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B -- AGRICULTURAL CLEAN SWEEP PILOT PROJECT DUE 122099 POC Yvonne D. Stiso/stiso.yvonne@epa.gov/contract specialist E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, stiso.yvonne@epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR Part 13 intends to issue a sole source purchase order to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. The EPA is FACNET certified. The SIC code for this requirement is 8733. DESCRIPTION: Agricultural Clean Sweep Pilot Project. The goal of this requirement is to work in collaboration with the EPA Regions, and State/Tribal Lead Agencies to gather information on the pesticide collected in Agricultural Clean Sweep Programs. Many individual farmers, pest control operators, for-hire pesticide applicators, retail dealers, and local governments have unwanted pesticides that need to be disposed. Because unwanted pesticides may be stored in poor conditions, many States have decided that it is important to collect and properly dispose of these pesticides to minimize the possibility of pesticide releases and the associated risks to humans and the environment. In the past decade, nearly all of the States have run programs to collect and dispose of unwanted pesticides, called "Amnesty Days" and "Clean Sweeps". These are generally one-time or limited programs intended to clean up existing stocks that have accumulated over time; they are not intended to permanently provide disposal services. The pilot project will not include programs which collect only household hazardous waste. The Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Disposal Team has already compiled data on total quantities of pesticides disposed through Clean Sweep programs, and sent a summary report to EPA regions in February 1998. The Disposal Team has some information on the amount of specified pesticides collected at different Clean Sweep programs from 15 States, but the level of detail and the scope of pesticides included in the data vary. The contractor shall monitor, collect and provide the quantities of specific pesticides disposed through State or Tribal Clean Sweep programs, and provide an evaluation of the additional expense entailed in tracking specific chemicals. The pesticides of primary interest are: aldrin, chlordane, DDD/DDE/DDT, dieldrin, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, and toxaphene. Pesticides of secondary interest are: bromophos, chlordene, dicofol, endrin, heptachlor, isobenzan, isodrin, kepone, leptophos, methoxychlor, pendimethalin, trichloronate, and trifluralin. OPP's analysis of Clean Sweep Program information will help support several projects that are part of the EPA-wide integrated strategy on persistent and bioaccumulative toxic chemicals (PBTs). The work involves the Greta Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO), the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), the Office of International Activities (OIA), and the Office of Solid Waste (OSW). The projects involved are: GLNPO's continuation of Clean Sweep programs in the Greta Lakes Basin; OPP's and OIA's work in helping developing countries manage old pesticide stockpiles; OPP's analysis of obsolete pesticide stocks in the U.S. that would be presented at various international meetings on pesticide disposal; EPA's involvement in the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Protocol negotiated under the United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP) Convention: OPPT's work in determining the quantity of each PBT pesticide that is currently being disposed in hazardous waste disposal facilities (e.g., incinerators) for the Toxic Release Inventory; Office of Solid Waste investigation of ways to manage dioxin-containing waste (including pesticides such as 2,4,5-T and Silvex). Project duration may not exceed 14 months. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE. All questions should be directed VIA E-MAIL to the contract specialist. PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. See numbered Note 22. Posted 11/30/99 (W-SN404481). (0334)

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