SERDP- ESTCP- ITRC A PARTNERSHIP

Dr. Jeffrey MarquseeJeffrey.Marqusee@osd.mil

ESTCP, DirectorSERDP, Technical Director

• Basic and Applied Research• Demonstration / Validation

DoD’s Environmental Technology Programs

Environmental Quality

Sustainable Infrastructure

EnvironmentalRestoration

Weapons Systems& Platforms

MunitionsManagement

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SERDP DERP/O&MESTCP

DDR&E DUSD(I&E)DUSD(I&E) Commercial

RequirementsRequirements

Basic/Applied Research

Basic/Applied Research

ImplementationImplementation

Commercialization Commercialization

AdvancedDevelopment

AdvancedDevelopment

REGULATORY COOPERATION

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

Demonstration/Validation

Demonstration/Validation

Environmental TechnologyDevelopment Process

REGULATORY COOPERATION - ITRC

Our Impacts

• Cost Avoidance and Savings

• Improved Environmental Performance

• Improved Mission Performance

Permeable Reactive Barriers(PRB)

Passive In Situ Treatment• Chlorinated solvents treatment• 21 DoD full scale systems

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ESTCPSupport

Operational Systems

1ST DoD

Demo

ITRC Reg. Doc.

ITRC Design Doc.

ITRC Lesson

LearnedDoc.

Multi Site

Demo

1st 10th 20th

NPV Saving > $150 M

DoD Cleanup Funding

Fiscal Year

Where are we?

Opportunities and Challenges

• What are the priorities?– Needs of DoD– Potential to impact cleanup program

• Lets be proactive not reactive

• DNAPL• Molecular Biology• Sediments• Emerging Contaminants• UXO

Chlorinated Solvents

• Drive the costs of DoD groundwater cleanup

• Decisions on DNAPL are critical– Cleanup objectives– Remedy selection– Remedy design and

optimization

• Science based engineering decisions– Technology applications– Assessing remedies

• Short and long term– Monitoring performance

Field Application of Molecular Biological Tools

• Explosion of techniques– Fundamentally changed

laboratory microbiology

• Can they truly impact the field?– Design, Monitoring and

Assessment

• What decisions will they affect?

• How reliable are they?

Contaminated Sediments

• Over 200 Navy sites– $1B liability

• Sediment treatment option are limited– Large complex sites

– Ecologically complex

• Need for in-situ management options– Science based risk

management

Emerging Groundwater Contaminants

• Perchlorate is here what is next?– N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)– 1,4 Dioxane– 1,2,3 Tricholropropane (TCP)– ....?

• All probable human carcinogens

• All highlighted by regulatory agencies

• Uncertain distribution but may be widespread

• All are persistent and mobile

• We need to be proactive not reactive

Unexploded Ordnance(UXO)

• UXO Contamination of land and water– >20 million acres– > 3300 sites– >$20B liability

• R&D Objectives– Wide Area Assessment– Detection & Discrimination– Land and Water– Recovery and Disposal– Planning and Support

• Critical technical decisions– Impact in the $billions

Wide Area Assessment

• Challenge of managing >20M acres– Most is contamination

free• But which part?

• How do we decide on no further action?– Visible – Defensible– Reproducible

• The key is technology

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• Challenge of decisions based on limited data– Cost effective cleanup

maximizes risk reduction

• Risk is not static• How do we decide to

dig or not?– Visible– Defensible– Reproducible

• The key is technology

Underwater UXO

• Challenge of managing risk in a dangerous environment

• Two primary risk drivers:– Explosive safety– Environmental toxicity

• Management actions– Assess risk– Mitigate when necessary

• What is the science?• What are the real technical

options?

Opportunities

• Remediation is a knowledge based industry– Science can impact near term

• Rigorous field trials are critical– Validated information

• Rapid transfer of information is critical– Decisions need to be made

• SERDP-ESTCP-ITRC– A partnership that works

Sponsored by SERDP and ESTCP

Partners in Environmental Technology

Technical Symposium and Workshop

November 28 – 30, 2006

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C.