Program Summary

February 22, 1989 - September 30, 1997

 

HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION OF SOIL/WATER

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./

Completion Date

 

Project Title

Keefer

$54k/$0k

3

1990

Metal Recovery and Reuse Using an Integrated Vermiculite Ion Exchange-Acid Recovery System

Hansen, Stevens

$167k/$0k

89-09

1991

Optimal Bioreactor Design for Biological Removal of Mercury

O'Keefe, Watson

$129k/$0k

17

1991

Characterization and Treatment of Hazardous Materials from Metal Mineral Processing Wastes

Walton

$150k/$0k

89-19

1992

An Electrochemical Method for Acid Mine Drainage Remediation and Metals Recovery

Lewandowski

$96k/$0k

89-22

1992

Heavy Metals Removal from Dilute Aqueous Solutions Using Biopolymers

Faw

$78k/$0k

89-29

1992

Neutron Activation Analysis for Heavy Metal Contaminants in the Environment

Clevenger, Hinderberger

$224k/$0k

2

1992

Reclamation of Metal- and Mining-Contaminated Superfund Sites Using Sewage Sludge/Fly Ash Amendments

Pierzynski, Schwab

$94k/$0k

89-30

1992

Reducing Heavy Metal Availability to Perennial Grasses and Row Crops Grown on Contaminated Soils and Mine Spoils

Ghosh

$140k/$0k

4

1992

Removal of Heavy Metals from Hazardous Wastes by Protein Complexation for Their Ultimate Recovery and Reuse

Dollhopf

$132k/$0k

89-21

1992

Sulfide Size and Morphology Identification for Remediation of Acid-Producing Mine Wastes

O'Keefe, Cole, Watson

$206k/$0k

90-16

1994

Development of Electrochemical Processes for Improved Treatment of Lead Wastes

Banks, Hetrick, Schwab

$306k/$0k

90-11

1994

Impact of Soil Microflora on Revegetation Efforts in Southeast Kansas

Schnoor, Licht

$213k/$0k

90-05

1994

Innovative Treatment and Bank Stabilization of Metals-Contaminated Soils and Tailings Along Whitewood Creek, South Dakota

Pierzynski, Davis, Reddi, Erickson, Schnoor

$247k/$0k

92-05

1997

Use of Poplar Trees in Remediating Heavy Metal- Contaminated Sites

Lewandowski, Geesey, Roe

$283k/$0k

92-08

1997

Heavy Metals Removal from Contaminated Water Solutions

Schnoor, Licht, St. Clair, Just, Erickson

$214k/$0k

92-11

1996

Metals Soil Pollution and Vegetative Remediation

 

HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION OF SOIL/WATER (cont.)

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./

Completion Date

 

Project Title

Munshower, Jennings

$270k/$0k

93-12

1998

Acid-Producing Metalliferous Waste Reclamation by Material Reprocessing and Vegetative Stabilization

Hong, Okey, Banerji

$239k/$0k

93-22

1997

Chelating Extraction of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils

Schwab, Banks, Erickson, Tracy

$361k/$52k

93-06

1998

Fate and Transport of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides in Soil: The Impacts of Vegetation

Hetrick, Pierzynski, Erickson, Govindaraju, Sweeney

$357k/$30k

93-07

1998

Vegetative Interceptor Zones for Containment of Heavy Metal Pollutants

O’Keefe

$256k/$35k

94-05

1998

Design and Development of an Innovative Industrial-Scale Process to Economically Treat Waste Zinc Residues

 

 

ORGANIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF SOIL/WATER

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./

Completion Date

 

Project Title

Hunter, Culver

$28k/$0k

15

1990

Computer Method to Estimate Safe Level Water Quality Concentrations for Organic Chemicals

Schlup

$60k/$0k

18

1991

Adsorption of Hazardous Substances onto Soil Constituents

Kross

$160k/$0k

16

1991

Removal of Nitrogenous Pesticides from Rural Well Water Supplies by Enzymatic Ozonation Process

Dickey, Shelton, Steichen, Barnes

$338k/$0k

89-31

1993

Alachlor and Atrazine Losses from Runoff and Erosion in the Blue River Basin

Ghosh

$218k/$0k

89-06

1992

Biodetoxification of Hazardous Solid Wastes by Staged Anaerobic Fermentation Conducted at Separate Redox and pH Environments

Parkin

$84k/$0k

90-04

1992

Biotransformation of Alachlor and Atrazine Under Denitrifying Conditions in Soil-Water Systems

Erickson,

Fan

$224k/$0k

6

1992

Development of In Situ Biodegradation Technology

Illangasekare

$196k/$0k

89-01

1992

Distribution and Recovery of Refinery Waste Products in Groundwater Aquifers: Experimental Study and Model Evaluation

 

 

 

ORGANIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF SOIL/WATER (cont.)

