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Enviro-Tech Center, EPA and Air Force Collaborate to Conduct Cleanup
Technology Demonstrations 

EarthVision Reports
12/17/98 

CAPE COD, MA, December 17, 1998 - The Environmental Technology Center
(ETC), a non-profit organization created by The Cape Cod Economic
Development Council (now the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce) and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts Legislation, announces a collaboration with the Air Force
Center for Environmental Excellence (AFCEE) and the USEPA to conduct
technology demonstrations to optimize contaminated groundwater pump & treat
systems at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR). 

The Air Force is funding the demonstration of technologies that would
optimize the existing and proposed contaminated ground water pump & treat
systems. The first phase is a demonstration of several advanced computer
models developed at research universities around the country. Pump & treat
technology is being used or proposed for more than eight groundwater
contaminant plumes at this Superfund site. Some of these systems will be
the largest in the country. Optimization of the systems results in faster
cleanup of the aquifer, lower costs and less impact to the environment. The
EPA, which in a recent analysis of technology use at Superfund sites
identified pump & treat as the technology used at 99% of those sites, is
committing additional resources for this effort, including expanding the
demonstration to other sites. 

The Environmental Technology Center is negotiating license agreements with
the software developers and intends to use the demonstration results to
assist in commercialization of the technology. Jim Plunkett, Executive
Director of the Center says, "the best case scenario would be an
environmental software company based on Cape Cod which could market its
product to national and international markets." 

The Environmental Technology Center is an independent non-profit
corporation located at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR),
focused on demonstration and commercialization of emerging environmental
technologies, specifically technologies which are applicable to the
clean-up issues at the MMR. 

The Environmental Technology Center is the result of cooperative efforts of
several people and organizations including: Former Congressman Gerry Studds
and Congressman Bill Delahunts' Office, The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
-Economic Development Corporation, the Massachusetts Office of
Environmental Affairs and USEPA Region 1. 

Funds from the Air Force and EPA have also been used by the Environmental
Technology Center and the Environmental Technology Collaborative of Cape
Cod to establish an intern and training program at the MMR. The intern
program has supported over 100 interns since it's inception in 1995. The
environmental training program has provided hazardous waste operations
worker training to over 100 members of the military, municipal employees
and students. 

For more information, contact:
Bruce Willard
Public Relations
Environmental Technology Center
508-563-3648 

Associated Link:

www.envirotechcenter.org
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