Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)

[Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>]

From: Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org>
Subject: Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)

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I suggest downloading first before reading.

All this information was taken off of the Defense Department's 
Environmental Security Web Site: 
http://www.dtic.dla.mil/envirodod/envirodod.html 

To get to information concerning environmental technology, go first to 
the above web site. From there page down to "Other Web Resources" and 
click. This will take you to DOD Environmental Restoration Electronic 
Bulletin Board. Click on to Environmental Technology from DOD. This 
will take you to a site that includes the document below, and others. 
It also is an Environmental Technology Gateway.

Aimee Houghton
aimeeh@igc.org

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Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)

This program demonstrates and validates the most promising innovative 
technologies that target DoD's most urgent environmental needs and are
projected to pay back the investment with five years through cost
savings and improved efficiencies. It responds to:

1. Congressional concern over the slow pace of remediation of
environmentally polluted siteson military installations.

2. Congressional direction to conduct demonstrations specifically
focused on emerging new technologies.

3. Executive Order 12856 which requires Federal agencies to place a
high priority on obtaining funding and resources needed for the development
of innovative pollution prevention programs and technologies for
installations and in acquisitions.

4. The need to improve defense readiness by reducing the drain on the
Department's operation and maintenance dollars caused by real world 
commitments such as environmental restoration and waste management.

Preference for demonstrations are given to technologies that respond to
Environmental Security program objectives, and have successfully
completed all necessary research and development objectives. When
demonstration and validation of a particular technology are completed
and if the technology is found to be effective and affordable by users,
regulators and other stakeholders, a user data package will be
developed and distributed, e.g., specification, procurement package,
etc., providing details to users on how to acquire and implement the
technology. When this step is completed, the demonstration will be
considered successful. To conform to the defined DoD acquisition
milestones sequence, this program element is categorized under
Budget Activity 4, Demonstration and Validation (Dem/Val).

The DoD is now seeking to expand the technologies demonstrated at DoD
facilities under ESTCP to include those developed by the Department of
Energy (DoE). The goal for expansion of ESTCP is to increase the level
of cooperation between DoE and DoD, to move technologies out of the DoE
laboratories onto DoD facilities, and to assure that these technologies
receive the required level of test and evaluation to achieve regulatory
acceptance and implementation. The expected roles and responsibilities
for a generic demonstration are shown below. DoE would be responsible
for the technology performance while DoD would provide the independent
evaluation, performance, site infrastructure and management, and
regulatory interface.

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Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Projects

TITLE: Advanced Nontoxic Antifouling Coatings

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: Current methods of controlling fouling of Navy
hulls depends on the use of copper-based ablative coatings. These
coatings pollute the marine environment and face likely banning in the
foreseeable future. Non-toxic easy-release anti-fouling coatings have
been developed by the Navy. This environmentally benign dual use
technology has enormous potential. These coatings are designed to be a
minimally adhesive surface, which is difficult for marine fouling
organisms and fresh water Zebra Mussels to adhere to.

DOD Benefit: An effective, environmentally benign coating can reduce
Navy fuel costs by 10-15% ($100M- 150M/year) with additional cost
savings from reduced dry dockings, reduced remediation of polluted
harbors, and reduced disposal of hazardous paint waste. The
technology will also significantly impact the power industry and other
sectors affected by fouling from Zebra Mussels. 

TITLE: Waste Acid Detoxification and Reclamation

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: Large quantities of metal-bearing spent acids are
produced by electroplating, surface finishing, and chemical
milling/dissolution operations in DoD manufacturing. This project will
build and demonstrate a full scale prototypic Waste Acid Detoxification
and Reclamation system. Over 90% of the spent acid can be recovered as
reusable product at the facility. This waste minimization effort will
be installed/utilized without impact to production.

DoD Benefit: This technology will save the DoD money in terms of the
amount of acids purchased for plating operation and disposal costs of
waste streams at arsenals. The proposers estimateDoD savings at over
$10M annually. 

TITLE: Measurement of Lead in Drinking Water

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: This project will test an instrument which can
measure the level of lead in drinking water supplies. It is controlled
by a computer and can therefore be left alone to monitor the supply for
an extended period of time. This will allow DoD installations to more
effectively meet the requirements of the Safe Water Drinking Act.

DoD Benefit: Current analytical cost of a single measurement for lead
in drinking water is about $11-$20, excluding the $25 cost of
collecting the sample, packaging and shipping to the laboratory.
After the capital cost of the instrument, measurement costs would
be equivalent to those incurred for just collecting the sample by
the standard method, without the packing, shipping and analysis
costs.

