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To view/download summaries and presentations from all archived meetings, including the May 2010 meeting on Low-Energy Treatment Technologies for Groundwater and Soil, click here.

U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center: 2010 Broad Agency Announcement
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for various research and development topic areas relevant to its 7 laboratories, including the Coastal and Hydraulics Lab, the Environmental Lab, and the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab. ERDC is responsible for conducting research in the broad fields of hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil effects, vehicle mobility, self-contained munitions, military engineering, geophysics, pavements, protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material, treatment of hazardous waste, wetlands, physical/mechanical/ chemical properties of snow and other frozen precipitation, infrastructure and environmental issues for installations, computer science, telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage conservation, and ecological processes. The BAA is available at http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/contract/docs/FY2008.BAA.pdf and is open until superseded. Proposals will be accepted at any time.

NAVFAC Technology Transfer (T2) Five Year Program Plan for Environmental Restoration 2010-2014
The NAVFAC T2 Five Year Program Plan identifies remaining technical challenges in the Environmental Restoration (ER) Program and guides the focus of the T2 Program in order to maintain awareness of the challenges faced by Navy Remedial Project Managers (RPMs). It reviews the T2 process, mechanisms, and products that are planned for the future and provides overall conclusions on future directions. Specific technical challenges for the ER Program are discussed related to contaminated sediments, vapor intrusion, groundwater plume management, source zone strategies, passive remediation technologies, long-term management, and incorporating optimization and sustainable practices into ongoing remediation efforts. Upcoming technical challenges for the Munitions Response Program (MRP) are also summarized. To view/download this document, click here.

Several types of T2 products are used to communicate information to Navy RPMs about the latest technology issues and advances. The T2 Five Year Program Plan summarizes the types of T2 products that will be developed to effectively communicate new information. Multimedia Web-based tools have been developed to provide information in an interactive format. The T2 Web tools produced to date cover a wide range of technologies and contaminants. The T2 Web tools can be viewed at http://www.ert2.org and sorted by relevant contaminants, media, technologies, and phases.

Green Remediation Best Management Practices
U.S. EPA has released fact sheets on BMPs for site investigation and pump-and-treat technologies. For more information, visit: http://www.clu-in.org/greenremediation/.

10 new Technology Cost and Performance report, bringing the total number of searchable reports available to more than 400

4 new, searchable Remediation Optimization case studies, bringing the total available to more than 100

4 new, searchable Remediation Technology Assessment case studies, bringing the total available to nearly 100

7 new Site Characterization and Monitoring cases studies, bringing the total available to nearly 200