Technology Transfer

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Technology Transfer Outreach Activities

• Hazardous Substance Research Centers/South
  SouthwestMay 1, 2003
• Mark HodgesGeorgia Institute of
  Technologymark.hodges_at_gtri.gatech.edu404.894.698
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Web Resources

• Main center web site
• Sediment capping primer
• Sediments web community
• Archived web workshops
• Anacostia capping demonstration web site
• Center web newsletter
• Community outreach web site
• National HSRC web site

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Main Center Web Site

• Research project summaries (text, video)
• Staff directory
• Article bibliography
• Annual reports
• Research Briefs
• Whats new page
• Software downloads
• Links to related center web sites

www.hsrc-ssw.org
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Sediments Capping Primer

• Introduction to in-situ capping technologyone of
  the centers research priorities.
• Flash animations used to depict key processes and
  technologies.
• Includes Corps of Engineers TechNotes and
  abstracts of selected research.

www.hsrc.org/capping
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Sediments Web Community

• Information for researchers and practitioners.
• Updated links to web resources.
• Monthly e-mail advisory to mailing list of 600.
• Bulletin board with news of interest.

www.sediments.org or www.sedweb.org
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Workshop Presentations

• NSF-sponsored institute (Brazil)
• Completion of NATO institute (Prague)
• Sediment stability workshop

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Anacostia Capping Demo

• Includes comprehensive project reports, slide
  presentations, and video presentations.
• EPA web workshop on project archived at
  www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/capping_031203/

www.hsrc-ssw.org/anacostia/
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Online Newsletter

• Web-only newsletter published quarterly.
• E-mail note announcing newsletter sent to mailing
  list.

www.hsrc-ssw.org (click Newsletter button)
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Community Outreach Web Site

• Interactive map with links to community profiles.
• Archived workshop presentations.
• News of interest to communities.
• Community factsheets.
• Links to other resources on web.

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Center Publications

• Research Briefs
• Portfolios
• Online Newsletter
• Factsheets
• Outreach Portfolio

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Community Factsheets

• Six environmental update briefs published through
  October 2002.
• Topics include landfills, RCRA, EPCRA, asbestos
  hazards, ATSDR, and underground tanks.

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Research Briefs

• Research Brief on Anacostia demonstration.
• Briefs to be published on other research projects.

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National HSRC Web Site

• Managed by SSW center.
• Searchable abstracts on research at all centers.
• Field demonstration information.

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Web Usage Statistics

• 587,000 pages viewed since March 2000 on HSRC
  site (including SSW center sites)
• 68 increase from 2000 to 2001
• 15 increase from 2001 to 2002
• 36 increase in 2003 (over comparable period in
  2002)
• 103,000 pages viewed since March 2000 on SedWeb
  site.
• Usage dropped 12 in 2002 but is increasing again.

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Key Lessons Learned in Using Web

• Use of strong visuals is important in presenting
  information.
• Its not enough to put information on the web we
  need to identify our audience and reach out to
  them through regular e-mail communications.

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Other Tech Transfer Vehicles

• Factsheets
• Brochures
• Outreach portfolio
• Centerpoint newsletter
• Meeting/worksshop facilitation
• Conference presentations

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Community Outreach

• Technical Outreach Services for Communities
  (TOSC)
• Helps communities understand technical issues
  regarding local hazardous waste sites.
• Empowers communities to participate in
  decision-making activities.
• Technical Assistance Programs for Communities
  (TAB)
• Helps communities clean up and redevelop
  properties subject to real or perceived
  environmental damage.

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TOSC Assistance Efforts Started By Year
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Total TOSC Assistance Efforts By Year
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Recent TOSC Activities

• Number of TOSC sites assisted since 1997
• 27 considered full assistance efforts (letter of
  agreement, site visit, two or more community
  contacts)
• Over 30 efforts that would be considered
  short-term efforts (information sent, phone
  assists, usually one contact)
• 2003 efforts five efforts underway in varying
  degrees of assistance
• TOSC assistance efforts have moved from the
  traditional superfund communities to more
  multi-media assistance efforts

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TOSC Communities

• El Paso, Texas
• Residential soils potentially contaminated with
  lead and arsenic from ASARCO smelter.
• Community asking for assistance with
  bioavailability testing, speciation, and cleanup
  levels
• Very active community groups

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TOSC Communities

• Corpus Christi, TX
• Community concerned about a number of
  environmental problems landfills, refineries,
  other industrial operations
• Studying birth defects and potential relation to
  environmental contamination
• TOSC has conducted workshops and facilitated
  meetings with key players in area

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TAB Assistance Efforts Started by Year
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Total TAB Assistance Efforts by Year
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TAB Program Activities

• Number of TAB sites assisted since 1998
• Over 25 communities and municipalities assisted
  since program inception in October 1998.
• Projects becoming more complex
• Not just site assessments anymore
• Land-use planning and visioning requests are more
  common
• Identification of funding sources
• Economic development and liability aspects still
  crucial

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TAB Communities

• Spartanburg, SC
• High-profile brownfield redevelopment effort
• Complicated by superfund sites, and RCRA
  permitted facility in operation within the
  brownfield properties
• TAB working with the community to create vision
  for redevelopment and assess impact of operating
  facility

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TAB Communities

• Augusta, GA
• Community involved in cleanup and redevelopment
  of scrap metal site
• TAB has provided visioning assistance to City and
  community in conjunction with TAB program at
  Kansas State University
• TAB conducted a Brownfields 101 seminar in
  January 2003, and has assisted City and community
  with identification of funding sources