[CPEO-MEF] ITRC Perchlorate training April 6

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Perchlorate: Overview of Issues, Status, and Remedial Options - on-line 
training from ITRC

Offered: Thursday, April 6, 11:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time

Cost: Sponsored by ITRC and EPA with no cost for the participant

Registration: http://clu-in.org/studio/seminar.cfm

Associated guidance document:  Available from http://www.itrcweb.org 
under Guidance Documents then Perchlorate

For more information:  If you have questions after completing the 
on-line registration, call (402) 201-2419 or send an e-mail to 
training@itrcweb.org.

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TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW

Perchlorate: Overview of Issues, Status, and Remedial Options

Offered: Thursday, April 6, 11:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time

Perchlorate is an inorganic chemical ion consisting of chlorine bonded 
to four oxygen atoms. It occurs both naturally and in manmade compounds. 
While it was once thought to occur naturally only in one location, 
ongoing study has found naturally occurring perchlorate in other 
locations as well. In manmade compounds, it has been manufactured since 
before the turn of the last century and has been manufactured primarily 
for use in defense activities and the aerospace industry. Highly soluble 
and mobile in water, perchlorate is also very stable. Most of the 
attention focused on perchlorate contamination concerns ground and 
surface water contamination. However, it can also contaminate soil and 
vegetation. In general, past management practices did not prevent the 
release of perchlorate to the environment because it was not recognized 
or regarded as a contaminant of concern. Improved analytical methodology 
has increased the known extent of perchlorate contamination in the US. A 
variety of remediation technologies are currently commercially available 
and being used for perchlorate remediation.

This training, based on ITRC’s Perchlorate: Overview of Issues, Status, 
and Remedial Options (PERC-1, September 2005), explains why perchlorate 
is a hot topic in the environmental community today including up-to-date 
information on sources, occurrences, toxicity and exposure, regulatory 
status and remediation alternatives.

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Registration is available at http://clu-in.org/studio/seminar.cfm. More 
information is available at http://www.itrcweb.org under Internet-based 
training. The training is provided by the ITRC Perchlorate Team. ITRC is 
a state-led coalition working together with federal partners, industry, 
academia and stakeholders to achieve regulatory acceptance of 
environmental technologies.


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org


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