Current Publications

Following publications have been issued under the auspices of the FRTR or FRTR member agencies. Other publications related to topics of interest to FRTR are cited, as appropriate in other sections of this web site, and many background research and technology documents (more than five years old) are available in the Archives section.

  • Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Annual Summary of Activities: September 2009 (EPA-542-F-09-001)  Newly Posted!
    This fact sheet produced by the FRTR summarizes activities of member agencies and describes the status of cost and performance activities, including recent additions of completed case studies and reports.
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  • Sustainable Environmental Remediation Fact Sheet (2009)  Newly Posted!
    This fact sheet produced by the NAVFAC summarizes sustainable environmental remediation, including why sustainable practises are being considered, how to apply them to a site, sustainability metrics, assessing an environmental footprint, the incorporation into the environmental restoration process, and footprint reduction methods. The document is available online at http://www.ert2.org/ERT2Portal/uploads/SER%20Fact%20Sheet%202009-08%20Final.pdf

  • Ecological Revitalization: Turning Contaminated Properties into Community Assets (2009)  Newly Posted!
    In February 2009, EPA published the document Ecological Revitalization: Turning Contaminated Properties into Community Assets. Ecological revitalization refers to the process of returning land from a contaminated state to one that supports a functioning and sustainable habitat. This document provides technical information to assist property managers and other stakeholders better understand, coordinate, and conduct ecological revitalization at contaminated properties during cleanup. The document is available online at http://www.clu-in.org/download/issues/ecotools/
    Ecological_Revitalization_Turning_Contaminated_Properties_Into_Community_
    Assets.pdf    .

  • Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance and Decision Trees, Revised (ITRC Phytotechnologies Team)(2009) Newly Posted!
    Phytotechnologies use plants to remediate or contain contaminants in soil, ground water, surface water, or sediments. This document provides guidance for regulators, who evaluate and make informed decisions on phytotechnology work plans, and for practitioners, who have to evaluate remedial alternatives at a given site. This document is an update to Phytoremediation Decision Tree (PHYTO-1, 1999) and Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance Document (PHYTO-2, 2001) and replaces the previous documents entirely. It merges the concepts of both previous documents and includes new and practical information on the process and protocol for selecting and applying various phytotechnologies as remedial alternatives. The technical d escriptions of phytotechnologies in this document concentrate on the functioning mechanisms: phytosequestration, rhizodegradation, phytohydraulics, phytoextraction, phytodegradation, and phytovolatilization. Decision trees (Remedy Selection, Groundwater, Soil/Sediment, and Riparian Zone) help guide the user through the application of phytotechnologies to a remediation project.
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  • Assessing the Potential for Renewable Energy Development on DOE Legacy Management Lands (2008)
    This report represents an initial activity for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) to identify and evaluate renewable energy resources on LM-managed federal lands. The final assessment provides DOE LM with information to consider when assessing alternatives of land-reuse options for current and future LM lands. DOE LM and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) established a partnership to conduct an assessment of renewable energy resources on LM lands in the United States. The LM/NREL team used geographic information system (GIS) data to analyze and assess the potential for concentrating solar power (CSP), photovoltaics (PV), and wind power generation on LM lands. The analysis helped gauge the renewable industry's interest in pursuing renewable power development on LM Lands.
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  • Comparison of Pumped and Diffusion Sampling Methods to Monitor Concentrations of Perchlorate and Explosive Compounds in Ground Water, Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2004-5 (2008)
    This report evaluates the results of laboratory and field tests of rigid, porous polyethylene diffusion samplers for monitoring concentrations of perchlorate and explosive compounds in ground water at Camp Edwards. The field tests were conducted near the Impact Area in 15 monitoring wells typical of the monitoring wells at the MMR known to contain various levels of these contaminants. Ground-water samples were collected from the 15 wells in 2005 by both pumped and diffusion sampling methods. The results presented in this report are intended for use in evaluating whether passive diffusion sampling is a useful alternative for long-term monitoring at the site. This study was done cooperatively by the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Impact Area Groundwater Study Program (IAGWSP) of the U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC).
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  • Site Characterization to Support Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation for Remediation of Inorganic Contaminants in Ground Water (EPA 600-R-08-114) (2008)
    This Issue Paper highlights at what stage of the process solid-phase characterization techniques need to be implemented during site characterization and describes two case studies (one site affected by arsenic, lead, and chromium, and the other by uranium) where the results of these techniques were critical to evaluation of MNA as a potential component of ground-water cleanup.
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  • Annual Summary of Activities: August 2008 (EPA-542-F-08-005) (2008)
    This fact sheet produced by the FRTR summarizes activities of member agencies and describes the status of cost and performance activities, including recent additions of completed case studies and reports.
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  • Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites (2008)
    In April 2008, EPA published the Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites technology primer which outlines the principles of green remediation and describes opportunities to reduce the footprint of cleanup activities throughout the life of a project. The document is available online at http://www.clu-in.org/download/remed/Green-Remediation-Primer.pdf.

  • Improving Remedial Effectiveness at U.S. Department of Energy through Optimization Review and Performance Basis — 8209 (2008)
    This paper, presented at the Waste Management 2008 Conference, briefly summarizes (1) the overall benefits of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Remediation Optimization Review process toward improving remedial effectiveness and efficiency at DOE, (2) the types and objectives of completed reviews, and (3) how remedial process optimization (RPO) facilitates technology transfer and is complementary to performance-based environmental management (PBEM).
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