U.S. Dept. of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Waste Management and Technology Development Division, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8602

B -- TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, ORO INTENDS TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO QUALIFIED FIRMS MIXED LOW-LEVEL WASTE FOR TESTING/PROCESSING AT THE FIRMS' FACILITIES AND EXPENSE AND AT NO COST TO THE GOVERNMENT POC Contact Point, Nancy Frolio 615/576-4094 In an effort to encourage private sector development and enhance mixed waste technology competition, it is DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office's (ORO) intention to make available for a period of not to exceed one year to individual qualified firms up to 3000 kg of mixed low-level waste for testing/processing at the firms' facilities. Candidate wastes include sludges generated from process effluents or wastewater treatment operations, soils, or other waste matrices contaminated with heavy metals, organics and radionuclides. Selection of specific waste(s) and volumes for this offer will be made at DOE's discretion. Any testing/processing will be at the firm's expense and at no cost to the Government. The participation in this offer shall confer no advantage in any future procurements. Qualified, interested firms must possess prior to receipt of waste the appropriate management plans, permits, and licenses to accept and to conduct treatability studies or permitted treatment on the waste. An Information Package will be made available on request that contains specifics on the form and compositional characteristics of the waste; facility license and permit requirements and other criteria governing release of waste to the firm; transportation requirements; applicable waste acceptance criteria and constraints applied on return of treatment residuals to DOE following testing/processing. It is DOE's preference that residuals from testing/processing of this waste be in a configuration that meets currently available mixed waste disposal facility waste acceptance criteria. This action is contingent on DOE compliance with NEPA requirements. Indications of the firms' interest in mixed low-level waste for development activities should include a request for the Information Package; a description of the proposed technology(ies) to be used; a declaration of the amount of waste desired; specific requirements as to waste characterization information desired for process evaluation; and a general estimate of the type and volume of treatment residuals expected to be produced, including any secondary wastes resulting from waste processing and handling. The material may be available for shipment as early as the first quarter of FY 1996 and must be accepted no later than March 31, 1996. Licenses, permits and management plans to receive and treat the waste must be in place and have been reviewed and accepted by DOE ORO prior to shipment of the waste. Processing and return of the waste and residual to ORO must be completed within one year of receipt of the waste. All indications of interest with aforementioned additional information must be submitted to Nancy Frolio, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Waste Management and Technology Development Division, Post Office Box 2001, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-8620 within thirty (30) days of this announcement. Formal conditional acceptance of the DOE ORO offer of the waste must be made by the firm thirty (30) days after receipt of the initial Information Package, at which time, if the firm does not accept, the offer will expire. The initial Information Package is not expected to contain definitive waste characterization information. The firm has the option to rescind its acceptance of the DOE offer when more detailed characterization data is made available. (0163)

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