Environmental Technology Council

1. Environmental Technology Council EPA /State / DOD Region IV Environmental Conference June 2005 Joydeb “Joy” Majumder, EPA Region 4

2. Environmental Technology Council • ETC Purpose • To achieve improved, real world environmental results through the application of innovative technology • Identify priority environmental problems needing new approaches • Coordinate efforts by EPA and others to identify and implement technology solutions

3. Environmental Technology Council • Objectives • Create information network • Communicate with other Stakeholders (i.e., states, tribes, vendors) • Develop portfolio of critical environmental problems • Enable action teams to address technology solutions

4. ETC- Criteria for Ranking Problems • Risk (Human Health and Ecology) • Link to Regulatory Requirement • Link to GPRA (Government Performance and Results Act)

5. ETC- Criteria for Ranking Problems • Potential for Success • Potential for Cost Reduction • Multi-media Impacts

6. ETC – Priority Problems • Recover the Value of Waste for Environmental and Energy Sustainability • Sustainable management of wastes and residues generated by our society • U.S. domestic supply of natural gas will be exhausted in 50 years, and • Coal supply will be spent in 250 years

7. ETC – Priority Problems • Recover the Value of Waste for Environmental and Energy Sustainability • Use industrial, municipal, hazardous and agricultural wastes to generate energy • Gasification technologies show promise on this area • Contact information: Donna Perla, Office of Research and Development, Phone # (202) 564-0184

8. ETC – Priority Problems • Remote Sensing of Pollutants • Use of innovative environmental (air, water, waste and soil) monitoring techniques to detect environmental releases from facilities or processunits • Help agencies be more efficient through the use of in situ measuring techniques • Evaluate environmental concerns in the aftermath of a catastrophic incident (earthquake, terrorist incident)

9. ETC – Priority Problems • Remote Sensing of Pollutants • Help targeting of inspections to determine compliance with regulations • Determine compliance with the Low Sulfur-Diesel Fuel Rule • Contact Information : Barry Feldman, Region 6, (214) 665-7439

10. ETC – Priority Problems • Sustainable Use of Contaminated Sediments • Using innovative technologies to produce beneficial end use products • Identifying prospective markets for these products

11. ETC – Priority Problems • Sustainable Use of Contaminated Sediments • Reducing disposal cost by using innovative approach of contaminated sediment handling • Contact Information: Eric A. Stern, Region 2, Dredged Material Management Team, (212) 637-3806

12. ETC – Priority Problems • Lead Paint • Lead is toxic metal that causes behavioral and learning disabilities • 38 million homes have lead based paint • Develop simple, inexpensive and reliable spot test kits

13. ETC – Priority Problems • Lead Paint • Developing efficient abatement equipment • Fostering the development and implementation of these equipment • Contact information: Maggie Theroux, Offfice of Environmental Stewardship, Region 1, (617) 918-1613

14. ETC – Priority Problems • Improved Pesticide Application to Reduce Spray Drift • In 2001, 700 Million pounds of agricultural pesticides were applied • Approximately 35 million pounds (5 %) of applied pesticides were drifts • Improved application technology will reduce inadvertent spray drift and deposition

15. ETC – Priority Problems • Improved Pesticide Application to Reduce Spray Drift • Verify drift reduction technologies (DRT), and provide incentives for using DRT • Contact Information: Norman Birchfield, Office of Pesticide Program, (703) 605-0582

16. ETC – Priority Problems • Urban Runoff • Leading cause of stream impairment – 35,000 miles impairment • Developing cost effective and sustainable techniques for urban runoff management • Contact information: Charles App, Environmental Assessment and Innovation Division, (215) 814-2757

17. ETC – Priority Problems • Application of Microarray Technology to Source and Finished Water Monitoring Contaminants • Drinking water microbial contamination is based on detection of indicators of fecal pollution • Indicator monitoring to individual pathogen monitoring • Contact information: Keya Sen, Office of Water, (513) 569-7026

18. ETC – Priority Problems • Coal Gasification • Coal fired power plants are responsible for 65% of SO2, 20 % of NOx, and 33 % of mercury emissions in the United States • Generate electricity from coal in an environmentally sustainable way with lower pollution • Contact information: Lorie Schmidt, Office of Policy Analysis and Review, (202) 564-1681

19. ETC – Priority Problems • Continuous Fine Particulate Monitoring • Need for real time fine particulate monitoring to alert the public about the quality of air • Need to have consistency between continuous monitoring and Federal Reference Method data • Contact information: Michael Compher, Region 5, (312) 886-5745

20. ETC – Priority Problems • Arsenic MCL (maximum contaminant level) for Small Drinking Water System • Final MCL ruling is to provide protection from cancer and other health problems • About 90% of affected systems are small groundwater systems • Contact information: Bruce Macler, Region 9, (415) 972-3569

21. ETC – Priority Problems • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) • Animal feeding operations contributes to water, air, and soil pollution • The waste generated by beef, dairy, pork and poultry industries is ten time greater than the waste generated by human • Contact information: Sean Bergin, Region 7, (913) 551-7499

22. ETC Information • Web address: • http://cfepa.saic-solutions.com/etop/forum/ • Region 4 contacts: • Joydeb “Joy” Majumder, (404) 562-9121, majumder.joydeb@epa.gov • Tom Baugh, (404) 562-8275, baugh.thomasl@epa.gov