Innovative technologies promise low-cost remedies: EPA program confronts the risks
Innovative technologies promise to clean up Superfund sites quickly and at far less cost than the standard methods as incineration and groundwater pump-and-treat. But with the already high cost of Superfund cleanups, few responsible parties are willing to risk [open quotes]double jeopardy[close quotes] with an unproven technology that could require a repeat treatment. For seven years, the Environmental Protection Agency has evaluated remediation claims under the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) program. Now, at McClellan Air Force Base (Sacramento, CA), and industry-federal government partnership is investigating new treatments under SITE. DuPont, Dow Chemical, Xerox, AT T, and Monsanto joined the EPA and the Air Force to sponsor and evaluate the technologies, with no risk to the sponsors.
- OSTI ID:
- 5799716
- Journal Information:
- Chemical Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Week; (United States) Vol. 152:21; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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