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Sustainability

Earth Day Green Remediation Panel Session: Green remediation, soil amendments for impaired lands, and renewable energy on contaminated lands. April 22, 2008, CLU-IN seminar.
http://cluin.org/live/archive.cfm#20080422

Green Remediation: Incorporating Sustainable Environmental Practices into Remediation of Contaminated Sites. EPA/OSWER Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. Technology Primer: EPA 542-R-08-002. April 2008. PDF (56pp, 814 KB)
Green Remediation Technology Primer

Guidelines for Making Environmentally-Sound Decisions in the Superfund Remedial Process. EPA Region 5 Waste Management Division. May 1993. PDF (41pp, 2.2 MB).
Guidelines Print Version

Incorporating Sustainable Practices into Site Remediation. EPA/OSWER Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. Quick Reference Fact Sheet: EPA 542-F-08-002. April 2008. PDF (2pp, 141 KB).
Quick Reference Fact Sheet on Green Remediation

Technology News and Trends Newsletter: Highlighting green remediation. EPA/OSWER. Issue No. 36: EPA 542-N-08-003. May 2008.
http://clu-in.org/products/newsltrs/tnandt/#May%202008

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Guidance and Policy

2007 Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Renewable Energy Requirement Guidance for EPACT 2005 and Executive Order 13423 Final. U.S. DOE/EERE Federal Energy Management Program. January 2008. PDF (20pp, 539 KB).
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/epact05_fedrenewenergyguid.pdf

DOE Supplemental Guidance to the Instructions for Implementing Executive Order 13423, "Establishing Baseline and Meeting Water Conservation Goals." U.S. DOE/EERE Federal Energy Management Program. January 2008. PDF (27pp, 509 KB).
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/water_guidance.pdf

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Public Law 110-140. December 19, 2007.
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Energy Policy Act of 2005. August 8, 2005.
http://thomas.loc.gov/

Executive Order 13423: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management. Public Law 109-48. January 24, 2007.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/print/20070124-2.html

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Renewable Energy

Green Remediation and the Use of Renewable Energy Sources for Remediation Projects. Amanda Dellens, EPA/OSWER internship. August 2007.
http://clu-in.org/s.focus/c/pub/i/1474/

Groundwater Remediation Powered by a Renewable Energy Source. Curt Elmore and Ron Gallagher, University of Missouri-Rolla. September 2005. PDF (72pp, 2.5 KB).
Mead Final Report Rev 0.pdf

Renewable Energy Maps and State Incentive Sheets. U.S. EPA/OSWER.
http://www.epa.gov/oswer/ocpa/maps_incentives.htm

Smart Energy Resources Guide. Jennifer Wang, EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory (Office of Research and Development) & Region 9 internship. March 2008. EPA 600/R-08/049.
http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/600r08049/600r08049.htm

Solar Energy Resource Atlas of the U.S.: Annual Average Wind Resource Estimates. U.S. DOE/NREL. March 2008.
Solar Energy Resource Atlas

Technology News and Trends: Harnessing energy from renewable resources to reduce remediation costs and minimize the environmental footprint. EPA/OSWER. Issue No. 30: EPA 542-N-06-009. May 2007.
http://clu-in.org/products/newsltrs/tnandt/view.cfm?issue=0507.cfm#1

Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the U.S.: 50 Meter Wind Power Resource.U.S. DOE/NREL. March 2008.
Wind Energy Resource Atlas

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Design, Construction, and Operations

Acquisition of Green Products and Services. U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Federal Register: Proposed Policy. December 28, 2007. PDF (6pp, 73 KB).
http://www.ofee.gov/gp/20071228_OFPPpolicy_FARproposal.pdf

Clean Construction USA: Construction Air Quality Language. U.S. EPA.
http://www.epa.gov/diesel/construction/contract-lang.htm

Clean Diesel Technologies & Alternative Fuels: Fact Sheets. U.S. EPA Region 9.
http://earth1.epa.gov/region09/cleanup-clean-air/cleandiesel.html

Clean Energy: Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator.
http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.html

Clean Energy: Power Profiler.
http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-and-you/how-clean.html

Cleaner Diesels: Low Cost Ways to Reduce Emissions from Construction Equipment. EPA/National Center for Environmental Innovation. EPA 100-R-07-002. March 2007.
http://www.epa.gov/sectors/construction/

Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers. National Institute of Building Sciences.
http://www.wbdg.org/design/greenspec.php

Go Green: GSA Environmental Initiatives. General Services Administration.
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/home.do?tabId=10

Integrating Water and Waste Programs to Restore Watersheds: A Guide for Federal and State Project Managers. EPA/OSWER. EPA 540K07001. August 2007.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/resources/integrating.htm

Recover Your Resources - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Construction and Demolition Materials at Land Revitalization Projects. EPA/OSWER. EPA-560-F-08-242. April 2008.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/debris-new/factsheet.htm

Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices. EPA/Office of Water. EPA 841-F-07-006. December 2007.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/lid/costs07/

Sector Strategies Program. U.S. EPA.
http://www.epa.gov/ispd/

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System Optimization

Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment online. Remedial Process Optimization.
http://www.itrcweb.org/gd_RPO.asp

Elements for Effective Management of Operating Pump and Treat Systems. U.S. EPA/OSWER. EPA 542-R-02-009. December 2002.
http://clu-in.org/techfocus/default.focus/sec/Remediation_Optimization/cat/Guidance/page/3/

Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable online. Remediation Optimization.
http://www.frtr.gov/optimization

Pumping System Assessment Tool. U.S. DOE/EERE Industrial Technologies Program.
http://www.eere.energy.gov

Remedial Process Optimization. U.S. Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment.
http://www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/products/rpo/default.asp

Remediation Optimization. Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable.
http://www.frtr.gov/optimization

Remediation Process Optimization Documents. Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council.
http://www.itrcweb.org/gd_RPO.asp

Remediation System Evaluations and Optimization of Pump and Treat Projects. U.S. EPA/Technology Innovation Office and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. CLU-IN Online Seminar.
http://clu-in.org/s.focus/c/pub/i/826/

Remediation System Optimization. U.S. EPA/OSWER.
http://clu-in.org/rse

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