Materials Management/Resource Conservation

Trish Erickson Acting Director, Land Remediation & Pollution Control Division National Risk Management Research Laboratory

April 24, 2008

BOSC Midcycle Review - Land Research Program

Materials Management
Materials assessment for disposal
New materials Newly-recognized concerns

Landfills
Alternative covers Landfill bioreactors
Energy linkage
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Disaster Debris
Evaluation of volume reduction (aka Burn & Grind)
Asbestos

Formosan termite
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Can shredding/ grinding safely reduce debris volume with possible recovery of recyclables? Can incineration safely destroy debris, including asbestoscontaining materials?

Disaster Debris
Burn & Grind project
3 ORD labs/centers 3 program offices Region 6 & LDEQ USACE, FEMA, OSHA, NIOSH CRADAs with equipment suppliers

Alternative Asbestos Control Method

NESHAPS method is expensive Safe, less expensive alternative may stimulate more brownfields redevelopment Three tests on different materials, fiber types First test at Ft. Chafee, AACM was ~ 5 times faster, ~50% less costly than NESHAPS Building demolished with asbestos in place; controlled by foam, being loaded into lined trucks. http://www.epa.gov/region06/6xa/asbestos.htm Alternative method cost is about half the cost of
conventional asbestos removal.
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Landfills
Past work on liners, covers, QA, and performance over time
Still finding questions

Alternative covers
Methodology to demonstrate functional equivalency Field tests at 12 sites

Extensive outreach and tech transfer

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Landfills
Recent Publications Assessment of the Performance of Engineered Waste Containment Barriers http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11930.html In-Service Hydraulic Conductivity of GCLs in Landfill Covers EPA 600/R-05/148
To our Valued Customers, YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION IS REQUIRED with this urgent product recall of canned products that may be contaminated with botulinum toxin which could cause botulism. The recalled products potentially pose a life threatening hazard to health.

Ohio EPA Declares Countywide Landfill a Public Nuisance Agency Orders Landfill to Reduce Odor; Asks U.S. EPA and ATSDR for Assistance Citing hundreds of citizen complaints and the foul odor

Landfills
Region 5 RARE funding to investigate water-reactive waste from secondary aluminum production CRADA in development with waste generators, owner/operators, state regulators Pharmaceuticals disposal
Estimated 1040 tons of active ingredients enter U.S. landfills each year PhD student research on fate of pharmaceuticals in landfills

More Integrated Waste Management

Waste PPCPs

Excretion by Users & Unused Medication Drain Disposal

Unused Medication Municipal Solid Waste Disposal

Biosolids Disposal WWTP to Landfill Landfill Leachate Treatment Landfill to WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant Effluent

Ground and Surface Water

Landfill Evapotranspiration Covers

December 2005 BOSC poster reported cost savings of $155 million Summer 2007 estimate is over $200 million savings at >35 sites using ACAP data in design and/or regulatory approval
ACAP test facilities

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Sites Using ACAP data for cover design and approval

Landfill Bioreactors
Field studies at 3 sites Highly leveraged resources, with owners/operators contributing in-kind Bioreactor Landfill Performance: Second Interim Report EPA/600/R-07/060 Developed and coinstructed ITRC Bioreactor Course 2003-2008
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LFG Collection

Resource Conservation
Assessing beneficial use Brownfields and land reutilization

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Resource Conservation
Assessment tools Application of common approach to evaluate beneficial use, appropriate disposal, and remediation Speciation Leachability testing Fate & transport Degradation/transformati on testing Capabilities being migrated to nanomaterials Brownfields/Land revitalization

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Brownfields
Began as transfer of knowledge from Superfund, RCRA Corrective Action to less contaminated brownfields
Documents on common site types International workshops on overcoming barriers Tool development SMARTe decision support system Extensive partnership and outreach

Funded directly by the program office through FY07 Evolved to incorporate more sustainable land use
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SMARTe: Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools electronic

Level 1 Information, Resources, Knowledge Bases Level 2 Analysis Tools Level 3 My Project Compare Reuse Options

Decision options
Alternative 1

Uncertainties

Objectives
Maximize Financial Returns Minimize Maximize Community Health & Safety Impacts Benefits Maximize Ecological Protection

Low
Alternative 2

Nominal
Alternative 3

High
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Alternative 4

SMARTe
My Project released October 2007 Web statistics: $35K-55K hits/month; average of 55 countries hit/month >300K invested by partners plus in-kind contributions, including:
Paola Agostini (University of Venice) Public Participation/Community Involvement tool Sabine Martin (Kansas State University) Select a Consultant checklist Peter Meyer (University of Louisville) and Kristen Yount (Northern Kentucky University) Finding an Insurance Broker checklist Doug MacCourt (Ater Wynne)/Charlie Bartsch (ICF Consulting) Financial Resources tool (in development) Jim Weaver (EPA) Fate and Transport tool ITRC Model Projects, Peer Review, Section Leads, Trainers BMBF Model Projects, five workshops and two conferences Trainers in each region EPA, State government, private consultants (donate time); TABs

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Exploring CRADAs for future development and O&M

Land Reutilization
Developed metrics for sustainable development/ redevelopment
Native species Habitat Soil Water Air

Applied in master plan developed with residents of Stella, MO

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