NARPM Annual Training Conference

The Resource Area offers exhibits and information that Remedial Project Managers (RPM) may find useful when they complete remedial site activities. The Environmental Response Team's (ERT) Technical Services will be available to help RPMs gain access to EPA's Remote Access and Virtual Private Networking Services. The Resource Area will be open from Monday, July 7, through Thursday, July 10, 2008.

Descriptions of the exhibits will be posted to this site as they become available. Please visit this site often for updates. Download a PDF of the Resource Area shipping plan.

EPA Collaborative and Alternative Dispute Resolution

How can Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) achieve better agreement on Superfund sites? EPA’s Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center helps RPMs reach agreement more easily; the process is generally cheaper, faster, and longer-lasting using mediation, facilitation, and other methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Stop by our display to pick up the agreement tools you need to add to your toolbox. You can also take advantage of on-the-spot help by talking with a Center mediator.

EPA Environmental Response Team Technical Services

The EPA Environmental Response Team (ERT) Technical Services will be available to provide Internet and e-mail access for participants at the NARPM Annual Training Conference. EPA e-mail access will be provided via Web Mail services, so be sure to have your Web Mail server address and password readily available. In addition, access to the EPA Intranet will be provided for participants who might need to complete People Plus time sheets or make Travel Manager arrangements. Staff at the Internet Café will be available to describe ERT software and Quickplace, the new EPA web-based shared workspace software for real-time collaboration among geographically dispersed participants. If you have time, make sure you visit us at the ERT Internet Café.

EPA’s Response Support Corps

Established by the Administrator in 2003, EPA’s Response Support Corps (RSC) includes volunteers from all EPA offices and regions who are trained to provide various types of support in response to major incidents, such as chemical, biological, and radiological emergencies and natural disasters. The RSC is the mechanism through which the agency will ensure that all EPA offices are prepared to fulfill their roles in an agency-wide response and is an effective way to maximize EPA’s response capabilities within its current resource base. RSC membership is open to all EPA employees. RSC members consult with their management prior to training, exercising, and activation.

Staff will be available to provide information about the RSC and to demonstrate the RSC national database.

Region 10 Dive Team

The Region 10 Dive Team provides scientific polluted water diving services to the Region through inspections, sampling, surveys, contract oversight, and long-term monitoring. Over 35 years ago at the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, several divers developed a team to support their Agency's need for scientific contaminated water diving expertise. Now the successor agency, EPA, has a dive team supporting Superfund Clean Water Act work and other related EPA offices, agencies, and governments.

Posters will include specific Region 10 Dive Team capabilities, a new survey method for geolocation of underwater photos, and a map describing highlights of work over the past several decades. For more information, please contact Sean Sheldrake, Unit Diving Officer (Deputy) at (206) 553-1220 or visit us on the Web at http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/OEA.NSF/webpage/Dive+Team

Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands and Mining Sites

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Center for Program Analysis (OCPA) is encouraging the reuse of contaminated and potentially contaminated lands for siting clean and renewable energy facilities. In order to ensure domestic energy security and environmental sustainability, hundreds of new power generation facilities will likely need to be constructed, requiring thousands of acres of land. Currently, energy from renewable sources makes up only a small fraction, approximately 2.5 percent , of the energy consumption in the United States. Energy demand projections indicate an estimated 31 percent growth in demand over the next 25 years . Further, power generation projections indicate an estimated 45 percent increase over the next 25 years in renewable energy demand, from 357 to 519 billion kilowatt-hours . These demand projections will necessitate significant new energy production.

Contaminated lands are a good fit for siting clean and renewable energy facilities because they generally have existing transmission capacity and infrastructure in place; they take the stress off undeveloped lands for construction of new energy facilities; and clean and renewable energy is an economically viable reuse for sites with significant cleanup costs or low real estate development demand.

In order to demonstrate that contaminated lands have clean and renewable energy potential, OCPA, in partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), developed geographic information system (GIS)-based maps that demonstrate the viability of siting clean and renewable energy on contaminated lands (that is, the number of federally-tracked sites that meet basic clean and renewable energy siting criteria) and generally show what geographical regions have opportunities to reuse contaminated lands for clean and renewable energy development.

Point of Contact: Penelope McDaniel, EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Center for Program Analysis

Annual Energy Review 2006. Table 1.3 Energy Consumption by Primary Energy Source, Energy Information Administration. Note: Only non-hydroelectric renewable energy sources are represented in this report.

Annual Energy Outlook 2007 with Projections to 2030, Energy Information Administration

Annual Energy Outlook 2007, Overview, Reference Case, Energy Information Agency

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program

The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) is the Department of Defense’s (DoD's) environmental science and technology program. It is planned and executed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and EPA, with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal organizations. To address the highest-priority issues confronting the Services, SERDP focuses on cross-service requirements and pursues high-risk and high pay-off solutions to DoD’s most intractable environmental problems. Development and application of innovative environmental technologies support the long-term sustainability of DoD’s training and testing ranges and significantly reduce current and future environmental liabilities. The program focuses on four primary areas: Environmental Restoration, Munitions Management, Sustainable Infrastructure, and Weapons Systems and Platforms. Visit our Web site at www.serdp.org for detailed information.

