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since 1991

November 2007 Download (202KB/PDF)
  • FRTR Member Announcements/Updates
  • Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) and In Situ Bioremediation of Inorganics
  • Monitored Natural Attenuation and In Situ Bioremediation of Radionuclides
  • Interagency Panel: Perspectives on Research and Applications to Federal and State Cleanup Programs
Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. DOE/EM Groundwater and Soils Program Overview (255KB/PDF)
  2. MNA of Metals and In Situ Bioremediation (1.8MB/PDF)
  3. Handford 100H Cr(VI) Long-Term Bioimmobilization (3.1MB/PDF)
  4. Microbial Transformation of Arsenic and Selenium for Bioremediation Strategies (2.4MB/PDF)
  5. Site Characterization for MNA of Radionuclides in Ground Water (833KB/PDF)
  6. Bioremediation of Atomic Bomb Wastes (3.1MB/PDF)
  7. Bio-immobilization of Radionuclides: Results of Field Experiments and Biogeochemical Modeling (1.0MB/PDF)
  8. Evaluating the Efficacy of Bioremediation of Uranium in the Subsurface (2.0MB/PDF)
  9. Transitioning from Active to Sustainable Remediation for Metals and Radionuclides (3.2MB/PDF)
May 2007 Download (176KB/PDF)
  • Roundtable Technology Cost & Performance Efforts
  • Dense Non-aqueous Phase Liquid (DNAPL)
Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. Roundtable Technology Cost & Performance Efforts (670KB/PDF)
  2. DNAPL Overview - Progress and Challenges (176KB/PDF)
  3. SERDP/ESTCP DNAPL-Related R&D/Demo Projects (479KB/PDF)
  4. Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron for DNAPL Source Treatment (1.48MB/PDF)
  5. BioDNAPL Treatment - Fact or Fantasy? (1.12MB/PDF)
  6. TCE Fate and Transport Determination at the DOE Paducah Gaseous (447KB/PDF)
  7. Navy DNAPL Treatment Stories
  8. Flexible, Adaptive Implementation of Combined Remedies - The Future of DNAPL Remediation? (888KB/PDF)
  9. Lessons Learned from In Situ Thermal Treatment of Source Zones - Ft Lewis, Washington (5.22MB/PDF)
  10. Natural Attenuation System (NAS) - Software for Assessing Combining Source Area Remediation with Natural Attenuation (865KB/PDF)
December 2006 Download (545KB/PDF)
  • Action Items
  • Federal Agency Triad Efforts
  • New Report: 1,4-Dioxane Treatment Technologies
  • Emerging Contaminants
Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. AFCEE Technology Transfer Program Update (344KB/PDF)
  2. New Report: 1,4-Dioxane Treatment Technologies (69.2KB/PDF)
  3. FRTR Future Direction: Discussion (194KB/PDF)
  4. DoD Emerging Contaminants Initiative (418KB/PDF)
  5. Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Human and Animal Wastewaters: Recent Research Activities of the U.S. Geological Survey (2.92MB/PDF)
  6. Biodegradation of Ether-Containing Pollutants (1.35MB/PDF)
  7. Biodegradation of NDMA and Alternative Fuel Oxygenates (2.61MB/PDF)
  8. Case Study: NDMA Treatment at White Sands Test Facility (1.51MB/PDF)
  9. Munitions: Wide Area Assessments (2.47MB/PDF)
  10. Full-Scale Treatment of 1,4-Dioxane Using a Bioreactor (2.73MB/PDF)
May 2006 Download (229KB/PDF)
  • USGS Publications Update
  • Update on Selected FRTR Projects
    • Technology Innovation: Additional Updates
  • Industry and International Environmental Technology Development Initiatives
Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. UK Technology Initiatives – Role of the Regulator (1.11MB/PDF)
  2. The Integrated Pollution Management Network (733KB/PDF)
  3. NICOLE: Evolving Perspectives in Contaminated Site Management in Europe (730KB/PDF)