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./ Completion Date

 

Project Title

Parkin,

Gibson

$259k/$0k

5

1992

Feasibility of In Situ Anaerobic Bioreclamation of Mixtures of Toxic Chemicals: Feasibility of Using Genetically Engineered Bacteria to Degrade Trichloroethylene in Activated-Sludge Systems

Characklis, Jones, Cunningham, Lewandowski

$394k/$0k

89-23

1992

In Situ Bioremediation of Organic Groundwater Contaminants

Banerji,

Bajpai

$323k/$0k

7

1992

Migration and Biodegradation of Pentachlorophenol in Soil Environment

Schnoor, Parkin

$349k/$0k

10

1992

Modeling Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrate, and Pesticide Contamination in the Subsurface Environment

Yanders,

Kapila

$327k/$0k

9

1992

Time-Dependent Movement of Dioxin and Related Compounds in Soil

Glasgow

$141k/$0k

11

1992

Vadose Zone Decontamination by Air Injection

Schnoor,

Licht

$246k/$0k

89-10

1994

Deep-Rooted Poplar Trees as an Innovative Treatment Technology for Pesticide and Toxic Organics Removal from Groundwater

Schnoor,

Licht

$39k/$0k

R-1

1993

The Role of Deep-Rooted Poplar Trees in Adding Organic Carbon to the Soil for Pesticides and Toxic Organics Removal

Parkin

$135k/$0k

91-08

1994

The Effect of Redox Conditions on Transformations of Carbon Tetrachloride

Kapila,

Armstrong,

Puri

$282k/$0k

91-04

1994

Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Upward Mobilization and Photodegradation of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-P-Dioxins

Cunningham, Costerton

$306k/$0k

91-25

1994

Microbial Transport in Porous Media

Tracy, Davis,

Erickson, Schnoor

$367k/$0k

90-13

1995

Modeling the Use of Plants in the Remediation of Soil and Groundwater Contaminated by Hazardous Organic Substances

Licht, Schnoor

$349k/$0k

91-03

1995

Riparian Poplar Tree Buffer Impact on Non-Point Source Surface Water Contamination

Parkin

$214k/$0k

91-07

1995

Formation and Transformation of Pesticide Degradation Products Under Various Electron Acceptor Conditions

Illangasekare

$477k/$0k

91-10

1997

Modeling for Design and Testing of Treatment and Remediation Technologies for Aquifer Soils Contaminated with Organic Waste Chemicals

Erickson, Fan

$269k/$0k

91-29

1996

Remediation of Soil Contaminated with an Organic Phase

 

 

ORGANIC CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF SOIL/WATER (cont.)

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./ Completion Date

 

Project Title

Coats, Anderson

$152k/$0k

93-05

1997

Use of Vegetation to Enhance Bioremediation of Surface Soils Contaminated with Pesticide Wastes

Kapila, Forciniti, Armstrong

$142k/$0k

93-16

1996

Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Upward Mobilization and Photodegradation of Polychlorinated Aromatics in Soil

Bajpai, Banerji, Puri, Zappi

$281k/$16k

94-08

1998

Remediation of Soils Contaminated with Wood-Treatment Chemicals (PCP and Creosote)

Gibson, Tracy, Kennedy

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NCIBRD 1

1997

Use of C2 to C18 Organic Acids and Selected Surfactants to Enhance Bioremediation of DNAPL-Contaminated Aquifers

Parkin, Schnoor, Alvarez

$342k/$58k

93-02

1998

The Role of Metallic Iron in the Biotransformation of Chlorinated Xenobiotics

Parkin

$158k/$25k

93-24

1998

Application of Anaerobic and Multiple-Electron-Acceptor Bioremediation to Chlorinated Aliphatic Subsurface Contamination

