From: | Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org> |
Date: | Tue, 23 Apr 1996 20:04:43 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) |
From: Aimee Houghton <aimeeh@igc.org> Subject: Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) ************ WARNING: THIS IS A VERY LONG FILE ************ 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 ________________________________ 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. _______________ 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. |
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