  4. EURODEMO: Management & Remediation of Contaminated Soils & Groundwater – Towards Innovation and Sustainability (4.10MB/PDF)
  5. ETAP: The EU Environmental Technologies Action Plan (1.28MB/PDF)
  6. Sustainable Development Technology Canada™: Partnering for Real Results (650KB/PDF)
  7. Electric Power Research Institute: MGP Site Management Program (1.06MB/PDF)
  8. Investment Strategy in SERDP and ESTCP (1.51MB/PDF)
  9. Current and Future Directions of the Environmental Technologies R&D Program at SSC-SD (2.45MB/PDF)
  10. Review of EPA-ORD Remediation Technology Programs (544KB/PDF)
  11. National Homeland Security Research Center Technology Testing & Evaluation Program Overview (939KB/PDF)
  12. Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) (1.00MB/PDF)
December 2005 Download (196KB/PDF)
  • Project Updates
    • Roundtable Technology Cost and Performance Efforts
    • Report on Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation
    • Remediation Screening Matrix
    • Really Simple Syndication
    • Additional Project Updates/ Introduction to Technical Discussion
  • Contaminant Monitoring and Sensor Technology Technical Session
Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. Roundtable Technology Cost & Performance Efforts (135KB/PDF)
  2. Report on Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation (72.2KB/PDF)
  3. Remediation Screening Matrix (838KB/PDF)
  4. Really Simple Syndication (2.10MB/PDF)
  5. Additional Project Updates/ Introduction to Technical Discussion (91.7KB/PDF)
  6. 21M² (995KB/PDF)
  7. Ground-based Optical Remote Sensing to Characterize Area Source Emissions (2.06MB/PDF)
  8. 15 Years of Environmental Sensors Developed by DOE: Changing Strategies, Technologies, and Programs (230KB/PDF)
  9. A New Miniature Ion Mobility Spectrometer Sensor System for Long-term Monitoring (13.2MB/PDF)
  10. Monitoring the Air for Toxic and Genotoxic Compounds (928KB/PDF)
  11. Microfluidic Lead Sensor Incorporating Catalytic DNA (Download)
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  12. Environmental Sensor Development at SSD-SD: Past and Present (4.55MB/PDF)
  13. Real-time Water Quality Monitoring for Water Security Applications (2.53MB/PDF)
  14. Field Portable Electrochemical Sensors for Uranium and Other Species in Aqueous Samples (1.45MB/PDF)
  15. Sensor Technology Supported by EPA SBIR Program (4.85MB/PDF)
May 2005 Download (115KB/PDF)
  • Project Updates
    • Status Report: Technology Cost and Performance Activities
    • A Summary of Results: NRC Source Zone Report
    • Report on Triad Partners Workshop, March 17, 2005
    • Update on Joint FRTR Initiatives
  • Next Meeting Topics
  • Program Perspectives on Performance-Based Management/Contracting Program Impacting Innovative Technology Use
  • Performance-Based Contracting Case Studies
Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. Status Report - Technology Cost and Performance Activities (445KB/PDF)
  2. A Summary of Results - NRC Source Zone Report (1.2MB/PDF)
  3. Report on Triad Partners Report on Triad Partners Workshop, March 17, 2005 (1.6MB/PDF)
  4. Update on Joint FRTR Initiatives (490KB/PDF)
  5. Performance-Based Management (PBM) Tool for Compliance and Restoration Programs (611KB/PDF)
  6. Performance-Based Contracting for Environmental Cleanup (1.5MB/PDF)
  7. Performance-Based Management - The Interstate Technology Regulatory Council Experience (566KB/PDF)
  8. Performance-Based Contracting - EPA/FFRO Persepective (28KB/PDF)
  9. Navy’s Program Perspectives on Performance-Based Contracting (214KB/PDF)
