HSRCS

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HSRC/SSW Outreach Activities and Capabilities
Danny Reible Chevron Professor of Chemical
Engineering Director, Hazardous Substance
Research Center/SSW Louisiana State
University Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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Hazardous Substance Research Center
South and Southwest

• Established under CERCLA
• Mission
• Research and Technology Transfer
• Contaminated sediments and dredged material
• Historically focused on in-situ processes and
  risk management
• Unique regional (46) hazardous substance
  problems
• Outreach
• Primarily regional in scope
• Driven by community interests and problems

LSU
Georgia Tech
Texas AM
Rice
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HSRC S/SW Programs

• Core funding from EPA
• 900 K per annum, 2001-2006
• 600 K research
• 300 K outreach
• Technology Transfer
• Technical Outreach Services to Communities
• Technical Assistance for Brownfields (TAB)
• 150 K per annum
• Other Federal Support
• Anacostia Capping Demonstration Program -5 M
  (2001-2004)
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency - 1.7 M
  (1999-2001)
• Louisiana Biotechnology Initiative
• 235 K per annum, 2002-2007
• 285 K capital, 2002-2003

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HSRC/SSW Research Theme Areas

• Contaminant availability in sediments- physical,
  chemical and biological
• Its not what we can measure, its what can
  receptors absorb?
• Biotransformation processes of contaminants in
  sediments
• Is recovery possible without the risk and expense
  of physico-chemical treatment?
• Science of risk management for sediments
• How do we select and design appropriate
  technologies?
• Unique regional hazardous substance issues
• Are there regional problems that have been
  overlooked in the national debate?

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Why Outreach?

• Presidential and Congressional Commission on Risk
  Assessment and Management
• Provides framework more decision making
• Key point
• Engage stakeholders early and often
• Without stakeholder involvement decisions are
  easily made but difficult to implement
• With stakeholder involvement, decisions may be
  difficult but implementation may be easier
• Allowing us to finally complete the circle!!!

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Approach to Outreach Efforts

• Identify a community
• Success is dependent upon identifying appropriate
  community
• Community is not defined by its loudest
  individuals
• Develop a letter of agreement
• Identifies expectations and approach
• Negotiated and agreed upon jointly
• Basis for metrics of success The Yardstick
• Must be sufficiently detailed and specific to
  provide useful metrics
• Conduct outreach effort
• Continuously review and update objectives and
  approach
• Document changes as necessary, including updating
  letter of agreement
• Evaluate success in delivering outreach
  objectives
• Exit interviews with community
• Outreach team internal review
• Center administration and Outreach Advisory
  Committee review

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HSRC/SSWOutreach

• Goal (TOSC)To provide no-cost, non-advocate
  technical assistance to communities in EPA
  Regions 4 and 6 addressing issues of
  environmental contamination.
• Goal (TAB) To provide no-cost, non-advocate
  technical assistance to communities and
  municipalities in EPA Regions 4 and 6 addressing
  redevelopment of environmentally contaminated
  property.

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Typical TOSC/TAB Activities

• Review site assessments or work plans
• Review remedial investigations and feasibility
  studies
• Provide information on assessment and remediation
  technologies and their cost and effectiveness
• Provide information on environmental problems and
  their impact
• Process Assistance
• How to chart a path through the maze
• Cant write proposals but we can help you figure
  out how
• Research
• How to extend our reach beyond the current
  community?

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HSRC/SSW Technology Transfer

• Website
• Electronic newsletters
• Quarterly email notification Are you on the
  email list?
• Printed publications
• Research Briefs
• Environmental Updates
• Workshops/facilitated meetings
• Contaminated Sediments Working Group (web-based)
• Audio/video research presentations

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Total TOSC Assistance Efforts By Year
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Total TAB Assistance Efforts by Year
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2002 TAB Program

• Projects becoming more complex
• Not just site assessments anymore
• Land-use planning and visioning requests are more
  common
• Economic development aspect still crucial

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Region 4 TAB Communities

• Augusta, GA
• Macon, GA
• Spartanburg, SC
• Charleston, SC
• Jackson, MS
• Atlanta, GA
• Macon, GA

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Region 6 TAB Communities

• Lake Charles, LA
• West Monroe, LA
• Baton Rouge, LA
• Prairie View, TX
• Westwego, LA
• Mora County, NM

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New Research

• Urban Reflux The 2000 Census and the Challenges
  of Metro Growth Patterns
• The Design and Use of Modeling Tools and Their
  Application
• Brownfields and Scale Factors in Research and
  Urban Redevelopment

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Crime as an Inhibitor to Brownfields Redevelopment
P Location Transportation P
Location Development Trends P
Location Safe Investment
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Safe InvestmentsBrownfields Redevelopment Crime
P DOJ Operation Weed and Seed P Weeds Out
Crime P Seeds in Human Services P Propose
Assistance to Interested Communities P
Research Similar/Equivalent Opportunities
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Interactive Training Tools Evolution of a
Brownfield
P Ownership of Used Properties P Ownership of
Possible Environmental Impacts P Experience
Cleanup Concerns P Participate in
Redevelopment
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TOSC/TAB Staffing

• Bob Schmitter, Ga Tech, Program Reg 4
  Coordinator
• Denise Rousseau Ford, LSU, Reg. 6 Coordinator
• Corey Fischer, Ga Tech
• Faith Stephens, LSU
• Tomeka Prioleau, LSU
• Mark Hodges, Ga Tech
• Claudia Huff, Ga Tech

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Contacts

• Email
• hsrc_at_lsu.edu
• Web
• www.hsrc-ssw.org
• www.tabprogram.org