Segar

$169k/$25k

94-07

1998

Trichloroethene (TCE) Cometabolism in Fluidized-Bed Bioreactors

Schnoor, Burken

$407k/$90k

94-25

1998

Uptake of BETX Compounds and Metabolites by Hybrid Poplar Trees in Hazardous Waste Remediation

Davis, Erickson

$232k/$44k

94-27

1998

Plant-Assisted Remediation of Soil and Groundwater Contaminated by Hazardous Organic Substances: Experimental and Modeling Studies

Illangasekare

$371k/$76k

94-29

1998

Extension of Laboratory-Validated Treatment and Remediation Technologies to Field Problems in Aquifer Soil and Water Contamination by Organic Waste Chemicals

Miller

$152k/$20k

94-15

1998

Removal of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons from Contaminated Water Using Air Sparged Hydrocyclone Technology

Doucette, Bugbee, Stevens

$274k/$74k

95-10

1999

Fate of Trichloroethylene (TCE) in Plant/Soil Systems: Evaluating Phytoremediation

Zhang, Comfort, Shea

$190k/$62k

95-32

1999

Simultaneous Transformation of Atrazine and Nitrate in Contaminated Water, Sediment, and Soil by Zero-Valent Iron-Promoted Processes

Schnoor

$147k/$44k

95-29

1999

Plant Enzyme Systems for the Phytoremediation of Chlorinated Aliphatics in Contaminated Soils

O’Connor, Brazos

$61k/$0k

89-17

1991

The Response of Natural Groundwater Bacteria to Groundwater Contamination by Gasoline in a Karst Region

ANALYSIS/TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED SOIL

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./ Completion Date

 

Project Title

Walawender,

Fan

$149k/$0k

12

1991

Thermochemical Treatment of Hazardous Wastes

Viswanath,

Kapila,

Clevenger

$462k/$0k

13

1992

Development, Characterization, and Evaluation of Adsorbent Materials for Waste Streams

Fan

$153k/$0k

1

1992

Experimental Study of Stabilization/Solidification of Hazardous Substances

Peyton,

Anderson

$154k/$0k

89-14

1992

Simulation of Three-Dimensional Transport of Hazardous Chemicals in Heterogeneous Porous Media Using X-Ray Computer Tomography

Valentine

$172k/$0k

89-11

1994

In Situ Soil and Aquifer Decontamination Using Hydrogen Peroxide and Fenton's Reagent

Klabunde

$394k/$0k

92-03

89-26

1996

Nanoscale Metal Oxide Particles as Reagents for Destruction and Immobilization of Hazardous Substances

Comfort, Shea, McCallister, Powers

$294k/$0k

92-24

1997

Fate and Transport of Munitions Residues in Contaminated Soils

Dupont, Sorensen, Doucette

$439k/$0k

93-20

1997

Evaluation of Biosparging Performance and Process Fundamentals for Site Remediation

Faw, Shultis

$134k/$0k

94-02

1997

Application of PGNAA Remote Sensing Methods to Real-Time, Non-Intrusive Determination of Contaminant Profiles in Soil

Dupont, Sorensen, Kemblowski, Smith

$62k/$0k

SP95-TCE

1996

TCE Attenuation in Groundwater in Severe Northern Climates

R.C. Sims

$378k/$70k

93-21

1998

Field Scale Bioremediation: Relationship of Parent Compound Disappearance to Humification, Mineralization, Leaching, and Volatilization of Transformation Intermediates

Inskeep, Johnston, Wraith

$234k/$45k

94-09

1998

Effects of Surfactants on the Bioavailability and Biodegradation of Contaminants in Soils

Rice

$204k/$29k

94-11

1998

Contaminant Binding to the Humin Fraction of Soil Organic Matter

Tracy,

Van Lent, Schaefer

$158k/$22k

94-12

1998

Development of a Systematic Methodology for Optimally Designing Vegetative Systems for Remediating Contaminated Soil and Groundwater

Kubichek, Iverson, Cupal

$284k/$39k

94-24

1998

Identifying Groundwater Threats from Improperly Abandoned Boreholes

Turner, Bulla, Skinner

$241k/$18k

94-26

1998

Biofilm Barriers for Waste Containment

ANALYSIS/TREATMENT OF CONTAMINATED SOIL (cont.)