  10. DOE Perspectives on Performance-Based Contracting Impacting Innovative Technology Use (22KB/PDF)
  11. South Carolina's UST Program: Pay-for-Performance Contracting (319KB/PDF)
  12. Arctic Surplus Salvage Yard Response Case Study (611KB/PDF)
  13. Application of Innovative Technologies in Performance Based Contracting (1.5MB/PDF)
  14. Performance-Based Contracting - CH2MHill Case Studies (505KB/PDF)
  15. “Pay-for-Performance Contracting Using Integrated Treatment Approach” (386KB/PDF)
December 2004 Download (55KB/PDF)
  • Project Updates
    • Status Report: Technology Cost and Performance Activities
    • Revisions to FRTR Screening Matrix & Reference Guide
    • Triad Project Profiles
    • Accelerating Site Closeout, Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs Through Optimization
    • Decision Support Tools Matrix: Status Update
  • Next Meeting Topics
  • Technical Topic: Nanotechnology Sensors for Monitoring and Measurement
Attachments cited in the summary:
  1. FRTR Web Site Statistics (657KB/PDF)
  2. Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Web Site Operation Plan (15KB/PDF)
  3. Status Report: Technology Cost and Performance Activities (147KB/PDF)
  4. New Cost and Performance Case Studies (16KB/PDF)
  5. Revisions to FRTR Screening Matrix & Reference Guide (452KB/PDF)
  6. Triad Project Profiles (608KB/PDF)
  7. Accelerating Site Closeout, Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs Through Optimization (24KB/PDF)
  8. Decision Support Tools Matrix: Status Update (310KB/PDF)
    Draft Decision Support Tools Matrix (56KB/PDF)
  9. Nanosensors & EPA (3.5MB/PDF)
  10. Low-Cost Printed Electronic Nose Gas Sensors for Distributed Environmental Monitoring (1.9MB/PDF)
  11. Nanotechnology Applications for Environmental Sensors: Integrated Devices for Real-Time Analyses (4.8MB/PDF)
  12. Nanomaterials for Enhanced Environmental Measurements (8.3MB/PDF)
  13. Bioavailability: What Does It Mean to Be Nanosized? (1.2MB/PDF)
  14. Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles in Sensing Platforms (5.5MB/PDF)
  15. Nanotechnology Approaches to Sensing and Detection (2.6MB/PDF)

June 2004 Download (117KB / PDF)
  • Status Report: Technology Cost & Performance Activities
  • Upcoming NRC Study on Engineered Barriers
  • Creation of Triad Project Profiles Database and Triad Update
  • Decision Support Tools: Status and Path Forward
  • FRTR FY 04 Budget
  • Next Meeting Topics
  • Environmental Nanotechnologies for Site Cleanup
Attachments cited in the summary:
December 2003 Download (49K / PDF)
  • Cost & Performance Case Studies
  • Status Update: Accelerating Site Closeout, Improving Performance, and Reducing Costs Through Optimization
  • Cost Estimate Web Site
  • Communicating the Availability and Applicability of Decision Support Tools:  A Technology Matrix
  • Technical Focus Area:  The Triad Approach to Site Characterization
Attachments cited in the summary:
  • Attachment A – Status Report—Technology Cost and Performance Activities
  • Attachment B – Long-Term Management/Optimization Case Studies
  • Attachment C – FRTR Web Page Environmental Cost Engineering Section
  • Attachment D – Communicating the Availability and Applicability of Decision Support Tools—A Technology Matrix
  • Attachment E – Alternative DST Matrix
  • Attachment F – Why Triad?
  • Attachment G – The Uniform Federal Policy on Quality Assurance Project Plans:  A Product of the Intergovernmental Data Quality Task Force (IDQTF)
  • Attachment H – Triad Overview—What It Is. What It Is Not.
