[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13420]
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[Federal Register: June 2, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Environmental Management
Innovative Technologies to Accelerate Characterization,
Treatment, Remediation, and Storage/Disposal of Mixed Radioactive/
Hazardous Waste at Federal Facilities
AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE).
ACTION: Notice of request for information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental
Management (EM) is soliciting information from private companies
regarding their capabilities to demonstrate new and innovative
technologies that may accelerate or enhance site activities in
characterization, treatment, remediation, and storage/disposal of mixed
radioactive/hazardous wastes at federal facilities in the Western
United States. This is not a solicitation for government proposals or
bids for procurement or financial assistance, but rather a request for
information on new and innovative technologies which may address
characterization, treatment, and storage/disposal of mixed or hazardous
waste. Based on information received from this RFI, a formal RFP(s) may
be issued focusing on specific needs and site characteristics.
DATES: Information should be submitted by August 31, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Information should be submitted to Dr. George Coyle, Office
of Technology Development, EM-50, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., room 5B-014, Washington, DC 20585. FAX 202-
586-6773.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. George Coyle, at the above
address, or by phone at 202-586-6382.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The responses to the RFI will be reviewed by
the Mixed Radioactive/Hazardous Waste Working Group of the Federal
Advisory Committee to Develop On-Site Innovative Technologies (DOIT
Committee). The DOIT Committee consists of the Secretaries of the U.S.
Departments of Energy, Defense, and the Interior, the Administrator of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and members of the Western
Governor's Association (or their designees). The Federal Advisory
Committee will recommend a program to review information concerning
technologies regarding environmental restoration/ waste management at
DOE sites in western states; recommending demonstration projects for
implementation; and identifying regulatory, institutional, or other
barriers to technology development. Pursuant to the Advisory
Committee's Charter, the initial lead agency is the Department of
Energy, for which the Office of Technology Development serves as the
coordinating office.
The Department of Energy has requested funding in its budget
proposal for a project to conduct field demonstrations of innovative
technology involving mixed waste (characterization, treatment, and
storage/disposal) beginning in calendar year 1995. This program will
implement the recommendations of the DOIT Committee. The goal will be
to expedite cleanup of federal sites by demonstrating environmental
technologies which will address regulatory barriers and public concerns
throughout the technology demonstration project process.
Factors that should be addressed in descriptions of cleanup
technology are:
--Ability to alleviate risks to public health and safety and to the
environment;
--Capacity for public acceptance, permit and regulatory issues;
--Extent of private sector and multi-agency involvement;
--Potential for technology transfer or commercialization;
--Likelihood of successful demonstration (technical risks, technology
component and system);
--Capacity for volume reduction of hazardous and radioactive
components;
--Viability of final waste forms and treated secondary waste forms
which can gain public acceptance, be relatively stable, and meet
regulatory criteria;
--Magnitude of recycling and material recovery potential; and
--Ease of implementation to full scale initiative.
Additionally, the following factors are considered to be important
by the Mixed Radioactive/Hazardous Waste Working Group of the Committee
in its review of cleanup technologies:
--The extent to which the technologies will ultimately remediate mixed
waste at sites in one or more of the following states and territories:
Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii,
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Northern Marianna Islands, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah,
Washington, and Wyoming;
--The magnitude of the problem to which this technology can be applied
(total volume, multiple sites, etc.); and
--The extent to which the stakeholders will want to support DOE's
development of the technology.
Interested parties should submit a short paper not to exceed five
(5) pages that will describe the technology and explain why it will
ultimately achieve the above mentioned objectives. If possible, papers
should not include corporate and proprietary information. Respondents
are advised to clearly identify any and all proprietary data submitted
in response to this RFI, so that the Department is made aware of
information which may need such protection. The duty to identify
proprietary information is not the responsibility of the Department of
Energy. In addition, the Department is under no obligation to pay for
the expenses of submitting responses to the RFI. The dates on which the
Working Group will discuss specific concept papers will be published in
advance in the Federal Register. Those meetings will be open to the
public.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 25, 1994.
Clyde Frank,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Technology Development.
[FR Doc. 94-13420 Filed 6-1-94; 8:45 am]
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