetra Tech EM Inc., AND Science Applications International Corporation. THE SUPERFUND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS FY1999. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/540/R-01/500 (NTIS PB2001-105626), 2001.
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The Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program has successfully promoted the development, commercialization and implementation of innovative hazardous waste treatment technologies for more than 14 years. SITE offers a mechanism for conducting joint technology demonstration and evaluation projects at hazardous waste sites involving the private sector, EPA, and other federal and state agencies. The program provides environmental decision-makers with relevant data on new, viable remediation technologies that may have performance or cost advantages compared to conventional treatment technologies. Since the initiation of the SITE Program in 1986, cleanup of contaminated sites through the use of innovative technologies has resulted in a total inflated cost savings of over $2.1B. The SITE Program continues to earn increased recognition as a leader in advancing innovative technology development and commercialization. The program is participating with 128 remediation technology vendors. Through FY99, the SITE Program has successfully demonstrated 108 technologies, seven of which were demonstrated during FY 99. Emphasis formerly placed on technologies requiring the removal of soil or groundwater (ex situ) is gravitating to in situ technologies that treat contamination in place. The SITE Program recognized this change and has emphasized the development of in situ technologies. Of the 22 ongoing to planned demonstrations, 13 are in situ, while 9 are ex situ. SITE's Monitoring and Measurement Technologies (MMT) Program has completed 38 projects to date, with 9 more in the planning stages.