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| SITE was established by EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and the Office of Research and Development (ORD) in response to the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, which recognized a need for an "alternative or innovative treatment technology research and demonstration program. |
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| Examples of Technologies Demonstrated by SITE |
| Constructing vertical or horizontal barriers through which contaminated ground water may flow and is chemically or physically treated by materials in the barriers |
| Applying steam to an aquifer to vaporize volatile or semi volatile contaminants, then capturing the contaminated vapors to cool and condense above ground More |
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Demonstration Program
EPA conducted and evaluated demonstrations of promising innovative technologies to provide reliable performance, cost, and applicability information for site cleanup decision-making.
Publications
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| Years ago, people were less aware of how dumping chemical wastes might affect public health and the environment, leading to uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites. Citizen concern over the extent of this problem led Congress to establish the Superfund Program in 1980 to locate, investigate, and clean up the worst sites nationwide. |
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