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./ Completion Date

 

Project Title

Cunningham, Chen

$340k/$63k

93-11

94-28

1998

Evaluation and Modeling of Subsurface Biobarrier Formation and Persistence

Klabunde

$59k/$44k

95-04a

2000

Nanoscale Metal Oxide Particles as Reagents for Destruction and Immobilization of Hazardous Substances in Air, Water, and/or as an Alternative to Incineration

 

 

WASTE MINIMIZATION

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./ Completion Date

 

Project Title

Fan

$194k/$0k

14

1992

Computer-Aided Design and Control of Systems for Treatment of Hazardous Waste and Minimization of Waste Production

Fan

$179k/$0k

91-36

1996

Intelligent Process Design and Control for the Minimization of Waste Production and Treatment of Hazardous Waste

 

 

TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./ Completion Date

 

Project Title

Gilliland, Kelly

$128k/$0k

1991

Hazardous Waste Management in Rural Communities in EPA Regions VII and VIII

Harbourt

$265k/$0k

1992

Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management

Hiskey

$68k/$0k

1992

Introduction to Waste Minimization Technology and Applications

Kross

$31k/$0k

1992

Remediation of Pesticide Spills: Technology Transfer to Volunteer Firefighters

Biles

$45k/$0k

1992

Technology Database

Edwards

$20k/$0k

1992

Transfer of Manufacturing Pollution Prevention Technology

Hayter

$52k/$0k

1992

Video Conference

Hayter

$35k/$0k

1993

Five Center HSRC Training and Technology Transfer Conference

Grant

$65k/$0k

PRP

1993

 

Superfund PRP Conference

Kelly, Keefer, Rohde, Woldt

$77k/$0k

TR92-03a

1995

A Short Course on Remediation of Contaminated Soils and Sediments

Dahab, Woldt

$78k/$0k

TR92-03b

1995

Development of Pollution Prevention Programs for Small Quantity Generators in EPA Regions VII and VIII

TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (cont.)

Principal Investigator(s)

Budget Total/Current

Project No./ Completion Date

 

Project Title

Niemeyer, Woldt, Dahab, Grisso

$38k/$0k

TR92-04

1995

Waste Management: Development of Pollution Prevention Educational Materials for Farms and Small Acreages

Grant

$141k/$0k

TR92-PI

1995

HSRC Technology Transfer Public Information Services

R.C. Sims

$212k/$0k

TR-LIBBY

1997

Libby, Montana, Superfund Site: Prepared-Bed Bioremediation in Buried Lifts as Affected by Oxygen Concentration in Soil Gas

Thurston

$54k/$0k

TR94-02

1995

Training to Advance Environmental Research in Lithuania

Cunningham, Warwood, Zelver

$53k/$0k

TR93-02

1996

Engineering Scaleup of In Situ Bioremediation Processes: A Workshop on Biotreatability

Grant, Griswold

$804k/$0k

NAOMI

1998

Native American and Other Minority Institutions Program

Grant, Hayter

$353k/$10k

TR-01

1998

Conferences and Workshops

Grant, Hayter

$125k/$3k

TR-01

1998

HSRC Contribution Repository and Information Clearinghouse

Grant, Hayter

$336k/$10k

TR-01

1998

HSRC Newsletter, HazTech Transfer

J.L. Sims,

R.C. Sims

$182k/$0k

TR93-07

1997

Guidance for the Use of Prepared Bed Land Treatment as a Bioremedial Technology

Banks, Schwab, Govindaraju

$301k/$0k

D93-01

1997

Bioremediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Using Vegetation

McDonald

$1080k/$410k

SP93-01

1998

Technical Outreach Services to Communities Program

Leven, Grant

$638k/$0k

R2D2

1998

Research and Re-education for Displaced Defense Personnel Program

McDonald

$37k/$0k

TR95-10

1998

Virtual Library

Reddi

$18k/$0k

TR95-11

1997

Environmental Data Technology Transfer Project

Leven, Griswold

$90k/$90k

TR96-05

1998

Collaborative Environmental Seminar Series

Griswold

$109k/$109k

TOSNAC

1998

Technical Outreach Services to Native American Communities