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Site Characterization and Monitoring Technologies: Bibliography of EPA Information Resources (EPA 542-B-98-003)

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The bibliography lists information resources, both publications and electronic databases, that focus on evaluation and use of innovative site characterization and monitoring technologies. The document also provides information on obtaining copies of the documents.

Site Characterization Library, Volume 1, Release 2.0 (EPA 600-C-98-001)

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The CD-ROM, developed by EPA NERL, contains the following documents and software:

- ASSESS Version 1.1A (PB93-505154) is an interactive QA/QC program designed to assist the user in statistically determining the quality of data from soil samples.
- BIOPLUME II is a model for two-dimensional transport of contaminants under the influence of oxygen-limited biodegradation in groundwater.
- CalTox is a multimedia total exposure model for hazardous waste.
- CHEMFLO enables users to simulate water movement and chemical transport in unsaturated soils.
- DEFT is a software package that allows a decision maker to quickly generate cost information about several sampling designs based on DQOs.
- FEMWATER/LEWASTE is software which can be used to delineate wellhead protection areas in agricultural regions by using a criterion that considers environmental factors that reduce the concentration of contaminants transported to wells.
- Geo-EAS Version 1.2.1 (PB93-504957) is an interactive tool for performing two-dimensional geostatistical analyses of spatially-distributed data.
- GEOPACK is a comprehensive geostatistical software package that allows both novices and advanced users to conduct geostatistical analyses of spatially-correlated data.
- Geophysics Advisor Expert System Version 2.0 (PB93-505162) is a program that considers several geophysical methods of determining the location of contamination and providing site characterization to make recommendations about the best methods to use at a specific site.
- GEOS software facilitates the collection and analysis of geoenvironmental data.
- GRITS/STAT is a comprehensive database system for storing, analyzing, and reporting information from groundwater monitoring programs at RCRA, CERCLA, and other regulated facilities and sites.
- HELP is a two-dimensional modeling program that simulates water movement into and out of landfills on the basis of a waste management system.
- IMES offers a computer-based tool for matching site characteristics with an appropriate exposure assessment model or models.
- MOFAT, a two-dimensional, finite element model for simulating coupled multiphase flow and multicomponent transport in planar or radically symmetric vertical sections, can be used to evaluate flow and transport for water, NAPLs, and gas.
- MULTIMED is a one-dimensional, steady-state model used to predict the concentrations of contaminants migrating from a waste disposal facility through the subsurface, surface water, and air pathways to receptor sites.
- PESTAN assists users in estimating the vertical migration of dissolved organic solutes through the vadose zone to groundwater.
- PRZM-2 is a pesticide flow-and-transport model for the root zone and vadose zone.
- RETC is a program used in analyzing the hydraulic conductivity properties of unsaturated soil.
- Scout Version 2.0 is a user-friendly and menu-driven program that provides a graphical display of data in a multidimensional format that allows visual inspection of data, accentuates obvious outliers, and provides an easy measure for comparing data.
- STF (VIP + RITZ) consists of three components that provide information about the behavior of chemicals in soil environments. The models simulate the movement and fate of hazardous chemicals during treatment of oily wastes.
- Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques is an interactive, multimedia version of the two-volume EPA publication titled Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques. The documents include descriptions of more than 280 site characterization and field monitoring methods of detecting groundwater contamination and other aspects of the subsurface at hazardous waste sites. Geological and hydrogeological characterization topics covered include surface and borehole approaches, geophysical methods, and sampling of solids; drilling; aquifer tests and groundwater sampling; water-state measurement and monitoring; measurement of hydraulic conductivity and flux in the vadose zone; water budget characterization; soil-solute sampling and gas monitoring in the vadose zone; and field chemical analytical methods. The electronic version of the guide includes graphic support with animation and hypertext links that make all text readily accessible.
- Total Human Exposure Risk database and Advanced Simulation Environment (THERdbASE), Version 1.2, is an integrated database and analytical and modeling software system for use in exposure assessment calculations and studies. It provides a prototype for smoothly and efficiently linking communication between databases and exposure assessment models.
- VLEACH provides users a one-dimensional, finite difference model for making preliminary assessments of the effects on groundwater of leaching of volatile, sorbed contaminants through the vadose zone.
- WhAEM is a computer-based tool used in decision-making processes related to the protection of wellheads.
- WHPA, a semi-analytical groundwater flow simulation program, can be used for delineating capture zones in a wellhead protection area.

Site Remediation Technology InfoBase: A Guide to Federal Programs, Information Resources, and Publications on Contaminated Site Cleanup Technologies, First Edition (EPA 542-B-98-006)

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Prepared by the member agencies of the FRTR, the guide identifies programs, resources, and publications of the federal government related to technologies for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE) Treatment Technology Resource Guide (EPA 542-B-94-007)

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The document aids decision makers in reviewing the applicability of SVE treatment technologies. The document also provides access information on electronic resources and hotlines; cites relevant federal regulations; and provides abstracts of pertinent print resources, such as bibliographies, guidance documents, workshop proceedings, overview documents, study and test results, and test designs and protocols. Included is an SVE treatment technology resource matrix that compares the documents by technology type, affected media, and contaminants. The guide also provides detailed information on how to obtain the publications listed.

State Policy and Regulatory Barriers to In Situ Ground Water Remediation (EPA 542-R-96-001)

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The report identifies specific state regulatory and policy barriers to the use of techniques that enhance in situ groundwater treatment technologies through the subsurface injection of surfactants, cosolvents, and nutrients. The report also describes the experiences and policies of each state and provides contact information for obtaining additional assistance.

Superfund Docket and Information Center

The Superfund Docket and Information Center provides access to Superfund regulatory documents, Superfund Federal Register Notices, Records of Decision (ROD), and public comments sent to EPA. The center operates daily, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. The center can be reached by telephone at 703-603-9232 or by facsimile at 703-603-9240.

Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program Demonstration Reports

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An extensive inventory of reports of the evaluation of measurement and monitoring technologies in the SITE program is available to assist decision makers in reviewing technology options and assessing a technology's applicability to a particular site. The reports evaluate all information about a technology; provide an analysis of its overall applicability to site characteristics, waste types, and waste matrices; and present testing procedures, performance and cost data, and QA/QC standards. The Demonstration Bulletins provide summarized descriptions of technologies and announcements of demonstrations. The Innovative Technology Evaluation Reports provide full reports of the demonstration results, including technical data useful to decision makers.

Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program: Technology Profiles, Ninth Edition (EPA 540-R-97-502)

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The document provides profiles of more than 150 demonstration, emerging, and monitoring and measurement technologies currently being evaluated. Each technology profile identifies the developer and process name of the technology, describes the technology, discusses its applicability to waste, and provides a project status report and contact information. The profiles also include summaries of demonstration results, if available.

Synopses of Federal Demonstrations of Innovative Site Remediation Technologies, Third Edition (EPA 542-B-93-009, PB94-144565)

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The document is a compilation of abstracts that describe field demonstrations of innovative technologies that treat hazardous waste at contaminated sites. The abstracts are information resources that hazardous waste site project managers can use to assess the availability and practicability of innovative technologies for treating contaminated groundwater, soils, and sludge. The document describes more than 110 demonstrations, sponsored by federal agencies, in 6 different technology categories, involving the use of innovative technologies to treat soil and groundwater. A matrix that lists the demonstration categories, the type of contaminant, media that can be treated, and the treatment setting for each innovative technology demonstrated also is provided in the document.