TITLE: Highly Energetic Material Disposal

Service/Organization: Air Force

Project Description: It is projected that the stockpile of large
rocket motors requiring disposal will reach 163 million pounds by
2005. Currently large rocket motors are disposed of by Open
Burning/Open Detonation and static firing. This innovative treatment 
train will dispose of these motors in an environmentally benign manner 
and allow for maximum recycling of components. This project will 
demonstrate a three stage process whereby the propellant is removed via 
a high pressure washout, then hydrolyzed using a series of acids, then
disposed of using supercritical oxidation. The process is efficient
and nontoxic.

DoD Benefit: This program will allow for the disposal of large rocket
motors in a manner that is acceptable to both the regulators and local
communities. Also, using cryogenic washout, it will be possible to
reclaim existing Minuteman II titanium motor casings at an estimated
cost saving for the DoD of $1.2M to $1.5M per motor with over 1500
motor segments in the inventory. 

TITLE: Demonstration of Robotic In Situ Condition Assessment for UST

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: This project incorporates the use of a robotics
crawler to assess the condition of underground storage tanks through
ultrasonic readings. The robot, which crawls up the inside of a tank,
allows storage tanks to stay within the ground, thus reducing the cost
and time required for checking the conditions of tanks. All of the DoD
UST's will require inspection to meet compliance by the end of the
decade.

DoD Benefit: DoD's benefit would be the ability to inspect and assess
internal and external corrosion in both underground and above ground
storage tanks and use the information to make intelligent and cost
effective decisions about management. Estimates for the Army alone
indicate a potential cost savings for the 20,000 UST's of over $20M.

TITLE: Supercritical Water Oxidation

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: The existing demilitarization stockpile contains
approximately 10% colored smokes, dyes, and pyrotechnics. The open
burning of these substances is banned by the Surgeon General and
current incineration technologies are not capable of disposing them.
This project will demonstrate a multi-purpose dual use technology that
can safely and cost effectively destroy these toxic compounds. A
transportable 100 gallon per hour production prototype supercritical
water oxidation system will be fabricated, tested and evaluated.

DoD Benefit: The demilitarization of the current inventory of
colored smokes/dyes increases DoD readiness by freeing up valuable
storage space and enhancing outloading/shipping capability. This
inventory reduction also reduces surveillance costs and eliminates unsafe
and environmentally unsound conditions. The technology also will be
available for many other demilitarization requirements facing DoD.

TITLE: Control of Lead in Drinking Water

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: Lead leaching from old piping systems poses a
significant health risk. A chemically resistant, non-toxic epoxy
lining for water pipes offers the potential to cost effectively treat
pipes without the cost and inconvenience of removal.

DoD Benefit: The in situ lining technique to control lead in drinking
water piping is of high concern to DoD facilities. DoD and the private
sector have facilities that do not comply with federal regulations on
lead in drinking water. Development of a lining and a method to apply
it will provide a means to rehabilitate drinking water distribution
systems. The cost savings for a typical two story 40-unit apartment
building is expected to be approximately $100K. 

TITLE: Photocatalytic Destruction of Nitrate Esters in Air

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: This project will develop an ultraviolet oxidation
process to treat air streams contaminated with nitroglycerine and
solvents. The process cleans air streams contaminated with VOC's by
using UV photocatalytic oxidation.

DoD Benefit: DoD is expected to obtain a reduction in cost for
compliance with Clean Air Act permits. The expected capital and
operating costs for this technology are significantly lower than for
incineration. The photocatalytic treatment is estimated to reduce
capital costs by 66% and operating costs by 27%. The aggregate DoD
savings could exceed $17M in capital costs and $1M/year in operating
costs. 

TITLE: Peroxone Treatment of Explosives-Contaminated Groundwater

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: A number of DoD sites have been identified which
contain groundwater contaminated by explosives and propellant wastes.
This project will demonstrate and validate a peroxone oxidation
treatment system. This advanced oxidation process offers a very cost
effective remediation method.

DoD Benefit: This project addresses a DoD need to break TNT down
into non hazardous compounds. UV based systems could be fielded at
costs approximately one-third less than that of GAC. Even if
peroxone oxidation proves to be only half as expensive as UV oxidation,
the savings to DoD could be as high as $25M for one site.

TITLE: Biotreatment of Explosives-Contaminated Soils in Slurry Reactor

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: A field demonstration of an ex-situ slurry
bioreactor for explosive-contaminated soil will be conducted. A
sequential process to treat soils contaminated with RDX, HMX and TNT
using both aerobic and anaerobic treatments will be designed, optimized
and evaluated.

DoD Benefit: DoD's current reliance on incineration for remediation
demands some kind of process advancement at explosive contaminated
soils. This project addresses that need, and offers a savings of over
$80M at Army facilities alone. 

TITLE: Joint Small Arms Range Remediation

Service/Organization: Army & Navy

Project Description: Accumulation of lead from bullets in impact berms
at small arms ranges causes the soil to exceed EPA hazardous waste
criteria. This project proposes to combine physical separation, soil
washing and soil stabilization to clean up small arms firing ranges.
Using techniques developed in the mining industry, a transportable
system will be demonstrated.

