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Revitalization / Land Reuse / One Cleanup
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- Brockton Brightfields, Innovative Green Power Marketing
- Entering Institutional Controls into One-Call Systems
- Green Cleanup Certification Program
- Green Remediation Tech Support at Contaminated Sites
- Groundwater Remediation Powered by Renewable Energy Sources
- Innovative Multi-Media Environmental Curriculum Pilot
- Performance and Sustainability of Mulch Biowalls for Environmental Cleanup
- Rail-Trail Conversion Resource Guide
- Unified Phased Site Assessments
- Use of Composts to Reduce Lead and Arsenic Soil Contamination
Brockton Brightfields, Innovative Green Power Marketing
Sponsor: EPA Region 1 Amount: $10,000
Partners: City of Brockton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, Bay State Gas Co., Brockton 21st Century Corporation
Overview: This pilot will document a case study examining the development and financing of long term renewable energy projects on brownfields properties.
FACT SHEET (PDF) (2 pp, 137K)
Entering Institutional Controls into One-Call Systems
Sponsor: U.S. EPA Office of Emergency and Remedial Response Amount: $50,000
Partner: U.S. EPA Region 5, U.S. EPA Region 3, State of Wisconsin, and State of Pennsylvania
Project Overview: The Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, in partnership with EPA Region 3, EPA Region 5, the State of Wisconsin, and the State of Pennsylvania, will test the viability of including sites with institutional controls into state one-call systems. The Pilot will conduct focused research on the entry of institutionally controlled sites into one-call systems, test one-call systems variations, and explore various methods to receive, manage, and respond to location requests in the state one-call systems of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The Pilot will develop information that will help prevent excavation, grading, well drilling, and other future site activities from contacting contaminated soil, groundwater, or cleanup-related components, thereby reducing risks to the health and safety of site excavators, the public, and government personnel. The Pilot also will assist revitalization efforts by making information needed for property transactions more readily available.
FACT SHEET (PDF) (2 pp, 628K)
Green Cleanup Certification Program
focus area: green remediation
priority area: revitalization/land reuse/one cleanup
sector served: colleges/universities, computers and electronics, construction, entertainment, environmental technology, government, healthcare, hospital/medical, manufacturing, petroleum industry, public transit, recycling industry
EPA Sponsor: U.S. EPA Region 3 Amount: $50,000
Partners: Input from Regions 3, 5, and 9, OSWER HQ offices, ASTSWMO, NIST (for standards development), External: Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF), National Brownfields Association, RCRA Corrective Action Project, and Cherokee Developers.
Overview: This project will develop voluntary standards and a certification system for green cleanups. There are many interpretations of what constitutes a "green remediation" or green cleanup. This model is meant to promote broader thinking and more innovation approaches because it includes lifecycle analysis, external factors, and use/reuse, which are not considered under traditional remedy selection processes. Avg. Score: 88
Green Remediation Tech Support at Contaminated Sites
focus area: green remediation
priority area: revitalization/land reuse/one cleanup
sector served: government
EPA Sponsor: U.S. EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Amount: $50,000
Partners: ORCR, OBLR, OUST, FFRRO, OSRTI
Overview:Provide direct technical site support for green remediation best practices that include "go-no-go" decision making and low-cost/no cost opportunities. Case Studies will be developed for each project. The focus of support in these early stages of green remediation will be on coupling renewable energy sources with energy intensive treatment systems. Avg. Score: 79
Groundwater Remediation Powered by Renewable Energy Sources
EPA Sponsor: U.S. EPA Region 7 Amount: $74,244
Partners: University of Missouri at Rolla, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bergey Wind Systems
Overview: This pilot will test the use of a renewable energy source (wind turbines) to power a groundwater cleanup technology.
FACT SHEET (PDF) (2 pp, 131K)
Innovative Multi-Media Environmental Curriculum Pilot
Sponsor: U.S. EPA Region 6 Amount: $65,000
Partners: Oklahoma City, OK, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Dept. of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Dept. of Commerce, Oklahoma Corporate Commission, Chamber of Commerce for Greater Oklahoma City
Project Overview: The University of Oklahoma, Norman, in partnership with U.S. EPA Region 6, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, and other state agencies and organizations, will develop a laboratory program/curriculum to comprehensively identify, assess, and remediate multiple brownfields sites in the Oklahoma City empowerment zone, instead of through a typical site by site approach. The pilot provides the structure for integrating the regulatory responsibilities of various programs to address the specialized needs of this section of Oklahoma City. By coming together to oversee the creation of this curriculum, all of these programs are committed to coordinating data and requirements. It will create a model for similar coalitions of governmental, academic, community, and private sector representatives to join in the resolution of environmental problems plaguing old industrial areas everywhere.
FACT SHEET (PDF) (2 pp, 628K)
Performance and Sustainability of Mulch Biowalls for Environmental Cleanup
focus area: land revitalization
priority area: revitalization/land reuse
sector served: environmental technology
Sponsor: U.S. EPA Region 6 Amt: $65,000
Partners: U.S. Air Force, EPA Office of Research and evelopment
Project Overview: The pilot will develop and apply the tools and analyses necessary to further our understanding of the reactions that degrade chlorinated solvents in mulch biowalls. The effectiveness of using permeable mulch biowalls constructed from mulch and compost to cleanup groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents has been variable, and in some cases has not been sufficient to meet performance objectives.
The use of mulch biowalls to remediate chlorinated solvents in groundwater provides a low-cost alternative to current reactive barriers. Furthermore, the use of mulch and compost promotes the recycling of agricultural and landscaping waste products. These low-cost materials can be locally derived and recycled, and may prevent unnecessary disposal to local landfills.
FACT SHEET (PDF) (2 pp, 34K)
Rails-to-Trails Conversion Resource Guide
EPA Sponsor: U.S. EPA Region 1 Amount: $37,440
Partners: Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Massachusetts communities of Malden, Everett, Woburn, and Waltham
Overview: This pilot will develop a Resource Guide which researches and compiles successful case studies addressing potential environmental contamination issues along rail lines that cover multi-jurisdictions.
Resource Guide (PDF) (43 pp, 6.2MB)
Unified Phase Site Assessments
Sponsor: U.S. EPA Region 3 Amount: $40,000
Overview: This pilot will develop and test a single, draft environmental site assessment tool that can be used by all programs within OSWER and will be easy for the general public to understand and use, if they wish.
FACT SHEET (PDF) (2 pp, 128K)
Use of Composts to Reduce Lead and Arsenic Soil Contamination
EPA Sponsor: U.S. EPA Region 10 Amount: $46,575
Partners: University of Washington, Washington Department of Ecology, Wenatchee School District; Chelan-Douglas Health District, and Community, Trade and Economic Development
Overview: This pilot tests the effect of different compost mixtures to reduce lead and arsenic concentrations in contaminated soils. It examines a potential cost-effective remedial option, that would reduce real and perceived risks associated with the presence of lead and arsenic in soils.
FACT SHEET (PDF) (2 pp, 138K)