  • Attachment I – Triad for Managing Data Uncertainty for Cleanup (Argonne Examples)
  • Attachment J – Triad Case Studies from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Attachment K – Case Studies from the U.S. Navy
  • Attachment L – Characterization of Air Force Sites Using the Triad Approach
  • Attachment M – Triad in the States
  • Attachment N – Path Forward for Triad Implementation

June 2003 Download (99K / PDF)
  • Update: FRTR Projects
  • Update: FRTR Interagency Activities
  • New Initiatives
  • Decision Support Tools for Remediation
  • Cost Estimation
Attachments cited in the summary:

December 2002 Download (61K / PDF)

  • Roundtable General Management
  • Decision Support Tools for Remediation

Attachments cited in the summary:

  • Attachment A – Trichloroethylene Health Risk Assessment: An Update
  • Attachment B – (FIELDS) Environmental Decision Support
  • Attachment C – Environmental Visualization Systems (EVS)
  • Attachment D – Optimizing Groundwater Monitoring: MAROS2
  • Attachment E – Optimizing Pump and Treat Systems: Data Assimilation

June 2002 Download (161K / PDF)
  • Roundtable Policy and Operation
  • Technical Session: Update on Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) Strategy and Activities
  • Recent Activities on Contaminated Sediment Topics
December 2001 Download (52K / PDF)
  • Ongoing Roundtable Projects
  • Technical Session: Remedial System Optimization
May 2001 Download (64 / PDF)
  • Perchlorate Overview & Activities
  • Update on Roundtable Policy and Operation
  • Perchlorate Regulatory Overview
  • Perchlorate Treatement Technologies
December 2000 Download (26K / PDF)
  • Update Roundtable Policy Operations
  • Long-Term Monitoring and Systems Optimization: Plans and Projects
  • Long-term Monitoring Guidance Documents
  • Long-term Monitoring Tools
June 2000 Download (42K / PDF)
  • Policy/Planning Session
  • Update on Roundtable Ongoing Projects
  • Cost and Performance Data
  • Other Groundwater Topics
November 1999 Download (37K / PDF)
  • Policy Initiative: National Action Plan for DNAPL Source Reduction
  • Technical Session: Monitored Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents
  • Optimization of Groundwater Monitoring and Pump/Treat: Development of Action Agenda
  • Ongoing Roundtable Projects
  • Technical Session: Environmental Cleanup Decisions Using Technical Information Systems
May 1999 Download (30K / PDF)
  • Management Issues
  • Business Session: Performance Measures for Federal Technology
  • Special Discussion
  • Technical Session: Containment System Technologies
December 1998 Download (22K / PDF)
  • Management Issues
  • Ongoing Roundtable Projects
  • Technical Session: DNAPL Source Treatment
May 1998 Download (26K / PDF)
  • Management Meeting
  • Technical Session: Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater
November 1997 Download (39K / PDF)
  • Advances In Control-Part 1: DNAPLs in Groundwater
  • Identification/Monitoring of DNAPLs
  • Field Scale Projects Employing Natural Process
  • Performance-Based Contracting
  • Ongoing Roundtable Business/Projects
May 1997 Download (46K / PDF)
  • Remedy Selection and Innovative Technologies
  • Accelerated Site Characterization
  • Field Analytical Characterization
  • Ongoing Roundtable Business/Projects
  • Federal Agency Support for Brownfields
December 1996 Download (44K / PDF)
  • Technology Demonstration and Validation
  • Technology Information Products: Current and Planned
  • Status of Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable Publications
  • DNAPLs and Reactive Wall Barriers
  • Electronic Information/Expert System/Technology Selection Models
June 1995 Download (36K / PDF)
  • Guide to Collecting Cost and Performance Information
  • Policy Developments
  • Cost and Performance Information Sharing with the Federal Government
  • More Policy Developments
  • Roundtable Information Products
November 1994 Download (46K / PDF)
  • Completion of Interagency Guide to Documenting Cost and Performance Information for Site Remediation Projects
  • Issues Surrounding Collection of Cost and Performance Information
  • Schedule for Joint Agency Announcement of Adoption of Interagency Guide
  • Status of Site Characterization Consortium
