NOTICE OF AN INTENTION TO CONDUCT A FIELD DEMONSTRATION AND PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION STUDY OF TECHNOLOGIES TO DETERMINE TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL Technical Contact: Kirankumar Topudurti, Tetra Tech EM Inc., 200 E. Randolph Drive, Suite 4700, Chicago, IL 60601. Phone -- 312-856-8742; EPA Point of Contact: Stephen Billets, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, P. O. Box 93478, Las Vegas NV 89193. Phone -- 702-798-2232. As part of the Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with technical support provided by Tetra Tech EM Inc., announces an intent to conduct a demonstration designed to verify the performance of commercial technologies which can be used for the identification and quantitation of various petroleum hydrocarbon fractions in soil. Many EPA Regions, several Program Offices, and other Federal Agencies have expressed an interest in the performance of various petroleum hydrocarbon detection technologies under field conditions. To obtain this information, the EPA will conduct a demonstration study at certain well-characterized sites to verify the performance of those technologies selected to participate in this study. As part of the demonstration, each developer will be given information on the site history and access to sampling areas. Reference analytical data from certain samples will be used to measure key performance parameters such as precision and accuracy. In addition, other factors such as cost and sample throughput will be determined. During the demonstration, each developer will operate its technology in accordance with the experimental design of the study. The demonstration is expected to be conducted over a 3- to 4-day period at each field site. To explain the demonstration process to potential participants, an informational meeting will be held on September 15, 1999, at the EPA Laboratory in Las Vegas, Nevada. Interested parties should contact one of the individuals listed above to receive an invitation to this meeting. This notice is intended to solicit interest in this demonstration which is sponsored by the Monitoring and Measurement Technologies (MMT) component of SITE. This program offers technical expertise and logistical support, including access to demonstration sites, to developers of technologies of interest to the EPA. The primary goal of the SITE Program is to facilitate the acceptance and use of new and innovative technologies that are applicable to a wide range of environmental problems. The EPA meets this goal by working with technology developers and other Agencies in planning and conducting demonstrations, evaluating the data generated, and promoting acceptance of the technologies. The SITE Program does not offer any direct financial support to the participants in a technology demonstration. Each developer is expected to secure the resources needed to support their participation in the performance verification process. In addition to a detailed technical report, the MMT provides each participating developer with a verification statement that summarizes the performance of the technology under the conditions of the demonstration. Interested developers with appropriate technologies (i.e., commercially available with proven field use) should provide a brief letter of interest to Dr. Kirankumar Topudurti (Tetra Tech EM Inc. ) or Dr. Stephen Billets (EPA) no later than September 3, 1999. Posted 08/04/99 (W-SN363475).

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