Remediation/Recovery: GLRPPR Sector Resources

News: How Mussel Farming Could Help to Clean Fouled Waters

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:51:40 GMT

Along the shores of New York Harbor, scientists are investigating whether this ubiquitous bivalve can be grown in urban areas as a way of cleansing coastal waters of sewage, fertilizers, and other pollutants.

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Resource: Sustainable Materials Management in Site Cleanup

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:26:03 GMT

Sites undergoing cleanup provide opportunities for reducing waste and diverting it from landfills. Many of the opportunities involve reusing onsite materials, reusing or recycling materials offsite, and procuring construction materials with recycled content. Site-specific examples of applying these and other strategies and an extensive compendium of related tools and resources are now available in this issue paper compiled by the Engineering Forum of the U.S. EPA's Technical Support Project.

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News: IL: Federal and City officials team with community to fight Pilsen pollution

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:55:05 GMT

From lead-contaminated soil to respiratory illness--inducing air pollutants, Pilsen's industrial past and present have created problematic environmental and health issues for area residents.

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News: The Grand Calumet's road to recovery

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:14:31 GMT

Great Lakes Echo earlier looked at the toxic brew that Indiana's Grand Calumet River carries to Lake Michigan. Now here's a look at the multi-million dollar investment in its recovery.

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Funding Opportunity: Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:32:05 GMT

The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), supports the demonstration of technologies that address priority DoD environmental requirements. The goal of ESTCP is to promote the transfer of innovative environmental technologies through demonstrations that collect the data needed for regulatory and DoD end-user acceptance. Projects conduct formal demonstrations at DoD facilities and sites in operational settings to document and validate improved performance and cost savings.

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Funding Opportunity: Department of Defense's (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:50:06 GMT

The Department of Defense's (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is seeking to fund environmental research and development proposals. SERDP is DoD's environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, with participation by numerous other Federal and non-Federal organizations. The Program invests across the broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as advanced development.

Proposals responding to focused Statements of Need (SON) in the following areas are requested:

Environmental Restoration -- Research and technologies for the characterization, risk assessment, remediation, and management of contaminants in soil, sediments, and water.
Munitions Response -- Technologies for the detection, classification, and remediation of military munitions on U.S. lands and waters.
Resource Conservation and Climate Change -- Research that advances DoD's management of its natural and cultural resources and improves understanding of climate change impacts.
Weapons Systems and Platforms -- Research and technologies to reduce, control, and understand the sources of waste and emissions in the manufacturing, maintenance, and use of weapons systems and platforms.

Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 SONs will be selected through a competitive process. Separate solicitations are available to Federal and non-Federal proposers.

The Core SERDP Solicitation provides funding in varying amounts for multi-year projects. All Core Solicitation pre-proposals are due to SERDP Tuesday, January 8, 2013.

SERDP also will be funding environmental research and development through the SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED) Solicitation. The SEED Solicitation is designed to provide a limited amount of funding (not to exceed $150,000) for projects up to approximately one year in duration to investigate innovative approaches that entail high technical risk or require supporting data to provide proof of concept. This year, SERDP is requesting SEED proposals for the Munitions Response and the Weapons Systems and Platforms program areas. All SEED proposals are due Tuesday, March 12, 2013.

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News: UC Berkeley researchers, community team up to eliminate toxic chemicals

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:44:21 GMT

UC Berkeley researchers are teaming up with local organizations to plant thousands of ferns in a South Berkeley lot in an effort to extricate toxic chemicals and eventually create a new haven of green gardens.

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News: Commercializing the rising tide of ocean plastic

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:39:18 GMT

[Written by Dummond Lawson, Director of Sustainability for Method.] Last September, Method announced plans to develop bottles made from collected ocean plastic. In the company of EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, Method co-founder Adam Lowry described our work to collect plastic from the beaches of California and Hawaii and convert them into new, recyclable bottles for method soap. So, what have we been up to since then? Mostly cleaning beaches. Method has participated in, alongside partners Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii and Kahuku Hawai'i Foundation, several beach cleanup days that resulted in collecting several thousand pounds of beach debris. The primary challenge encountered in these cleanups, aside from hauling hundreds of pounds of plastic from remote beach locations, has been retrieving the plastics before they degrade to tiny particles that are effectively impossible to collect in large quantities.

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Resource: Technical Fact Sheets and Emerging Contaminants

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:37:21 GMT

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO) published these technical fact sheets, which provide brief summaries of contaminants of concern that present unique issues and challenges to the environmental community in general and to FFRRO in particular. Each fact sheet provides a brief summary of the contaminant, including physical and chemical properties, environmental and health impacts, existing federal and state guidelines, and detection and treatment methods. Sources of additional information about each contaminant are also included in the fact sheets. These fact sheets are intended for use by project managers and field personnel in addressing specific contaminants at cleanup sites and are updated annually to ensure they include timely information.

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News: Ecosystem Effects of Biodiversity Loss Could Rival Impacts of Climate Change and Pollution

Thu, 10 May 2012 19:54:25 GMT

Loss of biodiversity appears to impact ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study from an international research team.

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