Land, Waste and Emergency Management Innovations
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 Project
- Microbial Fuel Cell Technology - In Site Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Sites
- Performance and Sustainability of Mulch Biowalls for Environmental Cleanup
- Rail-Trail Conversion Resource Guide
- Renewable Energy Potential from Superfund Landfills
- Unified Phased Site Assessments
- Use of Composts to Reduce Lead and Arsenic Soil Contamination
Brockton Brightfields, Innovative Green Power Marketing - FACT SHEET (PDF) (2003, 2 pp, 137K)
Sponsor: EPA Region 1 - Fiscal Year: 2003
Partners: City of Brockton, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust; Bay State Gas; Brockton 21st Century Corporation
Overview: This project documented a case study examining the development and financing of long-term renewable-energy projects on brownfields properties.
Entering Institutional Controls into One-Call Systems - FACT SHEET (PDF) (2002, 2 pp, 628K)
Sponsor: EPA Office of Emergency and Remedial Response - Fiscal Year: 2002
Partners: EPA Region 5, EPA Region 3, State of Wisconsin, State of Pennsylvania
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—tested the viability of including sites with institutional controls into state one-call systems. The project conducted focused research on the entry of institutionally controlled sites into one-call systems, tested one-call systems variations, and explored various methods of receiving, managing, and responding to location requests in the state one-call systems of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The project developed information that helped to 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 project also assisted revitalization efforts by making information needed for property transactions more readily available.
Green Cleanup Certification Program
Sponsor: EPA Region 3 - Fiscal Year: 2008
Partners: Input from EPA Region 3, EPA Region 5, EPA Region 9, EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Sustainable Remediation Forum, National Brownfield Associations, RCRA Corrective Action Project, Cherokee Developers
Overview: This project developed voluntary standards and a certification system for green cleanups.There were many interpretations of what constituted a "green remediation" or green cleanup.This model was meant to promote broader thinking and more innovative approaches because it included lifecycle analysis, external factors, and use/reuse, which were not considered under traditional remedy-selection processes.
Green Remediation Tech Support at Contaminated Sites
Sponsor: EPA Office of Solid Waste - Fiscal Year: 2008
Partners: EPA Offices of Solid Waste, Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Underground Storage Tanks, Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse, Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
Overview:This project provided direct technical site support for green remediation best practices that include "go-no-go" decision making and low-cost/no-cost opportunities. Case Studies were developed for each project. The focus of support in the early stages of green remediation was on coupling renewable energy sources with energy-intensive treatment systems.
Groundwater Remediation Powered by Renewable Energy Sources - FACT SHEET (PDF) (2003, 2 pp, 131K)
Sponsor: EPA Region 7 - Fiscal Year: 2003
Partners: University of Missouri at Rolla, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bergey Wind Systems
Overview: This project tested the use of a renewable-energy source (wind turbines) to power a groundwater cleanup technology.
Innovative Multi-Media Environmental Curriculum Project - FACT SHEET (PDF) (2002, 2 pp, 628K)
Sponsor: EPA Region 6 - Fiscal Year: 2002
Partners: Oklahoma City, University of Oklahoma at Norman, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma Corporate Commission, Chamber of Commerce for Greater Oklahoma City
Overview: The University of Oklahoma at Norman, in partnership with EPA Region 6, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, and other state agencies and organizations, developed a laboratory program/curriculum for comprehensively identifying, assessing, and remediating multiple brownfields sites in the Oklahoma City empowerment zone, instead of through a typical site-by-site approach. The project provided 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 were committed to coordinating data and requirements. It created 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.
Microbial Fuel Cell Technology - In Site Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Sites
Sponsor: EPA Region 8 - Fiscal Year: 2009
Partners: Montana DEQ and Northern Cheyenne Reservation, South Dakota DENR and Pine Ridge Reservation
Overview: This project will demonstrate the effectiveness of Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) technology on the in-situ bioremediation of petroleum contaminated sites at three Indian Country locations. The result of MFC bioremediation technology is very green with low energy requirements and a very small carbon footprint.
Performance and Sustainability of Mulch Biowalls for Environmental Cleanup - FACT SHEET (PDF) (2005, 2 pp, 34K)
Sponsor: EPA Region 6 - Fiscal Year: 2005
Partners: U.S. Air Force, EPA Office of Research and Development
Overview: The project developed and applied 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 clean up groundwater contaminated with chlorinated solvents had been variable, and in some cases had 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 derived and recycled locally, and may prevent unnecessary disposal to local landfills.
Rails-to-Trails Conversion Resource Guide - Resource Guide (PDF) (2004, 43 pp, 6.2MB)
Sponsor: EPA Region 1 - Fiscal Year: 2003
Partners: Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition; Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; the Massachusetts communities of Malden, Everett, Woburn, Waltham
Overview: This project developed a Resource Guide of successful case studies addressing potential environmental-contamination issues along rail lines that cover multiple jurisdictions.
Renewable Energy Potential from Superfund Landfills
Sponsor: EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation
Partners: Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office, Region 1, Landfill Methane Outreach Program
Overview: This project will develop criteria for evaluating the landfills on the NPL to determine the potential for recovering methane for energy production. Using three key strategy goals: identifying criteria for methane-to-energy production potential, field testing the criteria and recognizing the possible hindering feasibility or cost-effective issues of production; this proposal hopes to provide significant data to eventually use methane energy to provide electricity.
Unified Phase Site Assessments - FACT SHEET (PDF) (2003, 2 pp, 128K)
Sponsor: EPA Region 3 - Fiscal Year: 2003
Overview: This project developed and tested a single, draft environmental site-assessment tool that can be used by all programs within the EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and that is easy for the general public to understand and use, if they wish.
Use of Composts to Reduce Lead and Arsenic Soil Contamination - FACT SHEET (PDF) (2004, 2 pp, 138K)
Sponsor: EPA Region 10 - Fiscal Year: 2004
Partners: University of Washington; Washington Department of Ecology; Wenatchee School District; Chelan-Douglas Health District; Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
Overview: This project tested the effect of different compost mixtures on reducing lead and arsenic concentrations in contaminated soils. It examined a potential cost-effective remedial option that would reduce real and perceived risks associated with the presence of lead and arsenic in soils.