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NJDEP Plays Key Role in Technology Training and DeploymentBy: Brian Sogorka, NJDEP/ITRC
The ITRC has played a key role in the deployment of more than 45 technologies, trained more than 5000 state, federal, industry and public stakeholders, and effected more than 45 institutional changes in state agencies. ITRC forms technical teams, with members from states, federal agencies, and industry, to develop technical and regulatory guidance documents and training courses. Information in our documents and courses helps site owners with making decisions regarding smarter solutions to environmental cleanup at contaminated sites. ITRC has developed over 40 technical publications, all of which can be downloaded at www.itrcweb.org. ITRC will also offer 30 two-hour Internet training sessions during the upcoming year. These sessions can be accessed at no cost through the web. ITRC offers guidance and training for technologies and contaminants such as Natural attenuation, In situ bioremediation, Phytoremediation, Permeable reactive barriers, Diffusion sampler technology, Unexploded Ordnance, Chemical Oxidation, and many more. The ITRC was also instrumental in regulatory streamlining for in-situ treatment of ground water. There was confusion in the environmental community regarding the applicability of RCRA Section 3020 to in-situ treatment of ground water. The ITRC formally petitioned EPA for a clarification of this issue. In response, EPA issued a policy statement which clarified that reinjection of treated ground water to promote in-situ treatment is allowed under RCRA section 3020(b) as long as certain conditions are met. Specifically, the ground water must be treated prior to reinjection; the treatment must be intended to substantially reduce hazardous constituents in the ground water, either before or after reinjection; the cleanup must be protective of human health and the environment; and the injection must be part of a response action under CERCLA section 104 or 106 or a RCRA corrective action intended to clean up the contamination. More details may be found at http://clu-in.org/techpubs.htm. The Department, in cooperation with ITRC, will be conducting in-depth,
three-hour technical sessions on selected technologies for NJDEP Case
managers in the coming months. Consultants, military base environmental
managers, industry representatives, and other interested parties are encouraged
to attend these sessions as well, again, at no cost. Please register online
at https://www.nj.gov/dep/srp/training/contact.htm
or contact Marybeth Brenner, NJDEP at 609-292-2885 to register. We look
forward to seeing you there! !
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