The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is DoD’s environmental technology demonstration and validation program. ESTCP’s goal is to identify, demonstrate, and transfer technologies that address DoD’s highest-priority environmental requirements. The program promotes innovative, cost-effective environmental technologies through demonstrations at DoD facilities and sites. These technologies provide a return on investment through improved efficiency, reduced liability, and direct cost savings. ESTCP selects laboratory-proven technologies with broad DoD application for rigorous field trials to document their cost, performance, and market potential. ESTCP technology demonstrations address DoD environmental needs in the following focus areas: Environmental Restoration, Munitions Management, Sustainable Infrastructure, and Weapons Systems and Platforms. For additional information, please visit our Web site at www.estcp.org.

Point of Contact: Michelle Paine, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Office and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Office

Superfund Basic Research Program

The university-based Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP) is designed to address the broad, complex health and environmental issues that face EPA’s national Superfund program. The SBRP is federally funded and is administered by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health. The SBRP believes that basic research plays a crucial role in addressing challenges posed by environmental contamination, such as health risks, toxicity, exposure predictions, fate and transport, and the need for cost-effective treatments for hazardous waste sites found throughout the United States. SBRP-funded research represents a coordinated effort with EPA, which ensures that the program contributes to the goals of the Superfund program. SBRP supports peer-reviewed research in 15 university programs that encompass 109 collaborating institutions. These programs conduct interdisciplinary, multi-project research focused on one central research theme. SBRP also provides funding for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Research grants designed to foster commercialization of relevant technologies, products, and devices, as well as funding for Exploratory or Developmental Research grants to support exploratory research projects in the early stages of development.

Technical Support Project Forums

The EPA Technical Support Project’s three technical forums─Engineering, Federal Facilities, and Ground Water─provide technical support on technical issues faced by regional waste cleanup offices. The forums also facilitate communication between the regions, headquarters, and the laboratories of EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD). Membership comprises regional technical support staff, RPMs, and RCRA Corrective Action staff, as well as representatives from states, headquarters, and ORD. As part of their technical support and outreach mission, the forums have produced several issue papers, which are available at the exhibit table. Please also visit www.epa.gov/tio/tsp/issue.htm to download these and additional issue papers.

Technology Innovation and Field Services Division, EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation

The mission of the Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (TIFSD) is to advocate more effective, less costly government and industry approaches ("smarter solutions") to assess and clean up contaminated waste sites, soil, and ground water. Working with other federal agencies, states, consulting engineering firms, responsible parties, technology developers, and the investment community, TIFSD provides robust information on technology and the market and works to remove policy and institutional impediments to deployment of these technologies. The scope of TIFSD’s mission extends to Superfund sites, corrective action sites under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), underground storage tank cleanups, state voluntary cleanup programs, and Brownfields sites. Technologies of interest are for field sampling and analysis and management (treatment and containment) of contaminated soil and ground water.

Point of Contact: Cheryl Johnson, EPA Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation

Tennessee Valley Authority’s Resource Management

Tennessee Valley Authority’s Resource Management business provides professional consultation services. Services include environmental assessment, remediation, integrated resource management, and environmental information management products.

Training Exchange

The Training Exchange Web Site includes information and schedules for hundreds of deliveries of more than 300 training courses related to hazardous waste cleanup and site and incident management for EPA, state, and other federal agency environmental staff. The site is operated by the EPA Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Training Forum, in partnership with Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) and EPA Headquarters and regional offices.

Schedules and registration information are provided for CERCLA Education Center (CEC) and Environmental Response Training Program (ERTP) courses, as well as Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) courses, contract management training, and enforcement training offered by the National Enforcement Training Institute (NETI). Trainex also lists live, online internet seminars offered through EPA’s Cleanup Information Web Site (CLU-IN), ITRC classroom training, and training opportunities from the Superfund, RCRA, oil, and emergency response programs at EPA Headquarters and in the regions. You also can check OSWER training requirements and access a searchable database of all OSWER training related to your job. Trainex is your online source for EPA training information. Please go to www.trainex.org to learn about the latest training classes and programs available in your area.

• Register for EPA training courses online
• Browse courses by name, location, and date
• Search for courses that meet your training needs
• Locate and participate in online training
• Update your contact information and check class transcripts
• Access links to other EPA and non-EPA Web sites with information on training

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) military and civilian engineers, scientists, and other specialists work hand in hand as leaders in engineering and environmental matters. Some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women make up USACE’s diverse workforce of biologists, engineers, geologists, hydrologists, natural resource managers, and other professionals who meet the demands of changing times and provide quality, responsive engineering services to the nation. The efforts of the USACE include planning, designing, building, and operating water resources and other civil works projects (navigation, flood control, environmental protection, disaster response, and more); designing and managing construction of military facilities for the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force; and providing design and construction management support for other federal agencies. More information about USACE is available at www.usace.army.mil.