DoD Benefit: The cleanup of both active and abandoned small arms
ranges is a high priority to all three services. This joint service
project will yield substantial savings to both the Navy and Army.
The savings on just the Navy abandoned ranges is over $10M and
estimates across DoD are on the order of $100M. Future BRAC decisions 
may also increase the need for this technology. 

TITLE: Fiber Optic Biosensor

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: The DoD has numerous sites contaminated with TNT
and other explosives from munitions manufacturing and storage. This
project proposes to develop a hand-held device to test for TNT and
other contaminants in water. The fiber optic biosensor uses molecular
recognition using fluorescent labelled detection antibodies.

DoD Benefit: This project meets DoD's need for a hand-held device to
test for TNT and other contaminants in water. Currently, each soil or
water sample costs $100-$1000 to analyze. The type of analysis that
can be performed using the fiber optic biosensor would cost
$1-$10/sample. Furthermore, the costs and time delays incurred
in shipment of samples to a laboratory for analysis will be
eliminated.

TITLE: POL Sensor Validation of SCAPS

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: This project will test and evaluate a system
whereby hydrocarbons from petroleum, oil and lubricants within the
soil can be detected. A fiber optic sensor probe launches a laser
light into the soil to detect hydrocarbons. Acceptance by the
regulatory community of this innovative technology is required for DoD 
to fully utilize it.

DoD Benefit: A cost benefit analysis indicates that 25% to 35% savings
can be realized with SCAPS technology in a site investigation. Since
DoD presently spends in excess of $50M/year for well drilling and site
characterization, validation of this technology will provide
considerable cost savings. It is estimated that the Navy alone will
save in excess of $30M using this technology. 

TITLE: Remote Sensing of Surface UXO with Active Laser and Passive 
 Infrared Airborne Line Scanner

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: This remote sensing technology can characterize
whether a site contains unexploded ordnance, while keeping personnel at
a safe distance. Use of active polarization and passive IR surface
detection UXO's from an airborne platform will be demonstrated.

DoD Benefit: This technology will provide a safer, less costly, and
expeditious detection and remediation of surface UXO. DoD is
particularly interested in the project's airborne incarnation
technology, where the site can be characterized more quickly and much
more safely, without having to wait for an ideal thermal time
or vegetative-density condition. 

TITLE: Classification and Mapping of Underwater UXO

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: This project has developed a method of locating
and mapping underwater unexploded ordnance (UXO). This technology uses
an integrated marine geophysical remote sensing system using the Marine
Minerals Technology Center digital, dual-frequency, high resolution
side scan imagery, digital subseabed imagery, and near bottom
magnetometric and electromagnetic data to produce three dimensional
coverage of the seabed and subseabed between the water depths of 5 and
50 meters.

DoD Benefit: This technology will provide a method of locating and
mapping underwater unexploded ordnance (UXO). The use of the integrated
system to take multi-swath records will reduce the survey time over
conventional systems by approximately 60% for the geophysical work.
Use of the airborne system, if effective, would reduce the initial
survey costs by orders of magnitude. 

TITLE: Multi-Sensor Towed Array Detection System (MTADS)

Service/Organization: Navy

Project Description: This system has been developed for the detection
of underground UXO. The sensors atop a tow platform survey plots of
land for UXO. It is a unique fully field-worthy commercializable site
characterization instrument designed to address most remediation
requirements while lowering the cost per acre to do site characterizations.

DoD Benefit: MTADS will provide a safer, less costly, and expeditious
detection of surface UXO. The output from MTADS will supply a much
improved detection efficiency, a permanent archival record of maps and
images, target tables with location, size depth, and extant data.

TITLE: Subsurface Ordnance Characterization System

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: This system has been developed for the detection
of underground UXO. The sensors on a ground platform distinguish
between underground UXO and other debris. This technology is an
autonomous system that simultaneously collects and processes data from
multiple sensors to accurately locate, identify and document buried
ordnance.

DoD Benefit: SOCS will provide rapid, safe and reliable detection of
buried UXO. The very precise navigation system will accurately locate
ordnance for mapping, reacquisition and remediation.

TITLE: Remote Controlled Surface/Near Surface UXO Detector and
 Manipulator

Service/Organization: Army

Project Description: This project uses three sensors and a remote
manipulator in a remote-controlled ground-based platform for the
detection, location, and removal of surface and near-surface UXO. The
sensors include stereo video cameras, an induction metal detector, and
a compact thermal neutron analysis (TNA) system for detection of
explosives. Robotic manipulators will be used for excavation and site
remediation.

DoD Benefit: This technology will provide the detection, location, and
removal of surface and near-surface UXO. Initial estimates for this
technology show that a remote controlled survey vehicle with a
moderately skilled operator can survey seven times more area per hour
than a highly skilled man with hand held sensors at roughly the same
cost per hour.