  • The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)
  • Interim Status Report: NATO/CCMS Pilot Study
  • Status of Environmental Technology Initiative FY 95 Project Selection
  • Briefing on National Research Council Study on Groundwater Cleanup Alternatives and Proposed Development of Cost and Performance Measures for Cleanup of Ground Water
  • Update of Other Roundtable Projects
  • Guide to Accessing Federal Technology Development Programs/Initiatives
  • Update on the Unified Army/SITE/Roundtable Technology Demonstration Document
  • Demonstration of CD-ROM Technology for Storage of Reference Materials
  • Introduction to NASA Environmental Technology Program
  • Federal Facilities Forum for Restoration Technology
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/HWAC Partnering Agreement
June 1994 Download (32K / PDF)
  • EPA/TIO Efforts to Capture Cost and Performance Information
  • US Air Force Efforts to Capture Cost and Performance Information
  • Status of SERDP Program
November 1993 Download (34K / PDF)
  • Collecting Cost and Performance Information, Project Update
  • Use of Innovative Technologies at DOE
  • Consolidating Remedial Technology Documents
  • DOE Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Technology Development Cost Analysis
  • Update on Remediation Technologies Development Forum Activities
  • Federal Network for Focusing Unsolicited Venders
  • US EPA Environmental Technology Initiative
  • Western Governer's Association Progress
  • RCRA Initiative to Foster the Use of Innovative Technologies
June 1993 Download (42K / PDF)
  • Interagency/EPA Policy Initiatives
  • Innovative Technology Policy Forum
  • OFFE Efforts to Assist Civilian Federal Agencies
  • The Private Investment Partnership
  • The White House Technology Reinvestment Project
  • Current Status of SERDP
  • DoD Tri-Service Environmental Quality Strategies R&D Plan
  • Update on Revision of the Roundtable Publications (Third Editions)
  • Update on Activities of the Site Characterization Subgroup
  • Update on Activities of the Groundwater Subgroup
  • The Air Force/EPA Innovative Technologies Matrix
  • Air Force Bioventing Initiative
  • Collecting Cost and Performance Information
November 1992 Download (35K / PDF)
  • Update on Roundtable Documents
  • Coordinated Planning for Federal Research and Development Activities
  • National Bioremediation Field Research and Demonstration Initiative at Wurtsmith AFB
  • Super Critical Water Oxidation Program
  • Update on Public-Private Partnership at McClellan AFB
  • Matrix for Evaluation of Site Remediation Technologies
  • Status of the Roundtable Site Characterization and Monitoring Subgroup
  • Groundwater Issues/Initiatives
  • Status of the Western Governors' Association MOU on Technology Development
  • California Initiative-Expedited Base Closure
  • Proposed Innovative Environmental Technology Policy Forum
June 1992 Download (30K / PDF)
  • Update on Public-Private Partnership at McClellan AFB
  • National Environmental Technology Applications Corporation (NETAC)
  • National Defense Center for Environmental Excellence (NDCEE)
  • US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES)
  • Incinerator Research Facility
  • Using Federal Facilities as Test Centers for Technology Development
  • Action on the Ground Water Technology Development Proposal
  • Coordinated Planning for Federal Research and Development Activities
  • Hazardous Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste Proposed Rule
  • Update on Roundtable Documents
December 1991 Download (59K / PDF)
  • New Technology Developments in Characterizing the Subsurface
  • New Developments in Characterization from the Underground Storage Tanks Program
  • Subsurface and Soil Characterization Technologies
  • US Army/DOE Development of the Cone Penetrometer
  • User Acceptance of New Technologies
  • The Bioremediation Field Initiative
  • Update of Roundtable Documents
  • Future Funding of Roundtable Costs
  • Joint Government and Private Sector Technology User Group Approach
  • Establishment of "Site Characterization Sub-Committee"
  • Incorporating State Participation in UST Research at Federal Facilities
  • EPA Efforts to Encourage Regions in Use of Federal Facilities for Testing and Evaluation of Innovative Technologies